The Jack of All Trades

Anything, just never perfection. You pick up every school quickly, but mastery slips away.
You are a 2nd-year student at the Cyorian Royal Magical Academy.

1. Origins

Pick 1. Your origin grants a Connection — a person, organization, or access you can leverage during play.

Origin	You come from...	Connection
Foreign Exchange Student	You hail from Koth, Sulamnon, or another distant nation: exotic methods, cultural blind spots.	The Embassy: once per quest, foreign goods, diplomatic sanctuary, or information [[Eldemar\
Street Rat	You grew up in the undercity of Cyoria: routes, survival instinct, street credibility.	Underground Contacts: black market access, 1/session.
Scholar's Child	Archives, academic literacy, and research discipline were your nursery.	Library Access: restricted archives, 1/arc.

2. Attributes

Fixed array. Sum +4.

Attribute	Score
Mental	1
Social	-1
Physical	-1
Memory	2
Calculation	2
Finesse	1
Willpower	0

Mana: 4 + Highest of (Calculation, Finesse, Willpower) = [6] Boxes Ready Glyphs: 2 + Highest of (Calculation, Memory) = [4]

3. Starting Schools

1 dot each in three different Schools Lore of your choice — grants 3 Spell Formula (1 per dot)

Baseline casting starts with your school-native starter glyph. You may hold a number of Mastered Spells in active recall equal to your Memory attribute.

4. Playbook Moves

Signature Move (auto-granted)

Quick Study: When you learn a new formula, you may cast it once, immediately, as if it were Mastered. After that, it's just another formula in your Grimoire.

Choose 2 of 6

Copycat: When you observe an enemy or ally cast a spell, roll +Memory. 10+: you instantly memorize its Spell Formula and can cast it for the rest of the scene as if it were Mastered. 7-9: you copy a fragile version — it works once, then destabilizes. 6-: you misread the casting, expose yourself to backlash, a trace, or a trap, and the GM makes a hard move.
Adaptive Casting: When you change glyph, school, or tags mid-cast — after your declaration but before the fiction settles — roll +Calculation instead of the usual stat. 10+: the revised spell works cleanly. 7-9: it works, but the GM picks the flaw: shorter duration, louder signature, or a wrong-shaped effect. 6-: the spell twists in your hands, and the GM makes a hard move.
Generalist's Eye: When you first encounter a problem, you can always claim some relevant familiarity. Ask the GM "what do I know about this?" — they answer truthfully, drawing on your breadth of dabbling.
Helping Hand: When you help an ally with a task, name a time you dabbled in exactly this; add +1 to their roll, and the GM answers one question you ask about the task.
Curiosity: When you abandon your current plan to chase a new lead, technique, or mystery, mark 1 Study Points and Insights. The GM will make the detour cost you something.
Street Scholar: When you roll +Mental to recall something obscure, a 7-9 still gives you a partial answer — a rumor, a fragment, a name — never nothing.

5. Starting Gear

A satchel of pamphlets, notes, and sketches from every school
A thrift-store Standard Focus that's seen better days
Three different schools' textbooks, all heavily annotated
A growing list of professors who owe you a favor

6. Bonds

Format: "I have a bond of [Emotion/Concept] with [NPC Name] because [Reason]."

Someone here keeps asking you for help with their homework because...
Someone here thinks your dabbling is a waste of talent because...

7. Advancement

Fiction-first milestone hooks — the GM can use them when you spend SP/IP or when a chapter closes. Growth shows in the story, not on a table.

Everything, never perfect. What skill are you quietly better at than you admit? Why do you hide it?
The missing piece. Which single thing would you master if you had to choose — and what does choosing cost?
Everyone's second. When the team needs one person to step up, is it ever you?