Not standard rule - I'm familiar with tis.
I meant: This is the standard reason for learning spells, for members of house Verditius. My apologies for being unclear.
If you're Ex Miscellanea, Planetary Magic and Periapts (TMRE) could go a long way - astrological magic is nice for enchantment and you have an excuse for a little Mystery. Puissant Magic Theory is also a possibility - you're a lab rat, embrace it. (This would make for a rather unique Bonisagus, actually...)
Eratosthenes of Ex Miscellanea Age 43 (21yr after Gauntlet); Warp Score (Points) 2 (21) Personality Traits Systematic +2, Curious +2, Cautious +2 Confidence Score 0 (3) Reputation -2 Harper dynasty (Mundane) Characteristics Int +2, Per +2, Str -2, Sta +2, Prs +1, Com +1, Dex +0, Qik +2 Virtues/Flaws The Gift, Hermetic Magus, Strong Faerie Blood (Sidhe), Blatant Gift; Flawless Magic; Quiet Magic x2, Subtle Magic, Fast Caster, Method Caster, Improved Characteristics; Weird Magic, Hedge Wizard, Temperate; Low Self-Esteem, Black Sheep Abilities Arabic (math) 4, Artes Liberales (geometry) 5, Native German 5, Charm (gallantry) 1, Concentration (spells) 2, Etiquette (court) 1, Finesse (precision) 2, Folk Ken (authority figures) 3, Faerie Lore 1, Guile (lies of omission) 3, Latin (measurements) 6, Magic Theory (spell invention) 4, Order of Hermes Lore (mundane relations) 3, Parma Magica (mentem) 3, Penetration (mentem) 2, Philosophae (metaphysics) 5, Profession: Scribe 1, Second Sight 1, Slavic (measurements) 5, Stealth (shadowing) 1, Survival 1 Arts Cr 10, In 10, Mu 7, Pe 8, Re 9; An 6, Au 6, Aq 6, Co 10, He 6, Ig 7, Im 7, Me 10, Te 6, Vi 8 Familiar Bond lvl23; Gold 1, Silver 1, Bronze 2* Mental Communication to Familiar (CrMe 15)
Mental Communication from Familiar (CrMe 15) Formulaic Spells KnownLamp Without Flame
Palm of Flame
Touch of the Pearls
Physician's Eye
Probe Nature's Hidden Lore
Prying Eyes
Probe for Pure Silver
Sense of Magical Power
Sense the Nature of Vis
Eyes of the Cat
Pass the Unyielding Portal
Hornet Fire
Aura of Ennobled Presence
Comfort of the Drenched Traveller
Trust of Childlike Faith
Ward against Rain
Curse of the Unruly Tongue
Wizard's Sidestep
Unseen Porter
Posing the Silent Question
The Crystal Dart
Maintaining the Demanding Spell (level 20)
Seven-League Stride
Arc of Fiery Ribbons
Aura of Rightful Authority
Circling Winds of Protection
Scolarus’s Harvest of the Squared Circle (CrHe 3)
[hr][/hr] Anguis Age 16 since bound Size -1 Personality Traits Placid +2, Loyal +3 Confidence Score 1 (3) Characteristics Int +1, Per -2, Pre -6, Com -6, Str +0, Sta +2, Dex +2, Qik +1 Qualities Crafty, Grapple, Loathsome Appearance, Slippery Virtues/Flaws Lightning Reflexes; Infamous Abilities Artes Liberales (ritual) 1, Awareness (prey) 2, Brawl (fangs) 2, Chirugy (tourniquets) 1, Etiquette 1, Hunt (rodents) 4, Magic Theory (inventing spells) 9, Stealth (stalking) 4, Survival (grassy area) 3, Slavic 5, Latin 6, Arabic 4
Magus constructed at 36xp per year to not be far behind covenant.
Familiar constructed with 15xp per year.
