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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Elemental Magus on June 29, 2006, 08:15:37 PM
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well pick one!!!!!!! ;D
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Dead, probably. Curiosity killed the mortal.
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I...I... I can't decide!!! *tears self in two*
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I'ld be an Other....
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A supernatural entity sound.... interesting...
My name says it all....
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Just to be anal, I'd call the Summer Knight/Winter Knight a 'Gifted Mortal' and not a 'Supernatural Entity' -- they make a big deal about the fact that they're mortals who are imbued with the powers of the fae, rather than fae themselves.
As for my choice, I chose Knight of the Cross. Michael and Shiro rock my socks. Then again, I love playing Paladins in D&D, too...
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I'd revisit my character from the original campaign Jim ran - a football player for the Bears who had a limited precognitive ability and great reflexes. He was a lotta fun. :)
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I've fantasized about being a witch/wizard/sorceress all my life. No way would I pass up the chance to be one here...although in all honesty I'd probably have the most fun being a fledgling wizard who still manages to magically screw up enormously while performing a rediculously easy spell...I dunno, I've always just found it more fun to be the floundering newbie than to be the experianced master. Frustration and adolescent screw ups make for great plot points!
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I'd play a stage magician/grifter who has tons of magic potential, but can't use it because as a magician, he knows how all the tricks work and that there is no real magic. :)
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My current nifty character concept for the RPG builds on the story of the Black University. I think it's in the Blue Fairy Book.
Anyway the story is as follows: Somewhre there is a school that teaches every art, science, and science that has ever been learned by man. This school is underground and has no light. Books line all the walls and the way the students is able to read is whenever they open the books the letters on the page themselves glow with a flickering hellish light. Each student is admitted entry into the school on the condition that he understands the last person to complete their studies and leave the school each year will belong to the master of the school (usually understood to be Satan) and be used in whatever way he see.
One year the student to finish last ran with the others up the tunnel leading out into the sun and when the master of the school grabbed his ankle he kicked at the hand freeing himself he just managed to escape shouting back "There is one other who left after me!" refering to his shadow. And so he was able to escape but no longer had a shadow.
Anyway, the way that translates into the character I want to play is: A runaway probably from somewhere in the 1920s ends up attending the University. The University itself is in the never-never. He studies and learns, arrogant as he is he waits to go last having planned for this. And he escapes using the shadow trick. What he discovers though is a lot of time has passed while he was studying and the world has changed.
To complicate matters he'ld have been tainted by black magic, probably a decently strong wizard whose specialty is evocation. He'ld also know of the white council and as a result he'ld keep his head low and go out of his way to avoid using magic whenever possiable so as not to draw attention to himself.
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I think I'd be a mortal like Murphy. Involved through knowing someone like Harry and not because of magical ability.
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My first choice would be Wizard, hands down. I've always wanted to be a spellslinger for as long as I can remember. Being able to do magic would kick sooo much ass! But if I wasn't a Wizard, I'd be a Gifted Mortal, more specifically a Knight of the Cross. I've always loved swords and swordplay, and fighting demons for God and country (but more for God than country) would be really cool! Either one would rock!
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I'd be a aprentice wizard witha talent in thautamurgy.....and has a whole lotta magical potential but messes up and *BOOM* takes out half a block!
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I'd have to say a special mortal...not sure what kind but I kinda like the idea of an ectomancer. ;D
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I've gotta go with Mortal. Maybe I'm just jaded from years of game play, but flash-bang powers don't do much for me anymore. I prefer solid competence, and an interesting personality.
Personally, what I'd really like to play is Edward, from the Anita Blake series. Which I guess would be pretty close to Kincaid, but I'm pretty sure he's not human anymore. A highly trained mortal, who knows the tricks of the supernaturals. And gets hired to eliminate problems.
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Supernatural Entity, hello they can deal major pwnage and they look reeely cool
That's about my only reason - who cares about morals
I know I'm shallow and I'm proud of it
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I'd have to be a Knight of the Cross. Nobody can mess with Mike.
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Suppose I'd be a Gifted Mortal. If that's the category that fits the idea of a Norte Americano relief worker in Central America who doesn't believe in any of the local mumbo-jumbo until a Chupacabra attack in the Highlands wipes out most of the other aid workers. Later he's gifted with a jade pendant from a Mayan medicine man that curses/blesses him as a were-jaguar which enables him to go fang-to-claw with the Red Court's minions on their own ground, during which time he encounters members of the Fellowship of St. Giles...
...not that I've really thought about it. ;)
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I would go with wizard, but instead of playing a wizard with tons of magic I would play someone really skilled with magic, but without much raw power. It would make spellcasting a lot more interesting, instead of summoning a huge fireball my character would have too find a way to work around his lack of brute force power, perhaps using a wind spell to pull all of the hydrogen in the air together with a bunch of oxygen and adding a tiny bit of heat to make an econo fireball, or If he was really mad pulling a tiny bit of the tritium and deuterium out of the air and compressing it....
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Wizard. ;D I like the idea of doing what Harry does, mixing blowing the forces of darkness three-quarters of the way past hell, and doing private investigations for money.
~She-Wolf
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Well, the way things are going (and if I can corral my friends into the game) I'll be playing as...the GM.
Why you may ask? For one thing, I am the only one who has read all the Dresden Files books. Yes, it's true. Everyone else is either waiting their turn for the library copies, or illiterate.
Next off, I don't mean to brag here, but I am the best GM out of all my usual gaming friends. I really get a kick out of setting up scenarios and adventures for the PCs to mash their way through. I like having something to do. I like coordinating stuff between characters.
And finally, it has been established among my group that all things modern, urban, or post-fantasy are to fall into my realm and mine alone. Because I'm the only one who can get it right.
So there it is. I won't get to play a wizard of the White Council. Nor a canny member of the Venatori Umbrorum. Not a divine retributor. Nor even the merest of mortals. Nope, mine is the role of the amazing all-powerful, all-knowing, all-singing, all-dancing guy at the top.
But I really would like to play that Venatori guy. He sounded like fun. :(
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I'd either be a vampire of The White Court, like Thomas, or a fey of The Summer Court!
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It really depends on what's available.
My First Idea for a character was a Secular knight, a guy who follows some of the old precepts of the code of chivalry without all the Knights Templar-lite trappings of the religious orders. I wanted something closer to feudal knights than the Orders, the kind of guy who defends his "fief" (a group of people who supported him and need him to fight the things they the cops don't face) from foes, and go on the occasional quest beyond that. Human, but with a real appreciation of the importance of oaths and loyalty (the "Old World" element Harry talks about) that he shares with many of the creatures that confront him
What I'm not sure about is whether the guy would qualify as a mortal or a gifted mortal. I've got the basic idea down but he could be anything from a vanilla human to a Lycanthrope who happens to only have a group of humans as his 'pack'.
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I've fantasized about being a witch/wizard/sorceress all my life. No way would I pass up the chance to be one here...although in all honesty I'd probably have the most fun being a fledgling wizard who still manages to magically screw up enormously while performing a rediculously easy spell
lol dont feel bad i would be too. and i might not neccesarily use my powers for ALL good lol
**scampers away**
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*stares at list* Um...
*blink*
I dunno what to choose! :( Haven't even considered what I'd play and I don't even know if I'll ever be able to gather enough people together where I'm at to play the game (I can figure up maybe 3; 5 or 6 at the most).
*sigh* Eventually I'll figure out what to play...
