What if you power it for 1 year?

Is it still free?

Yes, it can be dispelled, but how often are you going to run into another wizard that will dispel it?

Adventure 1:  I do a ritual for Inhuman Strength: duration 1 year.
Adventure 2:  I do a ritual for Inhuman recovery: duration 1 year.
Adventure 3: I do a ritual for inhuman toughness: duration 1 year.

etc...

The difference between 1 year and 1 day shouldn't really make a difference since they use the same methods.

it doesn't, and if you want to have your guy spend the time and resources to do it all I am good with it, but don't whine if some comes by and dispels it or a hard rain shorts it out, though honestly I don't see how they could ever grant it for a year. Wouldn't each shift over a scene add 2 to the complexity and If it doesn't you could as game master easily stipulate that.   At that point hed be lucky to get the day let alone the week. I want them to be able to grant themselves what they need for the story, but I am not just going to give it to them. That would trivialize it.

Also at some point I could offer compels to represent the fact he's using up his resources and contacts to keep the thing going. So that will lead to more stories . We could also ties the ability to his conviction since he's using his own resources to power the spell maybe he operates at -1 or -2 per ability he has granted himself. So now he's trading raw power for a power. Actually that seems eminently fair.

Sidebar of page 92 and note in the margin of page 283.

the sidebar is for entities granting power, not rituals.

Good luck finding any DM who will let that fly. Most will only allow you to generate effects measurable in shifts. E.g. instead of giving you Inhuman Strength for a duration, you will have an X shift effect that substitutes your ability to lift/break things.

If you do find someone who will allow you actual power emulation without paying, let me know. It'll be wizard abuse time!

Your looking at one, I am not sure why there would be a need to spend FP. The spell can be dispelled and its temporary. If your going to spend FP like might as well do it permanently and get the power for real. I think I am in the camp that says its free as long as its temporary.

What would such thaumaturgical (SP) effect look like if you were to grant yourself or another inhuman strength or claws? You would want it to last at least a day, if its permanent its going to cost, but if its only for a day. How much for the ability the time for it to last that sort of thing. Granted why give yourself strength or claw when you can make it rain fire, but you never know, Raith was immune to direct magic, enhanced punching ability would have certainly made things easier for harry that day. Any ideas or has some already been posted?

how about a ritual that duplicates supernatural healing for a bit its refresh is -4 so maybe that equals a great effect. if you save up for it you can add it to your character for what 4 fate points on a permanent basis? the spell only has to last long enough for the regeneration to work once healed the body isn't going to revert back a severe consequence is reduced to mild, 2 mild consequences can be brushed aside so essentially a ritual that duplicates this power could eliminate a severe and moderate consequence with one casting.

another way: a severe consequence covers 6 stress so you might need a ritual that covers fantastic effect more per injury, since stress doesn't really count you would never need s difficulty higher then the total amount of the damage in consequences covered. Since almost no one is going to resist healing it should be easy to apply to others.

Just some ideas I've had right after asking.

There's lots but i'm on a tablet so i can't get the link right now..

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,21533.msg974749.html#msg974749

wow thanks good link

is their any official info on their stats, I am creating a game that begins in-between the time Dresden is "dead" and his return for the Chicago area.

how do you apply it in game?