[quote=@Dyelli Beybi]
[@RevNorv]
Like the app.  What we're wondering about is what, exactly do you want Ardashir to be able to do?  We just want to be sure he isn't outside of the broad power level of other characters.[/quote]

Part of why I wrote the bio from the perspective of a different character, based on somewhat unreliable hearsay, is that I wanted to preserve some wiggle room in that regard; so it's certainly not my intent for Ardashir to be overpowered, and I'm happy to calibrate his abilities based on the atmospherics of the IC. In general, I intended him as a jack-of-all-trades type: good with a sword, but probably not as good as Leofric; a talented physician, but probably not as gifted as Siobhra; a competent mage, but probably not as powerful as a dedicated magical character; and so on, and so forth. Where he would really shine is (1) in his versatility, and (2) as a scholar, which is [i]why[/i] he is so versatile - Arda is good at a bunch of different stuff fundamentally because he is good at [i]learning[/i] itself, and this makes for a well-rounded Renaissance man. As I said, I'm very happy to adjust the details of what that looks like in practice, in order to ensure a balanced party of characters.