These posts are probably a dime a dozen, but I'm new to Dresden and the Fate system and need some advice on my character. I'm a bit worried that he'll get owned in a combat. Any advice would be great!
We're doing 8 refresh.
He's basically an Emissary of Power who goes around helping the "down-trodden". I figured Micheal Landon was a bit too "goody-two-shoes" so my backstory adds a bit of grit (we'l call him Mike, for now):
Mike, a "Bad Cop on the take" gets betrayed and killed on duty. As the demons of "Down Below" reach out to grab his soul, God steps in and gives him an ultimatum: Repent, help me and you can save your soul from damnation.
Mike figures he has no choice, so he agrees to God's proposal. He is brought back from the dead, Marked as an Emissary of God and goes around helping people...sometimes reluctantly. He doesn't mind helping people most of the time but, in general, he feels that he's been forced into this job and doesn't really understand what it is to "repent". He's really resentful of God even though God protects him etc... He still has his cop instincts, most of his contacts (both Law and criminal - and now some ghostly ones) and he's still greedy and stuff, but his brush with death has left him more empathetic to peoples plights.
High Concept
Corrupt Cop turned Divine Detective
Trouble
Haunted by the Past
Other Aspects:
Cassandra's Tears:
Background
School of Hard Knocks or something that describes how he used his silver tongue to get by on the streets as a kid and as a corrupt cop
...opportunist manipulator??
Rising Conflict
A Big Fall and a Steady Crawl
First Adventure
Nose for trouble
Skills
Superb: Investigation
Great: Contacts, Conviction
Good: Empathy, Rapport
Fair: Guns, Drive, Presence
Average: Endurance, Stealth, Fists, Alertness, scholarship
Powers
Marked by Power -1
Cassandra's Tears -0
Wizard's constitution -0
Psychometry -1
Ghost Speaker -1
Guide my hand -1
Item of Power: righteousness, bless this house -1
Stunts:
Saw it coming -1 : Use investigation for dodge trapping in athletics
Total refresh left: 2