Yay! I loved that novel. Netflix series was good too.
That said, I'm doing an intellego social detective, ExMisc tradition that grew from my home saga.
I'm snowed under by work and massively behind on a project for a course I'm studying (which I'm struggling with, due to the work situation) - I am going to have to let you down and not do one this November. Maybe January as a new year's resolution?
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Would I be able to use your posted animals in the Animals of Mythic Europe PDF? (Also, you might want to check it, in case you want to avoid making stats for animals in there, unless you have another vision for one of them.
You certainly may, though please let me know in advance as I may want to double-check/edit some things first before they're immortalized in your compendium.
I'll definitely take a look at the beasts you've already statted, but the truth is I had trouble coming up with animals to use - I am open to requests, however!
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Some suggestions for animals (mainly animals I've been meaning to stat, but haven't found the time yet)
Deer
Fish, Giant River Catfish
Fish, Ocean Sunfish
Fox
Giant Squid
Grass Snake
Lamprey
Lizard
Moose
Pelican
Pheasant
Elk
Sea Gull
As it happens, most of those are already on my tentative list so that's fortuitous.
Incidentally, could I have a link to your compilation?
You can find the link in that post
Every year I attempt thread necromancy on one of our previous "Plans for November" threads rather than launching a new one. So, anybody planning a post a day or some other contribution this year?
I'm struggling to find the time to create characters for games I'm in, but if I have any spare time I might see if I can do a story seeds post, or maybe dig out an old scenario I wrote and polish it up.
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I was going to do a faerie vendor each day, but it looks like the Tribunal Fair guys gAve that locked up.
I should catch up on my monster stats. I'll do that, I think.
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Iām bringing our November tradition back home to NaNoWriMo and focusing on my Ars novel. I donāt think I can finish it, but if I can write three chapters over the course of November, I can finish the middle third of the book and look forward to the tribunal of 1221, which is when all hell breaks loose.
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I like this post a day idea. I'll post a Mythic Jewish thing (person, place, item, entity) every day.
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Hello, I'm planning on picking up my summer project with Authors again for this month.
Hopefully you'll find it fun.
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My last 30 days post failed atrociously, so maybe I'll keep adding sporadic bursts until it's finally done in a decade or so...
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Now that November is half over, I thought Iād give an update on my Ars novel.
The book is half-drafted. I hit the halfway mark today. For those who are new to the project, this as-yet-untitled novel tells the story of Joan of Flambeau, a newly-Gauntleted milites from Casta Solis, and uses the āFlaming Shadowā plot line from the old Iberian Tribunal book as its overarching premise.
In part one, which is chapters 1-6, Joan travels to Aedes Mercurii in the Pyrenees to get her future from the oracles. There, she learns of the rise of Infernal powers in Iberia and, also, she gets her Death Prophecy. While crossing the mountains south she meets a Sorginak and is wounded. She reaches a covenant on the Iberian side of the Pyrenees and helps a young apprentice complete his Gauntlet. Eventually, she find a temporary home at a large Tremere covenant in the Sierra Morena mountains.
The second part of the book, chapters 7-10, cover the year Joan spends at the Tremere covenant of Malva. I have spent a lot of time figuring out this covenant, the ālarge house covenantā in Iberia mentioned in HoH:TL. The site of Munigua, an abandoned Roman town complete with Temple of Mercury, a large castle, forum, houses for the magi, baths, and even necropoli, made it ideal.
And because every fantasy novel is made better with a map, I hired Dyson Logos to illustrate the covenant for me.
I paused for a long time at chapter 7, as I knew what I wanted to do but executing it was very very hard. But Iāve muscled through and chapter 8 took a couple of weeks. At this rate, I hope to have part 2 done by Christmas.
In part 3, Joan will travel to the regional tribunal of 1221, where the Flaming Shadow is exposed.
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I've never done a November thingie, but I guess I already got a headstart with my " Before the Order" thread, on which I'll probably keep working 
I follow them on facebook, they drop some pretty cool maps. The ones that i saw are more focused on some kind of popular grid based tactical RPG, but they are nice.
