MageKnight help

[Blk4ce]

I'm trying to make a spellcaster that's both proficient at magic and swords. Submerged level. But I can't get the mix right. So far I've thought of

transcendend swordmanship/unlimited blade works
a stunt to replace weapons and athletics with Discipline Lore

or

crafting
inhuman speed/something
the same stunt

Any input is appreciated.

[blackstaff67]

Weapons, Lore at 5 (Superb)
Conviction, Discipline at 4 (Great)
Other skills placed according to character concept.  Done.  Aspects also placed according to character concept.

[Haru]

What sort of magic is he supposed to do? Do you want a "throw fireball at enemy, slice up what's left" sort of guy? Or more subtle magic that enhances and compliments his swordsmanship? I think that's quite important to determine, before settling on powers or skills.

[Blk4ce]

Well, a ranged option should always be there for out of reach opponents (metallomantic blasts?), but one of the things I initially thought was indeed to enhance the capabilities of the human body, controlling multiple swords at once etc.

[Haru]

What I'm thinking is, that maybe magic doesn't need to be magic in the way of evocation or thaumaturgy.

Instead, you could take strength and speed powers and say that they are an application of your magic. Toughness is really just hardening your skin like metal, etc.

Throwing a sword is easy, you can use weapons for that, it doesn't need to be extra magic. Being able to call the sword back to your hand could be a single 1 refresh power that allows you to do so as a supplemental action.

Multiple swords is a tough one. What exactly would it mean? You don't usually get extra actions, and I wouldn't recommend it either. It could just be flavor for a power that increases your weapons skill.

[Blk4ce]

Something like attacking telekinetically with 4 swords at once (mechanically a zone/spray attack, zone block etc) or as you said flavour for increasing the weapon skill. I like magic for its versatility, which is the theme of the character, so it's nice to have it at least as an option.

(For extra actions, one idea is to do the ritual of transcendend swordmanship and summon fallen warriors. )

[Belial666]

Skills:
+5: Lore, Weapons
+4: Athletics, Discipline
+3: Endurance, Conviction

Powers/Stunts
[+0] Wizard's Constitution
[-3] Thaumaturgy (+1 craft power, +2 craft frequency, +2/+2 craft focus, 8 enchanted item slots)
[-4] Refinement
[-1] The Vorpal Sword
  *Discount: +2
  *It is what it is: weapon 3 sword
  *True Aim
  *Supernatural Sharpness: +2 weapon rating
  *Vorpal Strike: reduces target toughness power by 1 rank
[-1] Footwork

Items
Tactical Suit: armor 3 vs piercing, 2 vs anything else, 5 uses of 8-shift block.
Ring of the Far Hand: 8-shift might effect for throwing or moving targets, 5 uses.
Ring of Massacre: wielded weapon becomes weapon 6 and zone-wide for 1 attack, 5 uses.
Amulet of Warding: 8-shift instant ward, 5 uses
4 potions of power 8 and 5 uses each
Frag Grenades: weapon 4, each enchanted with "Deep Impact" and "Homing Projectile" aspects via ritual.
High Explosives: weapon 10, mechanical timer. Veiled to be invisible with ritual.
Lucky Charms: chain of charms, each enchanted with "Lucky Charm" and "Good Fortune" aspects via ritual.

This guy works well enough. He goes around with Weapon 5 attack +6 melee ability that eats through enemy toughness and also confers Fantastic (+6) defense via footwork. Then he has several enchanted items and potions of considerable power. He also has various mundane items improved via his Thaumaturgy. Last but not least, said Thaumaturgy is decent enough for some slow, low-key magic.

With his abilities he could go toe to toe with the Loup-Garou or one of the Denarians in their current writeups.

