unGifted Learned Magician Companion Creation

[Fafnir]

@Wraithstalker

But for creation its a bit murkier, there isn't really a particular disadvantage to taking a flaw, you would probably have to take flaws anyway. It does prescribe which ones, and seems to introduce some contortions to avoid having too many minir flaws.

@One Shot

Still without books at hand, I recall, that all the Learned Magicians' initiations from HMRE are just examples.
If that's right, your character might have undergone quite different initiations to get his initial allotment of Techniques and Forms, and hence is about as free to choose initial Flaws as other companions are.

One Shot's memory does not fail him on this one, and indeed on HMRE p.88 one reads: "The Initiations described below are examples only, however, and the troupe is free to allow an unGifted character to begin play with other Flaws."