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title: Cieran the Fletcher, magus ex Miscellanea
categories: PC magus
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- [Character Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xVK0aCkR31ZlWLQ58uR5_gmo5oHUzgqT5rlv4VGmfxs/edit?usp=sharing)
- [Lab of Cieran]()
- [Cookie Stock](Cieran/Cookies)
- [Advancement Log](Cieran/Advancement)
    - [Plans](Cieran/Plans)
- [Historical Notes](Cieran/Historical Notes)
    - [Cieran at Gauntlet](Cieran/At Gauntlet)
- [Standard Grog Quiver](Cieran/Standard Grog Quiver)
- Familiar: Jimeny [Grasshopper]()
- [Servants of the People]()

+ **Born** 1192
+ **Aging modifier** -24 (Age +6)
    + -30 (Longevity ritual -22, Lab -1 (Health +2), Covenant Living Conditions -2, Strong Faerie Blood -3, Familiar Bronze Cord -2)
+ **Age** 57; apparent age 51; up to date Winter 1249
+ **Personality Traits**  Meddler +6, Carefree +3, Meticulous +3, Villager +1
+ **Warping** 0 (1)
+ **Reputation** 
    + Friends of Clon MacNoise 3 [local to lands of O'Sullivan]
    + Crafter of Magic 2 (+5xp) [Hermetic] 20xp from Lab Aestethics`
    + Monster Hunter 1 [local to the village in Provence] 
+ **Confidence Score** 1 - **Confidence points** 28
+ **Casting Sigil:** A gentle gust of air		
+ **Voting Sigil**

# Virtues and Flaws

- 0	Craft Magic				
- 0	Spell Foci						
- +1	Minor Magical Focus (magical arrows)				
- +3	Strong Faerie Blood (Ettin Blood +1 Sta)
- +3	Flawless Magic				
- +1	Book Learner										
- +1	Affinity with Imaginem										
- +1	Skilled Parens	
- -0	Weak Spontaneous Magic		
- -3	Meddler			(Personality)		- 	
- -1	Carefree		(Personality)	
- -3	Mistaken Identity	(Story)
- -3	Short-Range Magic					
- (mystery) Puissant SOCP Lore 
- (mystery) Good Teacher					
- (mystery) Cautious Sorcerer					

# Characteristics

**Original** Int +3, Per -1, Pre 0, Com -1, Str +2, Sta +3, Dex +2, Qik -3

**Current (1247)** Int +3, Per +1, Pre 0, Com +5, Str +2, Sta +3, Dex +2, Qik -3

**1243** Int +3, Per +1, Pre 0, Com +1, Str +2, Sta +3, Dex +2, Qik -3
								
# Backstory

Cieran was born close to the current site of Elk's Run, in the border region between Münster and Connacht, to an unfree peasant family of the clan Uí Sheachnasaigh.  About the age of ten, he was found by an itinerant magus ex Miscellanea visiting Elk's Run, and he was taking to Cad Gadu in Stonehenge to train as a magus.

During his apprenticeship, Cieran's love for craftsmanship was evident, and the master encouraged him to develop it. Together they explored the potential of magical arrows, and Cieran trained as an archer as well, to support his craft.

After apprenticeship he wanted to go back to his clan, and with so many of them serving as covenfolk and herders at Elk's Run, he applied to join them.

Contrary to the other magi, Cieran has built his workshop in an ordinary house in the village, admittedly a little larger than a peasant's cottage, but he does not feel at home in the stone buildings of the English.

# Appearance

Cieran is generally cheerful and helpful.  Helpful to the point of a nuisance.  He moves slowly and carefully.

Cieran dresses like a craftsman, with a sturdy leather apron and tool belt,
carrying multiple knives and pouches holding raw materials and casting
tools.
When he leaves the covenant, he dresses more like a forester, with an
English longbow on his back.  He still wears the tool belt, along with
a bandolier with throwing darts and two quivers of arrows.  The arrows
and darts have flashy feathers in different colours.  Cieran is very 
protecting of this equipment.  «Careful.  Don't touch.  It is dangerous.»
Some archer grogs may know a bit more, as Cieran would happily give away
an arrow or dart to satisfy particular needs, but then always under very
strict instructions, because the arrows are really dangerous.


# Design Comments

Cieran is a rustic magus.  He has a Craft: Cooking skill to allow him to brew potions, but the main concept is around Fletching and Archery.  

He has the Short-Range Flaw.  I have assumed that using craft magic items, it suffices that the item touches the target, not the caster. The concept revolves around embedding touch range spells in arrows and shoot them at the target. All the spells he knows should be reviewed to validate that this is indeed possible.

The minor magical focus, in magical arrows and darts, is supposed to help for every spell delivered this way. Arguably, this is a very flexible application, but it should be noted that it does not help him learn spells, because the spell itself is not restricted to the focus.  The only use is to boost penetration.

