Covenant Design Discussion

[Trogdor]

@Arthur

Personally, I wouldn't reduce the starting vis sources. I'd be fine reallocating the points saved from 3 specialists to the library.

I had suggested 10 pawns from the spring because it is, after all the main focus of the covenant. It made sense to me that this would be a sizeable source.

Searching for new vis sources is always a draw. But I think the focus will be more on expanding the library, since the covenant is dedicated to the dissimination of books.

Personally, I agree with Arthur that we shouldn't skimp on vis, and that the spring should be a large source of vis. I worked up the first alternate build mostly as a talking point.

So the second alternate build would have:

Library ([strike]274[/strike] 299 points)

[list]

• Terram summa L23 Q12 (free from the Exceptional Book boon, on the Art that got the most votes)
  [*] Rest TBD

Vis Sources (125 points)

• 10 pawns/year in Vim (50 points) -- exact source to be determined
• 10 pawns/year in Aquam (50 points) -- from the spring
• 5 pawns/year in Rego (25 points) -- from the dam of the aqueduct

Vis Stocks ([strike]2 points[/strike] 1 point)

• [strike]10[/strike] 5 pawns of Vim vis (1 point)

Money (1 point)

• 10 pounds of silver (1 point)

Specialists ([strike]42[/strike] 18 points)

• 1 book binder [Skill 6] (6 points)
• [strike]2 illuminators[/strike] 1 illuminator [Skill 6] ([strike]12[/strike] 6 points)
• [strike]2 scribes [Skill 6] (12 points)[/strike]
• [strike]1 ink maker [Skill 6] (6 points)[/strike]
• 1 [strike]percamenarius[/strike] parchment maker [Skill 6] (6 points)
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That's spending 67% (or almost exactly 2/3) of our starting points on the library.