You could go one step farther with Sancta's idea:
Have an aspect "Wizard on scene" pop up and use it to compel Rick to have his radio fail.

As for deciding who is going to get the compel in the first place,

wording of the compel could help you decide, for example:

Hey Rick, you know you've got your buddy the Wizard with you, and you know what that means for radio calls... radio hex... sometimes you just wanna punch him in the nose, he'd better pull his weight this time... *offer compel to Rick*

Well Jim, as things get frantic your Buddy rick is trying to call in some backup, and in just that moment you can't control your emotions very well... radio hex... boy is Rick gonna be pissed, you had better go and help him... *offer compel to Jim*

If your group is ok with it you could compel them both, with the condition that they could only buy it off if they both pay. then both would get an FP if the radio gets hexed.

Actually you might wanna give both of them an FP in any case, since they both suffer from the effects. That would probably help to smooth any ruffled feathers if one of them feels cheated *g*

Edit: now this post somehow feels redundant... :-P

Holy crap.  Nice work sanctaphrax.

Couldn't put it better.

And you were absolutely right about putting that together Sancta...
I had totally forgotten that the "simple-sheet" spreadsheet was still out there... and that's one of mine   

Nice work and thanks for all the effort.

Blinking: Your character may enter the Nevernever as a Supplemental Action, move a distance up to whatever the character's Speed power grants minus 1 zone (thus, Casual Movement allows Blinking within the same zone, Effortless Movement is up to 1 zone away, Instant Movement is up to 2 zones away), and then potentially reappear in the same Exchange.

Ok, as far as i can see, the desired result is simply to have teleport themed movement. (explained by entering and exiting the nevernever)
As it's written it reduces the free movement of the speed powers by 1 to account for that.

The character rolls Lore and requires at least a Good (+3) to accomplish this (the +2 Lore granted by Worldwalker's Strange Worlds applies to this roll) in a single Exchange. Failure to get at least a Good result means that the Nevernever in this area has an unexpectedly complex structure and the character fails to reappear in this Exchange (especially crafty or evil GMs can even turn this into a mini-scene before allowing the character to reappear)

Adding a random-factor, and making it potentially dangerous (depending on the lore score only very rarely though) is a nice touch.

For each 3 shifts over and above the requisite 3, a non-sticky Maneuver Aspect can be applied to the scene (Suddenly Flanked, Surprise!, etc. etc.).

It then adds a maneuver component turning it into a full action.
So far so good.

Concern:

For each 3 shifts over and above the requisite 3, a non-sticky Maneuver Aspect can be applied to the scene (Suddenly Flanked, Surprise!, etc. etc.).

this potentially let's you add multiple aspects in one action, i would not allow that.

I'd rather go ahead and limit the power to the movement alone and let the maneuver or any other actions be separate from it.
I would also add another component: Bypassing mundane barriers.

O screw it, i'm getting it all confused in my head... Let me just try my own writeup:

Blinking: You are adept at finding short range ways through the nevernever that allow you to give the impression of having teleported from one spot to the other, the maximum real world distance traveled is determined by the speed power (1 zone inhuman, 2 zones supernatural, 3 zones mythic). Finding and using such a way requires at least a Good(+3) Lore result, and counts as a supplemental move action imposing a +1 difficulty on all other actions. (at the GM's discretion the required result my also be higher) The +2 Lore bonus granted by Worldwalker's Strange Worlds applies to this roll. Failing the roll can either mean that there is no such way to be found resulting in a wasted supplemental action and aborted movement, or that the way is longer and more dangerous than expected resulting in failure to reappear in the same exchange.  (especially crafty or evil GMs can even turn this into a mini-scene before allowing the character to reappear)
You may chose to turn your Supplemental move into a full action, limiting your distance travelled to 1 zone, but allowing you to either bypass any borders on that move, as long as they do not cut you off from the nevernever, or to overcome any mundane movement block against you.

