I’ve been reading up on the expanded library rules in Covenants (for 5th) and it states the maximum level of a tractatus is 17 although I can’t seem to get it higher the 14 (Com +5, good teacher, fully refined). Does the 17 include the tractatus being a commentary that’s part of a superior florilegia.
Apt reader, maybe?
Unsure, but can you apply the other quality modifiers usually used for summae?
Illuminations, skilled scribe, etc?
Resonances?
Not near my book, but that's where I would initially dig...
Vrylakos
Your missing the errata - the quality for tractata includes a generic +3, much like the summae rules
Kal
Sorry that's what I ment by fully refined if you include all those bonuses it gives a +6. The more I read it the more I think they included the bonuses from commentary +1 and florilegia (+1 or +2) (that's the edited colection)
To add to this answer, the errata removes the +3 for non magical subject and replaces it with a generic +3. So the maximum quality becomes 17 for a tractatus on arts and arcane abilities (Com 5 + Good Teacher 3 + 3 + Fully Refined 6), and 14 for non magical subjects.
I suspect that the author of the book itself simply added all the bonus without noticing that some of them were not mutually compatible.
Thanks
The value has risen since the writing of Covenants. TMRE and RoP:M both raised the limit a little. You need 1 major virtue, 1 minor virtue, and Communication 0. You also need to deal with all the resonances after writing, illuminating, and binding the book.
Writing a regular tractatus normally and adding resonances:
Base 6 + Resonances 3 + Major Essential Virtue (to replace Communication for writing) 6 + Good Teacher 3 = 18.
The same with some cheese and spreading the writing out over 3 seasons:
Base 6 + Resonances 3 + Major Essential Virtue (to replace Communication for writing) 6 + Astrological Mutable Good Teacher 6 = 21.
Chris