Disrun von Hardenberg of Criamon fili Marcus Age 46 (appears 35), Longevity +10, Aging Roll -7 Warp Score 2 (22) Personality Traits Optimistic +4, Curious +2, Mischievous +3 CombatKnife: Initiative +0, Attack +0, Defense +3, Damage -2
Regular Spell: Initiative +0, Attack +8
Fast Cast Spell: Initiative +5, Casting Total -10 (+2 botch), Attack +8Soak +7 Characteristics Int +4, Per +3, Str -4, Sta +3, Com +0, Pre +0, Dex -3, Qui +0 Virtues/Flaws Hermetic Magus; Gentle Gift, Skilled Parens, Educated, Great Intellect, Affinity (Magic Theory), Inventive Genius, Minor Focus (Warp), Cautious Sorcerer; Twilight Prone, Optimistic (Major), Poor Memory (people), Low Strength, Magical Animal Companion, Weird Magic Abilities Athletics (grace) 2, Artes Liberales (ceremonial) 3, Awareness (search) 2, Brawl (defense) 1, Charm (persuade) 4, Concentration (spells) 4, Dead Language: Latin (Hermetic) 4, Enigmatic Wisdom (Twilight) 4, Etiquette (parties) 4, Finesse (crafting) 5, Folk Ken (gather info) 2, Guile (magi) 3, Intrigue (influence) 2, Magic Theory (items) 8, Native: German 5, Order of Hermes Lore (twilight scars) 3, Parma Magica (Mentem) 4, Penetration (Mentem) 3, Philosophae (ceremonial) 3, Stealth (sneak) 2, Survival (woods) 1 Arts Cr 15, In 10, Mu 10, Pe 5, Re 10; An 5, Au 5, Aq 5, Co 5, He 5, Ig 5, Im 5, Me 10, Te 0, Vi 15 Formulaic Spells (Botch -1)Enigma's Gift, Lesser (Creo Vim 20; Cast +48), Piercing the Magic Veil (Intellego Vim 20; Cast +28), Opening the Intangible Tunnel (Rego Vim 25; Cast +28), Maintain the Demanding Spell Ring (Rego Vim 30; Cast +28, target level 25), Bind Wound (Creo Corpus 10; Cast +23), Purification of the Festering Wounds (Creo Corpus 20; Cast +23), Image Phantom (Muto Imaginem 20; Cast +18), Horse of a Different Colour (Muto Imaginem 5; Cast +18), Call to Slumber (Rego Mentem 10; Cast +18), Unseen Porter (Rego Terram 10; Cast +13), Personal Veil of Invisibility (Perdo Imaginem 15, Cast +17), Unbidden Task (Muto Mentem 20, Cast +18), Inspirited View (Creo Mentem 15, Cast +28), Doublet of Impenetrable Silk (Muto Animal 15, Cast +18)Talisman (Invisibility +4)An ivory amulet inscribed with the sigils of angels and set with an opal atop. Set into it is a pool of mercury, sealed in with clear glass to create a mirror.Familiar (Bonding Level 40; Bronze 1, Silver 1, Gold 3)
[hr][/hr] Lynn
A kirin (technically qilin) refugee from the Mongols, it joined the family shortly before the birth of the player, becoming a significant friend of the family as a private tutor for all six of the children. Lynn approached the magus that would become the character's parens to ensure a healthy atmosphere for what she felt to be a great potential scholar. Shortly after the character's Gauntlet, it revealed its true nature and eventually became a familiar. Might 10 Characteristics Int +0, Per +1, Pre +0, Com +1, Str +4, Sta +2, Dex +1, Qik -1 Size +2 Season Autumn Confidence Score 1 (3) Virtues/Flaws Magic Animal; Educated, Good Teacher; Baneful Circumstance (touching the ground), Noncombatant Qualities/Inferiorities Greater Power (Awe of the Qilin); Gift of Speech, Improved Defense, Improved Might x2, Improved Soak x2, Personal Power x3 (Human Shape, Flight of the Hummingbird, Sprint of the Zephyr), Second Sight; Monstrous Appearance Personality Traits Loyal +2, Mean-Spirited -2, Direct -1 Reputations Good Tutor 3 CombatDodge Init -1, Defense +3Soak +6 Fatigue Levels OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, Unconscious Wound Penalties -1 (1-7), -3 (8-14), -5 (15-21), Incapacitated (22-28), Dead (29+) Abilities Arabic 3, Artes Liberales 4, Athletics 4, Awareness (sight) 4, Bargain 3 (academia), Brawl 3 (dodge), Charm 3 (flattery), Chinese 5 (Mongolian), Folk Ken 3 (intentions), French 3, German 3, Guile 3 (disguise), Latin 5 (academic), Penetration 3 (Dominate), Philosophae 4, Magic Theory (lab aide) 5, Medicine 4, Second Sight 5 (disguises), Teaching 8 (one-on-one) PowersAwe of the Qilin, 1 point, Init -3, Mentem
R: Voice, D: Diam, T: Group
This spell is similar to Aura of Rightful Authority
ReMe 30 (Base 5, +2 Voice, +1 Diam, +2 Group): Greater Power (30 levels, -2 Might cost, 10xp Pen)
