On an episode of The Monkeys, and on the Simpsons, an item showed up called a Monkey's Paw...an item that allows the user to make up to four wishes (I think) without limitations. How is DFRPG going to handle items like that? I mean, if I were to play a mundane police officer, is there a way for my GM to put together a wishing item that would allow me to become a wizard? I know it would be lame...but it was a thought that MY players would be likely to come up with (they're tricky that way).
The heck with the RPG, how is the Dresden Files universe supposed to handle something like that? That energy has to come from somewhere. My bet is that if it exists at all in the Dresdenverse -- and I would make no guarantees that it *could* -- that it'd be an artifact of dark, Outsider-driven potential considered far more dangerous than anything Kemmler and his disciples ever toyed with.