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i think i would like to stick with being a mortal, although it would have to be one of the knights of st lazareth or summin like that as although i would be a mortal, they recieve some awsome training in both medievil style weapons and guns etc also having an awareness of the world of magic etc if not being able to use it himself.... other than that i guess i would have to go wit being a wizard for obvious reasons lol, although being GM is cool, i av done a lot of DMing in D&D and can certainly see why it can be good fun
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Since I'll end up being the gamemaster, I will be all of the above.... and unfortunately none of the above at the same time :(
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Odd as it may seem I'd have to go with either a Marcone style mobster or a really strong-willed human with Denarrian....I just love walking that thin line
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Probably a shapeshifter, like the Alphas. That would be interesting, especially if cats were allowed. Talk about your intelligence operative. ;)
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i would have to say i'd pursue the title of a knight of one of the fae courts, preferably winter. i like the cold, the chicks seem more... erotic, and to be able to have mega power in both the mortal world and nevernever would be a definite plus.
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First impulse, without reading it, and providing with MY schedule (i work in a hospital) i can find a gaming group again...
if being descended from a dragon ain't happening, wyldfae changeling. Maybe half-ogre or something. The whole conflict of the dual nature, the desire to be oneself and not ally with either Court, and to play 'free agent' in this sort of setup... it has possibilities for RPing.
if descended from a dragon (maybe an oriental one is less humanivore than the western ones shown? certainly there are legends about such in Japan) IS possible, it would be preferred. my first magazine articles selling were to Dragon - and i've got warm-and-scaly feelings for them ever since.
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Gifted mortal. But not uberpowered, something low-key. The challenge of knowing about the supernatural world and surviving in it without being all kaboomy is fascinating to me. It's why I usually played mortals back when I was MUSHing on White Wolf games.
Maybe someone who has a single talent, like Wizard Sight. And she's learned a few tricks that anybody, with or without power, can do (ref: Dead Beat scene with the chalk... hint enough but non-spoilery enough?).
Dang, when's that MUSH opening?
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My current nifty character concept for the RPG builds on the story of the Black University. I think it's in the Blue Fairy Book.
Anyway the story is as follows: Somewhre there is a school that teaches every art, science, and science that has ever been learned by man. This school is underground and has no light. Books line all the walls and the way the students is able to read is whenever they open the books the letters on the page themselves glow with a flickering hellish light. Each student is admitted entry into the school on the condition that he understands the last person to complete their studies and leave the school each year will belong to the master of the school (usually understood to be Satan) and be used in whatever way he see.
One year the student to finish last ran with the others up the tunnel leading out into the sun and when the master of the school grabbed his ankle he kicked at the hand freeing himself he just managed to escape shouting back "There is one other who left after me!" refering to his shadow. And so he was able to escape but no longer had a shadow.
Anyway, the way that translates into the character I want to play is: A runaway probably from somewhere in the 1920s ends up attending the University. The University itself is in the never-never. He studies and learns, arrogant as he is he waits to go last having planned for this. And he escapes using the shadow trick. What he discovers though is a lot of time has passed while he was studying and the world has changed.
To complicate matters he'ld have been tainted by black magic, probably a decently strong wizard whose specialty is evocation. He'ld also know of the white council and as a result he'ld keep his head low and go out of his way to avoid using magic whenever possiable so as not to draw attention to himself.
aka The Scholomance. A variation on that theme would be that the Tenth Person has to stay and train the next class. The post is then passed on and on. He would be hunted because he upset the rule. (Just a thought.)
I would be a person who falls between the cracks. He comes from a long line of wizards, but he isn't a wizard himself. His family have been in the magic game for many generations, but occasionally, one is born without the means to do magic. He was this generations, but to make up for it, he is a weirdness magnet. In his travels, he's picked up a few things, like one of the Cait Shee, think Mouse, but only feline. Some powerful members of both Fairy Courts owe him some big favors, think something along the lines of the Unraveling. The best way to think about him is to combine the character of Hurley from Lost with the main character from the canceled FOX series, Strange Luck, with a bit of that character from the Donald Duck comics who is extremely lucky; he won the Lottery, and is pretty much set for life. He thinks that he might be a living embodiment of "What goes around comes around". Fate sends him out on missions from time to time, and he might set off a series of events that would take down a group of Red Court Vampires, or cause a dragon to be slain.
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my charicter concept runs as follows. both my parents were wardens. they were also fairly bissness sauvy individuals and with such long lives and a little bissness senes it doesnt take much to make a lot of money. they always figured that i would also have magical abilitys so they home schooled me in everything including magic, strategy, and martial arts. however between the home schooling and always moving because of bissness i dident develope any real relationships outside my family untill i came into my powers at the age of 15. my first freind was a femal fey of the winter court i meet in the swiss alps durring winter. she was young as such things are figured amongst the fey and she wanted to prove her abilitys to the other fey to do this she had decided to trick me into a bargain for my magic to this end she spent every bit of time i was away from my parents with me. just like many chilldren of that age i was convinced we were falling in love but i knew from my studies that it was dangeros to give or reiceve gifts from the fey so i dicided make a bargain with her. the bargain i offerd her was if she gave me her love in return i would give her that wich was most preciose to me. being a fey and young she imediatly assumed that power was the most preciose posseson to everyone and as that was what she wanted immediatly excepted the deal. when this happend it immedaitly made changes to both of us intwining our powers our souls and thoght process the univers and our own powers altered us. taking parts from one and placing them in the other and altering the rest of us to be more akin to the other making me no longer completly human and her no longer completly fey so that an impossible love would work. what all of the conciqinces of this deal are or will be neither of us know. initialy she fled but later returned because she couldent stay away either of us without the other is incomplet at best. shortly aftere this my parents died in a car accident( i know very cliche) and was sent to study under there freind Pietrovich of Archangel in Russia. i found that i reacted well to the cold and harshenss of both russia and my new teacher as to wether this was because of the changes brought on by the deal i made or not is up for debate but what is not in question is that i progressd rappidly at my new home. my greatest strenghths quickly proved to be ice, artificing, summoning, and commbat magic. i beggan to have great difficulty controling fire however to a deggre were the slightest attempt would either completly fell or cause me great pain. my girlfrend ( the fey i made the deal with i call her amber for short) taght me to accesses the now fey like parts of me and through them to accesses winter ice and the power that comes with it. when Archancel was attacked i was away dealing with some of the bissness issues that my parents had left me in china. i arrived back shortly affter the attack to be the first person to see what the red court had done to my new home. it filled me with a cold calculating implacable rage and i quickly relised that we had to have been betrayed. since the only pepole who can bettray you are pepole you trust that made everyone who i might have gone to for help suspect so i gatherd up all of the books and training matterials i could find as well as anything i could find that seemed powerfull or usfull and left since then i have been training with my girlfreind constantly to hunt down the red court and the traitor. maybe they overlooked me or maybe they dident consider a merre aprintice worth much attention but wichever it is soon they will learn the harsh leasons that can be taght by a long hard russian winter. ha and i came up with all that while i was sitting here.
p.s. excuse the gramer and spelling
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If I were a wizard, I'll be a Blackstaff masquerading as a Warden, quietly looking for White Council traitors.
If I were a supernatural entity, I'll be a summer fae of the trees, skilled in the matters of nourishment and healing.
If I were a gifted mortal, I'll be a teenager with a strange condition where my subconcious controls more of my magic, meaning I'm more powerful when I'm asleep, and I didn't even know I could cast magic.
