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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #285 on: December 27, 2010, 05:06:03 AM »
I'm certainly fine with it. The person whose permission you really ought to have is Deadmanwalking, but he seems to have stopped posting here. So I recommend that you just take the stats and see if he complains.

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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #286 on: December 27, 2010, 03:40:45 PM »
I reccommend trying to find him, giing him a few days to respond before doing anything. After all, the Wiki would be big and have many things that need doing. It is not as if you have to add them right now.

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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #287 on: December 27, 2010, 04:05:24 PM »
Too true.  I'm still trying to figure out where to put them, short of starting a new category "Canon Characters", but that seems overkill.  I think waiting until after New Year's seems more than doable. 
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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #288 on: December 28, 2010, 04:55:42 PM »
Harry really needs the Infuriate stunt.

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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #289 on: December 29, 2010, 04:48:29 AM »
I wouldn't say that. I'd say he just self compels to screw stuff up. :P
Namely because all he does is screw stuff up, and never anything useful.
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I loved looking at your take on the characters.  Though I think I would add an Aspect for Ancient Mai.  I would add the aspect "Dresden has a Foo dog".  This aspect could be good or negative depending on how you want to use it.

I know you don't normally add aspects for small events, but I am pretty sure the small comment she makes in Turn Coat is gonna be huge later in the books.  I am also very confident that here opinion of Harry Dresden has changed and may influence her actions later in the series.  She is the creator of the Foo dog statues and there is a reason she modeled them after a Foo dog. 
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You have a point, although I don't think that Dresden is important enough to Mai for her aspects to mention him. Perhaps a more general Foo Dog-related aspect would be better.

PS: The author of this thread isn't around anymore, so don't expect an edit from him.

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Ghost Story is out, which means that some characters need an upgrade.

Behold Mort, now 20% more badass.

Replaced the Deceit stuff with a new custom power and a Refinement. He's no longer a fake spiritualist.

Mortimer Lindquist (Submerged)

High Concept: Spiritualist
Trouble Aspect: Ghosts Of Chicago
Other Aspects: Self-Proclaimed Coward, Paranormal Investigator, My Home Is My Castle, Life Is Looking Up, More Than Meets The Eye
Skills:
Superb: Lore
Great: Investigation, Conviction
Good: Deceit, Discipline
Fair: Contacts, Empathy, Scholarship, Craftsmanship, Performance
Average: Alertness, Rapport, Presence, Endurance, Resources, Weapons
Stunts:
Spirit Contacts (Lore): Lore instead of Contacts for ghostly contacts.
Powers:
Supernatural Senses [-2] (Senses ghosts, mostly-invisible spirits, and influences of the Nevernever.)
Ritual (Ectomancy) [-2]
Refinement [-1]
Mimic Ghost [-3] (As Mimic Abilities, but lets you mimic a ghost that's possessing you instead of a being that you've eaten.)
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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #293 on: September 01, 2011, 02:29:00 AM »
And here's Aristedes. Still working on the aspects, suggestions would be appreciated.

Also, did he have any other Lawbreakers?

Aristedes (Up To Your Waist)

High Concept: Kinetomancer
Trouble Aspect: Small Name, Big Ego
Other Aspects: Total Asshole, My Little Warehouse-Dwelling Cult, Controller Of Minds, Unorthodox Kinetomancy, Knife Nut
Skills:
Great: Weapons
Good: Endurance, Athletics, Conviction
Fair: Discipline, Lore, Intimidation, Fists
Average: Alertness, Burglary, Stealth, Presence
Stunts:
Trade Pain For Victory (Weapons): May increase accuracy of a Weapons attack by 2, but doing so inflicts a -2 penalty on his defence rolls.
Powers:
Channeling (Spirit) [-2]
Refinement [-1]
Lawbreaker (Fourth) [-2]
Magical Self-Enhancement [+2] affecting: (The following powers may not be used without first using an evocation to activate them.)
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Inhuman Strength [-2]
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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #294 on: September 05, 2011, 02:39:26 PM »
Ghost Story is out, which means that some characters need an upgrade.

Behold Mort, now 20% more badass.
Given some of his actions in GS, I'd give Mort the
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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #295 on: September 05, 2011, 07:41:45 PM »
Mimic Ghost is supposed to handle that. He can use a point of it to copy one of the possessing ghost's skills.

It isn't perfect, but I think it works.

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Has anyone considered doing Daniel Carpenter, as at Ghost Story?

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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #297 on: November 01, 2011, 01:52:00 AM »
Considered it, but didn't do it in the end.

I could guess at aspects, but I really don't know what stats to give him. Feet In The Water mortal with high-ish physical skills and...?

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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #298 on: November 07, 2011, 02:47:49 AM »
Alright, it's finally done. Cue the chorus of angels, because I just finished stats for Bob!

I'm actually kinda proud of this. It took a lot of work just to make this possible, and the actual statting process was no cakewalk either. But now it's done, and I think it's pretty good.

So yay.

As always, feedback would be appreciated. Even if it's a meaningless thumbs up/down.

Bob (Scuba Diving)

High Concept: Spirit Of Knowledge And Intellect
Trouble Aspect: Bound To The Skull
Other Aspects: History With Mab, Total Lech, Evil Bob, Like An Unexploded Nuke, Daydream Believer
Skills:
Fantastic: Lore, Scholarship
Superb: Conviction, Fists
Great: Athletics, Discipline
Good: Performance, Intimidation
Fair: Deceit, Contacts
Average: Presence, Rapport, Empathy, Investigation, Alertness
Stunts:
Romance Novel Fan (Performance): +1 to art criticism in general, further +1 to fiction criticism, further +1 to romance and pornography criticism.
Eidetic Memory (Lore): Research is two time increments faster.
Eidetic Memory (Scholarship): Research is two time increments faster.
Wizard's Helper (Lore): +2 to Lore maneuvers aimed at aiding a wizard.
Spirit Of Knowledge And Intellect (Lore): +2 to Lore about spirits and the nevernever.
Powers:
Improved Mental Library (Instant Recall) [-4]
Spirit Form (Poltergeist, Mind=Matter, Possession, Spiritual Physics Abuse) [-6]
Claws [-1]
Supernatural Strength [-4]
Supernatural Speed [-4]
Supernatural Toughness [-4]
The Catch (unknown) [+0]
Item Of Power (The Skull) [+1] granting:
Demesne [-1]
Swift Transition (No Mortal Home) [-1] (Bob can enter or exit his Demesne as he pleases)
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Re: Harry's Stats as of Small Favor/Turn Coat plus Assorted Other Stat Revisions
« Reply #299 on: November 07, 2011, 04:05:04 AM »
No need to quote "Romance".  A romance novel not having explicit sex scenes in it is about as uncommon as an honest politician.
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