12/3/17

Shauncat (GM): Did we come to a conclusion on specialties?

devil's fav demon: i think they're just RAW

im not adding them to all my shit yet and might never do so.

Shauncat (GM): Right now I've only taken them on stuff I don't mind penalized

devil's fav demon: same

dys (GM): we're doing them RAW im srue

i added all the specs to both my sheets

Endrite: Johns said RAW in the discord channel but who knows?

Shauncat (GM): Ok I'll go fill out my specialties now

devil's fav demon: i just realized anyone can roll animal ken with a 0. the ability to speak to animals as if they were humans is innate to all people.

more evidence for the truth of bjornaer's mysteries imo.

Endrite: You can't use Supernatural abilities untrained.

devil's fav demon: Ah, it's a misprint.

It should have an asterisk, but doesn't in the ability descriptions.

I didn't realize it was supernatural.

Whoops.

dys (GM): YOU DONT sorry caps. you dont roll animal ken. its a language ability.

animal ken 0 is a score of 0 in the language of animals.

devil's fav demon: ah.

dys (GM): animal ken 5 is fluency

i dont think the only person with animal ken realised this as theyve been rolling it constantly

devil's fav demon: im taking (drunk) as celestes brawl spec.

welcome boat.

boat: hello

dys (GM): welcome

Shauncat (GM): I specialized Hypatia's theology in heresy

devil's fav demon: lol

thats celeste's spec too.

heresy buddies.

Shauncat (GM): Bargain (live animals)

Carouse (parlor games)

Charm (overcoming the gift)

Chirurgy (veterinary care)

devil's fav demon: Charm (Looking vulnerable)

Endrite: Do you mean bargaining for or with live animals?

Shauncat (GM): The first one

Bargain offers specific goods as an example specialty

I can change it to "trading in live animals"

Endrite: Ok.

devil's fav demon: Church Lore (Scandals)

Endrite: I have to go AFK for a bit in 3 hours.

Shauncat (GM): In crow form, Fiorella's Awareness is specialized in shiny objects

devil's fav demon: That's really good.

johns (GM): There are a high number of users in your video chat call. If any of the players do not have sufficient internet bandwidth, you may experience degraded performance or instability as a result.

Endrite: Chaos Ritual Involving Teleconferencing

devil's fav demon: Awareness (People behind him)

That's enough.

devil's fav demon (GM): Ok.

johns (GM): Awareness (Being Aware)

Beardbeard: hello boat

dowsing (locating things)

devil's fav demon: I'm changing it to (Animals behind him)

Beardbeard: folk ken (people)

Malachiasz of Tytalus: stealth (not being noticed)

Hafl T.: spells is apparently an appropriate specialization for concentration

johns (GM): okay, with 9 people, let's go ahead and jump right into combat involve magic, trained groups, creatures of might, and Siege rules

Hafl T.: since it is supposed to have other uses as well

devil's fav demon: lmao.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i should do my specializations some day

devil's fav demon: i have concentration (flying) on bialas

im doing them all now because apparently we're doing them with core rules so i might as well.

I like that book-suggested specs for artes and philosophiae are (ritual magic)

good trick.

Beatrice ex Merinita: also, overcoming the gift is far too wide specialization on social skills, since it literally means +1 to dealing with everyone except for magi with parma

Boy R.: well, you can't use it on ceremonial magic

Beatrice ex Merinita: Writing systems would be a better artes specialization, since you only get one per point.

johns (GM): i think your artes spec has to be one of the 7 canonical artes liberales

Boy R.: you're mistaken

Beatrice ex Merinita: it has Ritual and Ceremonial magic listed as official examples

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i cant wait for a fun adventure with poetry, food, and jerbiton friends

johns (GM): Too bad, you have to wait until cumthinker shows up.

devil's fav demon: bialas' artes spec is (Cicero) and celeste's artes spec is (Preaching)

johns (GM): The entire adventure hinges on him.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i can always wait for cumthinker

it will give more time for boat ex misc to show up

boat: i am here

johns (GM): Boat of house Boat.

August, 1341

Lavinia has left a note for you all. "I have been summoned to Naples for a vital disputatio and cannot help you greet our guests. I wish you the best of luck and will return as soon as possible."

With that in mind, what preparations will you make

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i will make 5 chairs for our honored guests

out of fine stone

Beatrice ex Merinita: lock all the covenant members that are unsuitable for meeting guests in the vault

Malachiasz of Tytalus: holy shit. everyone except beatrice and gulielmus has been locked up

johns (GM): Nice

Lodewig of Tytalus: Don't worry, I'll fill in for Lavinia

Bialas of Bjornaer: We need a lot of food.

A great deal of food. The finest.

Mostly fish.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Lodewig, we absolutely must make sure to tend to the comforts of these  Jerbiton  magi."

rolling my craft on these fine rock thrones

Lodewig of Tytalus:  Flicking through book at random  "These words uttered, he rises from the high seat, and first wakes with

fresh fire the slumbering altars of Hercules, and gladly draws nigh his

tutelar god of yesternight and the small deities of the household."

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Lodewig of Tytalus: "hmm. you're right"

I instruct the grogs to prepare a feast

johns (GM): Please roll for Sortes, Lodewig, being aware that a failure here will invoke wizard's twilight

Bialas of Bjornaer: Fingers crossed.

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia will spend her season preparing the celebration, once she is aware it is happening

Lodewig of Tytalus: I Muto my mind into that of a hedge wizard, which is a kind of animal so it would grant me all its abilities

johns (GM): lol

Seems like it would be a Tree

In early August, a fine carriage befitting a person of class rolls up to the inn.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll fill all the covenant with illusionary tapestries for month.

Without any fatigue.

Archibald of Guernicus: I leave my lab for the first time all year

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia has consorted with poets and their sponsors for the past few years, and knows well enough how to prepare a party for them, I'm fairly sure.

Beatrice ex Merinita: this is the one thing we did not want to happen

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Look who came out of his cave!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: re: archibald

Accusing woman: here's a cool character name

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ah, good tae see you too, Bialas. How are things?"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: In his best finery, out steps Andronicus and his servants.

What's the Aesthetic Quality of the Eastern Ear Inn?

Artemisia makes herself scarce to avoid an unpleasant meeting.

Proclus of Rome: Probably good.

Lodewig of Tytalus: is it anyone's lab?

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Please feel free to draw your tapestries and stone chairs onto the map now if you like.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton makes her way downstairs into the inn

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Couldn't be better! I heard the good news about the garden. I, I mean, We'll all be very famous once the land rights are sorted."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I've often said Ildebrando is an experimental philosopher of gastronomy

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia will return when it is time to perform the Ballad of Aristocritus

Lodewig of Tytalus: Ildebrando, tell them how you remember me saying that

Well, he's a busy man

Proclus of Rome: He's old.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: unfortunately malachiasz did not have time to create 5 chairs and so andronicus will have to settle for a normal, nice wooden chair

Proclus of Rome: He's probably having a nap.

johns (GM): Hey, he's your grog. Don't look at me.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You can't own a grog

I mean OOCly

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You can't own a grog

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Hail, Sodales. I hope my arrival is not unexpected. What lovely chairs and tapestries you have adorned here."

Malachiasz of Tytalus:  coughs and opens code of hermes book

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh, you're quite early."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I clarified that before you typed the second line

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Welcome!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i didnt read your clarification

and i wont

Beatrice ex Merinita: "They're only temporary, but I'm glad you like them."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, yes, only the best for our exalted guests."

I point out a particularly crude and uncomfortable chair. "This one will be for Lyaois, our esteemed gastronomer."

Beatrice ex Merinita: the tapestries actually can be sort of touched, since i can make level 10 illusions fatiguelessly

Proclus of Rome: You're making us look bad!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excuse me

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Andronicus touches the tapestries.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malachiasz worked hard on these chairs

Beatrice ex Merinita: his hand goes right through, since they're only illusions

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We also have normal comfortable chairs in the inn

Andronicus of Jerbiton: He frowns.

"Oh, well."

"This should liven things up a bit. I've brought an illuminated copy of de Cornet's  Doctrinal de trobar  for your library."

He offers a book.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Splendid!"

Proclus of Rome: We should offer a book in exchange.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I agree with Proclus even though I don't want to.

Lodewig of Tytalus: good thinking

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I thank him prpoerly as befitting my Etiquette (nobility) 1

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Nice. Does Fiorella have the highest Etiquette here?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I have 1 (Church)

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Beatrice ex Merinita: 3 Pre and 1 Comm, so i can be social with wizards

Lodewig of Tytalus: "have this fine Aeneid. It seems fitting, you're here in honour of a disciple of Roman poetry"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I have 0

Beatrice ex Merinita: I hope it's one of Lavinia's spare copies.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I've got 1 etiquette so I should be ok

Proclus of Rome: I wasn't aware we had any spare copies.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: How many copies does Lavinia own?

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh I just assumed

Beatrice ex Merinita: I just assume Lavinia has a closet full of copies of Aeneid.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: idk probably a few

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's 1MP each for books

Andronicus of Jerbiton: plus one copy she always keeps with her

Beatrice ex Merinita: To give to random strangers.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Ah, a Vergil. How apt for our celebrations!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll check the one Lodewig is offering up tot make sure it's not full of annotations made by Lavinia.

"Just a moment please."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I probably picked up one she left lying around

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh aye, that's the book she's always flipping through. Why she keeps so many copies is beyond me."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She uses it for divination so she'd definitely have notes

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Everyone has to roll Athletics to avoid tripping over the piles of the Aeneid stacked everywhere.

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10 Dex Athletics

(

2

)

=

2

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is lyaois fat

Beatrice ex Merinita: rip

Archibald of Guernicus: Which characteristic, dex huh?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the token looks fatter than the others

Andronicus of Jerbiton: With a flick of his wrist, Andronicus shrinks the book down small enough to fit into his sleeve.

Celeste: "So have you, um, met Petrarch in person?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling d10+1

(

9

)

+1

=

10

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+2

(

9

)

+2

=

11

I step over a huge pile of aeneids

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "I haven't had that honor."

"Which, I think leads me to another good point... I'd like to talk to the Wizards, alone, if I may?"

Celeste walks away from him and goes back to drinking. She points over towards some wizards.

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): Beatrice finds some time to write a letter to her father, mostly hoping for some sort of reconciliation in his older age. I checked and he dies in March 1342.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): And yes, showing off your cool spells inside another person's Aegis is a classic smug move

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'm sure Hypatia will be ecstatic to do so. She's busy helping to prepare the festivities."

Let's go to the sanctum

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I attempt to spont a spell to very slightly weaken the stone floor of the inn, such that a normal person wouldn't cause it any disturbance but a particularly fat man might cause it to crack.

Celeste: "Petrarch sure is a dreamboat, huh Ildebrando?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+39/2

(

4

)

+39/2

=

23.5

Ildebrando: Ildebrando glares at you.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll go downstairs to the cool flaming skull area with Andronicus

Andronicus of Jerbiton: looking up a spell guideline

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Welcome to the catacombs!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "This way, if you please. It gets a little more chthonic down here so adjust your expectations accordingly"

Beatrice ex Merinita: Downstairs is covered with tapestries as well

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): That's enough for a room target effect at voice range. I guess I'll use touch range instead then use a magnitude on finesse to more properly control it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: It takes so little time to cast a spell, I might as well.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "These tapestries nicely conceal the niches of skeletons. Fine work."

(To Beardbeard): Ok.

Malachiasz of Tytalus casts a spell.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "You make the best of what you have. Thank you."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It's for the benefit of our guests. We usually live more simply."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll try to keep Faustus's teaching total the same when I respec him

Bialas of Bjornaer: "It's nice and cool down here. Great for napping."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "But can it truly be said to be living, then?"

Proclus of Rome: "Unfortunately, circumstances have prohibited a more thorough reordering. However, I hope to have all the skeletons removed by 1350 at the very latest."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Ah, a discussion for another time though. A more pressing concern."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "That's why I built my laboratory in a tower at the edge of the aura."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "I am fortunate to be the first here, because I'm concerned about the others showing up. I'd like to ask you all to be vigilant for something in the coming few days...

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I hope my current situation is only temporary. There's a place I'd like to move to, but it will have to wait for some time."

Archibald of Guernicus: I raise a bushy eyebrow at him

Andronicus of Jerbiton: ... you may not have heard, but some of Europe's finest artists have gone missing in recent years. Abruptly and suddenly, with no trace."

Proclus of Rome: "What could possibly worry you?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "But Hypatia is still with us. ...Is she?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "A mystery! We like those, don't we Archibald?"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Maestro Piero of Florence.. Lorenzetti of Siena.. and de Vitry of Champagne, to name a few."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia is only AR2

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Who?"

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, well then. Perhaps it is the work of fairies. We should ask Cupid if he knows anything."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Masters of their arts, each."

Beatrice ex Merinita: but she's a friend so she counts

Andronicus of Jerbiton: I assure you, they all have very high Artistic Reputation.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She's not high enough to get kidnapped though, probably

She can't even sign her work

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Faerie work does sound about right."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "A definite possibility Proclus. Also possible is the work of wizards."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Can be both."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What would any self-respecting magus want with some artist?"

Proclus of Rome: "What madman would kidnap artists?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Works of art can help with magic."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Artists are sometimes known to ascend to daimonhood."

"Magic and art are not unentwined."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We've seen members of our order do incredibly ridiculous things with their talents, taking artists is well within the realms of possibility."

Proclus of Rome: "But to do such a thing would be a great crime that, unfortunately, is not recognized by the Code of Hermes."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "It could be nothing. Sometimes people merely vanish you know. Lose their way on the roads and no one finds them."

"Still. Your vigilance in this matter would be highly appreciated. Not just from myself but other appreciators of the arts."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nevertheless, it should be investigated. Thank ye for bringing it to our attention."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "How interesting. I had always dismissed the civilized art world as a courting ritual."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It's hardly safe to walk abroad these days"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Art is an essential part of good living."

Proclus of Rome: "if, indeed, it ever was."

Lodewig of Tytalus shakes his head at the sad state of the world

Bialas of Bjornaer: "If I should see an artist on the road, I will protect him."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I am told we're to expect Lyalos? I remember him from my apprenticeship."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes, these are dangerous times. Were I not a master of Terram, the finest of the forms, I scarcely think I would still be alive."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Lyaios... Hrmph.." Andronicus scowls a bit.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Valnastium Lore (personalities) 1

Proclus of Rome: "Why, I can remember my pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. I was accosted by a skeleton who challenged me to games of chance, and this was 20 years ago, mind you."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "You've been to Canterbury? I hear it has a marvelous Aesthetic Quality."

Archibald of Guernicus: Rip the dog from that pilgrimage

Andronicus of Jerbiton: To Fiorella: "Lyaios is a greedy glutton and it wouldn't surprise me if he hungers for artists to go with his gold and food."

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, it was quite breathtaking, however I would caution you that such a trip is quite perilous if you travel through the heart of the old Normandy Tribunal."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Terrible place. Full of mudcrabs."

Archibald of Guernicus: "A lawless wasteland out there."

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I spont another PeTe effect on one of the chairs, the largest one, to weaken it such that it should break apart should a fat man sit in it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It seems a leap to attribute all sorts of villainy to a man because he likes to eat well"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I suppose the man did like to indulge in all things."

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+39

(

7

)

+39

=

46

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Wasn't my place to say as an apprentice."

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): That'll do.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I wouldn't judge a man just for eating artists."

Malachiasz of Tytalus looks proudly upon the largest stone chair, and casts a spell.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "It happens, circumstances arise."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Exactly, Lodewig. Why, Napolino is known far and wide as a good soul, and he's as round as they come."

Andronicus of Jerbiton regards Bialas skeptically

Beatrice ex Merinita: Someone should stops Malachiasz from putching pins, itching powder and glue on all the chairs at some point.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "You jest, yes?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Eating them? Mama mia, I doubt that. But a particularly noteworthy artist would be worthy of monopolizing in other ways. Like kidnapping."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh, uh. Of course, ho ho."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i would never do something like that

Beatrice ex Merinita: i thought farting cushions to be beneath malachiasz, but i thought wrong

Proclus of Rome: "Please attempt to behave with some decorum, Bialas."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: a farting cushion would be easily attributable to malice

and that wouldnt be the tytalan style

Beatrice ex Merinita: what if it's only a disguise for something more devious

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Up top, there is a knock at the door of the inn.

johns (GM): Malach, casting his spells, is first to hear it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I eagerly head to the inn door to meet the visitor.

(From Proclus of Rome): I'm going to keep an eye on Malachiasz.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go back to the inn.

johns (GM): Andronicus whispers something to Fiorella

(To Shauncat): He asks if that beast Bialas can be kept on a leash.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll head up to the inn once I know about the new visitor.

Berengar of Jerbiton enters

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Good day, ladies and gentlemen. I trust this is the home of Vardian's Tomb?"

(From Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): "Sure, but you'll be hard pressed to find someone daring enough to try."

Berengar of Jerbiton passes a note to a player

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I'll have you know, Proclus, I've been criticized before for being too civilized."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Welcome, welcome."

Beatrice ex Merinita emerges from below.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes, welcome honored guest."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Welcome. Sorry for the delay in coming to meet you."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Yes, the first arrival wished for the privacy of our sanctum."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "You have no footman?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Perhaps we should."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "You should have a footman. A loyal chap, attentive... Trust me on this."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll make the nearest grog greet the guests.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It is better to meet honored guests in person rather than leaving it to servants."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Supposedly this inn has its staff, but we're accustomed to treat it as our parlour"

Celeste: "They pay me to guard, every other month or so."

Proclus of Rome: "Retaining grogs is very difficult in Rome."

Celeste: "I'm quite good."

Celeste finishes another mug of wine

Proclus of Rome: "As townsmen, they have the right to quit their jobs."

Berengar of Jerbiton: He bows. "Berengar of Jerbiton. A pleasure to make all of your aquaintances." He snaps a finger and his servant enters holding a folded tapestry. "I bring the craft of the finest weavers in York, to liven your homes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh, cheers."

Proclus of Rome: We should hang it up immediately.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I agree

Celeste: That's a tacky move.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Is it?

Archibald of Guernicus: Is this what Jerbitons do at parties? We do whatever we want.

Beatrice ex Merinita: The walls are all full of illusionary tapestries.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I direct someone to unroll it to be admired

I don't know the grogs' names

Beatrice ex Merinita: If you hang it up, I'll invoke my vain trait to MuIm it.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can roll Etiquette to see how a gift like this should be handled, if necessary

Celeste: "Have you met the man of honor, by the way?"

Berengar of Jerbiton: Lodewig seems to want to unroll it.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can't stop him

Berengar of Jerbiton: It's a depiction of three Kingly looking people. Relevant lore could give an insight.

Celeste: what kind of lore

king lore

Berengar of Jerbiton: European, Nobility, or English

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I didn't know there was a Nobility Lore

Beatrice ex Merinita: Infernal Lore (English)

Proclus of Rome: Oh, I don't have those.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: english huh

Celeste: there are essentially any amount of lores that you can think of.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wheres archibald

he hasnt greeted our honored guest yet

Proclus of Rome: "Who are these men?" I ask.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I should learn European Lore

Beatrice ex Merinita: Artemisia's English language specialization is Thugs

Celeste: It's fucked up that you can't roll Lores untrained.

Berengar of Jerbiton: He indicates the coats of arms on each of the three. "Three great Kings. William the Conqueror. Richard the Lionheart. And Edward Longshanks."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Stonehenge Lore (nobility) is probably what it is

Celeste: "They look very handsome. We should hang that up right away."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "You do me great honor, madame."

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, a fine gift. We don't have much in the way of tapestry from your island home."

Archibald of Guernicus: My eye twitches

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes, it's quite nice."

Archibald, please come greet the English Jerbiton Magus.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I oooh as he names them off.

Proclus of Rome: We need a gift for him.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Give him an Aeneid.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it happens I have one right here

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia can copy one of her AQ14 ballads

Celeste: it's not much, but i've written these poems.

Archibald of Guernicus: "What the hell has Lavinia dropped us into, inviting people like that in." I mutter to Bialas at the back

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Or Celeste's AQ3 peoms which are freshly written, yeah

Proclus of Rome: "Archibald, come see this lovely tapestry."

Berengar of Jerbiton: give me the biggest tapestry you've got. no that's too big

Celeste: look at these babyfaces.

