Creating magical beasties (Ritual magic)

[Brutus]

@Jabir

@Fafnir

@Jabir

How much Finesse is required to customize a Griffin?

Arguably no more than that required to customize a dragon (to Stellatus's "template"): 0.
But you raise a good point: maybe not every conceivable magical creature is "possible" and can be fetched from the Realm of Forms...

It seems to be that any customization, even to templates, would require Finesse to match craft rules. I would expect working with living creatures to be far more complex than creating pretty objects or functional constructions.

Something that my SG pointed out - You can only create something that you have seen

So, if you have seen a slavishly loyal dragon, you can make one. There is no method to "customize" something with Creo Magic - it comes straight from the realm of forms. If you haven't seen one, you can't summon one.