Now that I mention it, giving it a try wouldn't hurt though: Conjuring the Skillful GM, CrCo 75 + Mentem :P On a side note: I don't know if you have read anything about Mythic Europe, but the european civilization and consequentially, the hermetic order has several peripheries: fringe areas like scandinavia, the middle-east, or edge of eastern europe, or the northernmost parts of scotland, where the presence of the Order is weak and society (in some cases, at least) is still not highly centralised. That offers some leeway to GMs and player as well, who wish to start a saga which is not very lore-heavy.