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Boy R. (GM): Cleared the chat archive johns (GM): Grazi Boy R. (GM): Also: open up one of your character files and go to the character sheet tab johns (GM): Attributes & Abilities? Boy R. (GM): you don't get a tab between bio and attributes? johns: i see it now, had to be player mode cool! Botch 3 6 9 10 6 5 2 lol Boy R. (GM): props to roll20, i didn't knowthey had all this crap johns: yeah you can upload your own tracks now, the jukebox doesnt link to soundcloud johns (GM): cheers rolling 1d10!-7 Aging '62 ( 8 ) -7 = 1 rolling 1d10!+4 Study Vis '63 ( 5 ) +4 = 9 rolling 1d10!-7 Aging '63 ( 6 ) -7 = -1 rolling 1d10!+2 bolad aging '60 ( 9 ) +2 = 11 rolling 1d10!+2 bolad aging '61 ( 9 ) +2 = 11 johns (GM): rolling 1d10!+2 bolad aging '62 ( 10 + 9 ) +2 = 21 rolling 1d10!+2 bolad aging '63 ( 5 ) +2 = 7 devil's fav demon (GM): rolling 1d10!+10-1 Highly Organized roll, Magic Theory + Int, 1361 ( 1 ) +10-1 = 10 lol. rolling 1d10 botch check ( 1 ) = 1 nice. Hidden Defect flaw gained. rolling 1d10+3 Faithful trait for Spotless virtue ( 1 ) +3 = 4 devil's fav demon (GM): lmfao. okay, what the h ell rolling 1d10!-9 Rosario aging 1362 ( 10 + 5 ) -9 = 6 this is fine but the fucking rng. im pushing the buttons. rolling 1d10!-9 Rosario aging 1363 ( 9 ) -9 = 0 devil's fav demon (GM): rolling 1d10!-3 Bakir aging ( 8 ) -3 = 5 rolling 1d10!-3 Bakir aging ( 9 ) -3 = 6 Alphubel ex Merinita: Experimenting on inventing a spell. + 1 Risk modifier. rolling 1d10 Lab Total bonus ( 4 ) = 4 Rolling Extraordinary Results rolling 1d10! ( 4 ) = 4 Plus 1. Side Effect. Alphubel ex Merinita: rolling 1d10 ( 8 ) = 8 This spell has a major side effect. Rolling to gain the Highly Organized lab virtue. rolling 1d10! + 2 + 5 ( 1 ) +2+5 = 8 rolling 1d10 botch check ( 2 ) = 2 Rolling to gain the Spotless virtue, like that'll keep with all these pixies. Alphubel ex Merinita: rolling 1d10! ( 7 ) = 7 devil's fav demon (GM): Warning everyone I have to make food for my stepmom since its mothers day and i forgot. i might be a little late and not get here at exactly 1. Shauncat (GM): rolling d10!-5 aging 1362 ( 6 ) -5 = 1 rolling d10!-5 aging 1363 ( 9 ) -5 = 4 1 year Guy of Bonisagus: rolling 1d10!-13 ( 4 ) -13 = -9 Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 8 ) -5 = 3 rolling 1d10!-5 ( 3 ) -5 = -2 rolling 1d10!-5 ( 7 ) -5 = 2 johns (GM): hey dys any thoughts on what lavinia got after meeting neptune Endrite (GM): Well, Neptune is the God of the Sea, Sailors, and Homosexuality, so probably GRID. johns (GM): That would be an Anachronism. devil's fav demon (GM): I got here on time. Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 5 ) -5 = 0 Endrite: Hmm. devil's fav demon (GM): Guess the old restaurant timing doesnt always fade away. Alphubel ex Merinita: Can I get a Grand Entrance for my laboratory, you know, while we're fixing up the covenant. johns: i feel that conflicts with the existing setup Alphubel ex Merinita: It might. dys: my thought is that whichever designer saw how twilight worked and decided "we need to have less rules than this" for augustans can suck it devil's fav demon (GM): lol Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 9 ) -5 = 4 Alphubel ex Merinita: But there are obviously stairs up to the lab, so there's room for improvement in that regard. devil's fav demon (GM): invent an elevator. dys: my genuine suggestion is that it should just work like twilight does for hte purpose of gaining warping + using those warping points to determine what your reward is devil's fav demon (GM): i agree tbh. johns: should I add the simple die of warp points like twilight does? that sucks for me because the faster I warp the faster I die devil's fav demon (GM): i think anyone playing a gifted wizard should probably be affected by the realm the same way johns: nah dfd every lineage has a different form of twilight Alphubel ex Merinita: It isn't like Lavinia does that much spellcasting anyway. dys: thats the same for everyone and you're going to be entering this less than magi are hitting twilight anyway johns: fine rolling 1d10 extra warp ( 10 ) = 10 thanks bitch devil's fav demon (GM): lol. Alphubel ex Merinita: Got 'em. dys: lol johns: that's 13 warp total on that event then devil's fav demon (GM): warping is ftw. dys: lemme consult the table Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 3 ) -5 = -2 johns: that would be a major virtue at least devil's fav demon (GM): doesnt lavinia just start falling asleep a lot and having weird dreams and seeing ghosts as she gets more warping or something johns: thats at level 7 at 10 she dies devil's fav demon (GM): lol rip. dys: 10+ warping is a major virtue, yes devil's fav demon (GM): someone stop lavinia she's becoming too powerful dys: Lemme open Rival Magic real quick devil's fav demon (GM): in the end, lavinia stops lavinia Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 5 ) -5 = 0 dys: Unfortunately the Ghostly Warder virtue suggests a spirit rather than a ghost, so it cant be the ghost of Aristocritus. devil's fav demon (GM): gah Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 3 ) -5 = -2 johns: lavinia can already summon up spirits to do her bidding so that would be kinda lame dys: Yeah that's also why I'm not giving her greater immunity (drowning) because, well its a solved problem johns: that would be fine actually devil's fav demon (GM): it would free up some magic items for the rest of us. johns: having it as an innate virtue instead of an item Endrite (GM): Yeah, it's great. devil's fav demon (GM): she should also have gills. dys: It would be? My other suggestion was going to be Death Prophecy (the sea) devil's fav demon (GM): lol Endrite: Death Prophecy: The GM johns: i already have Death Prophecy: Guy of BOnisagus Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-5 ( 8 ) -5 = 3 dys: Neptune proclaims that no others will take Lavinia before he has his dues. Giraldo of Milan: ohh hehe devil's fav demon (GM): thats pretty cool. dys: I'm inclined towards death prophecy, do any other storyguides want to weigh in Alphubel ex Merinita: Now here's another questions: is the tree a Dedicated Building? Obviously there aren't any other labs or anything else in it, but it might be too small to qualify. devil's fav demon (GM): i like death prophecy yeah i thought your lab was just built among the branches, not carved into it. johns: if it's a death prophecy I don't want it to be one the other players know because there is already a risk of Pk going on here. haha. devil's fav demon (GM): lol johns: yes alphubel Alphubel ex Merinita: Noice. I should probably sleep under it. devil's fav demon (GM): i think it would be fun for you to get death prophecy the sea and then die in a way that doesnt involve drowning. johns: well dys is the gm so it's up to him, I won't be picky. thats obnoxious of me sorry. Alphubel ex Merinita: It's impossible to die in a way that doesn't involve your Death Prophecy! That's the point of the prophecy! devil's fav demon (GM): you can die from a really big wave hitting you. or something. dys: I think the death prophecy is more thematic of a powerful entity picking a grudge with you. Alphubel ex Merinita: Well sure. Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-4 ( 4 ) -4 = 0 dys: If virgilian twilight is meant to be like a greek/latin epic and one of the gods declares themselves an enemy of you. (To dys): Ok, which do I put on my sheet, Death Prophecy Neptune or Sea johns: badass devil's fav demon (GM): Making her immune to drowning would be like if Neptune wanted to fuck her, also a good story. johns: Hope someone is writing a good book about Lavinia' (From dys): The sea. (To dys): Thanks. dont tell bearbdeard since he's planning to kill me. Alphubel ex Merinita: Noice. 4 Aesthetics already! (From dys): Lol. I wasnt really thinking about pvp stuff when I blurted all this out, sorry. Surely he wont metagame it. devil's fav demon (GM): I'm fine with either tbh. Death prophecy is better to me as a gm since i dont have to worry about accidentally killing lavinia until its a sick and cool moment to do so, but immune to drowning benefits me more as a player becasue item boy wants more cash shop items johns: The Aesthetic gamer. dys: Ghostly Warder (Juno) Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!-4 ( 6 ) -4 = 2 devil's fav demon (GM): Guy is probably writing a book about Lavinia. Alphubel ex Merinita: Immunity is always fun because you can really abuse them. Giraldo of Milan: okay giraldo is up to date johns: Nice Let's kill some beasts devil's fav demon (GM): "This Stupid Bitch I Hate, And All The Other Idiots I Hate" by guy of bonisagus dys: He's writing a book about Lavinia where he just keeps scribbling down "she's at it again" Giraldo of Milan: he now has 8 great weapon and 7 infernal lore devil's fav demon (GM): nice Alphubel ex Merinita: Like by making a spell that fills every room you walk into with water so everyone but you drowns. johns: sick bb Giraldo of Milan: and a bunch of other abilities up to +3 devil's fav demon (GM): giraldo can now almost not lose in a fair non-magical duel against rosario johns: watch out rosario, he's a kickspammer devil's fav demon (GM): lol Giraldo of Milan: lol he is 64 years old and is still in his prime devil's fav demon (GM): rosarios next magical item is going to be a gauntlet that spawns a shield. lol Giraldo of Milan walks into the covenant storage room and tosses 4 more bloody horseshoes into a pile. devil's fav demon (GM): lol Giraldo of Milan: "Resuming patrol." johns: make an item that spawns a naked guy who runs around chucking firebombs at your enemies devil's fav demon (GM): rofl. johns: does he have an aging ritual? devil's fav demon (GM): who, giraldo hes probably fae blooded Giraldo of Milan: strong faerie blood and he takes baths devil's fav demon (GM): fae blood is how celeste still got away with having an attractive token while being a 50 year old man its op, frankly. Octavia: Fairy Blood ftw Felipe Calendar: "Are you absolutely sure we can't cut down this tree?" Octavia: we're the fayest building in town Alphubel ex Merinita: "Y... yes," I say while looking at Felipe's ear. Felipe Calendar frowns moe: sorry sorry johns: welcome gamer Belzer of Mercere takes a bite of kugel Felipe Calendar: "Can you at least stop talking to it during construction? It's smacking my men with the branches when it bends around. Someone could get hurt!" Alphubel ex Merinita: "No." "Maybe you c... could build a fence around it." devil's fav demon (GM): dont worry moe, you got here pretty much when we started, i'm still trying to figure out how to get things rolling. Felipe Calendar: "You're impossible!" He turns and storms toward the catacomb stairs. "LAVINIAAA!" Dusan of Criamon: so if i'm seeing these things right Villa Vardian isn't quite done yet Giraldo of Milan: laviniaaaa Lavinia: I ascend. Dusan of Criamon: also now there's a russian flambeau at the covenant which is amazing and excellent Lavinia: "Yes, Felipe?" Belzer of Mercere: "What about some sort of ward? Oh right, the plant magic doesn't work well right now." Felipe Calendar points at Alphubel and his tree. Dusan of Criamon: if he's not statted up yet, I could try my hand at doing his sheet/playing him Felipe Calendar: "He's making it very hard to work!" Lavinia: "Oh dear... Those mischievous Merinita. What is it now?" Felipe Calendar: "If only we could cut this tree down. Or maybe you could get your allies to move it somewhere with magic." Lavinia: "The tree is meant to dominate the inner courtyard, though." Giraldo of Milan pulls an apple from the tree and resumes patrol. Felipe Calendar: "Every time that young magus is there, the tree bends to greet him! What if it knocks one of my workers off a ladder?" "He refused to stop speaking to it during work hours, after all." Lavinia: does alphubel have no way into the tree except by making it bend down to lift him up? Alphubel ex Merinita: There used to be stairs but they were torn down with the rest of the inn. I wasn't actually aware that the tree was this magical. Lavinia: "Alphubel, can't you use a ladder?" Belzer of Mercere: Hmm Alphubel ex Merinita: "Why?" Lavinia: "It'd be polite, and we're supposed to be polite to honored guests." Belzer of Mercere: "Might be a faerie. I don't think faerie plants are having the same issue as magic plants." Alphubel ex Merinita: "That would, would be rude to the tree." "Hospitality is an important virtue, you know." Lavinia: "The tree is young and will have many, many years to stoop and dance and bow once the construction of the villa is finished." "But as a young tree, it also