So I've never used Supernatural Sense before, here are a few ideas.

1. I can "smell lies". This would let me a.) Use Investigation instead of Empathy to defend vs. Deceit (would I get the bonuses from Echoes as well or is that too much stacking?) and b.) Allow me to use Alertness when I first meet someone to see how much they "stink". Not sure how this would play out mechanically, maybe once per person I can make an Alertness assessment to see if they have any aspects about being dishonest or mischievous?

2. I can smell a person's general morality. I mean, really general. It's not so much "I can smell you have committed two counts of robbery, three counts of murder, and arson", but instead "I can smell your souls has been tainted with murder". Again, I'm not sure how specific Supernatural Sense lets me get. Similar to the first one, I could make an Alertness role when I first meet someone to make an assessment.

3. I can smell the "predatory nature" of individuals. If a person is a supernatural predator, I can use Alertness as a kind of "sixth sense" when they are near. Not sure if I would be able to pinpoint where the feeling is coming from. This might intrude a bit too much into the domain of Lore. Because I don't have any Lore, he wouldn't be able to know what kind of predator he is smelling, just that it has malicious intent and is not human.


Do any of these sound plausible or am I way off the mark? My character is a Were-Coyote with bonuses to smell and tracking via Echoes.

I was going to create a character that revolved around a Stealth power. Basically it allows the user to become a pool of shadow, allowing him or her to pass through, over, under, or around any physical object without any difficulty. It gains all the perks of Cloak of Shadows as well. I looked through the Custom Powers List and didn't see anything like this, but if it's already been discussed I couldn't find it. My rough draft looks something like this:

Shadow Form -2
See in the Dark Perception rolls are not penalized by darkness.
Melt into the Shadows When in a reasonably sized shadow you gain a +2 to Hiding.
Shadow Form You become a shadow, granting you a +2 to Skulking when in a reasonably sized shadow. Any difficulties due to passing through physical barriers (door, window, fence) are reduced to 0. Others can opt to use Lore instead of Alertness or Investigation when attempting to locate you. You cannot manipulate physical objects in anyway while in Shadow Form
Quite as a Shadow You cannot be heard and cannot make any noise.

I was thinking about adding some kind of armor against physical attacks (guns, knives, and fists), but I am stuck between what makes sense and what is balanced. I also decided against altering your senses while in Shadow Form for better of for worse, just to keep it simple. Others can certainly modify this or add optional powerups but I'm trying to keep this a two refresh power so that Minor Talents can take this if they want.

The mechanics of actually changing into Shadow Form would be identical to changing into a Wereform.

My Crafter (a character many here have helped me with) has a Masters in Chemistry so he knows a lot about mixing mundane chemical compounds in addition to his high Lore. However I just realized that I wasn't using that back story on my character sheet so I took away a few enchanted item slots and slapped on a stunt: Chemistry Major: Can roll Scholarship to create chemical compounds. I like him being able to make magical as well as "normal" things with nearly equal skill, but I'm struggling to think of practical applications of chemicals due to the fact that I personally hated Chemistry in High School and know very little about it.

My character has a Scholarship of Superb (5) so he has a fairly useful lab, but are there any useful chemicals that I could make by myself? In my mind I'm imagining rusting locks, opening a jar and have the contents react with the Oxygen to through up a smokescreen, throwing hydrochloric acid in at someone, etc., but how much of that is conceivable? I'm not asking anyone to do any extensive search for me, if it comes down to it I'll suck it up and wade through Wikipedia to find stuff, but does anyone remember enough from their High School or College Chemistry classes to say whether or not this is plausible? When playing Dresden we of course overlook whether things are perfectly realistic to make the game less tedious and more fun but I'm not sure if what I have in my mind is completely ridiculous or not. Thanks for the help in advance.

Specifically my question pertains to: "Superior Strength. Whenever using your Might to modify (page 214) another skill, it always provides a +1 regardless of the actual comparison of your Might score to the skill in question" (YS 183). This means it would stack with the +2 stress also included with Inhuman Strength when attacking somebody with physical force, correct? Because by its definition it seems like Might would always modify Fist rolls when attacking someone, well almost always, I imagine if your character was more about finesse than brute strength it might not. But say I roll straight up on my Fist attack and get a Great (+4) and I have Inhuman Strength, would the total stress (assuming the opponent rolled a mediocre defense with no armor) be 6 or 7? Can I modify my fists with Inhuman Strength and receive the +2 stress from Hammer Blows in the same attack? And if I can would I have to dictate how my Might helped me or would it just be assumed that if I punch a guy my Might would come into effect?

I was thinking about giving my Autumn Knight (who was a rancher before his knighthood) a power to "summon" a horse no matter where he was. It will tie in his previous occupation as a rancher well I think. The horse isn't going to have stats or anything so it's not a summoning spell per-say,I'm thinking more along the lines of how Gandalf summons Shadowfax in LOTR. Something like the second or third turn after I call the horse appears. Firstly, do you think this is possible? And secondly, do you think this will be a -1 spell? The only real benefit will be increased movement via the switch from Athletics to Survival as the movement skill. The reason that this will be a spell is because the horse will be unique like Shadowfax, so it's not like I'm just whistling loudly hoping for the nearest horse to hear and come running.

A quick search through old topics tells me that this concept has been done before and been discussed before, however the most recent topic is about a month old and I did not wish to resurrect an old topic (typically frowned upon on most boards). I have moderate experience with the Dresden RPG, I have never GM'ed but I have played enough to be confident with the rules and now want to make a more conflicted character, my first one was a Changling whose sole goal was essentially to survive, he was not beholden to anyone. I have decided on a Knight of the Fairy Court but we already had a Summer Knight (from a previous campaign) in the city and most other characters hated the Winter Court, so a Winter Knight was basically out. I then decided on attempting to make an Autumn Knight and here is where I stand right now.

I gave him Aseelie (liked the name more then Adseelie, to each his own I guess) magic which consists of: Wildness, Decay, Growth, Hunting, and Air. I took aspects from Summer and Winter as you can see and I feel these embodies Fall fairly well. I liked the idea of Fall and Spring being the more transitional of the four Courts but I wasn't fond of the idea that the two were wiped out and now in hiding. I decided to put a twist on it that yes, they were wiped out, but they are by no means hiding. Just like how scientists are discovering how the Earth may be going through "seasons" spanning millions of years (polarity shifting, average temperature rising and falling), so did the four courts. Whenever the Earth began too shift, the Autumn and Spring courts rose in power and every time the Earth stabilized the Summer and Winter rose to power. Now with the talk of global warming (not trying to spark a political/ecological debate) I'm thinking that maybe it's time for the Spring and Autumn Courts to be gaining power again and cast down the Summer and Winter Courts. Whether these transitions are peaceful (the fae recognize it's part of a cycle and accept it) or violent (the courts try desperately to fight off the steady advance of Mother Nature) I haven't decided.

Anywho my character is an Autumn Knight (in out campaigns there are more than one Knight per court as to not limit players wanting to create them) sent to check on the Winter Court as (whoever is the head of Autumn Court) suspects them of attempting to harness some powerful magic to stop the advance of said nature and maintain power, perhaps hopefully allowing Summer to fade so they are uncontested.

I apologize for the long post and if I made any grave errors concerning the Dresden-verse I apologize, like I said I have only moderate experience. I may have to drastically change the story of the Autumn court if my GM doesn't like the whole shift in power thing but I would like some feedback/suggestions from the much more experienced and seasoned folks here on the forums, both about the balance of power thing and my picks for the Autumn's Sponsored Magic in general.