26/5/16

Prinny D. (GM): hail

Boy R. (GM): greetings

Darvin: Greeting

I'll be a few minutes late. I need to go pick up some dog eye drops.

Endrite: Wow I really question your commitment to this game.

Prinny D. (GM): im going to take a shower and then go buy some food at the store

johns (GM): Yo

Boy R. (GM): good evening

Endrite: Wow you're so late.

johns (GM): heh

Traffic was good today

I may be late/missing next week though

Endrite: Ok.

johns (GM): I'm reviewing the combat rules, so the only weapon stats that carry over from RAW are the Damage score, not the attack/defense/init modifiers?

Boy R. (GM): well, that's a placeholder

What the hell?!

Boy R. (GM): if weapons have fewer stats it's probably better to treat them all interchangeably

johns: aw

would Superior/Excellent quality weapons still get bonuses to attack/defense?

Boy R. (GM): yeah I guess so

johns: was thinking whether or not it would make sense to make loot cards for weapons with stats on them

Boy R. (GM): I'm thinking that a basic sword or spear does +5 damage, and two-handers are +10

johns: you're killing my sense of tactical combat

Boy R. (GM): oh sorry

Endrite: Just copy the Pendragon combat rules, duh.

Boy R. (GM): I thought having four stats on a weapon was one of the worst bits of original ars combat tbh

johns: just copy the 4e rules duh

well the Init mod is pointless

but it makes sense that certain weapons trade attack for defense or vice versa

and that polearms give a bonus to horses

against them

i wish the Age of Decadence combat system could be ported into here :(

Boy R. (GM): I'd be down for having a fixed list of weapon qualities that are easy to remember

Endrite: Oh yeah I need another confidence point.

johns: if each type of weapon had a loot card it'd be simple to keep track of what they do without having to flip through the rule books

Boy R. (GM): so you don't need to look up a table to find out something's defense bonus, just know what the defense quality is

johns: in age of decadence each type of weapon has a special bonus it can do if you crit, like a hammer can knock people down, an axe can damage armor/shields and lower its effectiveness, daggers can bypass armor entirely

Boy R. (GM): but if you implement it the old way, you need to add the bonus for every weapon you pick up to your own stats

yeah that sort of thing is fine

pendragon is another good example: maces do +d6 damage on mail, swords win ties, otherwise they're identical

Aleseta of Bonisagus: maces being good, ftw

Endrite: Swords don't win ties.

They destroy other weapons on ties.

Boy R. (GM): I call that winning

Endrite: Well, they don't do damage that round.

Boy R. (GM): true, true

johns: i love shit like that!!!!

we don't really deal with "crits" in our current system though

AoD also had separate systems for blocking & dodging which I like

Boy R. (GM): anyway for now, i'd say a sword and a mace are weapons that do +5 damage, and so is a knife but you take attack penalties to go for someone who has a real weapon

johns: in your rules, do shields count as partial or heavy cover for purposes of defense against ranged?

Boy R. (GM): I guess partial

Prinny D. (GM): heading to shop now, ill be back in 10

Boy R. (GM): I have not really gone near the equipment rules and I';m depending on everyone being poorly armed magi and thugs with clubs to take care of it

johns packs arquebus, damascus steel sword, hand cannon

Proclus of Rome: I think we should focus on not killing people.

johns: boo this man

Aleseta of Bonisagus thumbs down.

Boy R. (GM): oh and hey there is a rule for crits: if you attack roll exceeds your targets defence by a large margin you can take an advantage like ignoring armour

you could tie that into weapon qualities

http://badgame.net/index.php?topic=26550.msg9820110#msg9820110

Proclus of Rome: What are the grappling rules?

johns breaks out the flowchart

Boy R. (GM): actually iirc core ars grappling rules work fairly well

johns: http://ars-badgame.wikia.com/wiki/New_Combat_Rules#Special_Combat_Moves

these were from Lords of Men and seem pretty simple, you just need a certain attack advantage when making a brawl attack

Boy R. (GM): yeah that works

Darvin: Back

Boy R. (GM): cool

Proclus of Rome: What if you want to do any of these maneuvers while in a grapple?

Boy R. (GM): I'd like to wait for prinny to get back because this adventure concerns him somewhat

it probably works the same way

johns: a grappled person can still do some stuff just at a malus

Proclus of Rome: What about a character who is in a grapple with two different characters who are not in a grapple with one another?

johns: a pinned person is helpless

a prone person is as normal but it takes a regular action to stand up

Proclus of Rome: What about an animated garment in a grapple with someone wearing it?

Boy R. (GM): it attacks at a brawl rating equal to its controller's finesse

Proclus of Rome: What about an animated garment whose wearer is in a grapple with someone else?

Boy R. (GM): the existing rules should be able to handle an arbitrarily large number of grapplers

fuck it let's get things rolling

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Boy R. (GM): welcome to 1318 I'm pretty sure

Proclus of Rome: The year when nothing bad happens and I don't have to kill anyone.

Boy R. (GM): It's been a year of bad omens. First there's some sort of ague going around, then the farmers are complaining about water shortages, and all the while crime is on the up

Proclus of Rome: Well, what kind of crimes?

Boy R. (GM): Or so you hear, from Ildebrando the innkeeper, who has a new gruesome story he relates with relish every day

Aleseta of Bonisagus: (pl)agues ftw

Boy R. (GM): oh you know theft, simony, adultery. all the big ones.

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: what's up w/ this plague

Prinny D. (GM): back

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Likely contranatural humors caused by the alignment of Mercury

Ildebrando: "Or how about this one - you know the old lady that sells fish by the Porta Saleria? Of course you do. Used to be at the market there earlier than anyone. Well, I heard from a friend who works in that part that one morning she was missed, until they found her lying in a heap in an alley

Proclus of Rome: What kind of heap?

Ildebrando: "or at least... what was left of her. They say her bones were picked right clean, all in one night. Gruesome, eh?"

Proclus of Rome: Did you have anything to do with this Bonfilia?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Well that sounds dreadful!"

Ildebrando: The plague probably IS down to contranatural humors, but you're welcome to investigate

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It sounds fascinating"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Hmm... sounds... innovative, but not my work."

"Probably rats."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Is there a chance I can inspect this unusual body?"

Ildebrando: Speaking of Bonfilia, all who are here listening this story gradually become aware that her husband Emilio is standing in the doorway, looking like he's got something to say but doesn't want to interrupt

Proclus of Rome: Who is in control of the Porta Saleria?

Bonfilia of Verditius:  starts taking down notes  "A bread that causes the eater to become irresistible to rats..."

Boy R. (GM): "Got a moment, love?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Spit it out!"

Boy R. (GM): "a man from the guild was just here. You don't know anything about Master Sconzi being eaten by rats, do you?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I knew it was rats. I don't know much yet, but I suppose we should visit this guildsman and see what they know."

"Could be somebody is using rats to murder merchants all over town."

Boy R. (GM): Ildefonse thinks the fish woman's body has already been buried, but this only happened yesterday so might be you could inspect it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i use my big brain to wonder if rats ever naturally eat a body down to bones in one day

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Our covenant stays afloat by way of merchants, this might become a problem for us unless we can find who's doing it and deal with him."

Boy R. (GM): "I thought you wouldn't want to be disturbed and I didn't like the way he was talking so I didn't bring him in. I could take you to speak to the senior masters though if you like. I think they'll let me in"

Lavinia thinks it's extremely unlikely. Rome has plenty of rats but they're unlikely to be so desperately ravenous

Proclus of Rome: Aleseta could always ask the rats?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: she could try!

Proclus of Rome: Wait I mean "Aleseta could always ask the rats."

Boy R. (GM): lol that;s true

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Good idea."

Boy R. (GM): step one: catch a rat

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "They are not my specialty, but it worked with the one before."

is it difficult to get one? aleseta is inoffensive to animals btw

Ferris of Trianoma: "We'd have to find the right rats though."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "How do we know which ones we need?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "We could go to where they found the bodies."

Boy R. (GM): they're usually pretty good at keeping out of people's sight. Things may be different in mediaeval times though

Lavinia of Jerbiton: give me 5 years and i'll whip up a rite to summon every rat in the city

Bonfilia of Verditius: they were found in alleys so should be plenty of rats

Boy R. (GM): I guess somebody give me a per+hunting roll, ease factor 5

Proclus of Rome: I don't have Hunting.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: same

Boy R. (GM): then you can roll +perception!

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2 hunting rats

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Boy R. (GM): also are you searching here, or going to one of the crime scenes?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I want to go to the Porta crime scene

Aleseta of Bonisagus: also no hunt

Proclus of Rome: Well then it's up to me.

rolling 1d10! + 2

(

6

)

+2

=

8

Boy R. (GM): alright! check out this persuasive street scene

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "After careful searching I've discovered there are no rats in this city"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lol

Boy R. (GM): Lavinia develops an aversion to rats

how unnatural

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Okay so things to investigate: Intelligo traces of active magic, talk to a witness, inspect the body

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Did you check behind those conspicuous boxes over there?"