If I were a mortal, which I already am, ...
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Good grief.
Hmm.
What I really like about Harry is not only that he is a wizard, but more importantly is that he is a problem solver.
I would likely be a wizard of low to moderate strength, but with high power connections and access to hard to find information. I would have contacts with the Venatori and the Order of the St. Giles as well as other secret Brotherhoods. I would have some contacts within Nevernever as well. I would be a researcher, in some real sense. I wouldn't really be a good field op (which Harry is undeniably). I would be content digging up stuff to just know it or to help who ever was contracting me. I would likely work with the White Council (because, lets face it, bad guys have a tendancy to kill off their researchers to keep the knowledge to themselves). Given the current state of things, I would have to be underground and rather miserable in my newly given grey cloak.
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Good grief.
Hmm.
What I really like about Harry is not only that he is a wizard, but more importantly is that he is a problem solver.
I would likely be a wizard of low to moderate strength, but with high power connections and access to hard to find information. I would have contacts with the Venatori and the Order of the St. Giles as well as other secret Brotherhoods. I would have some contacts within Nevernever as well. I would be a researcher, in some real sense. I wouldn't really be a good field op (which Harry is undeniably). I would be content digging up stuff to just know it or to help who ever was contracting me. I would likely work with the White Council (because, lets face it, bad guys have a tendancy to kill off their researchers to keep the knowledge to themselves). Given the current state of things, I would have to be underground and rather miserable in my newly given grey cloak.
I love that! Let me guess, you really like the Dr. Daniel Jackson and Rupert Giles characters from Stargate and Buffy, respectively? ;D They're geeks after my own heart (I love reading and researching).
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Hmm.
I have never seen an episode of Buffy.
I had real etymological problems with Stargate as well as problems with taking it seriously given that it was produced by Studio Canal (sort of the French TNT-Independent Cable Channel) and blanked most of the film the first time around. I recently saw it again after a few years of hiatus and it isn't that bad.
I am an engineer by education, and a retired VG developper by choice. I just gravitate to problem-solving I guess.
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Hmm.
I have never seen an episode of Buffy.
I had real etymological problems with Stargate as well as problems with taking it seriously given that it was produced by Studio Canal (sort of the French TNT-Independent Cable Channel) and blanked most of the film the first time around. I recently saw it again after a few years of hiatus and it isn't that bad.
I am an engineer by education, and a retired VG developper by choice. I just gravitate to problem-solving I guess.
Ah, okay. I know what you mean, because I tend to be very critical of the inaccuracy of some historically based films, and I'm not even going to go into the stupid crime scene series on the networks (they are worse than the regular cop shows). ::)
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Hmm.
I have never seen an episode of Buffy.
I had real etymological problems with Stargate as well as problems with taking it seriously given that it was produced by Studio Canal (sort of the French TNT-Independent Cable Channel) and blanked most of the film the first time around. I recently saw it again after a few years of hiatus and it isn't that bad.
I am an engineer by education, and a retired VG developper by choice. I just gravitate to problem-solving I guess.
Ah, okay. I know what you mean, because I tend to be very critical of the inaccuracy of some historically based films, and I'm not even going to go into the stupid crime scene series on the networks (they are worse than the regular cop shows). ::)
As an aside, my wife, a doctor, has enjoyed the episodes of House, MD, that we have been able to see. Eerily, most of the cases she can nail down within about 20 minutes into the show as she has had them.
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Yes, I know CSI is pure fantasy, but they shows are fun to watch if you ignore the details and just roll with it.
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Yes, I know CSI is pure fantasy, but they shows are fun to watch if you ignore the details and just roll with it.
Kinda like the WWF, then? Neh?
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Yes, I know CSI is pure fantasy, but they shows are fun to watch if you ignore the details and just roll with it.
Kinda like the WWF, then? Neh?
Actually, the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) won their lawsuit against that fellow who owns the wrestling teams. The wrestling federation (or whatever it is) goes by something else now.
As far as the marshmallow fluff TV shows go, I'll go all the way and just watch "The Gilmore Girls" (what can I say, I like my marshmallow truly fluffy). If I want forensics, I'll watch the real thing on the geek TV channels (which I much prefer). Gary Dourdan is a good actor and a gorgeous man, but even he can't draw me into that show (or any of the spin offs).
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The WWF wasn't forced to change its name, just its website.
They changed to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) because Vince McMahon decided he wanted the company's name to match its website, and he couldn't have WWF.com anymore...
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The WWF wasn't forced to change its name, just its website.
They changed to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) because Vince McMahon decided he wanted the company's name to match its website, and he couldn't have WWF.com anymore...
Thanks for my back, wwc!
;D
Definitely TMA.
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ive been thinking, and i would want to play a gifted mortal...a pyromancer...
more specifically i would like to play the fledgeling (teenage?) pyromancer harry had to help from setting his cat on fire.
still in school, and has a major facination with sciences. like superheating atoms to create fission and then..*BOOM*. but thats an aspiration. the character i would like to play would have been given an enchantment from harry to help him focus his powers instead of letting his emotions set everything a blaze (kitty).
learned of the white council when harry came down, and is currently being apprenticed under someone harry trusts...dont really know who yet...was thinking about eb, but it sounds too good.
maybe burned up his girlfriend and the guy she was cheating on him with?
hunted by white council...
im making stuff up on the fly now...WHEN DOES THIS FREAKING GAME COME OUT!!!
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I think I'd have to go with good old fashioned Wizard.
Fuego!
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Wizard, but with a focus on ferromancy. Sure, Dresden blows up electronics, but he's a "magical 'thug'" - lots of brute power, little control. I'm sure someone with more control could avoid that pitfall.
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No way I could be a wizard now. I like technology WAAAAAAY too much! lol (What?! No more MMPGs!? >:( )Not to mention those guys attract trouble like poo does flies. I DO like my downtime.
No way would I want to be part of the fea and their neverending war.
Same with the vamps. WAY too much politics in there (between the courts and within). Course, of the 3, the white would be the most appealing, if I had to pick.
Super powered entity has it's own trappings. Sides, where's the fun in big power? hehe
A Templar Knight? LOL! Yhea right. Sorry, no faith to be had in religion here.
Demons/Fallen/other nasties...nah. I need a reason to be bad, I just can't run around and wreak havoc for giggles. I'm kinda Harrish in that way.
I think I'd like to be a Kincaid type of character. Mysterious. Has power but you're not entirely sure what it might be outside of superhuman physical. Likes his toys. Knows the playing field. Good contacts. Free spirit.
Guess that falls into supernatural entity.
For a second choice, I'd join up with the Alphas. Being a part of a pack would be sweet and those guys are pretty cool, overall.
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My first choice would be White Court. I like my games politcal, and nothing would be more so in this world than dealing with the Succubi. If not available, i'd have to go with a wizard who specializes in potion making.
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I went Gifted Mortal like a Knight of the Cross.
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Gifted mortals would also encompass people like Billy and the werewolf pack yes? As well as the 'lesser wizards' those who have some skills (the woman killed in Fool Moon who tried to recreate the circle, or the others who hang around McAnally's) I would guess. Where would Susan fit in?
I'd find it hard to choose, either gifted mortal, or a really very sparsely gifted Wizard. Someone with a normal, if somewhat irregular job who does the whole evil fighting thing on the side. Maybe a werewolf/normal PI, or a Wizard/artist...
Jeb
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Gifted mortals would also encompass people like Billy and the werewolf pack yes?
