Luxometry sounds nice, but it has a kind of academic flair to it that might not fit the character.

Another poster on the boards has a character with powers of Tenebromancy, a controller of shadow. For my own shadow-wielding thief, I gave him Umbramancy.

Other ideas include: Spectrumancy, Penumbramancy and Luminomancy.

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For as much as I love writing up characters in DFRPG, I tend to shy away from spellcasters because I'm not too sure if I have the magic system down yet. Here's a wizard character I wrote up, complete with rotes, focus items and enchanted items. Can some of the rules gurus on the forum give him the once-over and tell me if I've put him together properly?

Thanks in advance.

Terrance Rhodes (Wizard) – Submerged
High Aspect: Blue-Blooded Wizard of the White Council
Trouble: Old Money, New Problems
Other Aspects: More Degrees Than a Thermometer; Master Artificer-in-Training; Every Problem Has a Solution; Golden Boy of the White Council

Stress:
Physical: OOO
Social: OOO
Mental: OOOO

Skills:
• Superb (+5): Lore, Resources
• Great (+4): Conviction, Discipline
• Good (+3): Craftsmanship, Scholarship
• Fair (+2): Contacts, Rapport, Presence
• Average (+1): Alertness, Athletics, Endurance, Investigation, Weapons

Supernatural Powers:
   • Evocation [-3] (Specializations: Earth, Fire, Spirit; Power: Earth +1; Spirit +1)
   • Thaumaturgy [-3] (Frequency: Crafting +1; Complexity: Crafting +1)
   • The Sight/Soulgaze [-1]
   • Wizard’s Constitution [-0]
   • Refinement [-1]
      Focus Items:
         • Iron Ring: Control: +1 Earth
         • Copper Wand: Frequency: +1 Crafting
      Enchanted Items:
         • Ram’s Head Ring: Spirit Weapon: 3 Attack; 3/uses per session
         • Onyx Stud: Spirit Block: 3 vs. Perception, Duration 3 rounds; 1/use per session
         • Ruby Ring: Fire Weapon: 4 Attack; 2/uses per session
         • Cobalt Ring: Spirit Block: 4 or Armor: 2; 2/uses per session
      Rotes:
         • Thunderbolt: Earth; Weapon: 4 Attack
         • Earthquake: Earth; Weapon: 3 Attack vs. Zone (requires Ring)
         • Force Bubble: Spirit; Block: 4 or Armor 2, Duration 2 rounds
         • Electrified: Earth; Applies Shocked Aspect to an opponent for 3 rounds (requires Ring)
         • Rain of Fire: Fire; Weapon: 2 Attack vs. Zone

Mortal Stunts:
   • Lush Lifestyle (Resources):

Adjusted Refresh: 1

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Okay everybody, I need some help. Items of Power are cool ways to give characters access to supernatural powers while still keeping them as some sort of human, often otherwise mortal or True Believers. The problem I'm finding is that most IoPs I can think up end up defaulting to being Sword of the Cross knockoffs. This just doesn't seem right to me.

So I raise the question to all of you. How would you stat these Items of Power?

Spear of Destiny: This is arguably just like the SotC, except without the organization that the Knights have in the series. In another game I played in, the wielder of the spear worked as the emissary of Uriel, similarly to how the Swords each linked up with an archangel. What powers would you give it?

Christ's Bloodwhip: Again this could be arguably another SotC, except a whip instead of a sword. The idea is that this is the whip used to torture Jesus, and so it still has some holy powers. The character I had in mind for it is a monster-slaying sort, with access to a whole arsenal of relics and True Believer powers. What else should it do?

The Sword of the Revolution: This is an idea I've had ever since I heard the idea in a history class that George Washington was referred to as the "Sword of the Revolution", Thomas Paine was the "Pen of the Revolution" and Samuel Adams was the "Mouth of the Revolution". I got this idea that there would be a DF group like the Masons that had three agents in the field called the Sword, the Pen and the Mouth. I don't know what the artifacts for the other two would be, but the Sword is the character I would want to play. The rest of his stats are the same as most True Believers (with his faith lying in freewill and liberty rather than a deity), but what would his sword do?

John Henry's Hammer: The rest of the stats for this character are easy enough (Inhuman Strength, Toughness & Recovery with The Catch [+3] being machines or anything technological), but what abilities would the hammer have? The character works as more of a spiritual successor to the folk hero rather than a direct descendant, but he would still have some power thanks to the myth.

not to sound like an idiot but what's tenebromancy

Thematic ritual magic granting control over shadows.

The character in question from my original post is a dead man animated by celestial forces to fight the enemies of heaven on earth.

His abilities are something like:

Soulfire [-5]
Living Dead [-1]
Guide My Hand [-1]
Marked By Power [-1]
Inhuman Toughness [-2]
The Catch is Unholy Power [+2]

Not to nitpick, but your Catch negates the Refresh cost of Inhuman Toughness. It should be bumped down to +1.