The first season of my ongoing campaign, HBO: Ars Magica, was documented here as the Alpine Apprentice Saga ([url]https://forum.atlas-games.com/t/the-alpine-apprentice-saga/8116/1]). Now, after a summer break, our cast returns and they leave the Alps behind for the green hills of Hibernia!
Our first session was last night. For those who have run many Spring Covenant sagas, the traditional notes were hit. The magi arrived at the chosen location (the Hill of Uisneach in Meath), toured the area looking for regios, auras and vis, had their first Council meeting, and made a home for themselves.
Ars players with a lot of books on their shelves will see my use of the book Hooks in Episode 2.03, and the giant spiders of 2.04 are based on the Waimie (from Antagonists). There are, of course, no snakes in Mythic Ireland, which led to a re-examination of that antagonist in ways which have not yet been revealed to the players.
Our next session is this Sunday, when the magi, having defended their cathach for a year, will present themselves at Tribunal and claim covenant status.
I am currently running a campaign in Iceland, and my players have decided that their covenant will be in the hibernian tribunal. They are testing the waters and have just attended the Hibernian Tribunal.
I was going to just make up/use through the Aegis to figure out what might be for sale, but your saga got me thinking:
If you see any books that your troupe might like I can set up a virtual trade (we don't have to actually trade between campaigns, but I thought it might be a way to add verisimilitude)
Through the Aegis does, in fact, have a Hibernian covenant in it. Longmist is in winter, but it has a library and a few of the books that have appeared in my covenant are borrowed from that list.
The new covenant of Cor Draconis, where the players in my game live, has a very modest library. But it's a brand new covenant and they had to start somewhere.
The young magi have presented their cathach at the Hibernian Tribunal of 1221, and have been caught up in Hermetic politics. Tribunal turned into a two-parter thanks to romantic shennanigans.
I also stole the game's price list. As I'm sure you recall (though most Ars players do not), Pendragon uses a £ currency which is defined very similar to a Mythic Pound: "the annual income of a peasant family." There are a few exceptions, but by and large the price lists are compatible with Ars.
Pagan Shores is filled with great bits of Irish myth and folklore, not to mention some good visuals. And I've been stealing stuff from Pendragon to use in other games pretty much as long as there has been a Pendragon. Wonderful game.
Indeed! I stole liberally from it when I ran an Irish saga more than 10 years ago.
Alas I only discovered Pendragon about 20 years ago, by accident. Never actually played it (for mor than a single session), but I do consider it a very nice Ars Magica sourcebook.