Proclus of Rome: Why hasn't anyone moved the body yet?

Boy R. (GM): there's a small informal market at the Porta Saleria, lots to see and admire. Proclus wanders off and discovers a rat after considerable searching. It's sitting behind some boxes gnawing a scrap of leather.

the body is not here

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

I cannot talk to rats.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I inquire at nearby churches to see which one gave her a funeral

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Hello, friend."

what's the aura here?

Proclus of Rome: Good question?

I try to determine the aura.

Boy R. (GM): give me an In Vi roll if you want to do the active magics thing btw

Proclus of Rome: Dang it I think my keyboard moved.

Boy R. (GM): ok, it's divine 1

Aleseta of Bonisagus: fff

Boy R. (GM): It's a spell? or animal ken?

that you would like to use

Aleseta of Bonisagus: a spell

Proclus of Rome: Fingers crossed.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: well, aleseta was thinking of calming the rat and then taking it back to the cov to look into its mind

Boy R. (GM): worth a try

Aleseta of Bonisagus: too difficult to cast spells that high in a divine aura

Bonfilia of Verditius: Bonfilia agrees, divine auras are bullshit.

Someone should do something about it.

Proclus of Rome: We could just grab the rat here and take it back?

Boy R. (GM): Lavinia, roll pre+charm to engage a local from the crowd who are suspicious of all these tourists

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling (d10!+5+8+1-3)/2 Spont Sooth the Ferocious Bear

(

(

10

+

4

)

+5+8+1-3)/2

=

12.5

w00t

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+3 pre no charm

(

1

)

+3

=

4

Boy R. (GM): vs 10?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yes

Lavinia of Jerbiton: rolling hot today

Ferris of Trianoma: What's minus due to divine?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: -3

Lavinia of Jerbiton: btw im leaving it up to the gm to roll botch die if they think it necessary

Boy R. (GM): Ok, the little animal stops what it's doing and regards you with calm curiosity

Bonfilia of Verditius: Can I intercept Lavinia and help here out here? Since I am fairly local.

Ferris of Trianoma: I can read the rats mind, but it would be dangerous unless back at the convenant.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta will give the rat a li'l bit of food and pick it up gently. She has Inoffensive to Animals btw.

Boy R. (GM): Not in this case. When you ask about the dead lady people just scowl and say "why can't you leave the poor woman in peace"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: argh i didn't put points in animal handling!! idiot!!!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I'm uhhh a doctor"

"Have you seen my nice cloak"

Boy R. (GM): I think that should work, if the spell is keeping it sedated

Aleseta of Bonisagus: actually i'm going to shift points over to animal handling because it Makes Sense Anyway

Boy R. (GM): oh wait is it momentary?

Proclus of Rome: Wow found a respec gem so soon?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: It's momentary until it is roused by something bad.

Boy R. (GM): alright I guess dex+handling 10+ not to alarm it

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10!-2+4 Animal Handling

(

8

)

-2+4

=

10

w00t

Boy R. (GM): lol, grats

Bonfilia of Verditius: damn

we did it

Aleseta of Bonisagus: B)

Boy R. (GM): ok you got a rat

Proclus of Rome: We caught a rat everyone.

This is the power of teamwork.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ratget

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta will be sweet 2 rat and take it back to the cov.

Boy R. (GM): meanwhile another merchant is extremely impressed by Lavinia's cloak

Bonfilia of Verditius: I think Aleseta just found her ideal familiar.

Boy R. (GM): "Oh, I knew you must be a scholar by the way you dress. Of course, I'm happy to help. They took her to that church across the street but she'll be in a pauper's grave by now

Aleseta of Bonisagus: It's not a magic rat!!!

It's not even a domesticated animal.

Her ideal familiar is a Magic Goat.

Proclus of Rome: You could always keep it in an aura.

Boy R. (GM): "Now if you MUST see her body close up, my son is strong and very discreet. he's worked for doctors before"

Bonfilia of Verditius: It's not domesticated- yet

Proclus of Rome: Have you considered Bonfilia, in that case?

Bonfilia of Verditius: Bonfilia's sigil is also a goat

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I would like to go to the priest, pretend to be a distant relative of the dead and offer to pay for a proper funeral

during the transition of the body would take a look at it

I would like to recruit Graverobber as an agent

Boy R. (GM): Those both seem like reasonable propositions

i don;t remember how agencies work but he's open to it, we can handle that later

Lavinia of Jerbiton: right

Aleseta of Bonisagus: brb

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I attempt the diplomatic approach first that is not illegal before hiring the guy

Boy R. (GM): a proper funeral shouldn't cost too much either

Bonfilia of Verditius: A graverobber would be very useful.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: no necromancer leaves home without one

Boy R. (GM): no particular rolls required to arrange it, the priest promises to fit it into his schedule the next day

Bonfilia of Verditius: Human remains carry powerful bonuses when imbued into enchanted objects.

Proclus of Rome: It's truly a sin that so many people go without a proper burial.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: k

Boy R. (GM): ok, unless there's more investigation to do here, how do you want to interrogate your rat?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta would like to Open the Tome of the Animal's Mind!!!

Boy R. (GM): oh ho

Aleseta of Bonisagus: what's our local aura btw

+3?

Boy R. (GM): +3 magic

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10!+4+8+1+3+1+1

(

1

)

+4+8+1+3+1+1

=

19

fart

Boy R. (GM): formulaic?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: well, i take a fatigue and do it anyway

yes

Boy R. (GM): kk

so that's a full, in-depth mind read?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: what would folks like aleseta to look for, specifically?

Boy R. (GM): ah, memories of the past day

Ferris of Trianoma: How many rats were there (if it was the rats that ate them)

Boy R. (GM): ok, checking the spell description

Ferris of Trianoma: (I guess more to the point, was there someone magically controlling large numbers of rats to eat)

Bonfilia of Verditius: Get all the info you can about the rats or whoever was there when the person got eaten.

Boy R. (GM): Aleseta is bombarded with images of rat-like living which take a little effort to process, but as is the way with memories the things that stands out most clearly is the things the animal considers most important

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Also ask if they felt any unnatural impulses/effects upon themselves

Aleseta of Bonisagus: She can't really ask things, just see memories.

Boy R. (GM): so, lots of images of up close scavenging, mostly everyday shit, but what really stands out is a memory from last night of poking around a street near where you found it, and suddenly running for cover as a thousand or more large, vicious looking rats stream by. the rat was not a part of this throng itself, and seems very scared of it

this happened after the lady died the previous night, fwiw

Proclus of Rome: That's what they all say.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Super Rats

Super Predators, if you will.

Proclus of Rome: Super Scavengers

Lavinia of Jerbiton: #imwithher 1318

Boy R. (GM): direction of rat

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "It appears there is a different type of rat, larger than this one. There are thousands of them, it seems. They are much more aggressive than regular rats and move in a swarm."

Proclus of Rome: I would be very upset if someone was murdering people with rats in Rome.

Clearly we should follow Bonfilia's husband's lead.

Ferris of Trianoma: "Hm... how could we track down a rat horde? Someone should have noticed them."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "This little one was frightened of fhe other rats."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Let's question the guildsman with this information."

Boy R. (GM): sure, sure

Proclus of Rome: Welcome the Guild!

Boy R. (GM): the brotherhood of bakers, millers and associated trades seems to require a lot of paperwork

Bonfilia of Verditius: A lot of transactions take place in quick succession, so naturally it would be paperwork heavy.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: more transactions are carried out in pure debit/credit form than using currency

Proclus of Rome: I'm very suspicious of this place.

Bonfilia of Verditius: What's the aura in here?

Proclus of Rome: Is there an Infernal Aura as you would expect from a coven of bakers?

Boy R. (GM): Emilio gets friendly greetings from the officials on duty, Bonfilia more strained greetings

Divine 2! this is a busy part of town with at least two churches influencing you

Lavinia of Jerbiton: curses, foiled again

Bonfilia of Verditius: I shriek like a creature of the night as I enter this hellish aura.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lol

Proclus of Rome: I'm still highly suspicious.

Boy R. (GM): "Please be quiet dear. It took a lot of haggling to get you entered on the rolls under my name"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: they let women in guilds now? smdh

Boy R. (GM): anyway you get shown before the Dean without having to wait around. apparently this issue is considered fairly pressing

yes, but only as journeyman and with a male sponsor

Bonfilia of Verditius: you should make a sheet for emilio

Lavinia of Jerbiton: jon oliver voice: it's 1318 people

Boy R. (GM): I should

Bonfilia of Verditius: he'll probably show up again

Boy R. (GM): actually you should

I should also make a sheat for the dean, whose name is Signore

uh, Giotto

"So who are all you people? I'm told you know something about this bloody rat attacks"

Proclus of Rome: "I'm Proclus of Rome. Hello."

"We believe that there is a swarm of evil rats attacking and killing merchants in this area."

