Emiya Shirou is where tracing came from he can summon lots of magical weapons which grant him modular abilities. He has the hilt of Excalibur in his body which grants him mythic recovery. He has the ability to project his demense full of blades on reality.
Personality wise he a typical Japanese school boy with PTSD, survivors guilt and white knight syndrome (has to protect everyone).
I don't really know what a typical anime Japanese school boy is like, but I suppose I can just make that an Aspect. And Tracing + Recovery + Variable Abilities is easy enough to handle.
A few clarifying questions:
-What abilities can he get from his weapons?
-Can he launch his weapons at people? I'm pretty sure there's someone in the series who can do that, but I might be thinking of Gilgamesh.
-What mundane skills does he have? I'm pretty sure he's got high Weapons, but other than that...
-Can he copy non-weapon objects?
-What exactly happens when he uses his Reality Marble? It imposes his little world on reality, I get that, but...how does that work? Are
these good representations, and if so what special benefits should his Marble-world give him?
-He's one of the competitors in the contest for the Grail, right? Is he paired with Saber?
I have a slightly unusual request. I don't know if Dresden characters are "allowed" in this thread, but if they are I'd like to see your take on an experienced Harry Dresden and the Rag Lady.
Everything's allowed. I'll give them a try when I come back to this thread.
I know that there's supposed to be an update for Dresden in the Paranet papers, but you're something of an authority on statting characters.
I don't really like being thought of that way. Forum communities can easily get cliquish, and looking on long-time posters/moderators as authorities contributes to that.
Obviously it's nice if people respect and care about my opinion, but I really don't think I should be deferred to.
I don't know if you submitted an entry for the contest
I didn't. I'm actually not that well-versed in the novels; I read each once when it comes out and then I put them into storage. I'm here for the system, not the setting.
So I usually leave stuff like this to the real Dresden Files fans.