Hey guys. This didn't take long, but I'd like a your interpretation on this. In the Paranet Papers and it's talk of mental fortification (ie. inhuman, supernatural and mythic) the requirements are at least the refresh cost in refinement. Does this mean to qualify for the mythic mental you need only the 6 refinements and then inherit the ability, or is the total refresh cost 12. 12 seems very high.

I blame Pathfinder; but my group is pretty optimised minded. That's not to say they're not great roleplayers, but they'd like to have a solid mechanical base to run that off.
Thank you for clarifying how power is relevant to certain things like blocks and maneuvers. That always confused me.

My remaining concerns are thus
1) Landmines: as I understand it, you don't need evocation to put evocation abilities into wards. So the Landmine ability could constantly trickle a powerful spell into the ward. My group would definitely start every day making some thaumaturgy wards before heading out (sacrifice a handful chickens etc.). I believe there's a section that says a ward needs concentration so likely you couldn't have multiple of them, but I don't want super powerful landmines to rule the game.
2) Evocation: this is a dense question, but how does one defend with evocation? I know you can create Blocks (shields and stuff) and maintain the spell, but the everyday block mechanic. Is it another Conviction + Discipline roll, and if so does it induce a stress? Or does a spell caster either choose to keep up a block or have to use something else like athletics?

BTW this community is great

Hi guys, I'm sure this question has been asked before so I apologise in advance. I'm a new GM for the DFRPG, and the one thing that strikes me as weird is how additional success shifts add to damage. Wouldn't that be an incentive for people to spend all their focus items on discipline? I'm looking for the balance here.