You could look at Billy as a gifted mortal, or simply a werewolf. I mean, we know what he is, right? We don't have to categorify everything, so long as you can play it. :)
As well as the 'lesser wizards' those who have some skills (the woman killed in Fool Moon who tried to recreate the circle, or the others who hang around McAnally's) I would guess.
"Lesser Practitioners".
Where would Susan fit in?
Half-Bloods -- mortals on the cusp of becoming true monsters. This includes virgin white courters, "unblooded" red-court types like Susan and others in the Fellowship of St. Giles, and half-faeries who haven't yet made the Choice.
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I'm looking forward to building a "Batman" inspired character.
Wealthy but unpowered mortal. Parents killed by trolls. Uses wealth, brains and ridiculous amounts of free time to research the weaknesses of magical creatures, and hunt them down.
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When I first logged on I saw the forum and imediately thought, "OMG I could play Murphy!" (or a cop like her.)
I am excited to read about this..I can see I'll be stalking this forum regularly.
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This is more a question of "What AM I?" rather than what I would be. ;)
Wizard, of course. Though I would greatly love to try playing a Changeling some day in the future, to try and balance Fae and Human. That'd be a blast, but I don't trust myself with being able to maintain it for very long. :D Especially considering how I've handled my wizard so far... :D
Wonderfully lacking in imagination at the time of creation, I tried the whole wizard PI thing, which turned into.... (through the in-game years) wizard waitress, wizard cabbie, and wizard reporter. It's been a blast. ;D
Thinking my Ann is all that wonderful and such, I'd rant on about her, but I'll just leave my answer and scoot from here.
AD
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Personally, I'm a mystically minded person outta game. I just can't play a character who isn't out there delving into the unknown without so much as a saftey rope. So, I'd definately be a true blue (and possibly blooded and battered and cynical) Wizard.
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It's of course tempting to be a Wizard and that will probably be my first choice. But I also like to switch up characters often. Also I'm usually the GM so that gives me a lot of flexibility to try whatever my little heart desires. After that I might want to play some sort of modern day ranger with minor nature related magical abilities. Also the possibility of playing a Werewolf (like the Alphas) would be interesting.
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Since I teach a program about knighthood and chivalry, my choice would be a Knight of the Cross...but Wizard would be my next choice.
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Gifted Mortal....you bet. I want to be able to hold my own if necessary. ;)
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A very low powered wizard, barely strong enough to make the WC. A wizard who finds wizarding both boring and inconvenient as the TV always blows out right when the touchdown pass is being thrown. About fifty years old, he is good hearted but completely lacking in common sense. Is fanatically into beer, fishing, swords and guns (possessing a life-time membership in the NRA and a prized decades long uniterrupted collection of Guns and Ammo magazine). He's married to a fae wife who tricked him into marriage (he thought she was a Bears cheerleader) and a home in the suburbs (he still hasn't figured out why), she nags him mercilessly. They have 4 changling children, all girls, that he doesn't understand. He rarely ventures out of his basement for fear that he'll be ambushed with a "honey-do" list. When he does, he tells his family that he's off "on Council business" or, when desperate "to save the world", but 90% of the time he's actually at Mac's pounding pints. His best friend is a mob bookie with whom he succesfully colloborates in placing Vegas sports book bets, which is his preferred method of supporting his wife's keeping up with the Jonses life-style.
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I'd definately want to be a healer. A sarcastic, pessimistic kind of healer. But one that just can't help himself. He just has to help people who get hurt. Ow, as a sidenote, he would take the illness in his own body, but would be able to get over it. (explaining the negative personality a bit)
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
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I have a really hot, gay White Court man-vamp in mind.
OH, AWESOME.
(I hope we can be vamps....)
Total manwhore. Yum. He's unaffilliated with any families, feeds off of sex (as opposed to fear or whatever) and cranks out a living bouncing at bars, but also tends to squish any nasty he comes across harrassing the people who party where he works. He was raised mostly by normal humans who were aware of the supernatural community, and is avidly holding his hunger back as much as he can. But, he still gets with teh boyas. And is torn apart by angst along the way, because I'm a sadistic bastard.
AND A DIRTY PERVERT! YES!
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
Awww, shucks... :-\
We'll, it's back to the ol' D&D cleric then... ;D Meric the medic cleric.
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
Awww, shucks... :-\
We'll, it's back to the ol' D&D cleric then... ;D Meric the medic cleric.
Whoa. Did he change his name so it would rhyme with cleric, or did he decide to be a cleric because it rhymed with Meric?
OR WAS IT A COINCIDENCE?!! *ja ja ja!*
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Having just watched a preview of "300", I would have to say that bringing a Spartan warrior into the 21st century would rock. Maybe he was frozen in time after interrupting a Persian wizard doing dark magic, followed by a large KABOOM, and was only recently released by meddling archealogists. From the Spartan's persepctive, 1 second he's in 5th-4th century BC Greece, the next its 21st century Greece.
If the archealogists were connected to the Ventinari Brotherhood, he could then be recruited and shipped out to America (which he views as a decadent successor to stuck up Athens) where he does the fish out of water routine, all the while slaughtering evil wizards, vampires and other assorted baddies, as the case may be.
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Would like the challenge of playing a vanilla mortal in a supernatural setting.
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
Awww, shucks... :-\
We'll, it's back to the ol' D&D cleric then... ;D Meric the medic cleric.
Whoa. Did he change his name so it would rhyme with cleric, or did he decide to be a cleric because it rhymed with Meric?
OR WAS IT A COINCIDENCE?!! *ja ja ja!*
No coincidence. It's a calling. ;D
(I wanted to play a cleric and because my group used healing potions wholesale, I figured he would have to be the medic of the group.)
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First D&D character was a Magic User. Every game I have ever played in that I have truly enjoyed, I have played some sort of Magic User, and my favorite RPG of all is Mage in the White Wolf system.
I'll let you guess what I picked.
;D
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Supernatural.. definatly supernatural ;D
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My odd ideas so far include a low-level user of magic who specialises in geasa (who will end up in big trouble one day for sure); a very, very young (ie a few weeks, Rifts style) dragon in human form who looks teenage and is clueless; and someone whose bloodline may or may not involves angels. So, some supernatural oddities that may have absolutely no place in the Dresdenverse.
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
What about Lea? Didn't she do some healing too?
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
What about Lea? Didn't she do some healing too?
Okay, so so far we're talking about a highly-placed noblewoman of the Winter Court, and one of the Summer Ladies herself.
Neither of those are player character concepts. They're NPCs. :)
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
What about Lea? Didn't she do some healing too?
Okay, so so far we're talking about a highly-placed noblewoman of the Winter Court, and one of the Summer Ladies herself.
Neither of those are player character concepts. They're NPCs. :)
Darn! NPCs get all the cool toys *to throw the game completely out of balance* and we get Tylenol and Ace Bandages :'(
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Do they have Magical healers in the Dresdenverse? Harry makes it sound like Healing Magic is next to impossible.
It's pretty damn rare. The only instance we have of it on the page is healing done by one of the Queens of the Summer Court, and she's operating with a power source that's way off the scale.
What about Lea? Didn't she do some healing too?
Okay, so so far we're talking about a highly-placed noblewoman of the Winter Court, and one of the Summer Ladies herself.
Neither of those are player character concepts. They're NPCs. :)
Oh, and whoever has the Shroud of Turin at the moment.
Or a relic of comparable power. Scriptural references follow:
2nd Kings 13:
"20 Elisha died and was buried.
Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring.
21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet."
Acts 19:
"11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them."
On a more Dresden-related note, blood rites page 251, Lord Raith heals himself (yes, he's a vampire lord, but he's been weakened significantly [trying to avoid spoilers]):
Then Raith's flesh began to glow. His shirt was in shreds, and he tore it from him with a negligent gesture. His skin became suffused with a pale light once more, and I saw his body rippling weirdly around an ungainly hole left of his navel. He was healing. I stared at him tiredly for a minute, then bent over and picked up my sword. He laughed at me. "Dresden. ..."
Thomas pulls the same trick in a later book, iirc.
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Although we haven't seen examples of healing magic in the Dresdenverse, it dosn't mean it dosn't exist. It might be like a lot of other RPGs where healing magic is essentially "faith magic" and used by priests of clerics. I might allow a healer type character in a game if I thought the player could pull it off. They'd have to be a devout worshipper with strong faith, personality wise they would be like Michael when it comes to the strength of their faith. Considering that Michael's level of true faith is a rare thing in the modern world, it would explain why there aren't healers running all over the planet and why Harry hasn't run into a lot of healing Magic. Honestly I keep waiting for Michael to pull a little "lay on hands" in one of the books.
Besides the players in my games would probably revolt if I didn't allow a healer. I tend to deal out a lot damage to the PCs.
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I'd prefer to play, maybe not a Knight, but a character similar to the Knights of the Cross. Perhaps, though, a character with a different faith.
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Although we haven't seen examples of healing magic in the Dresdenverse, it dosn't mean it dosn't exist. It might be like a lot of other RPGs where healing magic is essentially "faith magic" and used by priests of clerics. I might allow a healer type character in a game if I thought the player could pull it off. They'd have to be a devout worshipper with strong faith, personality wise they would be like Michael when it comes to the strength of their faith. Considering that Michael's level of true faith is a rare thing in the modern world, it would explain why there aren't healers running all over the planet and why Harry hasn't run into a lot of healing Magic. Honestly I keep waiting for Michael to pull a little "lay on hands" in one of the books.
Besides the players in my games would probably revolt if I didn't allow a healer. I tend to deal out a lot damage to the PCs.
Then you'll have to go outside of the canon to provide such a character. That's all. Nothing stopping you, when it comes down to it.
But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council, was only able to give Harry something to ease the pain, and *maybe* lightly nudge the healing process, when Harry got his hand fried. It's not within the scope of human magic, at a minimum -- possibly because resculpting human flesh requires an atomic-level understanding of biology, or just that it's hard not to accidentally strip the muscle off of the bone. Whatever the case, there's just no foundation for it.
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Besides, the lack of a cleric type character makes the entire game a little more intersting. You actually have to focus on surviving rather than just waiting for your mates to get you resurrected.
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But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council, was only able to give Harry something to ease the pain, and *maybe* lightly nudge the healing process, when Harry got his hand fried. It's not within the scope of human magic, at a minimum -- possibly because resculpting human flesh requires an atomic-level understanding of biology, or just that it's hard not to accidentally strip the muscle off of the bone. Whatever the case, there's just no foundation for it.
Personally I figure it has more to do with the knowledge involved. Wizards spend all their time learning Wizardry. They don't have time to learn to be doctors too. And in order to treat a wound, I would think that you would have to have, at the least, some pretty specific medical knowledge. D&D gets around this through Divine Intervention. Healing usually comes down to that in most games.
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But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council...
Are you sure you're thinking about the Dresden Files, Fred, and not Darkest Hours?
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You may be right, Fineous, but my take on it, at least, is that it's one thing to be a doctor, and quite another thing to build parts of the human body from scratch.
There's a *reason* summoned demons are given bodies of ectoplasm. It's a lot easier, and you don't have to worry so much about getting the internal organs right.
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But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council...
Are you sure you're thinking about the Dresden Files, Fred, and not Darkest Hours?
HA! HA!
Yes, I meant EBENEZAR McCoy.
Good catch.
Last I checked, Ebenezar's pretty hairy, but not in a blue way. :)
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Yea, that was kinda my point. I don't think there is enough time to become knowledgeable about those two totally disparate disciplines. I suppose it MIGHT be possible, but only for a supergenius who never goes out and spends all his/her time studying.
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I dont see why it wouldnt be possible for someone to learn healing magaic as we have already seen examples of people with no magic ability learning one particular spell. Billy and the werewolves for example i reckon it would be pretty hard to learn to reshape your body and organs to another species so why wouldnt it be possible to reshape human organs.
Here is just one example of how i think it could work. Lets say that a dedicated surgeon or paramedic had some latent supernatural ability but was not picked up by the council or other bodies. Through their dedication one night they have tried everything they can to save some poor kid they know what needs to happen but they have neither time/resources to pull it off and then through dedication/faith they pull it off.
I would steer away from it being necassary to be a devout worshipper or anything as thats too limiting in PC developement as is displayed in the books you can have faith in things other than god. Harry's faith is in magic wheras micheals is in god, a healers could simply be in life. WHat i would be against is if someone playing this type of PC all of a sudden picked up a shotgun and started blasted away with no regard to peoples lives then i would impose damage to the abilities for a while.
Anyhoo thats just my 2 cents and it sounds like a nice charecter idea to me.
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I think Harry (and wizards in general) heal faster than the avg human (as evidenced by their longer life spans). It might have nothing or everything to do with their connection to magic or just a genetic abnormality.
I do like the idea about the wild talent healing though (rather than a specific skill to be learned).
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Although we haven't seen examples of healing magic in the Dresdenverse, it dosn't mean it dosn't exist...
Then you'll have to go outside of the canon to provide such a character. That's all. Nothing stopping you, when it comes down to it.
But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council, was only able to give Harry something to ease the pain, and *maybe* lightly nudge the healing process, when Harry got his hand fried. It's not within the scope of human magic, at a minimum -- possibly because resculpting human flesh requires an atomic-level understanding of biology, or just that it's hard not to accidentally strip the muscle off of the bone. Whatever the case, there's just no foundation for it.
It might not be healing exactly, but Kumori did do the life-support necromantic "Hey, you, yeah you, the spirit, where you think you're going? Get back in that body!" thing for that gunshot victim in Dead Beat...
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Maybe the reason wizards are so bad at healing because they don't do necromancy. To throw in a d&d refrence, all of the healing spells are from the necromancy school. Think about it, if you can maniuplate the tissue on a dead body into movement, you should be able to manipulate the tissue in a living body into knitting back together.
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I'm torn. I would love to be a Wizard, but I'm also drawn to the supernatural entity type as well...
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I've played a variety of characters in freeform PBEM, but by far my most favorite is a troll named Berrigus. Trolls can be funny in a very dense but dangerous way.
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Mortal, played in the Professor Quartermass mode. All the wonder of the science I know and understand, brought to bear in a world of wierdness.
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I chose Gifted Mortal - here's my basic concept:
In 1307, the Knights Templar were destroyed. Except for 13 knights who were on a mission in Anatolia hunting for a mysterious murderer. As Jacques deMolay was being burned alive, he appeared before the leading knight - they were to remain hidden from view and they were to protect all men, enlarging their original charge. There were to be only 13 Knights, any one could become a Knight and they were to fight the darkness, wherever it threatened.
They were granted two gifts: they could heal faster than other humans, and their timeframe was 7:1. (Every 7 days was equal to 1 for the Knights - but they visibly age.) They were not immortal, though.
