So in the semi-tradition of floating around weird PC ideas, here I go again.

This time it is a Focused Practitioner. The idea is that of a Kinetomancer who is an Assassin for hire. He kills people by using kinetic bullets, and uses a sniper scope as his Foci Item, and only the sniper scope, no rifle attached, which allows him to enter areas that usually would be inaccessible for a normal assassin with a traditional gun.

So of course he is breaking the First Law, but the method he uses makes it appear as if he is actually shooting people with normal guns, the only mystery being how he manages to make the bullet disappear. This makes him a highly sought after assassin for hire  (no bullet, no real evidence for a court conviction), but he also has to be careful when interacting with anyone from the White Council, should they ever put one and one together the Wardens will be after him.

He is only mostly aware of the supernatural community (no high Lore), just enough to move around it and avoid the Wardens.

His Kinetomancy is highly specialized, limited to kinetic bullets he uses for assassination (channeling), a limited version of phosphoromancy that allows him to bend shadows to help him hide (Cloak of Shadows), and a general lightness and extra kinetic energy to his movements (inhuman speed).

Enough general chitchat time for the build itself. Level Submerged:

Powers:

- Lawbreaker (1st Law) -2 (he makes a living killing people)
- Channeling (Spirit/Kinetomancy) -2
- Cloak of Shadows -1
- Inhuman speed -2

Adjusted Refinement: +3

Skills:

+5 Discipline, Conviction - for his kinetic attacks
+4 Deceit, Stealth - High Deceit to bluff any Wardens/Wizards he meets
+3 Burglary, Presence- Presence at +3 to give him 4 hitboxes in Social Combat should some Warden interrogate him

+2 Contacts, Resources
+1 Lore, Investigation - 1 Lore for his Rote Spell Kinetic Bullet

Focus Item

- Optical Sniper Scope
+1 Conviction Offensive Spirit, +1 Discipline Offensive Spirit

So when using his Scope with his Rote Spell to kill people, he pulls of an 8 shift attack, always.

I'm thinking of adding maybe some Stunt to make his targeting better when using the Kinetic Bullet+Scope. Maybe substituting his Sniper Scope for Glasses, to be even less conspicuous? Then he would be killing people just by putting on a pair of glasses and looking at them?

Maybe something like:

- In my Sight

When using your Rote Spell, the amount of shift you gather for the Attack also count as you discipline role for targeting.

So I have been toying with the idea of a Blampire PC character, but they seem vastly to costly in terms of refresh, even on Submerged.

Here is a list of powers I see necessary for a Blampire:

Living Dead - 1 for obvious reasons

Strange Sense -1 night vision, smelling blood, and hearing hearts pumping

Domination -2 to make Reinfields

Gaseous Form -3 as presented by Marva

Human Guise -0 at least fresh Blampires are mostly human looking

Supernatural Speed -4 Blampires are described as moving faster then the eye can see

Supernatural Strength - 4 and they have the strength to go with it

Here are powers I see as optional for Blampires:

Claws -1 with a trapping for Fangs, since I don' really see Fangs being useful in a normal fist fight, I would say that the trapping should give a bonus to damage while grappling, where fangs can actually be useful. They are optional in my opinion since we never actually get a description in the books saying that Blampires have fangs, and if you are really in to it, you can pierce skin with normal human teeth especially if you have Supernatural Strength.

Addictive Saliva -1 not sure on this one, I can't recall anyone being sexually aroused by Blampires feeding on them be it in the Files of Bram Stokers book, the orgasmic nature of vampire bites seems to be a modern addition to the myth

Spider Walk -1 Dracula does it in Stokers book, so I guess its something they can do

Cloak of Shadows -1 again, Dracula can disappear in the shadows, we haven't seen a Blampire do it in the Files, unless you want to count Mavra's double sudden appearance in Blood Rites

Swift Transition - 1 no base for that in both books but would make sens for them to be able to do it

Blood Drinker -1 obviously they drink blood, but what give Blampires the power is the death they cause by it, and they don't seem to gain any powers of having blood in there belly like Red Court Vampires

Feeding Dependency +2 again not really sure if they HAVE to drink blood or just get power from it so if they want to get stronger they have to kill but they don't have to necessary do it, I added it mostly because of the +2 since a Blampire is enough of a costly build.

So this make a Blampire build cost between 15 to 19 Refresh, the biggest chance to regain some of that is by the Catch, since Blampires have a bunch and they are well known:

The Catch needs to be between 6 to 10 refresh worth:

- no supernatural powers in Sunlight - yes, in Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Prince of Darkness walks around the daylight without bigger problems he just isn't able to aces his powers, the falling to dust effect was invented in the black and white film Nosferatu

- Holly Object - when carried by someone with Faith in that particular object, Marva doesn't seem to have a problem with Dresden Pentacle as long as he isn't concentrating his Faith in Magic in to it, making it glow

-Garlic - very common, very well known, without a doubt worth a bunch of refresh

-Threshold - cannot cross them without an invitation, again a big limitation

- Fire, Stake through the heart, Decapitation - common known weakens but then again no one likes to be decapitated or set on fire, so probably not really that much worth in Refresh

- Running Water - here I'm unsure how much of an obstacle that one is, is it just that they can't aces there powers like Wizards while under/on it? Or is it like a threshold barrier and every time a Blampire wants to cross a river they have to backtrack it to it spring and cross it from that point?

So what do you think? Which powers do you think are necessary/justified for a Blampire? Do you think that the Catches as stated are worth 6-10 refresh?