Ok, so this basically allows you to
a) as a supplemental action and for a roll to turn your free-speed movement into a teleport, it's actually a purely cosmetic effect, but it could be a lot of fun.
you can still use a maneuver, attack, or normal movement before or after you BAMF.
b) as a full action you can ignore any one zone border (as long as nothing is blocking access to the nevernever), or overcome any mundane movement block against you, and move one zone.

a) is not worth much. actually as it is now it's not even really useful because you have absolutely no mechanical benefit from it, but it still requires a a supplemental action.
As it is now it's not worth any refresh so [-0] up until here.
One should probably add border bypassing or movement block breaking to one degree or another... i'll have to think about that.
b) can actually be extreemely useful. I'd say a [-1] refresh cost at least would be in order.

Ok, now i'll stop and leave you to untangle this post.
Have a nice day *g*

We know about Thomas that he can only pass over in places that are "close to his heart" in this case meaning his supernatural nature.

What is a Goblins Supernatural Nature... now that is the question.
Goblin... well look at the Earlking.
We know of two places his domain was connected to. The FBI and a Hunting-Store.
I think those would be a good place to start from for determining your Goblins Crossover-Locations.

However, we should also ask if the inherent worldwalking ability applies to changelings in the first place. I'm not so sure there.

The arrival of the Grey Council via lightning strikes was a fortuitous arrival, (i.e. Fate point expenditure on behalf of the travelers) themed by the fact that one of the travelers was friggin Odin.

The first portal that was opened to let the Bird-Men charge in (Genku, Ginku... i forget their name), was simply a pretty large portal into the nevernever, with the Birdies waiting on the other side.
No special mechanics needed. Can be done with Ritual(Worldwalking), Thaumaturgy or Worldwalking. Leaving aside the natural crossing abilities all Supernaturals seem to have. (Think Thomas in Grave Peril or White Night)

The second Portal was a Handwave. I mean come on... created by a friggn Odin, it's use "negotiated" by the most powerful vassal of the Winter Court.
It was a narrative shortcut. Otherwise Jim would probably just have said that they chose a different, longer, less perilous route through the nevernever to get back to Chicago. It was important that they got back, not how or how fast.

I would not let players create such portals to use for dramatically or tactically important travel. They'd be narrative only, and if you only use them as a narrative shortcut, then they really don't need mechanics.

Edit: i just realized that the issue posted by the OP is not IF they should be used by players, but how to stat them. Sorry for being less than helpful *g*

That's a really nice Character Sheet. Very Film noir.
Though i personally like the skills as a pyramid a lot, like on the original sheet, i can see how an alphabetical list would be easier to get into in a pinch.
It's nice to have the option.

One suggestion:
The stress-skills next to the physical, mental, social stress track titles. It would be nice to have those editable, since you can change them around with stunts.


As for the compilation thread

I think we could just move/copy relevant threads that aren't already on the resources board over to the resources board.
Then they'd all be in one place and easy to find.
That board is meant to be just that, a collection of resources, was it not?

Mind you, i'm not opposed to a compilation thread, i just don't think it's really a necessity.
Unless someone want's to collect all the stuff and host it so that there aren't so many dead links. Because that would be awesome.


That being said, I hereby move to have this thread moved to the resources board.
Is there a second ? *g*

[...] so would it be  viable to spend a Fate to use one skill in place of another? [...]

I would almost certainly not allow that.
The Skill-Transference that stunts offer hinges on the fact that you need to limit the circumstances in which it works.
If you choose the stunt depending on the situation, then that limitation is meaningless.

Also: Stunts usually offer at most a +2 Bonus. If you were able to acquire stunts at will, then you would no longer need aspects to invoke for bonuses.
Some very few stunts can offer more than +2 in a very limited circumstance... the aforementioned limitation concern comes into play once more.

So, acquiring stunts situationally is either a way to get around not having an aspect to invoke for +2, or it is very much unbalanced in terms of what a fate point should be able to do.

There may be some few situations where creating a temporary stunt may be viable, but i'm honestly having trouble to think of one where a declared aspect wouldn't basically accomplish the same thing.