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Covenants (Ars Magica)

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campaign, the characters of all the players at the table are considered to be in the same covenant, so using this book enables the players to act together to design a covenant that best matches the community they all represent.
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placed a heavy emphasis on the characters' home — the covenant — and even gave rules for mechanically defining it. This would later be developed into a full book,
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s covenant system was that it was specifically designed to introduce plot hooks into the game, thereby building recurring storylines from the beginning of play."
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campaign. However, the four sample covenants would make original and entertaining settings for fantasy scenarios in your own campaign."
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is a supplement presenting rules and guidelines on how to create a "covenant" (a group or community) of wizards. At the start of an
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The life cycle of a covenant (spring, summer, autumn, winter) is discussed, and four sample covenants are described.
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thought the book was "well written, but of doubtful utility unless you play in an
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material, it feels at first like a cash-in, but closer study is rewarded."
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Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
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Index


White Wolf Publishing
Ars Magica
Mark Rein-Hagen
Lisa Stevens
Doug Shuler
Stewart Wieck
White Wolf
Games International
Dragon
Ken Rolston
Games Review
Casus Belli
Casus Belli



Rolston, Ken
Dragon
TSR, Inc.


ISBN
0-87975-653-5
Wieck, Stewart
White Wolf Magazine
Games International
Evil Hat Productions
ISBN
978-1-61317-081-6

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