COMMENTARY
-And so Molly gets the idea in her head that the Beetle needs to retire, even if only for Mouse's sake.
Maybe rebuilding a Cadillac or Camaro or a Dodge or Crown Victoria, something from the 1960s/1970s, will work.
Staying in Mouse's good books is worth doing.
-An Infernal, a Temple Dog and a wizard walk into town....Sounds like the first lines of a joke.
-It bears noting that disliking, and being disliked, by the fae is not by itself a red flag; a lot of sidhe are arsholes, and the Little Folk suffer for that reputation. Not that they are always blameless.
The ghosts having a negative opinion is more of a warning sign, but native American ghosts wont necessarily have the fondest opinions of a white hedge sorcerer on formerly tribal lands, especially when he doesnt observe any of the proprieties.
That said, two black marks.
-Old Man Mathews gives some idea of his age.
But an old widower with grandchildren but no mention of his children?
Thats odd.
-Going to note that wizards behind their own wards can tell when powerful mojo is approaching their home.
I am referencing the scene in Death Masks where Harry meets Ivy for the first time when she visits his flat, and he detects her approaching his house by the way her magical weight affected his wards.
So if this dude has halfway competent wards, he has a White Council wizard, a Temple Dog and an Infernal approaching his house and he can see its effect on his wards like a tsunami making the coastal water recede.
Dude must be terrified out of his gourd.
There is a non-zero chance the dude just starts blasting.
-That house's appearance is likely an illusion.
It looks too decrepit not to be the result of someone layering either glamor or aversion mojo to discourage visitors.
And glamor would be more appropriate for someone apparently conversant with fae glamor.
Either that, or he doesnt care at all, which is unlike many farmers.
Wild guess is that he's a Master Black Court vampire with a resident scourge and a line in necromancy.
Which would explain why the ghosts dont like him, why he lives with a bunch of family obviously much younger than he is, and why he's doing his best to keep the Little Folk out of spying range of his home, as information security.
Now thats social dominance.
Rolling 12 successes on a dice pool of 12 dice is simply monstrous
And Harry doesnt get the Mom bonus
Loling at Harry trying to covertly hold a conversation
I wonder when Lash will eventually tell him that Molly can tell quite well that he's holding an inner conversation.
Maybe when it stops amusing her.
The Beige Wagon is putting in work.
@uju32 a small note here Charisma is not just for personal interactions it is for all interactions when you can bring your force of personality to bear, which include political speeches as a head of state. I
mean look down the list of US presidents, I do not think most of them got on there on the strength of their good looks and magnetism.
To the contrary.
Looking at everything from 1960: JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, Trump, Biden.
Besides the last two, every president since 1980 has gotten there in part on the strength of their good looks and personal magnetism. I think Nixon was the last one you can describe as average at best.
I discount the speeches; they have professional speechwriters.
We can get it for our E2 buy. I'm still not sold on flight. Especially once I realized the Resilient Cat style converted to a CMA would probably grant flight in the first 2 dots without taking up a slot. And since that style also offers a Perfect Defense with the only requirement being "must be standing on solid ground," I think it's worth looking at anyway. (Seriously, I completely changed my opinion of the style when I saw the fourth step. It's way better than anything kludged together by mortals for mortals has any right to be. I think one of our four dot infernal charms is arguably a worse version of resilient cat step four, or at least more situational.)
Resilient Cat does not currently offer flight.
And probably wont as a CMA, assuming we could make one.
