Hmmm. This is a tricky one, especially when dealing with part-humans like White Court Vampires and Red Court Infected.

I'd argue that while only spellcasting breaks the laws (the 'inherent' supernatural powers of WCVs and RCIs can't give them Lawbreaker, obviously), those beings are still human enough to get Lawbreaker. A White Court Vampire wouldn't get Lawbreaker from mind-whammying someone with Incite Emotion, but he would if he used psychomantic Thaumaturgy (presuming he had that power). The Wardens wouldn't go after someone belonging to another Accorded nation, though.

I'm not sure about things like Seelie/Unseelie Magic and Sponsored Magic, though. I kind of think the Knights should not get Lawbreaker, as being the Queens' assassins is a big part of what they're *for*, but...

This is bugging me too, in a story I'm working on at the moment. It's not the technology -- they're lower tech than us, except for a few mysterious 'ancient artifacts' (that don't need explanation, as they're complete mysteries to the characters as well) -- it's the society. The politics and society of this far-future world are both very different from ours (or familiar historical examples) and important to the plot, so it's becoming an issue.

Robert Green
High Concept: Game Warden/Crocodile Demi-god
Trouble: Small Fish, Big Pond
Other Aspects: Scary Crocodile-Man Shape; Clutching at Straws of 'Normality'; Fiercely Protective of Nature; (Other Aspects left open for group character creation)

Skills (Human Pyramid):
Great: Alertness
Good: Guns, Conviction, Might
Fair: Athletics, Contacts, Endurance, Scholarship
Average: Fists, Discipline, Lore, Presence

Skills (Crocodile-Man Pyramid):
Great: Endurance, Fists
Good: Conviction, Might
Fair: Alertness, Guns, Scholarship
Average: Athletics, Discipline, Intimidation, Lore, Presence

Stunts:
No Pain No Gain: +1 physical mild consequence slot

Powers:
Marked by Power [-1]
Beast Change [-1]
Human Form [+1] affecting:
Claws [-1] (Crocodile Jaws & Teeth)
Inhuman Strength [-2]

Stress:
Physical OOO (OOOO Croc-man form) +1 mild consequence
Social OOO
Mental OOO


Total Refresh Cost: -5
Remaining Refresh: 2

To all appearances, Robert Green's childhood was not exceptionally unusual, except that his father was rarely present. Robert's love of nature and anger against those who would exploit it drove him towards becoming a game warden. On his twentieth birthday, however, his father told him the family secret. "Charles Green" was actually the ancient god Sebek, lord of crocodiles. He told his son much concerning the supernatural world, but more importantly, he taught him how to access a modicum of his inherited power. The revelations set Robert's head spinning. His new powers were an exhilarating rush, but they were also frightening.  Clinging to his earlier life as a way to reassert his identity, he completed college and was inducted as a game warden. He tried to live 'normally', but this often proved impossible - his mighty father had both allies and enemies, and both wished to interfere in the life of Sebek's son, for good or ill. Compounding this, Robert eventually discovered what his father had not told him, and sought to downplay - despite his godhood, Sebek's power had diminished greatly throughout the millennia; his ability to protect Robert without being present was exceptionally limited. While he tries to be in all ways human, throwing himself into his job with fervor to ground his identity, he has reluctantly recognized the fact that he will always be tied to the supernatural world - but he still fights against the necessity.

Robert is slightly taller than average (about 6'), in fairly good physical shape, brown-haired, and green-eyed. He has developed the ability to take on a lesser version of his father's form - a tall (7' or so), heavily muscled crocodile-headed man.

Possible Advancement:
Higher Discipline (human form)
Higher Fists (croc-man form)
Higher Athletics
Higher Lore
Echoes of the Beast (Crocodile)
Inhuman Toughness (in which case his croc-man form would get heavy crocodile scales)
Hulking Size (in which case his croc-man form would get larger, probably 9' or 10' tall and incredibly burly)
and maybe Channeling (Water)


Questions:
-Do the aspects look good?
-Did I do the beast change thing right?
-Did I mess anything else up rules-wise?

Though those don't explain why it prevents the wielder from getting Lawbreaker, at least not IMO.

Mechanically it would be an effect of that particular Sponsored Magic. Thematically, I'd say it's because the staff is itself a sapient entity, and *it*'s doing the will-to-kill bit that twists a wizard.

Some? Sure. But most aren't Mavra, and I think it damages her uniqueness as a villain, and how surprised even Ebenezar is by her magical capability if we give t out all willy-nilly. 

Well, Mavra isn't an Elder. I think they were all wiped out in the Stokerpocalypse. In my view the reason Mavra is so scary to everyone is precisely because she is walking the path to Elderhood, fairly successfully. YMMV.

Feet in the Water/Up to Your Waist/Chest Deep/Submerged are the PC power levels; the group starts out at whatever is appropriate for the game. When a major milestone is reached, the refresh total goes up by 1, allowing for advancement in power while retaining free will. But not all NPCs need to be built on the same refresh total as the PC party; somebody who's ~400, like Ancient Mai, has probably amassed a lot of advancement in her lifetime.

Also, those are just the suggested PC power levels; there's no particular reason you couldn't start a game at 12 or 15 base refresh (for a Warden team game, maybe) or even higher (there were some posts a week or so ago about an 18 base refresh game).

Actually, considering he did precisely that (he held off more or less the entire Council as a whole, mostly by himself), I tend to think he DID perform a Darkhallow (possibly one on a smaller scale than that attempted in Dead Beat)...and then wrote about it. It's never stated anywhere that he didn't, and it would explain his truly absurd level of power.

He did eat spirits to gain power, yes - Mab says that was the secret of the power that allowed him to defy the whole Council. He didn't do the full god-ascension ritual, but he seems to have done a smaller one. Or possibly he did it piece by piece, like Harry's ghost-eating in GP repeated over and over...

I don't think that's accurate; Harry uses a magic circle to trap Toot-toot in Storm Front, after all--and in that case it's pretty explicitly a magic circle, not a ward. The language used to describe what Harry does is basically identical to the language every other time Harry creates a circle. Later in the same book, when he breaks the Shadowman's circle, he explicitly points out that it was because it was an act of "human will" or something similar.

Clearly making a circle isn't limited to humans however; the skinwalker uses one to cut off one of Harry's soulfire constructs, and it isn't human.

Satyr/Faun Sidhe
High Concept: Woodland Fae

Skills:
Great: Survival, Endurance
Good: Athletics, Awareness, Might, Fists
Fair: Conviction, Discipline, Presence, Stealth
Other physical skills default to Average, others to Mediocre.

Stunts:
No Pain, No Gain: The satyr gains one additional physical mild consequence slot.

Powers:
Echoes of the Beast [-1]
Glamours [-2]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Inhuman Strength [-2]
Inhuman Toughness [-2]
Inhuman Recovery [-2]
  The Catch [+3] (for both of the above) is cold iron and the like
Seelie Magic [-4]

Stress:
Physical OOOO +1 mild consequence
Mental OOO
Social OOO

Total Refresh Cost: -12

Notes: This is a Sidhe version of the satyr, with more skills, physical abilities, Glamours and Seelie Magic.