Virtues:
Social Status: Hermetic Magus, The Gift
Minor Magical Focus: Certamen, Cautious Sorcerer, Secondary Insight, Puissant Great Weapon, Improved Characteristics, Cautious with Brawl
Flaws:
Lost Love, Susceptibility to Divine Power, Warped Magic, Enemies (a supposedly immortal Grugatchan priest), Wrathful (Minor)
Abilities:
Native English 5 (Scottish Vernacular), Dead Language: Latin 4 (Hermetic Usage), Brawl 3 (Dodge), Great Weapon 3 (Greatsword), Athletics 2 (Running), Awareness 2 (Keeping Watch), Concentration 2 (Spell Casting), Charm 2 (First Impressions), Leadership 3 (Intimidation), Area Lore 2 (Scottish History), Code of Hermes 2 (Tremere Chain of Command), Artes Liberales 2 (Logic) (Literate in English and Latin), Magic Lore 1 (Pagan Traditions), Magic Theory 3 (Vim), Parma Magica 1 (Vs. Corpus)
I haven't checked all of the spells, but generally looks good - a lot fewer errors than I often see even from experienced players. Only things I'd question are "Orthodox Catholic" for a scot's religion (do you mean Catholic, or one of the eastern Orthodox churches?), and the speciality in the Tremere Chain of Command for Code of Hermes - that seems more like an Order of Hermes Lore thing. English and Latin also use the same alphabet, so there's no point in taking them as separate Artes Liberales literacies. Coeris rather than Crintera is the Domus Magna of the Tremere (Crintera is Bjornaer).
In terms of playability, you don't have any way to perceive invisible ghosts and fetches, which could be an issue. Second Sight is useful for this, as it doesn't need to penetrate, but Intellego spells can work as well. If you do go the Second Sight route, I'd consider taking xp from Great Weapon if you don't want to age him - your arts and the rest of the apparent concept doesn't particular match being a melee fighter (for which I'd suggest looking at the School of Ramius in the Flambeau section of HoH:S if you have it). You've also got only weak offensive spells verses anything mundane, and no defensive or escape spells - even if you don't start with them, they're probably something a Tremere is going to want to develop fairly soon. Consider Shriek of the Wooden Shafts/ a terram variant to make use of your Intellego, and a minor Rego Corpus leap to make use of the Corpus.
The virtues and flaws seem a bit random, but that could just be because you haven't posted the concept. What I'm getting of the concept from the stats and spells is "has had some major trouble with the Gruagachan in the past which possibly led to his love being killed, now has it in for them". It's not entirely clear what role the Tremere intend him to fill - I'd guess at necromancer from the Forms, but that usually has more Creo and Rego. It could also possibly be a Master of Auxileries (which fits with the Great Weapon and Leadership score). Then again, a lot of Tremere characters even in the books only loosely fit into the roles defined in HoH: True Lineages, so it's not something I'd worry about too much.
Confectus seems odd to me; it seems like a magus thought for combat (Puissant Great Weapon and Great Weapon score of 3) but he have the problem most magi face when one wants to put them into the fight: any grog with combat virtues (let's say Puissant Single Weapon, Warrior and Tough), characteristics scores focused for combat (Str, Dex and Sta around 2) and XPs spent in combat abilities (let's say a Single Weapon score of around 5) would cut this magus to pieces without too much trouble. As mundane steel is the best tool to pierce Parma Magica, serious combat should be left for Grogs (it's their job, after all, and if they die you don't regret time spent picking arts and spells) his combat skills would be useful only when fighting magically resistant enemies not very focused in physical combat (and those will be mainly rival magi), but for these just these you can beat only by focusing a bit in Brawl and having a good quality dagger and some fine ability scores (and then befriend a Verditius and ask him for a Dagger turn into an Item of Quality): that Dex -1 it's a burden that he's going to regret the first time he unleash his greatsword.