"Have you been cursed by any strange people lately?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: ok I made a sheet

Boy R. (GM): "That's true, though any dog on the street could have told me that"

"I don't know about any curses. Is that your area?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Any recent developments in your business that might have tread on someone's toes?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Seen any rats? Hahahaha."

Boy R. (GM): "Christ, I don't know. I mean if it is a curse, is it directed at the guild? Or at masters Sconzi and Cafaldo? I'd like to think I'm safe, I haven't insulted any witches or saints to my memory, but I can't take the chance"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Sconzi is the dead one yes?

Boy R. (GM): Oh. yes. eaten in his sleep. dreadful story

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "And Cafaldo, where is he?"

Proclus of Rome: "There was also a fishmonger who was devoured by rats. Perhaps this entire area is afflicted."

Boy R. (GM): "Oh you didn't hear? He locked himself in his office while a swarm of rats ran all over his house trying to get at him, I'm told"

"I saw Sconzi's body, he's a lucky man"

Ferris of Trianoma: "Smart man."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Where's his office? We need to see him."

Boy R. (GM): "I'm sure he'd be glad of any help but... I have to ask what your interest is in this matter. What can you do to protect us, and, to be blunt, what will it cost?"

Proclus of Rome: I don't think we should charge them anything.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i see no harm in promising more than we know we can currently deliver

Bonfilia of Verditius: I barge into the conversation. "Why, these are friends of mine and as a member of this here guild I say it is in our own interests to aid."

Boy R. (GM): "Oh... yes, thank you, journeyman"

Proclus of Rome: "The most important thing is to stop these murders from happening. After all, Rome is not so large that we can ignore them."

Boy R. (GM): "No indeed, our members are not the only citizens to fall foul of this menace, I've heard.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Gah! name names, coward

Proclus of Rome: Are people who live in Rome citizens?

Boy R. (GM): "Well, I don't know what further harm you can do. Master Cafaldo lives at..."

I don't know actually

maybe you need to own property or something

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i think the rule of thumb is anyone who lives on non-feudal land for a year and a day becomes a villein

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: or stops being a villein rather

but w/e

Proclus of Rome: There is some feudal land in Rome, I assume.

And also probably know.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: can we nab an arcane connection to this guy on our way out

Boy R. (GM): hmm

Aleseta of Bonisagus: maybe something he made

Boy R. (GM): dex+legerdemain I think

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I tell him I can make him a charm of good fortune and wealth if he gives me a lock of hair

Aleseta of Bonisagus: nice

lies ftw

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "No charge for the first one"

Boy R. (GM): he's a little wary of you, as suddenly appearing curse experts

I guess comm+guile

Proclus of Rome: Aren't we famous?

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2

(

6

)

+2

=

8

Bonfilia of Verditius: our rep is only like lvl 1

Proclus of Rome: Sounds like we need to meddle more and study less.

Boy R. (GM): "Thank you, but I've enough of wealth and putting an end to this horror will be all the good fortune I dare ask for"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Your loss"

this guy had no knowledge of the fishmonger?

Boy R. (GM): not specifically, he'd heard rumour of further attacks

Lavinia of Jerbiton: then I think it worth seeing cafaldo

Boy R. (GM): if you want to gather info you can try to identify further victims

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Meanwhile, could you produce a writ of my shop's current credits and debits? I need to reference it with mine own."

Boy R. (GM): "One of the clerk's outside should have the records you need"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: nice

oops

Bonfilia of Verditius: damn

Aleseta of Bonisagus: motherfucker!!!

Bonfilia of Verditius: almost

Aleseta of Bonisagus: GIVE US YOUR ESSENCE YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Bonfilia of Verditius: I nod.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: look let's just get some muggers on the payroll who specialize in tearing hair out

Aleseta of Bonisagus: The Ol Hair Boys

Proclus of Rome: Oh yeah is there any vis in here right now?

Boy R. (GM): I'm actually not even sure if they do. your accounts are basically your own affair

i guess they have records on who's paid guild dues

Proclus of Rome: I have a Rote that allows me to detect any vis I can see.

Boy R. (GM): ok, no vis is in evidence

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Rotes are great.

Ferris of Trianoma: I need to train some hair stealing spiders.

Bonfilia of Verditius: we really need some good agents

Boy R. (GM): Emilio gets the clerk to find the dues log anyway, not sure why you want it

Bonfilia of Verditius: graverobber and mugger will be good ones to start with

Boy R. (GM): every entry is signed and witnessed by Dean Giotto! a page from this book would be a powerful AC

Bonfilia of Verditius: Emilio has a token and sheet now under the grog section

Boy R. (GM): if it's a recent page, I guess

Lavinia of Jerbiton: set him to be visible to all

Boy R. (GM): hair stealing spiders is a good one btw

do you want to go talk to cafaldo?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yes

Bonfilia of Verditius: im not logged in as GM now but boy reporter can change the sheet

Emilio the Baker: Cool portrait

"Well, I'll get back to the shop

Proclus of Rome: The only reason not to stay logged in as a GM is that GMs don't get dragged to new maps.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yes

Bonfilia of Verditius: GMs can also read all whispers

Lavinia of Jerbiton: gms can see through the fog of war too

Boy R. (GM): you might learn dangerous information

I don't think that's true about the whispers

Bonfilia of Verditius: you can def read whispers made by non-GMs

Proclus of Rome: Yeah.

Boy R. (GM): whispers directed at characters

because as GM, all whispers are yours

* characters

Proclus of Rome: Yep.

Boy R. (GM): OK, Cafaldo is in hiding but on hearing some charlatans have a cure against rat curses he leaps to answer the door

He answers his own door despite living in quite a nice house, because his whole household is mad at him for leaving them to be swarmed by rats

Bonfilia of Verditius: I do the secret guild handshake.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: are the rats still here?

Proclus of Rome: What kind of house is it?

Boy R. (GM): No rats are in evidence. The house looks pretty untidy though.

It's the townhouse of a man wealthier than you would expect a retired miller to be!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: anyone here got InVi to detect traces of magics?

Proclus of Rome: What's the aura?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: really bad InVi

Boy R. (GM): Divine 1 again

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I ask him who could be trying to curse him.

Boy R. (GM): Ah hell, Faerie 2. He lives opposite Trajan's column, which has some associated mystical nonsens.

Proclus of Rome: Genocide Affinity.

Bonfilia of Verditius: Now we're tolkien.

Boy R. (GM): "Do you think this is the work of a human? Who could do such a thing?"

"does that mean they're going to come back?"

"I really don't know, I live very quietly"

Ferris of Trianoma: "Well obviously you are a target for some reason."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Let's put you up at the Eastern Ear Inn for a bit. If anyone comes after you there we'll be in position to stop them."

Boy R. (GM): "when I was a man of business i made some enemies, but not of the sort to get murder over. And I've been out of all that for years!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Have you dealt with magicians before?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Quietly?" I motion toward the giant house. "This dwelling is rather opulent, good sir."

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+2+6 per+folk ken for this conversation

(

1

)

+2+6

=

9

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the roll20 servers are broken and making all dice roll 1s

that's the only explanation

Boy R. (GM): "Well, what of it? I worked hard and prospered"

he seems a little affronted

Proclus of Rome: "Who lived in this house before you?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Did the rats disperse at sunfall or sunrise"

"or some time in between"

Proclus of Rome: "Often, buildings can be out of alignment, resulting in disastrous consequences for the current inhabitants."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Of course, riches are for those who grasp them. But envy is powerful in this city, many lesser men might look at this house and wish for it themselves! Or wish harm upon you, instead."

Boy R. (GM): "ah... a goldsmith, I think"

"I wouldn't know where to find him now.

"And yes now I think of it, the rats vanished shortly before first light"

Proclus of Rome: "Well, that is fine. My friend, Lavinia, is an expert in finding people."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Vanished-- did they disappear as if into thin air, or did they scamper away?"

Boy R. (GM): "well in fact I didn't see myself - but my wife and the servants all say they just ran out the windows and away again

"down holes or wherever rats go"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Do you own a relic, by chance?"

Boy R. (GM): "nothing of the sort, I'm afraid"

Proclus of Rome: "It is my belief that rats are capable of turning into earth and soil when they sleep, that's why you so often see them running down holes or down tunnels."

Aleseta of Bonisagus nods at Proclus' logic.

Boy R. (GM): "You make a lot of sense. Are you by chance a philosopher?"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, we all are."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You may be targeted by someone using a bit of your hair, or a piece or jewelry or a tool dear to you, or a letter you have composed, can you think of any occasion recently someone would have had to get such a thing from you?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: I nod in silent wonder and agreement. Such wisdom over the elements.

Proclus of Rome: "In fact, many of the problems facing Rome today can be solved through the correct application of philosophical techniques."

Boy R. (GM): "Ah! well now that you mention it, yes

"There was that fellow that clutched at my sleeve. He didn't seem like a beggar, but I thought he was mad, or drunk. Had an odd smell of... something herbal. Anyway when I got home I noticed he'd torn the sleeve."

