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As for the Outer Gates, I like to think that there have been occasions in the past where people have had to go past them, which is why there is a gate.If nothing else, you need a way to send forces out there to keep Outsiders from just camping out at the Wall and spending all their time at one spot trying to weaken it.
On the same token, if a PC hits an opponent with a Weapon: 7 (Not even counting Stress for Targeting VS Defense rolls.) and takes the opponent out, then I'm not letting them choose to keep the opponent alive. Considering Weapon: 4 is "'Battlefield'” weaponry, explosives" I'd say that's reasonable.I'd say even if you're changing the rules, the above is a little harsh as blanket result. Some special effects are more potentially lethal than others. A Weapon:7 Fireball might be fair for the above but killing someone hit with a Weapon:7 spell which takes someone out by covering them in webbing (leaving the mouth and nose uncovered) or knocking them out through intense sensory overload would't make sense.
In each case, I'd subtract shifts from the effect equal to the threshold rating. So if you had a 4-shift kinetic ring attack, and walked into a house with a threshold of 2, your weapon:4 attack is now weapon: 2. If the threshold was 4, well, I'd allow the (technically illegal, since spells 'must' have one shift) weapon:0 attack. A threshold of 5 would shut down the ring entirely.So what would happen if an item anyone could use or potion was given to or taken by someone who's home it is or was invited in? Would the suppression of its power by the Threshold lift or would it still be in effect due to being brought in by someone uninvited?
As for the potions... again, just subtract shifts. If that makes them stop working, well, oops. No more potion effects.
First off, there are the laws to prevent spells that shut down stories. Mind reading and looking into the past kill almost any story that involves secrets or 'who did what to whom'. So, the third, 4th and 6th laws.
Off topic, but part of a convo I had when I finished the last episode of Leverage on Netflix. If I ever had to cast a Dresden Files movie, Christian Kane (the actor who plays Eliot Spencer) is who I would cast as Jared Kincaid.Hillariously enough, I was thinking of suggesting Eliot be statted as Kincaid's younger brother.
Not totally true!
I allow social enchanted items.
But they follow the same rules as combat items: maneuver/block/attack.
So I'd allow a Rapport 6 social attack. It's a 1-shot item that uses charges. It only works for 1 attack (not a whole scene).
If he wants to defend, he has to make a Rapport Block item. (which is a separate item than the attack item)
I slot items like that into the "divination" category. You get a glimpse of what kind of counter-argument to make, or an instantaneous spark of inspiration.
I don't allow attack items with a weapon value, even though you can do that with physical combat items. So they are all 'skill replacement' and have a weapon value of 0. This is specifically because Divination is Thaumaturgy and thaum attacks don't have a weapon value.
