Vortigern
June 7, 2023, 8:28pm
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Rafael Bessoni:
But then, the narrative advance does need to be justified, doesn't it? Suppose Vorsutus don't want (or can't) pay for using the portals. This means either a long and dangerous journey through the Alps or a long and dangerous journey by sea. Either of them likely to deny him the study season.
Funny how the abstracting concept has only come up to nullify potential profit and not any manner of expenditure.
I think rolling this into his reward from Cumaean Temple, the adventure immediately preceding his departure to Durenmar and then Tugurium is reasonable.
Arthur:
To which the asnwer I gave was...
How would your character recognize a top shelf dedicated tutor? Number of xp gained is a game information, not something the characters can recognize and evaluate.
I'm tempted to say that the SQ of the tutor should be determined randomly. Or just use a reasonable number that a regular tutor would reasonably achieve. Com 2 + Teaching 5 seems reasonable to me. Com 5 + Teaching 8 + Good Teacher virtue does not.
Not that in all likelyhoods, teaching for mundane abilities (such as Artes Liberales) would likely not be 1-to-1. There are always apprentices (or even other magi) that need to be taught. If such a class is taught at all on that specific season.
And I agree that Dureenmar is not known for its many mundane teachers, nor are they original thinkers. A little something to do with a powerful aura warping the mundanes, I believe...
I haven't been following the other creation threads as closely as I would like. I'll use the Com 2 + Teaching 5 numbers as indicated.