"Yes, my strength is in illusions, but not limited there. I've found some odd angles to work from which many wizards undervalue. Species almost always ignore magical resistance, so I think they have a strong tactical advantage over more direct spells.Not to be ignored. My fae ancestors gave me an odd trick or two as well. "
"Gunther is something special as an undead dracoform is unique. Was that serendipity?"
Duncan sits watching the conversation of the two magi with utter fascination.
[color=blue]"That is a good point about species and magic resistance. Relatively speaking, it shouldn't be so hard to deafen or blind an opponent even if your opponent is quite resistant to magic."
[color=blue]"Ah, Günther. Well, I guess you might say it was the fine line where serendipity and hopeful perseverance met. Regardless, we are now bound quite tightly to each other. He does eat a rather large portion of my Vis supply, but I am all to happy to provide it. Meanwhile, him having my back in a fight is quite advantageous the other way around. Magic resistance doesn't tend to fare well against a dragon's claws, either."
"Well yes, hulking claws and sharp teeth are wonderfully useful when circumstances turn sour. I'd like to meet him. Scrymgeour and I have not had any more than the odd scuffle to co tend with, thankfully.
OOC: close up the thread?
I'm chuffed with the interactions and enjoyed it.
Corbin can take 5 xp. Everyone else who had a speaking rôle can take 1 xp.
Thank you, my plan is:
Corbin - 5xp in Area Lore: Covenant of Insula Canaria.
Seamus - 1xp in Area Lore: Covenant of Insula Canaria.
Assume we'll advance grogs as a batch every few years?
Pretty much. My plan is to do "Chapters" of a few years each, in which (hopefully) every magus and companion will have a story thread in that span. For example, one Chapter could be from Autumn 1221 to Spring 1227; Corbin could have a story thread in Autumn 1225, Seamus could have one in Autumn 1224, Beatrix could have one in Spring 1226, and so on. This gives everyone a chance to participate at the same time, without having everything hit the covenant at the same time. (I got the idea from Jonathan.Link's sagas, and it's a ruddy good one, I think.)
Isobel will tale 1 xp in Folk Ken.
Arthur will put 1 point into single weapon as he begins his training.
Will you allow seasonal advancement for Grogs where that is the players preference?
The wiki sets forth the two options available:
So it's 15 xp either way. It just depends whether you want to dole it out all at once or in four smaller bits. (Though you get an extra 4 xp in Gaelic if you go with the optional rule.)
So if we have a literate grog who wants to read a book we're just SOL?
It seems a little problematic on a few fronts. Mostly I worry about Companions who don't fit that standard because they have Book Learner or No Fatigue or are Faeries or something else like those. Grogs are grogs, so I'm not as worried about them even though the point you make stands. There is also the question of what happens if a PC devotes a season to teaching grogs, though. Does the PC's effort to be a great teacher mean absolutely nothing compared to the PC who is a terrible teacher because they're teaching grogs?
If they do, it will be with the rules in Grogs: one season of vocational for 7 xp, one of training for 4 xp, and two of exposure for 2 xp each (plus the HR of 2 xp of Gaelic per season for exposure if they don't take exposure for something else). If they take a season of training or practice, that replaces the highest-XP quarters, then the next-highest, and so on. So, if they take two seasons of training in Bows, for example, they would lose the 7xp and 4xp seasons, but could take two seasons of exposure for Gaelic for those, and still take two seasons of exposure in either Gaelic or something else.
I'm thinking of changing this assignment of XP, I'd prefer to place Corbin's the xp into Leadership (5xp), and Teaching for Seamus (1xp).
I had misremembered in which order the seasons are replaced when doing detailed Grog advancement. I've posted the correct rules on the wiki.
That's fine.