5/27/18

Shauncat (GM): I see everyone's tokens have been shrinking by a pixel each session.

johns (GM): we got a lot of chars, gotta make room for them all

Shauncat (GM): We got a lot of chairs because jerbiton keep breaking them

Shauncat: I guess I should make a magic card since Fiorella made a magic lyre

johns (GM): twould be cool

did folks read the timeline of 1347 I posted itt (in the thread)

dys (GM): i ddi

Endrite (GM): I'm not a folk.

I'm a person.

Also I did read it.

devil's fav demon: Our inn is filled with soldiers. Foreign soldiers.

johns (GM): The savage Hun

Goombaclot's ancestors

Endrite (GM): Yes but we all like Rosario anyway.

dys: restore my good boy points

c'thinker: is it too late to say gulielmus is attending the ceremony

johns (GM): not at all

Guy and Gulielmus both

Endrite (GM): You know I just had a thought.

What if the Herbam blight isn't the end of it?

c'thinker: guy of impure reason

Endrite (GM): What if other forms start to decay?

johns (GM): anyone besides Guy and Gulielmus go see Cola celebrate the Unification of Italy in mid 1347

kewl card shaun

Rosario of Flambeau: I also went.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I watched, in bird form

Mortis ex Verditus: Of course I went.

Zita: I went to take a look

johns (GM): hmm

c'thinker: was tasso really the only other member of vulcanal

Zita: I always assumed they had a few other, unnamed members

johns (GM): Was seeking something in particular but sad to say none you quite qualify. Nevertheless all of you note that Cola is a very good speaker, perhaps Heroically Good? The guy must have a Comm score of +5

c'thinker: gah

hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: salve

johns (GM): Ave

c'thinker: were they all slain by richard strabo

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Time to constantly reroll characters until I ace this Cola encounter

johns (GM): lol

Rosario of Flambeau: Tasso was the only other magus and he employed a bunch of covenfolk on his own accounts. They all left.

c'thinker: gahaha.

Shauncat: I guess Hazm also goes

johns (GM): someone should challenge their standing to be a covenant then

Shauncat: We could make them a client of VT

(To Shauncat): Okay Father Hazm notices something interesting that the other Magi don't seem to acknowledge. Cola is on a dias with a bunch of notable citizens/nobles as he gives his speech, one of them in particular stands out because he's wearing an archaic toga which looks pretty silly

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Shauncat: While we can't have a chapter house, protection rackets are perfectly fine

johns (GM): thats my thought too

It's called Networking

big ups to cumthinker for updating the dramatis personae

Father Hazm: "I saw a remarkable fellow at the gathering. One of the nobles was wearing a toga, an oddly historical one."

If no one around VT listens to Hazm, that comment goes unnoticed.

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes sense, since that was the last time there was a Roman Republic.

Wait a minute, we know a republican.

That senator's ghost we get Mentem vis from.

Rosario of Flambeau: "So we're being taken over by reenactors?"

johns (GM): None of the other PCs remember the guy Hazm is talking about

c'thinker: ok i made my last tweak to it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve."

johns (GM) hits F5

Father Hazm: "Did no one else see it? Could have been a magical ghost, then."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Maybe it was just someone wearing a costume."

Guy of Bonisagus: did i see it

johns (GM): Nay

Guy of Bonisagus: "I didn't notice it."

Father Hazm: "A particularly outlandish costume."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Father Hazm wouldn't lie. Must be something to the man."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Well, I could make a wand that makes ghosts visible so we don't have this problem in the future.

moe: hail, gamers

johns (GM): Ciao a tutti

Mortis ex Verditus: That would retard my progress on the Ultimate Weapon however.

johns (GM): Your weapon is Choice.

Mortis ex Verditus: No it's a wand that throws a person at another person or object.

johns (GM): If you wish to not dwell on this development any further, we can jump to the Faustus Fallout in Winter 1347

Mortis ex Verditus: Unless Father Hazm can follow this putative ghost there really isn't more we can do.