Proclus of Rome: "Was he a leper, by any chance?"

Boy R. (GM): "could that be it? I didn't recognise the wretch"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: herb krewe

Boy R. (GM): "No, a peasant by the look of him"

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, well then. Can you identify which herb he smelled of?"

Boy R. (GM): "It might have been mint? I'm no cook"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Let's put him up at the Inn for now, if the rats track him through A/C we can trap some and interrogate it for its source

Proclus of Rome: Good idea, if he'll go for it.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I could identify the herb if we found it using my Herb Lore spell.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: nice

Proclus of Rome: After all, we could rob him if he isn't here.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i can attempt to locate the herb using divination

Boy R. (GM): cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: assuming it's not just a manifestation of a sigil

Boy R. (GM): yes, he's happy to stay at an inn

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

PLEASE DO NOT rob him.

Boy R. (GM): grateful even, his house is a mess

Bonfilia of Verditius: Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: If I phrase a question "where in the city of rome is that peasant's mint" do I add the bonuses for asking a question about Rome

Boy R. (GM): He asks you put up his wife, servants etc. Ildefonse says you have the rooms

I think probably yes

this does make the sortes much more powerful in this campaign, but what the hell

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Proclus of Rome: Talk about your powergaming.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I figure it would only apply to questions about specificly locating something in the city if that helps

rolling 1d10!+9+2+3+3+5 Sortes

(

6

)

+9+2+3+3+5

=

28

Using the 5/3 ease factor conversation, ef 20 is enough to "Locate a plant."

which I would've got even without adding the cheese city + rome bonuses

Boy R. (GM): 1 second

Proclus of Rome: Nothing cheesy about living in the heart of the old Roman Empire and also the new one.

I guess it isn't at the moment.

Lavinia of Jerbiton chants and flips through the pages of her beloved book for 36 minutes and takes 1 LT fatigue

Boy R. (GM): you finish chanting and open your eyes to light on the passage

what a funeral

train shalt thou see, O Tiber, as thou flowest by the new-made grave!

well that's obvious, it's a little in from the west bank, just here

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Neat

Proclus of Rome: That's a pretty large church too.

Very interesting result.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Well sodales, the words of Virgil never ring true."

"ring false."

"I'm tired. Sorry."

Proclus of Rome: Sure you are.

Boy R. (GM): too late, you've denied virgil

you fall and lose all your virgilian powers

Aleseta of Bonisagus: rip

Lavinia of Jerbiton weeps

Proclus of Rome: This is canon.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: OK let's watch the Merchant for a night and if nothing happens, then next morning we'll check out the indicated spot

Boy R. (GM): well this is a relief though, I was thinking I;d have to drop clues that can be solved with actual investigation and deduction

ok cool

that sounds sarcastic but I'm completely sincere

anyway who's on night watch?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it should be ferris and aleseta if we're expecting animal company

Proclus of Rome: I think I'm going to get a good night's rest.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I send my son to try and pilfer an AC to the man and then go to sleep.

Boy R. (GM): A wise move. If anyone wants to stay awake through the night, first take two long-term fatigue

Lavinia of Jerbiton sleeps

Ferris of Trianoma: I'll watch

Masini the Grog: ill wake up and join the adventure now that there might be things to stab

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i also

Boy R. (GM):

rolling d10+6>10

(

7

)

+6

=

13

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lt fatigue ftl

Boy R. (GM): your son charms the family and manages to palm a coin from the old miller's purse without anyone noticing or caring

Bonfilia of Verditius: I rub my hands neapolitanishly.

Boy R. (GM): ok, Aleseta and Ferris keep a mystical watch, discussing the viability of domesticating spiders

it's an hour or two past midnight when you hear a man shrieking from outside, somewhere down the street

Ferris of Trianoma: I'll try to peer through the wall with some magic

Bonfilia of Verditius: what was this guys name

Boy R. (GM): well, there are windows. Your difficulty is that it's dark

Cafaldo

I'll make a sheet if we want to come back to him

Bonfilia of Verditius: yeah

I might mind control him in the future

Ferris of Trianoma: "Aleseta, should we go check out that sound?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "yes!"

Ferris of Trianoma: "Do you have a source of light by chance?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: 0 ignem

lamo

Masini the Grog: lol

Ferris of Trianoma: We could just take a candle.

Boy R. (GM): eyes of the cat is a level 5 muco(an) if you want to try for night vision. just going outside will make things more visible anyway

Proclus of Rome: You could always use a lantern or something more period appropriate.

Boy R. (GM): you can grab a lantern also

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yeah let's just go outside

Ferris of Trianoma: Yep

Boy R. (GM): cool. you see the guy who screamed, and he says he's alright, but bloody hell would you look at this

the mouth of the alley is absolutely crammed with rats

Proclus of Rome: Rats nicked me flesh.

Boy R. (GM): they're climbing all over each other, scrabbling towards you, but coming up against an invisible barrier

Bonfilia of Verditius: the rat boys of peasantry

Aleseta of Bonisagus: toward us?

the yikes face

Boy R. (GM): well in your general direction

Masini the Grog: is it the aegis, or the limit of the magic aura?

Boy R. (GM): the magi recognize it as the limit of the aegis

this whole block is protected

Ferris of Trianoma: Are the rats doing anything in particular or just running in circles?

Proclus of Rome: Maybe Masini should get an education.

Boy R. (GM): they're trying dig through solid air

Masini the Grog: I'm definitely an uneducated dolt and not a former officer of the church.

Boy R. (GM): they look quite intent on what they're doing, futile as it might be. it's an unnerving sight

Masini the Grog: Let's drop a bucket on them, then a brick on top of the bucket so we catch some

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yes

Ferris of Trianoma: Agreed.

Bonfilia of Verditius: rats are fucktards

Ferris of Trianoma: I would also be interested in roasting a few of them to see if they are real.

Boy R. (GM): alright, you catch one of them in a chamber pot or cauldron or some thing

well you can do that too

Masini the Grog: "This is vile."

Boy R. (GM): they look real alright, and trying to touch them will probably get you reflexively bitten

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta will assist.

Ferris of Trianoma: After we catch a rat, I'm going to Pilum of Fire some of the rats to see if they leave corpses.

Proclus of Rome: Oh phooey, I've been forgetting to roll Stamina to avoid becoming disoriented whenever I walk into a Faerie Aura.

Masini the Grog: there's never a bad time for pilum of fire, honestly

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10!+3+8+1+3 Blunt the Viper's Fangs

(

10

+

4

)

+3+8+1+3

=

29

cool

Boy R. (GM): neat

ok you defang a rat

Aleseta of Bonisagus: so our captured rat is not so bitey. or at least effectively bitey.

Boy R. (GM): you need to give it a symbolic token to bring it inside the aegis

Masini the Grog: lol

Boy R. (GM): which is a good time to ask, what form do your tokens of hospitality take!

Masini the Grog: skeleton femurs

Boy R. (GM): actually maybe that's just for casting rolls. probably you can invite it in

Bonfilia of Verditius: it should probably be a bone of some sort

Boy R. (GM): anyway, welcome new rat.

Proclus of Rome: I think grabbing something and dragging it into the Aegis probably counts as inviting it.

Ferris of Trianoma: Want to open the tome again?

Boy R. (GM): beware, this time it will be resisted!

Aleseta of Bonisagus: well

we can take some fur t

to count as an AC and make penetration easier

Masini the Grog: if it's a Magic/Fae/Infernal creature, it might be able to speak

Aleseta of Bonisagus: so aleseta does that

Boy R. (GM): also you can pilum into the rat swarm no problem, the rats burn and leave corpses

and scatter in fear for a moment, but they come back

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10!+4+8+1+3+1+1-1 Open teh Tomes

(

1

)

+4+8+1+3+1+1-1

=

18

Boy R. (GM): this rat does not seem to have the power of human speech. the ac is all yours

Aleseta of Bonisagus: cool

i take a fatigue to succeed

Boy R. (GM): rip

Proclus of Rome: What does opening a tome do?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lol that's the second 1 i've rolled for that spell

allows me to see its memories

Masini the Grog: the dice are fucking cursed today

Aleseta of Bonisagus: same spell i've used before

let's see where this weirdo came from

Boy R. (GM): penetration is like +20 from the ac so you're fine on that front

Aleseta of Bonisagus: cool

Proclus of Rome: In King Arthur Pendragon: The Game of Arthurian Roleplaying, I have lost more than half my characters to rolls with odds under 1 in 100.

Bonfilia of Verditius: is it an actual magical animal or just a temporary conjuration

Proclus of Rome: Well looks like we're going to find out!

Or, more accuRATely, Aleseta is.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: mmm haha

Boy R. (GM): you see visions of a part of the city you vaguely recognize, fields interspersed with houses and ruins all within the walls

Aleseta of Bonisagus: hm

Ferris of Trianoma: I've played enough Blood Bowl to know 1 in 1296 happen more often than you'd like.

