3/26/17

Boy R. (GM): hello all

Shauncat: Greetings

Endrite (GM): Greetings.

Boy R. (GM): sorry I remembered daylight saving and then forgot the game time is different these days

Endrite (GM): Now you know how I feel when I have to change Ease Factors.

Boy R. (GM): i live to inconvenience

c'thinker: cthinker's magus here.

Endrite (GM): Greetings.

Dys is going to show up relatively soon.

c'thinker: just as foretold

Boy R. (GM): i'd better update giacopo. if nothing else he can actually be used as a forge companion then

Shauncat: Should I reduce the 50XP from Warrior to 30?

Endrite (GM): No.

XP is XP.

c'thinker: giacopo made our cool cloaks right

Shauncat: Right

c'thinker: whoops

Endrite (GM): What's the deal with his Tainted with Evil?

That's mine.

Back off.

c'thinker: i wanted to look at the card!

Endrite (GM): I need to make the +8 Numerology Book.

c'thinker: i need to make my mace

Shauncat: Hmm, I had it mentally associated with him living underground, but considering it further I think faerie blood already covers that.

Endrite (GM): Being underground isn't necessarily evil.

Shauncat: True

I'll find something else for that slot

dys (GM): Ave, gamers

We live underground, for instance.

And are we evil?

well actually on further consideration, hm

c'thinker consults killcount spreadsheet

c'thinker: well, i'm not.

Shauncat: Ways of the Underground might be good

dys (GM): I was actually thinking about a good murder spell to take, in case it's needed.

We find ourselves in combat quite frequently

c'thinker: are we doing ponza today

Endrite (GM): No.

That's Johns' thing.

We're going to do a pretty laid back adventure today.

c'thinker: whew

i don't have to look up a thousand different formulas right now then

Endrite (GM): I don't know if Johns is going to do his adventure also in Summer, so be aware that any character you bring to this one might not be able to go to the other adventure.

dys (GM): summer?

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Boy R.: what year is it again?

dys (GM): I was going to spend summer 1332 inventing a murder spell. But maybe I can do that anyway.

Boy R.: ah, thank you

Endrite (GM): This adventure takes place mostly in and around Rome, so it won't take up a lot of lab time.

c'thinker: there's no hermetic limit that says you can't be in two places at once

Shauncat: I guess I'll put the warrior XP in Great Weapon

Endrite (GM): Sounds good.

It's been an unusually warm summer this year.

Giacopo: There's nothing like the smell of the Tiber in high summer

smells like home

Shauncat: Faerie Upbringing seems good to fill in one of the replaced flaws

Endrite (GM): Naturally, this has only further excited Rome's notorious mob. The usual grievances are all expressed.

The price of bread is too high.

The Frangipani's conflict with the Colonnas continues at a low boil.

c'thinker: we refilled the vault right

Endrite (GM): Pilgrims near Vardian's Tomb in particular seem more given to conflict than usual.

Giacopo: ah, you used to get a better class of pilgrim in my day. you just don't get penitance like you did in the 1310's anymore

Endrite (GM): Fortunately, Old Ildebrando keeps it from spilling into the Eastern Ear Inn.

However, he cautions you, the streets might not be safe for magi.

Shauncat: Lecherous will work for the other one. Lewd tunnel albino

Archibald of Guernicus: The magi are encouraged to stay indoors, completely changing their normal schedules and routine

Endrite (GM): The streets are, however, safe for priests. Ildebrando notifies you that Fra Rinaldo has arrived at the inn, requesting the assistance of Vardian's Tomb.

You all remember him, right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: did we get the reliquary from him

Kifaaya of Verditius: I entertain more guests than usual in my studio, I suppose.

Giacopo: of course!

did he buy anything the last time he was here?

Endrite (GM): Aristocritus, you did.

Giancarlo di Cantalice: (from afar) I also sell things!

Endrite (GM): Giacopo, no he did not.

Giacopo: if you ask me, it's the priests who stir up the mob worse than anyone

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lmao

Endrite (GM): So who wants to talk to him?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll join the reception, seems wise to meet such contacts

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not comfortable around priests, I'll let my sodales greet the man

Giacopo: I'll be conveniently gossiping with Ildebrando like I do every day

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll head up

Giacopo: "Come on in father, take a load off the cassock"

Kifaaya of Verditius stops being a spider, leaving her silk spinning fo rlater.

Fra Rinaldo: He looks a little embarrassed by that suggestion.

Giacopo: "old saying, you know. Sit down, sit down!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Rinaldo! Welcome to our tomb."

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh, Aristocritus. I am truly fortunate to find you here."

He kind of brushes you off Giacopo.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Morning of light to you."

Fra Rinaldo: "Is there anywhere more... private we can go to?"

Giacopo hovers proprietatively

Fra Rinaldo: "I have a delicate request and I'd rather not air it for the entire world to hear."

"Oh good morning, Miss... uh... I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you yet."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I am Kifaaya. I joined last year."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i don't remember how this place is laid out anymore

Fra Rinaldo: "God Bless you. May I expect you this Sunday?"

There was a map but Johns nuked it.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good question

Fra Rinaldo: Basically the Eastern Ear Inn is on top of the entrance you all use for Vardian's Tomb.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Ah, well, in that case I can bring you down to the actual tomb."

Fra Rinaldo: "The dead don't talk after all."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I will come by if the streets are safe."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's a grown man, presumably he can handle a few piles of flaming skulls

Kifaaya of Verditius: That seems noncommittal enough.

Giacopo: is the covenant in this dude's parish?

Fra Rinaldo: He's a bit shocked by the bizarre occult symbols and skull motifs everywhere.

No, but Proclus goes to his church so he naturally expects all the magi to go.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll cast Notes of a Delightful Sound on the chamber to make it more palatable to be in, at least.

Fra Rinaldo: Wait let me check the map.

Giacopo: you expect a certain amount of skull motif in a catacomb

Fra Rinaldo: No it isn't.

Anyway,

johns (GM): hewwo

Kifaaya of Verditius: Greetings

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we've lured a priest down into our coven and are preparing to sacrifice him to the giant floating crystal

(illusory)

Fra Rinaldo: "I know that you and your colleagues are skilled at dealing with unnatural problems."

Giacopo: also it appears that lodewig has killed all the other magi and claimed the obelisk

johns: thats fair

Fra Rinaldo: "So it is my fervent hope that, as you dispelled the demon haunting my parish, you will help me conquer my most recent problem."

"I am desperately in love with Sister Gwenneth."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: adorable!

Fra Rinaldo: "She has not returned my affections, can you or your friends concoct a love potion to help her realize the bond between us?"

Giacopo gasps theatrically

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Are you planning to renounce your clerical duties for love of a woman, father?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm. This doesnt seem like an adventure for a grumpy scotsman with the blatant gift at all.

Zita of Mercere: Much better

Fra Rinaldo: Well who can say, Archibald?

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I could sew something to make you more alluring."

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh no, we will be married in a secret ceremony."

Giacopo: that's only proper

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "That doesn't sound proper.."

Fra Rinaldo: "We'll be just like lovers in the earliest days of the Church."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll take out my casting tool for Aura of Ennobled Presence and brush off the cat hair.

Fra Rinaldo: "As long as we keep it a secret, nobody is going to object."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You told all of us, though."

"Sister Gwenneth is-- I presume-- a woman, who are traditionally malevolent tricksters who adore ruining men. Have you considered that?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is THAT what you're up to when we're off slaying demons and arabs

Fra Rinaldo: "I need your help, just as early Christians needed the help of Saint Valentine."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i am only telling you what Virgil himself knew, and why he became a flaming homosexual

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh no, we haven't done anything improper."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Do you have any insight into what kind of... person would appeal to her most of all? Any mythic heroes she particularly admires?"

Giacopo:

rolling d10!+1+11 int+area lore: Rome - how common/accepted is this sort of arrangement?

(

4

)

+1+11

=

16

Fra Rinaldo: "As near as I can tell, she has a great deal of respect for Thomas Aquinas."

"Oh, I mean Saint Thomas Aquinas, of course."

Giacopo: Not at all.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Maybe a rebalancing of her humours, to make her more passionate..."

Fra Rinaldo: It is forbidden by the Church.

Zita of Mercere: "Sounds like you should try saying something philosophical."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Understood. In three months, I could concoct a frock that gives you a great intellectual air."

Fra Rinaldo: Things might be a little lax with the Avignon Papacy, but this isn't wild territory where priests can get away with having sex willy-nilly.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: unless its with underaged boys

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm. what would they think of this in Greece, the greatest geographical designation in all of God's creation

the married priest not the sex with underaged boys natch

Fra Rinaldo: "I can't wait that long for something that isn't guaranteed to work."

Giacopo: "An excellent scheme, maga! For a small surcharge, I can concoct a complementary collar that would give you the appearance of the man she most desires in the world"

Fra Rinaldo: "She will return to England in two weeks!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I see

Giacopo: "troublesome. However if all one requires is peerless quality, rather than true wonders and miracles, there is much that may be done in two weeks"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What did she say when you told her your intentions?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well my Muto Mentem is 14, probably not enough to make someone fall in love.

Fra Rinaldo: "Well, er... she rebuffed me, I think."

"Her Latin is poor and she has no Italian."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "She's an Englishwoman?"

Fra Rinaldo: "Yes, the greatest flower of English womanhood."

Archibald of Guernicus frowns distantly

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Father, you have been beset by a devil and are in dire need of exorcism."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Not at all!"

"Love is a physical malady, and can be cured like any other."

Fra Rinaldo: "Ridiculous! How can love between a man and a woman be caused by the Devil?"

"Love and marriage is one of the greatest sacraments of the Church!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could get it done faster as a Charged Item but not 2 weeks fast. Maybe I can aid Giacopo in producing an item faster however.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "So are the holy orders.."

Giancarlo di Cantalice: (from afar, again) It'll take me a month!

Zita of Mercere: "What's the harm?"

Fra Rinaldo: "So isn't it even MORE loved by God to do both?"

Giacopo: in 2 weeks i can produce an excellent quality item that gives a die bonus, like the cloaks

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I can do it in one week

Giacopo: what's giancarlo's racket? learned magicianing?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: (pours water and food coloring into a jar)

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's a figurine magus and can give temporary virtues

Giacopo: neato

Fra Rinaldo: AFK a sec.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "That's an excellent question Father, have you asked the Deacon for his theological take?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: but also i lost his character sheet before spreadsheetifying it and need to make a new one

sorry he isn't a magus, he's a magician

Giacopo: "but with respect father, perhaps you are considering your problems too narrowly"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmmm, if Giacopo gives me a cloak, I could probably open it for enchantment. Won't solve this adventure, but a cloak for charming women might do well at Tribunal, or Voda could sell it

Giacopo: "if one puts aside the time constraint, these magi, and my humble self, have the means to make you fall in love with any more convenient woman"

there are dozens of cloaks for the taking

Kifaaya of Verditius: Cool

I'll start using those

Giacopo: if you weren't there when they were made, you don't get personalised heraldry is all

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can recustomize

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh no, Lavinia, I could never tell anyone in the Church about this."

"I don't love other women, I love Sister Gwenneth!"

"No other woman can even compare to her purity of spirit."

Giacopo: "Perhaps you have overlooked the most beautiful woman in this world

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I could make you more charming for a time. Half of a day."

Giacopo: "For purity of spirit, none can compare to our Lady Ecclesia, the Holy Church"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well I could FFM it to Moon

"One day and one night, actually."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I will need a sidebar with my sodales for a moment father"

Fra Rinaldo: "Please don't make light of the love between a man and a woman, Giacopo."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: To my sodales: "Why should we help this man ruin his life by betraying his vows?"

Fra Rinaldo: He obligingly walks away and looks at a giant crystal skull.

Zita of Mercere: "It's sweet, he's got a crush."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "He's being led on by a hateful women who wants to destroy him."

Giacopo: wow, I'm beginning to suspect this guy isn't even a priest

Zita of Mercere: "I think the girl can't reciprocate without breaking some other vows or such, though."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Just as Virgil had to learn the hard way, you cannot trust women."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Why is his love haram? This of Christianity I do not understand."

Zita of Mercere: Lavinia, a woman says

to her fellow sodales

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you should be glad I am being so honest

Zita of Mercere: who are also all women besides aristocritus, the true alpha male

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "A friendly priest would be a tremendous asset!"

