I'm extremely envious right now. I wish I had a group to play this with, my group would rather play DnD and I think it would be nigh-impossible to get them to play Dresden.

I'm hoping for some online Dresdening soon, I'm itching to play my Magnetomancer.

What's the difference between a Block and Armor? For a defensive item that's always on, I'd use Armor.... For a spell I'd use Block.... correct?

Can you even make an always-on Block enchanted item?

Sadly, no. Armor is equal to half the shifts you get...so 1 in this case.

Armor wearable by everyone.

p279, "The strength of an enchanted item may be reduced by one to make it usable by someone other than the caster, such as a magically armored coat that anyone can wear."

From my understanding, that means you'd only halve it if others could use it. I suppose the item in question could only be powered by being in contact with it's creator's magical aura, so those other than the creator who try to wear it would get none of the benefits.

I'm considering just metal and maybe electricity(Air or Earth-based) and spirit(the electromagnetism would be magical in nature after, but I see no reason it would deflect/impede a direct Earth, Wind, Fire, or Air attack). And since it would only work for the creator when using it, maybe only work while he was wearing it (to counter the effect it would have on other things nearby) maybe even require a charge time (like at least 5 minutes after putting on)?

Maybe I should just downgrade it to a multi-use item, I could get rid of my extra Enchanted Items slots that way... Enchanted shield/armor type items are giving me a headache.

I'd probably allow it, the book even suggests multi-Knights per court an option if I recall (along with the possibility of Autumn Knights or Spring Knights)

If I'm doing the math right, IF a Focused Practitioner were able to use the Refinement Ability to increase power/control/complexity he could only use it a maximum of 3 times in that way. +1/+2 Power/Control(or vice versa) for the chosen type of elemental Channeling and +1/+2 for Complexity/Control(or vice versa) for chosen type of Ritual.

Even though I'm still learning rules for the Dresden RPG, that doesn't look to overpowered.

My problem with the background for the "Don't Trust Beautiful Women" is that I think most supernaturals can sense Red Court vampires when they are close, even in their flesh masks. Maybe change it to a White Court(Maybe not a Raith, Malvora might be more appropriate for killing someone outright) since from my knowledge unless there are doing something supernatural the Whites are mostly undetectable.

I think my complaint is mostly flavor/fluff than it is rules, otherwise I like it. But what about Sidhe women? Aren't they also beautiful?
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I've currently latched onto the idea of a former Alpha that had more magical talent than just shapeshifting, kinda got inspired by the blurb in Submerged starting point "Werewolf who can do earth evocations" I'm still trying to workout if he's Wizard/Werewolf, Sorcerer/Werewolf, or Focused Practitioner/Werewolf who became inspired by Dresden(who the Alphas hero-worshiped) to become a detective. Somewhat inspired by Lanodantheon's Original Alpha

Faraday Church
Hot-Headed Wizarding(or Spell-Slinging or Terramancing) Werewolf Detective
Original Alpha, Participated in Fool Moon/Summer Knight, got advice from Dresden in dealing with supernatural abilities, idolized him and after moving away became a detective.

Invoke: Using werewolf abilities to track lost items/people, combination or magic/werewolfing to fight supernatural threats.
Compel: Rash and quick to anger. Laws of Magic.

Trouble: Enemies of the Alphas and Dresden (I'm not sure if this is adequate...)


I'm having trouble creating this character, I want him to be a Focused Practitioner(so he has more or a reason he's not an actual member of the White Council). I'm aiming for 11-14 refresh and I'm not sure I understand the limits on Channeling and Ritual in concerns to Refinement.

Why can't I take Refinement to increase the power/control of elemental Channeling's or complexity/control of elemental themed Ritual(other than for Item Slots, if your pigeon-holed into one element shouldn't you be able to be 'the best' in that element)? [Probably shouldn't ask here, but I didn't think it deserved it's own thread]