Hey World,
I'm starting a new campaign/adventure/nerd-session, and one of my players wants to roll a Pure Mortal, but also to give him an Item of Power. He mentioned it at the end of our session last night (we spent like two and half hours on City Creation, and bumped up against everyone's spouse-enforced bed times), so I don't know what exactly he was thinking of using for an item, but I wanted to bounce some ideas off of you all before I green-light it.
So: penny for your thoughts?
I'm of the opinion that Supernatural Powers are outside the realm of Pure Mortals, and that includes Items of Power. I'm trying to think of instances in the novels in which a mortal shlub gets a hold of a magical item, and the best I can do is Butters being Bob's master in the later books. In game terms, I don't want to unbalance things by giving the mortal character the +2 to Refresh and the Item of Power. I think that it's within the scope of his High Concept to have magical stuff (he's a thief of magical stuff), so my concerns are more of the balance variety.