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Harry's Stats plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions (Small Favor through Cold Days)
Deadmanwalking:
So, we have a general skill and Refresh range thanks to the book, and know where most of the Refresh went to boot, but still, we don't have a comprehensive picture of Harry...which leaves us free to make up our own. Here's mine. It's based off of immediately post Small Favor, with notes on changes post Turn Coat and Changes.
EDIT: And now featuring ongoing updates to the Cold Days era.
Now also featuring an Index:
Book Characters:
1. Harry Dresden (Circa Small Favor)
Harry Dresden (Circa Cold Days)
Harry Dresden (Advancement Details)
2. Thomas Raith (Circa Small Favor)
Thomas Raith (Circa Cold Days)
3. Michael Carpenter
4. Karrin Murphy (Circa Small Favor)
Karrin Murphy (Circa Cold Days)
5. John Marcone
6. Mouse
7. Carlos Ramirez
8. Binder
9. Shagnasty, a Skinwalker
10. Jared Kincaid
11. Listens-to-Wind
12. Anastasia Luccio
13. Donald Morgan
14. Arthur Langtry, the Merlin
15. Ebenezar McCoy
16. Martha Liberty
17. Rashid, the Gatekeeper
18. Ancient Mai
19. Lara Raith
20. Molly Carpenter (Circa Changes)
Molly Carpenter (Circa Cold Days)
21. William Borden
22. Georgia Borden
23. Waldo Butters (Circa Small Favor)
Waldo Butters (Circa Ghost Story/Cold Days)
24. Elaine Mallory
25. Youngest Brother Gruff
26. Middle Brother Gruff
27. Elder Brother Gruff aka 'Tiny'
28. Eldest Brother Gruff
29. Toot-toot (Circa Turn Coat)
Toot-toot (Circa Cold Days)
30. Fix, Summer Knight
31. Lloyd Slate, Winter Knight
32. Ronald Reuel, Summer Knight
33. Sanya
34. Cowl
35. Maeve, Winter Lady
36. Grevane
37. Kumori
38. The Ick (slightly vague)
39. Cat Sith
40. Corpsetaker
41. Charity Carpenter
42. The Skavis
43. Madrigal Raith
44. Vittorio Malvora
45. The Nightmare
46. Nicodemus
47. Tessa
48. The Archive
49. Rosanna
50. Magog
51. Deirdre
52. Thorned Namshiel
53. Lily, the Summer Lady
54. Susan Rodriguez (Circa Grave Peril)
Susan Rodriguez (Circa Death Masks)
Susan Rodriguez (Circa Changes)
55. Martin
56. Sigrun Gard
57. Shiro Yoshimo
58. Aristedes
59. Daniel Carpenter (Circa Ghost Story)
60. Mortimer Lindquist (Circa Ghost Story)
Generic:
1. Black Court Elder
2. Generic Fomor
3. Generic Fomor Servitor
4. Generic Fomor Servitor Leader
Deadmanwalking:
Name: Harry Dresden
Aspects:
High Concept: Warden of the White Council
Trouble: The Temptation of Power
Other:
Epic Wiseass
I Trust My Brother
He Did the Right Thing
Mentor to Molly Carpenter
The Building Was On Fire and It Wasn’t My Fault
Skills:
Superb: Conviction, Endurance
Great: Discipline, Intimidation, Lore
Good: Alertness, Athletics, Contacts
Fair: Deceit, Guns, Investigation, Rapport, Weapons,
Average: Burglary, Fists, Performance, Presence, Scholarship, Stealth
Stunts:
Listening (See sheet) (-1)
Powers:
Refinements [-5]
Evocation [–3]
Thaumaturgy [–3]
Sponsored Magic: Soulfire [-3]
The Sight [–1]
Soulgaze [+0]
Wizard’s Constitution [+0]
Lawbreaker (First) [–1]
Total: -17 Refresh
Specializations:
Evocation: Elements (Air, Fire, Earth, Spirit); Power (Spirit +2, Fire+2), Control (Spirit+1, Fire+1)
Thaumaturgy: Control (Divination +1); Crafting (Strength +1)
Focus Items:
Shield Bracelet [+2 Defensive Control with Spirit]
Blasting Rod [+2 Offensive Control with Fire]
Wizard’s Staff [+1 Offensive Control with Spirit]
Enchanted Items:
Force Rings [Four Weapon: 4 Attacks with Discipline] (2 Enchanted Item Slots)
Enchanted Duster [Three Strength 4 Blocks or Armor Value 2, can be worn by others] (2 Enchanted Item Slots)
Stress:
Mental: OOOO (+1 Minor Consequence)
Physical: OOOO (+1 Minor Consequence)
Social: OOO
Armor: By spell or item effect.