So I would consider giving away the greatsword and moving to the lighter long sword, trading the Cautious with Brawl to Improved Chars to get some Dex, or lowering Str to +1 and getting another useful combat virtue or virtues like Tough or Warrior, to get the XPs for your weapon without needing to spend XPs you'll need for magical stuff anyway.
And complete the combat numbers! You put only the weapon's modifiers.
Sorry for the delay, I had some side projects I was working on. I think this is a back to the drawing board kind of concept- I went in thinking I wanted a combat magus, ended up evolving the concept into a grog drill sergeant, then started adding spells he would logically take based on his Virtues and Flaws, then tried to make him fit the Tremere archetype of being an exorcist, then remembered that the Tremere are also generalists because of the Certamen... Lost focus somewhere along the way.
I hate when I'm two tractatus into a three part series and for some reason a different Verditius made the third tablet, I just can't get used to a different voice. Also a pet peeve, when they can't be bothered to use a woman's voice for Merinita. That's just laziness.
Eyes of the bat is InAu 25 and actually affects hearing, a level 30 version would do Sight. Then to read one could lightly fan the book, if it's vellum... but it will mean reading the impressions which includes mistakes not fully scraped off.
If the inks are made with metals, which a lot are, she could InAu[Te] and the ink will show up. Ink of Hermes though I think is all organic.
Yes, I suppose you can replace eyes with magic, but remember that you cannot learn to read until you have learnt the required magic, which is probably at the very end of apprenticeship as best.
I don't see anything wrong in a blind magus, but I could not play it. There is a risk of making it comic, destructive, or misfitting. It helps if you have RL experience working with blind people.
I don't. It makes me think it's an interesting character I'd like to read about in a book, but logistically I don't know. I blame Netflix and Daredevil. Swapping out the problematic two flaws, Blind and Fury, how does the rest of the character look ?
It looks like a magus who can take up a lot of space in the party. Elementalists tend to do this, with many flamboyant effects. Personally, I think that is fine in ArM, if the character is not played too often on adventure.
What you write sounds reasonable, but I am left with the impression that I should know the «flame dancer« concept at the «magic blood» virtue from the books, and I could not find either.
Yah, it is possible she could steal the show so to speak. Which is why I wanted to force the character into being reclusive and subtle with flaws, until such time she needs to go Firestarter. Fury and Wrathful were there for shtick value really. In retrospect having the blood of Fire and a sinful personality trait may not be a good idea.
Which gives me an idea, what if instead of Blind and Disfigured, she's Aching Beauty or... I forget what it's called. But it basically it causes jealousy etc, so she pretends she's blind and disfigured? I'll work on it. The intent is to be more like Firestarter and not an always on fire Marvel super hero.
Magical Blood is found in RoP:M pg46 Monstrous Blood the flaw on RoP:M pg49 as a reference for ideas
Flame Dancers are on page 90 . RoP:M does a magical human for each Form. Flame Dancers are both fire and moths to flame.
Atlantian Magic on page 43. I was proposing a substitution of Fire for the water in that virtue, but I'm not married to the virtue, was flavour. Atlantians are on page 90 as well. Rereading the section, the fact it can be initiated into cults makes it easy to get out of hand. So probably should scrap it.
Unfortunately. I don't have the RoP:M so I will not have an opinion of the character as a whole. I have read your posts referring to this character from other threads, so I see that you are considerate about the risk of dominating the story, and then there is probably not a problem. Nobody can tell how a character will work without looking at the player, and I have not seen you play yet I think Blind Fury can work with the right player, most of the time, but a powerful elementalist and a fury botch is a calamity. You can to some extent contain the damage by exerting yourself, aiming to pass out from fatigue loss before you have killed all your friends. Hopefully your remaining friends are very sympathetic with your condition.