Plans to fill the Library with spells

We've got quite a small library of spells, since we created the covenant using rules from the Ars Magica 3^rd Edition. I read the part of translating magus' own spells from his shorthand to the general form, available to all magi, and got the idea of filling the gap.

If every magus in the covenant would write up their spells, we would have loads of new spells in the covenant library. A magus may write up to his/her Scribe Latin x 20 levels in one season (Strong Writers Scribe Latin x 40, Weak Writers Scribe Latin x 10). To the best scribes this would mean up to 80 levels of spells. It is quite an nice amount, and would make it easier for other magi to participate in action other than their own forte, since they do not have to invent the spell in question themselves, but can learn it from a book.

Scribing totals

Character	Scribe	Levels	Misc
Bearnard	4	80	Sheet	Grimoire
Caligula	3	60	Sheet	Grimoire
James	3	60	Sheet	Grimoire
Nelly	?	?	?	?
Tomas	?	?	Sheet	?

You can see the grimoires of the magi who have submitted their character sheets to the Insula Maledictus in the characters-page. Below are the spells in short versions: (the ones in italic would be added to the library)

What makes this more difficult is the fact that two of the magi in our covenant are incomprehensible as in the Hermetic Flaw. Tomas has the Incomprehensible-flaw taken from Ars Magica 3^rd Edition, and Caligula from the 4^th Edition. There are some differencies.

On Tomas this means that when a magus tries to read his spells, he must roll Intelligence + Scribe Latin roll of 12+. If roll fails, magus can't read the papers in that season and the season is wasted. If successful, learning the spell requires lab total of one and half times the spells level (e.g. level 20 spell would require a lab total of level 30).

On Caligula this has little or no change to the situation compared to normal. Rule book says that "Your rolls are at -3 when discussing or writing about magic" In this case, I don't see the difference... writing spells from shorthand does not require any rolls. Caligula can write spells as he pleases. (-3 penalty applies to writing Summae, Libri Quaestionum or Tractatus)

All in all, things are almost good. Exception is Tomas, who picked one hell of a flaw, thinking about other magi of the covenant. Thanks a lot!

If just these 4 magi would write up their spells, it would take only one season, and our library would get 240 levels of spells for free. Nelly and Tomas also have 150 spells in their shorthands, and they'd probably write 20-80 levels too. Tomas & Caligula are Incomprehensible, but this does not slow scribing spells at all.

15 spells. Spells that could be learned in 1 or 2 seasons. Think about it.