Lodewig of Tytalus: '"The

Cytherean spoke, and sought her son's embrace, and laid the armour

glittering under an oak over against him.'"  hands over book  "There you go, a lucky omen if ever there was one"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd rather he shoved it up his arse instead." I respond in Gaelic

Proclus of Rome: "What?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Tell me when the rest arrive, I'll be downstairs."

Berengar of Jerbiton: Berengar flips through the Aenied. "Ah, the old schoolboy trick of the Sortes. Always fun for a laugh. Thank you!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know much about arses, just saying Pig's Pussy in a way only other Venetians understand.

Berengar of Jerbiton: He looks at Archibald skulking off. "Have I caught you all at a bad time?"

Proclus of Rome: "Please, you must see the catacombs. They are one of the great wonders of Rome."

"I don't presume to speak for Archibald."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "He's a bit of a lab rat."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "By all means my good man, lead the way."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Oh, yes. King Arthur is an English legend, correct?"

Proclus of Rome: "He no doubt has some scheme in mind."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Let's show him the King Arthur regio.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Berengar of Jerbiton: "What a shame, to live in a civilized place like this and to hide in your lab all day."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets leave him in the king arthur regio

Beatrice ex Merinita: I don't want to live with him.

Celeste: "So do you think you'll meet the poet laureate after the ceremony? Have you met before?" Celeste trails off as Berengar walks downstairs.

Berengar of Jerbiton: is there a page for the King Arthur regio, beardbeard

Proclus of Rome: "We're only a quick trip from the great Pantheon."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I agree, not much to be done though. He goes where his quaesitorial duties demand."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i never made one no but if you have questions about it i can answer

Berengar of Jerbiton: What's it look like

Proclus of Rome: "Did you know there was a ghostly fairy pretending to be a saint in the Pantheon?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the only part anyone has looked at looks like the excalibur lake surrounded by verdant greenery

Bialas of Bjornaer: to Archibald, "You know, I really did eat an artist. About fifty years ago, sure. Young and rebellious. Ho ho ho."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its very pretty but the plants look a bit off and the trees twist and turn in unnatural ways

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll devote a season to exploring it after the Tribunal.

Proclus of Rome: "I believe he was eventually killed, of course. Can't very well have fairies pretending to be saints, I alway say."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "I did NOT know, Proclus. Sounds alarming."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We have a text for Piercing the Faerie Veil, anyone can learn it and go explore it if they want.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus is a bit prejudiced. He got burned on molesting a faerie once."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Sounds scandalous. Do tell."

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, do tell."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Oh ho ho."

Nyo ho

Beatrice ex Merinita: "There's a faerie lady in a village close by than Proclus bears a bizarre grudge towards. He keeps saying we should kill her without the slightest provocation on her part."

Proclus of Rome: "This fairy has attacked us in the past and is responsible for poisoning the entire village. She is the queen of lead, you see."

"Of course, I wasn't the one who married her."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "She is quite friendly if you get to know her, I hear."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Is she?"

Berengar of Jerbiton: "You should be careful around them. They're a menace around Hibernia and the Loch. Too many young fool apprentices get swallowed up in their games."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I've heard she was nearly comatose."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "No, that was poor Artemisia."

Archibald of Guernicus: I peer round the corner to see if the Englishman is still here, then go back down.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I find faeries alarming, personally. Their pretensions of nobility are unsettling."

Proclus of Rome: "You know, Archibald is also from England, so you might have much to discuss."

Archibald of Guernicus: "That's a damn lie and you know it!"

Berengar of Jerbiton stares

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Good lord."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Archibald goes to nail a Wizard's War declaration on Proclus' door.

Proclus of Rome: "Excuse me?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Excuse our sodalis."

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go assign one of the ex-nuns to greeting Jerbiton

Malachiasz of Tytalus: finally, some music from one of johns's favorite games

Beatrice ex Merinita: ex-nuns are very worldly, so they're good fit for jerbiton

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They have Music trained

Though I still need to convert them

devil's fav demon: bialas will remain downstairs, celeste upstairs

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus, please leave needling Archibald for the tribunal. We have guests."

Proclus of Rome: "Perhaps I'm confused. Isn't Scotland a province of England?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "You're confused."

Celeste: "You know, Ildebrando, I don't think these Jerbiton are really as important as they want to seem."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Oh come now, they're even different tribunals.

Ildebrando: "Perhaps you could say the same about any of the masters' visitors."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It'd be like saying because I come from Baden I'm a countryman of someone from Saxony"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Nonsense, just wait until Lyaois, most esteemed of all, arrives."

Celeste does the weebay emote

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Keep your eye on him, he'll truly impress."

Proclus of Rome: "Oh well, that would be ridiculous, of course."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Malachiasz, did you turn all our food supply into turnips?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "No, but that's a good idea."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "don't do it"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Please don't ruin the reputation of our covenant."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "And further, I've hardly eaten today"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, we have people working hard enough at that already."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I'd hate to declare Wizard War on half the covenant."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Your news is a few decades out of date, Proclus. His Holiness himself, prisoner of Babylon, abrogated the submission of the kings of Alba to the English crown."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I pull a turnip out of my bag and toss it to Lodewig.

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel of Jerbiton arrives, sweating like a cooked goose.

Proclus of Rome: "Shocking!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Please, don't make me fly back to Venice just to get decent food."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Welcome, esteemed guest, to Vardian's Tomb."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Ahh..Good day. Allow me to catch my breath.."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "A predictable result when the Pontiff is under the thumb of the French tyranny. I suppose you don't mind it at all, Archibald?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Welcome, welcome."

Lodewig of Tytalus narrows his eyes

Celeste: "Come here, sit down, have a drink."

Proclus of Rome: "It does seem to be quite a coincidence, yes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The battle of bannockburn remains the fondest memory of my youth." I say back to him

Proclus of Rome: "Naturally, such things would never happen if the Pope was restored to Rome."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Thank you!" Batel sits and empties his mug with vigor.

Berengar of Jerbiton: "I recall hearing a story once that Robert the Bruce, unable to win through honorable means, had to employ court magicians to his aid."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll sit and drink with Batel

Lodewig of Tytalus: I go up and have a drink with the new arrival to put him at his ease

Celeste: "Why so exhausted?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Not that any englishman would recognise honour if it slapped him in the face."

Berengar of Jerbiton: Everyone wisely leaves the catacombs as Berengar Proclus and Archibald are left talking to each other.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Oh no, I'm still there.

Batel of Jerbiton: "I-I don't like the road all that much."

Batel is quite fat for a man of his few years.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll stay at the Inn until I can follow Lyalos around, I guess

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Let's leave discussing politics for another day."

Proclus of Rome: The Upset Tummy Boys of Hermetic Magic

Bialas of Bjornaer: "We've got a feast upstairs, you know."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Of course, Beatrice. It would be improper to spoil the occasion." Berengar hisses.

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel's eyes widen and he moves upstairs without a word.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I'm letting the poor fellows have a head start, but once I arrive, you'll be too late, Archibald."

Batel of Jerbiton: Struggling slightly with the stairs.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Right, right, a feast."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I like these guy

Bialas of Bjornaer: batel is already upstairs!

Lodewig of Tytalus: this guy

Batel of Jerbiton: oops hehe

Lodewig of Tytalus: he just needs some healthy exercise

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'll talk to the other guests."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Servant, could you bring some dice around? Perhaps some games would lighten the mood."

Beatrice ex Merinita: We could perhaps expand the inn... Add some sort of place where people driving carts can buy food without leaving the cart.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I specced my carouse in parlor games

Proclus of Rome: Noice.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Once I'm sure Proclus doesn't ruin everything by goading Archibald into killing our guest, I'll go back upstairs.

Proclus of Rome: Wait who is downstairs now?

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm going to turn into a bear and back a couple times just to get it out of my system.

Me and archibald.

I'm about to go upstairs.

Archibald of Guernicus: I was going with Bialas to get some food

Lodewig of Tytalus: Is it bad etiquette to start a feast before all your guests arrive?

Bialas of Bjornaer: The big boy of the buffet are about to arrive.

boys.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Honestly we've been pretty lucky that so many of them have managed to show up on the same day

Archibald of Guernicus: The rotund boys of feasting

Proclus of Rome: It is lucky.

A little... too lucky.

Batel of Jerbiton: Is the feast already begun?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Good news, once Lyaios gets here the feasting won't stop.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I doubt it's a buffet situation

so let's wait for the rest of them

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

Beatrice ex Merinita: we need the pendragon feast image

Proclus of Rome: I hope we have enough salt.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: we need lyaois here to show us how a feast is led

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel slurps noisily from his cup, avoiding the gazes of his hosts.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: VT crew never runs out of salt

Bialas of Bjornaer: what's the personality trait roll again? regular or stress?

Batel of Jerbiton: It seems he's here for one thing.

Proclus of Rome: Poetry.

Archibald of Guernicus: To eat pot noodles

Lodewig of Tytalus: I attempt to make light conversation about wines. Not sure where this kid is from tbh

Bialas of Bjornaer realizes the feast hasn't even started yet and he has to wait.

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh provence, that's perfect

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll play Liar's Dice with guests

Proclus of Rome: "Bialas, have you met Batel of Jerbiton? It seems like you may have much in common."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "I expect our remaining guests should be here shortly, but I'd just like to share a little news.. As I understand it, the ceremony proper is in 2 days, but the Poet himself is in town already."

Bialas of Bjornaer:

rolling 1d10!+3 Bear

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4

)

+3

=

7

hm....

I guess waiting for food is Average.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "What lord has the pleasure of accommodating him?"

"We're certainly well supplied with lords, in Rome"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have 0 Guile so playing Liar's Dice with me is completely fair

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel talks with great fervor on wine, although he seems to know little about it beyond the drinking.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I would let out a mighty roar of anger, but this is a civilized occasion."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Senator Giordano Orsini."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "How dare our cooks."

"And guests, for not all being here early."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Ah. Orsini."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ah."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We used to have an Orsini at this covenant."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Oh, that Aristide fellow, I think his name was?"

"Where's he at?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Weren't you also...?"

Celeste: "I like the way you knock them back, Batel."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Yes."

Proclus of Rome: "The final fate of Aristide of Tremere is not suitable feast conversation."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I had to kill him. It was quite tragic, but Proclus and Archibald can tell you more."

"A roast is always a good feast topic, Proclus."

Celeste: "You like dancing?"

Proclus of Rome: "Rather, you had to murder him in cold blood."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Oh, thank you, I suppose. It's every man's duty to enjoy the fine things in life!"

devil's fav demon: this music is meant to be diegetic right

Andronicus of Jerbiton: It's meant to be Generic Medieval Tavern Music Mix

Batel of Jerbiton: "I'm not much for dancing. Too many er, small movements."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: I can see if they have Carmina Burana on fanburst

Archibald of Guernicus: "Would hot blood have made it any better? He was a maniac, through and through."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw4wMlC9yD8&list=PL-kBGA--Oc5pgjFhyApSedK50HBzlr0lv

Archibald of Guernicus: "Every act of his we overlooked and forgave, he went further the next time."

Celeste: "Oh, haha, you'd do fine. Here, for the occasion, let's toast to Petrarch."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It's better to be killed by a family member than an outsider."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Yes, a toast!" Batel drinks with renewed vigor.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "To fine poetry and a healthy life!"

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Young Batel, I hope you aren't learning table manners from hosts like these." He eyes Proclus and Archibald.

Celeste: this is a party, we should have music.

Proclus of Rome: "He was provoked and desperate and what did we do? We only made it worse. I count myself as the most responsible, from an ethical perspective."

Celeste: "Blind Man" Villani...

rip....

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): do I know where the orsinis live when they're in town?

Proclus of Rome: Yeah, rip.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Nice polyphonic music, heretic

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Do you have Roman lore?

Beatrice ex Merinita: please don't break the fourth wall, Proclus

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I do not!

Archibald of Guernicus: "He should have been thrown out the covenant years before, we gave him charity and he brought us ruin."

"Who knows what covenant would have even taken him in."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Well, he did not bring us ruin, but it was very close."

Archibald of Guernicus: "He tried his best."

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Sounds like you'll have to ask someone to help you out

Archibald of Guernicus: "Saved by his incompetence, in the end. Appropriate."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton simply sips her drink in a ladylike fashion and stuff from before her time is discussed.

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel's cheeks redden at Berengar's rebuke.

Proclus of Rome: "Just another victim in your mad abuse of authority. If only he had some wealth you could extort out of him, he might still be alive today."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "A quiet Tremere is even less trustworthy, but you at least know they're smart."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Please, I don't care for health and the position of archon does not have much authority to abuse."

wealth

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh aye, a mad abuse. Keep your fantasies away from the feast, Proclus, the salt of your tears might spoil the wine."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Save the salt for the risotto, yes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ah, is it ready? I'm famished."

Beatrice ex Merinita: We should summon ghost legionnaries to help with the feast in honor of Rome's great poet.

Celeste: "Don't let that old fart get to you, Batel. You're here to have a good time, after all."

Proclus of Rome: "Your clear conscience is the clearest evidence of your villainy."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'm glad to hear you're not one of these maga whoa are always worrying about their health, Beatrice

"It seems like everyone's trying to live forever these days"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "My conscience has been soother by the Mother Church's forgiveness."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have Difficult Longevity RItual

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Well put, Lodewig."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Quite right!" Batel beams, the wine beginning to have a clear effect on him.

Proclus of Rome: Difficult Longevity Ritual is Impossible Longevity Ritual currently.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yes

Berengar of Jerbiton: "It's sad how many Magi sacrifice the joy of family for more years that they waste hidden in their labs."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know that ICly though

Beatrice ex Merinita: i get larger to aging rolls from the covenant health modifier than from my longevity ritual

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm affected normally by longevity rituals, but I'm not going to castrate myself to get one

Beatrice ex Merinita: large bonus

Proclus of Rome: I think you would.

Otherwise you'd try to do it at some point.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh, well maybe I do

I woudln't, as my family might try to marry me off at some point

Beatrice ex Merinita: the only canon castration in ars i can remember is the true merinita initiation ritual

Berengar of Jerbiton: Berenger proposes a toast to family.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I accept

Malachiasz of Tytalus: me too

Beatrice ex Merinita: I accept.

Proclus of Rome: I accept while glaring at Beatrice.

Beatrice ex Merinita: RIP Aristide.

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel hears the word toast and raises his cup.

Lodewig of Tytalus: the longevity ritual is no less a mutilation

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't accept

Lodewig of Tytalus: I toast as well, wherever my family might be

Beatrice ex Merinita: It's canon that it's possible to have children after longevity ritual.

It just involves dark fae rites.

Archibald of Guernicus: Or a minor breakthrough

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Dilige amicos"

Proclus of Rome: Kidnapping a baby isn't that secret a rite.

Berengar of Jerbiton: Andronicus tries steering the conversation onto gossip about the love lives of various Magi.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it is frowned upon though

Beatrice ex Merinita: Beatrice is married to magic.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Rhine Tribunal isn't necessarily canon here anyway

At least, the Dankmar fluff

johns (GM): Dankweed

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You didn't hear it from me, but last I was in the Rhine I heard that Isengrim Bjornaer has a clandestine relationship with Falke, the prima"

Beatrice ex Merinita: Dankmar ftw

Proclus of Rome: "Have you ever met Isengrim, Bialas?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: the only wizard lvoe life I'm aware of is Galafre and that's no feast topic

Archibald of Guernicus: "Jorn was a good man. Very concerned with his wife. A shame he left us."

johns (GM): lmao

Bialas of Bjornaer: "All Bjornaer magi have met before."

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): did you get the whisper about the letter to beatrice's father or did you miss it in the rush?

Bialas of Bjornaer: "They never were subtle about that."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, one of the redcaps in our covenant married some Tremere bastard a few years back."

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): I missed it sorry, please resent

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "A real tragedy, her house must have forced her."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Tremere... horrifying."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Truly."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton shudders.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Falke, well, she looks like a wrinkly bird, but there's something about her."

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): She finds some time to send a letter to her father since he's in town. Mostly, she's just interested in some sort of reconciliation in his older age. He's supposed to die in March 1342.

Proclus of Rome: "Where is Zita, anyway?"

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel looks around obliviously.

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): Ok I will keep that in mind.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "If I take a husband he will doubtlessly be a Venetian. I doubt the Zen would seek one out elsewhere."

"Though our trade is expanding ever outwards."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "A faerie husband might be interesting, but I think the Order would frown upon marrying a familiar."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: The door to the inn creaks open and heavy footsteps resound as Lyaois of Jerbiton enters.

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Finally, we can eat!"

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Salvate, I'm -- oof"

Beatrice ex Merinita: How fatter than Batel is he?

Lyaois of Jerbiton: the floor cracks beneath him and he sinks about a foot into the ground.

Bialas of Bjornaer stands up

Lodewig of Tytalus: impressive

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Ah, Master Lyaois! Good to see you here."

Archibald of Guernicus: Such legendary girth!

Bialas of Bjornaer: "A powerful magus indeed."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: He curses.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Must have been a hard journey if he's not on his palanquin.

Beatrice ex Merinita: How would the spell to ward against wood that makes you float slightly above wooden surfaces interact with him?

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, a pleasure to receive a magus of such significant gravity."

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): He is not fat enough that you'd think he'd normally break the floor.

Lyaois of Jerbiton passes a note to a player

Lyaois of Jerbiton: What is Gravity????

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, how awful, Mr. Lyaois. Are you alright?"

Proclus of Rome: Uh, it was invented by Aristotle.

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Obviously not! Help me up sluggards."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know much about my parens except he was likely the apprentice of Alexander of Jerbiton

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel waddles over to help Lyaois.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I help him up and lead him over to the large stone chair prepared just for him.

At the head of the table naturally.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I suspect nothing.

Ildebrando: I have some of my lazy nephews help extract him.

Lyaois of Jerbiton: He harumphs and sits in the chair.

Batel of Jerbiton: Pleased with his work, Batel sits back down and resumes drinking.

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): its the one i weakened

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): would you accept base 3 muto to make wooden planks thin and brittle?

Celeste: the word gravity or gravitas in reference to big fat important people is probably older than gravity the force.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): It'd be Perdo

Lyaois of Jerbiton: The chair cracks and falls apart under him.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh no!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Get one of the stone chairs

Beatrice ex Merinita: A stone chair. Impressive.

Celeste: It was a stone chair.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: that was one of the stone chairs

Celeste: This man is very heavy.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: amazing

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Shoddy work, Malachiasz"

Lyaois of Jerbiton: He swears again.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Amazing."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes, my apologies, exalted guest."

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel looks envious of master Lyaois.

Beatrice ex Merinita: How do I spread tales about this to give Lyaois a reputation?

Archibald of Guernicus: I give him a hand up

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Guile

Bialas of Bjornaer: "He should stop casting touch-range Perdo spells on our furniture and floor."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean, Intrigue

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Ho ho ho."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Me?? Casting spells in YOUR Aegis??"

Lyaois of Jerbiton stands angrily

Lodewig of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling (d10!-15+26)

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(

2

)

-15+26)

=

13

Archibald of Guernicus: I take a look at the broken chair, wondering how thick stone could break so easily

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sorry about your wait

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Just a joke, friend."

Proclus of Rome: "Nonsense, he isn't a pagan god, so Archibald would never allow such a thing."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Roll Perception

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): What floor are you weakening?

Beatrice ex Merinita: is this classic tavern music on fanburst? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejke0AbcB3I

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): that beneath lyaois' chair

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Speaking of casting, perhaps Rise of the Feathery Body would make accommodations more practical."

Lodewig of Tytalus: johns is a baldur's gate fan, so you have to expect the tavern music to show up at some point

Beatrice ex Merinita: shocking

Lyaois of Jerbiton: noooo

Lyaois of Jerbiton perdos into nothing

(From Archibald of Guernicus): better than that. FFM to make Archibald's Unmasking the Sigil touch range, -10 to cast silently, i already have subtle magic so its silent and wordless and tells me the technique, form, effect and the wizards sigil

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 1. breackfast

2. baldurs gate

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+24 level 30

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3

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+24

=

27

(From Archibald of Guernicus): i guess i take a fatigue, but it casts

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Is that successful? The target is Voice Part right?

Proclus of Rome: "I'm sure we must have something that can accommodate you, Lyaois."

"Ah, perhaps we should move the feast to the meeting chamber."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Perdo Terram, sigil is Brimstone

Batel of Jerbiton: "Er, you mentioned a feast..."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "What about Bialas's lab? He has furniture build for a bear."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "As long as we start it."

Proclus of Rome: "It does have a certain historical charm, as well as stone furniture."

