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My first character for review

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Wanderer:
For reference, at the moment I'm using the following power level scale, which I modified from the one found in the 'New Power Levels' thread. I'm not entirely satisfied with the names and their sequence, but I'm creatively challenged about this kind of stuff.

Submerged 10 35 Superb
Below the Surface 11 35 Superb
Bottom Of The Pool 12 40 Superb
Snorkeling 13 45 Superb
With The Fishes 14 45 Superb
SCUBA Diving 15 50 Fantastic
Big Fish, Bigger Ocean 16 50 Fantastic
Punched a Shark in the Nose 17 55 Fantastic
Wish I Had A Submarine 18 60 Fantastic
I Spy Atlantis 19 60 Fantastic
Swimming In Weeds 20 70 Fantastic
In A Submarine 21 70 Fantastic
Look, Spanish Gold 22 70 Fantastic

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--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on June 02, 2017, 09:53:06 PM ---Sainthood is a specific Catholic institution. And you have to die to become one. So no to the last question.

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I thought so too, but there is an old WOJ that they were/are active (presumably living) Powers that are sometimes present to defend Mortals.  And it's listed separately but in the same sentence as the KotC, so that alone doesnt qualify.  There's also one the mentions St George specifically as the guy that wiped out most of the lesser dragons, indicating it's a real/corporeal thing. 

Though as far as I can tell, in general the idea behind Cannonization is that these people were always Saints by the Grace of God, and all the rest of the process is just the Church identifying, confirming, and recognizing those that were already Saints.  So I think the implication is that they were Saints in Life, and that the church can simply rarely identify these people ahead of death.  Supposedly most Saints go unremarked by the Church and will only become Known at the Second Coming. 

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--- Quote ---4. if the elders of the black court could have taken mab, then HOW ON EARTH did any mere force of humans manage to go up and stake them? i mean, they should've wiped out anything that was coming after them if they can take on MAB herself...just a thought
Power in the spirit world isn't the same thing as power in the material world.  And a one-on-thirtyish fight (Mab vs the elders of the BC) is WAY different than a one-on-20,000 fight (a BC vampire against a modest mortal city).  Especially when the 20,000 know what your weaknesses are, and how to kill you with them. Smiley And that's assuming that you don't have a saint, or an independent wizard, or a shaman, a Knight of the Cross or some other champion, or other spiritual allies on your side which was not uncommon. Hell, for that matter, you might well be aided by vampires from the other Courts.  *Everyone* resented how powerful the Blacks had become.
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--- Quote ---2009 WoJ forum post:
6. ferrovax - is this because he's the OLDEST dragon? (i thought it was an empty boast) or because he's a dragon?
Ferrovax feels absolutely no need to boast.  It's because he /is/ a Dragon, large D, an elemental force of the cosmos.  He isn't some kind of Smaug hanging around a nice apartment.  He's a Dragon in a more Asian sense of the concept, a semi-divine being who was once given authority over various portions of the mortal universe, and who was responsible for their orderly procession.  There /are/ Smauglike dragons (though not nearly as many now as there have been in the past, thanks George!) but they are essentially nothing but emissaries and servitors created in the image of the real thing.
Regardless of big D or little d, dragons almost universally resent humanity for usurping the balance of power in the world.
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--- Quote ---Paranet Papers updated the Soulfire rules. Now, instead of debt, you get an extra stress track that you can draw on for a little extra power. The lack of debt is part of what makes me think that they can't revoke Soulfire.

That being said, I vaguely recall a WoJ that Hellfire and Soulfire are different takes on the same thing. So maybe your Soulfire will become Hellfire if you become a sufficiently bad person.

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Cool thanks.  I havent spent near the time with the PP rules, and with Accelerated now I may never dig into them properly.

Here's the WOJ.  It says the kind of /angel/ one is determines the which of the two you'd use, but Im not sure that translates to a mortal that has been given access to one or the other, I think you'd be locked to the nature of whatever Angel granted you the access in the first place.  The Shadow's presence is what granted Harry access to Hellfire which went away when the Shadow did (per Bob in WN), but I dont think any amount of independent redemption, etc on Harry's part could have turned that Hellfire access into Soulfire.  You might be able to Fall from Soulfire to Hellfire, going in that direction is traditionally much easier.

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#259 “Does the same apply to hellfire/soulfire. What would happen if Harry were to take up Lasciel’s coin and then try to use soulfire and hellfire together? Would that result in Harry dying horribly?”
Those are different. They’re really two sides of the same coin–but they can’t really exist together like that. They aren’t explosively reactive, but they aren’t additive, either. Which one came into the person to be used would depend on the person who was using it, and what they were using it for.
Angelic types have access to both. Which one they use is partially what determines what /kind/ of angels they are. (Emphasis added)
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Wanderer:
I made a few other adjustments, to include suggestions in the other thread. Now the character is a biker too.

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