I'm not talking about the concept of bartering, I'm talking about the concept of obsession with it - That he cant do anything without asking 'what's in it for me'. Just getting a meeting with him should require some sort of payment. He wont give you information without a contract. Payment might not be 'your soul' for little things, but it should be something. He literally wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire unless you promised him something in return first. Even if it would be in his best interests ultimately.

Might even make a great trouble aspect, since he seems to be missing one.

I have a tremendous number of Fae in our Campaign so a thread like this is of particular interest to me. Out of curiosity, a GM-to-GM (or players who care about systems) "what's your thought process" question

What do you feel mechanically (crunch, not fluff) the 2 Points worth of Refresh invested Glamours allows vs say Channeling Photomancy which is the same cost (and comes with bonus granting Focus Items)?

For example: The ability to perform Sense based "Blocks" and "Maneuvers" without a Stress cost, but cannot perform "Counterspell" or "Attack"

I think the trade off is flexibility. Photomancy can be used extremely flexibly at the cost of stress - you could redirect light, focus it into a burning point (laser anyone?) or other things for the creative mind. Glamours only allow you to fool the senses and that's it. So yeah, no using light as a weapon, no counterspelling, no creative uses that aren't based in deceiving another.

Yeah. Glamours is not actually spell casting. It can be emulated with spell casting. So, Molly for instance wouldn't have glamours: she'd have evocation with a speciality in glamours probably. Mauve on the other hand would have glamours, but not necessarily evocation.

Can you link? I cant find any threads on skinwalkers there.

Pretty much whats been said above. As for the actual stats? Probably just true shapeshifting, supernatural toughness, and some big demon bodyguards that can be called in at a moments notice. Instead of shapeshifting, you could always go the possession route if you want to make them hard to kill...

Then again, DF likes to make demons big ugly beasts - so you could go that route. It really depends on what lore system you want to stick to. I personally like to differentiate between the Dresden verse and supernatural a little, but to each their own.

If you want a more Dresdeny crossroads demon, I'd go with a big ugly monster with some supernatural toughness and strength, and illusions or mist form so he can get around the mortal world unseen.

Sorry for the title, couldn't resist. I'm looking into writing a Genius Loci character up for my setting, and I ran across Zeitgeist. For those that don't want to look them up - one means 'spirit of the location' and the other means 'spirit of the age'.

So, this has me thinking, how would a Zeitgeist manifest? For my Genuis Loci I would like to stat up an immensely powerful incorporeal spirit - would a Zeitgeist be the same? Perhaps there are multiple Zeitgeist - only one that represents the present but hundreds of old, retired ones. Perhaps a new one is created every year, or whenever there is a major shift in ideas - like every 10 years or so? Or perhaps its a bit of each - one is born each year, but over time the similiar ones tend to group together and merge so that the older they are, the more time they represent.

My other problem is defining 'immensely powerful' - what kinds of abilities would Loci and Zeitgeist have aside from the obvious? I want to say they only have a modified version of spellcasting available: they lack the creativity mortals have, but can enforce the ideals they stand for.

Any thoughts? How would you stat up either in full? Any thoughts on Zeitgeist?

Eh, depends on their wording of the defense. If they say they're going to drive in such a way to make the car difficult to hit, go for a driving roll. If they're going to sink down in their seat and continue driving, make it a dodge restricted by a driving roll.

A question came up in my group regarding the potions.. how long does it take to concoct one? The RAW is bit vague on the subject (on purpose I think), and my take is that it doesn't usually matter, but there can be occasions when timing is be crucial. Any good rule of thumb for these?

Not sure if it's RAW, but I'd stick by the Thaumaturgy rules for simply casting the potions effect as a spell. So, probably not long considering how week the spell would be if you cast it the long way around.