Father Hazm: It's just foreshadowing

johns (GM): To refresh your memory of the scene, there are Hungarian soldiers getting drunk in the bar, 6 PCs are currently unavailable because they're on their way back from Sicily, and Faustus just destroyed Marco's family heirloom.

Archibald of Guernicus: "The skull did WHAT?" I run in yelling

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm/

Faustus Galerius: Time to get lost in the catacomb again

Rosario of Flambeau: "Should I smash him?"

"I'll go and do it."

Mortis ex Verditus: "How can he even do lab work?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sounds like the existence of the ghost is a riddle, to me.

Faustus Galerius:

rolling d10+1+2+1 Perception + Awareness (avoiding ambushes)

(

4

)

+1+2+1

=

8

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Faustus..."

"Faustus, Faustus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea paces.

Mortis ex Verditus: In the future we need to be more careful about allowing the undead into the covenant.

johns (GM): such as Zita and Voda?

Archibald of Guernicus: "I was told he was bringing knowledge to help Fiorella, and he commits one of the greatest evils against us imaginable."

I cast Dust to Dust on Faustus

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not going to cast any aspersions about.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you should give me exclusive control of the covenant's supply of vitriol

as our #2 alchemist

Mortis ex Verditus: What the heck?

Rosario of Flambeau: archibald, always gotta get the kill for himsel.

Faustus Galerius:

rolling d10+3+1+1 Comm + Intrigue (juicy covenant rumors)

(

9

)

+3+1+1

=

14

Mortis ex Verditus: Why would you wreck our free magic skull?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: our #1 alchemist is obviously jeanne de ys

johns (GM): It is my interpretation of Dust to Dust that it does not work on Magical Constructs, only corpses and corpses animated by ReCo

Mortis ex Verditus: Just put him in a jar or something.

Archibald of Guernicus: Isn't he an animated corpse? Just a skull, but still

Faustus Galerius: Hearing that the magi are abuzz about this claw, I head towards the labyrinthine catacombs

johns (GM): He's a Magical Creature of Vim Form

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, okay

Faustus Galerius: Magical Thing

Mortis ex Verditus: He's a mimir, chief.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he's also an actual human skull though

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

thats true

Rosario of Flambeau: It's fucked up that he's a floating skull and doesnt leave prints.

Archibald of Guernicus: he is literally a human skull, if I remember his backstory correctly

johns (GM): Shaun if the skull is smashed does he just become a spirit?

Faustus Galerius: No

He regenerates ove rtime

Archibald of Guernicus: Anyway, if hes a creature of Vim, that makes things MUCH easier

Guy of Bonisagus: hes a skull animated by necromancy that has become a real magic creature

Archibald of Guernicus: whats his might after you adjusted it, 5 right

or 10?

Faustus Galerius: So yes, smash him up and put him away in hope sof using the vis later

10 Base

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast Archibald's Draining Touch on him, FFM to voice range, to destroy 10 magic might with PeVi

Faustus Galerius: Uh

Rosario of Flambeau: yeah, rip.

Faustus Galerius: WHy is he standing around in voice range of Archibald when everyone is running around angrily?

Rosario of Flambeau: Chances are he's probably not.

Especially considering he immediately ran away to hide.

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought he was just a grog now, is he still your character or not, gah

Guy of Bonisagus: shaun has a companion already

Archibald of Guernicus: Where is the damn skull

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: laying low in the catacombs

johns (GM): The piles of skulls in the catacombs are the perfect hiding spot for him

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the giant pile of flaming skulls

Mortis ex Verditus: Tricked again!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you'll never find him in there

Archibald of Guernicus: If he's hiding, first I revoke his aegis token, then I wander around casting Dust to Dust on every skull I see to lure him out

actually, no

"Mortis, do ye have any need of skulls just on their own?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Why are we destroying our magic skull, anyway?

Archibald of Guernicus: Because he committed an act of incredible evil.

