Editing Diarmud Sucach (section)

=== Virtues ===
'''The Gift''' (free)
'''Hermetic Maga''' (free, social)
'''Master Bard''' (Major, Social Status)
The character has spent at least nine 
years of study at a bardic school and is a 
master of the trade, called an Anruth. He has a teaching position at a prestigious school, or else an official position with an Irish clan chief; either way this earns him a Local Reputation at level 3. If resident at a school, he has an obligation to teach for at least two seasons a year; if he works for a lord, two seasons are instead spent composing praise poems and stories for his patron. The character should be at least 25 years old, and must have a Profession: Storyteller or Poet of at least 5, and also a 5 in at least one of Area Lore, Organization Lore, Faerie Lore, or Magic Lore. You can spend experience points on Arcane Abilities at character creation, and have an extra 240 experience points to spend on Art of Memory, Profession: Storyteller, Profession: Poet, any Area 
Lore, any Organization Lore, Faerie Lore, 
or Magic Lore. (This is the Irish equivalent of the Magister in Artibus Virtue) (from the Contested Isle)
'''Common Sense''' (Minor, General) 
Whenever you are about to do something contrary to what is sensible in the game setting, common sense (the story guide) alerts you to the error. This is an excellent Virtue for a beginning player, as it legitimizes any help the story guide may give.
'''Diedne Magic''' (Major, Hermetic) Your magic lineage and traditions are from the druids and the vanquished former house of Diedne, making you especially skilled with spontaneous magic. When you cast a spontaneous spell without expending fatigue, you may choose to divide by five or by two. If you choose to divide by five, you need not roll a stress die, and cannot botch, just as normal. If you choose to divide by two, you must roll astress die, and may botch. When you expend fatigue on casting a spontaneous spell, the lowest applicable Art is doubled before the whole total is divided by two. You still roll a stress die, and may botch. You must keep your lineage hidden from the Order, giving you the Major Story Flaw Dark Secret. This is in addition to your normal allowance of Flaws, and does not grant you any points with which to buy Virtues.
'''Mythic Blood''' (Major, Hermetic) You are a blood descendant of either a wizard of legend (possibly one of the Twelve Founders, or some other ancient and powerful sorcerer) or a supernatural being (such as adragon). Your potent Gift means that you do not lose Fatigue levels if your Casting Total falls short of the level of a formulaic spell by less than ten points, although you do lose Fatigue if the spell fails completely. You must expend Fatigue normally to cast spontaneous magic, and if you fail to cast a formulaic spell you lose the normal number of Fatigue levels. Additionally, you may choose one special magic feat which you can invoke at will and cancel at will, as often as you like. Invoking this feat takes as long as fast-casting a mastered formulaic spell (see page 87), and requires the same level of concentration. The effect should be designed as a Hermetic effect, with a level + Penetration limited as below. The Penetration of the effect is not modified by the magus’s Penetration Ability score, and cannot be negative, so that the highest possible level of the effect is 30.
Invocation: Level + Penetration Speak and Gesture: 30 Speak: 25 Gesture: 20 Neither Speak nor Gesture: 15
This Virtue includes a Minor Magical  Focus in an area related to your legendary ancestor and a hereditary Minor Personality Flaw (both at no extra cost). Mythic Blood is not particularly uncommon in the Order of Hermes, so this Virtue does not grant any Reputation. (Valkerie)
'''Minor Magical Focus''' (Minor, Hermetic) Your magic is particularly attuned to some narrow field, such as self-transformation, birds of prey, or healing. In general, the field should be slightly narrower than a single Technique and Form combination, although it may include restricted areas of several such combinations. Healing, for example, is a partof Creo Corpus, Creo Animal, and possibly Creo Herbam. You cannot be focused on a laboratory activity, such as creating charged items, although a focus does apply to laboratory activities. When you cast a spell or generate a Lab Total within your focus, add the lowest applicable Art score twice, as for a Major Magical Focus (page 45). A magus may only have one Magical Focus, whether major or minor, regardless ofthe source of the focus. (Ghosts) (from Mythic Blood)
'''Fast Caster''' (Minor, Hermetic) Your magic takes less time to perform than that of other magi. You gain +3 to Initiative to cast spells in combat. (Free from House)
'''Ways of the (Grasslands)''' (Major, General) You have a deep understanding of a type of terrain, feeling more natural and at home there than anywhere else. Examples include Ways ofthe Forest, Ways of the Mountain, Ways of the Steppe or Ways of the Town. You get a +3 bonus to all rolls, including combat, that directly involve that area and its inhabitants; mundane, magical, or faerie. In addition, you roll one fewer botch die than normal (which may mean you roll no botch dice) in rolls that pertain to your area of understanding. You are not normally molested by animals of the terrain, and though particularly vicious creatures may still attack you, at least they’ll accord you proper respect. (For Ways of the Town, this still applies to town animals, of which there are plenty in the medieval world, rather than people. The +3 bonus does apply to people.) You may choose this Virtue multiple times, for different types of terrain.(free from House)