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): dang you're right, at part i don't think i can do it

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Are all our guests here?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I stand up from the chair "We should use better furniture than this, however. Seeing how easily it broke."

Lodewig of Tytalus passes his hand across his brow wearily

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I don't think we can all fit in my lab."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "I didn't break a stone chair by sitting on it you dunderheads!"

"Some idiot weakened it."

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel looks disappointed at this revelation.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "there's one more expected, isn't there?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's Disputatio to figure out the relevant physics

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What? Who would do such a thing? I spent much time making these chairs!"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I wonder who did that."

Bialas stares at Malachiasz.

Archibald of Guernicus: I eye Malach suspiciously

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Is this what passes for hospitality in this city?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: Either Malachiasz or Archibals, but Archibald was busy arguing with Proclus.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Piercing Gaze (1) By staring intently at people you make them feel uneasy, as if you are peering into their souls. Those with ulterior motives, uneasy consciences, or lying tongues must make rolls against an appropriate Personality Trait, Guile, or whatever the storyguide deems appropriate, to remain calm. Furthermore, you gain a +3 to rolls involving intimidation. Faeries and demons are unfazed.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Either Malachiasz or Archibals, but Archibald was busy arguing with Proclus."

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm staring into Mal's eyes.

Lodewig of Tytalus: does that need to penetrate?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Master Lyaois, would Andronicus be capable of such an act discreetly?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I turn away and go grab some turnip wine.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's non-magical

Piercing gaze is general virtue, i think

Proclus of Rome: "An accusation with no merit whatsoever. I know for a fact that Malachiasz would sink you into a pit if he had any reason to find quarrel with you, Lyaois."

Bialas of Bjornaer: it is.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Thank you Proclus."

Bialas of Bjornaer: a general virtue.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it has more clearly defined effects than many spells

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It was Malachiasz."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Tytalans must stick together, it seems."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Andronicus you twerp, did you do this?"

The two NPCs argue.

There seems to be bad blood bewteen them.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Please, don't argue. We'll get the truth of Malachiasz somehow."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Gentlemen, please. This is an occasion for rejoicing and soft words

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Malachiasz didn't build our floor."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It was, Beatrice. A perdo terram effect. The smell of brimstone. I already investigated the chair."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "And Andronicus already cast a spell in the aegis."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Master Andronicus is an invited guest."

Malachiasz of Tytalus drinks deeply of turnip wine.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "How DARE you delay this feast, Malachiasz!"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Oh, well, that was... Just a little trick, nothing substantial.."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "As are all of you who do not reside here."

Proclus of Rome: "Another convenient scapegoat, eh Archibald?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Grrr!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "That's right, Proclus."

"He knows we would never question his findings, being a quaesitor."

Batel of Jerbiton: "If I could just have some bread to tide me over-"

Archibald of Guernicus: "You're free to investigate it yourself. Simply spont a spell of the 6th magnitude, intellego vim, thats enough to reveal the sigil and all."

Proclus of Rome: "Perhaps you'd like to burn him at the stake too? Or perhaps you'd prefer a change of pace and would like us to find some lions to feed him to?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Eloquently put, Batel. I can tell you're a disciple of poetry"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Lyaois traveled her from the Alps. If his weight was that substantial, he'd have likely died in an avalanche."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "I came here with fowl and cheese and wine and bread, spices from across the sea, all the trappings of a fine feast, but maybe I should have just stayed home."

Proclus of Rome: "I don't need to investigate, I trust Malachiasz."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: sorry, Lyaois said that.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Perhaps breaking some bread will smooth over such trivial strife as this?"

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel beams. "Well noticed!"

Proclus of Rome: "Unlike you, I don't see conspiracy around every corner."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I burned Aristide and I can burn you too, Proclus and I'll regret it much less."

Celeste:  gasp

Archibald of Guernicus: "If you investigated it, you would see my sigil, were I responsible. You know it clearly by now, given how often we've cast alongside one another."

"It's no my problem that no-one else has invested as much effort into spells to reveal such things."

Proclus of Rome: "Would you really seek to murder me here, at a feast held for our sodales?"

"Is your character truly so low?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You make it really tempting."

"And we could always use some more roast meat."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well we're not quaesitors are we, sodalis? What need have we to cultivate suspicious minds?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Well, I'm not."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You can only say that Lodewig because you were absent from vardian's Tomb for so long."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "We need to cultivate full bellies."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Andronicus and Lyaois become friends in order to save Vardian's Tomb from destroying itself.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): forgot to mention but archibald pre-buffs every morning with an InVi effect that tells him if anything pierces his parma, just in case this ever comes up

Beatrice ex Merinita: Perfect plan.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I am feeling a bit faint from hunge rmyself."

Batel of Jerbiton: "Ah, I don't want to overstep my bounds, but I AM getting quite peckish."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well, perhaps my travels have given me perspective"

Proclus of Rome: "I would like to blame my sodales poor judgement on hunger, but I've seen them worse with full bellies."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd much rather enjoy a nice meal, right about now."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'm sure you agree, Andronicus

Archibald of Guernicus: "The venom in Proclus' words shouldnt spoil the taste of food, at least."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "I can see there's no such thing as Decorum at Vardian's Tomb so we might as well start eating."

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling (1d10!+11)/2 InAq

(

(

1

)

+11)/2

=

6

Archibald of Guernicus: :blessed:

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10

(

9

)

=

9

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll have a nice plate of risotto, no bird meat.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i don't botch sponting touch of the pearls

Berengar of Jerbiton: Berengar whispers something to Lyaois.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I will eat Period Dish without a care in the world

Malachiasz of Tytalus: now why would you need to use touch of the pearls

Proclus of Rome: Meat tiles.

Mmm.

Berengar of Jerbiton: He then whispers something to Batel.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: do you really think someone would try to ruin the feast

Beatrice ex Merinita: yes

It's Proclus.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I will also eat Period Dish.

Proclus of Rome: I don't go to such gauche lengths as casting a spell.

(To Batel of Jerbiton): "We can put up with there nonsense for tonight at the least then worry about finding proper hosts on the morrow."

Archibald of Guernicus: You have rotes for that

Proclus of Rome: Do I?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_cuisines_of_medieval_Europe#Italy lots of good shit came out at the same time as Ars starts

Celeste: EWWW GROSS MAL LMAO

Beatrice ex Merinita: Is my Period Dish poisoned?

Proclus of Rome: I take a big swig out of my magic goblet.

Celeste: sorry.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Lodewig eats voraciously, but tries to cover his bad manners by talking constantly as well

Berengar of Jerbiton: Depends. If someone poisoned Beatrice's dish, PM me now.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: smooth move lodewig

Archibald of Guernicus: No, not all at once!

(From Proclus of Rome): I didn't.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton eats like a normal Zen lady

Beatrice ex Merinita: poisoning a dish without telling the gm first is bad manners

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malach covers his bad manners with deep swigs of turnip wine and loud bites into turnips

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel eats like a man possessed.

Archibald of Guernicus: I dig into the food.

Batel of Jerbiton: Even the bones.

Celeste watches Batel with wide eyes

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm

Beatrice ex Merinita: I should get touch of the pearls formulaic. Sounds like a good investment in this covenant.

Berengar of Jerbiton: Lyaois's servants prepare a hasty plain meal with wine, Lyaois grumbling that he'll have to cook something proper the next night.

Celeste: "Now this is a man."

Lodewig of Tytalus: Did we actually invite these chumps through the aegis?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I did.

Proclus of Rome: I'll eat a polite amount of food, while avoiding excess agitation to my humors.

Berengar of Jerbiton: No one has given them a token yet.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll give them a token.

They're not the most dangerous people around.

Batel of Jerbiton: "Ah, thank you my lady! You're far too kind." Batel says between gulps of wine and mouthfuls of meat.

Berengar of Jerbiton: Excellent. You gain +1 Friend points.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Bialas eats with his hands and also eats the bones, but he's doing it in a calm and polite way.

Archibald of Guernicus: Nice

(To devil's fav demon): just remembered the conf you're owed and dealt it to you

Archibald of Guernicus: We're now at -69

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: There's no bones in my risotto

Beatrice ex Merinita: Once I''m sure my period dish is not poisoned, I'll eat.

Batel of Jerbiton: nothing wrong with bones

Berengar of Jerbiton: Okay, Beatrice eats the poison, and takes

rolling 1d10!+400

(

4

)

+400

=

404

damage

Proclus of Rome: Yikes!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Bones in risotto sounds like something the savages in Florence would do

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Anyone have spare bones they're not going to eat?"

"They're very healthy."

Proclus of Rome: I miss Warhammer 40k sometimes, because if you take that much damage your body explodes, possibly killing everyone around you.

Batel of Jerbiton: "Don't be silly. Who would pass on bones?" Batel laughs.

Bialas of Bjornaer: we both laugh at the ridiculous notion

Beatrice ex Merinita: Thank you Bialas and Batel for saving the feast.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "A fool, that's who." I take a bite out of a bone.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Not Malachiasz.

Proclus of Rome: "Now, that is an interesting take on food. Very hospitable."

Berengar of Jerbiton: As you enjoy your meals in your various manners, another stranger arrives, bearing a regal countenance.

Proclus of Rome: A lion!

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel bonds with the others over their shared love of bones.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Nothing about this is strange.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Regal countenance means Fiorella should deal with them.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm just relieved to share a meal with people with a healthy attitude to food for once

Berengar of Jerbiton: She eyes the cracked floor, the broken chair, the mismatched tapestries, the wizards devouring food like beasts, the hateful glares bewteen people sharing the same table.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nothing wrong with eating bones."

Batel is being played by Boat, right

Beatrice ex Merinita: Please let me roll FInesse before saying the tapestries are mismatched.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: boatel

Celeste: Is he? rofl.

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: "I must be in the wrong place. Pardon me."

Celeste: I thought it was all johns.

Batel of Jerbiton: "They absorb all the flavors of the rest of the dish!"

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10+1+2+1 Int Finesse Imaginem

(

10

)

+1+2+1

=

14

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: Well you had no idea someone was going to hang up the tapestry of the Kings beforehand, Beatrice.

Batel of Jerbiton: batel is boat

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: Alright. The tapestries are fine.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Those are damn good tapestries

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, no problem. Now," I bite loudly into a turnip. "Terram has many uses,"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I order the grogs to repair the floor and clean up the smashed stone chair

Beatrice ex Merinita: I also said, I'll MuIm all other tapestries.

Celeste: I was going to try to fuck batel when I thought he was an NPC. RIP.

Batel of Jerbiton: lol

Proclus of Rome: "I apologize for the state of the Eastern Ear Inn, it seems we were unprepared for a man of Lyaois stature."

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: 8|

Beatrice ex Merinita: also, conf that finesse roll

since 15 EF is some damn good tapestries

Archibald of Guernicus: Boat, your apprentice has no parma magica, meaning hes fully affected by the Gift. He'll be used to it overall but Archibald has the Blatant Gift which jerbiton hate so you automatically react to anything I say with horror and displeasure. Just a thing to note.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "be welcome, maga. Apologies for not saving you some bones"

Beatrice ex Merinita: You can only get used to individual people's gift.

Batel of Jerbiton: sure

Beatrice ex Merinita: Not gift in general.

Lodewig of Tytalus: in fact I'm tossing the last of mine to my brainwolf under the table

(From Proclus of Rome): I'll ask one of Ildebrando's nieces to spill wine on Beatrice.

Archibald of Guernicus: You can get more used to the Gift in general, at least know about it and not rise to it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i think you could still get used to the concept of the gift enough to recognize that its whats causing you to want to kill the person

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "It's a pity Lavinia isn't here. She'd be a bit more adept at smoothing things over."

Celeste: I'm not a wizard, meanwhile, but I smell bad.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: though itd take a lot of time for you to lose that desire to kill them

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah, you get used to wizard stink as a concept and how to cope with it

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: Someone could be nice and extend their Parma to Batel.

Discussion time: Who should the servant NPCs be more loyal to, Proclus or Beatrice

Batel of Jerbiton: Poor hygiene doesn't bother Batel much.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus

Beatrice ex Merinita: EF 15 for Illusion: https://i.imgur.com/jeWApAG.png

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: People still take -3 to influence you socially even if you know what the Gift is

Proclus of Rome: Beatrice is the archon, but Proclus has been here longer.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i don't think the servants would care who#s the archon

Beatrice ex Merinita: Both have been here long enough to negate gift penalty.

And Beatrice has 3 Presence

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its down to personality

Beatrice ex Merinita: And is taking care of a mindwiped grog.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: and proclus has that in spades

sorry beatrice

Lodewig of Tytalus: proclus behaves like a normal employer

Bialas of Bjornaer: Proclus looks respectable.

It's very deceptive.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus is a wisened philosopher

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: The serving girls start discussing something in whispers, looking at Proclus and Beatrice.

Archibald of Guernicus: I keep eating

Beatrice ex Merinita: no, we're not having hatesex with each other. shut up serving girls

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus's great pride and wrath just show that he deserves his status

Bialas of Bjornaer loudly sucks a bone

Luefthildis of Jerbiton clears her throat

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: "Did I arrive at a bad time?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton finishes her risotto.

Malachiasz of Tytalus munches loudly.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Oh no, you're just in time."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Not at all, join us, please."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, take a seat where ye please."

Proclus of Rome: "Oh no, quite the opposite. You're just in time for the main course."

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: She quietly takes a seat.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Pull up a chair, have an Aeneid"

"I think Mal has made you a throne but I wouldn't trust it"

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: She eyes the volume disdainfully. "I shall put it with the others I have. Thank you."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Lavinia can't be here personally, but she left a copy of Aeneid for all our guests."

"It's her favorite book."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Piles and piles of them."

"Unhealthy obsession if ye ask me."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Perhaps she intends to spread literacy among the people of Rome."

Proclus of Rome: "Nonsense, she merely has an appreciation for the classics."

Archibald of Guernicus: "One classic. Ten copies of it!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "She should read TRUE classics."

Celeste: "I prefer modern poetry."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Such as the Analects of Tytalus."

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: "It is fine to read the classics but one must appreciate modern art too."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I often feel with the Master's Analects you're getting just the good bits of Vergil, Aristotle and all the rest"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Perhaps it's time to write the Aeneid for modern times."

Proclus of Rome: "Oh? Have you seen this magnificent tapestry? It was recently gifted to our covenant by Berengar of Jerbiton."

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: Berengar beams.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "The Analects of Tytalus 2? Good thinking Beatrice."

Celeste: "There's nothing like the romantic Italian for a turn of phrase."

Beatrice ex Merinita: The Analects of Tytalus Too

Archibald of Guernicus: "How would he write more bloody analects, he's dead."

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: "It's lovely. It looks good in here."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Tytalus isn't dead."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I confess I'm not an expert on vernacular poetry"

Proclus of Rome: He's smokin' a big fat blunt right now!

Beatrice ex Merinita: "He made the foolish mistake of venturing into faerie woods uninvited."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "If he isn't dead he buggered off to faerie land and whatever comes back won't be the same man."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "mad for rhymes, aren't they? It gets a bit much sometimes. But I'm sure this Petrarch is top of his class"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Good as dead, then."

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "Another Quendalon! Egads."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Perhaps he'll come back like QUendalon did, yes."

"That would be most interesting."

Proclus of Rome: "Has anyone met Petrarch?"

Batel of Jerbiton: "Master Petrarch is a genius!" Batel slurs.

Celeste: "Yes, has anyone met Petrarch?"

Batel of Jerbiton: "Er, not personally..."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: The various guests look around.

Celeste: I clap Batel on the back. "He IS!"

Batel of Jerbiton: "A friend of mine saw him once."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "If you're keeping Master Petrarch imprisoned somewhere, please let him out."

Celeste: "Oooh."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll look at Malachiasz in particular when I say that.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "That's in rather poor taste, Beatrice"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "It seems none of us have had the pleasure... We'll be seeing him in a few days' time, though that will be among the thronging crowds of Romans."

Proclus of Rome: "Please Beatrice, can you hold your suspicious nature in check for one meal?"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Roll Perception + Folk Ken all.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Not when you're at the table."

Celeste: "I'd love to slip a poem to him. I've got such a crush."

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 2

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10

(

2

)

=

2

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+2

(

2

)

+3+2

=

7

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+2

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+2+2

(

4

)

+2+2

=

8

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "He's already smitten with his muse Laura, you know."

Archibald of Guernicus: 777

Lodewig of Tytalus: oof my mediocre characteristics are going to hurt a lot more going forward

Andronicus of Jerbiton: gahaha

Celeste: 9 if you think folk ken (same sex) counts. thats a stretch for me.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Improved Characteristics ftw, folks.

Archibald of Guernicus: You can get folk ken (opposite sex)

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Our Celeste would make a great muse."

yes

Celeste: I have some real-ass characteristics.

Archibald of Guernicus: I've got 3 whole perception, but thats from fairy blood and improved characteristics

Proclus of Rome: "I would hate to meet the poet saddled with that muse."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Celeste can't get Folk Ken opposite sex, since it would include everyone.

Lyaois of Jerbiton: Daintily poking his food with a fantastic looking invention that resembles a sort of very small pitchfork, but made of silver, Lyaois offers, "What if we tried to visit the man before the ceremony?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Would that be appropriate?"

Proclus of Rome: A pianofork.

Celeste: folk ken same sex as in biological males. im sorry for being cringey.

Proclus of Rome: So what ARE we eating?

Lyaois of Jerbiton: "We've all come from far, when will we have another chance to see the man up close?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I can't join ye on that, my Gift would spoil your evening. I know ye Jerbiton's are very fond of the gentle gift."

Beatrice ex Merinita: If you use MuCo to change your sex, does your specialization's effect change?

Celeste: "Visit him?"

I think since muco is by nature temporary, my specialization would just not apply.

for that period

Lyaois of Jerbiton: Proclus, you are eating Cheese, Bread, Wine, Tarts, Capons, and someone is laboring in the kitchen to hastily prep a Ham.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "there you have it, it's not even interfering with the mundane"

Lyaois of Jerbiton: Also noodles, risotto, clams

Archibald of Guernicus: Hame

Proclus of Rome: Ohhh.

A ham.

Celeste hangs on to every word about this idea of visiting Petrarch

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Shouldn't you be fasting today, Proclus?"

Batel of Jerbiton: it's ham

(From Proclus of Rome): I want to use the False Unseen Arm to move the image of Beatrice's wine glass slightly away from her, so she'll knock it over if she tries to pick it up.

Berengar of Jerbiton: "You're a Quaesitor Archibald, yes? You're positive you wouldn't mind us trying this little excursion?"

Bialas of Bjornaer is just stuffing whole capons into his mouth and crunching down on the birds

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'll accompany you, if I may, with a couple of the covenfolk. It is of course our duty to ensure our guests meet with no indignity in the city"

(To Proclus of Rome): is that something you can cast silently/still

(From Proclus of Rome): It's a rote, so no casting roll required and it is quiet and still.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I would like to come as well, if you won't mind my company."

Berengar of Jerbiton: "Batel, you interested?"

Batel of Jerbiton: "Of course! I wouldn't miss it for all the world."

Celeste: "It would be an honor to, ahem, guard this group of magi."

"On this excursion."

Archibald of Guernicus: Rolling int+code of hermes to confirm that seeing a poet isnt an insanely illegal act somehow

rolling 1d10+2+3

(

7

)

+2+3

=

12

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, yes, let's go meet this artist."

"I'm sure he has many fine paintings with him, or something."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go get Hypatia

Fiorella isn't Gentle

Berengar of Jerbiton: tfw giftstink :(

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia is involved with the festivity planning so she might already be on the scene

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Archibald, an aside." whisper whisper

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can cover my giftstink with magic to be just creepy instead of revolting.

Proclus of Rome: "An excellent idea to conclude today's feast."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hm?"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Andronicus wipes tart crumbs from his mouth. "Tis a bit late tonight isn't it? It's your city though. What do you think the best way to go about it?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: idk what time is it?

Proclus of Rome: "Usually, we merely knock on the door and announce ourselves, though I am warming to the idea that we should retain a footman for the job."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Evening

all this talk of feasting in game has made me hungry IRL

Lodewig of Tytalus: "The Orsinis, and Master Petrarch, are people of consequence among the mundanes"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Sorry, I know it's not polite to whisper.

"

Batel of Jerbiton: me too, i could go for a capon

Beatrice ex Merinita: I have a spell to imitate church bells, i can make it any time you want.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It might be better to send a message announcing our intent to call tomorrow"

Beatrice ex Merinita: That would be better, yes.

"That would be better, yes."

