The Library of the Covenant of Alexandria


Summae





Notes

Summae
It has Level and Quality. May be studied multiple seasons, as long as your Art or Knowledge is less than the Level. You can gain max. 3 levels in a season, execess xp are lost.
If an Art, xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality)
If a Knowledge, xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality)/5 (round up)

Libri Quaestionum
It has Target Level and Quality. (Quality is typically higher than that of a summa.) May only be studied one season with benefit. You can gain max. 3 levels in a season, execess xp are lost.
If an Art xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality - (5X)), where X is the difference between your Art and the LQ's Target.
If a Knowledge xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality - (5X))/5 (round up), where X is the difference between your Skill and the LQ's Target.

Tractatus
It has Quality. May only be studied one season with benefit. You must already know the spell described.
If an Art xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality)
If a Knowledge xp = (Int + Artes Liberales + Quality)/5 (round up)

Studying from Vis to learn Arts
Need 1-3 pawns of Vis of the appropriate Art. You can gain max. 3 levels in a season, execess xp are lost. If you roll a 0, you fail, and roll botch dice equal to the number of pawns.
xp = (stress die * pawns) + Aura

Studying from Vis to learn Magic Theory
Need 1-3 pawns of Vis of different kinds (one Form, one Technique). If you roll a 0, you fail, and roll botch dice equal to the number of pawns.
total = (stress die * pawns) + Aura
If this is >= (3 * your Magic Theory), gain 3 xp.
If this is >= (2 * your Magic Theory), gain 2 xp.
If this is > your Magic Theory, gain 1 xp.

Quality is typically the writer's Com + Scribe Latin + 6 for a LQ, +3 for a Summa.