Constantino

[Tumbleweed Tea]

I've seen many mage builds going with Constantino but... u can learn potions from the other alchemist in town and about strenght elixir... im going mage with only dex so... and those mushrooms can give me permanent mana right? So i dont see why should i give it to him...or to be his apprentice... or am i missing something? I just dont see why should i choose him as a mage for any other than roleplaying reasons...

[ShinraV]

You can learn alchemy from others as well. The mushroom you should eat yourself as a mage. If you want to rp, then well alchemist it is.

[D36]

You can even learn strenght elixir from him without being his apprentice. You just need to join Bosper or Harad.
Anyway, there are some reasons exists, since Constantino buys all types of mushrooms, and you only need one to boost your mana. So, just eat small mushrooms and sell big mushrooms. Still better than learning smithing or furs as mage (but not as much rewarding, for sure).

[[P]etya]

Most of your income will be from Dark Mushrooms, which is necessary for the permanent bonus. The other type of mushroom is rather scarce to be profitable, if you pick Constantino. Also 5LP is nothing for that amount of money Bosper can provide. Mage characters are usually more gold heavy than LP heavy, because even if you don't have huge amount of mana, you can still use scrolls, but the problem is that scrolls cost a lot.

You can learn from Constantino even if you don't join him, if you know how to brew potions and you are a citizen of Khorinis.

People usually choose him as a mage and other castes, because he doesn't require the player to spend LP to earn money and you can learn alchemy from him, which is valuable. Constantino is usually a newbie choice (I was also picking him when I was beginner, but later I found out that Bosper is the most profitable). Shortly they usually save that 5 LP for other purposes, but that 5 LP is irrelevant later in the game. You will need to learn to gut animals as a mage anyway, because late game runes require ingredients, which are really hard to come by (Demon's Heart,Tongue of Fire); and because late game spells barely have any scrolls (as far as I know, the spell Wave of Death has like 2-3 scrolls in the entire game) you are bound to make those runes, if you plan to use them.

[Humpenstilzchen]

There is really no point going to constantino other then for roleplaying purpose.

[Theggman111]

this thing is unbalanced. Now I though about joining constantino for RP but there are few problems. You can sell him all your mushrooms and then buy these which give u 5 mana bonus. Just sell the big ones. But after all other masters are more profitable. Is there any mod to change it? i