Virtues that grant xps after character creation....

[Marko_Markoko]

@Ovarwa

@Marko Markoko

5. Flawless Magic is the single best Virtue in the game if you utilize it correctly......

I'd like to see this.

Please provide a link to the character you are referring to, privately if that's more appropriate.

How many seasons did he spend Mastering spells? How many Mastered spells does he have?

FM is a decent virtue, sure. I don't yet see what you're seeing.

Roberto Rodruigez of Flambeau, my very favorite character of all time!

Character sheets

Aelianus Robur Ex Verditius Characteristics: Int +5, Per +0, Pre +1, Com -1, Str +0, Sta +1, Dex +0, Qik +2 Size - Human: 0 Age: 42 (45 -15 years out of apprenticeship) Decrepitude: 0 Warping Score: 3 (0) Virtues: Verditius magic, The gift, Hermetic magus, Educated, Cyclic magic (day), Minor magical focus (wooden wands), Affinity w. Woodcarving, Great intelligence *2, Improved characteristics, Affinity w. Creo, Puissant Creo, Inventive genius, Enchant casting tools, Affinity with Ignem …

You have to scroll down. He is the second character in the Character Sheets section of Novus Mane (featured here on the Atlas Forums).
Everything is posted, everything he did in every season is listed in there. Five years out of Gauntlet, he started out with some pretty decent Mastery scores by combining Flawless Magic with Mastered Spells and Skilled Parens. Out of 22 seasons, he has actually only devoted two seasons towards practicing spell mastery. We are a poor covenant and have no mastery texts . He also spent four seasons inventing six new spells, each of which started out mastered (which is what makes FM so valueable in the first place!). I also spent some adventure xp from a season on Mastery. And the results of two seasons are still yet to be determined.
So so far, including creation, development, and free mastery with every spell, I have an equivilent of 92.5 bonus experience points of mastered spells. And I am still in struggle mode to get the covenant on its feet, I will devote substantially more time towards inventing spells and mastering them as I grow older. At the twenty year mark, I would expect to have saved over 200xp on mastered spells. Probably much more. And I would say that there is only one or two mastery picks I regret choosing, not that Mastery is wasted on the spell, I just wish I made a wiser choice.

7). The very best Minor Virtue for all character types. It is simply essential if yours is at all an action/adventure oriented character, or any other role where you expect to roll dice often. Doesn't affect xp, but it will be of such benefit to you, your character will likely obtain greater privileges and resources in the long run.

What Minor Virtue do you speak of?

My bad. I misedited. I fixed it above. I mean Self Confident. The Self Confident Character will wind up accomplishing more, gaining the most out of adventures, scoring the greater resources, making the better Charm or Bargain rolls when negotiating for books, and on down the line.