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[Wanderer]

...then of course you have to define 'Holy' - what faith, denomination, belief system. Demons are found in all sorts of religions and beliefs.

If I were the GM, the obvious answer is "all of them": christian, buddhist, hinduist, shinto, asatru, animistic. No RL religion loves demons/evil spirits.

I agree with you: you can always find a Holy Site if you want BUT if this is one of several different characters it is going to wind up dominating the campaign tone if you are not careful. Tucking it away as a disadvantage will be fewer points and far less imperative for the poor old GM to set this week's episode in yet another forgotten burial ground...

This is of course a delicate matter of balance and trust between GM, player and the other players, and one that surfaces with all Limited Power Constructs (as well as several other Limitations, like Focus, OIHID, Extra Time, Concentration, Gestures, Incantations...). However, Conditional Power also allows for many interesting power and character concepts that maybe wouldn't otherwise possible or far duller, above and beyond what Dependencies, Susceptibilities and Vulnerabilities allow: how do you make a Superman concept viable without a couple kryptonite/red sun/magic liabilities ?? Moreover, I believe that the effort to partially structure a whole character concept around one or two power limitation (or at least to allow the GM with a ready-made recurrent plot hook) should be rewarded with a substantial point discount.

As a aside note, I find undeserved the knee-jerk "make it a disadvantage" criticism every such character seems to get, be it Focus, OIHID, or "Not In" Conditional Power. Not to rant against anyone, mind, just I'm somewhat annoyed by the periodic threads that crop up to rant post after post against Focus or OIHID like it were the spawn of evil.

[Zed-F]

The character in question is currently playing in a solo game, so no worries about stuff coming up all the time. Besides, at -1/4, it shouldn't be coming up all that often.

I have a NPC team under construction that she's potentially part of, but the whole team has mystical origins and/or powers (something like the New Circle, but lower-powered and not tribute characters.) So, having holy stuff crop up regularily shouldn't be a particular problem for the team in general.

In fact, the character is a semi-posessed mortal, so while her powers don't work on holy ground, and powers that are bought "only vs. demons" would affect her, she doesn't inherently take extra damage from holy effects. She's already used her disad points for other relevant disads anyway.

[Zed-F]

Your Instant-Change-like Power should take the Focus.

She doesn't actually have instant change; her clothes don't change when she does. She goes with a Bruce Banner look...