I guess I was counting the Offensive Control for Air and Defensive Control for Earth as two separate bonuses, with 1 point for each, totaling 2 points.

Right, and the bracelet has one bonus for fire, one for earth, for a total of two, times two elements, for four slots. My issue (and I'm sorry for not stating this more clearly) is with the lens item. Where does the character get the space for that without points in Refinement?

Hey folks, I was wondering if someone could answer a question for me. I was looking through the Evil Acts case file recently, and one of the PCs has a couple focus items that confuse me. It's stated like this:

Focus Items
Bracelet made of hollow stones: +1 Offensive Control with Air; +1 Defensive Control with Earth
Magnifying Lens: +1 to both Complexity and Control with Divination

Now, shouldn't these items take up a total of five slots? The bracelet should be four (2 for the total bonuses x 2 for the number of elements). This character doesn't have any points in Refinement, so they should just have the four slots, correct? What am I missing? Sorry if this question has been asked and answered, but I couldn't find a thread about it. Any help would be appreciated.

Is it at all possible to prevent a were-form from shifting into his beast form, like with a block of some kind? Likewise, is it possible to reverse the transformation with a counterspell?

So apparently, I'm a total noob here. I was under the impression that since the Attack Roll and Control Roll were a single roll, any fate points applied counted only once. Are you guys treating these as two separate rolls that are made at the same time?

Good enough for me.

Tedronai, I'm not sure that my rule necessarily conflicts with the narrative focus, though. I will concede that yes, there exists the possibility of conflict, but we haven't seen that so far (then again, are campaign is only a few sessions old).

My rule is actually closer to your point than you think. Does it make narrative sense for a BCV (a normal one, not a master like Mavra) to just leave a fallen enemy where they are and move on? I don't think so. They feed, and thus would kill my players that they defeated. Now, I'm not going to let that happen if there are other players still up and running and able to stop it. But if every one of them was taken out, and they weren't able to get out of there, you better believe that I'm going to show my players the consequences of going into a fight unprepared.