Chapter III (1230-1234)

[Peregrine_Bjornaer]

@Ryu

Vulcanus will ask the resident Redcaps to help him in writing a document, possibly to append to the charter, or otherwise just to post in the Vault as a general notice.

Do you mean on the Council chamber door?

@Ryu

COMMUNAL PROPERTY: Items designated as communal property may, at any time, be utilized by a Master, or put to use by custos at the direction of a Master.

[color=red]"What makes an item 'Communal Property' as opposed to an item that was created as a collaborative effort between two magi, or for one magus on behalf of another?"

@Ryu

• Annual inspection by the Artifex to ensure prudent use. Items abused or recklessly applied will revert to communal property, and individuals will be held liable for damage inflicted to covenant property due to negligence or willful misuse.

[color=red]"Makes sense. If you're going to break something, you shouldn't be given more changes to break anything for a while."

@Ryu

• Any master found damaging covenant property due to negligence may not use any covenant property for a probationary period no less than one year. (Vulc tries to get the Librarian in solidarity with him on including our texts as "covenant property" here. You sneeze on a book and get snot all over one of our summae, you don't get to use any covenant magic items; you drop a magic cloak in the mud and let your horse trample it, you don't get to read any books.)

[color=red]"If we can have magic items and texts as separate categories, yes. I don't think we can deprive someone of the ability to study just because they're a klutz."

@Ryu

• Designated Use items revert to communal property upon the magus' death or passage into Final Twilight. Should a magus leave the covenant, voluntarily or involuntarily, all covenant property must be returned to the covenant immediately [strike]ON PAIN OF DEATH AND/OR DISMEMBERMENT[/strike]. ("No," Tiana explains, "You can't-- it doesn't-- the Code-- oh, nevermind, I'm just going to cross that out.")

((Being hanged, drawn, and quartered was actually the Wikipedia Featured Article a couple of weeks ago.))

@Ryu

• MAGI WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IN ANDORRA HAS BEEN TERMINATED: If such a magus has enjoyed the designated use of any covenant property for a period of ten years, they must reimburse the covenant the cost, in vis, of that item, unless the cost was paid originally by the Master who enjoyed its use. A Master leaving Andorra who has enjoyed Designated Use of covenant property for less than ten years shall reimburse Andorra a prorated amount, rounded up.

[color=red]"What if the vis cost wasn't paid by the Covenant, but wasn't paid by Designated User, either? Say, for example, Carmen makes an...I don't know, a magical helm for Estaban as a gift and uses her own vis? Does Estaban still have to pay the covenant the vis cost for it?"

@Ryu

• Masters who have enjoyed the designated use of Andorra's communal property must leave no less than half of their personal effects (determined by value in vis) to the covenant vaults upon the Master's death or passage into Final Twilight. *** Vulc expects this to be pretty controversial but he will be quite adamant about trying to pass this.

[color=red]"Wait...what? Why should I be forced to leave all my worldly possessions, magical and otherwise, to the covenant instead of, say, my husband and children? Or whoever else I chose?