Gift of Vigor and Familiars?

[Asgeir]

@kingreaper

And your ruling clearly contradicts the book: "Magi have long looked for a way to restore their energy in order to cast more spells. This is the closest they've come."

I was about to mention the same thing.

Still, as I read the rest of the spell I see possibilities, not a dead end.
Tho your SG may rule that GoV is the result of some kind of breakthrough and can't be modified without a new breakthrough.

I brought a similar subject a while ago, look in this thread:

Expanding the limits of the gift of vigor

Cheesy or not, I still find this interesting from a theoretical point of view. Consider the following spell: Feed on the beast’s vigor Mu(Re)An(Co) 40 (25: Give an animal a magical ability, Touch +1, Momentary, Individual, Change an animal into a human +1, Completely control an animal +1) Gives an animal a magical ability equal to the spell “The Gift of Vigor” and force it to use it on you. Notes: Giving an animal a base 15 ability should be possible with the 25 MuAn guideline, the ability…