Delan Frost, Half-Sidhe Dilettante

[toturi]

I'm still thinking the point is recognition, not hypothetical knowledge. 

But given the reasons you have stated, it would still be more appropriate to link to knowledge than to recognition. Since like you said, recognising the big monster as a troll is not going to help if you played D & D and erronously think that trolls are weak against fire and acid.

[Becq]

I should rephrase what I said:

"I'm still thinking the point is recognition and making the link to knowledge, not merely knowledge."

By this I mean that if I put out an ad on prime-time TV, worldwide, every day for months, stating (correctly) that a BlorglM'orph can easily be killed with a carrot stick due to an odd allergy, then that would become common knowledge -- though most would probably treat it as a joke, you could probably find more people on the street who knew about the weakness of a BlorglM'orph than, say, the name of that guy who was president throughout most of the 1990's (which also is common knowledge, or should be).

But if the ad didn't include a picture or description allowing identification of BlorglM'orph (or unless BlorglM'orphs as a racial trait have "BlorglM'orph" tattooed across their easily visible schlegliphths), then this knowledge has no value.  You wouldn't be able to tell a carrot-weak BlorglM'orph from a Zchtvxyz (who as whe all know gain strength from carrots!) if your life defended on it, which it would because to both races, humans are quite tasty.

Ok, I'm done being silly.  For the moment.  Discuss your Catch with your GM, he gets final say on it.  :p

[Ryan_Singer]

We've gotten to a significant milestone, and been given the chance to rewrite the characters. After considering the comments from this forum, and very much enjoying Evocation at the table. Here's the new character.

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Character Name: Delan Frost
Player Name: Ryan
High Concept: Half-Sidhe Dilettante
Trouble: Mab wants me
Aspects:
Fickle as the Fae
Cold Shoulder
Tutored by a Wizard
Anything for a pretty girl
Friends ARE Family

Powers:
-2 Unseelie Magic
-3 Evocation (Specialty: Spirit Power)
-3 Thaumaturgy (specialty: Crafting power)
-0 Marked by Power (Mab)
-0 Wizard's Constitution
+2 Ring of Mab's Curses
-1 Claws (uses Discipline)
-2 Venomous (uses Discipline)
-1 Entropic Field (Use Discipline for Dodge)
=
-10

Skills:

Superb +5: Discipline
Great +4: Lore, Conviction
Good +3: Resources, Rapport, Athletics
Fair +2: Endurance, Contacts, Weapons, Presence
Average +1: Empathy, Alertness, Performance, Deceit, Fists, Intimidation

Magic Items:
Bracelet of Spirit: +1 Spirit Offensive and Defensive Control
Chisel of enchanting: +1 Enchanted Items power
Ring of Protection: 6 Block or 3 Armor, once per session, 1 mental stress each after
1 potion slot (6 shifts)

[Ryan_Singer]

As a piece of clarification: The GM houseruled Marked by Power to be -0.

[Becq]

As a piece of clarification: The GM houseruled Marked by Power to be -0.

I'd call this a good choice, especially if the GM treats it as a 'mixed blessing' with respect to those who dislike the Power in question.  (For example, Marked by Mab should cause the person marked to be liked, respected, or feared a bit by any who like, respect, or fear Mab; at the same time those who hate or disdain Mab should treat the marked character in a similar way.)