I did something similar, but went the other way with it. The NPC (who my players have only met once, but don't know it) IS the IoP.

I statted up the character as per normal rules, a few aspects and such.

Then I gave the character quite a few abilities: gaseous form, domination (and whatever it was that you need to get that), modular shapeshifting, true shapeshifting (with less of a cost between the two, due to taking both), and a few scattered others. Then stick it all into an IoP, and give it physical immunity. MASSIVE fate cost, but he IS the final final boss.

The way I have this guy work is that whoever picks up the ring has to continuously take mental attack checks until they're taken out, at which point the NPC takes control of the body. He then has a several set bodies he can switch between, and thus never appear to be any different.

Simon Arron will, of course, have a catch to his physical immunity, but a plot based one, rather than anything else. So they just happen to fulfil it when he's supposed to stay dead.

I just told my group to give me personality aspects that would allow me to mess with them on a regular basis, whilst not giving themselves too much of a bonus.

IE, one of my guys is levelling a Knight, built from cliches. He's an army camp raised kid, family troubles, joined as a chaplain, and mostly lost his faith when his entire squad died, and he was forced to trek a hundred miles with nothing.

So his trouble is PTSD. It gets hit quite a lot, because his character is the most close quarters driven, I can drop it whenever the rest of the group sits back, and it allows him the chance to use his other, VERY useful aspects the rest of the time. He only tends to hold onto fate counters for ten minutes, tops.


One of my others is a wizard, but he helped come up with the current campaign design, so we both came up with his trouble...
"On the run from the Illuminati". It gets tagged on a reasonable basis.

My brother's lycanthrope has "on probation". He tags it himself often, as an escuse to not be able to do stuff. It annoys eveyrone else, and often results in someone (the wizard) blowing stuff up.

I also have "I don't like the way you smell", which very rarely gets used, and "God may forgive your sins. I don't.", which is great fun, because I deliberatly have that one kill people. No prisoners, ever.


A few we didn't run with, and therefore maybe bad ideas (but probably usable if you know what you're doing. We don't):
-I lost my sex-tape
-Brittle Bone disease (we didn't allow this one because of the potential to have to sit out of EVERYTHING).
-Narcoleptic
-A bit of a w*****
-Where's my goddamned heroin!

Go and read Neverwhere, by Gaiman. It has, if I remember right, a large amount of British/European supernatural beasties, and a few ideas that could be fun (IE, The Floating Market).

I was just trying to be in character.  Yes.

You have no need to justify. It was The Bruce. That's reason enough to be psyched up.

Also, Stephen Fry for Bob.

You have the rank of Lea

Your total Dresden Files purity rating is 68.9%

All scores:

Supernatural Power:68.1%
Social Skills:69.7%
Armed Combat:60.7%
Unarmed Combat:73.1%


What do they all correspond to?

I'd say it depends on how experienced the players and GM are. In my group, this is the first game any of us have ever played. So I (as GM) make up laws as we go along, and the law is applicable from the time it is made up. Having your character have to avoid police and such might be great for compels, but it adds a layer of complexity that is not always needed - especially if the players are new.
However, making the game real makes it more submersive, and so long-term players might like it more.

And that is why we need a thumbs up function.