Zita of Mercere: "Er, yes, can't trust 'em. Definitely."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "He'll be drummed out of the church if found out, and if investigated, will tell his superiors who helped him."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh! So we get into trouble for it then."

"Well it's simple. We just need to make him dislike her. Then he'll get over it and won't ask us any help, and we can still claim we tried to lend a hand, so he likes us. Simple."

Giacopo: will he though? or will it be covered up and at worst someone else gets the living of his church

Lavinia of Jerbiton: good question

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Perhaps if his love is Allah's will, then he should schism to preserve it?"

Fra Rinaldo: Does anyone have Second SIght?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: but I mean we won't get to benefit blackmailing him if he gets replaced though

Kifaaya of Verditius: Not I

Giacopo: nope

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we just have to do it real subtle, lik

e

Giacopo: would that i were more strongly fay than i am

we'll just have to trust no hostile spell or possessing entity has snuck through the aegis

Aristocritus Bonisagi: second sight would be good for what i've got in mind though

Fra Rinaldo: Oh?

Do tell.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we just have to find a spirit of love and convince it to follow the englishwoman around

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice

Fra Rinaldo: How do you plan to do that?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh

guess theres a flaw in that plan then

Aristocritus Bonisagi: huh

oh hmm, this is going to be really hard

Fra Rinaldo: If a thing is easy, is it really worth doing?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yes

let's just give the priest a placebo and blackmail him and call it a day

Giacopo: I mean where would you even start looking for a creature that can make sensible people fall in love against all reason

Kifaaya of Verditius: The easier it is to do, the more it's worth doing

Wu wei

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you just have to find two people in love!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh

let's recruit cupid to mess up these people's lives

Fra Rinaldo: How do you propose to find Cupid?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: just go around hollering for him

Kifaaya of Verditius: I know my wheelhouse, I'll be in my studio if he wants a makeover

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's a fairy so that should work.

Zita of Mercere: brb 1 min

Fra Rinaldo: Alright, do you just want to wander the streets yelling out Cupid's name or what?

Giacopo: give him opportunities for a dramatically appropriate entrance

I mean, it's not like true love comes knocking on the door just like that...

Fra Rinaldo: Fairy Lore roll please.

Giacopo:  waits expectantly

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2+5

(

8

)

+2+5

=

15

Fra Rinaldo: Unfortunately you're in a Aegis.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: thats easy, we just kill proclus and the aegis goes down

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+0+3 faerie lore + int

(

2

)

+0+3

=

5

Fra Rinaldo: Perfect.

Giacopo: well, in a couple of seasons

I have no training in faerie lore and don't really believe in fairies

(From Fra Rinaldo): You could try getting Cupid's attention by parading around in public with an unmarried man while you both have no apparent interest in one another.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I believe in genies

I don't have Genie Lore though

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I have an idea

Fra Rinaldo: Genies can be Magic, Fairy, or Infernal aligned.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that only Zita could see through

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Go parading in public with an unmarried man that neither of you have apparent interest in each other

Fra Rinaldo: So they're covered under one of those lores.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: and that should get Cupid's attnetion

Fra Rinaldo: Loreses.

Zita of Mercere: Good idea. Aristocritus lets go make cupid appear.

Fra Rinaldo: The Cradle and the Crescent has more information about Genies.

Keep in mind that Cupid does know some of you.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh yeah

i wasn't here for that so i forgot

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll take a look at it

Giacopo: who was here for that?

lavinia?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yeah

Fra Rinaldo: If you weren't here for the Ship of Love then Cupid probably doesn't know you.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's probably too late to have XP in genie-related knowledge but it'll be good info anyway

Fra Rinaldo: Yeah but if you become an expert on genies then you can correct the GM whenever one shows up.

AFK a sec.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Would muto animal to turn into a dolphin make you a mermaid under Aristotelian physics?

Giacopo: this sounds like a question for a philosopher, but I'm going to guess it doesn't

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm. looks like to summon an eidolon i would need to spont a level 40 spell

Kifaaya of Verditius: What could possibligh go wrong

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i could get really tired, and fall asleep

Zita of Mercere: I still think we should just ruin his love life by making her seem really awful

The easiest plan

Giacopo: it'd be doing him a favour

Kifaaya of Verditius: What's the solution he's hoping for? Motu Mentem in drink form?

Fra Rinaldo: He doesn't really know about how magic works.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could use the ol' "turn invisible and pretend to be an angel while whispering in his ear" tactic

or make an illusory angel

Fra Rinaldo: He just knows the general folkloric capabilities of wizards, as most people do.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets use magic to turn one of us into sister gwenneth's appearance

(From Giacopo): idgi are we pretending that it's not cupid making a grown priest fall desperately in love with a nun who barely speaks the language and is here for a week?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: if we do that to archibald he still retains his blatantly gifted air right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

Fra Rinaldo: Yes.

(To Giacopo): well we could ask him if we make him show up

Fra Rinaldo: People can instantly recognize nerds no matter what.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: excellent

lets find sister gwenneth so we can see her appearance to magically copy

then kill her and hide the body so she doesn't show up in the middle of the farce and ruins it

Zita of Mercere: No no no, we need to transform her to look like a third, unrelated person who then joins the farce halfway in

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we just need rope kid to come back so orsu can seduce her and keep her busy while archibald does his thing

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could make him a habit that turns HIM into Sister Gwenneth, then he could fondle himself and it wouldn't even be onanization.

Giacopo: surely you want to escalate the farce until the situation absolutely demands a deus ex machina

Zita of Mercere: Lmao

Yes, that's what we did last week

It was great

Giacopo: i mean resolving hopelessly convoluted comedies is one of cupid's favourite things to do, from what i understand

Endrite (GM): From experience, it's causing hopelessly convoluted comedies.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could create a habit he could use to make women of the night look like her. The Church would not believe them if they told them what was happening, or accuse them of witchcraft, from what I know of the Church.

Endrite (GM): Church Lore roll.

Or Theology.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay I don't know that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: church lore roll result: christians are SO stupid

Endrite (GM): Success!

Giacopo: visiting prostitutes probably is worse than having a mistress

Kifaaya of Verditius: I know their day of rest is Sunday

Giacopo: but i don't know the theology

Kifaaya of Verditius: and they eat pigs

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could have archibald stand around in a crowded plaza and hope the gm decides that an eidolon of love is visible.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Lol

Endrite (GM): This is a fantastic plan.

Giacopo: is it possible/feasible to divine the location of something with magic resistance?

Kifaaya of Verditius: What about Creo Mentem?

Endrite (GM): Yeah, just use the normal method but with high penetration.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That might gaslight someone into falling in love

Endrite (GM): You can absolutely do that.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: will it last, though

Giacopo: you can certainly crme actual love in people

well not True Love

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't have enough Creo Mentem to do it

Endrite (GM): Creating an emotion is base level 4.

Giacopo: my craft tricks don't even extend to mentem effects

Kifaaya of Verditius: Rising Ire is 15 and could be reskinned as Rising Passion

Endrite (GM): Yes, both Ire and Love are emotions and are base 4.

Giacopo: that's touch and sun, right?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Eye

So you could get the levels down with Touch

Endrite (GM): Shaun, if you ever want to create a new effect with magic, check out the Form Guidelines in the Spells chapter.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I use them when crafting

Giacopo: add like 4 levels for constant effect and it wouldn't be too hard to hit a lab total that can make that in one season

there's a lot of potential sources of bonuses

but still, that's a season

Kifaaya of Verditius: I did have to come up with a spell that one time, to see the memories of vellum

Zita of Mercere: We could solve the adventure without ever leaving the lab

That is much more important

Than anything else

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could throw the priest over the edge of the skull platform here

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets feed him to the werewolf

Giacopo: w-w-werewolf??!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Rat him out to the church and ask for a reward

Endrite (GM): I believe the skull platform is purely a Imaginem effect.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i look to Aristocritus to pick one of our many options for us to do

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could tell him to pray.

Endrite (GM): Let me sum them up:

1) Give him a placebo.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Giacopo if you get an idea for a magic cloak that would sell well I could probably get two done in a season

Zita of Mercere: Good idea, he should pray

Endrite (GM): 2) Transform him to look like someone else.

3) Plant love in her mind with Creo Mentem.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can do 2, and maybe 1

Endrite (GM): 4) Enhance his seduction skills with magic.

5) Enlist Cupid.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, I can do 2 and 4

Endrite (GM): 6) Discover a magical spirit of love.

Zita of Mercere: 2 + 4 seems like it could be a good bet

Kifaaya of Verditius: Does anyone have a woodcut of Thomas Aquinas?

Endrite (GM): You could probably find a picture of him somewhere.

It's Rome after all.

They love Saints.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i really like the spirit thing but it's mechanically beyond my grasp

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyone have Rome Lore?

Giacopo: I do!

sorry what was the question

Kifaaya of Verditius: Could you roll it and tell me if you know of a mural or fresco of Saint Aquinas nearby?

Endrite (GM): It wouldn't be a very accurate image, of course.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It doesn't have to be accurate

Endrite (GM): Medieval art wasn't interested in capturing life-like detail.

Zita of Mercere: If it looks somewhat like him, it'll be a useful disguise

Kifaaya of Verditius: Just want to give him a bit of a mythic air.

Giacopo: I'm guessing it's unlikely but 12 for what it's worth

Aristocritus Bonisagi: botch! botch! botch!

Endrite (GM): It's just a Simple Roll.

No botches here, friend.

Giacopo: phew

Kifaaya of Verditius: You botched your Rome Area Lore. You get eaten by a roman tiger in the middle of the covenant

Endrite (GM): Nothing I could do.

You can find a shrine to St. Aquinas around, pretty easily.

Giacopo: most depictions of aquinas have him as a middle aged man, so start with that

Endrite (GM): He looks like the guy in the middle:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Andrea_di_Bonaiuto._Santa_Maria_Novella_1366-7_fresco_0001.jpg

That picture is from 60 years in the future, but you get the gist.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: who's the turban dude

Giacopo: canonized in 1323, i guess he's probably the in thing right now

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can buff his social skills, I'm not sure disguising him is worthwhile.

Endrite (GM): You got me, Lavinia.

Oh also, there are two ways to disguise someone.

MuCo and MuIm.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have formula for both

Zita of Mercere: We are collectively terrible at imaginem

I think

Hafl was specced for it, rip

Kifaaya of Verditius: Disguise of the New Visage and Aura of Ennobled Presence

Giacopo: imaginem i can do! up to like 2nd magnitude

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i have deficient imaginem AND deficient mentem.

Endrite (GM): Heh.

Zita of Mercere beholds

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Zita of Mercere: Alright, both of those spells on him should work out. Probably.

Endrite (GM): They will, if that's what you want.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is it a good idea though

Giacopo: it would probably take some finesse for disguise of the new visage to make him seem like a more attractive version of his current self, rather than a complete stranger

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can FFM those both to Moon with no problems on a simple roll

Giacopo: i mean maybe it's fine to turn him into a handsome stranger nobody knows is a priest as well

Endrite (GM): Finesse is required if you want to make him look like any specific person.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I just want to make him more attractive

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Kifaaya of Verditius: I can FFM those both to Moon with no problems on a simple roll

suddenly, at criamon hq

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could just correct facial flaws

Now I see what they wanted to accomplish

Imperishable Night = permanent spell for 1 extra magnitude

Endrite (GM): Let's not talk about the Criamon after they already stole an hour from us.

Zita of Mercere: Looks like Criamon were our best friends all along

We need a PC Criamon whose entire goal is blowing up the moon

Aristocritus Bonisagi: pc criamon whose goal is blowing up the sun

Kifaaya of Verditius taps temple "The moon can never set and end your spell if there's no moon."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: thus ending the reign of the sun archon

Endrite (GM): Kifaaya, making him handsome will also require Finesse.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Endrite (GM): I'm pretty sure.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should learn Finesse later

Endrite (GM): More experienced Arsers can correct me here.

Kifaaya of Verditius: For now I'll leave it at Aura of the Ennobled Presence

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: arse

Giacopo: i think disguise of the new visage is more likely to work at cross purposes to ennobled presence than anything

I can offer to sell him a cloak which is approximately as good as a spell of handsomeness though

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll look at some spells later to see how much Finesse I need make someone handsome on a roll of 2

Giacopo: and may or may not stack

Lavinia of Jerbiton: are we getting paid for any of this

Endrite (GM): Aura of Ennobled Presence would work to fix up any minor flaws created by Disguise of the New Visage.

