i use it for quick transit. a good lore roll pretty much keeps you on the right path and the white council used it to fight there war with the red court as they have no other means of reliable transportation. So it isn't all bad. And it can be used by the knowledgeable  (read the white council and its members) as fast transportation though not instant. I see no reason to disallow this justto make things harder on players.

i cant remember the name they redid the rules to make it easier i think

i always thought the skill swap allowed people to focus on mental and social skills and then invert those skills when they became animals so they could participate in combat. I thought they were fine with that view. I never really thought of it as overpowered kind of under powered without additional abilities

casters would like it but  doubt anyone else would

i was thinking of a concept that would allow wizards to store thaumaturgy spells for later use. I would tie it to lore allowing one stored spell per point. Because its thaumaturgy there would be no cost invoking it. No limit to strength or power like enchanted items and potions. The amount of stored spells could be increased with refresh on a one for one basis.The spell could be stored on an item or taken internally like a potion but not active until invoked. So a basic transformation spell could be invoked pretty quickly lasting like a thaumaturgy but as quick as evocation. Its better then evothaum because it can be a full ritual spell stored.

does it cost a mental energy to cast or is it like thaumaturgy where there is no cost because its slow and uses another source of power. Does self sponsored evothaum share the same cost or lack of cost?

changelings if they start with the wizard package and a few fey powers thee pretty much over the top right away. Can we separate out the wizard powers  from fey powers and when they reach -10 fey powers they have made the choice.

i dont see the need to nerf them. The game revolves around the power of wizards. They start out insanely strong that's the point of the game. The focus has to be on getting around objects instead of going through them. Politics and agreements really powerful wizards have in place, the accords all this has to be brought into play. Piss of the wrong wizard and he starts manipulating events behind the scenes to make everything the offending wizard does more difficult. That can affect the game in a lot of ways reduced successes explained as resistance the player wizard wasn't aware of. its high handed but eventually it could lead to a story that helps players understand they aren't the only big fish in the lake and the time for using all your abilities is only in the most dire of circumstances. And there is still the fact that magic and the magic world is a secret. Some people are aware most aren't dresden is an anomaly and if not for his early patronage and raw power would have been brought to heel. Wizards need to focus on working in secret or "resistance you didn't realize was there can  start affecting the outcome of rolls and effect. Remember how blackstaff used his magic to block Marvas magic to allow Harry's group to have some success. Same thing can be used against wizards who insist on overly overt use of power. Magic is still a secret and wizards aren't superheros.