Becoming

[The_Fixer]

Becoming consists of 3 rituals. One for the body, one for the mind, one for the spirit.

But, can you do only one of these? It really seems so.
Problem is, if it is so, Transforming the body and nothing else might be the single better immortality ritual ever:

@Transforming the Body

The maga does not age and never suffers Fatigue. She no longer has Fatigue Levels, and cannot exert herself as others do, either in combat or to cast spontaneous spells, though she may simulate this exertion by spending a Confidence Point. As part of the enchantment, her apparent age and appearance become fixed on the cusp of two different phases of life: this is usually either her youth, right after puberty; or adulthood, when her hair first begins to turn gray; or old age, when her hair has become completely white. The level of the enchantment is the character’s true age (the number of years that have passed since she was born) minus 35, plus five times her Decrepitude Score.

This gives immunity to aging at few costs, without the other problems immortal magi face, especially the experience problems, as these are normally brought by the "Transforming the Mind ritual:

@Transforming the Mind

The maga needs no sleep. This means she has two additional free seasons each year, though she cannot perform laboratory activities during them. She can study or adventure, however, and can save up her extra time for the beginning or end of a season, so that she may finish lab projects in two months instead of three, and may spend up to sixteen days away from the lab with no penalty. However, she cannot learn any new Abilities ever again — she can improve Abilities she already possesses, but she cannot gain new ones — and she cannot invent spells or magical effects that are not at least similar to spells she already knows (see Similar Spells, ArM5 page 101). This limits her spontaneous magic and her laboratory inventions, though she can still master the spells she has learned. The level for this enchantment is the total of her scores in all of her Abilities.

Would this be possible? It seems so, but, if it is... We're facing potentially immortal magi with learning ability.

[Wanderer]

I made just the same observation just after the book was published. The author's answer was that being the subject of a partial ritual was indeed feasible, and excellent as immortlaity methods go, but it might cause the half-fae, half-human mage growing psychic stress (i.e. turn him slowly mad) from inner conflict. There was no definite time schedule for this side effect to appear, though, apart from GM's fiat.

[FluffySquirrel]

Yes, you can always just do one.. but.. not being able to cast fatiguing spells without confidence -is- quite a big downside.. and you'll still be gaining warping points and various things, so you're still not quite immortal

[Wanderer]

@FluffySquirrel

Yes, you can always just do one.. but.. not being able to cast fatiguing spells without confidence -is- quite a big downside.. and you'll still be gaining warping points and various things, so you're still not quite immortal

Transforming the spirit makes you immune to warping as well and therefore fully immortal, even if there's the drawback that your magic now is a faerie power, and therefore gets heavier penalties in some auras.

Transforming the mind is the part that should be delayed as much as possible.

The loss of fatiguing spells is a big downside for mages that rely a lot on spont spells. For such mages, the Great Elixir might be more appealing, as it keeps the ability to spend fatigue.

[The_Fixer]

Hum... I like it.

An insane 1/3 human, 2/3 faerie with centuries worth of experience... Might make a great NPC A lot like Amber's Dworkin