I seem to recall it being stated later in the series that Nicodemus would have been happy with either outcome, because corrupting a Knight's son and tearing the family apart would be more than enough to offset the short term loss. Remember as well that Nicodemus is immortal and a long term planner; it doesn't matter to him if a plan takes decades to come to fruition because he's confident he'll still be there to see it happen.

It's his long term planning as to why I don't think he'd be so willing to waste a coin on a baby. To much to risk for so little gain. Besides I think Daniel would be easier to corrupt with a coin due to his jealousy over not being a knight.

Not sure that is strictly the case.  I think the person needs to Choose to pick up the coin, yes, but I dont think they need to actually understand the full implications of it (any more than when making a Deal with a Sidhe, where you NEVER know the full implications).  Basically you have to give Consent, but not necessarily Informed Consent.  In the Alley in DM harry was in danger when he tried to pick up the coin, having absolutely no idea what it was. 

On the flip side, I dont think you can just sneak into somebodies bedroom and drop it on their face while they sleep, either, because there is no Choice.  But a Choice made in Ignorance is still a Choice.

That is my point. A person simply not knowing at all wouldn't truly work but if they have a sense of an idea it's the beginning the Fallen need. If you take this coin you'll have the knowledge necessary to cure your dying wife vs Hey look what I found in the park. Someone who does will face the same issues but the struggle the Fallen face with an unknown/unwilling target would be a waste of resources. That might work for Nic's wife who is more of a short term kinda thug. Nic and those like him would choose those who have some idea and still make that choice as honestly as possible.

Any game where there exist prophetic powers I always give a vision with one truth and 2 lies. Then the players have to decipher the truth and hope for the best.

I always believed it was Lash as a form of protecting Harry.

DFRPG Our World and Your World won Best role-playing game and Supplement. at the ORIGINS game fair awards.

I appease my dice with oferings of human sacrifices, burnt offerings, and nachos.

Rpg.net has a forum dedicated to finding players.

I wonder if the Dresden Game is more popular than we thought because some of the game stores I have talked too cannot keep Fudge Dice in stock since the game came out.

And many of their distributors have major back order on the Fudge Dice which is why we are having these issues.

That's exactly what my Rpg store told me. I'm glad I bought mine at Origins. No store here can keep them in stock.