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Ah yes... must be GURPS!
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Iām very happy to report Chapter 9 went very smoothly. With Joan spending a year in a Tremere House covenant I could not pass up the opportunity to depict Certamen. Iām moving on to Chapter 10, which involves the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. I have to do a little research for this, but am on track to finish the chapter (and the bookās middle third) by the end of the year.
As a bit of a reward to those following along, hereās the character sheet for Cadmus filius Panoptus of Tremere, one of the residents of the covenant of Malva and Joanās rival.
Cadmus filius Panoptus of Tremere
Age 35 (10 years past-Gauntlet)
Sigil Masculinity
Warping 1 (5)
Size 0
Confidence 1 (3)
Characteristics Int +3, Per -2, Pre 0, Com 0, Str 0, Sta +2, Dex 0, Qik +1
Virtues & Flaws Hermetic Magus; Minor Magical Focus: Certamen; Deft Mentem, Affinity with Rego, Book Learner, Cautious Sorcerer, Puissant Intellego, Skilled Parens, Strong-Willed; Ambitious (Major), Mentor (Panoptus), Overconfident, Susceptibility to Divine Power, Unimaginative Learner
Abilities Artes Liberales 1 (arithmetic), Charm 2 (magi), Code of Hermes 1 (certamen law), Concentration 1 (spells), Etiquette 2 (Hermetic), Finesse 2 (Mentem), Folk Ken 3 (magi), Guile 2 (lying to underlings), Intrigue 2 (Hermetic politics), Latin 5 (Hermetic terms), Leadership 3 (running institutions), Magic Theory 3 (Rego), Native Language 5 (giving orders), Order of Hermes Lore 2 (Tremere), Parma Magica 2 (Corpus), Penetration 3 (Mentem)
- Certamen Init Atk Dfn Wkn Res
- Scissors +3 +0 -2 +6 +4
Arts Cr 5, In 10+3, Mu 5, Pe 5, Re 13 (4); An 11, Aq 5, Au 5, Co 5, He 5, Ig 5, Im 5, Me 11, Te 5, Vi 5
Formulaic Spells
- Opening the Tome of the Animalās Mind +26 (InAn 25)
- Circle of Beast Warding +26 (ReAn 5)
- Ward Against the Beasts of Legend +26 (ReAn 15)
- Viperās Gaze +26 (ReAn 15)
- Look at Me +18 (CrMe 15)
- Words of the Unspoken Silence +18 (CrMe 15); modified to D Conc
- Perception of the Conflicting Motive +26 (InMe 15)
- Posing the Silent Question +26 (InMe 20)
- Lay to Rest the Haunting Spirit +18 (PeMe 10)
- The Call to Slumber +26 (ReMe 10)
- Ring of Warding Against Spirits +26 (ReMe 15)
- Aura of Rightful Authority +26 (ReMe 20)
- Scent of Peaceful Slumber +26 (ReMe 20)
Cadmus filius Panoptus is a young magus, militant in his mindset and bearing. He assumes his orders to non-magi will be obeyed, but he in turn obeys the orders of his superiors without question.
Cadmus has a natural gift with Rego, a byproduct of his domineering personality, but his Parens Paonoptus emphasized Intellego and taught him how to use Mentem without words or gestures. He hasnāt yet made a talisman or taken a familiar. Heās training himself to be a disputant, good at Certamen, since he canāt follow in Panoptusās footsteps without the Gentle Gift. He anticipates being sent out to found or lead a multi-House covenant anywhere in Mythic Europe.
Physically, Cadmus is a slender, fit man of average height, with short black hair and a strong chin. He wears black Tremere robes.
Design Notes: Cadmus is heavily influenced by the Tremere magus template found in AMDE, but his Elemental Magic was removed in favor of various Virtues related to Intellego and Mentem (taught by his Parens), and Rego (a natural talent). Cadmus got 6 additional XP every year post-Gauntlet, for a total of 60 additional XP, on the assumption that he was reading from books for two seasons every year.
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