Another way to go would be to run the initial client interview as a Mental Conflict; do enough Mental Stress to force the client to take a Severe or Extreme Consequence: Geasa. Then it could be Compelled for as long as it remained in place.

The real interesting thing would be to model the Conflict in such a way that the client would cause Stress on himself whenever he lied.

A while back, Rick Neal did a partial write-up for Lo Pan, as well as a couple comments about Egg Shen,

http://www.rickneal.ca/?p=552

They're the last couple bits before the comment section.

In our game, we're going with the Naga as the Jade Court. Since they're from Southeast Asia, and that is where the Jade Court is supposed to be centered, it seemed like a good fit. Naga myths are very diverse, so there's plenty of room to play around. The version we're going with is the human torso on a snake's body, but they might have shape-changing abilities as well.

I like the Nukekubi, Penanggalan, and such too. Another common theme I found for them is that their heads separate from their bodies and fly around when they're hunting.

There's actually no reason why a PC can't compel aspects on NPC's. The key points to remember are;

1) They have to be aware of the aspect's existence (either as the result of an assessment or declaration, placing it via a maneuver or consequence, or an existing scene aspect)
2) They must pay a FP (unless they have a free tag, maybe [see below])
3) If the target accepts the compel, they receive the FP from the PC (in the case of the free tag above, either it can't be used to compel, or the target gets a FP from the pot instead of from the PC. Its not clear to me which way the rules lean on this point)

Given their mythical penchant for wearing iron-shod boots and fighting with iron weapons, that Catch might be rather debatable, but that's just my take.

Well, my explanation for my game is that Faeries forge items which appear to be made of iron to the untrained eyes of mortals. In reality, they use faerie metals and alloys. I decided to follow the canon, which seems to be that all beings of Faerie are subject to the Cold Iron Catch, but that's easily changed for individual use.

Any thoughts on the Faerie Item Power?

mostlyawake who started the thread.

That's what I get for skimming the thread. Oh well, still a great movie for inspiration.

If this Medieval Re-enactment Tournament is going to exist alongside a conventional City in the Dresdenverse, why not have some member or members of the re-enactment by NPCs in the mundane world. Kinda the way The Alphas are also Gamers. That could make for an easy introduction to the tournament location. Heck, a PC could even be a part of the group if they wanted to.

I've participated in the SCA for years now, and I've seen that the social cross-section of SCA membership is incredibly broad. From doctors to dock-workers. Science geeks, history geeks and gamer geeks. Heck, even Trek geeks. Literally any Face in a Dresdenized City, could also be a Medieval Re-enactor.

And a quick comment on SCA-style combat. While it's true that the weapons used are rattan rather than blunted steel, the armor worn is quite real, and for good reason. Even tape-wrapped rattan can break bones (particularly at the joints), and even with armor I've seen some wicked welts and bruises. Also, the fighting style is more like a martial art; not at all like stage combat. I've heard a story that an experienced SCA fighter was once hired as a consultant by a police force to train the officers in riot control techniques. Think Sword & Heater Shield = Nightstick & Riot Shield.

Problem is that the Dwarves, or Svartalf as they are called originally, are the ones who made basically all the artifacts in Norse myth. Odin's spear for example was made by Dwalin, King of the Svartalfs. I don't recall who specifically made all the others, but they include Thors Hammer, Sif's Hair, Freyr's Ship...

Legendary Blacksmiths who are vulnerable to iron... doesn't really track for me.

I'm just pointing out the direction that JB seems to be going with the Books. This is for people who are concerned about the canon. For any individual game interpretation, go with what you like, of course. My own work-around for this is to say that the Legendary Dwarven Smiths forged those Norse Artifacts from mystical metals found only in the Nevernever, some of which look like iron or steel to the unschooled mortal eye. Incidentally, this works for bits of folklore from other cultures as well.