The Lightning Chain was either a maneuver using a mundane Item to add to an Evocation attack or an alyternate special effect for his Force Rings item. Your choice.
Notes for Turn Coat: After Turn Coat (a Major Milestone, I think), Harry’s Fists goes to Fair, and he gains Empathy at Average. His Refresh goes up by 1, which he uncharacteristically saves.
Then comes Changes. Oh boy. By my count, Harry undergoes 3 Major Milestones in this book, maybe 4. Yes, really. First, he undergoes one by assuming the mantle of the Winter Knight, and then two more at the end (rescue and genocide, respectively). His Weapons rises to Good, and at the end so does his Fists, while his Athletics rises to Great. He also, unfortunately, gains -9 Refresh worth of powers (Marked By Power, Unseelie Magic, Inhuman Strength, Speed, and Toughness, with the normal Winter Knight Catch, and an Item of Power granting Worldwalker) and would be reduced to NPC-dom at the end of the scenario...if other forces didn't intervene.
So there's that. Anyone with questions, comments, or their own version is welcome to post it.
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In my opinion, the following characters in the Dresden Files are effectively PCs, and maintain an approximately equal power level, I will thus be revising them slightly to represent that: Karrin Murphy (duh), Michael Carpenter (Shows up every other book, definitely in the same league as Harry whenever they're shown together), Thomas Raith (More or less the same situation as Michael, actually).
Molly, Mouse, and other assorted hangers-on, while awesome, are all clearly not in the same league as Harry, so I won't be doing quite the same for them. I probably will be posting something for Mouse and Marcone, but that's just because I felt the statlines were slightly off.
Deadmanwalking:
Name: Thomas Raith
Aspects:
High Concept: Fallen Prince of the Raith Family
Trouble: Fighting My Inner Demon
Other:
Loyal To My Brother
Justine Is My True Love
Lara, My Sister, My Rival
Toe-moss
Make Like An Action Movie
Skills:
Superb: Deceit,
Great: Guns, Investigation, Weapons,
Good: Athletics, Discipline, Endurance, Presence, Resources
Fair: Alertness, Conviction, Driving, Fists, Intimidation,
Average: Empathy, Lore, Rapport, Stealth, Scholarship,
Stunts:
Sex Appeal (Rapport) (-1)
Takes One to Know One (Deceit) (-1)
Wall of Death (Weapons) (-1)
Powers:
Emotional Vampire [–1]
Human Guise [+0]
Incite Emotion (Lust; At Range, Lasting Emotion) [–3]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Ritual (Divination) [-2]
Feeding Dependency [+1] affecting the following powers:
Inhuman Strength [–2]
Supernatural Speed [–2]
Inhuman Recovery [–2]
The Catch [+0] is True Love.
Total: -14 Refresh
Focus Items:
Mother's Pentacle [+1 Complexity with Divination]
Stress:
Mental: OOO
Physical: OOOO
Social: OOOO
Hunger: OOOO
Armor: None.
Reasons For Changes:
Well, aside from him being more on-par with Harry now.
Thomas is specifically mentioned as making Inhuman Speed creatures look like extras in an action movie he was so fast (actually, Harry brings up action movie analogies a lot in regards to Thomas, hence the Aspect). That’s Supernatural Speed right there.
The Ghoul fight in White Night demonstrated some serious Weapons skill…hence the Stunt.
He can absolutely spot a liar, has a modicum of social skill outside of lying (not a lot, but a little), and needs no powers to seduce women.
And he’s too pretty and arrogant for Average Presence.
He also has his own salon, and a nice apartment, and a boat, so his Resources must be decent.
He can pull off the whole wisecracking/enemy making (a part of Intimidation), if not as well as Harry can, at least a bit.
I have a very hard time imagining him less well educated than Harry.
He has Ritual based on his demonstrating the clear ability to divine during Backup. He might have full Thaumaturgy (possibly with the same Divination Specialty as Harry) but we have no evidence of that as of yet.
This is Thomas immediately post Small Favor.
Post Turn Coat and Changes: Clearly some Aspect changes, as well as a few Skill increases (possibly including Discipline...reflecting him being better fed these days). His powers don't seem to have changed, though.