Yes, he offered to pay you.

He hasn't said how much.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we get a churchman who doesn't hate us

Giacopo: until the spell wear s off

Lavinia of Jerbiton: a corrupt churchman on the verge of defrocking

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's pretty good

Giacopo: but which spell do I mean?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: extremely valuable bonus, if you happen to be a trianoma

Endrite (GM): It is.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Having a clergy visit my studio is a good idea too

So I'll tell him the makeover is in there

Giacopo: this is the perfect chance to show off your lab's aesthetics score

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have +1 aesthetics, possibly more from my enchanted items

Endrite (GM): It would certainly impress him.

So is that what you guys want to do?

Disguise him?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: does the wondrous cloak stack with ennobled presence

Endrite (GM): I'm going to make a decision I may well regret and say yes.

The cloak isn't even a magical effect.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll do Disguise of the New Visage, and the Aura of Ennobled Presence to smooth out the wrinkles

Endrite (GM): I think the cloak might not work in the court of love.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: disguise of the new visage might make it obvious he's using magic

Endrite (GM): Nope, looks fine.

You get the full bonus.

Disguise of the New Visage can't be used to make him more handsome.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Just Aura then

Endrite (GM): It just makes him look like someone who isn't a priest.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Is he portly?

If he is, he can borrow my magic girdle

Giacopo: he does have to pay for the cloak though. I don't know what it costs because all my accounting is in the form of labour points

Endrite (GM): He isn't too fat.

lol

I think we figured out after you left that the Cloaks are worth something insane like 25 Libra each.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i dont recall that

Giacopo: well, they're made from the finest materials, so the profit margins aren't as high as you'd think

Endrite (GM): It might have been 20?

We tried to pawn one once.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we have a stack of spares though

could just lend him one

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you pawned it as collateral for a loan which isnt the same as selling it

Endrite (GM): Anyway, is this the offer you want to give to Fra Rinaldo?

Right.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good for me

I mean, that's the plan I have. Aura of Ennobled Presence for a day and a night.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh, thank you."

"Is this guaranteed to win her heart?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "There are no guarantees in romance, but it will make you more majestic and charming."

"Ven... Alll... God's will can not be changed though."

Fra Rinaldo: "Will it work on other women? I don't want to tempt anyone into adultery."

Giacopo: this fucking guy

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Has that been a problem for you previously?"

I smile at him Curse of Venishly

Fra Rinaldo: "No, but I am not familiar with magic."

Oh you have Curse of Venus?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Fra Rinaldo: He doesn't fall in love with you.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Right, moving on.

"Well, it is like this, the magic takes effort on your part. If you do not try to seduce a woman, she will be quite less likely to be tempted."

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh good, I was worried for a moment."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Your faith will surely see you through."

Fra Rinaldo: "Can you imagine how much trouble that would cause?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "How much?"

Fra Rinaldo: "I have one more request, as a friend, can you accompany me to make sure this magic works properly?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Yes. i would not wish to try this if I felt it would lead to wild unintended fortune."

Fra Rinaldo: "A lot of trouble, I'm sure!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I can, yes."

"Would you have me follow you discreetly, or as a guest?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is it implicit that he's getting the cloak

Zita of Mercere: "I'll come too. Don't you worry, he won't even know I'm there." I say to Kifaaya in arabic

Fra Rinaldo: No.

You'd need to offer it to him.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I nod to Zita.

Giacopo: oh sorry i thought we had

"for extra efficacy, may I suggest one of these fine wool cloaks? A little warm for the weather, perhaps, but - and I use the word advisedly - guaranteed to bolster one's presence"

"and all for the reasonable price of [expensive cloak]"

Fra Rinaldo: "It is quite a fine cloak, but you must understand that I am but a humble man of God."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "In these things you always want to put your best foot forward, father."

Fra Rinaldo: "I can't afford the price you are asking."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You don't seem so concerned about humility before God when you break your vows"

Fra Rinaldo: "God will understand, I'm sure of it."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Oh really?"

Fra Rinaldo: "But even love can't create money out of thin air."

Giacopo: "we offer an installment plan for our most respected customers"

"and if all goes well, you won't need it past this week, perhaps?"

I wink

(To GM): Sortes EF 25 can detect magic of level 15 or higher. Could I ask "is fra rinaldo under a mystical effect" and detect it even if it is magic/fae/divine/infernal?

Fra Rinaldo: "If you are willing to do me that kindness out of charity, it would be wrong of me to refuse."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll follow him around normally if he wants, or I can follow him as a bird or spider if he wants me to be discreet.

Giacopo: damn, this guy's been pumping his Bargain

(From Fra Rinaldo): I'll say yes.

Kifaaya of Verditius: With The Gift I assume discreet is better

Fra Rinaldo: Well, he's Roman.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i retreat to my sanctum to study The Good Book

Giacopo: however I am compelled to meddle

(From Fra Rinaldo): How long does it take?

Giacopo: he can have the use of a cloak for a day, gratis

Fra Rinaldo: You should do what you feel comfortable doing, Kifaaya.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2+3+13 sortes

(

2

)

+2+3+13

=

20

Fra Rinaldo: Fra Rinaldo is willing to allow you to just accompany him.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If he gets in trouble I'd rather take the fall for the covenant

(To GM): 3 minutes per ease factor

Kifaaya of Verditius: So I'll go as a person

(To GM): ease factor 20 is enough for magic of level 30 or higher, 15 for magic 50 or higher

(From Fra Rinaldo): So that takes you 60 minutes? Does it fail?

Giacopo: "don't forget to tell your friends where you got it!"

actually I grab my hat and come along to make sure he does

(To GM): sorry it's 3 minutes per unadjusted ease factor so 36 minutes for ef20, 45 minutes for ef25

Fra Rinaldo: Good idea Giacopo.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm just a lone witch from Araby trying to destroy the moral fiber of Rome. NOT trying to score points for an entire tomb of wizards.

(From Fra Rinaldo): Ok, do you want to spend a Confidence point here or just let it stand?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: It's tough being the sole voice of morality here.

(To GM): ill let it stand

Aristocritus Bonisagi: felicia baldwin

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't understand the problem, he has zero wives, holy men have several more than that in my experience.

(From Fra Rinaldo): Ok, you just keep coming back to the most incongruous passage in the Aeneid, "Answer unclear, ask again later."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: First we let in the Greeks, then the Mahometians.... what's next???

Fra Rinaldo:  Distant tuvaan throat singing

Giacopo: lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi rolls a zoroastrian

Kifaaya of Verditius: Is Giacopo a Redcap or a redcap?

Or both?

Fra Rinaldo: Ok, who else wants to go with Fra Rinaldo on an "adventure" to the Santa Maria church.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm sure everything will be fine and go according to the archon-authorized plan

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess since his hat isn't dyed with blood, its just a cap that is red

Giacopo: I am not a redcap of any stripe

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he just has pointy red hair

Giacopo: i'm a tradesman whose feudal lord is the covenant iirc

Fra Rinaldo: Except literally.

Giacopo: oh right yeah

Fra Rinaldo: But you should definite yourself by one article of cloathing.

Giacopo: i should get a better token

Fra Rinaldo: Cloa'thing.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: may I suggest the Rabble token?

Fra Rinaldo: Ok drop your token on the map if you're going.

Zita of Mercere: I'm going along just in case something goes wrong, if I've learned anything since coming here it's that magi are absolutely hopeless at farces and fall into them easily.

Tanolfi tanes into existance

Zita of Mercere: Zita's stealth is so obscene at this point that I can just sit in the shadows to observe

14 in the ability alone now

Fra Rinaldo: Nice but I don't know why you'd have to.

Alright, so Zita, Giacopo, Kifaaya, and this grog are going?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is voyeurism a sin

Fra Rinaldo: Theology roll.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: roll 1d10!+0+3 theology+int

whoops

rolling 1d10!+0+3 theology+int

(

2

)

+0+3

=

5

Fra Rinaldo: Probably.

Giacopo: i don't believe you can make untrained theology rolls

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

Tanolfi: i didnt spend 4 years at cathedral school for some mope to get lucky on a stressed untrained theol;ogy roll

Giacopo: normal uneducated folk are completely ignorant of good and evil

Fra Rinaldo: I'll level with you, if I call for a roll and isn't stressed, I just ignore that you roll stressed.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: then what was even the point of the fall of man

Fra Rinaldo: Great question.

Giacopo: let's all debate this without any ranks in theology

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hell yeah

anyway, i'm not present so carry on

Fra Rinaldo: Ok let's get to Santa Maria already.

The church in Trastavere, NOT the cathedral.

Nice, Giacopo, take a Check in Recognize.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I need to tkae a minor flaw for being a moor, i could replace followed by magical animal since it does nothing

Giacopo: oh ok I thoughtyou were correcting me

Fra Rinaldo: No I awarded you a check.

Giacopo: Santa Maria! How many churches like this can there be?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's an Outsider flaw that you're supposed to take if you're a jew or moor i think

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Impressive."

Tanolfi: yeah Outsider is very appropriate

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah I didn't know about Outsider until now

Tanolfi: by the outsider!!!

Kifaaya of Verditius: And none of my flaws have been an issue so I think switching one to it would probably be fine

Fra Rinaldo: Santa Maria is a very nice church is a district with a checkered past.

Giacopo: dang this is nice work

Fra Rinaldo: Trastevere is no longer oppressed by a heavy air of darkness and Insane Demon Murder, but it is still poor.

Giacopo: this guy must be a pretty well regarded - or connected - priest to have a prestigious posting like this

Fra Rinaldo: The Santa Maria church is the pride and joy of everyone living here and the fact that there are any congregants at all during the middle of a weekday is proof of that.

Tanolfi: maybe he's a cardinal's "nephew"

Fra Rinaldo: The fake reliquary you guys forged still rests at the altar.

Zita of Mercere: Good work, everyone

Where is he intending to meet the nun?

Giacopo: I take off my hat as we enter a church, having brought it for this purpose

Fra Rinaldo: High tier technique, Giacopo.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll follow Giacopo's lead and unscarf my hair

Tanolfi: harlot!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, men only

I put it back on

Fra Rinaldo: "Sister Gwenneth has been visiting to study the reliquary. It was taken from Byzantium, but that might not have been it's original providence."

Kifaaya of Verditius: This is 1300, I forgot the women both east and west cover their hair

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh, it's all so much more interesting when Sister Gwenneth explains it."

It looks like she's here, taking a rubbing of one of the engravings on the reliquary.

Giacopo: "so the good sister is an expert on these things, come all the way from england just for this?"

"a great honour to the church and the relic, to be sure"

Fra Rinaldo: "Oh yes, isn't she dedicated?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Very lovely."

Giacopo: who was it who forged this thing?

and how plausibly byzantine did you make it?

Tanolfi: its authentic dead people in there iirc

Zita of Mercere: I will attempt to blend in, inconspicuously, as the seduction unfolds. I flip the medallion before we head in.

Fra Rinaldo: I think it was Bonfilia.

Zita of Mercere: Would it be guile to pretend you totally belong here?

Giacopo: is it made of bread

Zita of Mercere: And arent here to get a priest laid

Fra Rinaldo: It's a church, all Christian are welcome here.

I mean Christians.

Whoops!

Zita of Mercere: Well Zito is definitely a christian. Definitely.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I didn't get hit by lightning when I entered so I guess I can be a guest.

Fra Rinaldo: I'm sure you'll see the error of your ways.

I mean you, specifically won't, because as soon as you set foot in a Dominion Aura you are assailed by the majesty of God Almighty.

Just like everyone with the Gift.

Tanolfi: I am too stupid to comprehend it

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nothing I could do

Fra Rinaldo: It's pretty normal, Rome already has a Dominion aura during the day.

Anyway.

Did you already cast the spell on Fra Rinaldo?

I assume you did.

Giacopo: the majesty of God Almighty is no big whoop

Kifaaya of Verditius: Allah and YHWH are objectively teh same in this game anyway IIRC

Fra Rinaldo: I mean, MAYBe.

Tanolfi: the majesty of god is just the glamour of a very powerful faerie

Giacopo: i'm pretty sure we buffed and dressed him back at the covenant

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

I said I'd do the work in my studio

Fra Rinaldo: It's pretty obvious to you, as a Muslim, that Christians are a bunch of backwards savages.

c'thinker: there are rules about conflict between different types of dominion aura i think

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's nice to have a guest in my studio who isn't nameless reputation XP tallied during bookkeeping

Fra Rinaldo: "Is there a magic word I need to say to make this work?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Ah... I believe romantic platitudes will invoke the otherworldly energies of the enchantment."

