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This article contains a selection of Advantages and DisAdvantages that modify the character's ability to cast spells, Endow magic items, or use magic in some other ways.

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Endowing Talent/Incompetence

Endowing Talent

These Advantages give a RD bonus to all uses of the Endowing skill to put Enchantments into items, and to function as an Assistant to another Endower, but not to other uses, e.g. uses reflecting the character's factual knowledge about Endowing or about Enchantments.

Advantage Cost Notes
Endowing Talent 5 DP -1 RD to all Endowing skill rolls.
Endowing Major Talent 15 DP -2 RD to Endowing.
Endowing Grand Talent 60 DP -3 RD to Enwoding.

In addition to the bonus, this general Endowing Talent also lowers the threshold at which the character may pour some of his Essence into an Essence Storage item. The threshold is lowered by the grade, i.s. a character with Major Endowing Talent may pour Essence into an Essence Storage item as soon as his Endowing skill is 4.

Endowing Aspected or Limited Talent

These Advantages give an RD bonus to use of the Endowing skill to put a particular category of Enchantments into items, with this category being chosen by the character crator from the list further down. The higher grades of the Aspected version of the Advantag also gives a lesser RD bonus to all other uses of the Endowing skill.

Aspected Talent with Endowing

Endowing Aspected Talent 3 DP -1 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments.
Endowing Aspected Talent 8 DP -2 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments, -1 RD to Endow anything else.
Endowing Aspected Talent 25 DP -3 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments, -2 RD to Endow anything else.

Limited Talent with Endowing

Advantage Cost Notes
Endowing Limited Talent 3 DP -1 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments.
Endowing Limited Major Talent 6 DP -2 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments.
Endowing Limited Grand Talent 15 DP -3 RD to Endow the specified class of Enchantments.

Yes, Endow Aspected Talent is exactly similar to Endow Limited Talent. Only at the higher grades is there any difference.

Endowing Talent, legal Aspects/Limitations

This is a list of legal choices for Aspects or Limitations for the above Advantages. Note that any of the below are also legal choices for the Specialization of any character's Endowing skill.

  • Focus, and other Spellcasting Tools
  • Weapon Enchantments (any available to the Endowing method, including Steered/Returning Weapon))
  • Armour Enchantments (any available to the Endowing method)
  • Attribute bonus (incl. sub-attribute bonus, Senses, Endurance, and Aging-affecting Enchantments, Amulet bonuses)
  • Amulets and Talismans (note there is some overlap with previoous category)
  • Skill bonus
  • Power bonus
  • Enviromental/Survival (Sustenance, Heat/Cold Tolerance, Diving Enchantments)
  • Slave/Control items (including Cursed Items)
  • Battle Items
  • Oddball Enchantments (Shrink/Transform, Create Wealth, and anything else not fitting any of the above categories)

Any Aspect or Limitation bonus also applies to putting the Item Toughness Enchantment into items.

Endowing Incompetence

Advantage Cost Notes
Endowing Incompetence -1/2MF DP +1 RD to all Endowing skill rolls
Endowing Major Incompetence -MF DP +2 RD to Endowing
Endowing Grand Incompetence -1.5xMF DP +3 RD to Endowing

In addition, the threshold at which the character can function as an Assistant for another Endower, without the character having to make a skill roll, goes up by 1 for each penalty, thus a character with a Major Incompetence with Endowing must have a skill of 8 in Endowing in order to not have to roll.

Spellcasting Talent/Incompetence

Spellcasting Talent

Spellcasting Incompetence

Terrain Affinity

Advice

Please note

See also

Mage Factor Essence traits

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