needs to learn manners. You don't want it to grow up spoiled do you?" Alphubel ex Merinita: "I think stairs would be more safe. Let me ask the tree." rolling 1d10 + 4 + 4 + 1 vs InHe 10 ( 4 ) +4+4+1 = 13 I ask it if stairs would be too inconvenient. Covenfolk: "Hey, watch it!" a worker ducks. Alphubel ex Merinita: Green mushrooms with pink polka dots sprout at my feet. GM: i was going to say something but im not sure if trees even know what stairs are. Alphubel ex Merinita: It used to be near some stairs. Dusan of Criamon: please consider the option i posted in the discord GM: Excellent. "Just don't put any nails into me. Those things scare me." the tree says. Alphubel ex Merinita: Turning the covenant into a drawing eh? I like it. Sounds good to me. Dusan of Criamon: "Fear not, dear tree, we also have our issues with having nails driven through our bodies." Alphubel ex Merinita: "There's your answer." Lavinia: though, it would be funny to put the golden nail in it. Alphubel ex Merinita: Nobody else can hear the tree unless they also can speak to a tree. Lavinia: "The mushrooms are the answer?" GM: That's a cool idea dusan Alphubel ex Merinita: "Oh, yes, hmm. Just build stairs around it. Don't, uh, use any nails though." Dusan of Criamon: nice Felipe Calendar looks frustrated Felipe Calendar: "I'll add it to the bill, then." Lavinia: "Of course, Felipe." "Thank you for being so accomodating." Octavia: ees not so bad, eh Felipe Calendar walks off to roust his workers away from the canteen tent where Particella is selling them wine and running card and dice games. Giraldo of Milan: hey felipe, the nice safe jobsite i prepared for you isnt turning out quite as planned Felipe Calendar: "New job! Get this done and you stop getting hit by the tree, boys!" Dusan of Criamon: I'll always miss the old inn Giraldo of Milan: im going to miss archibald Lavinia: think of al lthe great memories we had, like when prudenzio was brutally murdered, and fabius was almost murdered, and GM: the workers bedgrudgingly start cutting and fitting frames for a stone spiral stair etc. Alphubel ex Merinita: And the disastrous dinner party that murdered our reputation. Particella scampers away in another direction Particella: anyone want to follow him or annoy the worksite Dusan of Criamon: I merely assure the tree that we won't be perforating it if i am unable to communicate with the tree, I do so anyway Lavinia: I'll hang out with Felipe and watch art in the making. Alphubel ex Merinita: I'll go back to my lab and get the pixies to throw things at Dusan until he leaves. Felipe Calendar: Felipe stands by Lavinia's side and happily chats her up about architecture and emperors. Dusan of Criamon: I accept your advice, and leave Felipe Calendar: "You know there's a new Latin Emperor of Constantinople?" he chuckles. "Right down there in Taranto. He's a fun one at parties, but he's not taking the title seriously." Lavinia: "Why would he? He'd be an Emperor with no Empire." Felipe Calendar: "He's got Achaea." "And, uh, one city in Italy." Dusan of Criamon: felipe confirmed for mapgamer Felipe Calendar: "I'm thinking of staying with him for a while after this job is over, anyway. Maybe I can convince him to spend some of his inheritance on a palace." Lavinia: "Oh, wouldn't that be dangerous? They're all murderers and tyrants in Joanna's court." Dusan of Criamon: hah Felipe Calendar: "If they could be united against the world instead of murdering and terrorizing each other, they'd be set to take on anyone." "No harm in bringing some Augustan influence." Lavinia: is felipe gentle or normal gifted Felipe Calendar: Normal, but he's also always dressed in a filthy apron and covered in clay and mud etc. Rosario isn't exactly secure about where he's keeping the illegal parma text, it's just wrapped in a blanket in his lab. >_> Lavinia: "You have the natural born charm of a leader, to be sure. But you'd be one commoner competing against a whole court of established nobles. Why don't you put your skills to work in the Order of Hermes? There everyone starts as an equal -- it is so much more rife for schemers and plotters, and they already have more domains than any King or Emperor standing today." Alphubel ex Merinita: You have the hands of an illusionist. Lavinia: apparently not, b ecause Virgilian magic has no Imaginem Felipe Calendar: "I've never liked equal odds, but you make a good point about property..." "These hermetic magi, they love towers. I could build a hundred of them..." Lavinia: "You'd already have one ally at your side. That's more than most magi, shut-ins with no appreciation of society and aesthetics, can claim." Felipe Calendar begins staring into the middle distance Felipe Calendar: "No appreciation of aesthetics?" He snaps back to it. Octavia: You could recommend him to Literatus, he'd fit in well there. Felipe Calendar: "Hmm." Octavia: Also maybe they'd hate us 1% less Felipe Calendar: "Maybe not a hundred towers..." Lavinia: does Anna of Verditius want towers Felipe Calendar notices the sun Felipe Calendar: "Shit, look at the time! I'll be back on the site before it's dark. It was wonderful talking to you, as always, Lavinia." Octavia: A tower is pretty worthless underwater, I'm afraid. Felipe Calendar: He tosses his apron over a bench and heads off somewhere. Lavinia: "Always a pleasure, Felipe." it looks cool what else is needed GM: Does anyone follow Mr Calendar? He's heading off in a pretty big hurry Dusan of Criamon: would you say it is prudent for us to send some incognito bodyguards after him Lavinia: Do you not trust our honored guest Dusan of Criamon: purely for his own safety, and that of our investment in him Giraldo of Milan: appear GM: It's up to you, really. Giraldo of Milan: giraldo can track him and move quietly and kill him as needed Lavinia: Hmm. well he does have a habit of getting caught in plots that end up with people trying to kill him when he's not monitored c'thinker: lets get some exotic birds to stand under the pomegranate tree. Dusan of Criamon: okay, good, just not the last bit Giraldo of Milan: no promises (To GM): I would like to follow invisibly as well Dusan of Criamon: i couldn't ask for more GM: Vardian's Tomb: Okay, Giraldo. We need you to track this person, sneak into their home undetected without waking up their baby, and steal this th- Giraldo: "Kill the baby. Got it." (From GM): sounds good Dusan of Criamon: Joseph Smith, do not kill a baby Alphubel ex Merinita: He's reliable that way. Lavinia: ill be very cross if someone kills Fel (sentence is interrupted by loud squelching sound of giraldo removing felipe's head fgrom his neck) Felipe Calendar: lol c'thinker: lol Giraldo of Milan: hey it doesnt hurt derfel c'thinker: thats true. how is giraldo to know that it doesnt work on other people Giraldo of Milan: ookay. giraldo can shadow felipe and will not do him violence unless absolutely necessary wheres derfels seasons,cumthinker Felipe Calendar: Felipe is darting down alleys and doubling back and so on. If he isn't aware he's being followed, he's practicing good technique in case he might be. please roll uh, hunt, or stealth, or another skill you might find appropriate. Lavinia: derfel's seasons are "that place" Giraldo of Milan: hmm will dex + hunt work Dusan of Criamon: the most dangerous prey (said of a man covered in clay and mud) Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!+5 ( 3 ) +5 = 8 wow! (From Felipe Calendar): you roll awareness at a lower EF to follow giraldo without losing him Felipe Calendar: was that dex + hunt Giraldo of Milan: yes Lavinia: a regular gifted guy in the city should have a bunch of dogs growling at him and cats hissing and such as he passes Felipe Calendar: lol Lavinia: (To GM) rolling 1d10!+2+0 per+aware ( 8 ) +2+0 = 10 Giraldo of Milan: i can also do dex + stealth, or perception + hunt Felipe Calendar: you make a good point. that apron probably has a lot of bird shit on it too. 8 is fine, he's not like a master at this. c'thinker: are we getting a stargazing tower Felipe Calendar: you're following an old man with a limp who is leaving dirty footprints around Dusan of Criamon: it would be apt to do so Lavinia: yeah there's a tower in the building i copied the prints from Giraldo of Milan: is he a demon Felipe Calendar: You see Felipe turn down a narrow alley. If he turns around, it would be hard to avoid notice. Giraldo of Milan: hmm Lavinia: https://imgur.com/HOxfsEh Felipe Calendar: Gimme a Stealth roll if you go further than peering down the alley after him Lavinia: we could make the tower taller if alphubel doesnt mind it putting shade on his tree c'thinker: well we're gonna have a bird tower right. Giraldo of Milan: is the alleyway roofed. can i ascend the buildings and follow him from there c'thinker: what if we had... two towers Lavinia: o_O c'thinker: instantly making us the most powerful nobles in rome Felipe Calendar: yeah you could follow him from above if you Assassin's Creed it. the alley is narrow but open to the sky. roll Athletics. Lavinia: wrong franchise giraldo!!!!!! Alphubel ex Merinita: Making anything taller than the tree is a dangerous prospect. c'thinker: he's gonna GTA: San Andreas it Giraldo of Milan: okay i haul myself up to the roofs rolling 1d10!+5 ( 8 ) +5 = 13 Felipe Calendar: Score. Dusan of Criamon: whenever someone asks you what Ars Magica is about, you can now say it's "witcher meets asscreed" c'thinker: we could put the aviary and the observatory in the tree Felipe Calendar: Giraldo does smooth Ubisoft parkour up the side of the building. Alphubel ex Merinita: You can't, it's my laboratory. Lavinia: and you konw what dusan. theyd be absolutely right c'thinker: we could poison the tree Alphubel ex Merinita: On your own head be it. Octavia: to thine own self be true [poisons a tree] Felipe Calendar: Felipe makes his way to the other end of the alley. A hooded man with a cart and horse is waiting for him. The cart is covered with a tarp, but it's carrying some kind of large cylindrical object. Giraldo of Milan: How big? Felipe Calendar: pretty big. it's sticking past the ends of the one-horse cart. larger than a person. Giraldo of Milan: does the carp drape over the end too? tarp even Felipe Calendar: yeah, it's tucked around the thing. Lavinia: its the barrel containing the pickled remains of Frederick barbarossa and felipe is going to use necromancy to awaken the Once and Future King Felipe Calendar: lol. Giraldo of Milan: hm. ill find a good perch to watch them and try to listen in. Felipe Calendar: Felipe hands the man a sack and you hear the clink of money. also gimme an awareness roll. Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!+6 ( 10 + 7 ) +6 = 23 Felipe Calendar: lmao nice. Giraldo of Milan presses X to eavesdrop. Felipe Calendar: Giraldo activates witcher vision (From Felipe Calendar): you just get close enough to hear them as well pretty easily since its dark and you're invisible. Felipe Calendar: You recognize the voice, and come to think of it you recognize the shape of the hooded man's body. It's Particella! Alphubel ex Merinita: Wow! Giraldo of Milan: wa. wa. wahoo Dusan of Criamon: oh my god Felipe Calendar: "Here, I've brought your payment. How many of these can you get for me?" Particella: "Baby, don't worry, I've got my contacts, but doing this on the sly is gonna take some time. Maybe one a month if you're lucky." Particella rubs his fingers together in the universal "money" gesture Felipe Calendar: "Fantastic. Go get the men a round on me. I'll be back after I drop this off." Felipe and Particella part. Felipe takes the horse and begins to lead the cart somewhere in Rome. Particella starts to creep back to the Tomb. Giraldo of Milan: particella will be easier to get a hold of so ill follow felipe (To GM): I'll follow Felipe Giraldo of Milan: i just want to confirm whats being sold Felipe Calendar: Felipe rides slowly for several hours. You smell the sea on the air. Felipe wheels the cart into a run-down building. After he unhitches the cart and stows it inside, he gets on the horse and rides back to VT. Alphubel ex Merinita: AFK a sec, Octavia: likewise, brb Felipe Calendar: k Giraldo of Milan: ill let him depart and then sneak into the building Felipe Calendar: Nice. You enter a large, mostly empty room. The interior is much cleaner and appears sturdier than the exterior of the building let on. Alphubel ex Merinita: Ok, I'm back. Felipe Calendar: The cart and tarped object sit in one corner. Giraldo of Milan: i will look carefully for Virgilian Magic Traps before proceeding do they normally just use magic circles Lavinia: they can cover entire rooms its lower penetration