Fra Rinaldo: "I have plenty of those. Please pray for my success."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I nod and go do so.

Fra Rinaldo: "But, I would prefer to keep this between my future wife and myself."

Giacopo: "every step of the way, father"

Fra Rinaldo: "If you will allow me some privacy."

Giacopo: "remember, faint heart never won fair lady. It sounds less hackneyed in Italian."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll exit the church as to not profane it with prayers to Allah for his success.

Fra Rinaldo: "Thank you."

Giacopo: I politely step back and admire a mural or something

still eavesdropping as much as is politic

Fra Rinaldo: ALright.

Do you have Good Hearing or anything?

Zita of Mercere: If he's going after the lady in private, I'll follow along sneakily to see what happens, so I can report back to my sodales. If it's public I'll just listen in.

Zita has Sharp Ears

Fra Rinaldo: He's talking to her near the reliquary.

Giacopo: I do not, so I guess I'll just observe from a distance

Fra Rinaldo: I guess you could try hiding behind a pew and listen in.

Alright.

Zita of Mercere: I'll wander up and listen in with my +5 bonus to hearing rolls. Sneaking up because it's just what I do

rolling 1d10!+4+14+3

(

8

)

+4+14+3

=

29

Huh, guess I stealth up

Fra Rinaldo: Alright, you listen to Fra Rinaldo clumsily attempt to seduce Sister Gwenneth with veiled references to Biblical verses involving sexual intercourse.

She rebukes him in broken Latin.

Then returns to her work.

Giacopo: I watch the whole scene im amused anticipation, but my eyes keep straying nervously to the pew or column where zita is lurking

Tanolfi: let us consult the book of ferretball

Zita of Mercere: I flip the amulet back and approach my sodales

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sorry Father

Giacopo: how is rinaldo taking it?

Fra Rinaldo: He looks crushed.

Giacopo: "Maga that was... that was finely crept. I had no idea you possessed such puissant stealth"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmmm

Perhaps the language barrier is the issue

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, Father, don't beat yourself up."

Fra Rinaldo: It's possible.

Zita of Mercere: "You know, there's plenty more fish in the sea, as they say." I wink at him

I roll to seduce. Lord have mercy on my soul, I swear this is the GM doing this to me.

[through gritted teeth] I have Blessing of Venus, adding +5 to the roll

Giacopo: "No! Language only goes so far. Father, forgive me for speaking frankly but what you lack is the fire, the passion, of love"

"Let me furnish an example!"

I seize Zita by the waist and passionately embrace her

Zita of Mercere: Anyway rolling charm, please botch

Fra Rinaldo: Sounds like you already critted.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+2+8+5

(

7

)

+2+8+5

=

22

Nooo

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice botch

Fra Rinaldo: Scandalous!

Giacopo:

rolling d10!+4+6 dex+brawl

(

2

)

+4+6

=

12

Zita of Mercere: This must be cupid's doing

Oh I'll roll to dodge that

rolling 1d10!+4+8

(

3

)

+4+8

=

15

I slide away from that and conveniently bump into Fra Rinaldo.

Giacopo: I'm pretty passionate about this, but not passionate enough to be confident

Zita of Mercere: Wow, how did that happen

Giacopo: How could she have ducked the embrace of a 50something with a sedentary lifestyle?

Tanolfi: swerved

Fra Rinaldo: Fra Rinaldo looks shocked.

Zita of Mercere: "Ah... sorry, Father, I should be more careful."

I move away, slowly

Fra Rinaldo: "Kifaaya, is this the result of your magic?"

"I never should have done this!"

Giacopo: I attempt to parlay my fumblings into an exuberate italianate gesture

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I cannot say."

Giacopo: "You should never have done this if oyu lacked the courage of your feelings, true! You will never be more than a priest while milk runs in your veins, man"

"Maga, have mercy, you must know how I burn for you!

Zita of Mercere: "Oh he seems plenty redblooded to me."

Giacopo: "Do you toy with me woman?"

"Must I strike down this popinjay of a priest before you will notice me?"

Zita of Mercere: "Such a wonderful way of expressing bible verses. I never knew they could carry such suggestions."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It is said His will is a shield for the devout. Perhaps it is her purity that gives her elan against my magic."

Tanolfi: Murder ftw

Zita of Mercere: [unprompted]

"Don't you hurt him, you idiot."

"Father I must apologise. He is one of simple mind."

Tanolfi: behold

Fra Rinaldo: "Then is it the will of God that I should not marry her?"

"That... doesn't seem right..."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It may be, if it protects her from the spell."

"As you can see, it works on, ah, women of lesser devotion."

Zita of Mercere: [through tears] i hope dfd gets on so celeste can use her second sight and find the one responsible for this

* his

Giacopo: "It is the will of God that you go to hell! No magic is strong enough to give your simpering words the vigour to pierce a woman's heart"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I did not know Zita would be in earshot. I went outside as to not be beguiled."

Fra Rinaldo: Who responsible? Crying Emoji Crying Emoji Crying Emoji

"You told me that this would be safe!"

Giacopo: "Maga I implore you, let us leave this worm be. He does not deserve even to be in your presence"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I did say other women could be vulnerable, should they hear your majestic words."

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, father, I have sins to confess. Can we go somewhere in private? Complete privacy."

Giacopo: I like that it's a running theme in this campaign that love is essentially a trap

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Even now, being in your speaking presence might be too much."

Fra Rinaldo: "But this elderly gentleman isn't a woman!"

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10-3 Personality: Indiscreet

(

7

)

-3

=

4

I'm not very convincing

Giacopo: "who are you calling elderly you sickly pup?"

Fra Rinaldo: I have no idea how personality rolls are supposed to work in this game, outside of Brave or Cowardly.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Me neither

Giacopo: well if you feel like it you can roll a die to see if you act in accordance with them

Kifaaya of Verditius: They only seem to work for Grogs

Giacopo: there are ease factors in the table in the core book

that don't require conversion even!

Zita of Mercere: I roll my Ambitious personality to try and avoid doing insane acts of theft, and just roll against 6.

Fra Rinaldo: "Please, take no offense."

Zita of Mercere: But that's a personal thing and I'm not sure if you're meant to do it that way

Fra Rinaldo: "I understand you are under the spell that I so proudly asked for."

c'thinker: you can, i think

Zita of Mercere: "I'm under a spell alright. Ooh he he."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "My heart can endure. I think."

Giacopo: magi and companions are never obliged to act on their personality rolls basically

well i guess if you choose to roll you should have the grace to act on it

Fra Rinaldo: Yeah it's just an expectation that you always act in accordance with them, to whatever degree you agreed to.

Giacopo: i've just noticed i'm kind hearted (+2). oh well

Fra Rinaldo: Love makes a man do strange things.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Always act pretty fucking in accordance with feminism

Fra Rinaldo: "What can I possibly do to atone for this?"

Giacopo: well I get the impression we can carry on like this for a while

Fra Rinaldo: "I have failed my Love and God all in one stroke."

Giacopo: i suppose the next step is to stop rinaldo killing himself while he recuperates

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Perhaps follow her example, Her strength of faith so strong that magic dare not touch her."

Giacopo: kifaaya you do that, and I and zita will retire to the covenant to plan our life together

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll try

Giacopo: actually I'm going to offer a suggestion that's entirely at odds with my knowledge of magic theory and lore

and i say test your hypothesis about the nun - she might not have any MR at all

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can't mind control her

Priest: The deacon stops polishing the angel statue over there and insinuates himself into this conversation.

Giacopo: "Step off, churchman, I'm warning you"

Priest: "Love has it's place."

Zita of Mercere: "Giacopo, giacopo, calm down. Why don't we leave this silly church, go back home?"

Priest: "But perhaps that place is not here."

Zita of Mercere: I'll take his hand and try to lead him out

Priest: "Unless you are interested in a wedding."

Giacopo: oh sure a church is no place for love

Zita of Mercere: "Oh maybe later, maybe later. Ahaha."

Giacopo: i immediately suspect this guy is the culprit, he's using faerie pretenses to approximate religious education

Priest: "Allowing you to consummate your love and so forth."

Whaaat?

Well, if you do, what are you going to do about it?

Giacopo: well i was joking but now i regret saying anything

Priest: Alright then!

Giacopo: "Idiot! Christ's gospel is Love! The word of God is Love, there is no truth but Love and so it is written in the book of my heart!"

I punch his lights out

rolling d10!+4+6

(

2

)

+4+6

=

12

Priest: Alright, roll Brawl.

rolling 1d10! + 0 + 1

(

3

)

+0+1

=

4

You deck him.

Fra Rinaldo looks aghast and the other parishioners are starting to take notice.

Giacopo: I have -2 strength, so I hit him for 6-soak damage

Priest: Alright. He takes a...

single wound.

Giacopo: ok. I trust I know what that means

Tanolfi: it means you're going to hell

Giacopo: shit that's pretty bad

Priest: He has a bloody nose and a bruise on his eye.

c'thinker: roll Houserule Lore

Giacopo: well feel free to intervene anyone

Priest: "It is alright, my son, I forgive you."

Zita of Mercere: "Such a hit! Such boxing skill!"

Priest: "Please, come back later after we have resolved our disagreement," he says to his flock.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess I could turn Giacopo into a pig until he calms down

Priest: If you were a damosel this would definitely excite you Zita.

Giacopo: "God forgive me, what am I doing? Zita you she-devil, do you see what you do when you toy with the hearts of men?"

Zita of Mercere: "I don't do that. Much. Ehehe."

Priest: The parishioners file out of the church apprehensively.

Kifaaya of Verditius: The Dominion probably would make that hard though

Tanolfi: I see that one of the PCs is in danger and act, by stabbing the priest

Zita of Mercere: Lmfao

Tanolfi: no wait

Priest: Alright.

Tanolfi: i dont give a shit

giacopo doesnt sign my paychecks

Kifaaya of Verditius: He supplies me lab material at any rate

Probably my common leather and cloth comes from him

Giacopo: I supply most of the covenants wealth iirc

Priest: Fra Rinaldo follows his heart and tries to protect Sister Gwenneth by escorting her out.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Oooh smooth

Priest: Alright do you want to try to punch the Deacon again?

Giacopo: "Wench! You may be a sorceress with the power of life and death but you have a woman's lying tongue! You know full well what you do"

Kifaaya of Verditius: God works in mysterious ways

Zita of Mercere: I try walking outside, I'm getting flustered by all this excitement, I need to calm down and think of how to win Giacopo's heart.

Giacopo: no I feel kind of bad about it

Zita of Mercere: What, me? I'm a redcap

I dont got shit giacopo

Giacopo: oh shit right

Zita of Mercere: Ohhh wait, I know

Priest: You're a fully gauntleted maga.

Kifaaya of Verditius: You have Blessing of Venus

Zita of Mercere: I use my redcap item, the amulet with Calm the Motions of the Heart

On Giacopo

Aristocritus Bonisagi: to self, in lab: we should perform the gift-creation ritual on giacopo

Zita of Mercere: To calm him down so we can talk about more important things, say over a nice glass of wine back at the covenant

Giacopo: dang, I've been playing this romance as doomed when it was only 99% unattainable

Giacopo you boob! You fumbled it

Kifaaya of Verditius: GIacopo keeps me in leather and wool

That's a pretty good gift

Zita of Mercere: Good news! The GM has made Zita reciprocate your feelings. I'm giong to strangle cupid.

Priest: What?

Giacopo: I know how to do that even less than I know how to seduce a woman

what was the plan for what we;d do when we found cupid anyway?

Zita of Mercere: Strangle him.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Bully him until he agrees to be our ally

Zita of Mercere: Bully him into a pile of vis

Anyway Giacopo might be calm now? 1/day useful little redcap item should have helped out here.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's my lunch vis

Giacopo: alright! it looks like we've successfully got the priest closer to his woman, so let's call this phase one complete

it makes sense that it would

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah I'm going home

Zita of Mercere: "Giacopo, dear, let's go back to the inn. Ildebrando tells me he got some nicer wine in only last week."

Priest: "Wait, you shouldn't allow the fury of love to blind you to it's pleasure."

Giacopo: "ah... of course. That sounds nice. I'm not sure what came over me there"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I can chaperone them."