Proclus of Rome: "Perhaps, but we are all here now."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Perhaps one of Hypatia's sisters could do it."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "And will be tomorrow, I hope"

Bialas of Bjornaer taps his nose

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: "Those of us whose family names carry a little weight should make the request."

Archibald of Guernicus: Like Orsini,

Proclus of Rome: "Oh?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Oh?'

Lodewig of Tytalus: "as you think proper, of course"

Proclus of Rome: 0

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: 0.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Fiorella has canonically influential family that doesn'ť hate her, iirc.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: My family name is the only reason I'm a Jerbiton and not a Bonisagus lab slave

Since I'm not Gentle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_family

Luefthildis of Jerbiton: There's another knock at the door!!! A mundane messenger has a letter for Beatrice.

Proclus of Rome: "Well, we are all in such high spirits now, I think we are in the best mode to meet the poet laureate."

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll take it and read it.

Luefthildis of Jerbiton passes a note to a player

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "So many visitors today."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have Privileged Upbringing and Close Family Ties

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well, we are supposedly running an inn here"

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): Beatrice's father reports that he is staying with Senator Orsini, that he will probably be too busy to pay you a visit while he is in Rome, but he respects your earnest pleas and offers you to travel with him back to Avignon at the end of this Petrarch mess.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Hmm.

Zita of Mercere: I'll arrive and move past the mundane messenger.

Ildebrando: I nod appreciatively at Lodewig.

Rabble waits patiently for a reply to send back.

Zita of Mercere: "Sorry I'm late, everyone. The journey from Harco is a long one."

Proclus of Rome: "What is it Beatrice?"

"A declaration of Wizard's War?" I laugh.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll spont a CrIg to burn the letter.

Then go write a reply.

Lodewig of Tytalus laughs heartily

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can ignite parchment fatiguelessly.

high creo owns

Zita of Mercere: "No no, you have to get a redcap to deliver them, Proclus."

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): I'll reply that I'll be happy to join him.

Proclus of Rome: "What do you suppose was in that letter that was so troubling it had to be destroyed, then?"

Rabble: Rabble takes Beatrice's letter and leaves.

Zita of Mercere: "Good news though, there's none for anyone here this month."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Everyone has inconsequential secrets, Proclus."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Not yet, anyway."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "None of your business."

johns (GM): There's a knock at the door! In steps a redcap bearing letters for every PC in the room.

ah, wait. wrong adventure

Proclus of Rome: The door explodes open as a flood of letters engulfs the magi.

Zita of Mercere: Wrong tab, the one you play with prinnydood, darvin and rope kid is the other tab

johns (GM): lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: the secret ars

Lodewig of Tytalus: ars secreta

johns (GM): Okay.

Proclus of Rome: "So, has anyone had time to take in the sights yet?"

johns (GM): Proclus seems interested in paying a visit to the Orsinis tonight.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, personal business aside"

ok dropping character voice

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can't let Proclus visit the Orsinis alone

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets meet the orsinis

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Very well

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think that's a pretty silly idea, and wouild like to request to call on petrarch through normal channels

but it's up to the guests

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, did I miss the feast?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm rightfully paranoid about letting Proclus near my family that hates me.

johns (GM): The Jerbitons, having Etiquette, agree with Lodewig

Celeste: drat.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I was going to submit to our guests' judgment.

Proclus of Rome: :Ah, perhaps tomorrow morning. Have you secured lodging?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I send one of the grogs to deliver the appropriate message

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Lavinia's letter said you had rooms prepared here... ?"

Celeste: "We have an inn, after all."

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, did she? How thoughtful."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll have a grog show them to their rooms

Beatrice ex Merinita: "The inn has rooms, yes. But if you secured a mroe lavish lodgings, we wouldn't force you to sleep in our modest accomodations."

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I'll send my wolfmind to to follow him, transformed to an innocuous dog with The Ignoble Beast, just so I can scout the location

Celeste: "I could show you to your rooms later on."

rolling charm to wink at Batel

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "For tonight at least."

Beatrice ex Merinita: that's the spirit

Celeste:

rolling 1d10-3+2

(

5

)

-3+2

=

4

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Okay, you have located Palazzo d'Orsini.

Beatrice ex Merinita: seduce PCs just like NPCs

Batel of Jerbiton: batel is an npc

Celeste: I'm just fooling around now.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Do you need a little help?" I'll whisper to Celeste.

I have Aura of Beguiling Appearance formulaic.

Zita of Mercere: You'll cowards don't even roll to seduce PCs

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: 4 isn't as abysmal a Charm roll now

Lodewig of Tytalus: The great seducers don't need to roll

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They should

Lodewig of Tytalus: they narrate it all in downtime

Celeste: Also, I was fucking up that roll, it's actually a -6.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: actually, they do need to roll

Beatrice ex Merinita: good seducers roll charm. great seducers roll ReMe

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Charm shouldn't exist if seducing is just RP

Celeste: So 1.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: but its just perdo terram to make a pit under their targets feet

Proclus of Rome: Is that part of your acceptance speech at this year's Rapey Awards?

Celeste: Charm exists so that you can do comically badly.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Your guests prepare to settle in for the evening.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I only present the Rape Award to this year's winner.

Zita of Mercere: I still think itll go to Galafre again, unless you do something big to dethrone him

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Anyone up to shenanigans during the night, please feel free to PM me/send a steam message.

Beatrice ex Merinita: It¨s Galafre, yes.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Entrancement also exists

(From Proclus of Rome): I try and get an early night's sleep, so I can be well rested to meet Petrarch.

(From Celeste): if it means maybe getting to slip my poem to Petrarch, I'm there.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Raping someone with Entrancement has a specific EF, even

Zita of Mercere: I'll just take the time in saying hello to the jerbitons to make a good first impression

Lodewig of Tytalus: I mean I'd be honoured, but a Rapey makes an unfortunate ornament

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10+2+6+3

(

1

)

+2+6+3

=

12

johns (GM): lol

Beatrice ex Merinita:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+1 Per Awa

(

10

)

+1

=

11

johns (GM): also lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: \w gm alright i kill lyaois

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll conf a secret roll

Celeste: lol.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's host the first annual Rapies so we can assassinate Galafre

Zita of Mercere: EF 12 is still good at least

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let's kill Galafre so that I can get into that fairy road regio without him getting mad.

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh right, we were talking with Shaun about Artemisia joining Hypatia's cult, but she needs to get rid of Galafre first

Bialas of Bjornaer: Since he'll be dead.

(To Celeste): Does Celeste have area lore? She might not know where the Orsini palace is

Zita of Mercere: The PCs have to commit acts worthy of attending the Rapies to take down their old foe, Galafre

Beatrice ex Merinita: Artemisia is down with murdering Galafre.

(From Celeste): rome +2

(From Celeste): also way of the town

(To Celeste): Okay, you can find it. Are you planning to just knock and drop off the poems?

Beatrice ex Merinita: Beatrice and Artemisia can't be in one scene ever again, though. Since Artemisia now has the flaw that says vain people hate her and Beatrice has vain personality.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Luckily Artemisia wasn't married in a church, but she also has to sever symbolic ties such as that

johns (GM): tfw your pcs can't interact

Beatrice ex Merinita: She still wants to keep the title she got from the marriage.

Zita of Mercere: "Hi, Archibald."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hi."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beatrice hates Hypatia too then

Zita of Mercere: It's that easy

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Since Hypatia has Envied Bueaty

Beatrice ex Merinita: damn

I'll ReMe myself to cure my vanity then

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): Resolving something with one of the PCs, but: None of the Jerbitons leave the place. Lufthilde stays up late reading in her room, Lyaois is in the kitchen late preparing ingredients for tomorrow.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You'll probably want to invent a formulaic since you're altering your essential nature

Otherwise you'll warp yourself

(From Archibald of Guernicus): During the night I take the tapestry down, tear it up and shove it in a corner of the catacombs.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Beatrice just hates Artemisia for being medieval Madeline Bassett then.

(From Celeste): I want to slip them in his window or something. How big is the place? Can I scale the building? lol.

(To Celeste): It's a big place, it's a nobleman's banner. It's also got tall stone walls and armed guards.

Endrite: I gotta go AFK for a bit, but I'll be back.

Beatrice ex Merinita: my Perdo is temporary, so I can't PeMe my personality

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): You notice Archibald tearing down and destroying the tapestry.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

(From Celeste): I'll just knock and drop them off and say it's from a secret admirer after kissing a wax seal on an envelope and then run off into the night.

Beatrice ex Merinita passes a note to a fellow player.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Your essential personalities grow back, probably

(To Celeste): Noted.

Endrite: This is the thing I talked about at the beginning of the shesh.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the shesh

johns (GM): Gonna top off my water then we start the morning.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll get coffee then

I said Hypatia would spend fall preparing festivities, as its an Artist Rep associated ability, we can find out later if that means anything

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): ok I have a plan for abducting petrarch

Celeste arrives back at the inn, breathing heavily

Celeste: "I did my best."

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): step 1: visit the orsini mansion in altered visage, entrance a servant to tell me where petrarch is staying

Archibald of Guernicus: Ominous

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): step 2: infiltrate in magpie form, put everyone to sleep with luefthildis' candle, put petrarch in the jar

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Are you doing this at night?

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): yes

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Great.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Celeste, did you seduce my 70 years old dad?

johns (GM): Two PCs have taken actions.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway there are probably plenty of Orsinis living nearby, whereas the closest Zen are probably in Ostia.

johns (GM): I have to resolve which one happened first.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): step the final: give a random sleeping grog amnesia with spont perdo and disguise of the new visage ffm'd to moon so he looks like petrarch

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): 1 = you, 2 = not you

(To Celeste): 2 = you, 1 = not you

johns (GM):

rolling 1d2

(

2

)

=

2

Ok.

No major disruption to either PCs actions.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): One of the covenant PCs?

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Celeste: Aww.

Your dad is pretty spry.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): sorry, a sleeping orsini servant

Beatrice ex Merinita: Argh

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Ok. Can you roll some of these? The aura in the Palazzo is dom 2 at night.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): ok give me a minute

Beatrice ex Merinita: I curse my nonpermanent perdo preventing me from erasing this memory.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Also note that the Jar can't be brought back into the Aegis, because that will cancel the effect. So you need to stow it somewhere.

johns (GM): Sorry for the hold up. More shenanigans are ensuing in GM whispers that I am resolving.

Thank you all for being cool dues.

dudes.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ah, what a good morning to wake up and not have been killed during the night by  flips through notes  bialas and beatrice

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't have any ideas for FIorella's shenanigans yet, sorry

Bialas of Bjornaer: Bialas just ate like, fifteen capons and fell asleep.

Lodewig of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling d10!+2+5 entrancement

(

4

)

+2+5

=

11

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia's shenanigans don't necessarily tie in to typical adventure planning

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): victim should resist with +6

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm specced to kill Proclus, not Malachiasz and even that's only by accident.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: a capon is a cock. bialas ate a cock lol!! lots of them

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+6

(

7

)

+6

=

13

Beatrice ex Merinita: hell, so did everyone here

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I'll conf

Zita of Mercere: .w johns Okay, rolling to sneak attack Fiorella, then.

Beatrice ex Merinita: malachiasz was fooled by a turnip-shaped capon

johns (GM) wonders where all these conf tokens on the board are coming from.

Zita of Mercere: oh oops, meant to whisper that

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Ok.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): i won't put it down now but i'll remember i have none to spend now

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Entrancement successful.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Wait, didn't you put one down?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I might have to adopt the Liesmith Rogue Trader method of randomly choosing a player and antagonizing their downtime activity or story hooks

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): I see two there

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): actually abducting petrarch is enchanted items + formulaics

Beatrice ex Merinita: ha, i'm immune to that

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): uh, is that the deck?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): No idea. Carry on

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton is awakened by someone opening her birdcage

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Where do you stow the jar

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): sorry i have to attempt spontaneous mume instead

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sleeping in a cage with a very squeaky door that I can open myself is a good idea

I think I'll do that

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i cant believe lodewig killed fiorella

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I'm vexed to find this is all unworkable. I'll have to have petrarch mysteriously disappear without replacement

johns (GM): Bialas what is your Magic Resistance to Ignem

Bialas of Bjornaer: my total or my form bonus

johns (GM): Total

Bialas of Bjornaer: total is 38.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Form bonus is for mundane fires I think

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I stow the jar in Lavinia's lab

Bialas of Bjornaer: its my lowest form. a shame.

Beatrice ex Merinita: form bonus is soak

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yea

Zita of Mercere: Yeah, your form bonus adds soak

Vim gave you soak against something. And twilight resistance.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i should spend a year training parma

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): and attempt to destroy ACs in Petrarch's chamber

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): The moment you take the jar into the Aegis, the effect will fail.

Bialas of Bjornaer: parma ftw.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: why do only fiorella and bialas get assassinated

wheres malachs midnight visitor

this is BULLSHIT

Beatrice ex Merinita: because i didn't catch proclus out of doors

Bialas of Bjornaer: It IS the most important innovation in the history of the hermetic order.

Zita of Mercere: I have an ignem spec in parma

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have Vim because i need to block aegis

Lodewig of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling (d10!+29)/2 pevi

(

(

10

+

3

)

+29)/2

=

21

Zita of Mercere: Archibald does, I mean. Zita of course does not have the ability Parma Magica.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I haven't even done anything in this campaign, I doubt I'm assassinated

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): You're perdoing the aegis???

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): a shit i'm catching up

Zita of Mercere: I've done plenty but I'm just a lovable, innocent redcap.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Parma Magica is the most important setting conceit in the game

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+20

(

10

+

6

)

+20

=

36

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): all objects in in petrarch's chamber have their duration as AC reduced by 2 steps

Beatrice ex Merinita: i save all my insanely complicated machinations for frisia

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I guess I'll store the jar in... shit I don't know anyone in Rome

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): I mean I'm pretty sure an enchanted item from outside the aegis can't keep up its effect in the aegis, no matter what

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Kill Hypatia instead please

Bialas of Bjornaer: bialas is 81 and still has under 5 ignem. smh.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She's the weird incoherent build

Beatrice ex Merinita: hypatia is cool

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): the Colosseum! under a loose rock, with Suppress the Subtle Scent on it

Bialas of Bjornaer: yeah

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She's also thematically incoherent

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I set wolfmind to watch over it

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Excellent.

Beatrice ex Merinita: JUST LIKE CHRISTIANITY

Zita of Mercere: It's good to have a fellow redcap around to gossip about magi with

Bialas of Bjornaer: ayyy

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): Ok, Celeste and Lodewig both disappear and then return during the night.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have some things to deal with now

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): I'll talk to them in whispers.

johns (GM): OH BOY

Haha. More whispers going on. This time not mine.

johns (GM) sits back and relaxes

Zita of Mercere: If secret intrigue is still ongoing, I'm going to go make some toast.

Bialas of Bjornaer: oy.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I finished my coffee

Let me know if I have to start work on a new magi or not

johns (GM): I'm watching Aoe2 videos.

Zita of Mercere: Hey johns. Out of curiosity, since it obviously means nothing and we all know IC, is it a full moon tonight?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 1 = yes

(

10

)

=

10

No

Zita of Mercere: ah

brb

johns (GM): ill turn the music back on when the game resumes

boat how are you liking things

Celeste: brb. afk.

boat: its cool

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh my god. its boat doing the murders

boat: no

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Going silent for a bunch of whispers isn't unusual for us

johns (GM): The boat is coming from inside the house.

Beatrice ex Merinita: It's best to do all intrigue completely openly and then contort your actions, so that you can ic learn about and react to stuff you know ooc.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We need a play by post forum so half the game being done in PMs is completely normal.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: play by post would be badass

Lodewig of Tytalus: It would be better for spectators certainly

Zita of Mercere: Ars is probably the only thing I'd ever do play by post in

Malachiasz of Tytalus: someone make a play by post ars game

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ars is the main game I'd be excited to play by post

Celeste: ok. back.

johns (GM): theres a bunch on the atlas forums

Lodewig of Tytalus: ars, or the time traveller game where you have to keep a minute by minute diary of your past movement and future obligations

Beatrice ex Merinita got unwittingly machinated into a bad deal, but is finished with her whispers.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well i guess if theres interest i could actually commit to running a game thats play byp ost

Celeste flutters eyelashes

Zita of Mercere: I'm really excited to see whose corpse we find in the morning.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is bialas dead yet

Lodewig of Tytalus: Ildebrando!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ars is the only RPG I know of with meaningful downtime rules

Malachiasz of Tytalus: damn, this adventured turned into a game of werewolf

quick everyone, find out the werewolf and lynch him

johns (GM): haha

Zita of Mercere: Johns played danganronpa 3 and decided an ars session should emulate it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's not lynch lodewig

johns (GM): Actually, this was not what I envisioned

But it's cool regardless

Beatrice ex Merinita: you should have

Celeste: I've never played dr and this has been a fun session.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is anyone fucking dead johns

Celeste: This part is a little slow.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: someone better be dead after half an hour of this!!!

Zita of Mercere: The players are always right

Lodewig of Tytalus: Let's all agree never to go on adventures during a full moon, just as a precaution

johns (GM): "Yes... "that" person is dead...." "You don't mean...?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewig raises a good point, we might run into werewolves during a full moon

Zita of Mercere: We were attacked by a werewolf once, sounds good. Thanks lodewig, you are our greatest ally.

Celeste: I'm generally not a fan of secret actions and I think the only drawback of online games is that they make it so easy to do them.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: By getting rid of Jorn I've gotten rid of any character with a plot hook they didn't take as a Flaw, which makes me unlikely to be the traitor here

Celeste: And that it doesn't automatically do the "passes a note to a player" thing.

Because in person, you're noticing exactly when someone is taking a secret action and to whom

sorry for ooc rambling

johns (GM): Yeah

Zita of Mercere: Secret actions favour the schemer at the expense of the other players, I think everything being open and trusting players not be metagaming cheaters is more fun. Then again, you need the players to not be metagaming cheaters, or it doesnt work.

johns (GM): That's one of the joys of Paranoia. Everybody is passing the notes. Sometimes people just pass empty notes to look like they might be up to something.

Beatrice ex Merinita: did you know, if you whisper to gm instead of johns, anyone can read your whispers?

Lodewig of Tytalus: I did

if they're logged in as gm anyway

Zita of Mercere: Anyone currently signed on as a GM, yeah

Celeste: you're not supposed to be logged in as a gm during the game, dingus.

Zita of Mercere: That's why I always whisper johns directly

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not

johns (GM): Cheatir.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: GM whispers also go in the campaign cha tlog

johns (GM): There is a character in the journal named "GM" that everyone has access to

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i whisper to gm anyway because im a badass

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh nice

Beatrice ex Merinita: yeah, i saw ronnie's frisia whispers in the chatlog when i was checking my own

Celeste: ooh.

Zita of Mercere: Ronnie's completely innocent scheming

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if anyone wants to see my tytalan plots they are there

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I whisper to GM so I don't have to change my habits based on whether johns or Endrite is running

Zita of Mercere: I haven't done any whispers in that one I think, it's fun playing someone who just gets angry and yells and acts in the open.

Beatrice ex Merinita: stunning lack of paranoia

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't need detailed schemes

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh dear, vanya's going to be so angry in the next few years

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Story flaws are tehre for a reason

Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah - free virtues

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah - free virtues

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yes

Zita of Mercere: I took a vendetta on my verditius and they've come up multiple times, actually.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i get to take potentially dangerous story flaws on both characters but theyre not potentially dangerous at all and i get free virtues

Beatrice ex Merinita: there was an entire adventure about a prank they did

Malachiasz of Tytalus: meanwhile, some people take arthritis

Beatrice ex Merinita: arthritis is bad

Zita of Mercere: The real free virtue is dark secret because it can only really own you once, then its out and you either get killed for it or people move on.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Taking general flaws FTL

Celeste: Arthritis is pretty bad.

Zita of Mercere: General flaws are pretty bad, yeah

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia has Dark Secret

johns (GM): Same.

Dark Secret (Plays Ars Magica)

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She definitely should be the PC that gets arbitrarily killed

Beatrice ex Merinita: flavia's dark secret will get out in few years, since she has the faerie metamorphosis ticking bomb

Zita of Mercere: Dark Secret (Immune to dying)

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): What's the happenings

Lodewig of Tytalus: whwat's hypatia's dark secret

that she's a heretic?

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): I mentioned before I'm done.

johns (GM): a heretic??????

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): fffs

johns (GM): Ok apparently the whispers are done

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yes

johns (GM): are we good to go

Beatrice ex Merinita: i am

johns (GM): Great.

