Tot, the issue is that Stress isn't damage - it's the *potential* for damage.  Damage is reflected by Consequences, and the circumstances in which Sacred Guardian can be used (in my experience) generally allow the user to avoid taking Consequences unless there's an external source of Mental stress around (which there rarely is).

So, I've heard from several places that Sacred Guardian as written in Your Story is a poorly-written power.  I understand this, but am having trouble actually communicating it.  Can anyone help me to put into words why old-version SG is problematic?

While we're at it, I've also seen an opinion that the new version is overpowered - and that, I can't see, as it essentially acts as systems justification for an effect that basically had narrative justification anyway...  any thoughts?

I searched before making this thread, but couldn't find anything on the subject on these forums, so...

So, I know that the form hexes take has changed over the years, from witch marks to curdled milk to technology fritzing. 

What would folks say should be the effects of a Hex in the 1800s, specifically in a mostly-lawless western setting?

Edit:  Ooooh.  How about this?  Magic-users spook animals.  Low-level talents make cats skittish and horses nervous.  High talent powers can cause stampedes just by walking by a farm.

So, I've been listening to Lloyd Alexander's Prydain chronicles lately (yeah, I know, kids' books.  Still good stories!)  and it struck me that there are some fun concepts to be explored.

My thoughts thus far:

Adaon's Brooch: (-2? -3?)
An Item of Power.  Grants +1 to Assessment actions, Cassandra's Tears without the social penalties, and the Aspect "Quiet wisdom"

Cauldron-born have Living Dead and Physical Immunity (Catch of Dyrnwyn's Power)

the Huntsmen have another custom power:

Death Pact (-2)
Requirements:  You must have an Aspect involving this pact.
Strengthened by death: You are tied to a band or pack of fellows.  This unwholesome bond strengthens you, should the other members of your band fall.  Any time another character with this Power is Taken Out with a "Death" result, you immediately gain a Fate Point.
Strong Pact (-2): Your bond with your fellows is especially strong.  Any time another character with this Power is Taken Out with a "Death" result, you immediately gain a number of Fate Points equal to the number of characters with this Power who were killed this scene.  For example, there are a party of five Huntsmen with this Power menacing the party.  Fflewddur Fflam manages to kill one with a lucky shot, giving the remaining Huntsmen one Fate Point apiece.  A few Exchanges later, Eilonwy takes one of the remaining Huntsmen in the throat with a lucky arrow.  The three remaining Huntsmen each gain two Fate Points apiece. 

I don't think Dresden Files magic can target concepts that easily - you can't, for example, channel destructive magic at the concept of "speed limit" to get out of paying the fine for going 115 in a residential area with a loup-garou in hot pursuit.

really, Evocation is pretty much limited by what you can justify (and what your GM is willing to accept), so allowing mental attacks with Spirit isn't impossible.  Heck, all the Elements have mental/emotional influences, too. 

but that's sort of beside the point.  perhaps a new thread for mental evocation?

Yyyyeah... that wouldn't end well.  Slendy invokes his "twister of minds" aspect for effect.  Now who's the thrall?