Hi!
Some little rules tidbit.
1) Vocis
While looking at Vocis for what he can do / In what directions I can send him, I noticed that he had learned, in Winter and Spring 1230, 2 Terram spells he couldn't have learned because of his Terram deficiency. I'd have... lack of words... ignored it, save that, due to that same deficiency, he also has no hope of casting them: Best bet is Sta 01 + Re 10 + Te 05 + Aura 05 + Die 6 = 26/2 = 13 vs lvl 25...
So what do I do? Do I left them as is, even if they're useless? Do I scrap them? Or can I swap them for another lab activity?
I'd prefer to swap them, since it is just a burden due to a misstake, but, well, whatever.
2) Excellent Items
I had missed this, but then, so has everyone else. City and Guild specifies that Excellent Items are generaly made for a specific person or purpose. Superior Items have no such specifications. Skimming through BSS: MA, I noticed this is further clarified: An excellent item is made for someone, and only provides the full bonuses to that person, acting instead as a Superior one for anyone else. For exemple, an Excellent Armor will be custom-made for the Roberto, in order to provide greater protection and make him more impressive. If Wirth puts it on, the tailored bits won't fit, so it'll just give +1 soak, and won't make him more impressive (I'd say he looks ridiculous, but bear with me).
This has an implication, in that Draganna can still mass-produce generic superior swords, but she can't mass produce generic excellent ones. She needs to craft one for grog A, one for grog B...
This changes almost nothing for Andorra's soldiers, save that
- We can't sell "generic" excellent swords. However, since these become more precious (You can't just pick your father's clothes, you need to have one made expressively for you if you want to look great), we can get specific contracts from, say, the Count of Toulouse
- Once Draganna is gone, the supply dies out: Any new covenfolk picking a Draganna Sword would only get an Superior Item.
We can HR this, or not.
I happen to like this, since this puts back the "custom" aspect of the greatest armors and weapons ("Vivemort is a good sword, but it only shows its full potential in Damien's hands") , while also meaning that modern craftsmen won't suffer from the "books problem" as in "Why, in its centuries of history, has Mega-Rich covenant X never outfitted its soldiers better so that Craftwoman Y is useless".