Over time, they built up a world wide network of support and each Knight has primary care of a region of the world. The 13 current knights include many different religions and ethnic backgrounds.
The PC is the *youngest* Knight, and he covers a large portion of the southern US and parts of Mexico - and things are going a little haywire, so he begins to work with some people he knows and trusts...
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Darn! NPCs get all the cool toys *to throw the game completely out of balance* and we get Tylenol and Ace Bandages :'(
And duct tape. Lots of duct tape.
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Well just to add to speculation in the newest book there is some magical healing going on. We're even given some limits on what it might be possible to do.
Then you'll have to go outside of the canon to provide such a character. That's all. Nothing stopping you, when it comes down to it.
But even *Hank McCoy*, a wizard of the Senior Council, was only able to give Harry something to ease the pain, and *maybe* lightly nudge the healing process, when Harry got his hand fried. It's not within the scope of human magic, at a minimum -- possibly because resculpting human flesh requires an atomic-level understanding of biology, or just that it's hard not to accidentally strip the muscle off of the bone. Whatever the case, there's just no foundation for it.
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I think I might start by playing a Wizard, just to see how the system models them and then for the next character (I like having one waiting in the wings in case my main dies) I'd probably play a mortal monster hunter.
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Wizard, Hands down.
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After reading White Night,ans its epic final battle, I just have to say i want to be a wizard.
However, another idea I have on the burner, is a guy(or girl) who is some sort of alchemist. Esentialy he is part of a long line of minor practisoners who try to perfect their body, and thus their soul, through the use of very minor magics that accumulate over a life time. The idea is that towards the end of their lives they have changed themselves enough, to take on a red court vamp in hand to combat, without using tricks or martial arts.
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Hmmm. Martial arts? There's a thought. i wonder what the role of chi is as far as magic goes in a Dresdenverse. Would a martial artist/minor wizard be able to use magic to do the sort of things traditionally put into chi disciplines (either traditionally such as accelerating their healing/recovery rates or nearly-negating gravity such as in wuxia style films?) Or would that be left to a later supplement?
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Chi style stuff would be an individual player's choice for how their character's perspective on magic works, I think.
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I've always thought a half-human/ half-demon character is cool. maybe using tattos on his/her body as a way of controlling/activating powers.
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Sounds like an idea I came up with for the Angel RPG. A guy with a demon bound into a torso-covering tattoo that gave him the strength to fight the nasties... but which was slowly working away at his mind and conscience like his own personal dark side...
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Sounds cool but i was thinking more along the lines of a human whose demon side is expressed throught tattoos. The greater the powers the bigger the tattoo and the more intricate they become. Maybe i'm nerding out here but i kind of like the idea of said tattoos glowing when activated.
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A Wizard that casts spells in jibberish rather than latin. There would be nothing more satisfying for me than screaming RAKANISHOO and having a ridiculously large fireball erupt from my palm.
The Gnome
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Ordinary human, no question. What could more heroic and challenging than going up against the forces of evil with no supernatural abilities whatsoever.
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A Wizard that casts spells in jibberish rather than latin. There would be nothing more satisfying for me than screaming RAKANISHOO and having a ridiculously large fireball erupt from my palm.
Very Peter Carroll - magical glossolalia.
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I'd play an ordinary guy from the backwoods of Oklahoma. Good with firearms and tracking from hunting, and fights dirty in a brawl. Smart, but was only in the lower middle class until oil was found under his land. He is not insanely wealthy, but well enough off that he really doesn't have to work much.
He'd show up in the Chicago area looking for a sibling that went missing and discover that some nasty critter or black magic user had taken them. This would give him a motivation to learn about various supernatural nasties and how to stalk and fight them. This guy wouldn't really get in fights per say, as much as he would learn about a creature, stalk it, and when the time was right take it out from over a hundred yards away with a rifle.
What I like about this guy is that he would have to come up with innovative weapon and ammunition combinations for different creatures.
Anyway, that was just my two cents.
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I had an idea... for a madman.
He starts off as Joe Schmoe but with a little undiscovered magical talent. But then some awful thing happens: his family is killed in some horrific way by some generic (or plot-significant) nasties. His mind snaps - and he begins to live out a fantasy life, lost in his madness, righting wrongs and fighting evil, backed up by his magic which is being used unconsciously. Maybe he thinks he's a paladin, or a heroic knight errant, or a mystical warrior of the Far East; whatever works.
Basically inspired by Robin Williams' character in the movie The Fisher King.
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Id be a Gnome
a magical gnome.
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I would be as close to Cowl as I could legally be without copyright infringement....he's just so cool. Suave, sophisticated, mysterious, powerful....everything I want in a character. He's also got the fun side-effect of being deliciously evil... 8)
But really, I'd be a necromancer. I know, evil, bad people, I'm horrible, but you have to have evil characters...spices up the game.
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I'm guessing Supernatural Entity covers changelings, since they're half-human/half-fae, so that's what I ended up choosing. Starting out, they're barely more than normal humans, but some have perks. Plus, I like the whole having-to-choose aspect of their life, whether to follow their fae heritage or stay human.
Heh, even in a Dresden game I wouldn't play a magic user. I don't know why, but I've never been fond of playing magic-using characters, even when I was in a WoD Mage game (I played a Hermetic and RARELY used magic). I'm play a shugenja in a Legend of the Five Rings game, but that was just so I could expand beyond the straight forward type I usually play in L5R. Though, my shugenja does have a katana and knows how to use it.
But, I'm likely to find myself in the role of GM in a Dresden game. I introduced the books to the people in my group, after all, and I've been searching for a system to use until the official game is out.
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Motal..Just give me an M-4 and enough rounds to hold my own and I'll be one happy lil camper
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I'll take a gifted mortal, or one of the low-power spell casters in the city. Nothing which would allow me to blow up a city block without significant planning (not a la Harry when he gets pissed and tends to slag things).
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I would definately be a new member of the Order of Saint Francis. Think Alphas. I would have just gotten my new form so I wouldn't be very used to it. Not sure what animal though.
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Gifted Mortal no doubt about it. I have a couple of ideas in mind. One being a were creature (probably either bear or wolf). The other being an ancestral warrior. A mortal imbued with power by talismans with enhanced abilities and a few minor powers. I have a lot of interest in my families Norse and Gaelic ancestry and their mythology so I am sure I could come up with some interesting items/abilities.
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I'd likely end up as Justine. Damn those sexy-ass vampires....
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I'd have to go the route of the Wizard, maybe a warden
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Toss-up between Gifted Mortal and Supernatural Entity (Is it possible to play White Court vamps? Because I'd love to play an Inari-like Wampire)
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What about an entity, that doesn't mind humans, but scares the s##t out of other supernatural entities? Some ordinary looking John Q. Public that scares the Erlking, Mab, the Summer Queen, the Vampire Courts, and gives wizards the heebe jeebies, but doesn't do a thing to low level practioners, or mainstream humans.
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What about an entity, that doesn't mind humans, but scares the s##t out of other supernatural entities? Some ordinary looking John Q. Public that scares the Erlking, Mab, the Summer Queen, the Vampire Courts, and gives wizards the heebe jeebies, but doesn't do a thing to low level practioners, or mainstream humans.
Like someone who's incredibly antimagical?
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Like someone who's incredibly antimagical?
Could be, but I was thinking of something along the lines of an entity that has spent millenia in the human realm, and has decided that the nasties have to leave them alone.
