Heavy Hitters of the Faerie Courts

[vultur]

OK, I lowered both Ladies' skill caps by one; they have broader flatter skill pyramids now.

Lily may need full Thaumaturgy and a Refinement or two, still undecided.

I think at least Maeve would actually have inhuman strength. Remember, she was in the fight in the thunderdome with Harry and the Alphas. She was decked out in armor and riding a warhorse leading a bunch of knights in battle.

Superb Weapons, Supernatural Speed and Toughness, and 7-shift defensive evocations make her quite competent in combat without it. I don't remember her demonstrating superhuman physical strength specifically...

[vultur]

Aurora
High Concept: The Summer Lady
Trouble: Unstable
Other Aspects: Artist’s Heart; Sidhe Grace; Whether You Want It Or Not; Schemes and Machinations; Rest and Forget Your Pain

Skills
Fantastic: Contacts, Conviction, Lore
Superb: Discipline, Rapport, Resources
Great: Alertness, Empathy, Presence
Good: Athletics, Deceit, Performance
Fair: Craftsmanship, Investigation, Stealth
Other skills default to Average.
 
Powers
Aura of Influence [-0]
Greater Glamours [–4]
Marked By Power [-1]
Refinement [-10]
Seelie Magic [-3]
Sponsored Magic: Place of Power (Hearth of Summer?) [-2]*
Supernatural Senses (Strange Senses) [–1]: Can feel and “smell” the presence of Winter-related people or objects.
Supernatural Recovery [-4]
Supernatural Speed [–4]
Supernatural Toughness [–4]
   The Catch [+3] is cold iron and the like, as well as trappings of Winter.
Thaumaturgy [-3]

Specializations: Thaumaturgy – Complexity: Biomancy +6, Transportation & Disruption +3, Transportation & Worldwalking +2; Control: Biomancy +4, Divination +1, Transportation & Disruption +5.


Focus Items
Fire Ring: +1 to Offensive Control with Seelie Magic (Evocation)
Leaf Ring: +2 to Complexity with Biomancy
Pendant: +1 to Control with Transformation/Disruption


Stress
Mental oooo +1 mild consequence
Physical ooo (oooo)
Social oooo

Total Refresh Cost: -33

*Operates only within Summer's 'center of power'; grants Aurora +1 Control for evocation or thaumaturgy affecting Summer fae or the land of Summer Faerie (and structures on it).



Notes: Now THIS is what happens when a Faerie Lady goes fully in the thaumaturgical direction... 14 shifts no-prep biomancy and effective Discipline of 9 to control it, plus biomancy with evocation's speed and methods; effective Discipline of 11 to control transformation/disruption.

[Tedronai]

Is there a reason for the aberrant costing on Sponsored Magic: Place of Power?
For that matter, is there a write-up of the benefits it provides?

[vultur]

Is there a reason for the aberrant costing on Sponsored Magic: Place of Power?

Because, apparently, I can't keep the costing straight. It ought to be -1 for Maeve, but -2 for Aurora and -3 for Lily...

For that matter, is there a write-up of the benefits it provides?

Added to writeups.

[Tedronai]

Because, apparently, I can't keep the costing straight. It ought to be -1 for Maeve, but -2 for Aurora and -3 for Lily...

...Are you giving a discount for already having another version of Sponsored Magic?  Or are you placing it's base cost at only -3?

[vultur]

...Are you giving a discount for already having another version of Sponsored Magic?  Or are you placing it's base cost at only -3?

The latter. Your Story says that Place of Power sponsored magic that can only be used in the Place of Power is -3 base cost.

In the particular case, though, even that does seem high for Lily at -3, because there's so much overlap with her Seelie Magic... I'm not sure that representing it as a separate Sponsored Magic is really right, but I do think the Ladies should have some sort of 'rulership power' tied in with Arctis Tor, Stone Table etc.