Boy R. (GM): what stands out is an old windmill, half ruined. at night you and your brethren congregate at it. it smells terrible, too bad to go inside, but this is where you have to come to hear commands. your spell doesn't convey the power used to give the rats their orders, but you see yourself travel with the swarm through tunnels and along gutters until you find the house where your quarry is. it's empty, but eventually some of the rats pick up the trail and you find your way to the place with the invisible wall, and then here

Rats are excellent trackers, I'm almost certain is possible

Proclus of Rome: Well it is obviously possible.

It just happened.

Masini the Grog: any signs of a sigil on these rats

Aleseta of Bonisagus: I convey the images to the others.

"Do any of you know this windmill?"

Ferris of Trianoma: Anyone have any Rome lore?

Proclus of Rome: Do I!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is this the windmill I just divined

Proclus of Rome: I say in my sleep.

Boy R. (GM): it is

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "This is the windmill I just divined."

Boy R. (GM): it stands alone in a field grown over with weeds

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Where the peasant with mint awaits."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: The Mint Peasant

Proclus of Rome: Uh then why is it in the middle of a bunch of other buildings on the map?

Boy R. (GM): the map is from 1560 or some shit

Aleseta of Bonisagus: jfc

Proclus of Rome: I'm really pissed off at Marco for giving us a map from the future.

Talk about useless!

Boy R. (GM): wow! it's over here

Bonfilia of Verditius: lets go in the morning

Ferris of Trianoma: magically moving mills

Masini the Grog: lets bust some heads

Boy R. (GM): alright! it's morning

The rats have gone... somewhere

Bonfilia of Verditius: is the captured rat still here?

Boy R. (GM): Yes, unless you let it go

Proclus of Rome: Ah, another refreshing night of sleep that could still be improved with the techniques of Hermetic Architecture.

Bonfilia of Verditius: does it have magic might?

Boy R. (GM): It seems to have some sort of might

Bonfilia of Verditius: then lets keep it

Masini the Grog: either make it a familiar or cut it apart for vis

Ferris of Trianoma: Rats are supposed to be quite smart

Boy R. (GM): ok, you find the place you've divined without any issue

(these ones are only cunning, not intelligent)

so, you've got an old mill and attached house, looking pretty rundown, in a small weed-strewn field

small but neatly kept farms are on either side

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Boy R. (GM): it doesn't seem to be deserted though, because a couple of dogs start barking when you get close

Aleseta of Bonisagus: what's on the farms

Proclus of Rome: I'll try knocking on the door.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: also what's the aura in this dump

Boy R. (GM): cabbages are what's on the farms

and a donkey and couple of goats

Aleseta of Bonisagus: :3

Boy R. (GM): the aura is divine 1

actually, when you get VERY close, the aura is magic 1

Proclus can ascertain this in short order

Bonfilia of Verditius: There sure are a lot of hermit wizards in this city.

Boy R. (GM): Proclus approaches to knock on the door. The dogs get really excited and keep barking more loudly. Also you notice a sharp, minty kind of smell

knocking on the door brings a surly "who's there?"

Proclus of Rome: "It's Proclus of Rome."

"I'm here to ask about the swarm of murderous rats."

Boy R. (GM): roll per+awareness

Masini the Grog:

rolling 1d10!+0+6

(

7

)

+0+6

=

13

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! + 2 + 0

(

8

)

+2+0

=

10

Can you believe I don't have any points in Awareness?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i can

Proclus of Rome: Wait, that should only be 8.

I misread my character sheet.

Boy R. (GM): Masini can hear someone moving furniture inside, but it doesn't seem like he;s coming to open the door

Proclus of Rome: THIS ALSO MEANS I MAY HAVE NOT CAUGHT THE RAT IN THE PALLET AREA!

Boy R. (GM): well shit

now we have to start over

Proclus of Rome: I will DEDUCT 1 Confidence Point.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: game with honor

Proclus of Rome: To succeed at that.

Masini the Grog: game wi

yeah.

Boy R. (GM): very good

you gain one experience in Honest

Masini the Grog: "There's movement inside, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "He's probably coming to answer the door."

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10!+1+5

(

2

)

+1+5

=

8

Masini the Grog: "He's not."

Proclus of Rome: I'll try to open the door.

Boy R. (GM): Masini sees a man in peasant's dress running away from behind the house and trying to climb over a wall into a neighbour's field. he doesn't seem very athletic

Proclus of Rome: Neither am I!

Masini the Grog: "Proclus, can I shoot him"

Bonfilia of Verditius: I cast a spell

Proclus of Rome: "Shouldn't we just chase him?"

Masini the Grog sighs

Masini the Grog: I run after him.

Bonfilia of Verditius: Trap of the Entwining Vines

CrHe 15

R: Voice, D: Sun, T: Group

Causes strong, woody vines to grow rapidly from fertile earth. The vines cover a circle 2 paces across and reach 6 feet high. Anything caught within them is immobilized. To avoid the vines, the target must make a Quickness – Encumbrance stress roll of 9+. To break out requires a Strength stress roll of 12+ (allowed once a round). Someone not trapped can cut a trapped person free in two rounds, assuming proper tools. The vines weaken and wither to dust at sunrise or sunset.

(Base 1, +2 Voice, +2 Sun, +2 Group)

rolling d10!+1+3+9+8

(

1

)

+1+3+9+8

=

22

Bonfilia of Verditius: oh shit

Boy R. (GM): lol

Aleseta of Bonisagus: wtf

Boy R. (GM):

rolling d10

(

2

)

=

2

Bonfilia of Verditius: phew

Boy R. (GM): no botch this time

Bonfilia of Verditius: I am twilight prone too

haha

Masini the Grog: lol

Proclus of Rome: Lucked out!

Masini the Grog: that's a fucking brutal flaw to take in a city

Udolfo the Miller: "Ah! shit"

Bonfilia of Verditius: that could have been bad

Proclus of Rome: Did you remember to subtract 3 from the Divine Aura?

Udolfo the Miller:

rolling d10+0

(

3

)

+0

=

3

Bonfilia of Verditius: its magic 1 here

Proclus of Rome: Oh whoops.

Udolfo the Miller: ok, he's trapped, for now

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Why'd you try running, silly man?"

Proclus of Rome: Thank you for not resorting to murder, Bonfilia.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Don't you know you deal with Bonfilia of Verditius, the Goat Who Walks On Two?"

"None escape me."

Udolfo the Miller: "who?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus also looks confused.

Udolfo the Miller: "Look I got a right to run if I want to, no harm in that"

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'll smack Udolfo with my walking stick.

Proclus of Rome: "That's true, he does."

Udolfo the Miller: "Ah! Forgive me!"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "The stick always does the trick."

Proclus of Rome: "Do you know anything about the swarm of murderous rats stalking the city and killing merchants?"

Udolfo the Miller licks his lips

Masini the Grog: no one has rights unless specifically ennumerated in the feudal contract

Udolfo the Miller: "No"

Masini the Grog:

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

(

3

)

+5

=

8

Udolfo the Miller: "I mean why would I know a thing like that"

Proclus of Rome: If he's a miller it's likely that he DOES have a limited right to run.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I grow thorns on the stick using Transformation of the Thorny Staff

MuHe 10

R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind

Causes a length of wood (up to 6 feet in length) to grow thick, sharp thorns at whatever spots you touch. If the spell is cast on a staff, the thorns add +4 to the damage done by the staff.

(Base 3, +1 Touch, +2 Sun)

Masini the Grog: badass

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Well, because all of the rats come here to take instruction from you, for starters."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "We know you summoned the rats! Name names, coward!"

Udolfo the Miller: "ok look I didn't want it to end up like this! But that monster can't be sated! I'm a victim as much as anyone"

Ferris of Trianoma: "Then let us help you. What monster?"

Udolfo the Miller: "Er. The rat king. They're in the mill"

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, well that makes sense."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I don't know..."

"I better keep watch on this guy. The rest of you go examine the mill."

Udolfo the Miller grins weakly

Proclus of Rome: Good idea.

Unfortunately I cannot talk to rats.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I smack him with the thorny end of the stick. "Do not smile!"

Udolfo the Miller: what's your strength?

Bonfilia of Verditius: 1

Udolfo the Miller:

rolling d10!+6-7

(

2

)

+6-7

=

1

"that hurts"

the rest of you checking out the mill?

Masini the Grog: Aye

Udolfo the Miller: this is clearly where the vicious dogs are

Masini the Grog: sword and shield ready

Proclus of Rome: I'll open the door to the mill.

"mill."

Ferris of Trianoma: What if we just burned the whole mill down instead?

Udolfo the Miller: alright you kick it in, and see a table whereon sits a cage. the place is mostly empty otherwise, but two large mongrels are chained in the corner, on a leash too short to reach the table or the door

you also not lots of sprigs of green herbs strewn on the floor, across the door and in a rough circle around the room

* note

Aleseta of Bonisagus: herb

Masini the Grog: baron bonghits....

