> Gotcha -- I've told the players that IMG, Heortling not-adults do
> are not initiates, only adults may be initiates. Ergo, my
> characters magic keywords look like this:
>
> Issaries (Worshipper) 15
>
> My intention is that part of the period of being a "New Adult" is
> learning what one needs to learn in order to turn that keyword
> into:
>
> Issaries (Initiate) 17
>
> Mechanically, that's represented by them having to spend HP to
> bring the rating up to 17.
>
> I've been toying with the notion that they'll be considered "new
> adults" until all their keyword-given abilities are up to 17, but
> I'm not sure about whether the game-play pace will match the
> game-time pace required for receiving and spending HP. (I suppose
> I could sit down and do the math .... <sigh> ....)
Or you could wave your hands :)
Basically, state after a few sessions OK, you've been getting
instruction, add one to each ability in your key words (and maybe to
one or two other skills too, depending on where you started their
background skills at). You can do the same thing again just before
their initiation.
--Bryan