A Player can reasonably state “I know I’m down to my last fate point, but I’m staying here and staring down the Skavis and thus exhibiting True Courage! He recoils, right?” and leave the poor GM feeling like a jerk for saying “Uh, no, that’s just reg’lar courage; he eats your face and you die, gibbering.” (The GM /is/ a jerk for pressing the player that hard; let’s assume it’s not as anticlimactic as this sounds!)

I think the problem is one of obviousness: When confronted by a creature out of nightmare, PCs will often confront them, just as a matter of rote. If the only thing that decides whether this is True or regular Courage is whether the GM is avoiding a TPK, I feel like there’s something wrong.

Hope is a bit better; the usual reaction of a PC to despair isn’t despondency but rather kicking the first available ass that detects as Evil. Still, I’m not sure what would actually establish an act as reeking of True Hope. And I think CLAVDIVS has a /good/ idea that this should probably be “Faith”, not “Hope”.

Advice?

That said, I could see a spin on what you’re talking about, where the WCV in question feeds on *hubris*. He doesn’t go after congregations — he goes after charlatans that preach.