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Baetain is a specialist in animal magic -- specifically, creating them and controlling them. He has invented many unique spells which allow him to create animals out of thin air and control them by mental command. Harnessed Magic allows him to dispel these conjured animals when he has no further use for them. He is not particularly good at one-on-one magical violence (though he can conjure a cobra out of thin air with a Penetration of around 31), but he is excellent at creating hordes of flying, venomous, or predatory beasts and is capable of destroying an army single-handedly, especially if able to operate at night.
Baetain wears the skin of a wolf which allows him to transform into one of these animals, and his familiar is one of the white wolves ubiquitous to his House. He wields an enchanted whip, but this is primarily defensive in nature, designed to allow him to escape disaster. He is capable of avoiding harm through Wizard's Leap, and can even cast the spell perfectly while in wolf-shape.
Age 67 in 1227
Size 0
Regretful, Conflicted, Pragmatic
Virtues Hermetic Magus; The Gift; Minor Magical Focus: Certamen; Affinity with Animal (+1), Entrancement (+3), Harnessed Magic (+1), Inoffensive to Animals (+1), Puissant Animal (+1), Second Sight (+1), Skilled Parens (+1), Skinchanger: Wolf (+1)
Int +3, Per, Pre 0, Com -2, Str 0, Sta +2, Dex 0, Qik +1
Abilities Animal Handling 6 (wolves), Artes Liberales 1, Athletics 2 (hiking), Awareness 2 (animals), Concentration 3 (ending spells), Entrancement 5 (grogs), Faerie Lore 1 (beasts), Finesse 3 (Certamen), Hibernia Lore 3, Latin 5, Magic Lore 2 (beasts), Magic Theory 6 (Animal), Parma Magica 4 (Corpus), Penetration 3 (Animal), Philosophiae 1, Ride 2 (conjured horses), Second Sight 3 (ghosts), Survival 2, Swim 2
Arts Cr 17, In 7, Mu 5, Pe 5, Re 17; An 25+3 (217 + Affinity), Aq 6, Au 6, Co 6, He 6, Ig 6, Im 6, Me 6, Te 6, Vi 6
Lab Total: Te + Fo + 31 (Int 3 + MT 7 + 8 Familiar + 13 Lab) + 1 Rego or Perdo
Spells
True Rest of the Injured Brute +47 (CrAn 20)
To Defy Saint Patrick +51T (Cr[Re]An 30)
Conjuration of the Raptor +51T (Cr[Re]An 30)
Calling the Midnight Prowler +51T (Cr[Re]An 35)
Weaver's Trap of Webs +47 (CrAn 35)
Wizard's Mount +51T (CrAn 35)
Plague of Asps +51T (Cr[Re]An 40)
Flight of Falcons +51T (Cr[Re]An 40)
Army of Darkness +51T (Cr[Re]An 45)
Opening the Tome of the Animal's Mind +37 (InAn 25)
Riding the Beast +37 (InAn 20)
Doublet of Impenetrable Silk +35 (MuAn 15)
Decay Fur and Hide +39T (PeAn 10)
Agony of the Beast +39T (PeAn 15)
Blunt the Viper's Fangs +39T (PeAn 20)
The Falcon's Hood +39T (PeAn 25)
Circle of Beast Warding +51T (ReAn 5)
Panic of the Elephant's Mouse +51T (ReAn 15)
The Gentle Beast +51T (ReAn 25)
Ward Against the Beasts of Legend +51T (ReAn 25)
Commanding the Harnessed Beast +51T (ReAn 30)
Unfeeling Horde +51T (ReAn 35)
True Sight of the Air +15 (InAu 15)
Eyes of the Cat +19T (MuCo 5)
Wizard's Leap +29 (ReCo 15) Mastery 4: Fast-Cast, Silent Casting, Quiet Casting x2
Mark of Umbrage +25 (CrIm 25)
Tracks of the Faerie Glow +15 (InTe 25)
Scales of the Magical Weight +15 (InVi 5)
Sense the Nature of Vis +15 (InVi 5)
Gather the Essence of the Beast +25 (ReVi 15)
Ritual Communion +25 (ReVi 25)
Familiar: Baetan's familiar is a Common White Wolf with Might 10, Int +1, and Magic Theory 6. The bond is enchanted so the two have mental communication with each other, and Baetain has recently reformed the bond. Gold +3, Silver +2, Bronze +3
Laboratory: Baetain lives in the ruins of the old tower, a structure mostly destroyed when the covenant changed hands. The building is in poor shape, but he's the only magus remaining in it, and has plenty of room.