Zita of Mercere: Alright boys, we got her! [all the knights hospitalier start bursting out of closets]

Celeste: awesome.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well it's Dark Secret (Goliard lineage)

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's hope so

johns (GM): Everyone wakes up. No one's dead.

Celeste: Holy shit.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She's descended from that guy Aurora killed

Beatrice ex Merinita: i don't wake up, i didn't go to bed

you have to be more specific

Lodewig of Tytalus: you'll need to bne more specific

johns (GM): The grogs have slapped a carpet over the cracked floor and swept away the broken chair bits. The gifted tapestry is missing.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: lol

The Archpoet

Beatrice ex Merinita: not sleeping is one long-term fatigue, right?

johns (GM): Yup

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok

Zita of Mercere: "Wow, what a great nights sleep. Morning, everyone."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Good morning."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well it could be a hermetic lineage to the Archpoet, not a blood one

Malachiasz of Tytalus munches turnip.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I feel energised and powerful

Bialas of Bjornaer yawns

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Ahh, what a fine morning."

Beatrice ex Merinita makes notes on what everyone's doing.

Zita of Mercere: Hypatia being a descendant of Carloman's cult would be much funnier, since it really would get her killed on the spot if it came out.

johns (GM): Luefthildis takes a seat at the table. Lyaois works on breakfast. Berengar stares at the empty wall where the tapestry used to be.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had."

What's the Quality of Lyaois's cooking?

johns (GM): Andronicus rises a bit late and also sits at the table.

Superior Craftsmagiship.

Lodewig of Tytalus: a magi who does his own cooking, how admirable

Zita of Mercere: I'm tucking into breakfast

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel is clearly feeling the effects of last night's drink.

johns (GM): Well, ordering the servants around, at least.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Jerbiton splat has rules for AQ of Rego craft magic

Batel of Jerbiton: He's sitting at the table half-heartedly munching turnip.

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm rolling personality trait Bear to see if i can resist the smell of superior crafted food

rolling 1d10!+3

(

6

)

+3

=

9

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm suspicious of Batel now.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Wow.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's a good Venetian breakfast? Pizza?

Bialas of Bjornaer: That might do it. I don't rampage and turn into a bear.

Zita of Mercere: Looks like you can't bear the smell of it

johns (GM): Pizza.

Bialas of Bjornaer: No, higher rolls are good, right?

Beatrice ex Merinita: higher roll means you act like a bear more

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll have some pizza for breakfast then.

Zita of Mercere: Higher rolls mean you give in to the personality more

Bialas of Bjornaer: Oh, nice.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's a normal breakfast but you wear a feathered mask to eat it

Bialas of Bjornaer: That's even better.

I turn into a bear and walk into the kitchen.

Zita of Mercere: Thats why higher numbers on the personality trait cause you to act on it more. Typically EF 6 or 9.

Zita has a +4 personality trait which constantly makes her do stupid shit.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Breakfast!"

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling (1d10!+10)/2 InAq sponting touch of the pearls

(

(

4

)

+10)/2

=

7

is the breakfast poisoned?

Andronicus of Jerbiton: It is not.

Bialas of Bjornaer starts sweeping food into his mouth and sticking his claws in everything

Andronicus of Jerbiton: It'd be funny if it were.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Do we eat with utensils in the 14th century?

Beatrice ex Merinita: the gastronomers invented a fork recently

Andronicus of Jerbiton: The super elites might have forks.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I didn't fail to notice Lyaois' cutting edge fork tech

Andronicus of Jerbiton: The rest of you make do with your hands andk nives.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm not convinced

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Is eating pizza with a knife and fork barbaric?

Bialas of Bjornaer: theres probably a lot of scooping things into bread.

Lodewig of Tytalus: to grip your food is as much a part of the experience as to scent, tear and swallow it

Andronicus of Jerbiton: it's a demonic rite that will summon up an infernal spirit

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll invent a ReAn spell to move meat into my mouth.

Zita of Mercere: Eating pizza with a knife and fork gets you immediately expelled from the gastronomers and wizards warred by all of them

Bialas the Bear: "Give me more egg."

Lodewig of Tytalus: pizza is actually a new world plant

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I eat my pizza with a bowl of water nearby to degrease my hands.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: I wager Flat bread with cheese existed before Columbus.

Beatrice ex Merinita: New world plants were brought over in the 6th century by St.Brendan.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: he word pizza was first documented in AD 997 in Gaeta[4] and successively in different parts of Central and Southern Italy.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: An early reference to a pizza-like food occurs in the Aeneid,



Lodewig of Tytalus: it's also not a plant

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll eat the non-poisoned, non-anachronistic pizza.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: See? Virgil really did predict the future.

Zita of Mercere: lol

boat: Batel has regained his appetite. He's chewing a rolled-up hunk of pizza like a cigar.

Batel of Jerbiton: oops

Beatrice ex Merinita: is poisoned food or anachronistic food more dangerous?

Andronicus of Jerbiton: (what's a cigar)

Endrite: Ok I'm back.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: (gahah)

Zita of Mercere: You missed absolutely nothing.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Anachronistic food carries a powerful aura of Realm of Reason.

Lodewig of Tytalus: you're in time for feast 2: the morning after

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you can survive poison with reecovery rolls but anachronisms get you struck down by tribulation lightning

Batel of Jerbiton: forgive thhe reference to tobacco

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): So to clarify you didn't break into lavinia's lab right

Endrite: Gah, where's the tapestry????

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Berengar is wondering the same thing.

Lodewig of Tytalus: smoking was canonically invented by Aeolus of Bonisagus in the lated 12th century

Beatrice ex Merinita: we put it in storage

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I didn't

Batel of Jerbiton: then it's all good

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Shame, a good chance to frame a tytalus for your crimes

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Once we've had our fill, shall we call upon the Orsinis?"

Proclus of Rome: It was nice!

Lodewig of Tytalus: "at your leisure, sodales"

Beatrice ex Merinita files the tapestry under B for Blackmail.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "and if you want to see some of the city, we are happy to be your guides"

Zita of Mercere: "You've all travelled so far to see this poet. I've not much time for the arts with my duties, but he must be quite talented for you to all come this far."

Celeste: "He's super good."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must come to the mountain as the Templars used to say."

johns (GM): The Palazzo d'Orsini is on the opposite side of town.

The templars also used to say: Augh, please dont burn me at the stake

Proclus of Rome: Sounds like a walk in the park.

Oof oww my skin.

johns (GM): All guest Jerbiton are going, who else? Lodewig, Proclus, Beatrice, Celeste, Zita?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I am.

Zita of Mercere: "Oh yes, Rome is a wonderful place. You should see the river, it's the cleanest you'll see in any city in Europe."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The Templars probably died with more dignity than that

Celeste: Yeah.

Zita of Mercere: They died clutching their apples of eden

Beatrice ex Merinita: They died crying "You're going to burn me anyway, so I retract my confession made under tortute."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Same

Lodewig of Tytalus: Proclus is probably better suited to be a guide to Rome than me, I thought we should just have one magus to be a good host

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im going to

o

lets meet these orsinis

ah, nice stone building you live in

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I curse God with my dying breath to not be real, to be replaced with science and the sorcery of Baphomet practiced by CERN

Lodewig of Tytalus: shame about the rabble

Zita of Mercere: Which hermetic houses are templars and which are assassins? Jerbiton are templar for sure

johns (GM): lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: Merinita are assassins.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Tremere are Templars

johns (GM): The Palazzo Orsini is rounded by tall stone walls and adjacent buildings. A crowd of Rabble is milling about, gawking at the place where the  famous  Petrarch is staying.

Zita of Mercere: All the true lineages are probably templars, besides Trianoma.

johns (GM): Stern looking men at arms guard the gateway.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Bonisagus are Templars, as the Aegis and Parma allowed the institutionalization of magic

Beatrice ex Merinita: Trianoma are double Templars.

Zita of Mercere: Actually, during the sundering, the assassins of trianoma stole Tremere's apple of eden.

Proclus of Rome: "Hello, I am Proclus of Rome, here to see Petrarch with my friends and associates."

Hypatia of Athens is probably here, either inside or throwing a party for the artists among the rabble.

johns (GM): When Lodewig dispatched the letter announcing you all, whose name did he put on it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella Zeno of Venice

Lodewig of Tytalus: I guess Leufthildis

johns (GM): The guard tersely tells Proclus, "Scram."

Beatrice ex Merinita: she's the most appropriate

Lodewig of Tytalus: didn't she want her name used?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I didn't change my name when I was gauntleted

johns (GM): she volunteered it yeah

fioerlla's was also suitable

as was beatrice's

Beatrice ex Merinita: and it's polite to go along with our guests' wishes

i have black sheep, so my is not appropriate

Lodewig of Tytalus: I can't keep up with all these nobles

Proclus of Rome: I'll turn around and ask, "Which one of you sent the letter?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I introduce the lady leufthildis, with the ladies fiorella and beatrice, and associates

Man at Arms: The guards shake their head. "No one's allowed in. Move on."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Pray forgive our philosopher"

"We are expected, you realise"

Man at Arms: " No one  gets in."

Celeste: "What do you mean no one's allowed in?"

Man at Arms: "I mean what I say." He glares at you all, angrily. "You stupid?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I understood."

Lodewig of Tytalus: was our messenger rebuffed in any fasion?

Proclus of Rome:  Laugh track.

Man at Arms: No.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Just let me know when you want to use the side entrance, sodales."

I say to my sodales.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton harumphs.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "A crow could easily get in, if we're playing it that way."

Zita of Mercere: "Excuse me, but we wrote ahead, announcing ourselves."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Malachiasz, please behave like a civilized person once in a while."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "But why would I want to ente runwelcome?"

(From Zita of Mercere): Use magic item on the guard, "Why wont you let us in here?" as mental question

Man at Arms: "Maybe you did, but Lord's orders are clear."

(To Zita of Mercere): Direct order by Senator Orsini, no one allowed to enter

Proclus of Rome: "Why would he order his men to be so inhospitable?"

Zita of Mercere: I tap Beatrice and try and pull her aside

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go with Zita.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I spread my hands and shrug. To the jerbitons "well, I can only apologize for making you walk so far"

Celeste: "Is everyone alright? Did something happen?"

Zita of Mercere: "Any idea why this senator orsini would block people coming in? They've got orders to let no-one in."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm going to distance myself from Malachiasz so my reputation isn't hurt if he digs his way in.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll whisper to Zita.

Batel of Jerbiton: "What shabby treatment!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "There's another entrance to this compound, reserved for masters of Terram."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I don't think master Petrarch would thank us for breaking in to accost him"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "The Orsinis seem very rude. Though I suppose we were too when a Zen was Doge."

Zita of Mercere: "Ah."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Better to have committed multiple crimes to see this artist than to have never seen him at all."

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): Did the letter from Beatrice's father forbid her from visiting?

Celeste: "I don't think that's the case."

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): It said he was going to be busy but didn't explicitly bar her.

Beatrice ex Merinita: hmm

Batel of Jerbiton: "I wouldn't want to bother master Petrarch..."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Sodales, is this interview important enough to you that we should employ the art of bonisagus to bring it about?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I can try something non-interfering if no one else has an idea."

Proclus of Rome: "I would prefer to not murder these men, Beatrice."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You're very picky in your targets for such a bloodthirsty man."

Man at Arms: crowd oohs and aahs

Lodewig of Tytalus: let;s draw back from the men at arms while talking about who we should or shouldn't murder

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: At us? Or something else?

What are they oohing at, that is?

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not actually planning on murdering them

Man at Arms: ignore that

Zita of Mercere: Is this the only entrance to this place?

Man at Arms: it was a joke

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

Man at Arms: as far as you know zita

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I see an aerial entrance

Several

Man at Arms: you can roll your Thief Sense if you like

Proclus of Rome: "Can't you demand entrance as a family member, Beatrice?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: we should have brought an elf to detect hidden doors

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: TIL mundane crows have Second Sight

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I can, but it's not something to be done lightly."

Lodewig of Tytalus: o cool

Zita of Mercere: Intuition could work here

Lodewig of Tytalus: magpies use crow stats right?

Celeste: "They said no one could get in, you should prove them wrong."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I think so

Malachiasz of Tytalus: another option is to fling crystal darts at these dudes heads

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They're both corvids

Beatrice ex Merinita: "That's why I'm asking if someone else has a non-destructive idea."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't think Pliny would know the difference between a crow and magpie

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think he would, because one of them has white bits

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh well

Proclus of Rome: "Are you so debased that the idea of asking is more distasteful than anything else?"

Zita of Mercere: "I could sneak in if we find another way inside, look around. I really wonder why no-one's allowed in."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Endrite has a link to that cool bestiary that would have fluff for magpies if they're substantially different from crows in Mythic Europe

Celeste: "I hope nothing's happened to Petrarch!"

Zita of Mercere: "Or Lodewig could employ his tricks to keep the guards busy."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I can ask to be admitted in, but bringing guests would be a bit difficult."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I could try persuading the guards, but people tend to resent me for it later"

Andronicus of Jerbiton: "Why would you suggest that, Celeste?"

Zita of Mercere: "Who cares what they think, they're just blindly following orders, and being rude about it."

Lodewig of Tytalus: brb

Malachiasz of Tytalus munches on a turnip.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go see what's going on with the rabble outside

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I don't think we should invade the minds of others lightly, even if they're rude. It takes years to fix."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "It leaves a sigil, first and foremost."

Proclus of Rome: "I would prefer if Beatrice didn't acquire new subjects for her experiments."

"We're important people in Rome, we should be able to demand entrance."

Celeste: "I don't know. Anything could happen."

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I wander to the side that has the housing against the wall.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You're walking a fine line, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "I recommend a bribe."

Zita of Mercere: "Not important enough, apparently."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go up to the guards.

Proclus of Rome: "I would certainly hate for you to issue more empty threats, Beatrice."

Andronicus of Jerbiton: ahng on brb

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): Any guards on the wall?

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I am Beatrice Orsini and I want you to admit me and my associates. Except for the rude, self-important philosopher."

Malachiasz of Tytalus passes a note.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The only philosophy I care about is the taxonomy of birds.

Andronicus of Jerbiton: sorry 1 more min

Proclus of Rome: BRB tree fell into my house.

Celeste: lol.

Proclus of Rome: That actually happened to Liesmith once.

Lodewig of Tytalus: was he right back?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

He said he had to cut the session short because a tree had crashed through his bedroom ceiling.

Zita of Mercere: lol

Andronicus of Jerbiton: a real gm wouild keep going

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): yes

Andronicus of Jerbiton: Okay Beatrice announces herself

The guard whispers to another guard on the opposite side of the gate

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's drop trees on johns' house to test that

johns (GM): Let's

After some conferring and delay, the guard whispers something to Beatrice

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): he directs you to a servant's door in a side alley

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does rome have sewers yet

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Very well."

Proclus of Rome: It does.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it has catacombs

Proclus of Rome: They're called aquaducts.

Beatrice ex Merinita: they're even better

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's called the tiber

darn

johns (GM): It's called Malachiasz' lab

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We should go through the servant's entrance."

"My apologies." I say to our guests.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I warp back into the same place as the party.

"Sounds good."

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, sorry you had to invoke that."

Proclus of Rome: "Why can't we walk in through the front door?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "too many servants, I suppose"

Zita of Mercere: "Because they aren't letting anyone in."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Because then everyone would want in."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "There are lots of peasants watching as well."

johns (GM): In a side alley, there is a thick oaken door on a building that intersects the stone wall.

Proclus of Rome: "I find that difficult to believe, but you are the expert on your own family, I suppose."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I enter.

johns (GM): The door is locked.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Same.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll knock.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I am also locked

johns (GM): A small hatch opens up and an old man looks through, without opening the door to you. 1 sec

Beatrice ex Merinita: extremely fancy lock technology on servants' doors. i'm wary about letting zita in

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its just barred

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "More indignities? They don't seem prepared for our coming here either."

Lodewig of Tytalus daydreams about chasing rabbits

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "Beatrice?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Yes."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "What are you doing here?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I apologize, but my guests wanted to meet the Poet at all costs."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Napoleone give me some of your tots

Lodewig of Tytalus: also your frangipane

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "Impossible. He's gone missing."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "What?"

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "Missing. During the night."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Hypatia will be upset to hear that."

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Zita of Mercere: "Ooh, a mystery."

Proclus of Rome: But... how did Celeste know?

Beatrice ex Merinita: "That's a disaster."

"I'll see what we can do."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "Don't breathe a word of this to the public."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Rest in peace. What was his name?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I understand."

Proclus of Rome: "We could ask Lavinia to find him."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani looks at Malach and sighs

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I'll come back if we find anything."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "What terrible company you keep these days.."

Zita of Mercere: "Lavinia's in Naples, though."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia has an item for creating herbam structures so she could definitely hold an imprompteau street vestival

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I know."

Lodewig of Tytalus: would that... help

Celeste: Oh jeez. Oh no.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Terrible?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I believe the cardinal was speaking about Malachiasz."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Everyone in Rome is so rude, even former Venetians don't recognize the name any more."

Proclus of Rome: HMmmmmmmm.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Can we look at his paintings?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus, Malachiasz, which one of you was it?"

Batel of Jerbiton: Batel looks ready to faint.

Proclus of Rome: "Malachiasz, Petrarch is a poet."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go to Celeste and whisper something to her.

Proclus of Rome: "We should repair to the covenant to confer with our sodales."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well, I suppose so"

"we should also investigate this mystery!

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We should."

Zita of Mercere: "Mhmm. Let's."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Can't be helped."

Beatrice ex Merinita: hmm

Lodewig of Tytalus: "it;s almost certainly magical so we can't be had for interference if we open walls willy nilly"

Proclus of Rome: "What makes you assume that?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: Before we leave, I'll ask one more thing of the Cardinal.

Zita of Mercere: "Don't think he'd do a runner, would you?"

Proclus of Rome: "It could have been anyone."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "If one of my more disturbing associates came to investigate, would he be admitted?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: two things: weird disappearances are almost always down to fairies or wizards or something

and also there's the matter of Andronicus' warning - it's partof a pattern

Beatrice ex Merinita: "He is skilled in these matters despite his personality."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The first one is a bit of a fourth wall insight

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "No one is to come in or out. We're tearing the place apart and questioning the servants. We will find out what happened, in time."

Proclus of Rome: "Does anyone know how to contact Cupid? This might have been his doing."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, he's useless, I doubt it was him."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It might be a more supernatural matter. Famous artists have been disappearing around Europe recently."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "What does your 'associate' hope to investigate?" He shudders at the word associate.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Daimons, angels, demons, and faerie lords sometimes take artists into their realm, I hear."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Supernatural doings leave signs that can be revealed with the correct procedures."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "right, things like that"

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "No.. out of the question. It would just make things worse to have some occultist waving their wand around. If the rumors got out.."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I could make him invisible."

Zita of Mercere: I whisper to Beatrice

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani sucks in his breath

Proclus of Rome: "What if the malefactor is still there and is capable of seeing through invisibility?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton whispers to Beatrice.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "what if the missing man is merely invisible"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Do you have any of the Poet's belongings?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "and, hmm, intangible and insensible. but indefinably present"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "That would be enough for investigation if no one can enter."

Celeste: "I can see through invisibility, and I don't see anyone."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "I can open the door a crack for a few seconds. Then re-open it the same a few moments later. If anyone is caught sneaking in they will be detained on the spot."

"I could find something like that, yes."

"moments" == "minutes" there

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Personal belonging or things like hair would work the best."

Proclus of Rome: "We should send our best investigator in."

Lodewig of Tytalus: who's good at sneaking and investigating combined

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "This sounds so sordid, Beatrice."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malachiasz

Proclus of Rome: "I recommend Archibald, assuming he isn't responsible for the kidnapping."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It is unpleasant, but if I can help the family now, I'll do what I can."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: "Stay here and I'll be right back."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Very well."

Once he's gone, I'll whisper to Fiorella.

Zita of Mercere: "There's no way he'll get around without being spotted in there."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton replies

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: Five minutes pass

Then ten

Zita of Mercere: "Invisibility doesn't help much in broad daylight like this."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: The hatch opens again, and the cardinal produces a slipper.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Thank you. I'll be back once we know something."

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: He thinks of something to say, finds nothing, and closes the hatch.

Lodewig of Tytalus: has anyone got inexorable search on formulaic?