[idirex]

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Soul-fire Gear-head

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Robert Norton

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Aspects : Soul in a shell - Your first memory was Blue . You woke up in a field of grass , facing a mountain lake . Beside you , a young boy somehow familiar to you , lay motionless . Dead . He had a broken staff clenched in his hands . Behind you the grass was red  . A battlefield . Humans and what appeared to be scattered junk , were everywhere . You raised your hands , only to find them replaced with two claw like things made of metal . The left one was holding a small cup . You felt dirty , guilty somehow , and went to wash yourself in the lake . When you were up to your waist inspiration struck you and filled the cup with water , half of which you poured over your face and half you drank...
Not where i want to go but where I need to be - ... Sometime later , you are unsure  , you happened to pass by a crossroad . North was a wheat field and south was a forest . The northern road was quite nice so you started that way . After fifty or so paces , something started bothering you . You turn your head ans see a thin trail of smoke in the sky over the forest . You follow the smoke and find a campfire . Two man were facing the fire and a third , a bear of a man , shackled and bound , spotted you . His face went pale and sweat bubbled on his forehead . " Oh my God ! " - he sad . The two sleeping man , waking up startled , attacked you . It was fast , just a poke and they fell as if you cut a puppet's strings . The bound man was bewildered but didn't move .  You unbound him .
Always keep a spare - The man was a renown craftsman for precision tools . The two dead men , were brigands and had attacked him . You followed the artisan home , just because it seemed like a good idea . Your memory is fuzzy of what happened next . You remember only that you lay inside , and he worked night and day in his workshop . What you do remember clearly , is the moment you opened your eyes again when the old man sad : " Always keep a spare ". You have never forgotten ever since ...
Clockwork dreams - Your new body was fantastic . It was graceful and harmonic , feather-light and strong , but most of all it felt Home . The Artisan , offered to teach you , an offer you gladly accepted . Your skill and intellect sharpened with time until you were at least as good as him . It was spring when you decided to leave the cup to the old man , and follow your Clockwork Dreams ...

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Aspects : Soul in a shell , Clockwork dreams , Not where i want to go but where I need to be , Always keep a spare ,

+5: Lore, Craftsmanship
+4: Conviction, Discipline
+3: Endurance, Athletics
+2: Empathy, Presence, Rapport
+1: Alertness, Burglary, Intimidation, Performance, Resources, 

Powers/Stunts
[+0] Human guise ( Flesh Mask , no extra benefits)
[-2] Semi-Animate

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Description: You are not fully alive. Maybe you're  some kind of robot.
Skills Affected: Endurance, Intimidation, other social skills
Effects:
Unhealing Body. Your body is not, technically speaking, alive. This means that you do not heal naturally, though you can recover normally from physical consequences given repair work or some sort of supernatural effect. (Like a Recovery Power).
What Is Not Alive Cannot Die. Unless utterly destroyed or killed by special means, you can never suffer a fatal wound. No "death" result is ever permanent unless special means are used (as determined by your creature type).
Personalized Weaponry Engineering . You are a master Artisan . Use Craftsmanship to wield weapons made by you .
No Metabolism. You do not need to eat or sleep or breathe. Furthermore, you do not excrete wastes and you do not age. You are immune to both poison and disease.

[+2] IoP Catalyst ( Clockwork Sword , 3 , acts as toolbox )
[-5] Sponsored magic soul-fire
[-4] Refinement ( craft focus 3/3) 4 items , 8 power, 4 uses each
4 focus items , unused
Clockwork Devices :
Armour ( AR:2) ( 8 shift block )
Sword : Lightning Generator ( 8 shift soul-fire atk on strike )
Key (8 shift instant ward , indoors )
Sphere ( Portable potion kit , for when you really need one ! )
Extra :
Necro-phone ( now with built in Necrotelicomnicon ! ) ( 10 shift divination )( 2 uses )
Rotes :
Mark ( Create a thaum link to target ) , Circle of Light ( Closed circle ) , Acceleration ( Aspect  ) , Vector ( 4 atk ) , Veil ( veil  )

