Covenant Service

Ars Magica: Nova Semitae Saga
GM
Mark
Game Start
Anno Domini MCCXX, hiems A.D. 1220, winter 5 Neanne 1, Hiems
Game Year
Anno Domini MCCXXXV, aestas A.D. 1236, summer 7 Aulus 2, Aestas
Magi of Nova Semitae
Geoffroy de Dreux of Jerbiton Joshua Levi of Verditius Magni of Flambeau Obscurus Ignis of Flambeau NPC Magi Aulus · Neanne · Fr. Thomas · Vitria Apprentices Ysabelo discipulus Aulus Esyllt discipula Geoffrey Sigrun discipula Magni Hermetic Status
Companions
Lady Angharad ferch Madog, Princess of Powys Fadog Ritter Sigmund, German ex-Crusader Sir Daniele d'Audrieu, Norman merchant Sir William Cornwell, English ex-Crusader
Other Characters
Covenfolk · Agents The Redcaps · Notable NPCs Chart of Languages Spoken Notable Animals
Guests
Hortense of House Bonisagus
The Covenant
Hermetic Covenant Charter · Membership Record Record of Offices · Covenant Service Council Voting Records · Hermetic Politics Stonehenge Tribunal Mundane Mundane Geography · Mundane Politics Village of Melverley · Melverley Castle Village Laws · Village Rumors Medieval Farming
Covenant Resources
Covenant Library · Varana's Tomb Hospital · Hospital Library Vis Sources and Stores Covenant Magical Items · Mundane Wealth Classes and Training · Covenant Experts Covenant Mechanics
Other
Ars Magica House Rules Ars Magica Expanded Notes Campaign Log · Loose Ends Ars Magica PC Reference
Player Resources (PDFs)
Experience Point Worksheet Character Sheet (Variant 1) Character Sheet (Variant 2) Experience Point Chart

What is Service?

The following activities count as seasons of service towards fulfilling Charter requirements:

• Setting up a lab (1 season for a basic lab, 2 seasons for a full lab)
• Learning Wizard's Commune (MuVi Gen) spell at any level
• Learning Aegis of the Hearth (ReVi Gen) ritual at level 20 or higher
• Learning The Bountiful Feast (CrHe 35) ritual
• Creating any spell, Ritual or Formulaic, that protects or enhances the resources of the covenant or village and contributing it to the library
• Creating any enchantment that protects or enhances the resources of the covenant or village and contributing it to the covenant or village
• Writing a book on any Art or Arcane ability and contributing it to the library (ArM5 pp. 165-166)
  • Requirements: Speak Latin 5 or equivalent; a minimum score of 2 in an ability or 5 in an Art
  • Summa: You can write a summa up to half your level in the ability; this may take 1 or more seasons
  • Tractatus: You write one summa in a season; you can write up a number of tractatus in a subject equal to half your score in an ability, or one-fifth your score in an Art (all numbers rounded down)
• Extracting vis from the Aura and contributing it to the covenant
• Anything the Council decides counts as a season of service (the catch-all), which includes such activities as:
  • Attending to a problem that the covenant faces
  • Responding to a Hermetic call that takes significant time
  • Acquiring a non-recurring amount of vis and donating it the covenant stores (minimum 4 pawns)
  • Learning a new Ritual which protects or enhances the resources of the covenant or village, which you will cast during the annual renewal of the Aegis of the Hearth and The Bountiful Feast
• Training an apprentice
• Training another Covenant magus

Magus Seasonal Tracker

• Magus Activities 1220-1221 (includes probationary period)
• Magus Activities 1222-1223
• Magus Activities 1224-1225
• Magus Activities 1226-1227
• Magus Activities 1228-1229
• Magus Activities 1230-1231
• Magus Activities 1232-1233
• Magus Activities 1234-1235
• Magus Activities 1236-1237
• Magus Activities 1238-1239