Giacopo: "father I can only beg forgiveness for my conduct. I will be back at a more appropriate moment to do all the penance I deserve"

is the love spell an ongoing effect? is calm the motion of the heart?

Priest: "As the Good Book says, nothing that is done for love can be truly wrong."

Zita of Mercere: Its an instant effect, PeMe I believe? It removes one negative emotion theyre currently suffering

So in this case anger

Priest: You're still in love with Zita, if that's what you mean.

Giacopo: alright cool

Tanolfi: this sounds like heresy

Giacopo: let's retire to the inn and let the magi work out how to deal with this

Tanolfi: let's send a letter to the inquisition ASA{

ASAP

Giacopo: i'm quietly impressed buy how much wisdom the aeneid contains

no wonder she can look up anyone or anything in that book

Priest: Alright, so you're going to leave killing a defenseless deacon or getting married?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can make the wedding dress

Giacopo: it seems rude to ask the guy you just attacked to marry you

Zita of Mercere: I  obviously  need to make sure my schedule is free, the Order keeps me very busy.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's fate for you

I made you a horse so you could get your redcap duties done quicker

I mean, a saddle to turn yourself into a horse. But it's a horse if you make a grog wear it.

Giacopo: has anyone actually raised the subject of marriage? infatuated though i am, it hasn't occurred to me as a possibility

Priest: The priest mentioned it.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Maybe you could sell some of Giacopo's cloaks while abroad

Priest: Well, he's just a deacon.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Since you'll be marrying into his estate and all

Giacopo: this guy can say what he likes, i intend to go along with whatever zita desires

Priest: He does recommend marriage if you are going to be in love.

Giacopo: well, I suppose he has to

Kifaaya of Verditius: Seems only right

Zita of Mercere: I wanted to return to the covenant first. My mother always told me find a good nice wizard to marry and continue the family legacy.

Though not a criamon, she'll disown me if I bring one of them home.

Priest: Heh.

Zita of Mercere: Technically I can leave marriage as late as I want, as long as I'm alive, as I'm Unaging.

Giacopo: Meanwhile I'm fairly well preserved for my age! we make a perfect match

"Perhaps someday father, perhaps someday soon". I wink at him and leave

Zita of Mercere: Same, I'll lead Giacopo out by hand. Wow this was completely unexpected, but these things always are.

Giacopo: So anyway, how do we find out where Cupid is hiding?

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I should not overstay my welcome. Goodbye."

Zita of Mercere: Giacopos large nose and poorly drawn hair just wooed me. And those cloaks!

Priest: What's with all this Cupid stuff?

Giacopo: it's a useful shorthand for a supernatural influence that makes people fall in love

Priest: You could try to find Cupid and ask him.

Giacopo: let's see who else was here earlier

I report to Lavinia and Aristocritus about how things went for Rinaldo

so bit of a wash there. But I also brag about how Zita and I are an item now.

Priest: Give me an Awareness roll everyone.

(To GM) rolling 1d10! + 5 + 1

(

10

+

6

)

+5+1

=

22

Giacopo:

rolling d10+1+7

(

10

)

+1+7

=

18

Tanolfi:

rolling 1d10+2 per+awareness

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Giacopo: stressed?

Priest: Yeah.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10

(

6

)

=

6

Giacopo:

rolling d10!+18

(

4

)

+18

=

22

Zita of Mercere: Is it hearing based?

Or not

rolling 1d10!+1+6

(

4

)

+1+6

=

11

add 5 if hearing based anyway

Priest: I mean go ahead and add it.

By all means.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I went to a church. It was lovely but I don't believe I would be as welcome at service as Father Ribaldo imagines."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It's shocking how all my sodales let themselves get so tangled in petty mundane affairs"

Giacopo: "ah, also the priest from that church is outside spying on us. I'm sure nothing will come of it but I thought I should say"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Until they come to me for bespoke work I cannot help but put myself out there."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Well, invite him in."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The priest may visit my studio whenever he pleases."

I'll go up and invite him to my studio

Priest: Specifically, it's the Deacon and he graciously accepts.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's +1 aesthetics but full of moon god trappings, enjoy

Priest: "I saw the turmoil those two young lovers were going through and thought, it was my duty to shepard them through this delicate time."

"This is a lovely studio, by the way."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Thank you."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh I've got no more interest in those petty affairs Lavinia."

"You know its funny, all the time I've been here I never noticed just how NICE those cloaks are. That's real skill."

"What a catch."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Then stop trying to seduce priests."

Priest: "Have you seen them, my dear?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I can send for them."

Giacopo: It's nice of her to say nbut I know she's lying

Priest: "Oh, I wouldn't want to trouble you."

Zita of Mercere: "Why would I try to seduce a priest? We were there to help him with the sister, besides he's a man of god, he wouldn't agree to that."

Giacopo: the cloaks are the first thing everyone notices

Priest: "Just tell me where they are and I can take care of the rest."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmm, Indiscreet

Zita of Mercere: "You can't believe every silly thing the grogs say, they probably thought me saying hello to him was trying to seduce him."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll tell him they're in the council chabmer

Look for the skull motif

Priest: "And where is that?"

"Ah, thank you.

"

Who is in the council chamber?

Giacopo: is that where this conversation is happening?

i'm following zita i suppose

Kifaaya of Verditius: That was my impression

I'll make sure the priest doesn't get lost.

I mean, the Deacon

Zita of Mercere: I'm in the skull chamber of course

It's where we hang out! Great place.

Priest: What about Lavinia and Aristocritus?

Kifaaya of Verditius: "This way, Deacon."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sure ill be here

Priest: "Bless you."

Alright, as soon as the priest sees you, Lavinia, he says, "Damnation, not again!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Do I know this person?

Cupid: Cupid changes to his true form, a naked young man with curly blonde hair, carrying a bow and arrows.

Zita of Mercere: "Oh goodness."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "That's no way to say hello."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Does this happen often here?"

Giacopo: "My goodnes indeed"

"Young man, I perceive you need urgent assistance"

Cupid: "I had no idea these two cold fish were with you, Maga."

Zita of Mercere: Was cupid a fae or a magical creature?

Cupid: No.

Giacopo: "Accompany me upstairs and I will see to your wardrobe personally"

Cupid: He IS a fairy.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Are you playing with Priests now?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't know the myth of Cupid, my mythology education is mostly genies and Homeric shit.

Giacopo: "This is a rare opportunity, believe me"

Zita of Mercere: Ah, no fairy lore. Oh well.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Homoic

Cupid: "Christ is the God of Love, isn't he?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Christ got nailed to a cross, are you going to crucify yourself too?"

Cupid: "I just thought that his priests could do with a bit of encouragement."

"Don't be silly."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, so you made the priest get giddy over a nun."

Cupid: "Oh yes."

Zita of Mercere: "Wait... hang on, I was there too, did you do something to me too?"

Cupid: "Unfortunately, I can't officiate a wedding."

Giacopo: "You don't mean..."

"no I'm sorry I can't talk to him like this"

I run upstairs and grab an array of tunics and hose

Zita of Mercere: "Exactly. He must have made me attempt to seduce a priest. How awful."

Cupid: What, is his flaccid penis distracting you?

Giacopo: I am Oversensitive to badly dressed people

Kifaaya of Verditius: Just saw a baby's wiener. Booya

Cupid: Cupid is apparently a fully grown adult man.

But in actuality he's a fairy.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Are you a genie?"

Cupid: "No, I am Cupid, the God of Love!"

"Maybe you've heard of me."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Ah. Perhaps."

Giacopo: I fuss over Cupid, testing the measure of various garments against his frame, as this conversation goes on

Cupid: He doesn't take it badly.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The lore of my apprenticeship mostly involved Hephaestus."

"But you may have been mentioned."

Giacopo: "You'll want a retro look then... really though you could pull any of these off"

Cupid: "Ah, some of my finest work."

Giacopo: "It's just such a crying shame to go about like that when you're in your prime"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You are distracting the priest from his love of God by making him obsessed with love of flesh."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I heard that Hephaestus was not the most comely of men. That was you that made him such an eligible bachelor?"

Cupid: "Of course. What good is all that prayer if it never goes anywhere?"

"Oh yeah, that was me alright."

"Me and Aphrodite were like this," he crosses his fingers.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I see."

Cupid: "That Gwenneth woman just wasn't having it."

Zita of Mercere: "If you did something to me, you'd best undo it, though. I'm a maga, too."

I whisper "Only legally but still" under my breath

Cupid: "I must have shot her with a dozen arrows and all she cared about was that stupid box."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: CUPID WOULD SAY VENUS

Cupid: "The heart wants what it wants, my dear."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: also hello, i'm here again

Cupid: Are you telling me a fairy got a detail wrong?

"Ah, hello again."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Why don't you mess with Proclus instead of a hapless priest"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he must have been influenced by my powerful greekness

Zita of Mercere: "Yeah, he needs a new girlfriend after we killed his last one."

"Er after Lodewig did. I would never condone such an act."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "So you found Cupid after all?"

Zita of Mercere: "No no, this is a totally unrelated naked man we invited in."

Cupid: "I would never interfere with you wizards."

"Not knowingly, anyway."

"You have been such gracious hosts."

Giacopo: "For now, but I see six or seven perfect complete outfits just from the stock I had in the back"

Cupid: "A fine tribute."

Zita of Mercere: "No wizards, ever?"

Giacopo: "alright, alright, but you MUST wear them, you understand?"

Cupid: "Well, not on purpose."

Zita of Mercere: "Not even, hmm, a nice-looking Jerbiton just out of gauntlet in a really rich covenant?"

"For example. Just as a suggestion."

Cupid: "Not unless you'd like to let me."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Got a compliment on my studio from a friend of Aphrodite. Today turned out pretty good.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i have a better idea, lets kill him and rend him into vis

Zita of Mercere: "We can discuss that when this is all settled. Which it might be? He wanted our help, turns out we couldnt have helped anyway. What box was she obsessed with?"

Cupid: "You know, I bet that woman at the church is one of yours."

"That thing on the altar."

Zita of Mercere: The reliquary?

Cupid: "I don't know why you wouldn't just put a big statue of Jesus on there, but you just keep doing your thing."

Zita of Mercere: "I don't know it either, at least with Mercury or Venus it's nice and ostentatious, you know?"

Cupid: "I know, right?"

"Anyway, have you thought about marrying this guy? He's a pretty great tailor, if you ask me."

Giacopo: have celebrity endorsements been invented yet?

Cupid: Sure.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "His work is impressive."

Cupid: Every craftsman will proudly tell you all the famous people who have bought his wares.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ancient rome had celebrity endorsements

Zita of Mercere: "I really ought to marry someone in the order, if I can. Got an important bloodline to maintain. Though they ARE great cloaks."

Giacopo: I try to think of some way to tastefully convey divine approval to my clients

Aristocritus Bonisagi: reputation: pagan +3

Cupid: "Love is much more important than bloodlines, my dear."

Giacopo: I guess I'll have to rely on gossip, like everything else

Cupid: "It's your blood and your heart telling you what to do in the first place."

Giacopo: these are some pretty far out ideas, but right now it makes sense to me

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Love and platonic nature are entwined, as my teachings went."

Cupid: "Exactly."

Zita of Mercere: "Ahhh, true, true... Hmmm."

Cupid: "Would you do a service for me?"

Zita of Mercere: "And I do have to find someone and settle down before 35, the ritual renders you barren- what sort of service?"

Cupid: "Well, I am ashamed to admit that that poor Brother Rinaldo might never be able to find the love he so desperately seeks."

"The woman who he is so set on resists my powers."

"What if she's a demon?"

"Those cretins don't know the first thing about love."

Giacopo: "what would a demon be doing in a church?"

Cupid: "Whatever they're usually up to."

"Evil and so on."

Giacopo: "she was taking rubbings"

Cupid: "Not the right kind if you ask me."

Zita of Mercere: "Dohoho."

Giacopo: wahey

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

Zita of Mercere: "If she's a demon, that's really bad news. Sodales, any thoughts on how to find out what she is, exactly?"

Giacopo: "not without knowing her better"

"Miss Kifaaya thought she might be protected by her faith, but then she'd need to be much holier than the average nun, right?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Rubbings of the reliquary?"

Giacopo: "on the other hand, if she's a demon then surely it shou;ld at least be apparent that she's a wicked person"

"that's my church-learning, anyway"

"I mean she could just be another wizard, but what's the odds they care about your local church's relics?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I said that before I knew a god of love was involved. A minor transmutation to make Rinaldo more charming is different from Cupid's arrow."

