So last night we had the first combat in our game. The party threw down with a group of demons, in a home. The building burned down, police were called, all the fun stuff. Now our Knight of the Cross went head to head with two of them, and refused to concede. He filled his physical stress, consequences and refused to concede. He was forced to take his extreme consequence in order to avoid getting killed. Now I'm not 100% sure what an appropriate consequence would be for being slashed with a demon's claws. Any help or ideas for appropriate consequences would be appreciated.

Hey There! These boards are fantastic and a real help. In terms of being a Warden, I would just make sure you're at least a competent Evoker, have the Sword, and make sure your high concept relates to it. With those in place you should be good.

I freely steal from the TV series, the Slender-Verse and Greek Mythology and it's only the first adventure. I would say that that rule of cool trumps all in RPGs.

I really don't see much trouble in it. I mean yeah the BBEG may have some extra Fate Points...but any group should have him outgunned in that department if you're offering plentiful compels. Also it makes running at the table way faster. Although that could be because I'm not 100% on FATE yet.

I think you have a point about just using the mechanics of Soulfire as opposed to trying to adapt ACaEBG. It was just the best example of the mechanic I could find. My one cocern there is I thought that Soulfire had a higher refresh due to the fact that it had a hypothetically softer Sponsor Agenda? If the Agenda of the staff is violent enough would it rate a reduction to -2?

Would Running Water Apply a -1 Catch? I've been thinking that it would likely ground out all the different auras and such competing within the staff without being so generic.

The Fluff Idea with the Seid stones was to be a gift to the character in return for an unspecified job owed to Monoc securities (Which is a major player in our city). The idea is that there is no limit on the number of focus slots you can use the staff for. When I was designing it I figured it would ignore the lore cap as well. Then I figured that by itself it doesn't really add that much to a character so I tried to find a minor benefit that also really wasn't worth anything by itself. The Rote Spells were just Idea number one.

Hey there guys. Firstly I want to thank everyone who helped with my last item question. The boards here have been very supportive and an absolutely fantastic resource as me and my players try to find our feet in the FATE system. Now I've got another Item of Power question for people. We're rotating the DMing duties, and when it's my character's turn he's going to be constructing a staff. This is what I've managed to get to so far. I know it's not done but I'd really appreciate everyone's help in developing it. Names in brackets are just placeholders until I decide what hunk of magical Junk got put on their to provide the ability. Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.

THE VOID STAFF [-3]
Description: An irregularly shaped staff, set with stones and capped with a ruby lens. Created by Ex-Warden Allister Leclair, the staff is an amalgamation of artifacts and magical fragments he has gathered over the past several years.
Musts: You must have an aspect related to your use of this item. You must also have Evocation.
Skills Affected: Endurance, Lore
Effects:
[-0]It Is What It Is:A wooden staff. It serves as a Weapon: 1 in combat.
[-0]Purpose: The Void Staff was created to destroy power magical beings (Outsiders, Denarians, powerful Fae ect.) made manifest in the mortal world.
[-0]Unbreakable: The Void Staff is unbreakable except by the use of a ritual designed to bind it in the service of powerful supernatural beings.
[+2]One Time Discount: It's a 6 and a half foot long staff. Good luck hiding that.
[-1](Sponsor Debt): The wielder of the staff can take a point of sponsor debt as per the normal rules in the Sponsored Magic section of YS in order to spend a fate point once per scene. The compels on this debt are to destroy and combat even helpful supernatural creatures.
[-2]Inhuman Toughness: Carved from the wood of the Tree of Life, the staff provide the wielder beyond human vitality.
[+2]The Catch: Fire? I'm not really sure about this part. I'm open to changing the catch.
[-1]The Seid Stones: 13 stones each containing the essence of one of the spells Odin learned during his Vigil. The Void Staff ignores the normal limit on focus item slots on a single item, but does not provide any additional focus slots. Additionally you may treat your lore as +2 when determining the number of Rote spells available to your character.
[-3](All Creatures are Equal Before God):As the ability in YS. I'll call it something like Magic Bane or some such.

The reason I look upon satisfying the catch as a big deal is that outsiders are unknowable and alien. We don't really know what (if anything) is a reliable catch as the only person who we see meaningfully got toe to toe with them is Harry. Harry being a Star Born is a big deal in the novels. A lot of speculation on the boards seems to be that it took planning and a lot of work to create one. If you have a catch that is almost impossible to fulfill, then having a weapon the ignores the rarity and danger of acquiring the knowledge and items you need to kill it seems pretty strong.