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i will blunt these dogs teefs

Rat King: "welcome to my fucked up herb garden"

"now who are you?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: okay maybe not yet

Proclus of Rome: "I'm Proclus of Rome."

Masini the Grog: where is the rat king

Proclus of Rome: "Why are you killing so many people?"

Rat King: it's a squirming mass of rats, speaking from the cage on the table

Proclus of Rome: Classic.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: The Rat Pack

Rat King: they talk in high pitched human voices, finishing each others sentences. it's really annoying

Proclus of Rome: Rat kings can't be in the Order of Hermes, right?

Rat King: "that man outside demanded that I make my people kill his enemies, or he'd set the dogs on me

Masini the Grog: maybe it's a really shitty heartbeast

Rat King: I believe it would be unprecedented

Proclus of Rome: Well, sounds like someone is lying.

Ferris of Trianoma: (we should let the dogs out)

Proclus of Rome: I think we need to look to the wisdom of King Solomon in this case.

Masini the Grog: "Cut them all in half?"

Rat King: "look I'll tell you everything if you promise to let me out of here"

Proclus of Rome: "What? No. We need to have a hearing and allow both parties to state their case before we pass judgement."

Rat King: "I don't particularly enjoy being this peasant's servant"

Bonfilia of Verditius: Meanwhile I question Udolfo on his knowledge of magic.

Proclus of Rome: "Do you know a good lawyer?"

Rat King: well he seems to know a fair bit about magic

"I did, but my servants ate him"

Bonfilia of Verditius: is he a member of the order?

Rat King: what's Bonfilia's magic lore?

Proclus of Rome: "When were you captured by the miller?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: 3

Rat King: Ok, he's conversant in magic lore, a lot more expert than you, but he knows nothing about hermetic theory and doesn't seem to be playing dumb

Bonfilia of Verditius: I ask him if he's a member of any sort of group of wizards.

Rat King: "Oh, like a week ago. My people were driven out of our home after a terrible war. This place offered us somewhere to rest but that bastard was more cunning than he let on and he trapped us! Now we weaken by the day in this coarse air! Soon my people will lose all their grace and beauty and myself our native wits, and soon we will sicken and die"

Udolfo the Miller: "Not me mistress, I'm no wizard as could threaten you. I just learned the herb lore from me mam"

"mamma mia, as we say in these parts"

Bonfilia of Verditius: someone should turn the rat into a familiar

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lol

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'm from these parts! You can't feel me Udolfo.

Udolfo the Miller: "Oh really? thought I heard a napolitan twang"

Masini the Grog: "Why did he target the people he did, Rat King"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I was born a day's journey from this place, hedge wizard. Don't try to make a fool of me!"

Rat King: "Oh some petty vengeance and tedious human squabbles. A lawyer he thinks stole from him, the guild that kicked him out.

"Then we told him that after our servants tasted human blood they must have it every day, or they would grow mad and overpower his charms to eat him

"but we said that to fuck with him"

Proclus of Rome: "That is your right."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: nice

Ferris of Trianoma: "But lead to needless deaths."

Rat King: "what do we care! you see what you care when people trap you in boxes"

Masini the Grog: "You're not people, you're a rat"

Proclus of Rome: "Why didn't you just have your subjects devour the dogs?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: I tell Udolfo he can come work for me and get acess to amazing magic if he tells me what's really up.

Rat King: "Actually. ACTUALLY. We are several rats, and of noble birth"

Masini the Grog: "You're vermin"

Proclus of Rome: "Please have a little respect for nobility, Masini."

Rat King: Udolfo is pretty open to this opportunity

Proclus of Rome: "Even if you aren't their subject, they have still been chosen by God."

"Probably."

Rat King: "you see the plants? They keep them out, and me in. He wears more on his person"

Ferris of Trianoma: Probably a good idea to get some AC from Udolfo while he is still wrapped up.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I've got his blood on my stick.

Rat King: good trick

"Listen, you seem like reasonable sorts"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, I am."

Rat King: "You are sorcerers, you love things of power, yes?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus nods.

Proclus of Rome: "I'm a philosopher, I love truth."

Rat King directs his petition to Aleseta

Rat King: "so, you see what harm is wrought on us and on your kind by this injustice that forces us among you"

"with your might, we could retake our own kingdom. There, under the earth, once the usurpers are overthrown, you would be richly rewarded. My lands are a font of true power"

Aleseta of Bonisagus makes the "I'm listening" face.

Rat King: That's pretty much it

Bonfilia of Verditius: What does Udolfo tell me?

Proclus of Rome: "Who forced you out of your kingdom?"

Udolfo the Miller: Sorry what more were you trying to learn. If it's working for you, he's all for it, because he's afraid you might kill him

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "What is required to retake it?"

Udolfo the Miller: he doesn't have much to offer but a knowledge of magic lore

Bonfilia of Verditius: Well I want to know about his relationship with the Rat King

from his perspective

Proclus of Rome: I probably know more Magic Lore than he does.

No offense to the murderous miller.

Udolfo the Miller: good point, roll int+ magic lore if you like

Proclus of Rome: Who me?

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10+3+4 magic lore

(

4

)

+3+4

=

11

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 2 + 8

(

10

)

+2+8

=

20

Udolfo the Miller: "It's a very devil mistress. Well not a devil but a great and evil beast, but I had the craft to trap it. Best I could do was keep its own power from me. And, well, it has such a dreadful lust for blood, the best I could do was ... direct it, maybe suggest a little, what sort of people wouldn't be missed"

The leaves about the place are definitely peppermint. A peppermint of virtue, duly enriched, is a paramount ward against vermin.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I like the way you think. The streets of Rome look their best painted red."

I'll release Udolfo from the vines and recruit him into my entourage.

Udolfo the Miller: This means btw that the plant is a natural source of vis

Proclus of Rome: Exciting.

Udolfo the Miller: isn't it?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: delicious

Udolfo the Miller: I'll add Udolfo to grogs, which seems as good a category as any for agents

Bonfilia of Verditius: I have Harnessed Magic so I can cancel any spells or effects of my creation at a whim.

Udolfo the Miller: what do you want to do about the rats?

Proclus of Rome: Well, if they have been unjustly imprisoned we should release them.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yes

Proclus of Rome: I'll be the first to tell you that I am very trusting, however.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I head into the windmill now that Udolfo is with me.

Masini the Grog: how much vis (for the ledger) ?

Udolfo the Miller: If you gather up all the leaves here, 1 pawn probably

Bonfilia of Verditius: I barge into the conversation saying: "So how much vis are we going to get for slaughtering these rats? Any ideas?"

Ferris of Trianoma: I assume gathering the leaves involves breaking the ward though.

Udolfo the Miller: "Wait, witch, stay thy hand!"

says the rat king

Proclus of Rome: I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Bonfilia is in favor murder.

Rat King: you're correct about the ward too

ok the short of it is, if you agreee to work with him the rat king offers the promise of a dungeon crawl, where you retake his regio and gain a vis reward

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

That's pretty good.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: sounds great

Rat King: which I'd like to handle next week if that suits

Proclus of Rome: Sure sure.

Rat King: sorry this preamble took so long

Bonfilia of Verditius: "You'd have to be damned stupid to believe a pack of talking rats. He's probably a demon! I say we gut him here and now."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i will not be here for the next two weeks but sure!!

Proclus of Rome: Yeah can't believe we wasted all of this time talking to people and roleplaying.

Rat King: you can also kill the creature here, and get some vis probably

I know right

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'll debate someone who wants to spare the demon rat.

Proclus of Rome: I think this is more of a voting situation.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: What happens to Udolfo if we let the rat king go

Bonfilia of Verditius: "If we release him, he's bound to slay Udolfo, who's decided to become a member of my Verditius entourage."

Ferris of Trianoma: "Sounds like a plan."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "It would be a blow to me and the covenant as a whole, clearly unacceptable."

Proclus of Rome: "Udolfo is a murderer responsible for killing members of your own guild, how can you support him?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "He knows magical lore. I am more affiliated with the magical than the mundane, dear Proclus. I wouldn't sell out my magical allies for my guildsmen."

Proclus of Rome: How much magical lore DOES he know?

Rat King: idk a fair bit

he's got a specialty in herbs

Proclus of Rome: If it's +4 or less then I can just replace him with a summae.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "His specialty is also useful for me in my work enchanting foodstuff."

Proclus of Rome: I mean a summa.

Or do?

Yes.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: yes

Rat King: it's pretty good, let's say he's got ML 12

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "I believe we should let the rats go and assist them. They may be useful allies and can provide valuable supplies."

Proclus of Rome: That is pretty good.

Rat King: what does Ferris think?

that's the only other magus present iirc

Bonfilia of Verditius: "The rats are magical, or perhaps infernal even, beasts. They are capricious and untrustworthy."

Proclus of Rome: "In addition, we promised to solve the murders and we found the culprit."

Ferris of Trianoma: "You cannot blame rats for being rats, but this man clearly directed them in evil ways that directly hurt our group. He needs to go."

