Janus would vote low level over the higher ones to ensure penetration.
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Janus will be copying Pilum of Fire in to our Grimoire fairly soon after we settle down so I would put that as a lower priority.
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Thadeus knows Veil of Invisibility, so he could do the same. His lab texts are all in his head.
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Is there willingness of the magi to craft enchanted items for companions?
Of course not. But then, Thadeus doesn't know what we have already! 
I guess this discussion allows us all to know what we have or can bring to the grimoire.
If there's a consensus to spending a season writing lab texts, it's something Cath'rinne can consider doing as well if her spells are useful to others. She's more into spontaneous magic, however.
Janus thinks writing your lab text in to the grimoire should be a high priority for everyone.
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We have three specialists working on copying laboratory texts in Automn 1013.
Bookbinder: (craft: bookbinding 5 + Scribe 3 + MT 1)
Illuminator: (craft: illumination 5 + Scribe 3 + MT 1)
Scribe (Profession: scribe 5 + Magic Theory 2)
This sum of Profession Scribe abilities is 11. At 60 levels per season per points in profession scribe, they're able to copy 660 levels of laboratory texts.
I also think 660 may be more than necessary, so one will help with copying lab texts, another will copy "Diedne Lore: Know thy enemy by Tacitus of Tremere Q8, dated Blackthorn 1010" which takes an entire season per tractatus. Final copiable lab texts = 8 scribe points or 480 levels.
I'm coming up with this list include casting tablets which are copied as lab texts:
| Type | Name | Tech | Form | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casting Tablet | Heal Incapacitating Wound | Cr | Co | 35 | |
| Casting Tablet | Inexorable Search | In | Co | 41 | Built with 21 penetration |
| Casting Tablet | Leap of Homecoming | Re | Co | 35 | |
| Enchanted Devices lab text | Incendior Homine | Cr | Ig | 40 | Cov p. 53, +28 Penetration variant |
| Enchanted Devices lab text | Flaming Sword | Cr | Ig | 35 | A longsword that, when drawn, casts Blade of the Virulent Flame on itself. Creo Ignem 15, +3 6 uses per day, +17 for 34 Penetration |
| Enchanted Devices lab text | Weightless Chain | Pe | Te | 29 | A Full Chain Mail set that uses a Personal version of Hauberk of Sublime Lightness (PeTe 25) that is truly constant (+4). |
| Enchanted Devices lab text | Invisibility Cloak | Pe | Im | 25 | When the cloak's hood is drawn up and tied below the neck, the wearer becomes Invisible as per Veil of Invisibility (with D: Conc). PeIm 15, item maintains concentration +5, +5 24 uses per day |
| Enchanted Devices lab text | Flying Broomstick | Cr(Re) | Au | 39 | (also explains how to get a +5 shape bonus to flight from the broom) based on Wings of the Soaring Wind Cr(Re)Au30, maintains concentration and 12 uses/day |
| Spells laboratory text | Pilum of Fire | Cr | Ig | 20 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Wizard's Sidestep | Re | Im | 10 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Demon's Eternal Oblivion | Pe | Vi | 5 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Faerie's Eternal Oblivion | Pe | Vi | 5 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Magic's Eternal Oblivion | Pe | Vi | 5 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Gather the Essence of the Beast | Re | Vi | 20 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Circling Winds of Protection | Cr(Re) | Au | 20 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Circular Ward against Faeries | Re | Vi | 20 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Circular Ward against Demons | Re | Vi | 20 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Circular Ward against The Beasts of Legend | Re | An | 30 | |
| Spells laboratory text | The Crystal Dart | Mu(Re) | Te | 10 | |
| Spells laboratory text | Leap of Homecoming | Re | Co | 35 |
Total lab text levels is 479.
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Looks good to me.