# Equipment

## Default Travelling Equipment

+ **Casting tools**:
  Mirror, Copper ring, Cow horn, Leather glove, 
  small pouch of down, small crystal, piece of amber, comb,
  fan, earring, small brass bell, rabbit bone,
  cypress wand (8"), sea shell, glass vial, dog's tooth, 
+ **Weapons**: Longbow and arrows, Dagger, Quarterstaff
+ Fletching tools and materials
+ Writing Materials
+ Lantern
+ Enchanted Items
    + Stone-Cutting Knife (from Spring 1234, made by Hiccup)
    + Porter's Glove (from Spring 1234, made by Hiccup)
    + Weightless Chain (from Autumn 1235, made by Hiccup)
      Protection 9, Load 2
+ [Cookies and Arrows](Cieran/Cookies)    

## Treasures

+ From the snake in Provence
    - Fangs
    - Venom Sacks
+ Pebble from Tres' Covenant

## Lab Equipment

**Safe Cauldron** (+1 GQ, +1 Experimentation)
CrIg30. The cauldron gently heats the contents,
and the temperature can easily be adjusted by concentrating.
Side effect: the cauldron gives off a smell of saffron, with intensity 
increasing with the heat.

**Chamber Pot** PeCo(Aq)20 (text) (from Spring 1235, made by Hiccup)

**Fan of Summer Breezes**

## Arcane Connections

+ Own lab
+ Tress' Covenant
+ Standing Stones in Bretagne
+ Qui Sonant (polite distance)
+ Killaloe (secluded location in the woods 250-500 paces downstream)
+ Tribunal Location (polite distance)

## Contacts

+ Correspondent Imaginem: Rudolph at Irencilia

## Vis

| Amount | Art      | Comment |
|--------|----------|----------------|
| 2p     | Rego     | from Jerome's body |
| --     | Perdo    | |
| --     | Intellego     | Wyrm meat |
| --     | Muto     | Wyrm meat |
| --     | Terram   | |
| --     | Creo     | allowance 1223+old claim 1226+41-42 |
| 3p     | Ignem     | allowance 1241-42 |
| 4p     | Mentem     | paid from Sean 1249 for item |
| --    | Imaginem | |
| --    | Vim | |
| *29*  | *Total*    | |


- *Note* from 1239 he pays 1p/year for faerie ingredients

### Vis earned and spent

| Year | Gained | Spent | Outstanding | Purpose |
| :-   | :- | :- | :- |:----------------|
| 1217 |    |    | 3p | Salary for the Limerick job |
| 1218 | 3p Rego, 1p Perdo | | | Jerome's body |
| 1218 | 3p Terram | | |  Salary (Jerome's Tower job) |
| 1222 |    | | 3p | Salary for creating mining tools.  |
| 1223 | 2p Creo | | | Allowance 1223. First year with automatic vis allowance |
| 1224-26 | | | 6p | Allowance |
| 1226 | 3p Creo; 8p Mentem | | less 11p | Old claim (3p salary 1217, 3p salary 1222, 5p allowance for 1224-1226, 1p outstanding) |
| 1226 | 10p Imaginem | | | arrows sold at the Midsummer Fair |
| 1227 |    | 3p Creo | 4p | Safe Cauldron. Salary for spell copying |
| 1227-30 | | | 8p | Allowance |
| 1228 | 3p Vim | | |  Arrows/cookies sold at the Grand Tribunal |
| 1230 |    | 1p of Imaginem | | gift to the fox-man |
| 1231 |    | 9p Imaginem | |bind the familiar |
| 1231-34 |  | | 8p | Allowances |
| 1233 | 8p Mentem, 1p Terram | 16p Mentem | less 9p | Old claim + Gift of Perception |
| 1235 | 2p | 5p | | Allowance and 3p Terram spent on enchantments |
| 1236 |    |    | 6p | Allowance + Salary |
| 1237 |    |    | 2p | Allowance |
| 1238 | 16p   | 9p | | The Wyrm less 5p for the initiation and 3p to Hiccup |
| 1238-40 | 24p   |18p | -18  | 16p Mentem (rituals), 2p Auram, 3p Animal (2p for faerie ingredients) and 3p Vim in allowance |
| 1241 |       | 8p |  | Fan 2p, ACs 6p Vim | 
| 1241-42 |  14p  | 1p |  -2p | Withdrawn 2p Cr, 1p An (to faeries), 3p Ig, 8p Me |
| 1242 |   | 4p |  | 2p Vim; 1p Perdo; 1p Terram to Maine for the Longevity Ritual |
| 1243 | 1p| - |  | allowance 1p Perdo; (+1p allowance for faerie ingredients) |
| 1244 | 18p| - |  | Vim earned at Fair |
| 1245 | 2p | - |  | Terram from Vincenzo's body |
| 1244-47 | 12p | 4p | - | 12p Mentem; (8p allowance 4p salary) spent 4p Vim on faerie ingredients|
| 1247 | | 24p | - | 20p Mentem + 4p Creo + (traded) 14p Vim,  1p Perdo, 4p Intellego, 2p Muto, 2p Terram, 1p Rego for CrMe rituals |
| 1249 | 4p | | | 4p Mentem (+3p spent on enchantment) from Sean |
| *SUM* | *113* | *78* | - |

**Covenant Service** in 1217, 1218, 1222, 1227, 1236, 1241, 1242