Hey, thanks Eldrich. I really like the second idea. Can you help me stat that out? I'm new to spellcasting and I'm not entirely sure how the stress would effect that. I'd like it to be a 4 stress or lower attack though, if that's possible.
Thanks again.
Well, the first thing to do is to get a bit better weapon skill. I'd recommend a 3 or so. After that, just cast the spirit spell to add the "magically propelled kukri" aspect to yourself.
From then on, you can tag that aspect once (remember, tagging is free), and spend a fate point at any time thereafter to use it again...or just recast the spell.
The manoeuvre is a 3-shift spell, per YS252: "
By default, pulling off most maneuvers requires 3 shifts of power..."
So if you have a conviction and discipline of 3 or higher, you can even use it as a rote! Well, your conviction doesn't need to be 3 to use it as a rote...it just means it's a 1-stress spell.
If you're starved for fate points, keep casting the spell with no roll required. Remember, rotes allow you to cast a spell as if you rolled a 0 on your discipline. Rolling is only needed if you need to target something. But you're casting it on yourself, so it's all good!
If your conviction is high enough--or you have enough focus items--you can actually give yourself the same aspect multiple times with one casting. A 6-shift spell would give you two tags, for example. Not too hard to do if your conviction is 5, and you have a +1 offensive control focus bonus.
Hope that helps!
-EF