I have managed to roll in invisible castle: what I had to do was name the character for whom the roll was being made, but there was no historic data on him afterwards anyway since I could not register either But the roller worked this morning for me
[size=150]Question about Sexual Mores in Andora. [/size]
Okay, now that I have your attention, I just wanted to get a feel for how the covenant in particular (and the magi world in general) feels about sex outside of marriage. In Christian Europe (and Muslim Spain, FWIW), sex outside of marriage was a sin. Now I don't have my head in the sand. I know that it happened (and probably happened a lot) I'm sure there were a lot of babies born 8 months after their parents married. But my understanding of the way things worked back then was that while a man could get away with a little indiscretion (and it was probably assumed with sailors and soldiers), a woman who did such things (unless she immediately married the man involved - see above, 8 month babies) was considered a whore and very, very much looked down upon.
Now I can definitely see things going differently in the magi world. For one thing, maga have real power, and with real power comes perks. For another thing, a maga above 35 is likely to be sterile, so she can engage in such activities without the danger or pregnancy. (Younger magas may well have spells to help with that.)
I only ask because pretty soon Lucas is going to meet Fleur, and I want to have him react appropriately. In particular, I don't want him to react negatively based on my understanding of medieval female promiscuity, only to find out that such behavior is generally considered okay among maga.
In the OoH you can do whatever you want, regardless of what regular society did. You can be a total reactionary adherent to the precepts of your strict priest, or you can flout all medieval social conventions. You are a magus, and magical society is different. Not a clearly cut answer, yeah, but this was exactly the idea
This is true. Magi operate according to their own individual moral code, and this can run the full range from conservative to libertine. Some covenants may try to adhere to members with common values, most do not. As long as you fit the Code, you are all good. Andorra embraces diversity (or tries too at least)
But what of mundane society?
Provencal is a very-very liberal influence indeed. Iberia may be more conservative in some ways, but not like you would think. The Muslims of Iberia have variations from fundamentalists to moderate and liberal. The fundamentalists powers were defeated at Las Navas and no new wave is coming along.
In the North things are, well, different than you may expect. There are a lot of astards and mistresses who hold prominent position and are not much scorned. There are alo conservative reformist Cluniacs, so it runs a wide range.
So maybe use an anachronistic modern standard? People have sex all the time, some people are classy and some are trashy, some are looking for love in all the wrong places, for some love ain't got nothin' to do with it.
Thanks. That puts things in perspective. Lucas is personally fairly straight-laced. (After all, he grew up in a convent and married his childhood sweetheart.) But I can see there's a definite live-and-let-live attitude among magi that would temper that. Lucas has enough Etiquette to know that.
I should mention that some people like to portray House Mercere as being lascivious in nature in their efforts to propogate and breed the next generation.
FYI Fleur has a spell for that and allows 2 "blood months" a year to avoid warping (starting in June and December), during which time she only engages in non-reproductive activities...
The current council meeting should be happening in early Autumn 1234. That's the season that Lucas joins the covenant (assuming that the magi remember that's what they're meeting to decide. )
My understanding is that it's a device that lets a magus cast a spell even if they don't know the spell. But you have to cast it exactly as it's set forth on the tablet. No changes at all.
Yup. It contains precise instructions to cast the spell. It also adds a fairly (un)healthy number of botch dice, and this is their main drawback. IIRC (we do not use them ims) you also need to cast them like a ritual in time, so they are slow to use