Covenants (Ars Magica)

Covenants is a 64-page softcover book written by Mark Rein-Hagen and Lisa Stevens,[1] with cover art by Doug Shuler.

"[3] In the June 1990 edition of Games International, the reviewer thought the presentation flashy, but admitted that "Like all the recent Ars Magica material, it feels at first like a cash-in, but closer study is rewarded.

"[4] In the June 1991 edition of Dragon (Issue #170), Ken Rolston thought the book was "well written, but of doubtful utility unless you play in an Ars Magica campaign.

"[1] In the 2014 book Dungeons & Designers: The '80s, Shannon Appelcline commented that "Ars Magica placed a heavy emphasis on the characters' home — the covenant — and even gave rules for mechanically defining it.

Part of the innovation of Ars Magica'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.