I was looking at the build for Knights of the Faerie Court, and something about the concept doesn't quite jibe with the whole 'sponsored magic' thing. The way I see it, with sponsored magic you can invoke a point of 'debt' instead of spending a fate point to invoke an aspect.
The thing is, if you are a Knight of a Faerie Court...you already essentially 'belong' to the Queens involved. I wasn't sure if this rule for sponsored magic would make sense, as you don't really have a debt to make deeper. You're already theirs. It seems to me that all debt was preemptively paid by taking up the mantle, and can be viewed as a promise to render services whenever asked.
So, that leads to the question of how to use the Seelie/Unseelie magic that they have acquired. Since the books gave the impression that the Knights are fairly free to just do whatever they please so long as it isn't against their Court's agenda, and do their Queen's bidding when asked, it seemed that the best option would be to ignore debt points, and treat the Queen calling upon them as an ordinary compel (one that gives fate points) that cannot be refused. However, if there is no debt, that implies that either:
a. You cannot do the typical sponsored magic function where you invoke aspects with debt instead of fate, taking away one of the main advantages of sponsored magic.
or...
b. You can still invoke aspects without using fate points, but take no penalties in forms of debt, which could be considered overpowered.
How do others handle this matter?
