Sparticus of Flambeau

Hello :smiley:
I asked Max and he has allowed me to join this new game. So far I have not had success with participating in a third game, but hopefully things will work out differently this time.
Anyways, the post that follows is my rough draft of an idea. No ability or art scores yet. Just V&F's and some background. Looking for suggestions and ideas :smiley:

Stephan of Flambeau: aka Stavros Maurides of Laconia
Characteristics: Int +1, Per +1, Com -3, Pre +1, Str +2, Sta +4, Dex +1, Quik +2
Size: 0
Age: 22
Chronology: Apprenticed age 7, Gauntlet age 22, Longevity since age ?,
Current Season:
Decrepitude: 0
Warping: 0 (0)
Confidence: 1 (3)
Virtues: +0 The Gift, +0 Hermetic Magus, +F Warrior, +3 Major Magic Focus in Damage, +1 Educated, +1 Great Stamina, +1 Improved Characteristics, +1 Mastered Spells, +1 Self Confident, +1 Skilled Parens

Flaws: -3 Driven, -3 Blatant Gift, -1 Close Family Ties, -1 Difficult Spontaneous Magic, -1 Temperate

Personality Traits: Brave +3, Driven +3, Disciplined +2, Soft-Spoken +2
Reputations:
Combat:

Soak: +
Fatigue: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, ko
Wounds: -1 Lt (1-5), -3 Med (6-10), -5 Hvy (11-15), Incap (16-20), Dead (21+)
Abilities:
Arts:
Creo 0, Intéllego 0, Muto 0, Perdo 0, Rego 0
Animal 0, Aquam 0, Auram 0, Corpus 0, Herbam 0
Ignem 0, Imaginem 0, Mentem 0, Terram 0, Vim 0

Twilight Scars & Effects:
Magic Sigil:
Symbolic Sigil:
Equipment:
Encumbrance: 0

Spells Known:
Background: Stavros is a reject from the family, yet they still have many expectations of him. His siblings and cousins are an unsavory lot. His brother is an alcoholic, his cousin leads a crime syndicate, and his only good cousin is a nun who rejects him harshly because of his magic.
Development: Development
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Ack, it's a Marko! Squish it now! Good to have ya aboard mate and why am I not shocked you're playing a Creo + X specialist with a focus in damage? Don't fix what aint broken eh? Sounds good to me mate, should work nicely with our Guernican Hoplite, since I know how you like to play your Flambeau. :wink:

I was waffeling between the Damage Focus and Flawless Magic. I already have a PC with Flawless Magic in another game Max runs. My goal is to create a bad ass Flambeau that is different than my Roberto character.

Here is a revised version of Stavros, fresh from Gauntlet

Stavros of Flambeau: Stavros Maurides of Laconia
Characteristics: Int +1, Per +1, Com -3, Pre +1, Str +2, Sta +2, Dex +1, Quik +2
Size: 0
Age: 22
Chronology: Apprenticed age 7, Gauntlet age 22, Longevity since age ?,
Current Season:
Decrepitude: 0
Warping: 0 (0)
Confidence: 1 (3)
Virtues: +0 The Gift, +0 Hermetic Magus, +F Puissant Perdo, +3 Flexible Formulaic Magic, +1 Educated, +1 Minor Magic Focus in Injury, +1 Mastered Spells, +1 Puissant Brawl. +1 Self Confident, +1 Strong Will, +1 Skilled Parens

Flaws: -3 Driven, -3 Blatant Gift, -1 Close Family Ties, -1 Dutybound, 1 Mentor, -1 Infamous Masters

Personality Traits: Brave +3, Dedicated +3, Disciplined +2, Honor +2, Expressive -3
Reputations: *Infamous Masters 4 (Hermetic)