The guilty pay the price

Mortis ex Verditus: Did he?

Faustus Galerius: He committed an accident

Rosario of Flambeau: What if he just made a boo-boo.

Mortis ex Verditus: Sounds like he just broke something.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he destroyed a valuable Mercere heirloom

he poured vitriol on it!

Archibald of Guernicus: He let loose the soul of The Spider to rejoin with its host, which might be the most dangerous and evil thing possible to do

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh, is that what he did?

Faustus Galerius: The vitriol was bumped over

Archibald of Guernicus: There literally is nothing more evil that he could do here

Guy of Bonisagus: that is what he did

Rosario of Flambeau: If only someone had told us.

johns (GM): how did you jump to that conclusion Archibald

Archibald of Guernicus: How does a SKULL knock over a bottle by accident?

Mortis ex Verditus: I feel like there's a lot more evil stuff he could do than that.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I'm sure it was an accident."

Rosario of Flambeau: By floating into it?

He's clumsy.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Because he ran away immediately after!"

Mortis ex Verditus: Is that even what the claw does?

Rosario of Flambeau: How would I know?

Archibald of Guernicus: "I wanted tae question him about this, instead he flees into the catacombs."

Rosario of Flambeau: I was under the impression no one knew what the claw did until just now.

Hence why it was being investigated in the first place.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we know that someone out there wants to use it to bring doom to the order

Archibald of Guernicus: "Actually, no. You're right." I take a deep breath "Destroying him is hasty. Capture him and we interrogate him magically."

Mortis ex Verditus: Maybe he saved us by destroying it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Someone out there wanted to use it to bring doom to the order."

Faustus Galerius: Faustus picked up a rumor that you intended to destroy him, if that's not hte case maybe he isn't hiding

Archibald of Guernicus: Consolata desparately wanted the skull

hey now

no no no, you already fled

Rosario of Flambeau: He's hiding.

Archibald of Guernicus: when people were just running around

is he a grog or a PC

johns (GM): Faustus went into hiding after telling Fiorella what he did.

Faustus Galerius: I told johns he could play him

He told me to do it

johns (GM): Yes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And it belonged to Giaro the Redcap. That's all we know."

Archibald of Guernicus: thank you johns. His aegis token is revoked and we'll interrogate him later.

(To Shauncat): Once the Aegis token is removed, he feels an overwhelming urge to leave the Aegis.

(From Faustus Galerius): He does so, and finds a room in the catacombs to extend his presence over.

Rosario of Flambeau: What a little rat that guy is.

He'll be back.

johns (GM): do you plan to track him down

Faustus Galerius:

(To GM) rolling d10+3+2+1 Rome Lore (Catacombs) to pick out a good hiding place

(

4

)

+3+2+1

=

10

Archibald of Guernicus: I think I could spont an InVi effect to do so, do we have any sort of AC to him?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we could consult the sortes

Shauncat: Maybe the vim vis that grew in teh library i nthe years he lived there is an AC

johns (GM): Lavinia is out on Mundane business as usually happens when she would be useful

Archibald of Guernicus: I think - though this doesnt happen retroactively of course - we should keep ACs to any magical construct or whatnot we let in

oh we have vis from him

yeah thats an AC

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: understandable

as any business lavinia is involved in is mundane business by definition

Guy of Bonisagus: what if lavinia made faustus break the claw

what if lavinia is the spider

Mortis ex Verditus: Damn dude.

