ahhhh but i want summer empowered mech riding pixies ;(

excellent i guess i get to start making wards on sunday

By generating the "drowning aspect" on a person with a manuever, do you then take into account the drowning environmental dmg discussed in the "story" book. Same with "on fire" aspect, or suffocating from being dropped into an earth evokers mud/sand pit? A couple of these have come up in my game recently i ruled that if the victom is suffering from a manuever and cant break it, then yes they take the extra damage from environmental factors. Usually a 3 stress hit from fire and a 5 stress hit from drowning.

Yeah veils can be nasty pieces of work, but magic is supposed to be rough. If it was an ambush situation they get an alertness roll to detect an incoming threat, if they match or beat the veil they know "something" is coming. Then its investigation or lore to pierce the veil and that "search" is a supplimental. When you start seeing veils of 8 or 9 then ur looking not at "invisible man, i cant be seen" but rather "i dont exist, ive erased my presence" kind of veils.

If its in combat, then they dont need an alertness roll they know their there. Its straight investigation and lore, and its probably still a suplimental action. Remember that combat manuevers like "waving arms around" can be checked by the person under the veil, usually against athletics or stealth.

hmm Knights dont go anywhere there isnt Trouble. Perhaps an old Ally of faruk's is going to be around, and he has to start showing his loyalty to the Good, by taking on one of Drakul's supporters.

The way i'd rule it in my game, and thats a stipulation.

Its a thaumaturgic block one use spell thats tied to an item. In that sence its a scene wide block spell, perhaps several spells to create a defence/offence terrain change to a single battle. Ie a area block, and a few landminds. To get this to work would be a major casting, probably a whole week of declarations like you'd use to make the family houses wards.

How many spells to an item? Depends on the items quality. A fist sized uncut diamond, resource 6 or 7 would be able to hold several spells, probably its "Quality Rating". Theirs probably also a lore limit to how much an item could hold say the quality rating times the lore skill of the caster's a good base.

Kind of a Defensive Doom Box from the tv series.

I wouldnt permit declarations for the "summoning" of one of these, its a thematic ritual, probably a story in and of itself how you came about the knowledge to make this thing. Maybe done during the week between sessions.

Its it powerful? Yes, is it more powerful than a 30shift ritual to murder someone with their fingernail clippings? Probably not.