but works fine against mundanes Giraldo of Milan: ok, ill carefully look around the borders of the room as well as the walls and ceiling as i move in Lavinia: ah wait I will reveal myself and tell Giraldo to hold off a second Giraldo of Milan: oh lol Alphubel ex Merinita: Gasp! What a twist! Lavinia: "Sorry for tailing you." Giraldo of Milan: "Gah! Oh." (To GM): what's the aura around here? Giraldo of Milan: "Did you see the meeting with Particella?" Lavinia: "Yes. Why don't I go in first, and if he's warded the place it will hit my Magic Resistance first?" (From Felipe Calendar): poor part of town near the sea at night, Infernal 1 Giraldo of Milan: "That's a good idea." Lavinia: "And if he's put in some sort of devious mundane trap that shoots a crossbow in my gut, I'll ask you to take me back to town." Giraldo of Milan nods. Lavinia: I will enter. ...!!! Nothing happens. Lavinia: Oh. No ping on my MR? Felipe Calendar: Nope. Lavinia: "Seems clear, Giraldo.." Felipe Calendar: Maybe he just didn't get around to warding this secret warehouse yet. He's been really busy. Lavinia: What's inside? Giraldo of Milan: I'll move in. Felipe Calendar: The cart and mysterious object Oh, and some barrels. I forgot to mention the barrels. Octavia: back Felipe Calendar: There are four of them over against one of the walls. Giraldo of Milan: i will not touch the barrels Felipe Calendar: Okay. Giraldo moves the tarp? Lavinia: im on the edge of my seat here Felipe Calendar: i mean im waiting for people to do stuff i dont want to just say peoples characters act Lavinia: "If you don't mind waiting I can consult the sortes for any danger.." Felipe Calendar: i can't help it if BB is playing league of legends or whatever while gaming Lavinia: gah Felipe Calendar: ;) Lavinia: fine i'll just pull the tarp Giraldo of Milan: i will move the tarp am i struck down by lightning c'thinker: it's the tarp of death, an artifact belonging to a might 200 faerie. Alphubel ex Merinita: It IS a 200 Might Faerie. c'thinker: look at mr faerie magic over here Alphubel ex Merinita: Hello. Dusan of Criamon: powerful, and impressive rip giraldo Lavinia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1ikwQ5Zgc#t=1m12s this but it's a piece of cloth on a wagon Felipe Calendar: Both of you tug of war the tarp for a few seconds before revealing a large cannon. Alphubel ex Merinita: Called it. Dusan of Criamon: These mapgamers are getting out of control. Lavinia: "Hmm." Alphubel ex Merinita: What shape bonus is a cannon? Felipe Calendar: lol Lavinia: "How does Particella of all people get his hands on one of these?" Alphubel ex Merinita: You think this is a jest, foeman? You could prevent a cannon from exploding with a level 24 enchantment. Lavinia: I look inside a barrel. Alphubel ex Merinita: So the shape bonus is important. c'thinker: the shape bonuses for a cannon have not been invented by gulielmus yet. however, for a small fee, Giraldo of Milan: "And what does an architect want with it? Is this part of the renovation?" Alphubel ex Merinita: Shape bonuses don't need to be invented, they're an essential part of an object. Lavinia: "It's not on any chart I saw." Felipe Calendar: +4 Perdo Corpus, +7 Create fire and heat. c'thinker sobs Alphubel ex Merinita: Why would it have perdo corpus? Felipe Calendar: There's enough space in this room for about eight or ten of them. Alphubel ex Merinita: Cannons don't destroy anything unless you drop them. Felipe Calendar: Because cannons were anti infantry weapons for like a hundred years. They were invented to kill people. It's the same reason a cleaver has Perdo Animal. Alphubel ex Merinita: It seems like they're more of a Rego bonus. Octavia: the PeCo basis seems solid if cleavers are PeAn Lavinia: whats in the barrels boss Octavia: [while giraldo is lighting the fuse] Just put your head in and see Lavinia: yeah like any of us have Profession: Siege Engineer on our char sheets c'thinker: consult your enemy, alexander of jerbiton or whatever his name was Felipe Calendar: Lavinia, they're filled with a fine black powder. Dusan of Criamon: i will not have you people besmirch the good name of cannons by implying they're not intrinsically good at murdering people Lavinia: "Do you know what this stuff is, Giraldo?" Giraldo of Milan: "Let me see." what is it to identify, philo? Alphubel ex Merinita: Hmm, if you made them out of brass you could get a +4 material bonus to warding the cannon against fire. Felipe Calendar: philo or like whatever guli uses to identify plants and potion ingredients Giraldo of Milan: that is philo Felipe Calendar: oh also Lavinia, the barrels have Arabic writing on them. Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10+7 ( 9 ) +7 = 16 Alphubel ex Merinita: Gasp! Lavinia: oh cool I can read arabic whats it say Felipe Calendar: they say "75% Chinese Salt" Lavinia: huh/ Alphubel ex Merinita: Oh no, Melamine! Lavinia: huh. Felipe Calendar: Giraldo identifies sulfur and charcoal in the barrels as well. Lavinia: "The barrels say they're 'Chinese Salt,' whatever that is.." Giraldo of Milan: "Sulfur, charcoal, salt." what are the Properties of the mixture Alphubel ex Merinita: A +15 soak ward against fire would suffice to prevent the cannon from exploding, I think. Felipe Calendar: what sort of properties are you looking for its a dry blend of powders. its a dark color Giraldo of Milan: hm i guess thats about it "Not sure what it's for." Lavinia: "Let's take a sample, I'm sure he won't miss a little bit." Felipe Calendar: Sounds good. Lavinia: "Sorry for stepping in on your work. You deserve all the credit for this find." Giraldo of Milan: "You saved me the effort of reporting it to you. I can experiment on the sample." Lavinia: "Are you going to tell the others of the covenant?" Giraldo of Milan: "If you want me to." Lavinia: "Hmmm................ If Particella is dabbling in something this crazy the other Magi should know." Giraldo of Milan: "Tall pale and hairy might be able to interrogate the fatty." Lavinia: "And I might need their help to save Felipe from whatever mortal peril he's about to rush into again." Felipe Calendar: particella has a lot of quark from ds9 to me Lavinia: that was the definite inspiration consider what his name means for instance Felipe Calendar: lol oh my god im retarded. Giraldo of Milan: "Can't say I like the smell of this powder though. I think I'll set my equipment up outside so I can get some good air." "Next to the big tree might be a good spot." Lavinia nods Felipe Calendar: lol Alphubel ex Merinita: That's a good idea. Lavinia: Nothing else interesting in the warehouse? Alphubel ex Merinita: Living trees are difficult to burn. Felipe Calendar: Nah. He's just gotten this plan rolling. So he's only got the one cannon and a handful of barrels stocked up. By the time you get back, it's a little after midnight. Giraldo of Milan: I'll store the sample in my lab and sleep for the night, unless any magi are still awake at this hour. GM: PC's call, I figure a couple of them could plausibly be up Alphubel ex Merinita: I'm sleeping under the tree. Lavinia: naptime, elf Dusan of Criamon: Dusan is nocturnal whenever I don't forget it GM: nice dusan is exactly the right person to let in on this Giraldo of Milan: i will report to dusan Dusan of Criamon: I am a little worried, but calmed by the estimate that no rebellion is imminent I also make a comment about how I don't think this "chinese salt" thing and "cannons" will catch on Lavinia: its just a fad Dusan of Criamon: last year the eastern fashion was minks or whatever, this year it's cannons kids will be kids i suppose oh to be young again Alphubel ex Merinita: You know who will really like cannons? Pixies. GM: they might make them a tiny one. Giraldo of Milan: hey west check out this gunpowder Octavia: Archibald is nocturnal too but a total labrat in the runup to the arcana. Dusan of Criamon: we are blessed by his sacrifice GM: So yeah, to recap, Felipe is being annoying and controlling about the worksite, but that's normal. He's also secretly buying cannons from Particella, who has access to cannons because he said he knows a guy. c'thinker: gulielmus is not nocturnal Dusan of Criamon: i think the important thing we should keep in mind here is that Patricella has done absolutely nothing wrong so far Alphubel ex Merinita: Zzz. Lavinia: he had WMDs and didn't offer them to us first that's wrong. GM: lol. c'thinker: rolling 4d10 ( 3 + 8 + 1 + 10 ) = 22 Dusan of Criamon: Unless I'm instructed otherwise I'll inform every other magus tomorrow morning/noon. GM: He would have looked for them if you had asked. Alphubel ex Merinita: Is that a botch or what? GM: Particella just figures you're wizards and can handle yourselves. Dusan of Criamon: Also these are barely weapons of local destruction c'thinker: it is not, but i need to roll another die Alphubel ex Merinita: Hey botch boy, did you botch or what? c'thinker: rolling 1d10 ( 2 ) = 2 GM: rip. no botch, i guess. Giraldo of Milan: i will sleep and, when i wake up in the morning, move some equipment to an outside location and experiment on the black powder GM: Nice. Next morning, Giraldo can begin his experiment. Felipe is back to work directing the laborers, and Particella is back serving them drinks, and it's all normal. All the magi are now informed about the cannon and chinese salt. What's Giraldo's plan Alphubel ex Merinita: "Hmm, isn't this Archibald's job?" Lavinia: lets get all the magi into the council chamber and see who lives to come out Giraldo of Milan: hmm well, its dry and has a lot of salt Gulielmus of Pure Reason: I want a sample of the Chinese salt. Giraldo of Milan: i will assume we took an ample sample and will give some to guli i will get a bowl of water and put some of the powder in it Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thank you giraldo, my comrade in alchemy. Dusan of Criamon: I'm amused at all your antics and not especially worried about the arms stockpiling at the moment, but I make a note to check up on the stockpiling in case it ever begins reaching siege strength Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets calcinate this son of a bitch Dusan of Criamon: I'm not opposed to a siege per se, I just really want to know in advance if any of our few remaining friends are targeted GM: Giraldo, the majority of the mixture dissolves in the water, leaving the sulfur and coal Giraldo of Milan: "Hrm, hrm." Lavinia: could really go for an Alchemy Minigame right about now Giraldo of Milan: I agitate the mixture a bit to presumably no result. I'll set the bowl to a boil and check the vapors. Alphubel ex Merinita: "Can't you just ask it what it's, uh, deal is?" Lavinia: "I think he's in over his head and is probably going to get a bunch of people and himself killed like in Venice. That's Felipe's style." Octavia: Classic Felipe Lavinia: "But I'm not going to be the one to tell him that! I don't want to sound condescending." Alphubel ex Merinita: "Can't Venetians simply dive underwater to protect themselves from this weapon?" GM: Giraldo, you get water vapor and very little else. Giraldo of Milan: I'll note down no response to water or agitation, no vapors. hmm well, i guess the next logical property to check is whether it is hot or cold as i already know it is dry Lavinia: hot coldman GM: lol Alphubel ex Merinita: Sounds smart. GM: you're heating it right now, so it's pretty warm. Lavinia: "Who wants to interrogate Particella?" Giraldo of Milan: i will expose the mixture directly to flame Dusan of Criamon: "Is there really reason to? I mean his plan is far from fruition." GM: the current mixture that you have simmering in water or a new handful Giraldo of Milan: a new handful, as the mixture is probably messed up GM: ok. the powder ignites with a flash as your torch gets near it. you witness a forceful light and heat, and as it dies down, you are left with a small quantity of ash. Giraldo of Milan: I note down that it is dry, and VERY hot. Alphubel ex Merinita: Smart. Lavinia: "Wonder what our consuls think of this." Dusan of Criamon: Natural philosophy is hard Alphubel ex Merinita: "Who?" Giraldo of Milan: "That might be the property it's used for." "But to what end?" Alphubel ex Merinita: "I feel like, uh, it does that." "You know, that thing it just did? Uh, explodes. I think it's supposed to do that." Octavia: This all happening out in the courtyard? Giraldo of Milan: "Hrm. But it was brought from far away, and there's no practical use for something that burns hot and bright for but an instant." "Unless he plans to impress commoners." GM: This is somewhere outside, but probably not right in front of everyone working and milling around. Alphubel ex Merinita: "What about dragons?" GM: Unless Giraldo is really a goofball. Giraldo of Milan: yeah im not doing this near the active worksite where the guy we stole it from is hanging around Giraldo of Milan thinks. GM: Giraldo is hanging out behind the stables or something. Alphubel ex Merinita: Yeah I bet he is. Lavinia: alright, if no one else will I'll accost particella Giraldo of Milan: "He kept it in barrels. It could be for storage, but maybe something else happens from within a container." Alphubel ex Merinita: Thank you. Lavinia: "What kind of business are you dealing with Felipe?" Giraldo of Milan: I'll find a small vessel, put some more of the powder in it, then shove a rope in and seal the opening up with beeswax. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "I could use this for potions." Giraldo of Milan: I'll set the sealed vessel away from our buildings, put fire to the rope, and back away to observe. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "You're not thinking big enough, Giraldo; remember that mill explosion?" Lavinia: mill Particella: "His boys drink a lot of wine, heh heh. Keeps them loose when they start rolling dice at my canteen by moonlight." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: mill Giraldo of Milan: mill Particella: "You really did me a favor bringing this guy in." Giraldo of Milan: I think about Gulielmus's words while the fuse on the vessel burns. Lavinia: "Don't play games fat man. The cannon and the powder. Explain fast before a Maga's patience runs out and bad things happen." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: didn't you also murder the papal legate with an arabic naphtha bomb. Giraldo of Milan: yeah but naphtha is different its a continuously burning liquid. that has more obvious applications Particella: rolling 1d10!+3 ( 8 ) +3 = 11 Particella attempts Guile (which he somehow doesn't have!! WTF!!!!?!?) Lavinia: what th Octavia: Fucked up. Particella: "I don't know what you're talking about." Giraldo of Milan: people who arent good at lying love to lie Lavinia: rolling 1d10!+2+3 per+folk ken ( 9 ) +2+3 = 14 Particella: gah!! Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's see how this chinese salt scales up by strapping whoever traded all our rego vis away to a barrel of it Giraldo of Milan: we have to wait for the gm to tell us how this small clay vessel reacts Particella: "Ohhhh! THAT stuff!" Lavinia: dual-scene GMing Alphubel ex Merinita: Heh. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: additionally, let's kill the players who made that decision. Particella: Giraldo, the clay vessel explodes with a loud report. Giraldo of Milan raises his eyebrows. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Impressive!" Particella: some dry grass is now burning. Giraldo of Milan: I'll go stomp out the fires. Dusan of Criamon: I am awoken, forcefully Giraldo of Milan: And check to see how far the shards of clay spread. Particella: Particella winces at the sound. "I guess you found it, yeah." Dusan of Criamon: "Is it sext already? Are we under siege?" Octavia: I'll run out to investigate the loud explosion, spear in hand Particella: "Don't worry, this is a side job. It's for after Felipe finishes your palazzo." "He said he's got some unfinished business in Venice." Giraldo of Milan lets out a low whistle. Lavinia: w elp. Alphubel ex Merinita: Phew. No problem at all. Lavinia: "With whom or what?" Alphubel ex Merinita: We got all worked up over nothing. Particella laughs Giraldo of Milan: "The fire is dangerous, but it sent pieces of that vessel a good distance." Particella: "Hey, I didn't ask. He just asked if I could get him some things, and I knew some people." Giraldo of Milan: "Even those could cause injury." Octavia: "What the hell was that noise?" Dusan of Criamon: We should tell him, like parental figures, that we don't care whom he besieges, but he should let us know when he plans to besiege someone. Giraldo of Milan: "Just practicing philosophy." Lavinia: "Can you get more of the powder for our alchemists?" Octavia: "Tch, thought we'd see some action for once." Giraldo of Milan: "We just might. That weirdo's got enough of this to clear out the whole Jewish quarter." Particella: "Hmmm..." Giraldo of Milan: I'll take some more notes on my findings and meet with Lavinia once Particella is done being interrogated. Particella: "It was hard enough getting what Felipe wanted through Constantinople and then the ports here without anybody picking up on it." "Of course, for the right price, heh heh." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "You know, in Egypt they have specially-designed pots for their bombs." Particella: "I'll talk to Carlo." Giraldo of Milan: giraldo can probably make this stuff after seeing whats in it and finding suitable local ingredients Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "They break just right, so as to better maim the foe with the shards, you see." Giraldo of Milan: god those egyptians are amazing Lavinia: "Meanwhile, no more cannons and powder for Felipe until I say so. If he asks you make an excuse, supply problem or something." Particella looks hurt Giraldo of Milan: if i work on my mythic alchemy some more i can probably make powder thats even better than this Particella: "I'm praying you say so soon." Lavinia: "Yeah right, like you pray." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i can inte it and then invent a ritual to create gigantic amounts of it. Particella: "I've got a mouth to feed... My own! Haw haw!" Alphubel ex Merinita: Classic Patricella. Giraldo of Milan: i dont think inte is enough theres charcoal in it too Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thank you boyrep Particella: lol Giraldo of Milan: is charcoal herbam or ignem? Gulielmus of Pure Reason: why would it be ignem Lavinia: definitely herbam Giraldo of Milan: its wood thats been transformed through heat Lavinia: since it's made by charcoal burners using chopped trees Giraldo of Milan: ash is igenm Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thats dumb. Dusan of Criamon: I take Patricella aside and tell him in confidence that again, we're not opposed to arms smuggling as such, this is more of a delay than a cancel. Particella: lol Giraldo of Milan: criamon: look im not saying im opposed to weapons trafficking, Particella: He seems genuinely relieved. Dusan of Criamon: "We just have to make sure this doesn't set any fires that come blowing back our way. I think if you have a deal coming, it'll arrive sooner or later." Giraldo of Milan: anyway it would be a herbam requisite for investigating and reproducing this stuff magically imo Particella: i think so too. Alphubel ex Merinita: Hmm. Giraldo of Milan: but i can probably make it pretty easily hm do the blights affect mythic alchemy at all slash mythic herbalism theyre supernatural abilities that use vim Lavinia: so felipe blowing up Venice unfortunately means the death of all of Fiorella's family and possibly a bunch of Roman Tribunal magi. Giraldo of Milan: vis rather Lavinia: thankfully neither consul was around to hear this so. Particella: Do you know that's what he wants to do? Lavinia: im just kidding around Alphubel ex Merinita: But now that you mention it... Particella: lol Giraldo of Milan: if they do then my ability to enhance the black powder is limited until we get the blight fixed but once we do i can make us some real weapons of mass destruction Particella: Felipe's actual plan for these cannons is even dumber and pettier. Lavinia: hell yes well we're all reconvened right? Giraldo of Milan: using black powder instead of chalk for your virgilian rites Lavinia: "It may be we have no option left but to ask Felipe point blank what his scheme is, and how we can help." Alphubel ex Merinita: "But won't the Atlanteans be upset when their sister city is attacked?" Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets arrange for fiorella to be in venice when it explodes. Giraldo of Milan: question for after this adventure is sorted out: can giraldo start using his work seasons to source materials for and begin producing black powder instead of guard duty Lavinia: i think its a good idea Dusan of Criamon: "I cannot in good conscience allow these plans to go ahead without Fiorella's knowledge." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: sure why not. Lavinia: "Hey, hey, we don't know what those plans ar e yet." Giraldo of Milan: equipping grogs with bombs to throw on adventures would be useful Felipe Calendar: lol Dusan of Criamon: "Well, after we find out the details." Lavinia sighs Felipe Calendar: ruining ars combat even more by giving everyone hand grenades Alphubel ex Merinita: Nice. We did it. Octavia: As is our right Gulielmus of Pure Reason: the hand grenade rules are on page 59 of lands of the nile Giraldo of Milan: fuck ytou thats not real Felipe Calendar: lol Lavinia: lol It's REAL Octavia: the writers truly thought of everything Dusan of Criamon: lmao Felipe Calendar: such perfect organization. Octavia: besides [unfurls scroll and it rolls out the doorway stretching off to the horizon] Lavinia: "Should we all speak to him? He might be, uh, more free with his plans if he doesn't feel pressured by those with the Gift." Alphubel ex Merinita: We should implement scatter rules if we start making hand grenades. Lavinia: shrapnel vs. shields rules Gulielmus of Pure Reason: there's a damage falloff of 1 point per foot. Alphubel ex Merinita: "He's your friend, you would best be, be able to convince him." Lavinia: aight Felipe Calendar: lets use the grenade rules from pathfinder Giraldo of Milan: we will have to figure out what black powder enhanced by mythic alchemy is capable of once we fix the blight Octavia: Blowing a hole in Constantinople a century early Lavinia: I ask Felipe to take a break and have a chat. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: you add a magnitude of damage for every magnitude of refinement Giraldo of Milan vaguely remembers the Mythic Alchemy formula rules and smiles. Felipe Calendar: "Ah, I always have time for you, Lavinia." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: although you might not be able to get very many extra magnitudes out of black powder. Dusan of Criamon: we should strangle this scientific discovery in the crib, so as to not endanger the timeline Lavinia: "Oh, you charmer... But, um... I have a serious question.." "... what are you planning to do in Venice with a cannon?" Gulielmus of Pure Reason: like greek fire is +15 damage but that's already 2 levels of alteration out of a maximum of 3 Giraldo of Milan: making lots of money and good relations with nobles by having giraldo sell enough black powder to level paris to every nearby lord Lavinia: greek fire does continual damage though right? Felipe Calendar: "Oh, uh." Giraldo of Milan: making +20 damage bombs is still uh Felipe Calendar: "Um." Giraldo of Milan: pretty great Gulielmus of Pure Reason: yeah. Octavia: Felipe begins running away comically Giraldo of Milan: especially since by mythic alchemy rules i can probably make a lot of this for very little vis Felipe Calendar blushes Giraldo of Milan: i need to determine what a dose of black powder is Lavinia: "Sorry dear, but as another Augustan you should've realized how much we love schemes, and uncovering them." Felipe Calendar: "Can you, uh, promise not to laugh?" Lavinia: "On my honor." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: a dose of greek fire is 1 bomb Giraldo of Milan: gah thats expensive then Felipe Calendar: "I just want to knock down the Ducal Palace. It's so aesthetically displeasing! Did you SEE what they did to the windows? It's worse for my reputation than everyone thinking I got hanged in the failed coup, honestly." Alphubel ex Merinita: This man is a genius. Cannons won't be used against structures for another 20 years! Lavinia: I attempt folk ken to deduce if he is joking. rolling 1d10!