Revaluing the text economy

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

@Kal

Regarding my Library rules, to give context, covenant creation is largely based on Traits now (new x5 advancement, max rank 10 in each). Originally inspired by the library rules published in Peripheral Code 1, I've further simplified/streamlined them - a covenant's library is now wholly represented by a single Trait.

For Arts, if your Art is less than half (Library x5), you earn 15XP each season studying, else if your Art is simply lower than (Library x5), you earn 10XP. While if your Art is equal or greater than (Library x5), you only earn 5XP.

All Abilities use the same principle, but just compare the Library Trait directly, without the x5.

I like it.

Though I think the 5xp is low because if you did something in the lab, you'd get 2 of those xp plus something else. Maybe it's your way of saying, "Really, do something else this season!"

focus), but I'm not sure how I want to implement that yet - I wouldn't want to raise the ceiling any higher (Rank 10 Library could provide 10XP a season all the way up an Art of 50...), but I don't think I want to increase the XP

I think you might be surprised that this still works. When AM5 came out, I was not at all pleased with David's library changes. Then I did some math. If I have a library that lets me advance infinitely at 10xp/season, that Art 50 will require 128 seasons (30 years) of doing nothing else! Of course, an Affinity brings that down to 85. That's still a lot of time.

I will also say Ken, I have one of your threads bookmarked for alt rules and use quiet a few of those, so again, this might lack context (ie, I remove Finesse, Parma, Penetration & Magic Theory as abilities entirely, and use your rules regarding fatigue costs changes based on the Form of the spell).

Glad you're getting some mileage out of these variants. How have they worked out so far?

Anyway,

Ken