I'm still slogging through the ArM5 rules (and rather enjoying it so far), and I've been thinking about Faerie-Blooded individuals. When we look at the examples of Faerie creatures and other magical beings, we see that their Might score provides a sort of innate magical resistance or defence. Faerie-blooded PCs don't have this advantage (nor should they, given the comparative bonuses), but is it possible that they could learn to tap into that side of them? This wouldn't be much use for Magi, since their Parma is already a trainable ability that they can focus on. I was thinking of perhaps tying it in with the Confidence score and the level of Faerie blood. Perhaps allowing individuals with such lineage to spend a confidence point to gain MR for a scene, or those with Strong Faerie Blood capable of learning how to institute a more permanent defence. Or perhaps just gaining more "oomph" from the expenditure of Confidence points. On that note, individuals with True Faith might be able to do the same; their confidence temporarily boosting their faith, and making them a serious threat to magi. I'm still absorbing the mechanics, so I don't have any suggested numbers hashed out yet (I wouldn't want to over-value these things), but the idea has started rolling about. Any thoughts?
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