Cupid: You could always ask an expert.

Giacopo: do we have one on hand?

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): did we ever return the original reliquary

Cupid: Proclus knows a thing or two about Divine Lore.

(To Aristocritus Bonisagi): afiak no

Kifaaya of Verditius: We could go find him

Giacopo: well sure let's check up on him. he'll want to know about rinaldo's troubles

Proclus of Rome: What do you want to ask him?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Does he want Cupid to mess with him

Proclus of Rome: "Not on your life, if we ever see that churl again we should just turn him into vis."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Do you want to die alone?"

Proclus of Rome: "I'd rather die alone that allow that pervert to taint the course of true love."

"Why do you ask?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You're such a killjoy"

Proclus of Rome: "Don't bother me unless you have something important to ask."

"Is that savage about to murder another woman?"

YOu know from experience he's referring to Lodewig.

Zita of Mercere: "Lodewig? No he's off in his lab. Everyone is." I sigh

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Is conversing with me such a bother? I had no idea you felt that way."

Proclus of Rome: "I'm in mourning."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I thought we were all amici here. I can see some members of this covenant are not team players."

Giacopo: "well sorry to interrupt magus, but cupid is making a spot of trouble for your friend the priest"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Who cares? The more important issue is resolving Proclus' bad attitude, in my opinion."

Giacopo: "but funny enough, the nun who he was supposed to fall in love with isn't having any of it. Is she a devil, you reckon?"

Proclus of Rome: Hmmm...

Zita of Mercere: "Lavinia, please, have a liiittle bit of tact."

"Honestly, I think you're going crazy in here sometimes. You've left the building one time in the last decade I hear."

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 2 + 7

(

10

)

+2+7

=

19

"It's more likely that she has been blessed with what we call the True Gift, A.K.A. True Fatih."

"This would allow her to resist even powerful Mentem effects."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You all leave the building and fall in love with diabolists or priests or get exiled from such and such a place, it doesn't seem like a good idea."

Proclus of Rome: "What is Cupid doing interfering with men of the cloth?"

"We never should have allowed him in this city."

Zita of Mercere: "I didn't know cupid was going to be there."

"He's polite at least."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: salve

Giacopo: "sharp dresser, too"

Beardbeard: hey its

Proclus of Rome: "What is a nun doing at Santa Maria?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Why would they not be?"

Giacopo: "she's inspecting the relic. She came from England!"

Proclus of Rome: "They're supposed to stick to nunneries for this exact reason!"

"Uh oh."

"You do know that that reliquary is a fake."

Giacopo: "That's good, isn't it?"

Proclus of Rome: "We have the real one here."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I stumble out of my lab with a large rock jug in hand.

"Oh, hello."

Proclus of Rome: "What if she tells someone?"

Giacopo bows and makes space for the magus

Proclus of Rome: "What if our theft is discovered?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus enlarges his presence, shrinking Giacopo.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We've got a cover story."

Proclus of Rome: "What is it?"

Zita of Mercere: "Eh? It's fake?"

"Why did you take it?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: strange question from the compulsive kleptomaniac

Malachiasz of Tytalus: zita only takes real, valuable artifacts

Zita of Mercere: Yeah I was under the false imprssion that was a personal flaw

Proclus of Rome: "SOMEONE was supposed to be researching it, but I guess he was just practicing ways to murder people instead!"

Zita of Mercere: not a systemic one of the covenant

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "It was damaged, so we commissioned a new one."

Zita of Mercere: "Well he did disappear for 6 years, lot of time to practice- uh, I mean maybe now that he's back he can look into it."

Proclus of Rome: "But it is supposed to house a powerful demon."

"It hasn't done anything since we brought it into the Aegis of the Hearth, though."

A gigantic magical explosion does not erupt at this exact moment.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "did someone say murder?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Right, if a sodalis asks we can just tell the truth."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I feel like people throw that word around a lot. It's very imprecise"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you like telling the truth don't you???

Proclus of Rome: "We can't tell the truth!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Well maybe not the part with the diabolist."

Proclus of Rome: "We would be justly punished for desecrating a church."

"Lodewig, did you manage to find out anything about that reliquary in the decade that it's been sitting in your laboratory?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well why not accept the punishment, if it would be just?"

"when did that get put in my laboratory?"

"I haven't had a chance to tidy up"

Proclus of Rome: "We could face serious repercussions, violating the Oath of Hermes."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The reliquary is obviously of Hermetic origin, we just took it into our safekeeping when it failed."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It was Bonfilia who stole it."

"That's our story."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Thus preventing the demon from wreaking havoc on the city of Rome."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "actually I thought you gave it to one of the new kids"

Zita of Mercere: "Good cover story. I don't think anyone will doubt it Lavinia."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "my lab that is. this about a cursed relic is all new to me"

Proclus of Rome: "Wait has a powerful demon reliquary been missing this whole time?"

"Who had it last?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: uhhh i assume malach probably took over the lodewig space

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we should really put our list of artifacts in the library page now that the cards aren't on the covenant map anymore

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Reliquary? You mean that thing I've been using as a footrest?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "I know I was going to investigate it, but didn't, then... Lavinia? Prudenzio?"

"Someone was going to look at it."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that's the youth of today for you. No sense of personal accountability"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Probably Proclus before he got distracted by mundane affairs."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "anyway I'm going to freshen up. Got something in my teeth"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh i thought it was more boxlike

Aristocritus Bonisagi: most recently repared by aristocritus of trianoma!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, that thing. I liked the perdo symbol on it so I put it with my rare dirt collection."

Proclus of Rome: "What are we going to do about this investigation?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10+3 houserule lore (item investigation)

(

8

)

+3

=

11

Zita of Mercere: "Uh. Find out what she wants, I think."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Did she have anything to say about it?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I hand a slightly clay-dusted reliquary to the investigator.

Proclus of Rome: I guess I'll take care of it.

Zita of Mercere: "If she's actually with the church, it might be bad news. If she's with the order, it might be good. If she's a demon we kill her."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Who?"

Zita of Mercere: "A nun. Probably a nun, maybe a nun. Anyway she's resistant to magic, enough so that Cupid couldnt affect her."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, perhaps its Hannelore."

Proclus of Rome: "That isn't funny!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: brb

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): AFK

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It's a little funny"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Of course it's not, she shouldn't be shirking her convent duties to come visit us."

Zita of Mercere: "I can't reach high enough, someone please smack him before a duel breaks out."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "if it's got hermetic symbols why do you call it a demonic artifact?"

Proclus of Rome: "A demon is trapped inside of it."

"It compelled a series of murders in the Trastevere district."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "ah, right. rego vim. Well I could investigate it, but first I need my lab back and then I could well miss something, intellego is not my strength"

"so it traps a demon and forces it to use its power... or it holds a demon in place but leaves it free to use its influence on its surroundings"

Proclus of Rome: "Well, we have no way of knowing.

Zita of Mercere: "You could take Ferris' lab, perhaps."

Proclus of Rome: "Rest in peace."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "the perdo effect is mysterious. One does not need to use threats when binding spirits with the arts"

"oh, poor Ferris. Spider bite him?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he got hacked to death by demonic mercenaries

Proclus of Rome: I return to my lab in a huff.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: thank you for making light of the death of one of our sodales.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, these things will happen"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ferris might be the one who wrote the spider spell I copied

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he made himself invisible then walked up behind a bunch of mercenaries then helpfully showed them where he was with a stream of fire

Endrite (GM): Probably.

I mean definitely.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's useful, now I can grow spinnerets.

Endrite (GM): Spider-sized ones.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah, still need to buy silk from Giacopo to make anything.

Good for getting intricate threadwork done on bespoke orders though.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm sure he can put you in touch with the suppliers

Endrite (GM): So are you guys going to tell Cupid anything or just let him hang out in the covenant?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't mind having a god loiter in my studio

Giacopo: am I still in love?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go tell a grog to bring him some food

Endrite (GM): Yes Giacopo.

However you are free to be suspicious of it.

Considering Cupid is in the room.

Giacopo: Cool. I offer to make an honest woman out of Zita, but I don't expect anything to come of it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: steal her heart

Zita of Mercere: As driving as love is, honesty is simply too much. Plus with cupid here I'm really, really suspicious of the whole thing and resolve to just wait it out. It'll probably end.

Endrite (GM): Possibly.

Zita of Mercere: It's a shame every single wizard here is either comically evil, stupid, or Procus so I need to see if cupid can set me up with a maga in some other covenant.

Also marrying another PC would be weird.

Endrite (GM): You mean magus.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hey

Zita of Mercere: Magist

Giacopo: cool. I carry on about my business, but make spae for more sighing and pining in my day

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malach isnt stupid or evil

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he's both

Malachiasz of Tytalus: what the

Zita of Mercere: Malach is 7ft tall and has burn scars on his face, and smells of turnips

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hes a righteous man who only attacks in self defense and uses the greatest planning

Zita of Mercere: Well there is Aristocritus, what a catch!

Endrite (GM): So there's two things left to deal with, maybe 3.

1) Cupid wants you to help him get a priest laid.

2) Someone is investigating the fake reliquary.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i want to help with number 1

Endrite (GM): 3) Fra Rinaldo is trying to break his vows.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i have an elegant solution that solves all of these

give fra rinaldo a knife and tell him the only way he can be with his beloved is in the afterlife

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): Back

Giacopo: where did dark lavinia come from

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think that helps cupid get a man to have sex

Kifaaya of Verditius: Suicide means you can't be burried in hallowed ground

And he could not go meet a soul in heaven if he wasn't buried in hallowed ground

Zita of Mercere: I'll help him get the priest laid, I prefer Venus to God.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I like Cupid too

Giacopo: lavinia knows fiull well there's a special wood for suicides in the afterlife where they wander forever lost and alone

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i mean that's on him

he's already going ot hell

what do I care what ring of hell he winds up in

Endrite (GM): Also Fra Rinaldo killing himself doesn't seem like it would stop Sister Gwenneth from investigating the reliquary.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: well no, he'd kill gwenneth in the process, is the idea

Zita of Mercere: The person investigating is a bigger deal though. We know she has magic resistance, I wonder if we can find out the source.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Zita of Mercere: Well there is Aristocritus, what a catch!

i am the archon you know

Zita of Mercere: Exactly

Lavinia of Jerbiton:  crickets chirping

Zita of Mercere: If I married the archon, imagine what I could get away with

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll be that magus

Endrite (GM): Ok I see now.

Well that would definitely work maybe.

Zita of Mercere: And from a nice mercurian tradition. I think.

If we made the priest stab the nun to death it would be insanely evil and also solve all our problems.

Sounds good.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could just ask her why she's investigating the reliquary

and if she knows what it's for

Malachiasz of Tytalus: aristocritus vanishes into thin air while walking down the aisle on his wedding day

Zita of Mercere: Yes let's just... ask an NPC what they're up to. Ha ha ha.

Good one

Giacopo: she has poor latin, and is a woman, which makes it very suspicious that she claims to be a noted expert on byzantine craftsmanship

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont see a problem with that

just kill them if the answer isnt 100% in our interests

Zita of Mercere: I could converse with her in english

If we do investigate her

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh, thats good. if she understands then its reason to kill her

Zita of Mercere: However she does likely have powers of some sort and I do not have magic resistance.

Giacopo: any magus could extend it to you

Aristocritus Bonisagi: only up to +0

since we're all very bad at the parma

Zita of Mercere: Well it can be higher, but they need high enough parma

Endrite (GM): We need another Parma book, to be sure.

Zita of Mercere: Archibald has good parma but that'd be crossing the streams.

He has 27 MR in more than one art

Endrite (GM): What do you mean?

Zita of Mercere: I mean if I used one of my PCs to give parma to another

Lodewig of Tytalus: this is why i've been saying, you can't just expect to learn everything from books

Endrite (GM): Seems fine.

Also you can only extend Parma Magica, not MR based on your Arts.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you have to maintain a line of sight at all times so dys would have 2 characters in play

Zita of Mercere: I generally want to avoid that

Slightly awkward at full covenant meetings but eh

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could spy on the nun in bird form

Aristocritus Bonisagi: note to self, draft giancarlo into the turb

Kifaaya of Verditius: But Zita is probably better at spying since she can remain mostly hidden

Lodewig of Tytalus: Are we all afraid of one nun? or one demon?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: draft giancarlo into the turd

Endrite (GM): Looks like it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I will go with you, and give the shield if you need it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's already a member of the covenant though

Zita of Mercere: What should we ask her. Just what interest she has in it?

