I'm considering a Flambeau magus concept which would be a mix between the School of Ramius and the School of Sebastian with a focus on canine as an exemple.
It relies on taking a canine for exemple a wolf as a familiar that would benefit from the focus (If I read the familiar rules right, you get the benefit of the focus on any enchantement while empowering the bound)
So he could enchant part of his defensive spells on the bound instead of casting them all before the combat. He could use his familiar as a fighting partner.
Assuming the magus :
- has appropriate communication with his Wolf familiar,
- has inoffensive to animal virtue
- has an intangible tunnel to his familiar that stands with his pack
Questions :
-Would It be possible to use a ReAn to teleport the whole wolf pack (ReAn base 35 +1 touch +2 group) and have them fight as a trained group where the familiar (with boosted defense from the bound 's empowerment and trained leadership) is the the vanguard, and leader while the magus fights independently.
-Can you see pro/cons for this approach compared to the classic Ramius Magus ?
-If the magus changed himself into a wolf, could he be the vanguard of the trained group ? (assuming he spent at least a season training with the pack )
Pros :
-The familiar and the magus share the damage.
-Lots of defense can be make permanent or activable without any risks of botch, nor warping this reduces the risk of being caught by surprise defenseless.
-The benefit of a trained group in combat
Cons :
-Needs a lot of virtus for enchantement and some suboptimal virtues
-Weak normal animals could die easily
-Familiar needs to stay with its pack a lot and is less in the lab helping the magus
-More conspicuous
-A simple ward against mundane animal makes the whole pack worthless (could probably still force concentration rolls though)
Comments ?