Proclus of Rome: "Both of them."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Did he hurt us?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It sends a bad message if we allow folk wizards in our realm to suffer such a poor fate"

Proclus of Rome: "They both need to repay their victims."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What if word of this got to Brunisenda, who tends our Aquam vis source? Could she trust us still then?"

Boy R. (GM): he might have caused suspicion to fall on bonfilia eventually

Bonfilia of Verditius: "The cause of the murders will be dealt with, by dealing with the rats. Who is to say they will not continue their bloodshed if we let them out? I believe they clearly will. Magical beasts follow their nature to a great intent. Their nature is the death of men."

Boy R. (GM): shit now I've just remembered we should have had a proper introduction for Darvin's wtich

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Can anyone here ceremonially cast the 3rd magnitude Muto Corpus spell, Disguise of the Visage? There is a solution here that allows all to win."

Boy R. (GM): he's another folk witch! probably not related to brunisenda, because he's got a schismatic coven

Bonfilia of Verditius: is he gifted?

Ferris of Trianoma: "He is a prisoner. You are blaming the captured for your own personal greed."

Boy R. (GM): y

Proclus of Rome: "What are you planning Lavinia?"

Ferris of Trianoma: I can, Lavinia

Boy R. (GM): also if you really need it someone could track down Lodewig to cast Disguise of the Visage

I'd rather keep him unavailable while I'm gming though

Proclus of Rome: Oh yeah it'll be a lot of work to find him lounging around in the covenant library.

Bonfilia of Verditius: if he's gifted I'll just claim him as my prospective apprentice

Ferris of Trianoma: I already know the spell.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Give the Rat King an imposter miller to take out its wrath upon while the real one waits in the safety of our aegis. Follow the Rat to its destination, and once our business is clear we tell the rat to leave the city. The Miller lives, the Rat believes it has avenged itself, we gain its resources."

Boy R. (GM): He spends lots of time out of the covenant without explaining where he's been

ok

Proclus of Rome: "That would be a lie. In due time it would be discovered."

Boy R. (GM): I guess we;ve moved to secret conference at hte covenant now

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sorry for butting in

Boy R. (GM): no no, it's cool

but what do you do with your prisoners in the interim?

Proclus of Rome: Wait then where did we leave the Rat King?

I don't trust Masini to do anything if we aren't there.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: isnt he still in a cage

Boy R. (GM): yeah, it can call on its minions to destroy you outside its protective circle

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Udolfo is intended to become my apprentice. To allow the rat freedom would endanger him, and as such endanger my magical property and a future member of the Order of Hermes."

Proclus of Rome: "Isn't he a little old to be an apprentice?"

Boy R. (GM): wait sorry idd you mean is Udolfo gifted? because he's not

he has not done anything an educated mundane could not

Bonfilia of Verditius: oh then ignore what I just said

I thought you said he was

Boy R. (GM): I thought you were talking about Darvin's new character, who I mentioned in passing

Ferris of Trianoma: Folk witches typically are not gifted.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: everyone shrugs as rats tear udulfo the ungifted to pieces

Boy R. (GM): this guy is not even a folk witch

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I think a folk witch could still be considered a magical resource

shit!

Boy R. (GM): can't a guy just have esoteric interests?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he knows how to enrich peppermint

Aleseta of Bonisagus: more like a folk piece of shit!!! with esoteric interests!!

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'll say that as a member of my Verditius entourage he is protected.

If you want to dispute that then you should roll code of hermes lore probably

Boy R. (GM): enriching things of virtue is a cool trick anyone can do but it';s most ly useless for people who have magic resistance

Ferris of Trianoma: Is it a crime to house a criminal?

Aleseta of Bonisagus:

rolling d10+3+2 Code of Hermes

(

8

)

+3+2

=

13

Lavinia of Jerbiton: what law did he break, Ferris

Bonfilia of Verditius: Verditius entourage are not protected by the code.

Proclus of Rome: Just a regular, don't have people eaten law.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "They're not protected by the code, Bonfilia."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: He didn't eat anyone

Ferris of Trianoma: Fair enough

Boy R. (GM): incitement to be eaten

Proclus of Rome: Yeah he HAD them eaten!

Ferris of Trianoma: Just ordered it

Proclus of Rome: Conspiracy to eat someone.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: If that is a crime then the Rat King is just as guilty

Proclus of Rome: Oldest crime in the book.

It is guilty.

Ferris of Trianoma: A prisoner threatened against his life.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Come now. Have you people never had mundanes killed in one way or another? let he who is without sin etc."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: That's no excuse

rolling 1d10!+2+4 Civil and Canon Law

(

6

)

+2+4

=

12

Proclus of Rome: "I killed one once. I am very sorry I had to."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Yeah, that's no excuse

I quote the legal precedent of The Crown vs. A Pile of Magic Rats

Boy R. (GM): Lavinia thinks a civil court would probably find this guy guilty of something

setting animals on people to murder them is definitely a crime

Ferris of Trianoma: Otherwise Ferris is going to be rolling in a few years.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Ferris of Trianoma: (as in on a murder spree without any law backlash)

Proclus of Rome: The Rat King definitely wants to kill Uldolfo, right?

Boy R. (GM): he'd like to, but it's negotiable

rats are very pragmatic

Proclus of Rome: Oh well then, feel free to negotiate Bonfilia.

Boy R. (GM): mainly he wants to get his cozy regio back, or failing that, find another large magic aura to live in

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Why would I negotiate with a magical beast, who has no reason to uphold his bargain? And a rat at that, known for treachery. Magical beasts have their nature intensified, this rat is no different."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i don't really want a pile of rats in our covenant

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "I don't think rats are known for being treacherous... "

"The reason for upholding the bargain could be to secure our help in reclaiming his kingdom."

Ferris of Trianoma: "Instead we should trust the folk witch with proven evil intentions, even when not forced. But let's just let them both go and be done with it."

Proclus of Rome: "Also, as you know, the Rat King's subjects cannot enter my Aegis of the Hearth, so Uldolfo would be safe as long as he stayed here."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Hmph. I suppose that is true..."

Aleseta of Bonisagus nods.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I am willing to offer the Rat King one arm in exchange for his life. Udolfo will provide the arm."

Proclus of Rome: "Sounds fair to me."

Boy R. (GM): lol

Ferris of Trianoma: "Agreed.

Proclus of Rome: "But then again, I'm not a Rat King."

Boy R. (GM): who's got the chirurgy to safely remove an arm?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yo

Proclus of Rome: The what now?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: shit there's actual rules for surgery in a&a

Aleseta of Bonisagus: hell yeah

Boy R. (GM): everyone goes along with crippling a man because it's an excuse to use a new subsystem

I'm excited

Proclus of Rome: Well, he's a murderer.

Boy R. (GM): the rat king is somewhat mollified by this offering. mainly he's grateful to be free

Proclus of Rome: He needs to pay the price for his misdeeds.

Boy R. (GM): (not actually free)

Proclus of Rome: He should also confess his sins at the nearest church.

Bonfilia of Verditius: Yeah I'll get him to do that, eventually...

Lavinia of Jerbiton: a&a pg 61... i don't see amputation listed on the procedures

Rat King: "This plan is agreeable, I suppose. We must be allowed to eat it while he watches"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Yeah sure whatever."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: would amputation count as Cautery? it's a pretty easy task

Proclus of Rome: What about page 62, Surgical Intervention?

Rat King: well it's a surgery, I just need to set an ease factor

I was under the impression that removing a limb comes with a major risk of your patient dying

Proclus of Rome: I'd say around 9.

Uh, I mean 13.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hm ive only got chirurgy 3

Proclus of Rome: That's the difficulty for a Caesarian Section.

Rat King: it's not trepanation though

yeah that's fair

Lavinia of Jerbiton: technically doctors aren't supposed to do surgery, specialists do it

Rat King: ok, dex+chi target 15

you can hire a barber if you;'re not confident

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I certainly hope you don't kill him, Lavinia."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: On a failed Surgery roll, the

patient receives no benefit from the surgery

but still receives a wound.

Proclus of Rome: "He should confess first. He's been doing a lot of sinning."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Confession can wait."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: but I mean this surgery isn't for his benefit really

Proclus of Rome: The benefit is that he has his arm removed.

It's a standard treatment for Rat King Vengeance.

Ferris of Trianoma: You can just keep making attempts

He can take a few wounds

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sure why not

Rat King: That doesn't make much sense to me, so imo the arm is removed regardless but the roll determines if he dies

Lavinia of Jerbiton: great, let's see what happens

rolling 1d10!+1+3 slice

(

10

+

9

)

+1+3

=

23

Rat King: whoa

Proclus of Rome: Huzzah.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: sweet

Ferris of Trianoma: WOW

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Bravissimo."

Lavinia of Jerbiton claps using the patient's severed arm

Rat King: everyone watching is impressed with your knife work

Udolfo tries to clap, but faints

Proclus of Rome: He can't clap anymore.