Zita of Mercere whistles innocently

Beatrice ex Merinita: how far is it to Naples?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I will get it eventually

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: lmao

Uhh a few days probably

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I dont see what all the fuss is. Why would someone kidnap a messenger, and why do so many people want to see him?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have 500 pace teleport mastered

i can go there fast by repeatedly casting it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can fly somewhere

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: Awww man

you're goign to make a gmpc solve things.... weak...

Beatrice ex Merinita: we'll try archibald first

Proclus of Rome: Any time Lavinia isn't in the adventure someone should be asking "Where's Lavinia?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: the last time lavinia adventured was when dys ran a game?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The Sortes is way better than Intelego for casting Solve Adventure

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh no, she helped me kill aristide

I'll get back home and knock on Archibald's wall.

Zita of Mercere: I whisper to Beatrice on the way back, before this

Lodewig of Tytalus: well my intellego stinks

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll ask Lodewig to entertain our guests, since I guess the Tytalans are on opposite sides of this for some incomprehensible reason.

Lodewig of Tytalus: but since it's a slipper i think i have a fair shot at tracking him by smell

well if beatrice delegates me to do that i'll go with that

Proclus of Rome: I have 30 InCo casting total.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malachiasz isnt on the opposite side

Lodewig of Tytalus: I will show them around the Jewish Slum

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i just cant do anything to find this person

Proclus of Rome: So I could try it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: however, i could kill the kidnapper

Lodewig of Tytalus: with its famous Pawnbroker

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can do something involving birds

Lodewig of Tytalus: can you?

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani: The pawnbroker selling amazing cloaks of +3

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know

Proclus of Rome: I could use some Vis to get +5.

Lodewig of Tytalus: spread your senses among all the birds in rome

Beatrice ex Merinita: i need to invent that spell to make smells visible

it's too high level to spont

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I could order a flock of crows to search fo rhim

And speak the language of crows by turning into one

Lodewig of Tytalus: do any of us actually know what petrarch looks like?

Proclus of Rome: It's just level 20.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: InIM would tell you that

From the shoes

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think we do

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling (d10!+22)/2 intellego imaginem

(

(

8

)

+22)/2

=

15

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If he has Artist Reputation +9, that's a +4 bonus to know thigns about him

johns (GM): good point

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll give Zita the slipper, so she can do things.

Proclus of Rome: I can just spont Inexorable Search here.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Where is Petrarch from?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Did you find him yet?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh wait actually I MAGE OF THE B EAST

R: Arc D: Mom, T: Ind

Gives you a hazy mental image of an ani-

mal you have an Arcane Connection to.

Wounds caused by an animal are an

Arcane Connection to that animal with a life-

Lodewig of Tytalus: time of a few hours. This spell can thus be used

to find out what was responsible for an attack.

Proclus of Rome: Well, not here.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i guess intellego corpus then

Proclus of Rome: Back at the covenant where all our maps are.

johns (GM): Arezzp. Tuscany

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia has Rome Lore and Greece Lore

Zita of Mercere: I thought you had +30, isnt it level 40 to do so? Think archibald has +34

Proclus of Rome: I could use Confidence Points.

Zita of Mercere: Actually this isnt the time to break out this Secret Thing so let's just let Proclus try first

If he botches we can hand it to Archibald

Lodewig of Tytalus: is that with the ceremonial bonus?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Lodewig of Tytalus: RIP

Proclus of Rome: Huh?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Math cult can get higher ceremonial bonuses

Zita of Mercere: +34 was including the ceremonial casting bonus and aura, for archibald

Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah i thought you would have bigger casting total on ceremonies

Zita of Mercere: then again we could always just run over to the temple regio for the nice aura, and bring some maps

Lodewig of Tytalus: ooh

Celeste: gasp

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Nice!

The Zen love maps

Proclus of Rome: You only get the casting total bonus on spontaneous casting.

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway I think I have successfully summoned the image of Petrarch

does that work GM?

johns (GM): Sure

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If someone had Inexorable Search as formulaic we wouldn't be talking about ceremonial bonuses to begin with

Lodewig of Tytalus: wow

he's just as handsome as celeste said

Beatrice ex Merinita: everyone get in line to seduce petrarch

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay

Celeste: ooh babey

Beatrice ex Merinita: celeste first

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go summon some birds to look fo rhim

I mean, create

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton turns into a crow herself to speak with them

Zita of Mercere: lets wait on proclus spont roll first

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): FUCK it's a legit AC. I have wolfmind scoop up the jar and start sneaking out of the city with it

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: k

Proclus of Rome: I'll spend two confidence points.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): I thought you perdo'd all ACs

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll whisper to Zita.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling (1d10! + 8 + 8 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 5)/2

(

(

4

)

+8+8+2+3+5+4+5+5)/2

=

22

Got it.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I lowered them two steps. That would have erased a normal piece of clothing's connectiopn but not a cherished favourite

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): if it's no longer an AC then my spell could not work

Celeste: confidence points are +3. Ho ho ho.

Zita of Mercere: Not for casting

Celeste: Oh?

Nice.

johns (GM): says who

Zita of Mercere: I thought they were always +5 for casting

even in raw

johns (GM): nope

Zita of Mercere: oh

Lodewig of Tytalus: certainly nope

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's still 20

Lodewig of Tytalus: RIP insanely overpowered self-confidence

Proclus of Rome: Well, I still make it.

johns (GM): Isn't it 18?

Beatrice ex Merinita: no

Proclus of Rome: No.

johns (GM): Ok

I shall ping the map.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's -4 before dividing

johns (GM): Watch closely.

Beatrice ex Merinita: so the divided total is just -2

Zita of Mercere: I've got self confidence but always sit on 1 conf point since theres no real mechanics for getting them back besides when the GM feels like it.

Proclus of Rome: A building near the Colosseum!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: youre SUPPOSED to go back to 3 every session

but johns is a cheatir

Zita of Mercere: He fears this power.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it is powerful

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I just refresh them every session

johns (GM): no the house rule is 2

not 3

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh is there a rule about it

johns (GM): yup

Lodewig of Tytalus: i thought we were using RAW gain it when you earn it

johns (GM): Proclus detects Petrarch at the Colosseum

Malachiasz of Tytalus: [gay voice] house wules]

johns (GM): i dont want to have to judge who earned a conf all the time

dfd got one for his poetry though

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): is the rat regio still accessible?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Yes.

Proclus of Rome: Well, I say we investigate!

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): alright the jar is ferried there, in the jaws of a scruffy mongrel hopefully nobody thinks odd at all

Proclus of Rome: I also say we should tell all the visiting Jerbitons.

Celeste: He hated my poetry so much, he ran through a wall and left a Petrarch-shaped hole in it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok and ok

Celeste: with one smoking slipper.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Okay. The rat regio is full of dead rats and hungry angry rats who have been trapped there by Lavinia's animo.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): i don't remember how inexorable search interacts with regios. does it ping the entrance?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Also, the rat king.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Who is unhappy.

johns (GM): Hmm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets go to the colosseum and fight and find petrarch

Beatrice ex Merinita: Let's go to the Colloseum.

johns (GM): I have to make a judgment call here

Proclus of Rome: Oh?

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): do I know other regiones in the area that aren't in our aegis?

johns (GM): I'd like to consult with the players but doing so reveals something being done in the backgroud

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

I'll go scope out the Colosseum from the air first.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm fine with revealing the unimportant things I did.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Well I'm debating whether you come under attack the moment you enter the rat regio.

Proclus of Rome: You should whisper them.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean a lot of the Colosseum doesn't have a roof, so it's worth checking out from the air.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Proclus of Rome: Oh wait, I see what you mean

Zita of Mercere: I'm sure no-one did anything untoward in secret

Proclus of Rome: Who would do such a thing?

johns (GM): so hypothetically

what should happen to someone or something that wanders into the rat regio unprepared

Proclus of Rome: I guess it depends on how many rats there are and how hungry they are.

Beatrice ex Merinita: they're probabyl very hungry if they're all sealed there

Proclus of Rome: It MIGHT be that it is filled with every rat in Rome and they're all starving, but it's equally likely that all the rats have already eaten each other.

Beatrice ex Merinita: but there shouldn't be that many since they're eating each other

Proclus of Rome: Too bad the queen spider is dead.

RIP.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If the rats have magic might they don't need food

Zita of Mercere: Theyre mundane rats

Beatrice ex Merinita: they might need it anyway

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But they would also be able to resist the statue

Zita of Mercere: We forced all the mundane rats into the regio

johns (GM): there is one magical rat in there, teh rat king

Zita of Mercere: Then again this was like, decades ago

Beatrice ex Merinita: magical creatures can be suspectible to deprivation

Zita of Mercere: So all the rats are probably dead by now. Or close to it.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Only if they take a quality for it

I mean, an inferiority

Zita of Mercere: There's no food, cannibalism isnt a long-term solution

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the rats are not all dead, as they are constantly arriving in the regio

as rats are spontaneously generated

Zita of Mercere: Oh

Well then. It's full of rats.

Lodewig of Tytalus: lol

johns (GM): Ah.

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't the statue prevent them from being generated in the first place?

Beatrice ex Merinita: but they're probably eating each other

johns (GM): No, the statue just puts a mental suggestion in the mind of rats

Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah surely that solves the whole starvation issue

johns (GM): It isn't a ward

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast214.htm

johns (GM): ok

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Malachiasz is right

johns (GM): I have consulted our impartial arbiter

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Mice come from soil

Lodewig of Tytalus: if it's a mental suggestion wouldn't dying overcrowded anials ignore it

johns (GM): johns: The Rat Regio

johns: Someone just stumbled into it unprepared, not knowing about Lavinia's enchantment

johns: Is it full of hungry rats who immediately attack or is it full of dead rats and is safe

harmony of bean and dog: oh man.

harmony of bean and dog: hungry rats

Beatrice ex Merinita: mouse is not a rat

johns (GM): Great, now I have to find the combat rules for walking into a den of hungry rats

Malachiasz of Tytalus: who is harmony of bean and dog

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beaver	Beast	Hunted for its testicles, it castrates itself to escape from the hunter

johns (GM): That's cumthinker

Malachiasz of Tytalus: tell him to get in the session

Beatrice ex Merinita: they probably work like the scorpion spell in magi of hermes

environmental damage

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The bestiary does not have rats

Zita of Mercere: Cumthinker the coward who did not show up

johns (GM): Great

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): spontaneous perdo vim 18.5

Zita of Mercere: Probably because he was busy acting through agents to push people into the rat regio

Malachiasz of Tytalus: cumthinkers infernal plot to force johns to think about how the rat regio works

Beatrice ex Merinita: An attacking swarm of scorpions does +10 damage per round.

Can be soaked normally.

Proclus of Rome: Just roll individually for each rat.

Simple.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The birds do +15, as an upgrade over scorpions

Beatrice ex Merinita: they don't have venom though

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): dispels level +4 magnitudes +d10 of a specific form, so that's assured dispel on a level 30 effect

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: That's okay

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): the jar of petrarch is in there, but probably impervious to rats

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beaks are more damaging than vencom

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Okay, what happens if your mindwolf takes damage

Proclus of Rome: Also, scorpions are smaller than birds.

johns (GM): Then I think I will roll a +10 damage of Rat Swarm

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): our guests may be wondering why I suddenly shouted a perdo vim spell

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I shared this character in the thread a week before I played her so I assumed the crow spell was fine

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10 Rat Damage

(

9

)

+10

=

19

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I'm sure it's traumatic for lodewig and death means mind death but wounds shouldn't last when the dog loses physical form

johns (GM): +10 is the guideline the Normandy book uses for a bee swarm so it makes sense a bird would do more

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): What's its soak?

Beatrice ex Merinita: the insane thing about the crow spell is the duration, not the damage

Proclus of Rome: Bee swarms do an infinite amount of damage because you can have an infinite amount of bees.

Just a little Ars Magica joke for you all.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): soak roll 21

Celeste: the crow spell is pretty high level and is only viable because of bird mastery iirc so it seems fiar

fair

Beatrice ex Merinita: yeah

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The duration is so you can set the animals out and go to sleep

johns (GM): Okay.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): bahaha

johns (GM): I think we got this resolved.

On your way to the Colosseum, apropos of nothing, Lodewig lets out a yelp and shouts a spell.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Diameter would be fine if it was just a DoT

Proclus of Rome: More like a yipe.

Heh.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Someone is scrying on me!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: and the birds can be resisted by MR and deflected by ReAn, so it's not a super people killer

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh

I scoped out the Colosseum before we go

Proclus of Rome: "Is it Archibald?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Or something more sinister..."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Was there anything interesting to report from an aerial view?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Where are they?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Stop your paranoia, Proclus."

Zita of Mercere: "Something hit your parma?"

Proclus of Rome: "Is Bialas around?"

Celeste: He isn't.

He's at the covenant.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Yes, I can't tell what. Some of you may be affected"

Zita of Mercere: "Oh. Oh dear."

"I hate it when that happens."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Zita probably is."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm probably still flying back

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Let's keep going to the colosseum, maybe the evil magus is there."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: So I'm not affected

Batel of Jerbiton: where are the guests

johns (GM): Hanging with you

Lodewig of Tytalus: "If you wish it Zita I can offer a simple dispel."

Proclus of Rome: All of them?

johns (GM): Arguing amongst themselves about what could have happened

Yes.

Zita of Mercere: "I don't have anything positive on me right now, so please do."

johns (GM): Well, wait

You told Lodewig to entertain them

Beatrice ex Merinita: yëah and he agreed

johns (GM): Okay

Proclus of Rome: The plot thickens.

Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah I didn't think the other pcs were here

Zita of Mercere: oh

johns (GM): Ok,, fair enough. Lodewig acts suspiciously in front of the NPCs, not the PCs.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I've taken the jerbitons to see whatever sights i can remember

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh

Zita of Mercere: well done lodewig

johns (GM): Lufthilde suggests you all retreat back to the Aegis.

Beatrice ex Merinita: the rest is heading to the colloseum

johns (GM): (lodewig and the npcs)

everyone else goes off to the colosseum.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I go ahead of the magi

Lodewig of Tytalus: frankly I'm probably not a great tour guide

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: To scope out the Colosseum from the air.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Lodewig can knock on Archibald's wall to ask if he can find a sigil.

johns (GM): Right

Fiorella doesn't notice anything out of place there

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

Thank you

"If he's still there, he's inside somewhere out of aerial view."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Before we get there, I'll offer Doublet to everyone who wants it.

Zita of Mercere: "Was there anything notable around here?"

I take doublet

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I cast Doublet, Shriek, and Sidestep

And stay in bird form

Beatrice ex Merinita: It's good being a bird.

Proclus of Rome: I'm a sociable magus so I'm just going to not cast anything on myself.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: My entire body gets doubleted as a bird

Zita of Mercere: Doublet works on a bird? Wouldn't that make it harder to fly?

johns (GM): In this era, the Colosseum is half occupied by a Frangipani fortress. The rest is abandoned area occupied by various wastrels, the homeless, the insane, etc.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll socialize when someone recognizes me.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I need to invent InIm to use my senses at distance so I can be social with Sidestep.

Proclus of Rome: The insane, eh?

Zita of Mercere: brb 1 min

Proclus of Rome: Well, let's ask them if they've seen Petrarch.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll ask the local crows if they've seen the guy

I guess I won't cast Sidestep then

johns (GM): No one has seen Petrarch.

Man nor crow alike.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well, I don't think crows care if you don't make eye contact.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You did not lie to us about what the spell revealed, I hope, Proclus."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They don't have pupils, after all

Proclus of Rome: Well, we could investigate the Frangipani fortress.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I'll draw leufthildis aside and tell her a SLIGHT change of plans has resulted in our mutual friend being stuck in a regio with a horde of rats, but I'm confident he's still safe

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): "He'd better be. How will you get him out?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: i can cast voiceless Prying Eyes with extravagant gestures in up to 2 dominion aura

johns (GM): I will save us 2 weeks of investigating the mysterious villager and let you know

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i go to the colloseum

johns (GM): No one here has seen Petrarch.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): "All right, all right. Who knew the man was so fond of his slippers. I'll just have to go back in with the proper protections"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll ride on Beatrice's shoulder.

Celeste: Gasp.

Proclus of Rome: Let's ask Pellew.

Beatrice ex Merinita whispers to Zita.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Would your method be worth using now or do you think it's too soon?"

ack

pretend you didn't see this

Proclus of Rome: Gah,

Beatrice ex Merinita: Now I have to murder all witnesses.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): beast warding base 2 +1 touch +2 sun

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): check for botch 4 and wolfmind is back on a recovery mission

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I anachronistically invite our guests to play at tarock. I lose heavily, as if my mind is elsewhere

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): after today im going to say that taking damage to the physical form of your mind should have repurcussions but it flies for now

Proclus of Rome: We should probably figure out who is going to commit to any dangerous situation here.

I know I will.

Zita of Mercere: Wow. Nice whisper....

johns (GM): well someone do something

Zita of Mercere: I take the slipper and go off somewhere with no witnesses.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'mr eady for danger

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can check the walls of the fortress with prying eyes if the aura is dominion 2 or less

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The lineage of Alexander of Jerbiton are explorers

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Zita of Mercere: I spend 1 conf point to do  something

Proclus of Rome: That's good to hear.

Beatrice ex Merinita: calm circumstances, i believe

(From Zita of Mercere): I use my magic item that lets me alter my appearance, to make myself look normal. I'll roll for how much might i gather even though I'm not spending it

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10+20-10+1

(

7

)

+20-10+1

=

18

adjust for aura

johns (GM): You take a long look into the seedy private life of Nobility, but there is no Petrarch in here.

Zita of Mercere:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+2

(

7

)

+2

=

9

Beatrice ex Merinita: hmm

I don't think we're going to be social, so I'll put up a sidestep.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: are we at colosseum yet

(From Zita of Mercere): I use the power Inescapable Sense of the Quarry, repeatedly, as I move closer to his location

johns (GM): Yes except other people are leaving and doing stuff in whispers

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We have been for a while

johns (GM): Great.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: gah!!

johns (GM): Zita you move towards the Casa del Rat'

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah I sidestep too

I can cast as a bird

Zita of Mercere: I'll return to everyone shortly. Give me a moment.

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10+25-10 vs 10

(

4

)

+25-10

=

19

Zita of Mercere: Ah, the rat regio entrance?

johns (GM): The rat regio entrance.

Zita of Mercere: I return to everyone

(To Zita of Mercere): You notice a wolf going into the regio.

Zita of Mercere: Oh

I dont return to everyone just yet then

johns (GM): lol

Zita of Mercere: One moment, sodales

(From Zita of Mercere): I creep into the regio to see what's inside. Rolling stealth.

Zita of Mercere:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+4+9+3

(

10

+

8

)

+4+9+3

=

34

johns (GM): Now I may be old fashioned

But I think the rats have an advantage to spotting anyone who comes in, no matter how stealthy

Proclus of Rome: RIP every magus here but me.

Zita of Mercere: I could take a look inside it without disturbing them, perhaps.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I could try to spont a Rego Animal

johns (GM): Ok, ok

Batel of Jerbiton: nice spider

Celeste: oh jeez

(To Zita of Mercere): The wolf is picking up a corked glass jar. Rats try biting it but just slide off it (the wolf).

Zita of Mercere: Unless they have an actual power to always know, there should be some way to avoid revealing yourself. People can hide from rats.

Beatrice ex Merinita: once i know there's rats, i'll try warding myself against animals. but zita would have to tell me first

Proclus of Rome: Actually, it looks like everyone here is dead except for me.

johns (GM): The wolf is picking up a corked glass jar. Rats try biting it but just slide off it (the wolf).

Proclus of Rome: Who is here?

johns (GM): Zita.

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

(From Zita of Mercere): Is there any sign of the poet? How much further in is he apparently?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can come up with a plan with Beatrice once we know

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i see aristocritus

Zita of Mercere: Archon...

(To Zita of Mercere): No sign of the poet. If there was a human here they'd be rat food.

(To Zita of Mercere): the bottle is opaque blue glass fyi

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): do I see zita?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Make a per+awareness roll

(From Zita of Mercere): Is the distance to him approximately as much as to that bottle. Just out of curiosity

Beatrice ex Merinita: do we still have his head?

(To Zita of Mercere): Hard to say.

(From Zita of Mercere): since the power lets me know direction + distance

Beatrice ex Merinita: we could rebuild him

(To Zita of Mercere): Fine, yes.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): awareness (alertness) (hearing) 7

Zita of Mercere: Interesting.

