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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4665313" data-attributes="member: 19675">Some other possibilities:1) Add bonus Metamagic, Creation, Reserve or Heritage/Bloodline Feats.2) Boost his starting gold/equipment, possibly granting him a couple of key magic items, especially if the campaign is starting at higher than 1st level.3) Action points, action points, action points.4) A network of support NPCs- a barkeep with an ear for gossip, healers, magic shop owner, former teacher, street-level contacts, watchmen- as appropriate.  Not only would they provide certain skills and resources he may not have at his immediate disposal, they also function as the "voice of the DM."  For a more "fantastic" feel, his network could include things like ancestral spirits, the "ghost" of a former fellow mage, otherworldly guides, or perhaps even a low-level magic divination item...an actual working "Magic 8-Ball," for instance.5) My personal favorite: without your actually boosting the PC's HP or the like, you can dramatically boost the PC's potency by using Midnight 2Ed's Heroic Paths.  That way, the player can choose how his PC is different from the "run of the mill" people around him (hopefully in a way consistent with and enriching his PC concept), and you can shape your adventures with that in mind.</blockquote>