I have seen a few posts where people use a symbolic link in a ward on the forums and I was wondering where in the books it indicates what bonus it gives. As an example invoking an aspect while doing a spell can give you +2 shifts (Y286). One person indicated that a symbolic link also gave +2 shifts but I don't see that mentioned in the books.
And another question if I pump 16 shifts into a ward and it has -7 shifts in complexity is it a 16 or 9 shift ward in the end?
EXAMPLE
Using my workshop I made a cast iron fence that circles my property. It has three entrances the front public entryway for customers is an archway with a gate large enough to two people to pass comfortably. On the ally in back is another one person archway with a gate and the garage. I have integrated the garage with the fence. This forms a permanent iron circle around the property that I cast my wards on.
Veil ward: The object of this ward is to hide/limit the magical energies I use so it seems like a mundane household.
a) Base power 8 Lore or 5 + 2 Strength specialization + 1 Focus item Strength
b) Invoked Aspects -2 Steals servant (Y268)
c) Symbolic links -6 +2 scraping from my anvil and workbench, +2 Scraping from the fence, +2
Scrapings of house and workshop, Some grass and bark from the trees, Dirt from yard (Y267)
d) Complexity +2 only hides magical energies (Y277)
e) Complexity +5 last a few months, 5 increment change on Time table starting at all day for
spell type (Y315 time table) (Y266 Starting point of all day)
