what playable stuff are you hoping for?

[rickayelm]

Are the were form or the emmissaries of power subject to the laws of magic? If Samantha the were-panther takes on panther form to kill a rapist has she vilated the first law? If Jim the emmissary uses the power to control someones thoughts has he violated the fourth law?

[rickayelm]

Will there be rules for hellfire and soulfire? On another thread you said that there are going to be rules for common ritual magic that is usable by anyone who can get their hands on a grimoire, how rare are the grimoires going to be, and how much would it cost to start play with one?

[iago]

In the minor talent template it says that you can take one refresh 1 or 2 supernatural power. What kind of things are possible with refresh 1 or 2 powers?

That's sort of a long answer and I'm short on time. Think "Ordo Lebes" for some of it, though.

[rickayelm]

I was looking through my shadowrun books last night and it got me wondering if there is going to be anything like the physical adept in the dfrpg?

[iago]

I was looking through my shadowrun books last night and it got me wondering if there is going to be anything like the physical adept in the dfrpg?

We're only supporting canonical Dresden Files character types, but we're going as broadly with those as we can manage.

[jtaylor]

Besides a lot of the things a canonical changeling can do (Kincaid, Meryl, etc) are similar to physical adepts. It would be very easy to modify a changeling to an adept that channels magic through their body. They should have less potential than a changeling, but they would never have to face the choice.

[skakid]

Anything "historical" included? 
I'm thinking of running a modified Dresden/Steampunk mashup once the game is released.

[iago]

Anything "historical" included? 
I'm thinking of running a modified Dresden/Steampunk mashup once the game is released.

We're focusing on playing in the modern day, though honestly I think it wouldn't be difficult at all to adapt.

[rickayelm]

Are the were form or the emmissaries of power subject to the laws of magic? If Samantha the were-panther takes on panther form to kill a rapist has she vilated the first law? If Jim the emmissary uses the power to control someones thoughts has he violated the fourth law? 
 
 
 Will there be rules for hellfire and soulfire? On another thread you said that there are going to be rules for common ritual magic that is usable by anyone who can get their hands on a grimoire, how rare are the grimoires going to be, and how much would it cost to start play with one? 
 
 
 

[TheMouse]

I'm pretty certain that the Laws of Magic are for human practitioners of magic. This is probably because they're enforced by the White Council, and they don't exactly have the power to make these things stick against Faerie or one of the vampire courts.

So a were-panther killing someone wouldn't draw down the ire of the Council. Of course, if Samantha made it a habit to go around killing all sorts of folks with her powers, eventually someone on the Council will decide that she's too dangerous to let live and try to take her out.

[iago]

I'm with TheMouse on this one. It's about mortal practitioners, and about enforcement. Shapeshifting into a panther is legal (you can transform yourself) and killing someone with your claws is legal (that's not magic, that's claws -- there's a reason the Wardens kill with swords).  Your emissary is in interesting territory -- that's probably a mortal practitioner doing the deed, but they're under the aegis of whatever political/supernatural entity they're an emissary for.  I'd say it's a violation of the law as far as the Council sees it, but diplomatic entanglements will make enforcement difficult.  But, there's also a "the-reality-of-how-breaking-the-laws-affects-you" side to the laws in the RPG, so I'd say you probably still get dinged by the 'Lawbreaker' effect, mechanically, regardless of whether or not you can evade the political consequences.

And yes, there will be (light) rules for hellfire and soulfire.

The grimoires will be every bit as rare as they are in the novels... unless the GM decides otherwise.

[TheMouse]

And yes, there will be (light) rules for hellfire and soulfire.

Excellent. I'm not certain that I will want to take my game in that direction, but I like having the options available. I might, for example, spaz out and decide to take inspiration from Supernatural and do a war between Heaven and Hell.

[rickayelm]

In the novella Backup it has an antagonist that gains magical power by merging her soul with a spirit. It also mentions a group of people that gain superhuman physical abilities by grafting the  limbs of beings from the nevernever to their bodies. Will there be rules for such things.

[iago]

In the novella Backup it has an antagonist that gains magical power by merging her soul with a spirit. It also mentions a group of people that gain superhuman physical abilities by grafting the  limbs of beings from the nevernever to their bodies. Will there be rules for such things.

No explicit rules, but it'd be easy to implement. We're not covering Backup in the core.

[skakid]

I'd think maybe a takeoff of the Emissary template? 
Maybe all it would be is a flavor change.