+2+3 ( 1 ) +2+3 = 6 Octavia: lmao Lavinia: oh no. Felipe Calendar: He thinks he can improve their design enough to do it. He's innovating technology out of spite. Lavinia: "..... ... seriously?" Felipe Calendar: rolling 1d10 botch check ( 4 ) = 4 no botch. he's not joking. https://www.planetware.com/photos-large/I/italy-venice-doges-palace-sea-view.jpg Felipe Calendar whips out a diagram from his pocket Felipe Calendar: "Look!" Lavinia: "Are you going to do it while the council is in session or something like that?" Felipe Calendar: "..." Lavinia: Grover Palace Felipe Calendar: "No, I was probably going to do it at night. Hopefully my men can bombard it and escape into the canals before the whole navy is on them." Lavinia: "A song of arms and the man..." Felipe Calendar: "I don't love the Venetian nobility, but this vendetta isn't about them." Octavia: lets meet the doge of venice and trade him specialised drawings Felipe Calendar: "It's about art!" Lavinia: "But a cannon? Men and armies and navies? We're wizards!" Felipe Calendar clenches his fist Lavinia: "Cast a rite on it!" Felipe Calendar: "You think they'll let me inside the building again?" He gives a big laugh moe: "In a manner of speaking we even have experience with that exact sort of operation" Felipe Calendar: "This is much easier. Just spend some money." "Anyway, I didn't want to trouble you over something so personal." Lavinia: "What if... I could help you get inside?" Felipe Calendar: His eyes light up. Lavinia: "We've helped each other out with sensitive things before haven't we? Let's have no secrets between us." Felipe Calendar: "Oh? You're good at this sort of thing." "I think I'll trust your expertise, yes." "What do you have in mind?" Lavinia: "Now that I think about it though, there might be an even better solution. We don't want Quaesitors sniffing around and we don't want it to look like you designed an inferior palace... Let's put our heads together and think of a plan that doesn't get you killed by the Venetian navy or me marched by the Order." Let's ask the Atlanteans to destroy it. Felipe Calendar: "I'll drink to that." lmao. blessed. Dusan of Criamon: johns, you are a genius Lavinia: I need to talk to an expert in Hermetic Law. Guy of Bonisagus sneezes. Lavinia: No, not him. Alphubel ex Merinita: lol Giraldo of Milan: look. hes committed the most serious crimes of anyone you know whos still alive Lavinia: giraldo and octavia are discrete and can be brought in on a conspiracy right Giraldo of Milan: if you cant call that expertise, well yeah Lavinia: fine I'll cut guy in too. if he betrays me I can always betray him more Giraldo of Milan: giraldos probably more loyal to lavinia than other magi oh i was joking Lavinia: lol Giraldo of Milan: guy probably wont be interested in that Lavinia: hmmm would Felipe be happy if we used magic to fix the palace's appearance instead of destroying it Octavia: I didn't sell out Guy murdering a magus in the covenant, I can be trusted. Felipe Calendar: no, he doesnt want to be tied to venice any longer so he wants to knock it down and hopefully no one finds out who did it Lavinia: Is Venice at war with anyone? "Giraldo, after experimenting with it, could the powder level a building if it were left inside?" Felipe Calendar: theres an off and on war with the Genoese going on right now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian%E2%80%93Genoese_wars well not RIGHT now it'll pick back up soon Gulielmus of Pure Reason: burning powder cannot melt marble columns. Giraldo of Milan: "Hmm." "If you placed it at weak points, certainly." Lavinia: does anyone here have skill to id those weak points Felipe Calendar: I do. Dusan of Criamon: i thought our boy was an architect Lavinia: aha can he mark them out for us on a diagram, please. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i had a spell to do that. but you ruthlessly trolled me on the side effect until i deleted it from my seasons Octavia: Boss. This is a sneaking mission. You'll have to plant the charges on the marked locations, then retreat to a safe distance before the building goes down. Lavinia: if I get some confirmation from Belzer that I'm not committing a crime I would bring Gulielmus and Dusan and Alphubel in on this Felipe Calendar: He can mark out places to put bombs in the areas he built, but the finished wing of the palace with the off level windows he's just making guesses. Dusan of Criamon: Hmm I still feel like Fiorella deserves some modest recompense couldn't we also turn this into an insurance scam somehow or! even better, it would be cool if we turned felipe back into a venice-enjoyer he could make a new and better palace Alphubel ex Merinita: I don't think insurance exists yet. Dusan of Criamon: the ultimate "fuck you" Lavinia: Historically, it's her kin, Carlo Zeno who led the Venetians to victory in the war against Genoa. If we frame Genoa for the crime and Carlo Zeno is appointed admiral, we are doing her family a service. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: wee bey with devil horns Dusan of Criamon: Hmm. Good point. Final question: do we know and like anyone from Genoa? Felipe Calendar: oh, coincidentally, remember who Particella said he was getting these supplies from Lavinia: ............ ! Octavia: Who did he say Lavinia: carlo. Felipe Calendar: Carlo. Octavia: I thought he just said a friend of a friend ah Dusan of Criamon: neat Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Carloman Lavinia: What if carlo zeno is buildign this scheme so he can crush felipe and gain some easy glory Octavia: Let's join the ever-growing cult of carloman, who are preparing for his Second Coming Alphubel ex Merinita: That would be clever of him. Lavinia: IN WHICH CASE I am fully and absolutely justified in ruining the life of Fiorella's kin Alphubel ex Merinita: Let's do it. Lavinia: ok here's my plan. Alphubel ex Merinita: Lay it on me. Octavia: Incredibly Big Brained Voice: I'm going to make an enemy of the magus who casts spells at such high penetration that they can beat my parma. Lavinia: We rig a collapsing rite on the building. Felipe lets his fake navy attack Venice, going right into Carlo's trap. They will be destroyed. Felipe will be nowhere near this. Then just as Carlo thinks he is victorious, the Ducal Palace collapses and he is disgraced forever. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lol. Alphubel ex Merinita: Is there any way we can fake the navy more? Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's raise an Eastern Roman standard over the ruins of the ducal palace. Lavinia: strong Creo Imaginem Octavia: Are these plans being discussed in front of Giraldo and I, as grogs being brought into the fray to carry it out? Gulielmus of Pure Reason: the dogal palace Lavinia: yes Octavia Alphubel ex Merinita: Does anyone have strong Creo Imaginem? Lavinia: not that I'm asking our people to be part of felipe's stupid navy Felipe Calendar: lol Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i have strong creo, and multiple points in imaginem Alphubel ex Merinita: I have to say that Felipe seems a lot dumber than I would have thought possible. Octavia: I give a salute then "So sneak in, place these concoctions, light the fuse and retreat, boss?" Gulielmus of Pure Reason: he is an Augustan Dusan of Criamon: He's passionate, it's an italian thing Lavinia: he must have had a lousy master and he hasn't trained in the Hyperbolic Intrigue Chamber that is the OoH Felipe Calendar: He's a really great architect who lives his life to be famous and build palaces for emperors and his name is currently disgraced and his only legacy is an ugly palace. Alphubel ex Merinita: I just mean that this is a stupid plan with a stupid goal. Felipe Calendar: So he's not really being rational. Lavinia: "You guys tell me, how hard do you think it would be to sneak barrels of gunpowder into the palace undetected?" Alphubel ex Merinita: Not to put too fine a point on it. "Just shrink them." Lavinia: ooooh Felipe Calendar: He just wants to wreck his old palace because he thinks someone ruined it, to be petty. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: turn them into water and then shrink the water Lavinia: felipe dancing outside the ducal palace with giant gonnes -- Yeah I'm feeling petty Giraldo of Milan: turn the water into feathers "It should be easy." Lavinia: "If it's hard, I could use my magic to collapse the palace, but that unfortunately leaves a trace a Quaesitor could follow" "Weak magic, or purely mundane, means no one in the order will be wiser" Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's just check up on our Muto and Herbam stockpiles. huh? bwuhh Lavinia: lol Octavia: "So it's to be done subtle, nothing that can link back to any of you, boss?" Alphubel ex Merinita: "You could make the barrels invisible." Dusan of Criamon: brb 5 Octavia: "I can lift one of those barrels easily." I have the heroic virtue Great Bearer and 3 str so I can carry a lot easily Lavinia: hell yes Gulielmus of Pure Reason: how are you going to trick Gulielmus into helping you blow up the palaso dogal Lavinia: I'll ask him nicely. Felipe Calendar: lol Lavinia: "Gulielmus, would you please help me with a project?" Octavia: You can carry twice as much on your back before you become weighted down, as long as you have time to arrange yourself and your equipment properly. Divide your Burden by two before calculating your Encumbrance. Felipe Calendar: thats cool Lavinia: was Felipe intending to declare himself when he attacked venice, or would his ships look like pirates? Octavia: The difference in load between 3 burden and 6 is 15. 3 burden is 6 load, 6 burden is 21. Felipe Calendar: the second thing Octavia: Metal scale, the heaviest thing listed, is 7 load Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "I'm always happy to help, as long as it's not too much of a distraction from our grand goal." "What's the project?" Lavinia: "I want to destroy the Ducal Palace of Venice in a way that does not implicate us." Alphubel ex Merinita: Nice. Lavinia, Master Intriguer. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "This sounds like it's going to be another massacre, Lavinia." Octavia: I whistle Lavinia: "No, we will do it when it's vacant." Alphubel ex Merinita: Said Timothy McVeighishly. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Oh, that makes more sense." "What do you need?" Lavinia: "We need a way to smuggle barrels of that explosive material into the palace undetected, and to set it off safely." "Making them smaller, or invisible, or disguised.." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: hmm. you could ward the gunpowder against flame for diameter, and then conjure a flame under it for sun Octavia: "I have some training as a spectatore, boss. Magic'll make it easier of course, but I can sneak around if need be." Lavinia: "Octavia can lift them, and Giraldo knows how to handle this stuff better than any of us." Dusan of Criamon: back Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "I think I can produce another batch of invisibility paste." Felipe Calendar: Gulielmus of Pure Treason at it again. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lemme see what i can actually produce here. rolling 1d10!+4+2+3+7+7 ( 6 ) +4+2+3+7+7 = 29 (To GM): Can I confirm with Particella that it is indeed Carlo Zeno he's meeting with (From Felipe Calendar): yeah. He's known Carlo for almost a decade now. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: so when i designed gulielmus i took magical memory in the hopes that i would be able to use the lab text bonus on rusticani item creation in which case that's 6 charges of veil of invisibility Alphubel ex Merinita: Nice. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: either way i can only fuck up this potion on a botch rolling 1d10!+4+2+3+7+7 ( 2 ) +4+2+3+7+7 = 25 so we have a very large number of charges here. Felipe Calendar: Very cool. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Thank you. Giraldo of Milan: rusticani ftw do the charges just last forever or hows it work Gulielmus of Pure Reason: charged items last until used Giraldo of Milan: you can make charged items without vis... sugoi... Lavinia: "One more thing..." "I'd like to work this out with Felipe that ensures we do the blast at night, but it'd be nice to take extra steps to ensure the palace is deserted." Felipe Calendar: That's nice of you. Lavinia: "Could you make, maybe, Creo Imaginem potions that fill the palace with a ghastly unpleasant stench?" Giraldo of Milan: octavia can kill everyone inside before we plant the bomb Lavinia: "So anyone still around will want to leave." Felipe Calendar: Felipe isn't looking to specifically kill anyone, but he was certainly not going to go that far. Lavinia: she could but that will blow our Silent Assassin rating Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "A whole palace would be beyond a simple charged item." Alphubel ex Merinita: What if they go looking for the cause of the smell? Octavia: Then your cover is up Lavinia: could he do a structure range PeIg 4 spell that makes the palace uncomfortably cold Peig +1 touch +3 structure is PeIg 20 Gulielmus of Pure Reason: oh hmm i thought structure was ritual only. whoops creo works weirdly with higher targets anyway ill try peig Alphubel ex Merinita: Noice. Lavinia: also for felipe's navy instead of leaving them to die helplessly, we can lend one of his ships the orb of underwater breathing and tell him to man the other ships with a skeleton crew of good divers and then they just all bail the moment it looks like the enemy will hit them Felipe Calendar: this sounds like a good plan. Alphubel ex Merinita: It does. Felipe Calendar: i didnt expect you to want to go along with it, honestly. Alphubel ex Merinita: Certainly better than Felipe's certifiably insane plan. Lavinia: i can add one more thing to help, the statue of Brutulus has an effect to increase people's stealth rolls inside the palace Gulielmus of Pure Reason: rolling 1d10!