true, on the other hand if there is no other benefit to an infertility version of a LR, infertility can be achieved fairly easily with a non-ritual PeCo spell...
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Hi guys, sorry to bring up an old thread but I have a point to raise. Everyone is assuming that a magus/maga will wait until after gauntlet to get married.
As long as they have their master's permission they can get married at any age during apprenticeship. As an apprentice they still have some free time of their own, they still have their own little adventures and social encounters.
It's quite possible for a female apprentice to fall for the grog captain during an outing, or for a young apprentice to fall in love with the daughter of a noble when he is negotiating on his master's behalf.
There are so many stories to be found about this sort of thing - it's just that most of us play young magi, not apprentices. We overlook these small stories.
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Out of wedlock births are also a possibility, but at the same time any pregnancy will distract from the apprenticeship- at least for a female apprentice, and knocking girls up can certainly be story potential for a young male magus... however unless gently gifted relationships may be problematic.
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Mages of Hermes has Aurulentus of Jerbiton, who made a breakthrough discovery (described on page 20) of a Longevity Ritual that preserved the users fertility at about 35 years post gauntlet. He also is actively trying to promote the adoption & usage of his version, which is available as a level 20 CrCo lab text.
Naturally, it does not target a Bloodline, though.
So, adding fuel to the 'inheritence of acquired characterisitics' fire, I have to mention the Bjornear (HoH:MC page 18) 'Heartbeast'.
1} "Mystically, his parens is now equivalent to a true parent, and sept-brothers and -sisters are as close as true relatives following the rite. Supernatural powers that affect ancestry or descendents (such as the Merinita Target Bloodline) operate now on the Hermetic family instead of the biological family." and;
2} HH:MC page 27 : "The Gift is not a pre-requisite for Initiation into the Heartbeast Mystery (although a different Initiation Script is required for the unGifted, as the Ordeal that destroys the ability to bind a familiar is not appropriate)."
So -- there may, in some sagas, be an initiation script for magi with familiars to have HeartBeasts, and all be new members of the Bjornear True Lineage. That means CrCo and CrMe ritual spells with Bloodline target can have profound and far-reaching impacts.
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Nonesense, no self-respecting Bjornaer will let others be initiated into the Heartbeast mystery without the Familiar loss.
Spoken as an Ilfetu Clan Bjornaer.
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While it is true that no self-respecting Bjornaer would use anything but the standard initiation for the Hearbeast Mystery (which prevents having a Familiar), there is the occasional Bjornaer who isn't self-respecting. And the occasional one that goes plain mad.
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