How quickly do you feel the game moves you through experience levels? My preference is for lower level play and to remain there a lot longer than most. I know that's up to the GM but I'm just curious what your experiences have been? I like the Scottish hunter concept. I could see that being fun to play. Yeah, pbp games do seem to fizzle out quickly.

I find that lots of groups like to move to chest deep pretty quickly with the goal of going submerged.  After that, it really depends.

Feet in the Water is a great place to learn the game. It's also a good place for gritty games that don't have as much 'High Fantasy'.

I've never played in a game that went from Feet in the Water to Super high refresh.  Usually, if you're playing with 15 refresh, IME, the game usually starts there.

I only keep an eye on this board.  Are the other parts of this site as busy as they used to be?  After all the work they did porting the website over, it would be a shame if it just died.

Yeah, I made up the stunts.  Generally, a stunt gives a +1 bonus or a +2 if the bonus is situational.

Regarding recovery: Who knows what foul pacts the character has made to garner such power.  Sounds like a character aspect. 

For you convenience.  This is a rewrite of Incite Emotion and, therefore, replaces incite emotion:

INCITE EFFECT [-1]
Description: You can do a thing. A special thing that cannot be done by most people. Maybe you
can control clouds of smoke, maybe you can inflict fear by shouting. Or maybe you can summon the
aid of two thousand invisible squirrels. Whatever.

Skills Affected: Any.
Effects:

Incite Effect. Pick a type of effect and a skill that's related to that type of effect. You can use that skill plus two to perform maneuvers and blocks related to that type of effect against anything you can touch. At the GM's discretion, this may also enable Declarations.

At Range [-1]. You may use Incite Effect on anything within your line of sight.

Incite Limited Effect [+1]. (Requires At Range) Do not add two to your skill when using Incite
Effect. This upgrade is not compatible with Incite Physical Effect or Incite Mental Effect.

Incite Physical Effect [-1]. You may use Incite Effect to perform attacks that inflict physical
stress. These attacks have a weapon rating of 2. They use the same skill as your maneuvers and blocks, but without the +2 bonus. If you have the At Range upgrade, then targets must use their Endurance to defend against these attacks. If you do not have the At Range upgrade, then targets may use whatever skill they would use against ordinary Fists attacks instead.

Incite Avoidable Physical Effect [-0]. (Requires Incite Physical Effect At Range) The targets of
your Incite Physical Effect attacks defend with Athletics.

Incite Mental Effect [-1]. You may use Incite Effect to perform attacks that inflict mental stress.
These attacks have a weapon rating of 2. They use the same skill as your maneuvers and blocks, but
without the +2 bonus. If you have the At Range upgrade, then targets must use their Discipline to
defend against these attacks. If you do not have the At Range upgrade, then targets may use whatever skill they would use against ordinary Fists attacks instead. This upgrade does not allow mind control; characters taken out with it are generally overwhelmed with emotion or driven insane.

Incite Potent Effect [-1]. (Requires Incite Physical Effect or Incite Mental Effect) Attacks that you
make with Incite Effect are weapon 4.

Incite Protective Effect [-1]. You may use your the skill that you use for Incite Effect to defend
against physical attacks.

Incite Restrictive Effect [-1]. (Requires Incite Physical Effect or Incite Mental Effect) You may
use Incite Effect to grapple targets within the range of this Power, using the skill that you use for Incite Effect. Grappling with a physical effect inflicts physical stress, while grappling with a mental effect inflicts mental stress.

Incite Mass Effect [-1]. (Requires Incite Physical Effect or Incite Mental Effect) You may make
spray attacks and zone-wide attacks with Incite Effect. If you attack your own zone, then you are
affected normally by the attack. Even if you lack the At Range upgrade, targets defend against your
zone attacks as though you had it. This upgrade does not affect your ability to maneuver, and no
penalty is incurred when attacking a zone with it.

Incite Explosive Effect [+1]. (Requires Incite Mass Effect) You may not make non-zone-wide
attacks with Incite Effect.

Incite Selective Effect [-1]. (Requires Incite Mass Effect) You do not harm yourself when
attacking your own zone.

Incite Persistent Effect [-1]. (Requires Incite Mass Effect) When attacking a zone with Incite
Effect, you may take an accuracy penalty (before rolling) in order to extend the duration of the attack.

For each point of accuracy sacrificed this way, the attack is reapplied at the beginning of another
exchange. You may take actions to extend this effect as though you were an evoker extending an
evocation.

Incite Additional Effect [-1]. You may select another effect to create with this Power. You may
also select another skill to use that effect with. If the other upgrades that you have are appropriate for the new effect, you may use them with it. You may also upgrade the new effect separately.

Mechanically, I think 'Living Dead', Toughness and Strength powers and, possibly recovery?  High weapons and fists.  They probably have stealth as well.  They might have some other schtick that I don't remember.  I haven't watched the movies in ages.

Living dead because they always seem to come back even after they're killed.

Canonically, I think anything goes.  People get powers from strange rituals, deals with powerful entities or are just products of the Nevernever.

Welcome to the board, btw.  Sorry it's a bit quiet around here.

Interesting.  I think there's a whole forum on this website dedicated to these kinds of theories.  You should post it there and see what people think!

I'm curious.  Can't any mortal cross a barrier?