+4+2+7+7+4, using hickory sap ( 9 ) +4+2+7+7+4 = 33 Lavinia: defying the GM expectations ftw. Octavia: Ooh I have +2 stealth, but +4 dex So I'm good for sneaking around. Lavinia: brutulus adds +3 Felipe Calendar: nice Lavinia: you will be a ghost in the wind. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thats a pretty potent potion Lavinia: I don't know the mechanics, does that add enoguh room to put a duration on the effect? Gulielmus of Pure Reason: base 4 +3 structure +1 touch +2 sun actually the dogal palace probably needs a size modifier. so we've got Diam and +1 size (100 rooms) would concentration make sense for a consumable item? Felipe Calendar: for a potion that lasts from when you drink it to when you stop concentrating, sure Octavia: You'd have to concentrate on the effect by holding the potion in your mouth or something Felipe Calendar: for an inanimate thing, probably not? idk. Octavia's idea is fun. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: rub the treated sap all over your hands and the effect lasts as long as you keep your gross sappy hands in contact with the building Felipe Calendar: nice Giraldo of Milan: octovia Octavia: Sappy hands Dusan of Criamon: gross sappy hands Octavia: So we need someone to maintain the effect then, won't we? What's that effect for guli Gulielmus of Pure Reason: to chill the building Octavia: If I'm carrying the gunpowder then Giraldo will probably have to handle that side of things Lavinia: "As an absolute failsafe, could we conjure a hearing only Imaginem effect of a voice telling people to get out of the building immediately, a few moments before the explosion?" "Disguised as mundane panicking voices, not obviously magical.." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: nice. Lavinia: "My goal here is to humiliate Carlo. Making him look responsible for not preventing someone's death goes too far." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: rolling 1d10!+4+2+5+3+4 MuIm ( 8 ) +4+2+5+3+4 = 26 base 1 +3 structure +1 size +2 sun with tons of points left over: to change every sound in the palace to sound like people screaming to evacuate. Lavinia: lol Alphubel ex Merinita: lol Felipe Calendar: lol Gulielmus of Pure Reason: oh i forgot touch but there's still a whole magnitude left over even with that. Felipe Calendar: sounds good. Lavinia: okay here's my notes Gulielmus Potions to make Gunpowder Invisible Gulielmus Potion to clear out Palace with uncomfortable cold Cat's Eye buff: 24 uses to grant Darkvision to infiltrators Innocuous Blade: 3 uses a day, can cut through doors and stone material Gulielmus Effect: auditory final evacuation warning Lavinia: Brutulus' Effect to Increase Stealth +3 Fur Coats to all infiltrators to avoid Gulielmus' effect Octavia: Carrying the barrels, neutralizing people still inside Giraldo: Responsible for ensuring they're set up right, lighting the fuse, neutralizing people inside Gulielmus: Concentrating on the effect to make the palace inhospitably cold Lavinia: did I miss anything Gulielmus of Pure Reason: oorah. Felipe Calendar: that looks like everything. what a hilarious plan Giraldo of Milan: i will neutralize the people inside Lavinia: "Octavia and Giraldo, are you confidant to handle this yourselves? You could take any number of grogs." (or derfel) Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thank you Imaginem for having hilariously low base levels Giraldo of Milan: lets have derfel light the fuses and tell him to make sure they dont get extinguished Belzer of Mercere: I'll start preparing the legal defense in advance in case you guys fuck up Octavia: "It's sneaking around, less people the easier it'll go. Anyone going should be there for a good reason." Lavinia: lmao thank you Felipe Calendar: ty belzer Gulielmus of Pure Reason: derfel is killed when an iron barrel hoop flies out of the explosion and cuts clean through his neck Lavinia: "Felipe and I will be watching the view from across the bay on the San Giorgio Maggiore. If the blast is bright enough maybe we'll make out Carlo's face when he realizes he's been duped..." (To GM): My instructions to Felipe are to continue assembling his navy, but all the cannons should go on one boat. The other boats should have as few men as possible, and they should dive away as soon as the fight starts. The main boat can have everyone touch the water breathing orb to get off safely. Octavia: So me and Giraldo will be invisible too right Or just the barrels Gulielmus of Pure Reason: there's an arbitrary amount of potion really Giraldo of Milan: drinking cheap lambrusco wine on the san giorgio maggiore overlooking venice Lavinia: lol Octavia: lol Love that memory Alphubel ex Merinita: Same. Felipe Calendar: lol. Dusan of Criamon: lmao (To GM): Also he should time his approach to Venice so that it's after sunset by the time defending ships meet (From Felipe Calendar): he's going along with it, but seems surprised that you expect so much resistance (To GM): Just in case Carlo is planning not to meet him in battle but just arrest him or something, I'll lend him Sir Oak as a guardian for awhile Felipe Calendar: watch out being too invisible. Gulielmus of Pure Reason: boy i hope the dogal palace has 100 or fewer rooms. Octavia: "I don't want to go in without armour, can I get a cloak to throw over it in case we're spotted?" Lavinia: yeah you can't coordinate if you can't hear each other "You should wear heavy furs anyway, the palace is going to be very cold." Felipe Calendar: that time Rosario and Dusan were both invisible and couldn't make sounds and had to figure out how to communicate and navigate without being able to see or hear each other was ftw Octavia: "Got it." Gulielmus of Pure Reason: it was harrowing! napolino nearly died. Felipe Calendar: It was pretty tense. Octavia: "Palace'll be rubble as you request it, boss." Dusan of Criamon: it was a magical journey Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i mean, he nearly died of being left behind, but that's death for you. (From Felipe Calendar): Sir Oak is so reliable Lavinia: "Aeneas himself did not have a crew as great and reliable as I feel I do today!" Alphubel ex Merinita: It is. Octavia: "It's an honour to be compared to his army, boss." I salute Giraldo of Milan: just realized i forgot to say what is this crap when we first found the black powder Octavia: fuse is howling Lavinia: lol Ah wait. Octavia said she wanted to wear a mask of some sort before committing this plot? https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41jWCcGHgVL.jpg Octavia: lol A mask is a good idea, too. Giraldo of Milan: just say youre mortis Octavia: This is subtle work, it's harder to trace back to Vardian's Tomb the more anonymous we are Giraldo of Milan: its a damn shame mortis was a retarded fag and died he couldve used memento mortis as his catchphrase Lavinia: lol The ghost of mortis just keeps popping up and committing insane crimes and theres nothign anyone can do Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lol Giraldo of Milan: venatores launching an expedition into hell in order to take back mortis's eternal soul, that it can be destroyed forever Dusan of Criamon: perhaps one day we'll meet another far-off culture that has a phrase for this sort of thing Giraldo of Milan: what of mortis was the second coming of carloman?? Alphubel ex Merinita: Probably not, since he died. Lavinia: no one thought to check his grave 3 days later to see if he disappeared Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what if we're all merely aspects of carloman's shattered spirit. We must never again kill each other, to prevent the re-emergence of the original. Octavia: It turns out that Mortis was part-chinese, meaning that he can escape the clutches of hell by evading the yama kings and reclaiming life as a spirit possessing a corpse, one of the hungry dead. as ars is in the world of darkness, this is all canon Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Magic, Faerie, Divine, Infernal, and China Dusan of Criamon: Time to dust off the old Mortis Announcer Hat Alphubel ex Merinita: The World of Darkness incorporates a lot of real world elements like cars, the US President, and the Order of Hermes. Octavia: Is Derfel joining us on the mission? He's my first recommendation for someone to bring along if asked, second is Bolad. well I was asked but didnt answer at the time Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lets bring the crew i have my trusty club. Lavinia: bolad is afraid of water and swimming Felipe Calendar: I'm not on the ball enough to improvise a detailed and satisfying terrorist bombing heist type adventure but we'll see how it goes. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: imagine if derfels sheet was up to date. Lavinia: also ive hogged too much time this session anyway Derfel ap Cadwaladr: he would probably have like 20 single weapon. GM: It would be epic. Giraldo of Milan: likely not giraldo has 217 xp in great weapon which is only level 8 Octavia: Imagine how long a 30 minute update of Derfel's sheet would take to do Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lmao Dusan of Criamon: i always thought it would both take balls from a GM and work really well to reduce a whole adventure to a single roll, or series of rolls Alphubel ex Merinita: An adventure is a series of rolls, when you think about it. Dusan of Criamon: i got really into this concept trying to whip up a cyberpunk game where hacking wouldn't be a separate game Octavia: brb a few mins Derfel ap Cadwaladr: there was a europa universalis guy on something awful dot com who really wanted to reduce the entire map to a single province and then just run events on it to simulate the realities of the post-1991 world Lavinia: lol Alphubel ex Merinita: All the characters have hacking skills and regular skills. Boom, hacking solved. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: this guy was also very deeply stupid. Lavinia: i dont really get map games but I feel that expanding and making pretty borders is a pretty big part of it Dusan of Criamon: it sounds like a humorous concept until you realize EU events aren't very funny Giraldo of Milan: i love map games like minecraft Alphubel ex Merinita: Ok anyway, let's go blow up that building for no reason. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: It's gonna be great. Lavinia: there's a very good reason it's ugly. Dusan of Criamon: it's true. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it's full of Italians. not even Italians really. Alphubel ex Merinita: I'm not going to go but my still not finished companion character also wouldn't go. GM: Guli or Giraldo or whoever puts their gross sappy hands on the building and some guards start filing out to the street, complaining about ghosts. Alphubel ex Merinita: So I don't feel bad. Dusan of Criamon: As guards are wont to do. (From Derfel ap Cadwaladr): gulielmus's sigil is bubbles, if you want to make the big structure-target effect a little blatant Guardsman: "Any time it gets cold all of a sudden like that, it's how y'know its ghosts." an older guard advises the younger recruits. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: These guys really know their Faerie lore. (From Derfel ap Cadwaladr): otherwise it could just be the potion itself fizzing and bubbling Octavia: How much Load is a full barrel of gunpowder, GM? The heaviest thing I can find is scale mail at 7 Guardsman: The sap begins oozing out along the walls. It bubbles from between the stones, the bubbles freeze, then crack and crumble as the potion continues to creep along. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: hell yeah. Guardsman: Hmmm. Lavinia: Note that an average person has a Load of 21 (tme p112), if that helps Derfel ap Cadwaladr: is there a maximum load Giraldo of Milan: lets give octavia a full load Guardsman: ok. a standard size barrel filled with liquid is like 300 lbs Giraldo of Milan: this is dry powder Octavia: I have 10 load from equipment and dont get encumbered until 28. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: nice. Guardsman: i know its powder Giraldo of Milan: it is PROBABLY less than water Guardsman: but im just googling barrel weight full Octavia: And I'm at 1 encumberance until... 44 Guardsman: Gunpowder barrels were made of oak by a tight cooper and were actually good enough to hold liquid. The hoops surrounding the staves were of copper and wood, which are non-sparking, never of iron or steel. Standard full barrels contained 100 pounds of gunpowder, ok. Giraldo of Milan: limmy: whats heavier? a barrel of steel or a barrel of feathers? thats right. they both weigh a barrel Lavinia: Octavia the Atlas Guardsman: they are Load 18 wait a person is 21 not 24. uhhh. whatever. 14. Octavia: Great Bearer really lets you carry a ton with how it works, since it just straight-up halves burden, which uses the art scale. Guardsman: i dont know math so im just guessing im sorry. Lavinia: i bet you never thought it woudl come up in play too (that virtue) Octavia: I can carry a full barrel without being encumbered at all, how many do you think we need? Guardsman: great bearer is a cool pick yeah Octavia: I didnt, but here we are 2 barrels is 38 total, so still only 1 encumberance Guardsman: lol Octavia is so buff... Giraldo of Milan: i will pick up a barrel Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i will be on sap duty Giraldo of Milan: hm. maybe i should take off my armor for this Guardsman: A fat guard wrapped in blankets turns and starts patrolling down your hallway. Octavia: If I take 2, that's 3 total, should be enough to level a palace. Guardsman: rolling 1d10!+1+2 awareness ( 7 ) +1+2 = 10 Octavia: "Shh. Guard coming." I duck in to the side Guardsman: roll stealth to hide your breath cloudes Alphubel ex Merinita: I mean, how much did Guy Fawkes need? Octavia: rolling 1d10!+4+2-1 ( 2 ) +4+2-1 = 7 Guardsman: gah Lavinia: '+3 from brutus effect that dims all the light in the building Octavia: Oh yeah thats 10 Guardsman: whew ty lavinia Octavia: Forgot the brutus effect, my apologies. Guardsman: same. i should also be keepin notes. anyway, gimme a roll giraldo. Octavia makes it. "Did I hear something?" Giraldo of Milan: hold on rolling 1d10!+4 ( 1 ) +4 = 5 uh oh Guardsman: gahaha rolling 1d10 ( 1 ) = 1 Giraldo of Milan: i got the fugyaa number uh oh! Guardsman: blessed Alphubel ex Merinita: He DID hear something! Octavia: lmao Giraldo of Milan: actually... im NOT resuming patrol! Dusan of Criamon: just chasing each other around a single pillar Guardsman: "Must have been the wi-aaait a minute." The guard spots Giraldo's exhalation of breath. Giraldo of Milan: alright. its fine. i have a plan Guardsman: "Hey! Come quick! I need backup!! Magic!" Giraldo of Milan: oh he recognizes magic i dont have a plan hm Guardsman: He turns and starts to woddle away. Giraldo of Milan: well maybe itll still work Guardsman: Well, he just saw an invisible guy breathe. He doesn't have to know Imaginem to know something's up. Giraldo of Milan: okay. stand back everyone, and watch the plan at work Octavia: I thought we weren't invisible after all, huh. Guardsman: Weren't you? Octavia: Invis adds like +9 to stealth lol Guardsman: I was going by it being very cold and your breath being visible. Octavia: The lights are dim though Guardsman: But Giraldo botched. Octavia: Oh yeah, he still botched Alphubel ex Merinita: It's so true. Octavia: a botch is a botch. Giraldo of Milan: "And where do you think you're going, you little brat? You finally meet your granddad again and you don't even say hello? Guess you never change." Octavia: I just don't think we're- lmao Guardsman: lmao. He freezes. rolling 1d10!-3+2 int + folk ken ( 1 ) -3+2 = 0 rofl. Giraldo of Milan: "And just look at you. You can't even fit into your armor." Guardsman: rolling 1d10 ( 4 ) = 4 Giraldo of Milan: rolling 1d10!+3 ( 6 ) +3 = 9 Guardsman: you manage to use your powerful guile to salvage the situation. Giraldo of Milan: "If I still had a body I'd straighten you out proper." Guardsman: "Chief was right about ghosts! I'm sorry grandpa!" Derfel ap Cadwaladr: brb. Dusan of Criamon: Giraldo is a goddamn treasure Giraldo of Milan: "You want to show me you're sorry? You get your apple-laden ass out of here and find some real work. Waddling around, shoveling piles of fruit down that maw of yours..." Derfel ap Cadwaladr: back. Guardsman: hahaha Guardsman gulps down a mouthful of dried apple Guardsman: "Of course!" "R-right away!" "Boy, Mom's not gonna believe this...!" The guard leaves. Close one, Giraldo. Octavia: "Good save." "Almost had to skewer him before he screamed." Giraldo of Milan: "We've got a plan to stick to. No corpses." Octavia: "Yeah. It's a pain in the ass, but that's the order." Guardsman: Octavia and Giraldo get the barrels planted without any further obstacles, working faster than the plan accounted for thanks to Octavia's strength and Giraldo's discretion. Now, I think all that's left is making a safe escape. Octavia: "How long have we got to get out the palace before these go off?" Giraldo of Milan: "A couple of minutes, give or take." Guardsman: Are you taking the boat with Felipe or do you have your own way out Giraldo of Milan: we can take the boat that seems like a good idea Derfel ap Cadwaladr: are you going to uhh Lavinia: felipe should not travel by boat since we're worried about an enemy navy Giraldo of Milan: thats true lets skedaddle hm. we should probably tell gulielmus Alphubel ex Merinita: We did it. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: are you going to use the other potion, or alert derfel as you leave the building silently and invisibly Guardsman: i thought you said you wanted him and all his cannons on one boat (which is a total of two cannons, the one you found and one more he scrambled to get after Lavinia started accelerating his plans) Lavinia: yeah, but he wouldn't be on the boat himself it's just the men he hired Guardsman: oh, i see Lavinia: he's on the island across the bay watching the battle Guardsman: oh yeah Lavinia: while carlo thinks felipe is in the armada Guardsman: with your epic mde ref. Octavia: "Alright, a few minutes is enough." "Let's get moving, old man." (To GM): Is there a battle, or have we been played and carlo wanted this building destroyed all along Giraldo of Milan grumbles. Giraldo of Milan: "The years won't catch up to me for a while." Guardsman: alright. in that case, Octavia, Giraldo, a few thugs, and two cannons are on a boat out of Venice when they see another ship coming toward the city. It looks headed to pass right by them. Derfel ap Cadwaladr:. o O ( would my fellow custodes betray me? ) Octavia: Derfel is the one maintaining the cold right Derfel ap Cadwaladr: ya Octavia: Then we head for you Derfel ap Cadwaladr: ty. Octavia: At least, I do. Perhaps Giraldo runs for the sea. (From Guardsman): Carlo doesn't know where the cannons and gunpowder are going after they get to Particella. Carlo is still an amoral mercenary with a pirate fleet of his own at this point in history. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it would be pretty funny to leave him behind. but also he would survive and rat you out (From Guardsman): if he knew it was for blowing up part of venice he might be upset, but he didn't Octavia: "We've got a minute left, hand off the wall and let's get a damn move on." I bark as we run off and reach Derfel (To GM): oh lol. I thought he was in charge of venice's defenses. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Shit!" (From Guardsman): no thats not until he comes back with his pirate fleet to win the battle of chioggia in the 1370s lol. im sorry Lavinia: hmm turns out I was probably thinkign too much about carlo's schemes. well whatever too late to go back now haha. Derfel ap Cadwaladr pours the sound-altering potion on the floor and makes for the extraction point. Guardsman: pequod inbound to lz Giraldo of Milan: lets exfiltrate Guardsman: it turns out there was a little misunderstanding over carlo's possible motivations because lavinia was breaking the hermetic limit of time but its not a big deal. Lavinia: i can't believe Fiorella's family involves pirates. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: just a lil overscheming. Alphubel ex Merinita: I can. Pirates are great. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lavinia should join house verditius. Guardsman: You are exfiltrating. A ship is inbound, and you are likely to pass closely enough to identify each others markings and possibly deck crew what do you o Octavia: We all get to jump out of the palace as it explodes behind us, making for an incredible visual image. Guardsman: do the palace will explode any second. (To GM): As long as Felipe appreciates the gesture it's still worth it to throw covenfolk's lives in danger. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: I'm invisible. Octavia: The ships were decoys, are we really gonna board instead of escaping by foot? Alphubel ex Merinita: Or it would if you were visible. Giraldo of Milan: escaping by foot seems like the better idea Guardsman: oh i thought you wanted to make sure the cannons stayed in your possessio in that case thats cool. Lavinia: What if we sunk the ship Guardsman: Octavia, Derfel, and Giraldo can escape by foot. Lavinia: and then it became a shipwreck... and we explored it. Guardsman: and the other thugs leave with the cannons. Octavia: Let's hoof it Guardsman: the palace collapses in a controlled demolition as you all haul ass down the roads Octavia: "That chapter house, let's split then meet by there." Giraldo of Milan: i will do so Guardsman: someone on their way into venice may have seen the cannon ship on the way out, but who knows. Octavia: I have no direction sense and my allies were invisible so I don't show up at the chapter house Guardsman: lol lmfao. Alphubel ex Merinita: Here's hoping you get epically lost. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i also have no sense of direction. Alphubel ex Merinita: lol Guardsman: that's incredible. Lavinia: Great. Alphubel ex Merinita: Well, we lost two grogs but we got the job done. Lavinia: Let's never say "let's split up" without double checking that, first. Dusan of Criamon: you did it, grogs! Lavinia: Time for the next step in our plan, where we implicate Carlo Zeno as the mastermind of the plot. Guardsman: i will roll a d10 for Derfel, and then a d10 for Octavia. if you get closer to 10, you will be farther away from the scene of the crime/nearer to the chapterhouse. if you get closer to 1, you will be nearer to the wrecked palace. rolling 1d10 Derfel ( 10 ) = 10 rolling 1d10 Octavia ( 4 ) = 4 Derfel ap Cadwaladr: wew. Guardsman: Derfel ends up within sight of the chapterhouse, and is picked up and dragged inside. Alphubel ex Merinita: I mean, if anyone can find our wayward grogs it's Lavinia. Giraldo of Milan pops open a wine bottle. Lavinia: She's busy celebrating with Felipe. Guardsman: Octavia, please roll Awareness. Octavia: Hearing or sight based? Guardsman: Sight Octavia: rolling 1d10!-3 ( 3 ) -3 = 0 Lavinia: doh Alphubel ex Merinita: Boh. Guardsman: Well, if you want to use something else, go for it. Octavia: That's sight-based. If hearing-based it's 3 lower. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lol Guardsman: Octavia, you look around and can't tell one part of Venice from another. What kind of asshole builds a curved street? How long does this invis effect last again? sun? Derfel ap Cadwaladr: sun yeah Octavia: Hm. Well I have an idea. I'll follow the canals to the coast, then wander the coast until I find one of our boats. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Another successful quest." Guardsman: Derfel, Giraldo, an hour passes and Octavia has not returned. The city is erupting into panic as the people notice what happened to the palace. Alphubel ex Merinita: It's just crazy enough to work. Guardsman: That' That's not a bad idea, Octavia. Giraldo of Milan: following canals sounds like something someone with a sense of direction would do, though Guardsman: rolling 1d2 ( 1 ) = 1 You start going upstream. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Mission, sorry." "It's the Sidhe in me." Octavia: Excellent. Giraldo of Milan: "Huh. Guess she got lost." Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "She'll make her way ba-" Guardsman: Octavia, gimme another sight awareness Derfel ap Cadwaladr frowns. