Character Creation for Gaxxian (OOC)

Retired Play by Post Campaigns Ars Magica 5th Edition: The Heir of Laimunt Valley
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Ok then, let's go :smiley: I will start with the Virtues

Virtues
Free Virtues

  • The Gift
  • Faerie Magic
  • Hermetic Magus
    Those come for free, so nothing to add here
  • Faerie Background (HoP:Faerie pg. 112)
    This one fits well with this character

Minor Virtues

  • Skilled Parens
    Yeah, that one... but it's a very good one, and having an old magus as parents, it has sense
  • Affinity with Herbam
  • Puissant Herbam
    Since i want an Herbam specialist and she is a dryad child, those 2 seems like a no-brain pick.
  • Unaging
    Seems a good way to represent the strength of fairies in her blood
  • Cautious Sorcerer
    I cannot avoid to link a tree related character to a serene and clear-headed mind. And i find that this virtue helps to show that in-game letting the maga to avoid great botches even doing hard things
  • Good Teacher
    Linked with the above, somebody serene that is able to teach with patience and repeating as many times as is necessary, seems logic to also have this one. Her methodic ways to express her knowledge seems logic to also apply to her books. So i find this virtue both fitting and fun (to the irony that she will be socially ackward too)
  • Minor Magical Focus: Wood
    A Magical Focus with something Herbam related seems appropiated, and since Trees is a Great Virtue, Wood should work (i never understood those two, since Wood seems to apply a lot more than Trees... but whatever)

Major Virtue

  • Strong Faerie Blood: Dryad
    No surprises for nobody i expect xD Since dryads are closely related to Nymphs (they are tree nymphs after all), i'd say to just use the guidelines for Nymph Blood (RoP:Faerie pg. 108)

Other Virtues that i have on the table too:

  • Method Caster Works well with the idea of serene and methodic personality
  • Performance Magic: Music Not the most useful, but it kinda seems very fae related to me xD
  • Cyclic Magic (Positive): Spring & Summer Good to show her nature connection
  • Ways of the Forest Another one good for a dryad related character, but the virtue isn't the best
  • Personal Vis Source Thats both good and can be fun. With a more literal approach vision... maybe she grows some flowers in between her hair, that when turns fruits contain some Herbam vis? It's cool and seems original
  • Deft Herbam One to show her innate skill with Herbam. Better than Performance Magic for that, but with less flavor :stuck_out_tongue: