Library represents a body of research material that you personally own. While your library may cover many subjects, it is only assumed to relate to mundane subjects unless specifically noted. After a Game, you may roll your Library rating at Difficulty 7 to earn Study Points for purchasing specified traits. You may only make one such roll per Game, and it does not stack with Mentor/Instruction rolls. Your Library rating may be used in some research rolls as bonus dice or similar if you have access to it.
An Occult Library contains more accurate reference material and grants Study Points on topics that otherwise would not be covered, usually in reference to magic. For example, points from a conventional Library cannot used for sorcery or other magic, but points from an Occult Library can. Converting a conventional Library to an Occult Library is considered the equivalent of a 2-point Merit. However, characters may not begin with an Occult Library, since no character begins with access to magic.
1) Extremely limited
2) Some useful data
3) Research Library
4) Extensive Data
5) Vast resource of rare and useful data
When received as a Gift, Library is awarded at 3-5 depending on how elaborate it is (what the Study Points may be spent on). It may be received at 5 if very specialized (and thus usable only in a very narrow range of areas), or at 3 if fairly general.
Occult Library may be awarded as a Gift at 1. A character who already has a conventional Library may have it converted to an Occult Library and raised 1 level as a Gift.
