[ArM5] FAQ Update

[Saxum Caribetum]

Andrew Gronosky wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The unofficial Ars Magica FAQ has been updated for 5th Edition.  See 
> http://www.redcap.org/FAQ/FAQ.html.  It would have been done earlier 
> but I was busy writing the Book of Mundane Beasts.

Splendid update- quite comprehensive section on 5e...

a few errata for the FAQ:
the FAQ says

> Does the Puissant Ability Virtue affect what the character can teach 
> and write? Does Puissant Magic Theory let a character use more vis in 
> the lab?
>
> The errata make this more clear. A character with Puissant Ability 
> treats that Ability as if it were two points higher for all purposes, 
> including teaching, writing books, and using vis in the lab.

the Atlas Games errata state instead

> Puissant (Ability) (p. 48): Replace the first sentence of the text 
> with: "You are particularly adept with one Ability, and add 2 to its 
> value whenever you use it. Note that you do not, in general, use an 
> Ability when learning it, teaching it, or writing about it."

note in the AG version: you do not use it when teaching or writing about 
it...
Addition of the Virtue includes using Vis in the Lab but specifically 
excludes writing or teaching.


Verditius Runes - the description is accurate but misses the point that 
freedom of shape/material *also* lets the Verditius choose a 
construction which lets them apply their Craft ability - which they 
might not be able to do if they were choosing the construction to gain 
shape-and-material bonuses. Adding Craft to Lab Total is what actually 
lets Verditius magi achieve higher Lab Totals than others...

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