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Actually, no, it's more likely she'll end up in some Faerie regio." Octavia: rolling 1d10!-3 ( 8 ) -3 = 5 Guardsman: Nice. That's high enough to make a minor EF. Giraldo of Milan: make a minor Octavia: "Damn this city, who lays streets out this way?" Guardsman: You notice that the coast seems to be getting farther away. Alphubel ex Merinita: lol Octavia: "Ah fuck." I start running back the other way Guardsman: lol Octavia makes it to the coast before sunrise. The fake navy have gone, but you'll be visible soon. Are the rest of the crew looking for Octavia? lol Maybe telling a magus she's lost? Lavinia: she could ask for directions she speaks italian right? Guardsman: looks like she has italian 3 Octavia: Yeah Guardsman: so yeah enough to ask for directions and sound foreign but in a weird way because latin is her native language Octavia: If I'm stuck here still in the morning I'll yell at venetians until they direct me to the chapter house italian spec is in Insults so that should be easy enough Guardsman: lol Octavia: Actually, I dont even have to yell. I've been meaning to use this. I go find someone and try to Entrance them into guiding me Guardsman: oh fuck yea thats sick. Octavia: It's opposed by a stamina roll, +3 for a normal task I'll find a woman since that's what my spec is rolling 1d10!+3+4+1 ( 3 ) +3+4+1 = 11 Guardsman: rolling 1d10!+1+3 ( 4 ) +1+3 = 8 Nice. Octavia: I'll describe the area around the chapter house and get them to take me Derfel ap Cadwaladr: what's lavinia's death prophecy Alphubel ex Merinita: Death by the Sea. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: sick Alphubel ex Merinita: We should actually have an exact prophecy. Dusan of Criamon: did octavia just bully her way to some directions Octavia: Johns has asked me to not reveal the exact details of it, on the basis that he is engaged in perpetual PVP. Alphubel ex Merinita: Wow. Octavia: I mind-controlled someone into directions, actually Alphubel ex Merinita: Talk about paranoid. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: ok Dusan of Criamon: I retract Octavia: It IS paranoid, but I'll respect his wishes Derfel ap Cadwaladr: johns can no longer play lavinia in a session run by any gm except you Rabble Woman loses herself in Octavia's eyes and smiles dreamily Giraldo of Milan: Entrance Rabble: "Sure, I'll take you wherever you want to go." Giraldo of Milan: oh ohhh Lavinia: Degenerates Giraldo of Milan: i was thinking entrance but you meant entrance i see Octavia: if Giraldo and Derfel waited around, I'll meet them there Derfel ap Cadwaladr raises a bottle. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Salve." Rabble: It's been a few hours longer than you planned, but you know what, I think this actually means you kept to the heist timetable. Octavia: "Salve." Rabble: Since you saved a few hours earlier planting barrels. Sure. Why not. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: well unless you run into trouble on the way. Octavia: "Had to get a damn peasant to lead me here, but I think that went pretty well, huh?" Rabble: What do you do with the entranced peasant? They'll just wander off if you've got no plans. No big deal. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "I like this Chinese salt." Alphubel ex Merinita: Entrancing a peasant isn't any kind of crime. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "It's got more panache than just digging a tunnel under the place." Octavia: Yeah I just dismiss them, entrancement is only for a single task anyway "Oh yeah, whole place collapsed with a noise like the roar of the gods." "We've got some damn good employers, I'll say that." Lavinia: I wanted to do terrorism.... bossman agreed Rabble: lol Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Have to say it's nicer without the Black Knight around." Giraldo of Milan: "Damn, I should've told that guard I was Mortis." GM: Now that Calendar's vendetta against the people who defaced his art is settled, he's feeling much better. Lavinia: nice I will try to convince him to stay with me and the Order once more instead of running off on mad schemes. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: romance is in the air. Octavia: "Some old friend of yours, huh?" Lavinia: This is... my true scheme! Felipe Calendar: He looks at Lavinia in the light of the moon and the fire of the burning palace ruins and leans in for a kiss. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: will lavinia fuck before alphubel does? Felipe Calendar: lol. Lavinia reciprocates Felipe Calendar: ohhhh!! Lavinia: gahaha. pwned, endrite Octavia: Congrats, Lavinia. Alphubel ex Merinita: I've never been interested in dudes that way. But congrats Johns. Felipe Calendar: the scene fades to black and Felipe Calendar decides that he won't go off and try to build a palace for the fake idiot emperor after all. Octavia: Oh shit. Ain't never had a magus come at me like that before. Giraldo of Milan: alright. now lets kill felipe Felipe Calendar: Congrats Lavinia. You have established the ultimate Augustan Murder Power Couple. Lavinia: two bumbling inept schemers. Felipe Calendar: loll Derfel ap Cadwaladr: now sacrifice him to a demon also gulielmus is NOT engaged in perpetual pvp against lavinia, even though i constantly threaten to poison her. Giraldo of Milan: now watch me whip. now watch me sacrifice this man to baphomet Lavinia: the one im most worried about is guy and this terrible secret project he keeps talking about Giraldo of Milan: fortunately, acting on those concerns would be metagaming which you would never do Felipe Calendar: this went pretty well/longer than i expected for a pre-session distraction. and you did cool plans and stuff and worked towards your characters goals and used their abilities in fun ways. i kind of want to give 9 xp. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: oorah. GM: also you have access to two cannons and a quantity of gunpowder i have to stat out Lavinia: this turne dout pretty awesome for something you made up yesterday Alphubel ex Merinita: Has any pre-session distraction not taken the entire day? GM: ty johns Dusan of Criamon: great performance by a GM basically ad-libbing an entire sesh GM: i dont think so now that you mention it endrite Giraldo of Milan: were going to have al ot more gunpowder once i get it figured out Alphubel ex Merinita: We need stats for cannons. Octavia: Oh lol that really wasnt meant to be the session Alphubel ex Merinita: I think we should just accept that you can't do a pre-session distraction. GM: lll lol Dusan of Criamon: i know Giraldo of Milan: ars is very good at being ad-libbable Octavia: Are we proceeding with the Real Session or stopping here as a job well done Dusan of Criamon: that's the beauty of it GM: i certainly cant, at least Alphubel ex Merinita: Or rather, one can't do a pre-session distraction. Giraldo of Milan: especially compared to fucking pathfinder Derfel ap Cadwaladr: what season is the magic realm trip GM: dude right beard?!?! Lavinia: hmmm GM: i couldn't run pathfinder without doing at least several hours of fucking prep Giraldo of Milan: i am looking forward to not having to spend 6-8 hours preparing a session for ars provencia GM: i hated it johns: i think we should take a break and do what I planned next week Giraldo of Milan: it gets harder and harder to prep too because eventually people can just teleport Derfel ap Cadwaladr: do we get seasons tho Endrite: Next week: surprise Paranoia adventure. Giraldo of Milan: i managed to keep it up til level 11 i think? or level 10 Octavia: I can't make it next week, as a reminder. johns: I think Giraldo of Milan: but it was draining johns: Autumn 1364 for next session Derfel ap Cadwaladr: gah devil's fav demon (GM): thats literally the only reason i dislike it. i dont actually think its a bad game i just feel like it puts a huge amount of pressure on a gm Octavia: it was 11 iirc beard johns: dys, what season will Archibald be ready for the magic realm devil's fav demon (GM): like you have to REALLY be hype to run d&d to not want to kill yourself Giraldo of Milan: yeah. i ended up complaining a lot about how mechanics worked but honestly i was just projecting problems onto it the issue is how much work it takes to prep Endrite: Man if there's any game that puts no pressure on the GM it's D&D. Octavia: I think he's ready now, not sure what other prep we need. Well I haven't done his seasons yet. I'm going to prepare some more PeVi to stack up and help my sodales penetrate it. Endrite: Just run published adventures. Giraldo of Milan: it would be fine if i was a neet but i basically had no weekend because all of my time was spent prepping devil's fav demon (GM): i hate doing that lol im retarded. johns: okay Octavia: Even published adventures take a lot of setup time and need adjustments. johns: adventure autumn 1364, then magic realm Spring '65 Giraldo of Milan: published adventures suck mostly devil's fav demon (GM): that would be neat. Octavia: A lot do suck, too, yes. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: works for me. Dusan of Criamon: published adventures are a million times more pressure than winging it devil's fav demon (GM): oh yeah Giraldo of Milan: like the ones that are just big megadungeons are fine. thats cool but most of them suck Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i'm setting aside my vis expenditures right now. devil's fav demon (GM): we need to do the Alphubel/Archibald debate Dusan of Criamon: having to keep up with someone elses canon? No thank you devil's fav demon (GM): over delaying the magic realm expedition to make insider trading profit johns: lol let's do it now. Endrite: Let's do a whole session about Alphubel cashing in his Aesthetics by allowing the pixies to pelt all the visiting magi with bread and sharp rocks. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: wait. no devil's fav demon (GM): lol endrite Derfel ap Cadwaladr: we only have 2 rego/year so i still can't afford to enchant my talisman johns: we still have unspent tribunal BP each one is worth 5 vis straight up Endrite: Hmm. I think we should get a Communication boosting ritual. Derfel ap Cadwaladr: oh. ill take 2 bp of rego then. johns: alphubel you just need the weakest of the Comm boosters to approach something reasonable right devil's fav demon (GM): a comm boosting ritual would be neat. and rosario would help you cast it, since he also has very shitty comm Derfel ap Cadwaladr: we should get a Pre boosting ritual devil's fav demon (GM): and a lvl 30 communion johns: lavinia's at +2 but would like to go higher but I understand its costly Endrite: Alphubel can't benefit from any Communication boosting effects as long as he remains cursed. devil's fav demon (GM): ahhh Giraldo of Milan: guy has 2 presence and 5 comm devil's fav demon (GM): well, rosario would also help you quest to remove the curse, he loves shit like that. Endrite: His particular curse is he's a Sovereign Ward to Vaticanus so he was never given the ability to make sound at birth like everyone else. It's really more of a curse on Vaticanus. Giraldo of Milan: anyway giraldos probably going to spend the next few seasons looking into the black powder and finding local sources for the materials then see about enhancing it Endrite: I should really roll him up already. devil's fav demon (GM): sounds like a fun idea giraldo. i wonder if there are rules for mundane breakthroughs. ha ha ha. Giraldo of Milan: its not mundane im going to use mythic alchemy Dusan of Criamon: im gonna give my burglar a name and actually name him and use him next sesh Endrite: How much BP we got left? johns: good Giraldo of Milan: and the rules for that are just making a formula and then using vis to enhance it Dusan of Criamon: which CONVENIENTLY is going to contain no shooting competition johns: 29 BP remaining, Endrite Dusan of Criamon: so i won't be up for the 19th consecutive hour as we finish next sunday Derfel ap Cadwaladr: is the bp recorded somewhere johns: [//ars-badgame-ii.fandom.com/wiki/Health_and_Wealth#Tribunal_1362_Trade https://ars-badgame-ii.fandom.com/wiki/Health_and_Wealth#Tribunal_1362_Trade] Octavia: gn then gamers, good Brief Pre-Session Distraction Derfel ap Cadwaladr: please put me down for either 1 or 2 bp worth of rego Endrite: See ya. johns: i am looking forward to the recap and repurcussions we'll say 2 bp and i'll update the vis ledger Dusan of Criamon: again, props to the GM and big ups to everyone on the bombing chucky ar la see you all tomorrow devil's fav demon (GM): gg everyon ty for playing
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