Deadmanwalking:
Name: Michael Carpenter
Aspects:
High Concept: Knight of the Cross
Trouble: Family Man
Other:
Undying Devotion
Wielder of Amorrachius
I Fear No Evil, For You Are With Me
Father, We Need Your Help
Dragonslayer
Friends are Family
Skills:
Superb: Conviction, Weapons
Great: Athletics, Discipline, Might
Good: Alertness, Craftsmanship, Endurance, Presence
Fair: Empathy, Fists, Rapport, Scholarship,
Average: Contacts, Lore, Resources, Survival,
Stunts:
Occultist (Christian Milieu +1; Order of the Blackened Denarius +2) (Lore) (-1)
The Weight of Reputation (Presence) (-1)
Tower of Faith (Conviction) (-1)
Wall of Death (Weapons) (-1)
Powers:
Bless This House [–1]
Guide My Hand [–1]
Holy Touch [–1]
Righteousness [–2]
Sword of the Cross [–3]
Total: -12 Refresh
Stress:
Mental: OOOO (+1 Minor Consequence)
Physical: OOOO
Social: OOOO
Armor: 2, from his plate mail/Kevlar combination.
Reasons For Changes:
Not a lot of changes here, but Michael is clearly actually good at his job, so a Good Craftsmanship seemed appropriate. He speaks Latin, so he needs some Scholarship, and having a bit more than Harry seemed appropriate to me. His Fists being Fair, again, just seemed appropriate. His Contacts are pretty much limited to other Knights and the Church, but he does have those.
As for Stunts, Tower of Faith just seemed like a must-have, and Weight of Reputation seemed the best way to simulate how terrifying Michael’s rep is in certain parts of the supernatural community. Think Ferrovax in Grave Peril. Yeah, that could just be the Dragonslayer Aspect, but I think it needed something to work off of. Occultist is a little iffy, but while Michael Lore is usually a bit low (the distinction between Demons and Outsiders was lost on him), he knows things Harry’s never even heard of within his specific knowledge base.
Obviously, this is Michael immediately PRE-Small Favor. Afterwards his Skills and Aspects shift somewhat, and he gets retired as a PC, becoming a full-on NPC. Aside from losing the Sword his Stunts remain unchanged, however.
Michael has one more Aspect than he should as a PC. I’m aware of this, but couldn’t pick one to cut.
Deadmanwalking:
Name: Karrin Murphy
Aspects:
High Concept: Special Investigations Detective Sgt.
Trouble: Unbelieving Bureaucracy
Other:
Avenging Angel
Aikido Master
Champion Marksman
I Trust Harry Dresden
My Family Makes Me Crazy
Skills:
Superb: Guns,
Great: Athletics, Fists, Investigation,
Good: Alertness, Conviction, Discipline, Endurance,
Fair: Burglary, Driving, Empathy, Intimidation, Lore, Stealth
Average: Contacts, Might, Presence, Rapport, Scholarship, Weapons
Stunts:
Hard Boiled (Discipline) (-1)
Martial Artist (Fists) (-1)
Redirected Force (Fists) (-1)
Armed Arts: Short Clubs, Staves, Katana/Bokken, One Undefined (Fists) (-2)
Nasty Infighter: May use Fists instead of Might to initiate and hold grapples (Fists) (-1)
Pin the Tail (Investigation) (-1)
Scene of the Crime (Investigation) (-1)
Fast Reload (Guns) (-1)
Target Rich Environment (Guns) (-1)
Total: -8 Refresh (Pure Mortal)
Stress:
Mental: OOOO
Physical: OOOO
Social: OOO
Armor: Usually, none.
Reasons For Changes:
Mostly advancement. The stats listed n the book are pretty much good for Murphy as of Storm Front. These are her after Small Favor. It should be noted that taking up the Sword of the Cross at this point would catapult her to -18 Refresh and stick her as an NPC. She’s not ready yet.
You can, if you like, drop her Refresh to -12 by giving her Bless this House (-1) and Guide My Hand (-1), or -14 by tacking on Righteousness (-2) as well. She may or may not actually qualify for those…though the impressive Threshold of her house has been commented on.
Her Nasty Infighter is necessary if you know how Aikido works. I took it for a couple of years as a kid, I sucked at it but I know how it works. It’s all throws (which are covered by Redirected Force) and grapples (something she‘s specified to be good at), and yet Grapples use Might. This is a problem…unless you grab a Stunt.
Her post-Turn Coat stats don't look a whole lot different, at least not in any way we can detect. Maybe she's saving up for something. Looking back, it seems like her Conviction went up to Superb right around this period.
Her post-Changes stats are changed a great deal. She's clearly undergone at least two Major Milestones and several Significant between her post-Small Favor stats and now. This gives her the Refresh necessary to be a full Knight of the Cross if she desires, and has clearly given her the Champion of God power-suite (and a -15 Refresh) whether she takes up the sword or not. She has also raised both her Fists and Conviction to Superb, and her Intimidation to Great.
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