Books and Laboratory Texts

A book or Lab Text is an Arcane Connection (worth a Penetration Bonus of +2) to the scribe who wrote it. The Arcane Connection only lasts for weeks after it is written (see ArM5, page 84), so most magi keep their texts for a month or so before lending it or submitting it to a library, such that at Durenmar. Alternatively, they can destroy the Arcane Connection with a Perdo Vim spell.

Nonetheless, acquiring a newly written book or Lab Text, or even one that is still being written, is a good strategy to gathering an Arcane Connection to a character. One strategy is to gather a sample of the quarry's writing (by finding a Lab Text or book at Durenmar or a similar library). The magus can then use a spell, such as Pages of the Unfinished Story, to gather more recently written material from the covenant of the author. This recently-written material can then be used as an Arcane Connection.