Pyromaniac Steam-punk

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Leander Boyan "Orange"

Hot tempered Mechanical Engineer : Leander Boyan was born and raised in Warwick ( England ) . He is of Polish ancestry , but knows only a handful of words . At the age of 11 , his family's house burned down . Fortune was on their side because the safe holding most of his family's valuables was undamaged , his father , a renown geologist and metallurgist , was offered an astonishing pay in Kiruna ( Sweden ) . 
Revenge is served HOT : At the start of the War , Kiruna rapidly fell to the control of the Nazis . Its inhabitants reduced to little more than slaves . Most of the "dangerous" individuals were sent in concentration camps in Germany . Upon hearing that his parents had suffered this fate , Leander arranged a meeting with his old acquaintance Oberleutnant Claus Amsel in the hope of  buying or bribing their release . Amsel and  Rothstein not only did not allow their release but ordered their execution in a crematorium . He is being tortured still in order to extract his knowledge of the Mischmetal .
Clockwork Dreams : Leander was offered a scholarship at the University of Vienna . The excellent staff and the part time job in the library did wonders in honing his mind . The library was also the place where he encountered Claus Amsel , as part of the "Arcane Book-club " . He did not like their ideas much but was at least clued in . After his graduation , Leander was offered a place as Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering department . With the combined application of his mundane and "esoteric"  knowledge he discovered the Mischmetal . Soon after the "Clockwork Sword" was built .
Full power ahead ! : The wondrous properties of the Mischmetal spread like wildfire . His career literally took flight , as he was invited in science conferences all over Europe . As his fame rose so did the number of enemies hiding in the shadows ...
We shall overcome...eventually...probably...maybe? : The city of Kiruna was founded in 1900 and quickly became an important seat for iron ore extraction and mining industry in Sweden. The area in which the city was built shares a long history with the indigenous Sami people dating back at least 6,000 years of evident settlement. During World War II, large quantities of iron were transported from Kiruna by rail to the east coast, and further down to be sold to Germany. After the "secret" invasion of Kiruna , Leander became a fervent advocate and activist , in the hopes of rising general public awareness . Secretly he became member of The Resistance .
"Clockwork Agent" Orange : As member of The Resistance , he found the support and means to save his parents , but there is always a "but" .  The price for the help offered was not cheap . He was assigned the mission to steal the enemies weaponry and vehicle schematics . His mission remains unfulfilled  at the moment ...

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Aspects :Hot tempered Mechanical Engineer , Revenge is served HOT , Clockwork Dreams , Full power ahead ! , We shall overcome...eventually...probably...maybe? ,

+5: Lore, Craftsmanship
+4: Conviction, Discipline
+3: Endurance, Athletics
+2: Empathy, Presence, Rapport
+1: empty, empty, empty, empty, empty

Powers/Stunts
[+0] Wizard's Constitution
[-1] Personalized Weaponry Engineering (wikia) ( Craftsmanship to wield self made weapons .)
[+2] IoP Catalyst ( Clockwork Sword , 3 , acts as toolbox )
[-4] Sponsored magic Superior Pyromancy (IoP)
[-6] Refinement ( craft focus 5/5) 4 items , 10 power, 6 uses each
4 focus items , unused

Clockwork Devices :
Exoskeleton ( AR:1) ( 10 shift block )
Fire-bolt Generator ( 10 shift fire attack on strike )
Folded Automaton ( 10 shift golem summoning )
Sphere ( 8 shift area attack , can be thrown )

Rotes (4/4) (5 tot) : Ember ( 4 fire atk ) , Circle of fire ( Places aspect : closed circle ) , Spark Show ( Aspect : Momentarily Blinded ) , Beacon ( Aspect : Good Illumination ) , Fire barrier (Block 4)

[Mr. Death]

I'd say go the eastern route, make one of his elements Metal, and just use the attack spells there and flavor them as sword strikes.