Rat King: indeed

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "A small price to pay for witnessing a Salerno doctor in action."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: lol

Boy R. (GM): you even let him keep both legs

Proclus of Rome: We should probably get a confessor for the covenant.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i have to go, but thx all. i won't be here for the next two weeks :/

Boy R. (GM): glad you could make it!

Proclus of Rome: Especially if we keep doing dangerous things like this.

Bonfilia of Verditius: lets not invite the divine into the covenant

Proclus of Rome: Good to see you.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Cheers

Aleseta of Bonisagus: farewell ~*

Ferris of Trianoma: see ya

Proclus of Rome: I assume that it's a Divine Aura outside of the Catacomb aura.

Ferris of Trianoma: Whats the use of a confessor?

Boy R. (GM): I'm going to give Lavinia a conf for that. do any other actions this session merit one?

Proclus of Rome: Uh, we would be able to confess our sins to him.

Boy R. (GM): it's not hard to find a priest in rome

there's one that comes in regularly to drink. Ildebrando gets a lot of his gossip from him.

Proclus of Rome: Sure, but we're Autocephalic, we should probably have our own priest.

Boy R. (GM): no harm in having a chaplain, sure

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the roll for recruiting an agent in RAW is Presence + Leadership - Gift Penalty vs 6

so should I say vs. 10 in current scale?

Boy R. (GM): yep

Bonfilia of Verditius: We should try and stay out of the sight of the church as much as possible, I thought we already went over this.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Can I conf? It's not a seasonal activity

Bonfilia of Verditius: They are always bad news for wizards.

Boy R. (GM): yes

only one attempt though

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2+0

(

8

)

+2+0

=

10

niice

Boy R. (GM): nice

Proclus of Rome: There's secrecy and then there's the state of our immortal soul.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Welcome to the party,  Graverobber

Proclus of Rome: s

Bonfilia of Verditius: you can always go outside to confess

Boy R. (GM): Should I make a sheet for this guy, or is he more a footnote on lavinia's sheet?

Bonfilia of Verditius: In fact, I think inviting holy officials to stay at the covenant would be "bringing ruin upon your sodales"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Agents don't merit a full sheet but they merit a couple virtues/flaws and maybe notable skills

Bonfilia of Verditius: And I would cite the case of Carloman vs. Mont-Mercure

Proclus of Rome: Immortal souls.

Bonfilia of Verditius: to confirm that assessment

Lavinia of Jerbiton: like the Ship Captain agent I made for cthinker

Proclus of Rome: How could God ruin anything?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the more useful they are the longer it takes to turn them into a useful agent

Boy R. (GM): carloman didn't have any divine imperative to cause trouble

Proclus of Rome: It's ridiculous and blasphemous to even suggest.

Boy R. (GM): how about the case of the old cathar guy whose name i forget

he was an asset to the covenant

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Bert...

Bonfilia of Verditius: he also wasnt affiliated with the church

Boy R. (GM): neither was carloman!

Proclus of Rome: Oh right, we need to tell the guy staying at our covenant that we took care of his rat problem.

Boy R. (GM): ok

what do you want to tell the baker's guild?

If you show up and say you sorted it out, no need to worry, they're grateful but they won't be able to help wondering if you engineered it

Proclus of Rome: That a miller was directing the Rat King to kill people with threats of violence, but we rescued the Rat King and took the miller prisoner to pay for his crimes.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I murder a beggar and tell them he was a witch who conjured rats to feed on the rich. Mystery solved.

Proclus of Rome: That's murder Bonfilia.

Murder!

Bonfilia of Verditius: He would've died anyway.

It's mercy, IMO.

Proclus of Rome: Everyone dies, but murder is still wrong.

johns (GM): blame it on the alignment of the planets and it won't occur again for another 770 years

Bonfilia of Verditius: Yeah that sounds good.

I throw in some mystical mumbo-jumbo.

Proclus of Rome: I think the truth is the best idea here because it is also the explanation where we did the most work.

johns (GM): i made a folder for agents

Proclus of Rome: And where we did things that weren't possible for other people.

Bonfilia of Verditius: The truth is never the best idea, and every time Proclus tells the truth we suffer!

My way will tie up all loose ends.

Proclus of Rome: It's worked more than half the time.

Boy R. (GM): ok, adding details for udolfo and tim the graverobber

johns (GM): We're winding down here & doing the dungeon crawl next week?

Proclus of Rome: I guess so.

johns (GM): either's fine with me

Proclus of Rome: Oh, you should make this map page larger.

johns (GM): I know it's past midnight in the GM's land

Proclus of Rome: So the entire image fits inside it.

Nice.

Bonfilia of Verditius: my sleeping schedule is fucked because I had artist trance yesterday and drew for 10 hours straight and then suddenly it was a new day

johns (GM): the muse struck you

Bonfilia of Verditius: it did

cthinker: cthinker here

johns (GM): Hail

Boy R. (GM): sorry missed that

Bonfilia of Verditius: greetings

Proclus of Rome: Well if you guys don't want to tell the truth here, that is your prerogative.

Boy R. (GM): yes I'd like to run again next week

cthinker: i was traveling today so i missed everything

Boy R. (GM): sorry we never got to the promised combat test

oh hi cthinker

cthinker: hopefully my rival didn't show up again.

johns (GM): hey proclus I think Solomon would be happy with how we resolved this situation

Proclus of Rome: I briefly suspected him.

Me too.

Bonfilia of Verditius: no but we did saw a guy's arm off and gave it to a magical rat

cthinker: nice.

Proclus of Rome: An equitable solution for all concerned.

Bonfilia of Verditius: the armless guy is now my agent

Proclus of Rome: He still has one arm, I wouldn't call him armless.

Bonfilia of Verditius: true

I'm going to create an artificial arm with a bunch of enchantments for him

Proclus of Rome: Bread arm.

Bonfilia of Verditius: the gingerbread man, but loud

Boy R. (GM): I could make him a coat that grows an arm as long as you wear it

johns (GM): oo

Boy R. (GM): actually that's probably out of my reach

Proclus of Rome: You could just try and regrow his arm.

Boy R. (GM): it's surprisingly tricky

Bonfilia of Verditius: I could probably do that, but I wont

Boy R. (GM): the standard spell is to reattach an arm

johns (GM): the arm has been eaten

Boy R. (GM): indeed

Proclus of Rome: Sure, but you can just make a new corpse with Creo Corpus 5.

So making an arm is probably even easier.

I mean more easy.

johns (GM): ooh give him a badass skeleton arm from the many bodies lying in the catacombs

Proclus of Rome: More easilier.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'm going to create an arm with enchantments useful for his future work as a scholar assassin

Boy R. (GM): udolfo should probably be a full grog rather than an agent

i can put up a sheet if need

Bonfilia of Verditius: sure

johns (GM): the more grogs the merrier

Proclus of Rome: Grog party.

Boy R. (GM): oh i guess if he lives here now the covenant can take over his vis supply

that's +1 herbam annually

Proclus of Rome: Huzzah.

johns (GM): ill update the ledger and finances

Bonfilia of Verditius: everything turned out better than expected

Proclus of Rome: Well we still need a story to tell the Guild.

Bonfilia of Verditius: so are we taking 4 seasons or what, also adventure xp

Proclus of Rome: I don't think we should take 4 seasons.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I vote for Bonfilia's Murderous Plan

Boy R. (GM): ah right

Proclus of Rome: We need to restore the Rat King's regio.

Boy R. (GM): sure take 2 seasons, 7 adventure xp

Proclus of Rome: I don't think we should wait to do that.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I'd like some seasons to prepare for the rat king

Proclus of Rome: 2 seasons, there you go.

Bonfilia of Verditius: seems good

Proclus of Rome: Oh man, could I use the XP for spell mastery?

For Aegis of the Hearth?

johns (GM): Thank you for running a fun session BR

Proclus of Rome: Yeah, great job.

Ferris of Trianoma: Yeah, thanks man.

Proclus of Rome: Pretty interesting stuff.

Boy R. (GM): yw, thanks for playing

idk I think an ability has to have some relevance to the session to take adventure xp in it

oh right the aegis

well sure why not

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

Bonfilia of Verditius: the aegis was super relevant

Proclus of Rome: That'd save a whole season.

Boy R. (GM): how far do you intend to master it?

you don't need to kill yourself over it

Proclus of Rome: 3.

I've already done 2.

Boy R. (GM): for 3 abilities?

Proclus of Rome: Yeah.

Mostly for 3 botch dice reductions.

Boy R. (GM): oh yeah, practicing to 21 is a bit of a bitch

when would you roll that many botch dice on a ritual cast at home though?

johns (GM): you add the extra dice for vis usage

Boy R. (GM): ah

of course I was doing that all along

Proclus of Rome: YEAH RIGHT!

Ok, I gotta go.

Bonfilia of Verditius: remember to increase the grog loyalty for as long as The Beggar's Breakfast remains at the cov

if we get short on vis we can sell it