For Care of Magical Creatures, Miya would roll 5 dice, keep the 4 highest, and then add 5.<br/><br/>I'm not sure what you mean about a+1.  There are some qualities (like Talented) that grant a +1, and some wands have +1/-1 modifiers.  The 1B in Empathy was bought by you.  Specialties are bought completely separately from abilities.  There isn't really a minimum score, though you can't have more bonus die than test die.  What that means is that if an ability is at 2, you may not have more than +2B.<br/><br/>Also, Muse, you can talk about your char all you want, just didn't want him being a significant character.