Now I rejoin my sodales

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Gahaha

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have Circle of Beast Warding, I'm not sure you can do personal spells like that though

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Also they were in magical disguise anyway. Scrying on you. Heinous

Zita of Mercere: "Sodales, come here, quickly!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: it says wards a target in the guideline

"What is it?"

So you could do a personal ward with it.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's the guideline for an animal ward?

Lodewig of Tytalus: base 2

Zita of Mercere: "I saw signs around the regio here that someone had been inside, I investigated and... well, be careful coming in, but something is in there."

Beatrice ex Merinita: https://i.imgur.com/q0hJm6q.png

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok, I can probably spont then

Beatrice ex Merinita: "What is the regio?"

I wasn't in the rat regio, so i don't know ic.

Zita of Mercere: Me neither

"I don't know. I thought you would."

"It's over there."

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): you're gone well before they come b ack i assume

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Does anyone know?"

Proclus of Rome: I have no idea what's going on.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have 29+aura Rego Animal

johns (GM): Me neither

Beatrice ex Merinita: Zita came back, but doesnt know about the rat regio ic, so we can't prepare.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): sure I'm on the move, assuming nobody suspects my genius

Zita of Mercere: Proclus is the only one who knows IC

Beatrice ex Merinita: So I'm asking ic, so I can get ooc knowledge ic and act accordingly.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): can I feasibly excuse myself from the guests for a bit?

Proclus of Rome: Came back from where?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Disguise of the Putrid Aroma targets an animal

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Okay

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Let's go."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Not the protected target

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Luefthilde suggests keeping a close eye on you to the others, and accompanies you as you leave.

Beatrice ex Merinita: you could spont group version of that spell

johns (GM): By the time you return to the regio, the thing Zita saw there is gone and there's nothing left but hungry rats.

Zita of Mercere: From the rat regio. I'm pointing at it. Well it's empty now.

"That's strange, it was right here."

"There was a wolf in here. Not an ordinary one, it was warded against animals. The rats were just bouncing off it harmlessly."

Proclus of Rome: "A wolf?"

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): to leufthilde "he's safe. but blast it they have a connection to him and I do NOT wish a confrontation. Now I know you've been at this all over europe. What the devil do you do to keep your targets safe from routine scrying?"

Proclus of Rome: "Was it that wolf that always travels with Lodewig?"

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): More effective A/C wiping, usually, then hastening the target back to her home Aegis.

Zita of Mercere: Was it? I'm not sure if his wolfmind always looks the same.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it should as i understand things

like if oyu turn into an animal it's always the same animal

Proclus of Rome: Ah, but what if you changed your mind?

Lodewig of Tytalus: hoho

Zita of Mercere: It also could, somehow, be an insane farce where its a different wolf

so, did it look like lodewigs wolf

is about all i can ask

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll try to spont a beast ward with Disguise of the Putrid Aroma as the minimal effect

Lodewig of Tytalus: how good are you at identifying wolves?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's the aura of the rat regio?

Proclus of Rome: Magic 2.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay

Zita of Mercere: Uncomfortably good at it now I think

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling (31+d10)/2

(31+

(

10

)

)/2

=

20.5

rolling d10!/2

(

6

)

/2

=

3

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): ok. time to rendezvous with wolfmind outside the aegis, turn petrarh into a magpie and transfer him from jar to cage

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll upgrade Disguise of the Putrid Aroma to Sun and Group

Proclus of Rome: What does this have to do with finding Petrarch?

Zita of Mercere: "There were signs he came in here."

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): conveniently this will make him immune to corpus effects

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Does that break the A/C to him?

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Hmm."

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): ahhh

Beatrice ex Merinita: how close is the rat regio entrance to the colloseum?

Proclus of Rome: "Unless he was saved by that wolf, it is likely that he's dead."

Zita of Mercere: "But all I found inside was a wolf that looked a suspicious amount like Lodewig's wolf, holding a blue glass jar."

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I do this with a disguised visage. Petrarch has never seen my face

Zita of Mercere: "We should take a look around for it."

(From Zita of Mercere): If I use my power now, does it indicate somewhere outside the regio

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): the bottle is opaque too

(To Zita of Mercere): 1 sec

Proclus of Rome: We should ask Lodewig about it.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton sits on Beatrice's shoulder and recovers her fatigue

(To Zita of Mercere): Yes, actually it leads you back to the covenant

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Ahem, does anyone know more about Luefthildis of Jerbiton?"

"Her relationship to our other guests. It might be relevant."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Who?"

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): is leufthildis prepared to take charge of him or do I need a hiding place?

Beatrice ex Merinita: the only female guest we have

Zita of Mercere: I whisper to Beatrice

Nevio: i know

oops

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i know

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): She's annoyed that she'll have to run off now and be suspiciously absent

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Let me see if I know anything.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Can you take her visage for a bit?

Beatrice ex Merinita: Malachiasz being a jerk might have misled me to think he was guilty.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 1 + 2 Order of Hermes Lore

(

1

)

+1+2

=

4

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): lol ok. how well do I know her?

Proclus of Rome: PROBABLY not.

Zita of Mercere: I will also employ my stellar intellect

rolling 1d10-1+1+3

(

3

)

-1+1+3

=

6

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have Valnastium Lore and OoH Lore

I can try either

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): A fair amount. Rest assured if you defame her in any way she'll wizwar you

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): She tells you to just shut up and be as quiet as possible.

Celeste: Oh, I have some of that.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): no I don't want lodewig under more suspicion. I'll rent a room in another inn and keep a magpie in it

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+1+3 int + ooh lore.

(

10

)

+1+3

=

14

Amazing.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Valnastium Lore specialized in Personalities

Celeste: That's why you're the best, Celeste.

johns (GM): ummm

Lodewig of Tytalus: dang

johns (GM): this situation is getting out of hand

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Would OoH Lore cover people who aren't historical figures?

Proclus of Rome: How so?

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Celeste, do you know about the relationship of our female guests to our other guests?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: you brought this on yourself

Zita of Mercere: I'm going to be honest, I have absolutely no idea what happened at night

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): sorry I didn't see you were asking that in response to their ooh rolls

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): shoudl they know that you know her?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I have an idea now.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You asked people to PM you if they wanted to be antagonists

Zita of Mercere: lol

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): no I hadn't considered that at all

Zita of Mercere: Foolish GM: Do you want to be the villain of this adventure?

johns (GM): kik

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I don't know, this character is a blank slate to me. if you think it would be fun, sure

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i think jhons just made everyone an antagonist

Beatrice ex Merinita: I might put my idea out in the open instead of keeping it to interplayer whispers.

Zita of Mercere: Sure

(To Celeste): Didn't she used to be buddies with Lodewig once??? hmm

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Proclus of Rome: Keep it to forum PMs and physical letters.

johns (GM): Ok.

Also is Zita tracking the A/C

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll wait then.

Zita of Mercere: Yes.

johns (GM): Ah.

Celeste: "Don't, uh, her and Lodewig know each other?"

johns (GM): Funny story. Someone did something very clever but the effect Zita has specifically is Corpus or Animal

Zita of Mercere: It is, yes

johns (GM): I swear I did not plan for this to happen

Beatrice ex Merinita: I got it now.

Zita of Mercere: It specifically works on animals too

Isn't that hilarious?

Celeste: lol.

johns (GM): Should we just come clean, You Know Who

Lodewig of Tytalus: crying laughing emote

Beatrice ex Merinita: Good job, Lodewig.

ALso good job Malach and Proclus for beign red herrings

Zita of Mercere: We're going to confront you IC but that's a really, really funny thing to happen

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wow, every other antagonist got a much ruder goal than mine?

Proclus of Rome: Alright fine, I'll come clean.

johns (GM): Zita tracks the trail to an inn that isn't the Eastern Ear Inn

Proclus of Rome: I tried to convince a serving girl to spill wine on Beatrice.

After she threatened to kill me.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no one was ever going to find out, but i made the fat mans chair break

it was the perfect crime

Zita of Mercere: I found out. I even found your sigil.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: thats what i said

no one

Zita of Mercere: My plan for this adventure worked perfectly, even.

I figured you maniacs would all choose to be antagonists, so I didnt. So I could spend the session ruining peoples plots.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go with Zita, since by now, I think I got it.

Celeste: Same here, as far as I know.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i have no idea whats going on

Celeste: I'm a good boy.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I actually wanted to be antagonist at first with Artemisia, but Beatrice's dad is dying next year.

Celeste: girl. whatever.

Beatrice ex Merinita: So he should be brought up at least once.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: everyones got goofy secret plots and is doing their own investigations while malachiasz is just hoping hell get to kill a kidnapper

Zita of Mercere: "The culprit behind all of this is..." lets dramatically throw open the door to reveal it

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Malachiasz, come follow Zita with me."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I couldn't think of a reason why either of my characters would antagonize the PCs.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It was the other Tytalus."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus?"

"Lavinia?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: the moral of today's story is: Petrarch was REALLY attached to his slippers

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Lodewig."

"And his lady friend."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, him."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella doesn't need money and Hypatia wouldn't get involved without a custom hook

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm playing cards with the jerbitons

In an excellent mood, recouping some earlier losses

Zita of Mercere: Well, we did basically request an AC. If we hadn't gotten one, I was going to break in and look for one to steal it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Extremely good job from Lodewig for telling me the exact truth in a way that wouldn't make me suspicious.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I had taken some pains to perdo ACs, and got results that would have erased any ordinary clothing traces

Zita of Mercere: lol

Celeste: lol

Zita of Mercere: thorough, though

Celeste: aw, son of a bitch!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if there werent guards all over the orsini complex walls i was just gonna creatively use terram to get on top of the highest tower

johns (GM): honestly you would have gotten away with it if you didn't pop up to tell me that the slipper was still a valid A/C

Malachiasz of Tytalus: and eat a turnip up there

that was my biggest plan

Lodewig of Tytalus: I was trying to establish if the slipper was an AC to stop shitting myself!

Celeste: lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: I would have maybe connected the dots if I ever got around to suspecting the guests instead of Malach and Proclus.

Lodewig of Tytalus: however, it was a lot funnier the way this worked out

Proclus of Rome: I hope you learned a valuable lesson today.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Yes, we must flame Proclus.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm actually capable of taking on a Jerbiton apprentice by the end of this year, possibly

Proclus of Rome: I have no idea what happened.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: suspecting malach in this is a fools error

Celeste: I'm expecting a VERY long recap post.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: when has he ever been subtle

Beatrice ex Merinita: Lodewig went out at night to kidnap the poet. When caught by Beatrice, he said it was about a Lady's honor.

Zita of Mercere: Is that what insanity was happening at night

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm still suspicious that Beatrice even noticed I was out that night

Beatrice ex Merinita: I rolled 10 on awareness

and confed it

Celeste: Sick.

johns (GM): tfw it's not the GM's fault

Proclus of Rome: It is the GM's fault.

johns (GM): :(

Zita of Mercere: It's always the GMs fault, especially when they think it isnt.

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway, are we finished here?

Beatrice ex Merinita: Once Celeste confirmed the Jerbiton lady and Lodewig know each other and Zita confirmed the wolf was Lodewig, it was easy to figure out.

Lodewig of Tytalus: you haven't decided what to do

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go with Zita to yell at you.

Zita of Mercere: "Lodewig, put the cards down and come outside a moment, will you?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: And I'll apologize to Malach for suspecting him.

Not to Proclus, though.

Proclus of Rome: Inspired leadership.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I bow out gracefully

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Huh? You suspected me?"

Zita of Mercere: When we're outside

Lodewig of Tytalus: "did you find out who was scrying on me?"

"ah, wait, I haven't told oyu about that yet"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You're a Tytalus. It was natural."

Zita of Mercere: "Nobody's scrying on you. Wait, what?"

johns (GM): Scrying? In MY covenant?

Celeste: "What a Tytalan move."

Zita of Mercere: "Nevermind. Where's the jar, Lodewig?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "If I was interested in the mailman, I would have just killed him."

Proclus of Rome: It's more likely than you think.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What am I going to do by kidnapping him, make some letters a few hours late?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "And what did the Poet do to the lady Jerbiton?"

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): I gave it to leufthildis, having no further use for it

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You;'ve lost me"

Zita of Mercere: "Poets aren't messengers, Malach. Apart from Hypatia."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: poeta is italian for poet

poata is italian for mailman

thats my joke

Zita of Mercere: lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: nice

Celeste: lol

Zita of Mercere chuckles sensibly

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Hypatia wouldn't have to deliver messages if Jerbiton could be convinced to take her in."

johns (GM): Epic italian joke

Zita of Mercere: "I saw your wolf holding it. The jar, Lodewig."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Lodewig, you and the Jerbiton lady know each other."

"You were out last night."

Celeste: JARbiton.

Proclus of Rome: "What jar?"

Celeste: Get it?

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Zita saw your wolf."

Proclus of Rome: "What are you talking about?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well if you're going to be crass..."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I think we can connect it together now."

Zita of Mercere: "You'll see, Proclus."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "what if we do know each other?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "She was in all night, reading. While you were on an errand for her honor."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I have a proposal to resolve this."

(From Zita of Mercere): Invoking the power, is it in the inn?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Lodewig, I challenge you to certamen, and if I win you give me this jar."

Celeste: Oh god.

(To Zita of Mercere): It's in a birdcage in the inn

(To Zita of Mercere): In a different inn

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Oh god."

(To Zita of Mercere): not the eastern ear inn

Zita of Mercere: "One moment, sodales."

I walk off

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Mama mia."

(From Zita of Mercere): I go there and grab the jar to bring back.

Proclus of Rome: Zita died on the way back to her home planet.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You're talking in vague insinuations and trying to lead me into something you can call incriminating. You've been at this since last night, Beatrice. What are you trying to cover up that you need somebody to pin blame on?"

(To Zita of Mercere): It's not a jar. It's a magpie in a bird cage.

(From Zita of Mercere): I'll bring the whole cage along, if that's possible. If not, I go back without it.

(To Zita of Mercere): Birdcag eGet.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'll take any of you in certamen but I can't in decency wager something I don't have"

Zita of Mercere: I come back holding a birdcage containing a magpie

"Turn him back into a human, Lodewig."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Oh, yes. Lodewig's specialty."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "That's not a jar."

Zita of Mercere: "A jar was just how he moved it around before he got it to the cage, I imagine. I couldn't see what was in it."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can give the bird a human voice to confirm its him

Celeste: "Could he breathe in the jar? Oh jeez."

Proclus of Rome: Couldn't you also just make it say anything you want?

Celeste: "The bird's ok?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You're jumping to conclusions here, but if that bird is a man transformed it should be easily remedied

Zita of Mercere: "Think so. Fiorella, you know about birds, right?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Let's get him out of the cage first."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Let me see the bird, I'll go have Bialas take care of this."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It would probably not be very convincing if I tried to make a bird sound like a poet

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We should do it inside and close the windows."

Lodewig of Tytalus: take him out of there and I'll cast Restoration of Natural Manhood

Zita of Mercere: "We have a bird specialist here. You'll crush the little thing if you grab it, Malach."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Through direct manipulation, that is

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I'll just hold the cage then."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Yes, I know quite a bit about birds."

Proclus of Rome: Sounds fair.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "However, if Lodewig enchanted him, the removal of such an effect is the realm of Vim."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Then I'll take it to Archibald."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Oh for pity's sake"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Give me a moment, I'll make sure Archibald comes here."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "look, I have a spell to banish corpus effects

"I just don't want to crush him in that cage if your suspicions are correct"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If you can use ANimal form for removing animal mutos, I can do that

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I won't crush him!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: I already mentioned we have to get him out of the cage

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Give me the cage!"

Zita of Mercere: "Alright, fix him then. Open the cage when we're sure the windows and doors are locked so it doesnt fly out."

Proclus of Rome: "If it was Petrarch, why would he fly away?"

Zita of Mercere: "Fear?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "i can Rego Animal to keep him fro mfly ing away

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Why wouldn't he? His kidnapper is here."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "If it's not, someone will want their pet bird back"

Proclus of Rome: "We can just ask him if he is or not."

Lodewig of Tytalus: alright let's do that. amazing bird to poet transformations

he's probably wearing a nightshirt

Proclus of Rome: Assuming it's a "He" of course.

Zita of Mercere: So he turns into a poet, then?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling (32+d10!)/2 Rego Animal spont

(32+

(

2

)

)/2

=

17

Enough for Viper's Gaze

Lodewig of Tytalus: well we're flying without a gm it seems but you probably can't control this animal's mind wiht Animal

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: VIPER’S GAZE

R: Eye, D: Conc, T: Ind

Holds an animal rigid as long as you

maintain eye contact with it and concentrate

on it.

(Base 5, +1 Eye, +1 Concentration)

Beatrice ex Merinita: that seems fair

Which is why we need to close the windows.

And I'll go get Archibald.

Zita of Mercere: I think animal spells work on humans turned into animals? I don't know, though, honestly.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: THey do

Lodewig of Tytalus: you can specifically turn humans physically or mentally to animals

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does it turn into a poet then

whats the hold up

Lodewig of Tytalus: which part of htem is animal will determine what effects them

yes, i cast the corpus dispel and it's petrarch

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok

Lodewig of Tytalus: is this cool?

Beatrice ex Merinita: damn, i was juist blackmailing archibald to break the spell

Lodewig of Tytalus: we all good here?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Rego Animal doesn't care about what kind of animal it is unless you have a focus like mine

Oh yeah

I might have enough for level 20, forgot focus

Proclus of Rome: How does Petrarch feel about all this?

johns (GM): distressed

Beatrice ex Merinita: a bit bird-brained

johns (GM): he was abducted, forced into a bottle, dropped in a pile of rats, then turned into a bird

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Settle down, you're among friends"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling (34+7)/2

(34+7)/2

=

20.5

Proclus of Rome: How would he feel about some autographs?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll show up with Beatrice I guess

Unless she's retconning fetching me

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, that's boring."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm fetching Archibald.

Zita of Mercere: "See!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I upgrade Viper's Gaze to Base 10, make an animal completely passive

Beatrice ex Merinita: I won't retcon my rudeness.

Zita of Mercere: "Wow, Lodewig. It's like someone used a spell to turn him into a bird or something. Weird, that."

Proclus of Rome: "Lyaois, look who it is!"

Zita of Mercere: lmao is proclus gonna get everyone in here

johns (GM): "Wow! You got him to come here!!"

Lodewig of Tytalus:  gravely  "It certainly appears that way"

Zita of Mercere: HEY GUYS CHECK OUT THE POET

Archibald of Guernicus: "So, what's it ye needed dispelled?"

Beatrice ex Merinita:  ominously  I'll let Proclus have the moment.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I move over to a reasonably crowded area and talk loudly.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "where did you find him?"

Proclus of Rome: "Quickly Zita, fetch our other guests!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, I can't believe we finally found the great poet Petrarch, and he's at the Eastern Ear Inn."

Petrarch: "Let me free"

Zita of Mercere: "I don't think I have to, Malach's doing that just fine on his own."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We'll get you back as soon as possible."

Proclus of Rome: "Certainly, but Lyaois is a great admirer of your work, I'm sure he has a lot of questions he wants to ask you."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: He should be calm

While'I'm concentrating on him

Proclus of Rome: "What's your favorite poem of his, Lyaois?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: Are you using a mentem effect?

Proclus of Rome: Not if he's a human.

Beatrice ex Merinita: He's human now.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

It got lost int he chatstream for me

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Sorry, Archibald. Looks like we're too late."

Lodewig of Tytalus: and frankly I'm certain spells that affect how an animal feels don't work on transformed humans

johns (GM): Lyaois notices that the man is in his nightshirt and looks very unhappy and suggests you return him home

Celeste: "Um, did you get my poems?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Can you spont a muto effect that just cancels the same muto effect?

Beatrice ex Merinita: Good idea.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well, as long as everything worked out."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know how you cancel spelsl witohut Vim

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that's a wonderful way of looking at things"

Proclus of Rome: "But you were the one so excited to see him last night."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll take the Jerbiton lady with a complicated name aside and have a few words with her.

Proclus of Rome: Great idea.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But fine I guess nothign to do with bird specialty here

Lodewig of Tytalus: theoretically you could add one transmutation that reverses another and both would be active but the guy would be normal

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): "I'd appreciate if you wouldn't involve members of this covenant in your intrigues in the future."

Proclus of Rome: A human-shaped human.

Zita of Mercere: Alive Adult Human

Proclus of Rome: What form do I use???

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It seems like both spells are in effect

And they would look like the human you designed with yoru finesse, not their old self

Celeste: "I'm sorry Mr. Petrarch, I didn't know about these idiots. But did you happen to uh, read them?"

