One would be fine... but I think it's more fun if the PC magi are all together. Hopefully that doesn't make me too subversive to Silveroak's philosophy...
Are you using your Mythic Companion slot for the Nephilim, or just regular companion? Is the core of his concept that he's a crusader?
I have a couple of different ideas for my Holy Magus, they are on opposite ends of the spectrum w/r/t whether they'd be crusaders or not.
A mythic companion would be in lieu of the magus, so I don't think so. I am not a fan of mythic companions at all. I was thinking mainly of a very skilled mounted warrior. With a few quirks for flavour. Such as being a crusader. Thinking of wealthy, to explain why he wasn't on the Venetian payroll in Constantinople.
If you're going Holy Magus you should be Zoroastrian Flambeau seeking the roots of your tradition. Based on access to methods and powers etc. they are probably my favorite brand of Holy magic. That said, quite tangential to crusades... but then my Titanoi would be as well.
Considering Xene is going for Holy Magic, I likely won't make another holy magus in this game barring one of my other characters having some kind of revelation or whatnot..
@silveroak I posted a background for a Crocodile Bjornaer. Still not sure if I want to go with the concept but I'd like to see what you think about whether that background works for a Crocodile heartbeast; and how you want to handle initiations - both for inner mysteries, and refining the heartbeast. I know you don't want us picking from a shopping list, but the 25 years post-gauntlet and the canon scripts raises the question.
As mentioned before, I would like to do a Criamon for the Levant.
I would like a custom path building on the philosophical tradition of Herakleitos and the magical tradition of the Diedne. The World is constantly changing (flowing) and our path to salvation is learning to go with the flow and to direct the flow without disrupting it. Hence formulaic magic is crap ... unable to adapt to ever-changing circumstances.
This could be one of the known paths not detailed in canon, or it could be one of his invention. In the latter case, I could make him young and negotiate scripts in play, but if the setting suggests that he should be 15-25 years past gauntlet, he should have a station or two under his belt, I think. Which options are permissible?
Mystery virtues that I have found to be appropriate are Diedne magic (is this permissible as a virtue), Potent Self-Transformation (minor), (Persona probably not permissible), Shape-Shifter (would a variant using enigmatic wisdom as shape-shifter be permissible), use enigmatic wisdom as guile (disguise), wilderness sense (understand the changing world).
Appropriate Ordeals would be twilight prone, difficult longevity ritual, unstructured caster (or other flaws restricting ritual magic), as well as gentler personality flaws.
I imagine a preference for Muto for the path. Favourite forms are rarely Vim nor Imaginem, but the other eight, concerning the real world, are common.
Feel free to branch this off as a new thread ... Call him Heraclitus of Criamon.
The actual design of this path will require its own thread, I think having it established as a minor existing path would be the stronger choice here, but the Levant has a clutch dedicated to the Path of walking backwards- which brings up why you want to do this specifically in the Levant (I will start a different thread to discuss the path itself)
That is a good point. The true answer is of course, that this was my best idea and the Levant is next to start.
That said, I think this concept works best in a culture with access to the ancient Greek texts and philosophical traditions, and my slots in Rome and Thebes are taken ... Levant is the most obvious choice remaining. However, depending on how strong you make the path, teaching may be available elsewhere.
Side note about Criamon Clutches, they mention that all of the clutches except the one focused on Path of Strife (they give a name which I forget but no location) have members of other Paths even though most in that clutch focus on one. He could also have come from somewhere else.
yes, which is why I presented this as a question, not as an obstacle.
and the answer makes sense, though Arabic philosophies will be more prevalent in the Levant. I expect that this tradition will be without a clutch dedicated to it.
So we're looking at @Plot_Device 's Draco being at Daphne as well as my Asterpax. Anyone else think that covenant might be a decent fit for their Levant character?
To the question of silveroak at the Thread for Scribarius I answered "After reading trough the other covenants at the wiki I think I prefer Covenant Of Daphne."
So yes I also would like to go with this covenant.
Is there any way a character would find out about En-Dor and Canaanite Necromancy (ie that it exists to be researched)? That's something Draco might be interested in pursuing, if it makes a good way for Bjornaer to speak with their ancestors, and that could draw him to a different covenant. Maybe it would just be a thread that comes up later, though.
It is described as common knowledge that such a tradition once existed, and artifacts of supposed Canaanite origin are being sold to collectors for mere gold and silver.