Hey all,

I'm trying to stat a new character. But I have a few questions about physical immunity and the stacked catch.

say I have inhuman recovery (-2) with a catch worth of +3. This makes it total -1.
I then add physical immunity (-8, total of -9). Add a stacked catch of + 4.

This is where I am confused. Do I get a total of of -5 by counting just the stacked catch for physical immunity or do I get to add the original +3 to it as well, making the total come to -2?

-Kereo

As far as I know, you don't incur debt but your character is beholden to your sponsor in a way.  He's given you that power to further his own goals.   That will be reflected by your aspects and compels.  Your spells have to stay within the theme of the "element(s)".  Yours are shadow/nightmare and your spells seem to reflect that.  You shouldn't be able to run around casting light spells....

That much I knew

Mental damage spells might bring the Wardens down on you, though...unless your master is a signatory of the accords.  It depends how your group sees sponsored magic and the Laws.  But even if your group doesn't consider sponsored magic as Law-breaking, Wardens, in game, might still try to take you out.

Yeah, we discussed it. Technically, he's part of Winter, so the wardens can't touch him directly. The GM did say that if they find out they might make his life miserable in other ways though

As Tedronai said, Cage of nightmares looks a little vague as to what it does. If you post an explanation of what you wanted to achieve with the spell, we could put a mechanic to it. As written, it functions as more of a thaumaturgic spell than an evocation, what with the multiple stages. If your 'Nightmare magic' grants some form of thaumaturgy with the speed and methods of Evocation, that would be okay, although it would have a very high power cost.

Well, it's not a weapon attack. Basically, the idea is as as following: An opponent gets trapped in an illusion. In this illusion, he gets tortured continuously for what feels like ages. The mind however, makes this damage real (like in the matrix!). So, he gets a small amount of damage.

Hey all,

First time poster, but have been lurking for a while. In our upcoming adventure, I'm playing a new character that uses sponsored magic. My character is the "Ebon Knight of the Nightmare Court". The idea behind it is that the Nightmare Court was basically absorbed into Winter during the Fae wars. It's ruler, was not too pleased about that and is now secretly undermining Mab, even going as far as to create his own knight, in the hopes of one day becoming the ruler of all of Winter.

I was discussing his spell options with one of our other players (who is a rule nut) and he basically claimed that sponsored magic can't do too many complex/powerful things and that it's underpowered (without incurring massive debts anyway). Here's the spells I was hoping to stat:

Horrid Phantasm
íomhá Uafásach (horrible image)
Manoeuvre
Makes the target see an illusion that instils fear, thereby unnerving him.  (add aspect)

Cage of tormenting nightmares
Tromluí caighean (nightmare cage)
Manoeuvre/attack
A mental attack that locks the target in place for x exchanges as he is trapped in a hallucination. After breaking free, the target takes some damage as the mind makes the torture real.

Mind break
Liom briseadh (mind break)
Attack
Stabbing his sword into a sphere of shadowy energy, an illusionary blade appears and stabs the target in his head, dealing mental damage.

Wave of agony
Tonn céasadh (wave of agony)
Attack
A surge of shadowy tendrils bursts from the casters shadow, impaling enemies in the zone, dealing physical damage.

Would these be possible? Or are they overpowered in anyway and not possible with sponsored magic without incurring massive debt on use?

-Kereo

ps: if anyone is interrested I can post the (very) short story of why Auberon (couldn't find a better Fae name ) decided to backstab Mab.