Virtues changing from major to minor or other combination in ArM5 DE?

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Hi,
While checking my whole list of virtues and flaws across books and checking what is available in the DE book (to ease my work of checking their effect using the most possible DE book), I'm noticing that crafter's healing has become a minor virtue.

Edit: same question about "almogavar" which was free in grog but is a minor in DE.

Is that really so or is it a typography/error?

I'm understanding it's a voluntary change but it would have be nice to have a remark on that change in DE.

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I don't know about crafter's healing, but Almogavar being free in Grogs is a typo that's been fixed in the errata - it really is a Minor Virtue. Personally, I think it's a weakish Minor Virtue, and I would have fixed it by e.g. adding some xp in Martial Abilities. But if what it provides is left unchanged, it's probably more fairly priced as a Minor Virtue than as a Free one. See also here for a discussion of how it balances out compared to other Social Status Virtues; note that the post was made before the errata, so it's still listed as a(n excessively strong) Free Virtue.

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errata
Grogs
Almogavar (p. 74): Change to a Minor Virtue. Also in the insert on page 75.

My current extraction from WIP on books:

  • Failed Student: DE reclassified it as a General Flaw, left as is.
  • Gullible: DE reclassified it as a General Flaw, left as is.
  • Crafter's Healing: DE demoted it to a Minor Virtue, left as is.
  • Male Guild Sponsor: DE reclassified it as a Social Status Virtue, left as is.
  • Gorgiastic: DE reclassified it as a Hermetic Virtue, left as is.
  • Grudge: DE reclassified it as a Personality Flaw, left as is.
  • Beloved Rival: DE reclassified it as a Major and Minor Flaw, left as is.
  • Pagan: DE reclassified it as a Personality (Major and Minor) Flaw, left as is.
  • Paid Rights: DE reclassified it as a Social Status Virtue, left as is.
  • Pagan: DE reclassified it as a Personality (Major and Minor) Flaw, left as is.
  • Master of (Form) Creatures: DE reclassified it as a Supernatural Virtue, left as is.
  • Warped Senses: DE reclassified it as a General Flaw, left as is.
  • Eunuch (Flaw): DE renamed it to Castratus, left as is.
  • Outsider: DE reclassified it as a Major and Minor Flaw, left as is.
  • Gender Shift: DE dropped the Tainted qualifier, left as is.
  • Tragic Life: DE marks it Tainted, left as is.
  • Pagan: DE reclassified it as a Personality (Major and Minor) Flaw, left as is.
  • Gullible: DE reclassified it as a General Flaw, left as is.
  • Master of (Form) Creatures: DE reclassified it as a Supernatural Virtue, left as is.