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What about an entity, that doesn't mind humans, but scares the s##t out of other supernatural entities? Some ordinary looking John Q. Public that scares the Erlking, Mab, the Summer Queen, the Vampire Courts, and gives wizards the heebe jeebies, but doesn't do a thing to low level practioners, or mainstream humans.
Kincaid
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I'd like to play a wizard who specialised in the creation of magical items and potions, can do a bit of thaumaturgy but sucks at evocations completely, so his magic always needs time to be prepaired.
This means that for every spell he wants to cast he needs a carefully prepared gizmo, that contains the spell he wishes to cast. I can see the first one allready: a key that you turn in midair so it opens a door to the nevernever.
Of course most such items need to be recharched after they are used, and in the wrong hands they might even be dangerous, but thats where the fun is, I guess.
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I'd with something like (if possible) a half-dragon or the werebear version of a loup garou.
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Assuming the game were delivered into my hands right this minute (Get a move on Fred) I'd have to go with an (Almost) Gifted Mortal. Dan Russell, aka Russell the Hustle, a cop (or ex-cop depending of the game) with a checkered and starred history. Bounced from department after department for his unorthodox methods, hired by department after department for his conviction rate. Russell makes deals. All sorts of deals. A bust for Attempted Murder may get written up as Aggravated Assault if the suspect can help Russell close a Homicide case. 'Got a friend in prison looking at parole? Tell me who knocked over the liquor store on 5th St. and I'll do what I can for your buddy.' Russell has contacts with criminals and cops and government agents across the country, so when he ran into the Jeebie-makers of the Nevernever, what does he do? What he does best, he made deals.
Sort of a bright reflection to Marcone.
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Does anyone now know if your character is limited to only those beings that have a soul? I was just thinking of how cool it would be to play a ghost or pixie, and was wondering if the book came with rules for playing such beings.
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I will be the GM. No other Dresdenite but me among the lot. If I could be a player, I'd be a wizard. Although playing a fairy might be fun too. How to get by without ever being allowed to tell an outright lie, ha! That'd be a challenge. So I guess fairies are going to be involved in the first game I'll master. :D
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I would probly wind up running the darn game ,but if I could talk some else into it (Read Coerce!) I would like to be a PI wizard like Harry-However with my "great" dice rolling ability , I would most likey wind up as Toot Toot!
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I would probly wind up running the darn game ,but if I could talk some else into it (Read Coerce!) I would like to be a PI wizard like Harry-However with my "great" dice rolling ability , I would most likey wind up as Toot Toot!
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My first choice isn't there. I want to be an Outsider so I can hunt down and exterminate the Merlin. Short of that, I would be a Wizard with an Anti-Merlin (Langtry) complex. Not necessarily anti-White Council. Just anti-Langtry. Couldn't handle being a Warden either. I am not sure I could have set my feelings aside like Harry did when he was conscripted. I did find it fascinating that after he became a Warden he started defending them and their actions. Like when he said, "There is no easy way to do their job." Understand though that it is not being the Warden itself that would be my problem. The issue is I could NEVER stand to be under the Merlin's (Langtry) orders.
Did I mention I do not like Langtry? I am certain there is more to him than the actions and qualities I have seen so far that make me despise him so much. And we will likely find them out as the series goes on. But just talking about him gets my blood boiling.
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At first thought I would say, without a doubt that I would want to play a wizard. But after thinking about it more I know myself well enough to know that I'd be running two characters anyway, so I thought about it and realized that A "Gifted" Mortal would be just kick ass. I mean look at Michael and of course Fix. I count the Summer Knight because they make it quite appaerent that he is human just "gifted" with the powers of Summer. But of course because it's the Dresden Files game, I would make my second toon a Wizard, hmmmm, maybe a Ramirez-type.
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My first choice would be a young White Council wizard that spends the majority of his time experimenting with new ways to use magic but has to perform favors for other Council members (so he doesn't get busted by the Wardens for no reason) and vanilla humans (so that he can continue to live in relative anonymity). Almost even with it though would be a diluted version of Kincaid filling a similar role to what Harry does.
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All of the Above! Why settle for one?
Maybe re-create my old favorite Were-Rat...SHINY!
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Were-rat? There rat. Why you talk so funny? ;)
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It's the bigth teeth up fronth...
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I'd like to play someone just barely under what the White Council considers for admission, but uses what he has very, very well.
He trades work for training and some cash, and has been at it for quite some time before the war doing small work for various wardens.
When its a minor job like investigating a rumor of a haunting, an ugly death that may have supernatural overtones, or just going in to have a drink in a Red Court owned bar to see whats going on, he takes it.
When its a dirty job like eliminating a pawn of the Reds, B&E to plant a bug or picking up a dead-drop message, he does that too.
He tries to be more unobtrusive than deadly, and succeeds for the most part, but obviously, when dealing with vampires & fae, not to mention humans working for vampires & fae, you learn to pull the trigger (or hit that detonator) without hesitation.
He has previously worked with various Wardens in various minor capacities as an additional "hired gun" as well as setting up safe houses, clean cars, prepaid cell phones...things like that.
After the events in Dead Beat with the Wardens being almost decimated he has been getting more, and more important, assignments. The Wardens, after all, can hardly afford to be picky in their help no matter how much they'd like to be.
In the past few years with the war on his trade of work for training has enabled him to gather up a rather tidy bit of power. If tested again, he would probably make the Council...if anyone noticed, as he has been somewhat labeled into his current roll.
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I can't wait till I find a Dresden Files RPG in my area.
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I'd be a Scion, or the Summer Knight.
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In the Hack version of Dresden Files we played, Chris got to play his Scion. I played a Blackstaff, and it was a lot of fun. So, I gotta say a Wizard.
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I have got to say a Knight of one of the Fae Courts. All the power of a Noble fae pacted into the frame of a mortal. Thats the ticket right there.
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Mortal, I play good back up. :)
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Potion Specialist. Maybe somebody who doesn't have the raw power of a council wizard, but makes up for it with versatility and guile. Maybe even someone who has managed to overcome the "one potion at a time limitation", or maybe has a few favorite potions that he keeps in his system all the time to the point where he get the sick feeling from not having it in him.
Harry always talks about how much it would take to keep up with the changing laws governing it and how hard it would be. It would be fun to try.
The hip flask would be my friend 8)
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IM thinking that I would want to play a changling.
The tenative background story would be that my mother was a Warden, who asked a knight of the Summer Court (not the Summer Knight, just a Fae warrior in the Service of the Summer Queen) for help with a problem. The favor demanded in return was that she bear the the Fae Knights child. Unfortunately I did not turn out as my father wished, I was not born with a great deal of magical strength and my mother died soon after wards. So he wasnt able to gain a contact with in the White Council. My father wasnt unkindly, he was just a non entity, visiting maybe a couple times of year, so the person left to reise me was my Aunt. She was a woman with a low amount of magical talent and ran a New Age store that sold books and items dealing with magic.
My powers that i would have if they were available would be to have an animal companion, a lot like Mouse. The ability to communicate with animals. Hightened senses. Faster then normal reflexes and I would use a magical sword. I could cast a few spells that i learned working in my Aunts store, I can make circles and light up candles pretty easily, but beyond that Im pretty useless when it comes to casting magic.
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Well I'd love to play a Wyldfae Pixie - a sort of Toot Toot character, but at the same time I can imagine without some really imaginative aspects the poor GM might have trouble roping the character into stories.
