Chapter 3c (Autumn 1228): The Tribunal of Thebes

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@Salutor

On a more serious note...there's also the fact that opening the Arts of a Strong Faerie Blooded apprentice isn't that easy - you're looking at a minimum lab total required of (30 (major supernatural virtue) +10 (second sight minor supernatural virtue) x2 =80. Which is going to be challenging for Viola.

It's 60, actually, since Second Sight is a part of Strong Faerie Blood (and that presumably applies to any of the other grab-bag of Virtues she might have as part of SFB). I can cite David Chart for that one:

Supernatural Abilities and Opening the Arts

It's possible, but very rare. So if you want that, your parens was an Intellego Vim specialist, with an appropriate Focus, and all kinds of handy bonuses. Might just about be possible. Alternatively, the character had two of them before Opening, and got the third by learning the Ability just after. Or there was a Mystery Initiation involved. There are ways around this, which I think is enough for a rare case. Note that three Major Supernatural Virtues is generally a very, very bad choice for …

Her InVi total is only 36 at the moment, though getting the lab finished will raise that somewhat (I'm not certain how much--possibly only a couple of points, for getting rid of the Greater Focus Flaw). I'm not sure how she's going to manage it, honestly, though she has a little time, since Chryse hasn't even learned Latin yet.

Scott