Size +2, Refinement +3, Safety 0, Upkeep +4, General Quality +2, Aesthetics +3
Specializations: Pe +1, Re +1; An +11, Me +1; Vis Extraction +1
Free Virtues & Flaws: Dedicated Building (Upkeep +1, Aesthetics +1, Re +1), Highly Organized (+1 GQ), Servant (Safety +1, Aesthetics +1, Me +1), Superior Equipment (GQ +1, Upkeep +2, Safety +1, Vis Extraction +1); Deformed (Safety -1, Aesthetics -1, Pe +1)
Virtues: Greater Expansion (GQ +2, Upkeep +4, Aesthetics +1, An +2), Greater Feature: Animal Pen (Aesthetics +2, An +3), Menagerie (Upkeep +1, Safety -1, Aesthetics -1, An +2)
Flaws: Greater Focus: Animal Pen (-2 GQ, An +4)
Talisman: the Whip of Baetain
Baetain's talisman is a whip, the handle of which is the bone of stag with an opal set in the base. It was opened with 8 pawns of vis, 7 of which are full. Baetain's whip is tied round his wrist with a leather thong, so that he is not separated from it when he transforms into a wolf.
+6 eyes
+4 control humans or animals
+4 travel
+4 harm animals
Snap of Homecoming
ReCo 35
2/day
As the spell Leap of Homecoming.
Base 35, +1 for 2/day
Snap of Invisibility
PeIm 21
50/day
As the spell Veil of Invisibility
Base 4, +1 Conc, +1 changing image, +5 levels item maintains concentration, +6 50/day
Unique Spells
To Defy Saint Patrick (Cr[Re] 30)
Requisite: Rego
This spell conjures a single asp (Egyptian cobra) that obeys the caster's commands. An asp is Size -3 and its venom is described in ArM5.
Base 10, +2 Voice, +1 Diameter, +1 Rego
Plague of Asps (Cr[Re]An 40)
Requisite: Rego
This spell creates a carpet of 100 asps (Egyptian cobras). Combined, their mass is that of ten men. They obey the caster's mental commands.
Base 10, +2 Voice, +1 Diameter, +1 Rego, +2 Group
Conjuration of the Raptor (Cr[Re]An 30)
Requisite: Rego
This spell creates a falcon that obeys the caster's mental commands.
Base 10, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Rego
Flight of the Falcons (Cr[Re]An 40)
The caster creates a flock of 100 falcons, all of whom obey the caster's mental commands. Each falcon is Size -3. Baetain used Conjuration of the Raptor to invent this spell.
Base 10, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Rego, +2 Group
Calling the Midnight Prowler (Cr[Re]An 35)
This spell creates a wolf that obeys the caster's mental commands.
Base 15, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Rego
Army of Darkness (Cr[Re]An 45)
This spell creates a pack of 20 wolves which obey the caster. Baetain used Calling the Midnight Prowler to help invent this spell.
Base 15, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +1 Rego, +2 Group
Riding the Beast (InAn 20)
The caster's can read the thoughts of an animal he has touched, and can indirectly sense the animal's location, using it as a spy. This spell does not grant any way to communicate or command the animal, because Baetain uses his summoned animals for this purpose and can already control them by mental command,
Base 5, +1 Touch, +2 Sun
Unfeeling Horde (ReAn 35)
Up to 10 animals become immune to fatigue penalties and wound penalties. The animals gain 1 Warping point.
Base 10, +1 Touch, +2 Sun, +2 Group
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