Lodewig of Tytalus: Sure

let's say we're admirers of sacred art too. Lots of them come to rome

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll hide in Zita's pocket as a spider

Lodewig of Tytalus: not all come to a place like santa maria

Zita of Mercere: I can ask her that, spying in bird form probably is safer if you wanna do that later too.

Nice. A new spidermage.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well if she's a maga that's very different than if she's with the inquisition

Zita of Mercere: To replace our last one. Who was killed, horribly.

Kifaaya of Verditius: The old spidermage was nice enough to write teh spell down

Zita of Mercere: Let the legend come back to life

Okay, going along

Endrite (GM): Alright, where do you want to look for her?

Zita of Mercere: The church from before, seems a good place to begin

Endrite (GM): Ferris lives on in his work.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I go to in case demon slaying is needed.

Endrite (GM): A fitting testament.

Alright so where do you want to look for her?

Lodewig of Tytalus: how much is parma reduced by when sharing?

it's 3 in RAW

Endrite (GM): Let's call it 5.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 5

Lodewig of Tytalus: very well. If Zita desires it she has 8 MR

let's check out that church

Zita of Mercere: Thank you sodales.

Endrite (GM): So you have 0 MR from the Parma here, Lodewig?

Lodewig of Tytalus: no I also have 8 plus my form resistances

Endrite (GM): Ok cool.

Damn you've got a pretty good Parma.

Zita of Mercere: That's what happens when you get afk xp in a land with no parma books.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's easy when you make no pretense of justifying where you put your points

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh, do our parma books have

the key

Endrite (GM): Heh heh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: No reason just wondering.

Endrite (GM): I think we said that some of them do, but that's up to Johns.

Alright, the church is empty.

Lodewig of Tytalus: what time is it?

Endrite (GM): There are a few parishioners waiting around, but Fra Rinaldo and Sister Gwenneth are nowhere to be found.

Late afternoon.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I ask if anyone's seen the priest?

Endrite (GM): Ok?

Lodewig of Tytalus: but don't phrase it as a question inexplicably

Endrite (GM): They said they haven't seen him since the deacon was beat up.

By some horrible old man.

Lodewig of Tytalus: crazy day huh. I have a message from a friend, does anyone know where he lives?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh no a bird is stealing a reliquary and throwing it into the sea!

Joking, not strong enough for that

Rabble: "He should have an apartment around here, right?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that would be logical"

Rabble: "I don't know where it might be, though."

Zita of Mercere: "Let's go find the priest, so we can find the sister."

Kifaaya of Verditius: But really, it would be totally tragic if someone with Disguise of the New VIsage on them, unidentifiable, came in and smashed the fake reliquary and everyone thought the real one was destroyed.

Rabble: I mean you can always try it if you want.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well if she's not a nun, she probably became alarmed by today's events and has decided to cut and run"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: That would be tragic.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "do you think that will resolve this situation...?

"well, it might. But on your head be it"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Zita's probably the only one that understands a spider clacking its mandibles in Arabic.

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh sorry

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyway just thinking out loud, let's move on with finding the nun

Lodewig of Tytalus: I confess I don't know where to start

Rabble: I think if you're disguised as an animal you still speak whatever languages you're capable of speaking.

Not the animal language.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is there anything unusual about the reliquary

Lodewig of Tytalus: you need spells to be able to articulate human language in animal form

Rabble: A lot of things, since it's a fake.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well that settles that then

I said nothing

Rabble: The most important thing is that it just bones in it and not a saint's relics.

* just has

Lodewig of Tytalus: we could silently destroy the bones

Rabble: Other than that it was made to be a copy of the real one.

Zita of Mercere: PeCo, ftw

Lodewig of Tytalus: and they'll think they were stolen, or perhaps miraculously vanished

does anyone have reason to connect the covenant with the relic?

Zita of Mercere: I thought we took it and returned it

'returned it'

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the priest knows we made a new one

Zita of Mercere: This was over a decade ago, though

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i think.

Rabble: No we kept the real one because it has a demon in it, probably.

Lodewig of Tytalus: do any of the parishioners know anything about the nun? I'd like to try charming one, ideally an old lady

Rabble: Alright, go for it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: gift is -5?

venus's blessing is +5?

Rabble: Old ladies love chorch.

Correctamundo.

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+2+7

(

2

)

+2+7

=

11

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Church ftw.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Hey. I'm some guy you've never met being strangely curious. Don't you love that?

Rabble: "I do!"

"That Sister Gwennet, or whatever her name is, is mighty peculiar."

"She's spent all her time here since she arrived a month ago at that altar."

"Just looking at the reliquary."

"At least she cleared off during services."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well she must be very dedicated to her work. And she's here in the city all alone?"

Rabble: "She's staying at an inn nearby. I can't imagine a woman living there all alone, and so young."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'm as progressive as the next man but it's a terribly long way for a woman who's taken the veil to journey by herself"

"Anyway I was looking for father Rinaldo, who I understand is in some way her guardian. What inn is she staying at? I might find them there"

Rabble: She gives you directions.

Lodewig of Tytalus: splendid

Rabble: Your map has been updated for fast travel to this location.

Lodewig of Tytalus: My thanks, kind crone

c'thinker: you must gather your party

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's check it out

Rabble: "Think nothing of it, handsome," she winks croneishly at you.

Zita of Mercere: After we're alone, as a covenant again, I point out "She leaves during services, that sounds like maybe a demon."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: updated my map

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's looking more and more likely

Rabble: She only left the altar.

Since, obviously, Fra Rinaldo was using it.

Zita of Mercere: Oh

Whoops, misread

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Perhaps she really likes the reliquary."

Zita of Mercere: https://i.imgur.com/JuLft9x.jpg

Lodewig of Tytalus: or someone trying to free a demon

probably not a maga, she would have identified a fake right off

unless you put a shell of false determinations on it or something

Rabble: We didn't, as far as I remember.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that image should be a pic of the aoe2 monk imo

Heliste of Tytalus: let's ask lavinia how competent magae are

Rabble: Crusaders were great at converting heathens.

Into corpses.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: whoo[s how did i end up as that character

Rabble: Whoopsy.

Zita of Mercere: Let's simply talk to her, and surely nothing will go wrong

I can translate for the party, if they need it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: who is heliste of tytalus anyway.

Zita of Mercere: What'll our cover story be

Rabble: Great question.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the vardian's tomb classic

We're philosophers.

Endrite (GM): It's a good one.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: heliste is the tytalan you annoyed at the faerie game competition

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's never failed us

Endrite (GM): Alright, so you want to head to the inn?

Zita of Mercere: In that case, yeah

We head to the inn, what can go wrong

Kifaaya of Verditius: Someone steps on a spider

Boy R.: that's a fine in

n

Malachiasz of Tytalus: philosopher is also not wrong, in a way

Merchant: Thank you.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the world could end

Lodewig of Tytalus: I admire how it stands free of attachments or encumbrances

Merchant: The inn is located in the Trastavere.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: a strong independent inn

Lodewig of Tytalus: also i love a good overhanging upper floor

Merchant: It's had a little trouble during all the demon murders, but it's recovered.

What's the go-plan?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: kick down the door and murder everyone in sight

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the drainpipe an anachronism

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's go in and ask for sister gwenneth? everyone cool with this?

Zita of Mercere: We enter John Wick mode.

Yeah

Lodewig of Tytalus: also I cast bear's fortitude and cat's eyes

johns: Johannes Wicke

Zita of Mercere: I have a good cover story for myself

Lodewig of Tytalus: I guess on the whole party

Merchant: Alright.

Zita of Mercere: I activate the doublet of impenetrable silk on my clothes.

Merchant: Cat's Eyes isn't too useful, since the sun is still up.

It's almost dusk though, so you never know.

Lodewig of Tytalus: what if she has Powers of Darkness?

Merchant: True.

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway

Merchant: "What can I get you, strangers?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Ho, Innkeeper! Is Gwenneth Inglese here? We come with a message and have travelled far to deliver it"

Merchant: "Need a room? I've got a room, Need a drink? I've got the best wine in Rome."

"Ah, the nun."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "if need be, we can wait"

Merchant: "Yeah, she went up to her room with Fra Rinaldo a few hours ago."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ooo

Merchant: "They haven't come back down since. Must be doing a lot of praying, if you catch my drift."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: zounds

Zita of Mercere: "Awooga."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, I expect they're probably done"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I will humbly watch the lower floor in case she tries to flee.

Lodewig of Tytalus: if I know my holy offices

Kifaaya of Verditius: I scuttle up to Zita's ear and whisper,, "I can get under the door."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Best wine you say? Let's test that."

Lodewig of Tytalus: alright let's kick back and let the spider spy

Merchant: Alright.

Zita of Mercere: "Good idea, you go check it out. Cover all eight eyes if the innkeepers theory is right. I'll be nearby."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll do that

Merchant: Her room is this one.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: why are there polish flags hanging out the windows

Merchant: Go up the stairs outside, it;s the room at the end of the hall.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll do that, climbing over the walls

Merchant: Uh, those are the flags of the Trastevere district, famed for it's textile dying.

Zita of Mercere: It's going to be famed for some other sort of dying soon

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I try every wine the inn has available.

Merchant: Alright, Kifaaya.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay, I find somewhere isolated to change back.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: If it's going to be a long wait I'll have some wine too.

Kifaaya of Verditius enters the inn, and says something in Arabic to Zita.

Merchant: Pretty much everyone in the covenant also speaks Latin, FYI.

Zita of Mercere: "Sodales, good news. She probably isn't a demon."

"Bad news. They are bound and gagged, and the door is trapped with a crossbow."

johns: classic cupid

Aristocritus Bonisagi drains his cup.

Merchant: Heh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "All right."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "How's the crossbow set up?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Let's go in through the window, then."

Merchant: You left him in the covenant though.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I can probably take care of it."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "String attached."

"to the door."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is your terram big enough to just take a crossbow bolt

Lodewig of Tytalus: "So don't use the door"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think so

ill just make my own door

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's find out

Malachiasz of Tytalus: we could yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's get out of here and I'll turn you all into swallows

or use the wall door trick

Zita of Mercere: "Just use the window, easy. Climbing into one of them is effortless."

Oh

Malachiasz of Tytalus: my bonus is only 3 so i dont think that quite soaks a crossbow

Zita of Mercere: Unwelcome Entrance might be good here, yeah

Lodewig of Tytalus: probably malachiasz' attracts the least attention

Aristocritus Bonisagi: unless the wall is made of wood

Zita of Mercere: Clearly stone walls. Probably.

Merchant: The interior walls are made of wood.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's likely to be wood and plaster

Malachiasz of Tytalus: perhaps the best method would be to somehow set it up so im falling onto the crossbow

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can cast Impenetrable Doublet of Silk

Malachiasz of Tytalus: and can argue that im immune to the damage

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i forget, do you have rego and stuff or exclusively terram

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i have the techniques

my only form is terram

Lodewig of Tytalus: why doesn't kifaaya go back in in spider form, turn into a human, and disarm the crossbow

Merchant: ?????

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll try it

Merchant: Disarm it???

Well ok, it just might work.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Bite through the string, I venture

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cut the blue wire

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm not a crossbowist

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hang on... if you take out the bolt, the crossbow trap is less effective?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can rappel from the ceiling

Malachiasz of Tytalus writes in his journal.

Zita of Mercere: I refrain from pointing out I can just climb in the window, as troubleshooting insane solutioins to simple problems is the most fun magi have

Kifaaya of Verditius: Alright, I'll go in and try to pour digestive enzymes on the string between the door and the crossbow.

Zita of Mercere: Yesss

That's wizard logic

Merchant: Ok.

That'll take a while.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh well

Lodewig of Tytalus: well oyu could say climbing in a window in broad daylight would attract attention

Merchant: It's hardy stuff, not the thin string we modern humans are used to.

Lodewig of Tytalus: there's a good chance nobody cares though

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could try eating the string

Zita of Mercere: I'm ridiculously stealthy

Lodewig of Tytalus: but uh, why do you need to be a spider to do this?

Merchant: That'll take less time.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Spiders eat their own silk after all to recycle it

Lodewig of Tytalus: how long does the spell last?