Combat:
Dodge:
Grapple/Fistfight:
Knife:
Soak: +
Fatigue: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, ko
Wounds: -1 Lt (1-5), -3 Med (6-10), -5 Hvy (11-15), Incap (16-20), Dead (21+)
Abilities:
Artes Liberales 3 (geometry), Athletics 2 (climb), Awareness 1 (combat), Bargain 1 (hard), Brawl 4+2 (knife), Carouse 1 (hold liquor), Charm 1 (Laconic wit), Concentration 1 (spells), Folk Ken 1 (Greeks), Faerie Lore 1 (Greek), Finesse 1 (Perdo), Greek Area Lore 1 (Peloponnesus), Greek Language 5 (Doric; Laconic quips), Guile 1 (straight face), Hunt 1 (track), Latin 3 (Hermetic), Leadership 2 (intimidation), Magic Lore 1 (Greek), Magic Theory 4 (spells), Order of Hermes Lore 1 (Theban Tribunal), Parma Magica 1 (Corpus), Penetration 1 (Perdo), Philosophiae 2 (natural), Profession-scribe 1 (copy), Stealth 1 (hide), Survival 1 (mountains), Swim 1 (rivers), Thrown Weapon 2 (kife),

Arts:
Creo 7, Intéllego 2, Muto 4, Perdo 8+3, Rego 3
Animal 3, Aquam 2, Auram 2, Corpus 7, Herbam 2
Ignem 2, Imaginem 3, Mentem 2, Terram 3, Vim 3

Spells Known:
PeAn15 Agony of the Beast
CrCo30r Gentle Caress of Asclepius; Mastery 1 (Stalwart)
PeCo15 The Wound that Weeps; Mastery 2 (Fast Cast, Multicast)
PeCo20 Invocation of Weariness; Mastery 2 (Multicast, Penetration)
PeCo30 Evisceration of 1000 Knives;
PeIm20 Veil of Invisibility
ReTe10 Invisible Sling of Stavros Mastery 1 (Fast Cast)
PeVi5 Demon’s Eternal Oblivion; Mastery 1 (Multicast)
PeVi5 Sap the Griffon’s Strength; Mastery 1 (Multicast)

Twilight Scars & Effects:
Magic Sigil: Ω
Symbolic Sigil: stillness
Equipment: knife
Encumbrance: 0
Laboratory: wherever he goes, he takes out the decorations and puts in a cot.
Characteristics: Size +0, Refinement +0, General Quality +1, Upkeep -1, Safety -1, Warping +0, Health -2, Aesthetics -3 (Spartan 2)
Specializations:
Virtues: +1 Living Quarters
Flaws: -1 Undecorated

Background: Stavros is a reject from the family, yet they still have many expectations of him. His siblings and cousins are an unsavory lot. His brother is an alcoholic, and his sister is a wanton woman. His uncle and cousin lead a crime syndicate, and his mother became a nun and rejects him harshly because of his magic. His father lives a strict pious life, though he hates everybody and inflicts mental cruelty on those around him.
Stavros has had three masters. His first was Sedeka of Tytalus, a horrid witch. Sedka was slain in Wizard’s War by Hyperion of Tytalus, a fearsome and brutal wizard known for his cruelty. Stavros grew to hate Hyperion and eventually murdered him. Though House Tytalus instantly accepted him as a wizard, he refused them. Instead he turned to Jason of Flambeau, a feared and respected magus that became his mentor and administered a proper “Spartan” Gauntlet. Stavros was sworn in as a member of House Flambeau by Jason and the Q’s.

Development: Development
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I guess that I am going to ask some questions

What is the duty that you are bound to? Most magi have no duties and in an anarchy covenant, less than most.

What are you driven to do?

who is your mentor? where is your mentor? What is relationship?

Honor, morality (as a Spartan would define it), and duty to preserving and protecting the Order and his homeland (which may be a source of future conflict)

To excel. To be the best damn warrior magus I can be. Hard core militant discipline. Again, think Spartan. The movie / graphic novel "300" is my major inspiration.

Jason of Flambeau is my mentor, the one who took a Tytalus apprentice and turned him into a proper old-school Flambeau. Total old school here (Peter Hentges style). Jason still resides in Laconia. I don't know where our covenant will be located, but Jason is still in this Tribunal and can be a reoccuring character. The relationship is that of a "Peer-Mentor", much like the relationship between Delendarand Reculed.

Tytalus Hater. :unamused:

But you could consider a 'Tormented by' type of flaw, if you have in your background a guy that was accepted as a Tytalus and then turned away from the House. They wouldn't try to stop him, necessarily, but some would probably find it amusing and proper to give him crap until he came back. Not that it would be compulsory either. They could just as easily not, which... if you don't take such a flaw would be the case.

Sociatas has the proper side bar about how Tytalus will treat him until the day one of us says "welcome back to house Tytalus".