Now that you mentioned it, I found it _-_A lot of the powers are representative, not literal -- look at Trolls, which have the Claws power to represent a cleaver they carry.
It's a good start but as I said I for example don't agree that Blampires need "Claws" and the book kinda shoots itself in the foot, in the abstract they specifically mention that Blampires " tend to have long black fingernails, flaking skin, and no fangs," and yet the first power they give them IS Claws?
Since when are fingernails and normal human teeth, anything near claws? That damage should fall under the supernatural strength and speed in my opinion.
Then they are missing the Spider Walk power when it is very clearly described in Bram Stoker's book that they can do that.But never once described as something they do in Dresden.
Also the book keeps up the rule that PC can't be monsters, with this idea I clearly go against that basic rule, so there builds where never intended to be feasible for players and they never did them to be balanced and doable at any game level.Well, yeah. You can, of course, not go by that rule -- but the rule exists for a reason. Frankly, not every monster is appropriate for a PC.
But never once described as something they do in Dresden.But to be fair Bram Stoker's was specifically mentioned in the books as being accurate, so I think we should treat it as reasonable source material.
Could we make a decent scaling Black Court Vampire purely through Sponsor rules?
Not really, no. There's no such thing as Sponsored Strength.That seems like something of an oversight to me. I mean, how else am I supposed to pray to something to "Give Me Strength" if it's not on the list? :P
That being said, you could let BCVs take sponsor debt.So, a base creature template and then sponsor debt to cover advancement and other more rare abilities that Mavra and/or Dracula might have?
That seems like something of an oversight to me. I mean, how else am I supposed to pray to something to "Give Me Strength" if it's not on the list? :P
And How would Sampson have worked, I wonder?
So, a base creature template and then sponsor debt to cover advancement and other more rare abilities that Mavra and/or Dracula might have?
That seems like something of an oversight to me. I mean, how else am I supposed to pray to something to "Give Me Strength" if it's not on the list? :P
And How would Sampson have worked, I wonder?So, a base creature template and then sponsor debt to cover advancement and other more rare abilities that Mavra and/or Dracula might have?
Maybe something like a pure 0 refresh power would be good.
[-0] Sponsored Agenda
Description:It is possible to have access to Sponsor Debt without a Sponsor granting access to magic, or at least not full Sponsored Magic per the RAW.
Musts: You must have an appropriate High Concept and Sponsor with a defined Agenda to take this power. This power must be attached to at least 2 refresh worth of Powers.
Power At A Price: You may take Sponsor Debt to aid any roll that falls in line with your Sponsor's Agenda per the normal Sponsored Debt rules for Sponsored Magic explained in PP 249. All Debt must be approved by the GM.