Two question about the character Buonacorsus of the Augustan Brotherhood:
His charactersheet on p. 14 states the ability Penetration 6 (School of the stones rites). But the example about Buonacorsus casting the rite "The Soldier´s Secret Ambush" in the insert about Virgilian Magic (p. 15) states: "...Buonacorsus´ Penetration Ability (5 with his specialty)". Is it an error?
In the same insert the author points out, that "The unique Virgilian Target Pentagram receives a Penetration Multiplier Bonus of +5". As far as I can see Buonacorsus doesn´t command a Virgilian rite with the target Pentagram. What is the reason for this hint?
By the way, this will need a vast SPOILER ALERT as it's discussing NPC magic in a scenario.
I could have sworn he has some rites with pentagram target. In the playtest I ran. when the players enter the city and the warning spell goes off I allowed the players to try and examine a pentagram. Hmmmm.......
Ah, looking at it on p.28 it says "Buonacorsus casts this rite on each of Rome's twelve gates and five posterns" - I think the original version was T: Pentagram, so had to be cast at each gate, but the revised version on p14 uses city as a target so it only needs casting the once. I suspect the sidebar didn't get changed when the spells were changed.
Great scenario, Buonacorsus' magic had the author of the Virgillians (from Rival Magic) annoyed and intrigued in equal measure.