Skinwalker is done. I finished it before I saw you posts, so it uses limitation and is playable at Snorkeling. Here it is.

Here's my two cents.

VULCANOMANCY [-4]
Description: The ancient power that lurks beneath the Earth’s crust. Primarily lava, but also governs other tectonics.
Sponsor: Volcano and forge gods, generally. (Pele, Vulcan, Hephaestus, Goibhniu) Can be self-sponsored with a mastery of both earth and fire or carrying a volcanic bloodline.
Agenda: Unexpected and swift destruction. The forging of tools and weapons. If self-sponsored, your own agenda.
Evocation: Vulcanomantic evocations generally involve lava, heat, ash, obsidian, basalt  earth, tectonics, earthquakes, fire, or metals.
Ritual: Vulcanomancy allows for rituals that create things, generally weapons and armor, and the creation of protective items and effects, such as armor and wards. Very, Very, VERY powerful Vulcanomancers may actually be able to cause earthquakes and make volcanos erupt.
Evothaum: Vulcanomancy can be used to create Wards and Conjurations at evocation’s speed and methods.
Extra Benefits: Add +2 to Frequency and Strength for Crafting, as long as you are forging the item.Add +2 to the Complexity of anything created with Conjuration, as long as it is a weapon or armor. Wards created by Vulcanomancy do not require a threshold as long as they have a physical base (a circle, a line of barbed wire, a chain-link fence).


STORM MAGIC [-4]
Description: The furious, unending power of the thunderstorm. Extends to most other types of weather. Subtlety is almost impossible with this power-even it’s veils are massive fog banks.
Sponsor:Can be gained in a number of ways- A weather deity’s boon, a thunderbird ancestor. It’s often self-sponsored, gained by aeromancers who learn the way of the storm.
Agenda: Once a user becomes powerful enough, the creation of storms. Destruction, uncontrolled.
Evocation: Storm evocations generally involve what you’d expect. Lightning, tornado-force winds, sonic booms, rain, water, fog, mists, ice, air pressure.
Thaumaturgy: Storm rituals destroy things. Violently. They’re also capable of altering the weather. Can also be used to scry through clouds and rain, and on storms.
Evothaum: Storm Magic can be used to create entropomantic and divination effects at Evocation’s speed.
Extra Benefits: Add +3 to the power/complexity and control of any Storm spell if the caster is outside during a storm.

And now for the Thunderbird, which is a lot less cool, basically being a theriomorph with Sponsored Magic, but hey.


Their Sponsored Magic, which is frankly kind of boring.

STORM MAGIC [-4]
Description: The furious, unending power of the thunderstorm. Extends to most other types of weather. Subtlety is almost impossible with this power-even it’s veils are massive fog banks.
Sponsor:Can be gained in a number of ways- A weather deity’s boon, a thunderbird ancestor. It’s often self-sponsored, gained by aeromancers who learn the way of the storm.
Agenda: Once a user becomes powerful enough, the creation of storms. Destruction, uncontrolled.
Evocation: Storm evocations generally involve what you’d expect. Lightning, tornado-force winds, sonic booms, rain, water, fog, mists, ice, air pressure.
Thaumaturgy: Storm rituals destroy things. Violently. They’re also capable of altering the weather. Can also be used to scry through clouds and rain, and on storms.
Evothaum: Storm Magic can be used to create entropomantic and divination effects at Evocation’s speed.
Extra Benefits: Add +3 to the power/complexity and control of any Storm spell if the caster is outside during a storm.

I've got a Thunderbird and Pyrovile/Vulcanoid templates a-brewin'.

Oh, and two Sponsored Magics for them.

Edit- God, i'm editing this within two minutes of posting, but I forgot one. I'm also doing a skinwalker. Not a naagloshii. deadmanwalking did an awesome naagloshii up in the Characters thread. I mean skinwalker as in a human who was taught magic and shapeshifting by a naagloshii.

I generally do it so players who pick Channeling or Sponsored Magic and feel it would be inappropriate to branch out into full Evocation get to power up without having to carry around a houseful of foci, but I understand your grievance. I adress the column problem by ignoring it. If the player wants to deliberately handicap themselves, I make allowances.

That was what i had in mind for Magic Eater, yes. It's meant to be one of their scarier abilities and one of the reasons for the Purge. I was also reading the White Wolf tvtropes page and am mildly interested in incorporating some of their kuei-jin mechanics into this. And separating the Limitations would work, but calculating the fractions would start to hurt my brain after a bit. I'm not a math guy. I have to calculate Refresh and Skills with a calculator at least three times before I can be totally comfortable with it.

Here's my Jade Court vampire. They just walk stiffly instead of hopping, and utterly hate the stereotype. They're based in china and underwent a similar ordeal to the Black Court of old- Someone published all their weaknesses. Rather, several generations of Chinese were sure to pass down the tales of how the Jade Court could be defeated, and now they are similar to the Black Court- Only the clever ones are still alive. This statblock is meant to represent a Jampire of moderate age and includes a custom power. So take it with a grain of salt.