Character Generation

Magi should generally split both Virtues and Flaws evenly between the Hermetic and General categories.

Companion characters will be shared among the troupe, much like grogs, for those scenarios in which some of the magi are not present. Thus, design your companion to operate in situations opposite to those favored by your magus.

It's hard to get all the abilities that one's starting magus should have using the limited experience points available during character creation. Therefore, the Storyguide will be assigning additional points during character creation, at his discretion.

In accordance with the Law of Names, a character's name should be bound up with his or her nature and destiny. Most magi receive names with some inherent meaning, whether it is a Latin word or the name of a figure from Greek or Norse mythology.

Players may take on additional contributions; each contribution gives the player an additional Virtue Point during character creation, and additional Virtue Points and/or experience points at the end of each chapter. Acceptable contributions include:

• Journal / Lab Notebook
• Quotes
• Designing NPC Covenants / Magi
• Historical research on important cities, personages, laws, practices, etc.
• Anything else you can convince the Storyguide to accept!

• How did your Gift manifest itself when you were young? In what ways were you different from "normal" children?
• What was your family like? Into what class were you born? Nobility? Peasantry? Artisans? Did you live in the country or in a city? What did you parents do for a living?
• How well did you fit into your family? To your position in society? What early events or circumstances helped to shape your personality or attitudes? What skills did you pick up from your mundane life before you became an apprentice?
• What was the proudest moment of your apprenticeship? What was the most humiliating?
• Whom does your character most admire, and why? This may be any real or mythical figure, living or dead.
• Describe what you, the player, hate about your character. What good reasons might other characters have to hate/dislike the character? What minor bad habit does your character have that would annoy anyone after a while?
• How do you think your character's master would describe your character?
• What emotions can your character express in public? Sorrow? Anger? Sadness? Humor? Disappointment? Joy?
• Which would you describe as the greater evil, murdering a mundane, or maiming a magus? What might provoke you to murder a mundane? A lie? An insult?
• How much would your character sacrifice for knowledge? For power? For prestige? For love?
• A recurring dream or nightmare is plaguing you. Describe it.
• A fellow magus, one you respect, but do not fear, has treated you as an inferior in front of others, giving you orders instead of making requests. How do you respond? If you wait and get revenge somehow, how do you justify your actions to the Quaesitors if they are discovered?