I like the character. He is as subtle as an avalanche and looks the part. Irish Hero Cycle seal of approval.
One issue. I spotted it before but it did not register. The pairing of Chaotic Magic and Weak Spontaneous Magic. Without a die roll affecting your Casting Total, the effects of Chaotic Magic will never get triggered.
With Weak Spontaneous Magic, you roll a Stress Die only in stressful situations and only to see if you might Botch. But the die roll does not add to your Casting Total. ArM5, p. 61
With Chaotic Magic, this affects specifically and only Spontaneous spells. You must specify a desired level, which may include any assigned to penetration. If your Casting Total exceeds or falls short of the level by more than one point, the spell succeeds but the effects are out of your control. ArM5, p. 52.
Without a die roll, your Casting Total is predetermined even before you decide to cast Spontaneously and decide upon a desired level. The only way it could ever be triggered is if you purposefully attempted a Spontaneous spell beyond (or below) the level you already know your total will mismatch.
Can you see what I am seeing?
Also, I think Faerie Magic as an Ability got errated and should be Faerie Cult Lore or Merinita Cult Lore or something. I need to read up on that.
I see what you mean. I actualy got Weak Spontaneous Magic and Difficult Spontaneous Magic switched in my head.
Unfortunately the former i Major and the latter Minor, so I can't just switch, because them I'm lacking -2 Flaws.
I could simply take Deficient Intellego instead?
Or I could take Difficult Spontaneous Magic plus 2 more. The Woad is already Ambitious (minor), and it may be double-dipping to also be Driven. He wants to become a magus famous for powerful, destructive magic. That could be either Ambitious or Driven.
Or I could change Ambitious from minor to major? That, plus Difficult Spontaneous Magic adds up to -10.
As for Faerie Magic, HoH:MC p88 lists Faerie Magic as an Ability, used as substitute for Magic Theory sometimes and governs how much faerie vis you can use.
(Organization) Cult Lore is a further addition, all mystery cult members needs it as they go further along initiations. But the Woad left the House even before gauntlet, so I skipped that one.
Talk about a point sink otherwise! Actually I once felt each House should have an Organization Lore used for internal stuff, to not punish Mystery Cult Houses in point budget more than others, but there is a kind of overlap with Order of Hermes Lore.
Okay, yea, take Difficult Spontaneous Magic and two more Flaw points. Expanding Ambitious to major is cool. OR, take Driven (or another minor personality flaw), and take Mentor. I allow two Story Flaws as long as one is minor, and since Enemies is also minor, that fits fine. Take Santiago as your Mentor, as that fits with what we are doing already. Just some suggestions.
Those are good suggestions . I’m still stuck with ‘only one Story Flaw’. But they often add some good history or connections for a character. But for them to be Flaws a poor SG needs spend energy. At best the player uses it himself, having the character actively seek stories for the Flaw. Even if the SG just has to bait the player it’s ok. But sometimes it’s hard work for the SG
Mentor is cool. My maga Trianonae in my current Rhine saga has this. Or is it Fostered Apprentice?
Anyway she was taught for a while by the magus many should have been Primus Bonisagus. Basically all her life is about finding the truth of the Order of Odin and forcing a change of Primus.
Does the covenant has a captain of the grogs who assigns grogs to specific tasks? If so, is he an NPC or does someone play him?
I have a different philosophy concerning Story Flaws.
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With a game this large, and with the fog of distance via interwebs,the existence of a characters Story Flaws are not always obvious. Nor is it pragmatic for the SG to work them all in. Story Flaws (and Hooks) can shape stories as well as inspire them. In a way, a Story Flaw is most effective if treated as a Personality Flaw. Let them shape the way the character acts, the things they say, the way they behave.
For example, you have Enemies. That enemy might never show up. But it still makes good story material. Let it shape The Woads thoughts and reactions. Write what he thinks about things, if not spoken out loud. Be suspicious of Merinita magi. And if you keep mentioning it, someone (myself or another sg) will become inspired with an idea to work that Story Flaw into a plot. Either as a MacGuffin, or as the conflict.
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I thought we didn't. But I looked it up and I found Captain Armand. He needs to be revised and audited. And maybe due to retire. But I guess you are trying to bump me for a tour guide 
LOve this approach. Bookmarking.
Not you specifically, but I was certainly trying to bump someone! 
Slight revison of the Woad again: Switched 'Weak Spontaneous Magic' with Difficult, added Driven (minor) and Mentor (Santiago)
Suggestion for the Woad: talking about oneself in 3rd person is odd. That can be a flaw if you need one.
He hadn't thought about that, but yes - it is odd. He has his flaws balance the virtues now, and does not need anymore. A free flaw we can call it.
I actually did do that once, waaaaay back in High School. A girl and I talked in 3rd person a few days during a study trip to Portugal and Spain (read: PARTAY trip). It drove people nuts!
An article from a Catalan newspaper about the jews in Catalonia in the XIII and XIV centuries.
There are 2 maps that are interesting, and google translate can surely help you get what it says translating from Catalan to English.
the interesting map ois this:
RED DOTS: Aljama. Organized Jewish community with all services including synagogue, school, rabinical tribunal, hospital, funerary services, baths and slaughterhouse.
BLUE DOTS. Jewish community (more than 10 individuals), but lacking some services.
GREEN DOTS: Small Jewish group, including isolated families. Lacking most formal Jewish services.
theContains all the services and
this one is about the synagogues and ritual baths (no legend available in the article)
As a second point and given that you are using heavy equipment (that produces load), have you considered investing a point of 3 in Strength? it might be worthwhile and more balanced than putting everything in Stamina. You would drop a pair of points in Stamina, but increase your fatigue by +2 (no load) and your damage as well if you want to engage in close combat.
That is not a bad ide, to rearrange a little for Str.
I just like having a through the roof Stm, for when rolling Concentration, and for Soak.
Oscar is not one that shows much concern. Marcellus and Ikeos can hear him clearly, and may want to follow up with questions. Neither Oscar or Roger speaks Catalan as a native. Oscar is closes, with Spanish 5 (Castilian), and Occitan 4 Catalan). Roger is English 5 (northern) and Catalan 4 (Andorra).
I am aware of the discrepancies. They are not severe. The concept of languages in gaming terms interests me though.
They both have Latin 4 (magi), so can communicate with you guys with ease and clarity, but with an accent.
Ikelos has the general Spanish his native. As a child in Toledo, what would be his language/dialect?
Yes. Technically it would be Castilian. Spanish wasn't the name of a Language yet, but it is an easy way to group together mutually inteligible dialects of Iberian Romance. As far as I know, Castilian, Aragoneese, and Leonese are all pretty similar. Aragonese is half way between Castilian and Catalan. Some scholars group Catalan as a dialect of Occitain. That works too. In the modern day, Castiian and Catalan arethe two most dominant versions of Iberian Romance, and there are political conflicts based on culture and language. To my ear, they sound very similar. But my personal score in Spanish is maybe 2, and my experience in Catalan comes from meeting strangers on a train (I heard them speaking Spanish in an unusual accent, I asked if that was Catalan, they laughed and said no, then asked each other if they spoke Catalan, and they did so they started a new conversation in Catalan. Still sounded the same.
Xavi reads the comment. Decides not to go there except to point out that I can read occitan. A Spanish-only speaker cannot.
Btw, loving the awkward moment that Mateu has created unknowingly.