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...considerations as the basis on which to choose. Thus, two equally-advanced characters will be equally capable. The players would be free to roleplay without feel
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...ddition to game mechanics, above) and a rough image of your fellow players characters. The storyguide has an up-to-date-copy of each character sheet. A storyguid
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...nclude everything players needed to get started playing quickly: read-made characters and a brief rules tutorial in addition to the scenario itself.
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...nd because in the new rules the covenant's points are just what the player characters can use at the beginning, not the whole resources of the covenant. So, in t
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...lass who travel more often than their peers. Here are some suggestions why characters in Mythic Europe might travel frequently.
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...and mental abilities. It deliberately cast aside the idea that all player-characters should be equal in power, and made [[Magus|magi]] a great deal more powerfu
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...a secret society that knows and teaches one or more [[Mystery|Mysteries]]. Characters join a mystery cult and learn its Mystery through the process of [[Initiati
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...the life cycle of a typical [[Covenant]] with that of the troupe of player characters.
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...art-up kit that returns to the classic Stormrider in 2nd or 3rd Ed. Sample characters, NPCs. Gives old-timers a chance to face off with the Stormrider again.
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...] of a target by [[Magic|magical]] means. Penetration is of no use against characters that do not have [[Magic Resistance]].
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...make a [[House Rule]] that Divination and Augury is available to non-magus characters, such as [[hedge wizard|hedge wizards]].
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...st rules for combat movement in ArM5. The [[Group Combat]] rules mean that characters need to have a lot of freedom of movement so they can mill around and engag
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...scale action is abstract, handled by a series of die rolls, but the player characters' scenes are resolved using regular Ars Magica combat rules. These scenes re
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''Intelligence and Stamina are rarely kept at non-positive levels in Maga characters because they are so important in laboratory work and spellcasting, respecti
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...rom the crowd. '''Ars Magica''' is a game about wizards and magic, and the characters who must deal with them, and is set in a world very similar to Medieval Eur
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...tion with a measly level-5 spell, is not. Nor is it fun to have the player characters go on a demon-cleansing spree, "Ridding the world of the Infernal, one demo
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...Magica storytellers and players, just look all the virtues and flaws that characters can take and boons and hooks that a covenant can take. Basically each and
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...Islam and Judaism). It is clear that at least some of its members are holy characters with access to [[Divine Methods and Powers|Divine powers]] or the [[Ars Not
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...ern, then the Troupe would be justified in insisting that longbow-wielding characters must be Welsh (or Englishmen from the Welsh Marches).
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...layers usually have to roll a certain number of '''botch dice''' for their characters.<ref name=stress>''[[Ars Magica Fifth Edition]]'', core Rulebook, "Chapter
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...ry]], have everyone play just one character each; they can make additional characters later and introduce them gradually as the [[saga]] develops.
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{{About|books characters can read in the Mythic Europe|a list of rule books for Ars Magica|list of p
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...layers and [[storyguide|storyguides]] for fleshing out a number aspects of characters, creatures, places, or other elements of the game. As of now, indexes list
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...iculus ex Criamon, a maga originally from Thebe Tribunal. The other player characters are a Merinita, a Gruagach and a Redcap.
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...eregosoftware.com/ Alter Ego Software], which is used to create and manage characters for Ars Magica and several other tabletop RPGs. User feedback has been gene
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...t [[Canon | canonical]] but it can be a useful model, and seems like a way characters might describe magi in the game world.
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...t between Iceland and the Order of Hermes. Many Story Seeds for Icelandic characters are present in the text. References to the [[Order of Odin]] are numerous.
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...stein in the Duchy of Steiermark, providing many story seeds, house rules, characters and background information of value to all [[Ars Magica]] players.
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...companions and grogs, with perhaps a weak magus. It can serve to probe the characters' inner lives, form new relationships - or to have a bawdy session filled wi
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...powerful tool invented by [[Bonisagus the Founder | Bonisagus]], and most characters won't understand how it works anyway. Use it as a tool to make your adventu
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