Making new types of Faerie Blood?

[Ferretz]

Hi,

One of the players in my new campaign wants to play a Merinita with Strong Faerie Blood. Since our campaign is set in Brittany, he asked if the faerie blood could come from the Korrigan, so I set my mind to finding out what kind of abilities Korrigan Blood would give. I though a straight +1 to Stamina would work, but as with the Sidhe's Presence, not above +3.

Any other ideas?

Korrigan can be found in Lion & the Lily for Brittany, and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korrigan

Eirik

[Ultraviolet]

Yes, the list from the core rulebook should be expanded - perhaps RoP:F will do this.

Until then:

We aldready have:
*Seelie, high faeries, bonus to Prs
*Goblins, unseelie?
*Dwarves, bonus to craft
*Water faeries, bonus to underwater activity

And what else? How about:
*Winter faeries, some cold relared bonus?
*Flying faeries, bonus to activity while airborne?
*Forest faeries, bonus to some activities while in the woods?
*Domestic and Field faries, bonus regarding house keeping or agriculture?

etc.

[Fruny]

@Ultraviolet

Yes, the list from the core rulebook should be expanded - perhaps RoP:F will do this.

There is Samovily, Bloodcap blood in True Lineages. Dhampir and Mythic Blood (Zmey) are also available for inspiration.

[Ovarwa]

@Eirik

Hi,

One of the players in my new campaign wants to play a Merinita with Strong Faerie Blood. Since our campaign is set in Brittany, he asked if the faerie blood could come from the Korrigan, so I set my mind to finding out what kind of abilities Korrigan Blood would give. I though a straight +1 to Stamina would work, but as with the Sidhe's Presence, not above +3.

Any other ideas?

Korrigan can be found in Lion & the Lily for Brittany, and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korrigan

Eirik

I tend to see the benefit of FB to be approximately equal to a minor virtue, usually not quite as good (but every now and then better, such as a Dwarf's +1 to all Craft.)

So come up with something you like, and then ask "Is this better than a just-ok minor virtue?" Stamina as you describe is good, but something more atmospheric would work nicely too.

Anyway,

Ken

[Jarkman]

Well, I created these but never used them. Can't find the Mythic Blood (Gorgon) write up (it's attached to some character somewhere IIRC) but the following two have rationales for how they are constructed which might help you create similar Virtues.

Centaur Blood
Jarkman, 18 February 2006 (created 13 February 2006)

Major, Supernatural
You are descended from the savage centaurs of Greek myth, a descendant of Centaurus, and although you do not possess the hindquarters of a horse, you possess the Large Virtue for free. You have one overly equine feature that betrays your nature: mane like hair, an elongated face, hoof like nails, although this has little effect aside from marking your heritage unless you also take the Disfigured Flaw. You gain the Wilderness Sense Virtue for free at character generation.

As you are descended from wild half-men half-horses you gain the Berserk Virtue for free, to reflect your savage nature but must take Lecherous as a Minor Personality Flaw without gaining a balancing Virtue point. You also have natural longevity, just like a character with Strong Faerie Blood (see ArM5, page 49). You may learn Faerie Lore during character creation.

You cannot take both this Virtue and Cyclops Blood, Faerie Blood, Giant Blood, Mythic Blood (Gorgon), Strong Faerie Blood, Small Frame, or Dwarf. You may take this Virtue with Mythic Blood or Blood of Heroes (HoH:TL, page 103-104) to reflect a stronger tauric heritage, although you must balance these Virtues with equivalent Flaws as normal.

This is a Supernatural Virtue, and you cannot lose it when being trained as a magus (see ArM5, page 106). If your master cannot preserve the ability, you cannot be trained.

[i]Design Note: As Strong Faerie Blood but with the following modifications: 1) substitute Large for Second Sight, 2) free Berserk balanced with Lecherous (Minor), 3) Wilderness Sense instead of Faerie Blood abilities.[i]

Cyclops Blood
Jarkman, 13 February 2006 (created 13 February 2006)

Major, Supernatural
The blood of the Cyclopes, craftsmen of the Olympian gods and journeymen of Hephaestus, flows in your veins, although you are not necessarily a giant. You benefit from a free Affinity with a single Craft Ability. In addition, you possess the Piercing Gaze Virtue but must take the Missing Eye Flaw to reflect your monocular heritage. You do not necessarily have a single eye in the centre of your forehead like your ancestors, unless you also choose the Disfigured Flaw, but only one of your eyes functions normally and may be larger or of an unusual colour.
As you are descended from master craftsmen, you get a +1 bonus to any total including a Craft ability. You also have natural longevity, just like a character with Strong Faerie Blood (see ArM5, page 49). You may learn Faerie Lore during character creation.

You cannot take both this Virtue and Centaur Blood, Faerie Blood, Mythic Blood (Gorgon), Strong Faerie Blood, Small Frame, or Dwarf. You must take this Virtue with either Giant Blood or Large, and may combine it with Mythic Blood or Blood of Heroes (HoH:TL, page 103-104) to reflect a stronger cyclopean heritage, although you must balance these Virtues with equivalent Flaws as normal.

This is a Supernatural Virtue, and you cannot lose it when being trained as a magus (see ArM5, page 106). If your master cannot preserve the ability, you cannot be trained.

[i]Design Note: As Strong Faerie Blood (Dwarf) but with the following modifications: 1) substitute Affinity with (Craft) for Second Sight, 2) free Piercing Gaze balanced with Missing Eye. Must also take either Large or Giant Blood.[i]

Hope this helps.

Lachie

addit: found the Gorgon blood Virtue:

Mythic Blood (Gorgon)
Jarkman, 10 May 2006 (created 12 February 2006)

Major, Supernatural
The three Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, were monstrous winged women with snakes for hair, broad noses, wide eyes, protruding tusks and lolling tongues. They had claws of bronze and golden wings and a deadly gaze that could turn man or beast to stone. Although Medusa was slain by Perseus and produced Pegasus, the winged horse as her offspring from her bloodied neck, the fate of her two sisters is less clear and a line of Hellenic magi, the Gorgonidae, claim descent from Stheno and Euryale.

Descent from a Gorgon grants a Minor Magical Focus with Petrification, and the Minor Personality Flaw tends to be one of Hatred, Proud or Wrathful. The granted power may be the ability to fly on the wind (as Wings of the Soaring Wind (ArM5, page 126), requires words and gestures) or to turn their hands into brass claws (as per "Brazen Grasp of Stheno") or to manipulate their hair as if it were prehensile (as "Euryale's Crown", no words or gestures).

All Gorgonid magi suffer from the Short-Range Magic Flaw and have difficulty casting spells against targets with which they have not established eye contact, but they still gain the usual 3 Virtue points to balance this requirement. Many take Piercing Gaze and/or Entrancement to complement their Hermetic abilities and reflecting their Hellenic backgrounds, nearly all Gorgonidae are Pagan, taking the Major Flaw of the same name. Most Gorgonidae belong to Theban branches of House Ex Miscellanea, although there is also a minor lineage of Gorgon blooded Hellenic magi within House Merinita.

[jebrick]

I'm currently running a character that is UnSeelie ( dark) Faerie. I gave him +2 in hunting skills but in hindsight I should have gone with +1 at night. Seelie court are Faeries of light and Unseelie are the fairies of the night.

Goblins are a type of UnSeelie. Or members in the Unseelie court.