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[Stupid Loserman]

They are fallen angels. Their form used to be ephemeral, airy and occulted. Now it is gross matter and energy. That may mean flesh, joint, sinew, plate, alloy, glass, or stranger bodies, arms of flame and shapes of light. Usually it's a combination of at least some of the above.

Unless they have a demonic form ability that says otherwise, they get stabbed the way human flesh gets stabbed. A fallen angel of animate flame without the Mantle of Fire or some equivalent power isn't made of the kind of flame that needs kindling, ignites combustibles, gets smothered by water, and flows around...

[Stupid Loserman]

Which rules are you talking about? I just glanced at character generation in the Revised book and unless I missed something, while it does restrict abilities pre-freebies to three dots maximum, it places no ceiling on how high you may raise them with freebie points, and provides more than enough freebie points to raise an ability to five dots.

Are you interpreting the freebie point cost as 2 x (new rating) points? The example of character creation contradicts that....

[Stupid Loserman]

Same way you damage demons in Cover form, unless the particular demon has a form ability that says otherwise. They have no special protection that's shared among all demons.

[Stupid Loserman]

Fallen angel discovers *One Weird Trick* to Light Up Your Life. Strix HATE HER ! ! !

[Stupid Loserman]

Technically, the rules are there for you to do it. Practically, the rules are not designed to expect you to do this and don't make accommodations for it. Strix banes are stricter and less player-friendly than Kindred banes, incapacitating them more easily or complicating commonplace, everyday situations. They're stated not to earn beats or experiences, and even if you ignore this, they have no advancement rules for acquiring new trait dots with them, with Skill dots being stolen from hosts, Dread Power and Attribute growth tied to Shadow Potency, and Shadow Potency in turn solely increasing through...

[Stupid Loserman]

It's one NPC, potentially with unnatural cybernetic augmentations or other occult alterations, taking another NPC by complete surprise. Why bother with deliberate mechanics at that point?

From a theory angle, primarily with an eye towards if you're considering what happens if he hunts the ring or the ring tries to stop it in progress? Probably the closest analogous situation would combine some access to unarmed lethal damage with the rules for a killing blow, where attack dice automatically succeed. A killing blow is an extremely potent maneuver reserved for when one character has...

[Stupid Loserman]

Nope, still doesn't display for non-forum members. Not me, anyway.

[Stupid Loserman]

Rules they have not!
Government they know not!
Prayers they hear not!
There are seven! There are seven!
Twice over there are seven!

[Stupid Loserman]

A minor suggestion: instead of resisting with a Composure penalty, contest Enchantment with Composure + Supernatural Tolerance. Resistance is generally more appropriate for effects that scale with number of successes, and the lack of Supernatural Tolerance will still leave mortals at a disadvantage to defend themselves.