Proclus of Rome: I mean Hermetic Form.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well sodales if oyu think it appropriate we could always remove this poor fellows memories of this experience. It might be a mercy, and perhaps pragmatic"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I go back into the inn.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Definitely not."

Zita of Mercere: "Hmmm."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You're right, we still need to find the perpetrators"

Zita of Mercere: "That would let you get away with what you did here, true."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You're not getting rid of witnesses that easily."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "He's a mundane, albeit a respected artist."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I hand the poet a turnip.

Proclus of Rome: "Zita did know where the bird cage was..."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I don't think it's a major concern if he remembers."

Proclus of Rome: "And she does love stealing..."

Zita of Mercere: "How would I turn someone into a bird?"

Proclus of Rome: "Let's ask Petrarch."

(To Beatrice ex Merinita): She plays dumb.

Proclus of Rome: "How did you get turned into a bird?"

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): That's ok.

(From Beatrice ex Merinita): "You're our guest, so I won't pry into your dealings any deeper."

johns (GM): Clearly it was a vision whose significance will take much thought to decipher.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll take Archibald aside.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "So what are you going to do with this man? He doesn't look happy."

"And he's hardly decent."

Proclus of Rome: I'll take Lodewig aside.

Hypatia of Athens: "I can escort the man back to the Orsini palace."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I see ye all managed tae cause chaos without me here."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I'll go with you."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Go do that."

Hypatia of Athens: I want to study with the guy for a season

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think he wants to teach you

Hypatia of Athens: So I'd still like the chance to make a good impressoin here.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "And I'll be gone from Rome for a bit after this. I trust you'll get along fine without me."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think he wants anything to do with any of us

Hypatia of Athens: Don't assume these things

This is the only chance to get a hook here

Proclus of Rome: "Trying to flee the scene of the crime, eh?"

Celeste: "Do you want another copy of them? I can write them down now."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Does anyone have any clothes the Poet could borrow."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I gave him a turnip.

Proclus of Rome: Who is closest to him in size?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Isn't that good enough?

Hypatia of Athens: If I fail to get entangled with the Poet here I should probably delete Hypatia

Proclus of Rome: And is also a man.

Zita of Mercere: I'm notably short, and female, so I'll have to pass here.

Beatrice ex Merinita: same

Celeste Celeste scribbles down the poems and tucks them into Petrarch's clothing

Lodewig of Tytalus: he can have one of my spare suits

Beatrice ex Merinita: Before I leave, I'll explain the situation to Archibald, so he knows who to be wary of.

Lodewig of Tytalus: they're cut for a louche libertine, I hope that's ok

Proclus of Rome: It is what it is.

Hypatia of Athens: When will there ever be a chance at GM fiat Artist Rep XP after this?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, look, there's people at the door to the inn looking at the man now."

"Take him home already."

Hypatia of Athens: Yes lets go

Proclus of Rome: "Ok sodales, now that she's out of the room, I think Beatrice might be up to something."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus, a word with you please, before I go. I misjudged you, so..."

"Once your laughable case is over, prepare yourself. This is a warning."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Frankly she's been acting suspiciously ever since these guests arrived"

johns (GM): laughable xhosa case

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I hope this isn't some nonsense of order politics that this man's getting caught up in"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Maybe she just wants to roll in the hay with one of them. I doubt there's anything truly sinister going on, this has been boring."

Hypatia of Athens:

rolling 3+3+d10 Charm (courtly love) + Presence to make good impression on the Poet

3+3+

(

4

)

=

10

Proclus of Rome: "I am truly shocked that Beatrice wants to kill another magus of Vardian's Tomb."

Hypatia of Athens: Three EFs, I could conf for 4

Proclus of Rome: "Well, I suppose there is nothing to be done."

Archibald of Guernicus: "If the effect hadnae been dispelled, I could have simply checked the sigil and sorted this mess out."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Huh? She does?"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, me."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Wonder why."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, if she tries to kill you just let me know and I'll fix it."

johns (GM): I have to think for a bit on the appropriate ease factor for making a good impression on someone who has been under so much stress and trauma as Petrarch has been these last few hours.

Archibald of Guernicus: Vardian's Tomb full-on civil war incoming, sodales :blessed:

Hypatia of Athens: I'll conf it then

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'd like to go to bed, how do we want to wrap things?

Hypatia of Athens: But it's not like I could have prevented the kdinapping as Hypatia

Celeste: Petrarch will have a great impression made, after he reads my poems in a few hours.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'm going with the poet to the Orsini Palace and I won't be back this season.

Hypatia of Athens: I got poems to show him too

Same

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well, Malach, just keep in mind you would have to declare wizard's war on the very night it's declared on Proclus. Otherwise, if ye intervene, that's a high crime."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, that's true."

johns (GM): I am also fatigued

It has been a madcap day

Archibald of Guernicus: I understand

Hypatia of Athens: I'll take aventure XP on Hypatia since Fiorella just sort of sat aroudn hoping to be involved

Proclus of Rome: Drink a Tonic of Gold.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Alright Proclus, let me know and I'll help as soon as I legally can."

Hypatia of Athens: And Fiorella can just read a book

Archibald of Guernicus: This adventure has flown very far off the rails

what little rails it may have had

johns (GM): Frankly I think it's safe to say that nothing was accomplished today, no lessons were learned, and that's the way I like it

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: HOWEVER

Hypatia of Athens: I'm accomplishign something

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i did accomplish my antagonist objective

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have more intrigue to make, but I'llw ait until you're fresh, since it's more seasonal.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: with flying colors

Proclus of Rome: I was SO close to my plan succeeding.

Hypatia of Athens: Meeting a poet who can give me 9 Artist Rep XP

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm very concerned that Zita has exposed her sodales to mundane scrutiny by taking Petrarch here, but I'm not at the point where I'd look for her to be disciplined over it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: and thats what matters here

Zita of Mercere: Oh

It's cause you ratted her out to the quaesitors

Malachiasz of Tytalus: johns give everyone a grade and small xp bonus for their objectives please

thank you

Zita of Mercere: This is just petty revenge

johns (GM): lets see

Beatrice ex Merinita: I didn't have any actual objectives besides preventing a disaster.

johns (GM): Malach: You did not really disrupt the feast

Malachiasz of Tytalus: gah

johns (GM): Lodewig: You failed to kidnap petrarch

Proclus: You also failed to disrupt the feast

Hypatia of Athens: I play reactively

Beatrice ex Merinita: And I think I managed to make an ok impression on my father by solving this.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Strictly I succeeded very briefly

johns (GM): Archibald: You insulted the British guest.

Zita of Mercere: And how!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wow, proclus should have been more active in his efforts like me

Proclus of Rome: Uh, my mission was to make Lyaois look foolish.

johns (GM): Beatrice may have reconciled with her father, depending what Petrarch reports

Hypatia of Athens: If I have to purposely make my story flaws relevant they aren't really flaws

johns (GM): Zita did not steal anything afiak

Hypatia will certainly be remembered by the world's greatest poet

Proclus of Rome: She stole a bird.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i made lyaois look foolish

Zita of Mercere: I stole Petrarch from Lodewig

johns (GM): Celeste spread her bad poetry everywhere

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hm

unfortunately proclus didnt help in that so no bonus for him

Hypatia of Athens: GJ Celeste

Zita of Mercere: I was going to just steal the slippers from Beatrice and go solve things alone but I figured we had enough psychotic whispering taking up half an hour on solo projects

Hypatia of Athens: If she experimented she might actually avhe Artist Rep 2

If she got lucky

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if i got the bird cage i was going to make sure the feast was disrupted

Beatrice ex Merinita: also, Celeste got me to promise to make her a magic item

Malachiasz of Tytalus: by bringing it to lyaois's cooks

Beatrice ex Merinita: in exchange for telling me what she was up to at night

Hypatia of Athens: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: sad!

Beatrice ex Merinita: which is so worthless she could get a bonus for it

Lodewig of Tytalus: incidentally what schemes was everyone else up to the last night?

Hypatia of Athens: Deduct XP from Malachiasz for not feeding the poet to Lyaois

Beatrice ex Merinita: should

I was lurking in the inn and keeping watch.

Proclus of Rome: My scheme was getting a good night's rest.

Lodewig of Tytalus: because i know johns was trying to resolve a bunch of shit simultaneously

Malachiasz of Tytalus: my scheme was the same as proclus

Archibald of Guernicus: I trashed the tapestry then went to bed.

Zita did nothing at all

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella's plan was to eat risotto and pizza

And she succeeded

Beatrice ex Merinita: does that mean i actually caught everyone who was out?

Hypatia of Athens: rellarellarellarella

Malachiasz of Tytalus: why did you need bialas's ignem resistance

what happened there!!

johns (GM): i was trolling

Hypatia of Athens: It was a funny session

Malachiasz of Tytalus: gah

Archibald of Guernicus: My plan this session was to ruin all the schemers fun to be ultimate antagonist.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i made lyaois mad and started a fight in front of our guests

johns (GM): oh also lodewig almost died twice by underestimating virgilian magic

Hypatia of Athens: I couldn't think of a plan though I wish I did

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i should get partial credit for souring the mood of the feast

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Archibald of Guernicus: lmao

What did he do

Who the hell scried on him

johns (GM): i dont want to say it in case it gets him killed later

Beatrice ex Merinita: read out sortes randomly

Lodewig of Tytalus: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

There are still many mysteries surrounding the events of this day...

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella utterly failed in her plan to get recognized for being a Venetian noble and apprentice at Valnastium

Malachiasz of Tytalus: was this winter

johns (GM): fall

Zita of Mercere: Autumn, I think

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok well same thing

is thjere gonna be a winter adventure

johns (GM): winter is when you all kill each other in wizwar

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if not how do i figure out my aging

what am i rolling here

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok thanks for a hard working game johns

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm waiting with wizwar until after tribunal

Lodewig of Tytalus: goodnight all

Celeste: yeah this was fun.

Proclus of Rome: Goodnight, gamer.

johns (GM): thanks a ton br

Hypatia of Athens: GG

johns (GM): you carried things well

im out of steam so i gotta work out all the fun repurcussions of this later

and write it up in the thread

Zita of Mercere: Alright, everyone move their tokens to the correct box for what side you take in the upcoming full-scale vardians tomb wizards war

Celeste: boy reporter said on December 03, 2017, 08:42:13 pm :

If you take one lesson from this game, let it be that the poet Petrarch is so fond of his slippers that they form an arcane connection lasting months rather than days.

Proclus of Rome: This is canon.

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella won't take a side unless they incentize it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok johns when your not tired also tell me what all the health effects and such are for my aging roll

or endrite

endrite keeps aging so he should know

johns (GM): does malach take baths

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's -8 to aging rolls from living conditions. it's insane

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

Beatrice ex Merinita: if you take baths

johns (GM): really.

I thought he was polish.

Zita of Mercere: Wait, -8 before anything else? How much did Lavinia's regime add

Proclus of Rome: Wait, -8?

johns (GM): http://ars-badgame-ii.wikia.com/wiki/Health_and_Wealth

Celeste: -2 for lavinia's regime.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ive been participating in the regime too

Zita of Mercere: btw johns, Lavinia's fine with doing her regime for Zita, right?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: -10 nice

Celeste: Yes, the health bonuses are fucking insane.

Everyone in Rome is going to be 80 and it'll screw up the economy.

johns (GM): malach is age 35?

Proclus of Rome: Wow that's a lot.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not taking the regimen, but i also have strong faerie blood and longevity ritual

Zita of Mercere: oh okay. i have -10 on my sheet for zita's aging rolls as our modifier. itll be -8 if lavinia says no, though.

johns (GM): so you roll 1d10+4-10 if you'r on a regimen

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he turns 35 this year yes

rolling 1d10+4-10

(

7

)

+4-10

=

1

Hypatia of Athens: IM me if there's a conflict you want one of my characters to side with you on

Proclus of Rome: You can also add heating to your lab pretty easily for anothe -1.

johns (GM) adds zita and malach's A/Cs to her records

Zita of Mercere: I dont really care much about giving out an AC because I have no parma anyway, and Lavinia is a friend. Also I think family members are ACs to you?

Hypatia of Athens: Otherwise I don't know what's going on

Zita of Mercere: And I'm going to give lavinia one of my kids

so

Celeste: I have a -5 longevity ritual and the -8 and really, it's still not enough.

Zita of Mercere: might as well put off that longevity ritual

Bialas of Bjornaer: Well, I do.

When you get into your 80s, it's a problem.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you are truly my greatest ally, hedge mage. have my baby

Beatrice ex Merinita: -6 longevity ritual, -8 living conditions, -3 faerie blood

Zita of Mercere: at the end of 1342, one of zita's children is old enough to begin apprenticeship. however he's going to house mercere.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's why i look 11 years younger than i am

Bialas of Bjornaer: Oh, Petrarch now has 2 ACs to Celeste.

Beatrice ex Merinita: nice

Bialas of Bjornaer: Art is an AC to the artist.

Zita of Mercere: the second kid has fairy-related flaws and is old enough in 1343

if maybe beatrice wants an apprentice then

Hypatia of Athens: Oppai loli magus

Beatrice ex Merinita: i won't have enough arts by then

and my invi sucks for opening arts

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella wants an apprentice

Zita of Mercere: I look 20 years old because I don't age.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice, i dont even look older

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm going to take Zita's second kid and train him wrong, as a joke.

Zita of Mercere: her

Bialas of Bjornaer: her.

Beatrice ex Merinita: training a kid wrong is a crime

Hypatia of Athens: I'll figure out if she cna have an apprentice by 1342

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i can train one of zitas children

Zita of Mercere: It's a low crime to give them one deficient art, and this is at the end of 1343

so itd be spring 1344 they begin apprenticeship

Beatrice ex Merinita: i need 8 seasons to get all my arts to 5

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella will have 5 in everything if I read enough by 1342

Zita of Mercere: am i the only magus with 5 in everything? even bialas apparently doesnt.

proclus was a generalist too, right

Bialas of Bjornaer: I should finally have Bialas read the ignem book and get over 3 ignem and stop fucking around.

It was kind of a joke when I made the character because he's insanely old and bjornaers are stereotypically bad at or afraid of ignem.

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh, i cast an aquam spell today, so i can get adventure xp in that and save a season

and i almost botched it too

Bialas of Bjornaer: nice

Zita of Mercere: Dont bjornaer hate fairies

this kid will have a wild ride since theyre destined to be pestered by them

Bialas of Bjornaer: They do, that's why I would treat your kid badl.y

Beatrice ex Merinita: there's a lot of bad blood between bjornaer and merinita

Zita of Mercere: lol

On second thoughts, let's not give a child to Bialas. It is a silly idea.

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol.

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Beatrice ex Merinita: the original merinita who didn't want to be fairy fuckers when quendalon came joined house bjornaer

Zita of Mercere: I really hope we go to Irencila for an adventure so we find out everyones heartbeast

Bialas of Bjornaer: Yeah, there's a whole sub-cult within the bjornaer cult.

johns (GM): fartbeast.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i should at some point make a merinita from the psycho lineage with minor magical focus in certamen that exists for the purpose of trolling the tremere

Zita of Mercere: Lodewigs is already known, johns

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm trying to figure out a way to get everyone there but boy then I have to almost introduce like every bjornaer in the game.

Proclus of Rome: Eagle.

Beatrice ex Merinita: irencilla is merinita domus magna

and everyone has a fairy double there

Bialas of Bjornaer: I misread, hah

Beatrice ex Merinita: and it's in retarded location!

Zita of Mercere: oh right. what was the bjornaer one

Bialas of Bjornaer: Crintera has the effect where even if you're not a bjornaer you start physically manifesting your heartbeast.

Beatrice ex Merinita: durr, i'm quendalon, let me make my secret domus magna in the untouched wilderness near a MAJOR TRADE ROUTE

Zita of Mercere: You dont have to introduce every Bjornaer, just a few

Beatrice ex Merinita: you have to introduce every bjornaer

Zita of Mercere: It seems like it'd be fun to visit for an adventure

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malachs heartbeast would probably be a mole

Bialas of Bjornaer: most of them will probably be in deeper regios you absolutely aren't allowed in

Beatrice ex Merinita: and all the canon bjornaer are dead, so you have to stat new ones

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: all the canon bjornaer are permanently animals, rather

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay, Fiorella needs 3 Auram XP and 4 Terram XP

She can get that from one adventure

Beatrice ex Merinita: there's one bjornaer in rhine books who's been in animal shape for the last decade and only their apprentice suspect they're in final twilight while everyone else thinks they're just wise and aloof

Proclus of Rome: What's the calculation for Magic Resistance now?

Parma Magica + Form Bonus?

Beatrice ex Merinita: parma gives 5, i believe

like in RAW

Bialas of Bjornaer: Parma magica ability x 5 + form bonus

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's actually slightly less than with abilities as arts

Proclus of Rome: Woah.

johns (GM): your magic resistance is Whatever Horrible Effect the GM wants to Inflict - 1

Bialas of Bjornaer: :twisted:

johns (GM): no one poisoned the food. not a one.

wtf.

devil's fav demon: Why would anyone poison the food?!

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's the obvious thing to do at a feast

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll talk to you later Hafl if you want Artemisia to be an artistic apprentice

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i didnt want to take actions that would actually injure or kill someone because i didnt want to be sued

i tried my hardest to ruin the feast

Proclus of Rome: Bad Boys of Arthurian Britain represent!

devil's fav demon: Isn't the obvious thing to do at a feast eat the food?

Beatrice ex Merinita: yeah, i'll talk about artemisia later

when is the tribunal supposed to be?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Artemisia can be a lab assistant though, which might be a better use of time

Zita of Mercere: Someone told me when I joined ars that you add your score in an art to MR, not the form bonus, so I guess my MR has been completely wrong for the entire time I've played.

Beatrice ex Merinita: she can't actually. i didn't have virtue points to spare on failed apprentice as a proper virtue

you add your score in the art

Zita of Mercere: I can't remember who said this blatantly wrong thing but I was told the sheet was wrong and that I should fix it.

wait, but it says form bonus in the book

and googling it says form bonus

devil's fav demon: I'm going to blame johns.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I think maybe ask johns if you can have flaws over the limit if they're logical and you're not taking virtues for them

Beatrice ex Merinita: https://i.imgur.com/WzHx1Bm.png

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If your foot gets cut off you don't get a free virtue for it

But you get Lame

Zita of Mercere: oh. well then

i guess i was right

Beatrice ex Merinita: failed apprentice is a virtue, since it gives you a benefit

devil's fav demon: Wow, that's kind of wild.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh

Wait

devil's fav demon: Bialas' MR is even HIGHER?

Zita of Mercere: Alright. Bialas and Gulielmus need to pick a side in the upcoming full-scale covenant fight.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You can take Suppressed Gift instead of Failed Apprentice, let me see if it's a virtue or flaw

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's a virtue, i think

and suppressed gift is supposed to manifest at some point, which i don't want

Zita of Mercere: gonna do zitas seasons, two things to roll

rolling 1d10!-7

(

7

)

-7

=

0

no aging whatsoever

rolling 1d2 boy | girl

(

1

)

=

1

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Suppressed Gift is a major flaw

Zita of Mercere: Good news, Lavinia, your future apprentice is a boy.

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh, i still don't want it

Zita of Mercere: what does suppressed gift do

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll see if i can get my arts high enough to take zita's faerie kid as an apprentice

you have the gift, but can't use it, iirc

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's supposed to come back at some point

also, my mother just wake up depressed at 3am and wants me to talk, so i'll be going

see you later

Zita of Mercere: gn

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Bye

Proclus of Rome: Bye.

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+6+5+2+1+1+3

(

5

)

+6+5+2+1+1+3

=

23

rolling (d10!+12+5+2+3+2+1+1+1)/2 perdo mentem ceremony

(

(

4

)

+12+5+2+3+2+1+1+1)/2

=

15.5

rolling (d10!+20+5+2+3+1+1)/2 muto mentem

(

(

9

)

+20+5+2+3+1+1)/2

=

20.5

devil's fav demon (GM): aging bialas

rolling 1d10!-4

(

2

)

-4

=

-2

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+6 Auram Vis Study 1341

(

7

)

+6

=

13

rolling 1d10!+6 Ignem Vis Study 1341

(

8

)

+6

=

14

rolling 1d10!-9 Lavinia aging 1340

(

5

)

-9

=

-4

rolling 1d10!-9 Lavinia Aging 1341

(

4

)

-9

=

-5

gonna try archiving some chat logs