[ArM5] RE: Hermes Portal

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From: "Darren Miguez" <vrylakos at hotmail.com>

> So, I have Ars Magica from 2nd edition. I plan on going 5th Edition when I 
> play in future (I will play in future. I WILL!) so I'm wondering if 
> there's any great problem using material from the HP's prior to Ars5? From 
> reading the table of contents for each issue, many of them seem to be idea 
> pieces, rather than rules crunch pieces.

A fair amount of the good ideas for ArM5 originated in a Hermes Portal 
article. Flick through them and you'll see things like Faerie Magic, 
definitions of wards, spell mastery, familiars, and so on that were 
incorporated into ArM5.

As for utility for the rules... well, most of the spells can be fairly 
easily translated. Other bits are just like house rules. Artistic Ability by 
Michael de Verteuil (from HP2) is still valid for example; Erik Dahl's 
Bonisagus Redux is less useful, for example.

Other articles retain their usefulness, like any of the "adventures", or the 
various "Why don't the Bjornaer Bind Familiars" type articles.

~Alex