So maybe I'll be a little more sane about it and go with Wizard's apprentice.
I really don't want to be a heavy hitter - I'll leave that to others.
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Play a good Scion. Something like a Nephilim if I could get a GM to swing it. "Yes I'm half angel. No I won't pick up that sword."
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We always need mortals, ....but how can I resist to be a wizard! ;D
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I've been kicking around a few ideas for an NPC when I get my hands on the second stage alpha test. The big one is a Noble-Sidhe changeling business exec. He'd use his Fae compulsiveness for bargaining to get some sweet deals for his company. Also, I like playing around with Aspect names. For instance, the aspect dealing with his human-fae heritage is "He-Sidhe." Ok, so maybe not side-splitting, but I have to entertain myself somehow.
The other NPC I'm tossing around in my head is a young but powerful wizard. It's the seventh-son-of-a-seventh-son kinda deal, and the council has taken a direct hand in his training. So as book smart as he is, he's an over-protected, sheltered teen.
--Matt
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Potion Specialist. Maybe somebody who doesn't have the raw power of a council wizard, but makes up for it with versatility and guile. Maybe even someone who has managed to overcome the "one potion at a time limitation", or maybe has a few favorite potions that he keeps in his system all the time to the point where he get the sick feeling from not having it in him.
Harry always talks about how much it would take to keep up with the changing laws governing it and how hard it would be. It would be fun to try.
The hip flask would be my friend 8)
kinda like Gerault from THE WITCHER?
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kinda like Gerault from THE WITCHER?
nah, just a guy who uses lots of potions and other "recipes". none of the permanent mutation or large-scale physiology changes like witchers get.
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Mmm... witchers...
Anybody been keeping tabs on how many Marcone employees would be being played?
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My current idea is a wizard
When he came into his power, the first supernaturals to find him weren't wizards. They were half fae. They taught him the laws of magic in order to keep the White council from coming down on the lot of them, then they did their best to teach him how magic works. This strongly flavours his magics, so he's good at veils and personal enhancement, but not so good at blasting. It also flavours how he interacts with the supernatural world, because he doesn't feel all that comfortable with the White Council, even if he has since become a member to avoid trouble.
My idea for an offensive schtick is sharpness. When he must hurl blasty magics, they're plains of razor sharp force. He uses gloves which make his fingers act as though they were razor sharp; when he punches things, forensic teams end up debating whether the target was bludgeoned or stabbed to death.
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White Court vamp, obviously. Look at Thomas. Thomas kicks ass. Thomas can hamstring an uber-ghoul with one hand (with a kukri, no less, on of the coolest knives ever), fight off a dozen normal ghouls with a big stick. Supernatural senses, strength, speed, endurance, healing, and looks. And his only weakness is he needs alot of ... ahem.. action. Oh, and true love. Which sadly, isn't too prevalent. I don't really see a downside to this guy.
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White Court vamp, obviously. Look at Thomas. Thomas kicks ass. Thomas can hamstring an uber-ghoul with one hand (with a kukri, no less, on of the coolest knives ever), fight off a dozen normal ghouls with a big stick. Supernatural senses, strength, speed, endurance, healing, and looks. And his only weakness is he needs alot of ... ahem.. action. Oh, and true love. Which sadly, isn't too prevalent. I don't really see a downside to this guy.
Loneliness, fear and anger from those finding out what he is, constantly having to deal with being manipulated by his closest family members, as well as his families rivals. Quite a few weaknesses in fact. But, it wouldn't be any fun playing someone with no weakness. That's half the fun: trying to overcome them. Not to, you know burst your bubble or anything. ;D I love Thomas, and the white court in geneal. I think there are some wonderful role playing possibilities there.
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Geez... I'd like to be in 4 different games at once and be something different in each one. :)
Seriously, my top two are wizard and Knight. I'll probably be running, so it probably doesn't matter much right now though.
On another note, I can see the White Court being playable, but do we have confirmation of that? I'm really curious where the lines will be drawn, although I suppose it depends on the group power level. A 4 aspect group can't handle players that a 16 aspect group would.
Someone else mentioned nephilim earlier. We have demons, certainly, and the Denarians, I have to admit that I would like to see nephilim handled somehow. You might be able to build one out of fae abilities.
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On another note, I can see the White Court being playable, but do we have confirmation of that?
From the thread I started:
We'll provide support non-wizard practitioners, werewolves, white court vampires and virgins, red court infecteds (like ), lesser faeries, soldiers of God, plain jane mortals, and probably some other stuff I haven't thought of.
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Oh yeah, that's right! I remember seeing that now. Thanks Mouse, sorry about that.
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I've got plenty of character ideas, but I think my first one will be a changeling born of a Baobhan-Sith and a mortal man. The changeling thing really appeals to my love of angsty character backgrounds, and makes for good drama when what he is told to do and what he knows he should do don't mix.
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I really don't know what I would be.
Being a Winter Knight would be cool for me, because I am one of the people that loves to be the "bad guy" in the games I play. (Fable, Elder Scrolls, DnD, Hero Systems, etc...) So, being able to imbued with the powers of Air and Darkness seems to appeal to me.
Of course, being a White Court vampire would be awesome, just because of above stated reasons.
But then, being a Black Court vampire would be awesome. I know that the weaknesses are there, but I mean, look at Mavra. She is enough to make Harry quake in his boots. Kincaid even showed alittle fear of her while eating at an IHOP of all places.
But, on the other end of the spectrum... A Warden.
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I've mentioned in other places, I'll be a Wizard or a Sorceror.
If a Sorceror, he'd be a talented kid dispensing his own brand of Vigilante Justice. Hockey Stick of Doom in one-hand, Aluminum Baseballbat Blasting Rod in the other.
If a Wizard, he'd be a White Council Intelligence Liason (aka a Spy) codenamed Whitestaff. You know those guys with babyfaces, they're like 20-something, but they look 16 and still behave at that same age? Whitestaff's like that. He's really like 70-something, but he still looks and behaves like a teenager. Because of that, his Magic abilities wouldn't be as high as other Wizard characters(He's always been a slow learner), but his Contacts Skill would be as high as it could go. It would also make for an interesting Aspect that he looks young, but he's an old guy. Everytime a cop pulls him over they think his ID's a fake and everytime he has to renew his driver's license, they think he's hacked the DMV computer or something.
Whitestaff's history is that he was a member of a prestigious Wizarding family being groomed for the White Council in hopes of one day becoming Senior Council. His lineage has a long history in the magical world, especially considering his family name isBalthazar. Instead of joining the White Council though, he went off to fight World War II instead. His magical abilities, though weak, made him the ideal spy. During the height of the Cold War, he was the one of the best Counterspies in the business since he could burn out every bug in a room.
The current war as well as some obvious real-world events got Whitestaff to finally grow up a bit and join the White Council. He has a lot of Contacts and he knows how to get things.
Those are my ideas anyway.
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My first choice would be a fairly low-power Sidhe of some sort. Magical chops, but not the sort to take on a Dresden one-on-one without some serious prep.
Mostly because I think it would be really, insanely fun to play around with 1) not being able to "lie" but constantly bending the truth, and warping perspectives via glamor, 2) constantly, compulsively maneuvering to get people in one's debt regardless of any actual malice, 3) dealing with cashing in on those debts to make up for not being a powerhouse, and 4) being forced to pay off a few of my own, much to the chagrin of the party.
Plus, hey, isn't Melkarion a pretty decent name for a Fae Knight?