College of magic
Overview
A college of magic allows you to create new rituals.
Senate Commissions
The Imperial Senate may pass a motion for the construction of a college of magic allowing the Empire to increase the number of new rituals that they can create.
Benefits
Firstly, the Dean can encourage the magicians of the Lyceum to cooperate in the creation of an arcane projection each season. This does not require the expenditure of any crystal mana. The projection will be valid during the next summit. It may detail a magical effect of any realm or magnitude.
Secondly, Dean can direct research towards formalizing a new ritual so that it can be mastered. The ritual must already exist in the form of an arcane projection, but there is no requirement to select one they have personally commissioned. The Lyceum can work on formalising one ritual at a time, and the research may take anywhere from a season to several years depending on the complexity and the resources available. The amount of time it takes to complete research into a ritual depends on the magnitude of that ritual. It requires at least three months (one season) for every twenty ranks of magnitude the final ritual will have. If research is not completed, the Lyceum keeps notes on their work so far, and may resume it at a later date from where it was left off.
At the completion, the Dean receives a ritual text suitable for use in mastering the ritual. The Dean may keep the knowledge of the ritual restricted to themselves and their allies, or through a Declaration of Imperial Lore the Conclave can have that ritual added to the wider body of Imperial Lore, making it available to any ritual magician in the Empire.
Costs
- Materials: 60 wains of Mithril, 60 wains of Weirwood and 60 wains of White Granite
- Time: 1 year
- Labour: 45 Thrones
- Upkeep: 25 Thrones
There are a limited number of magicians in the Empire who are prepared to help with research of new rituals. This means that each new college of magic that is constructed will have an increasing upkeep cost - to reflect the fact that it must pay more to entice those independent magicians that remain to work there.
Limitations
Responsibility
The Senator for a territory is expected to be responsible for any problems that might beset the structures represented by a great work. For example, if Grendel corsairs are raiding the Madruga shipyards, then the Empire will expect the Madruga senator to deal with the problem.
Existing Colleges of Magic
The list includes all existing colleges of magic in the Empire.