I am currently writing the background of an angelic bloodline sorcerer that is an academy dropout from the College of Mysteries in Absalom, and I'm having some troubles picturing her studies there:
- From the wiki page, the College of Mysteries has other bard and sorcerer students, so she would be a good fit. However, since she has angelic bloodline, her spell list is divine, not arcane. Does that mean that she would be grouped with the clerics? Or is this up to my imagination?
- As far as I am aware, sorcerers at the College of Mysteries study magic related to items, identification, metamagic, etc. Is it reasonable to assume that there would also be some "practice" spellcasting lessons? I know that sorcerers don not "learn" magic as wizards do, but that does not mean they cannot voluntarily cast their spells, right?
The descriptions says "even some clerics", so I imagine the clerics aren't there to learn spellcasting, but rather to study things like metamagic/spellshaping.
As for picturing her casting-focused studies, that could be practicing tapping into her bloodline power, developing her signature spell, and maybe retraining a spell or two. Thematically, metamagic/spellshape feats are good picks, as well as the Trick Magic Item skill feat.
Thank you.
And when as a child she started spontaneously casting divine spells, how would someone knowledgeable distinguish between a divine bloodline sorcerer and, for example, an oracle? Just because there is apparently an absence of a curse?
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It feels like the academic dropout hands you the tie in your looking for.
Since it gave you trained in arcane you learned knowledge pertaining to that in your studies at the College of Mysteries. Every time you RK something arcane related you are flexing what you learned there, even if your spellcasting aptitude and abilities were divine in nature. You may have practiced alongside clerics for spell casting but you also took classes on the arcane and it reflects in your knowledge that helps you identify arcane magics, creatures, and items.
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Thank you.
And when as a child she started spontaneously casting divine spells, how would someone knowledgeable distinguish between a divine bloodline sorcerer and, for example, an oracle? Just because there is apparently an absence of a curse?
- Flavor-wise, a sorcerer's power comes from their blood, and you'd expect a bit of visual appearance to creep into the person. In a mix of flavor and mechanics, sorcerer's refocus activity is by far the broadest- they can be doing anything and still refocus after ten minutes. That said, Angelic Halo would be a bit of a giveaway by itself.
- Assuming that the focus spell is a later development, Blood Magic would make it obvious to anybody with a decent Religion modifier. When healing someone (the first non-cantrip granted spell), "An angelic aura protects you or one target, granting a +1 status bonus to saving throws for 1 round."- Life oracles (the likeliest confusion) are going to be pretty distinctive, seemingly overflowing with life. While I don't know that a somebody could really distinguish a 6hp class from an 8hp class, distinguishing 6hp from 10hp classes feels like it should be easy at a glance. Life oracles are probably diagnosed more than anything, because "they seemed so healthy, and everything around them grows so well, but they tire rapidly and seem to drain away..." presents as much like a strange medical condition as a curse.
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I have a similar character i play.
He is a failed student, his parents sent him to this prestigious college and paid lots of tuition, but studying is hard and drinking wine with friends much better.
He actually can cast some cantrips and spells just by stealing the magic from a goddess - or maybe by using his bloodline, who knows?
At the start of the campaign, his family caught up to him, cancelled his "student housing" villa and his allowance, causing debtors to come knocking.
Fortunately, there was a group of hardy people, looking for somebody to keep them patched up.
Not intended by me, but totally in character: I thought a tent was part of the adventurers kit and forgot to buy one, the first night with cold weather i found out that one needs one in the wilderness.
Took the dandy archetype, of course.