Zita of Mercere: Sun probably, and it's... almost dusk, aha

Kifaaya of Verditius: Concentration, Part if I FFM it

Or Sun, forget if that's one up from Concentration

Merchant: You can change a spell that turns you into a spider into a Part target.

I mean you can't do that.

Lodewig of Tytalus: so why not let the spell drop when you';re inside, and remove the bolt with your human hands

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean DIameter, not Part

Merchant: Well I guess you could, it would just be a terrible idea.

Ok thank you.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how's the aura here

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll try to eat the string, it seems the best course if no one else has any ideas

Merchant: Dominion 1.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm going to get drunk

Merchant: Alright.

Carouse contest between Malachiasz and Lodewig.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i do not have that ability

Lodewig of Tytalus: nor I!

Merchant: You can use it untrained.

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10

(

2

)

=

2

beat that lodewig

Lodewig of Tytalus: stamina roll off?

Merchant: + stamina.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok

4 then

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10+2

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could always just turn human and pick up the crossbow too

Zita of Mercere: I get drunk too

I have carouse

Merchant: Lodewig drinks the giant under the table.

Kifaaya of Verditius: But letting you guys get drunk is more fun

Merchant: So much for giant strength.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10+1+6

(

8

)

+1+6

=

15

Fancy that

Merchant: Alright you want to do that Kifaaya?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malach does not try to resist the wines efforts

Zita of Mercere: I drink em both under the table

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he lets it overtake him

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll stick with the original plan

We seem pretty into it already

Lodewig of Tytalus: how drunk we get is entirely dependent on how long it takes you to resolve the static crossbow situation

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "You're right, this is some good wine."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Merchant: Ok, it takes about an hour for a spider to chew through the string.

Zita of Mercere: "Great stuff, Ildebrando needs to pick some up."

Merchant: THWOK

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10+0+1 carouse+stamina

(

6

)

+0+1

=

7

Merchant: The crossbow bolt buries itself in the door.

Success!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay, I go under the inner door

Merchant: Fra Rinaldo looks very worried.

Zita of Mercere: "Hey, there she is!" I help the spider onto the table

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll return to my sodales in human form. "The trap is dealt with."

Zita of Mercere: or not

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I won"

"Well, good work"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Probably not best to have people talking to a spider in the commons.

Zita of Mercere: "You beat that lightweight, maybe."

"But observe, Lodewig!" I show my superior number of drunk glasses

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh dang i missed that roll

Zita of Mercere: "You're better at stabbing girls maybe, but you haven't got this."

Merchant: "You folks sure can drink a lot."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm actually pretty impressed. Giacopo is a lucky man

Merchant: Heh heh.

Lodewig of Tytalus: alright let's see what we're dealing with

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Wine is my best friend."

"My only friend."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The two seem worried, but there was nothing interfering with my intrusion."

Merchant: Two?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Err, Rinaldo

Lodewig of Tytalus: wasn't gwenneth in there as well?

Merchant: Fra Rinaldo is one person.

Lodewig of Tytalus: well it makes a lot more sense if she isn't

Merchant: Brother Rinaldo.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm going to go up and untie Rinaldo

Merchant: Rinaldo Sempai

Alright.

Lodewig of Tytalus: good idea

I'll come too

Zita of Mercere: I'll come up too

Fra Rinaldo: You hear Fra Rinaldo crying into his gag.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll remove the gag

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You're perfectly safe, calm yourself"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I walk up with my big rock jug of wine.

Fra Rinaldo: :"Bluh h hu hu."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "So what happened? The nun overpowered you?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Thought you said they were both up here."

Fra Rinaldo: "She's gone!"

"She's gone and she isn't coming back!"

"I've ruined everything!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I was mistaken."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well you've got your health"

Fra Rinaldo: "Bluuu hu hu hu."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, maybe you need this more than me."

I hand him the jug, roughly half the size of his torso.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Why did she tie you up?"

Fra Rinaldo: "She... said she didn't want me to follow her!"

"Bluh hu hu hu!"

"Now I'm all alone!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that's sensible. But how was she able to tie you up?"

Zita of Mercere: "Maybe he's like that."

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+2+12 Entrancement

(

3

)

+2+12

=

17

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Like what?"

Zita of Mercere: "Nothing, nothing."

Lodewig of Tytalus:  "stop crying and answer us"

Fra Rinaldo: "I don't know, all I did was say that we had to get married or I'd kill myself and then she knocked me over and then when I woke up I was tied up."

Lodewig of Tytalus:  "and don't kill yourself"

Fra Rinaldo: How long does Entrancement last?

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's very ambiguous!

i think generally until the command is accomplished

Fra Rinaldo:

rolling 1d10 +0

(

10

)

+0

=

10

Lodewig of Tytalus: so technically on the last one it's only effective for one instant, after which he's free to make his own decisions

Fra Rinaldo: Well there isn't anything dangerous in the room except for the crossbow bolt and the mold.

Lodewig of Tytalus: mission accomplished

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Did she invite you into her quarters and then attack you? That seems... deceptive."

Lodewig of Tytalus: how did she even set up that elaborate mechanical trap and then get out of the room

Kifaaya of Verditius: Very demonically

Fra Rinaldo: "I never should have told her I loved her."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "probably not"

Fra Rinaldo: You could roll Awareness.

"Blu hu hu hu."

If you want to search the room, I mean.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ill search

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+7 looking around

(

10

+

2

)

+7

=

19

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Well, it's safe to say she isn't a nun."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "She knew you had feelings towards her before she invited you in, no?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: i guess 17

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

8

)

+5

=

13

Fra Rinaldo: Congrats.

The wooden bars on the window have been removed and replaced.

You can tell because who ever put them in put them in backwards.

Lodewig of Tytalus: pretty sneaky

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I mean to say, I don't think this was your fault, Father."

Fra Rinaldo: "It's all my fault."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh no, it's not your fault."

Fra Rinaldo: "I should never have asked you to cast that spell on me!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I mean it is your fault that she left in a hurry"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Things were afoot before that spell was cast."

Fra Rinaldo: "Now those two poor people are going to have pre-marital sex and I won't be able to marry the love of my life!"

"Blu hu hu hu."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "but it's for the best, you never had a chance with her"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Two?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Don't worry, wine is a great friend for people in your position."

Fra Rinaldo: "Kifaaya's friends."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Spend a few nights with it."

Fra Rinaldo: "That horrible old man and the young woman."

"And the deacon!"

"All that violence in my church!"

"Blu hu hu hu."

Zita of Mercere: "What the, no no no."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "how long have you had a deacon, by the by?"

Zita of Mercere: "Well now I want to just leave him to this, honestly."

Fra Rinaldo: "I've only known him for a few weeks."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "he was an imposter as well. You won't see him again

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Who was the trap set for?"

Fra Rinaldo: "He just showed up one day, after Deacon Giles gave up his vows and married that tavern girl."

Lodewig of Tytalus: classic cupid

Zita of Mercere: "Wow, it really all falls into place."

Fra Rinaldo: "I don't know. I can't believe Sister Gwenneth would set a trap for anyone!"

Zita of Mercere: "I love a happy(?) ending."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "there was never a sister gwenneth. The woman you loved was a dream. Man up, will you"

Fra Rinaldo: "She may have been a dream, but she was my dream!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Well, you see, this trap, it is where the story of your advances being the cause of these troubles falls apart.

Fra Rinaldo: "Blu hu hu hu."

Lodewig of Tytalus: you know I actually kind of feel bad for this guy

does anyone know any more subtle mind magic

Kifaaya of Verditius: "If she was simply trying to get away, there'd be no reason to kill your would-be rescuers."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could burn a lot of vis to draw out the spirit of his sadness, and then kill it for vis

Kifaaya of Verditius: "She was clearly expecting trouble. From someone other than you."

Lodewig of Tytalus: You know I'd like to see that. Is it expensive?

Fra Rinaldo: "I would never be any trouble to her!"

"Blu hu hu hu."

Kifaaya of Verditius: There are some ways of creating positive feedback loops with summon thing -> kill it for vis

That I saw researching this game, anyway

Fra Rinaldo: Oh yeah.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Before I started playing

Fra Rinaldo: Just summon some demons and kill them for vis.

Nothing can go wrong there.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: an airy spirit is NOT a demon

Lodewig of Tytalus: well it looks like the trail is going cold

Fra Rinaldo: Alright it's getting pretty late.

What do you want to do vis a vie Fra Rinaldo.

Lodewig of Tytalus: but she's been living here a while, so snag an arcane connection for safekeeping

Fra Rinaldo: Also Sister Gwenneth.

Kifaaya of Verditius: We could keep him safe in the covenant

Lodewig of Tytalus: and then scry on her at leisure, in the thread

Fra Rinaldo: Sounds do-able.

Lodewig of Tytalus: is there anything in the room that might connect to her? i'll tkae the crossbow, failing anything else

Kifaaya of Verditius: Let's take the window pane out

Fra Rinaldo: What are you thinking of for the Arcane Connection?

Kifaaya of Verditius: SO it looks like he escaped on his own

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's always hair

Fra Rinaldo: Ok.

She wore a wimple.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok that's better

i'll take that, maybe fix it if we can spare a pawn of vis

Fra Rinaldo: I mean a habit.

Oh it's not here.

I just meant hair is going to be hard to find.

Roll Awareness to search for hair.

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

1

)

+5

=

6

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10+7

(

9

)

+7

=

16

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10+1+6

(

8

)

+1+6

=

15

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yikes

Malachiasz of Tytalus: thank you archon

Fra Rinaldo: Alright great job guys.

Zita of Mercere: The Blind Boys Of Hair Location

Fra Rinaldo: You do find some hair, lodged under the bed.

Lodewig of Tytalus: having four people in a small room just makes it easier to find forensic evidence

Fra Rinaldo: You confirm that it's hers with Fra Rinaldo.

Lodewig of Tytalus: gj rinaldo

Aristocritus Bonisagi: pretty weird, rinaldo

Fra Rinaldo: He knows that she had beautiful brown hair.

Lodewig of Tytalus: hm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wait a minute

Fra Rinaldo: "Blu hu hu."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: I have beautiful brown hair!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Congrates

Fra Rinaldo: Alright, so what else do we got going on here?

Lodewig of Tytalus: there are spells to get an image of the whole from the part

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well, i guess well just have to see who the murder spell we make with this hair targets then

Lodewig of Tytalus: but to be honest i', kind of beat

Fra Rinaldo: Well, like you said, the trail is cold.

Lodewig of Tytalus: so to be clear, she left no obvious personal possessions here

Fra Rinaldo: If there's no more business then I'm happy to call this adventure 6XP.

I mean 7 XP.

That was a typo.

Lodewig of Tytalus: cool, cool

Fra Rinaldo: Oh wait, what do you want to do with Fra Rinaldo?

Lodewig of Tytalus: thanks for the game and all

Kifaaya of Verditius: He can stay with us.

Fra Rinaldo: Alright.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: first things first,

get our cloak back

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or we return him to the chruch

And yeah the cloak

Fra Rinaldo: He's more than happy to give you the cloak back.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I give him some spending money and the names of the best taverns in the city.

Fra Rinaldo: Since it cursed him to misery.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ah shucks let him keep it

well not if that's how he feels

Endrite (GM): Ok, so you're just gonna let him go?

Kifaaya of Verditius: He can stay at the studio.

If he wants.

I'm not forcing him though

Endrite (GM): Alright, good decision.

Cupid's love magic wears off in the morning.

Fra Rinaldo wonders what he's been doing for the last few weeks.

Marry a nun?

Madness!

Cupid isn't happy that you ruined one of his schemes, but since it obviously wasn't working out he isn't upset either.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I did not understand the ways of the church. Perhaps in the future I will know something is amiss sooner."

Endrite (GM): Nobody pays you anything.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm used to that.

Endrite (GM): Any other business?

Lodewig of Tytalus: i clear some space in ferris' lab but get distracted and leave the locality for an indeterminate length of time

good night

Aristocritus Bonisagi: where can a guy get a good mace around here

Zita of Mercere: Good night boy reporter.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If you think Modius might be a useful character I can set up a token and sheet link

Endrite (GM): Heh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: note to self, steal a ceremonial mace

Endrite (GM): Alright, see you guys next week.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10!+7+3 Magic Theory + Int for upgrading laboratory Refinement

(

6

)

+7+3

=

16

rolling d10+9 Perfectionist personality trait roll for Spotless

(

6

)

+9

=

15