Archibald of Guernicus: hmmm. i need to figure out the right guideline for scrying a magical creature

Mortis ex Verditus: I didn't know you joined House Flambeau, Gulielmus.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Fan out and search the catacombs again?"

johns (GM): twould be the same as inexorable search but Vim form imho

Archibald of Guernicus: Vim makes it easier to find high might stuff

johns (GM): then it'd be Level 5, as he is Might 10 (equivalent to a 2nd mag spell)

+4 a/c range

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah, its actually a higher level because of this. ha ha.

my InVi sponting in this aura is +40, not quite doable

Shauncat: Now you just need a detailed map of the catacombs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats a lot

Archibald of Guernicus: it is, but archibald is a vim expert and intellego specialist

so its his best trick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: faustus is full of vis isn't he

Archibald of Guernicus: hm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: detect vis, lv 1

Shauncat: He has one vis in each socket that makes his eyes glow

Archibald of Guernicus: a spell that makes creatures of magic might much more visible to you would stop him being able to hide

Shauncat: That'd work

Mortis ex Verditus: He's small though.

johns (GM): i'd use the equivalent MuCo level for such a spell

Mortis ex Verditus: He might be able to go to places in the catacombs we can't.

johns (GM): as the MuVi guidelines have nothing to that effect

Archibald of Guernicus: itd be Intellego anyway, level 5 base, then hearing for +3, +1 from conc ah crap its the same level

Shauncat: If you're just going to go into every part of the catacombs, you can just spam sense of magical power

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: detect the presence of vis, vision, moon, personal

Shauncat: As Faustus needs a Magic Aura to survive and he can create one

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lv 20

Archibald of Guernicus: oh, from his vis, good idea

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: then merely spend an entire month wandering the tunnels until you see him.

Mortis ex Verditus: There's a couple Arcane Lacunae in the city, he should be fine.

(To Shauncat): Does he hide in a pile of skulls, under water, in a tiny crevasse, or somewhere else?

Archibald of Guernicus: I have good awareness and 3 Perception

well, decent awareness

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should have taken a tooth

(From Shauncat): Underwater is good, especially since there are some submerged areas with a Magic aura thanks to the Tiber.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+40)/2 sponting InVi to sense vis

(

(

3

)

+40)/2

=

21.5

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: maybe another sense would be better

then you could hear/smell around corners

Archibald of Guernicus: I could make it hearing, which is level 15, then conc instead of moon for just 5. THEN, +1 touch, +2 group

and we can all work together

how does that sound?

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not going to wander around the catacombs for a month.

Make a grog do it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can you combine group and a sense

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella will help as Faustus is a grog

Archibald of Guernicus: its not a fucking month!

its conc duration!!!

devil's fav demon: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: That's how long I think it's going to take.

Archibald of Guernicus: hearing distance is pretty far! and fine we'll have the grogs do it because I know youre too lazy to

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he's too important to, as a hermetic magus

Archibald of Guernicus: how far do you think a slow hovering skull has fled in the 5 minutes hes been out of sight

Guy of Bonisagus: ill help so i can look at the catacombs

Mortis ex Verditus: Thank you Gulielmus.

Rosario of Flambeau: Rosario will do it and look excited the whole time because it's an adventure.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: He has no flaws for slow movement

He has Limited Gestures for being handless

johns (GM): Everyone who is searching, move your token into the blue circle

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the inside of his skull is flawless and smooth

Archibald of Guernicus: hes a floating skull, he already has his movement restricted to the speed of the spell hes using for movement!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: his speed is

rolling 1d1000

(

469

)

=

469

four hundred sixty nine paces per round

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Grogs can't take flaws for the equivalent mobility of a legless person

You make a Magical Creature by taking the flaws if they're hampered by such things.,

johns (GM): Ok, 5 wizards into the catacombs, you spreading out?

Mortis ex Verditus: That's my new bodyguard, Florence.

She's a woman, that's why she's so slight.

Also she's sworn a vow of silence.

So don't try to talk to her.

Archibald of Guernicus: No I mean he's literally an immobile skull that moves around with ReCo magic, he uses a level 10 ReCo effect to move himself around. These spells have different movement speeds depending on magnitude.

Shauncat: He doesn't have a ReCo effect after being made a grog

(To Shauncat): Isn't it for the best if they catch up to him anyway

Rosario of Flambeau: I won't talk to her.

Archibald of Guernicus: ...

He cant move then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: :pepe:

Archibald of Guernicus: hes a skull

johns (GM): he rolls himself around

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao.

(From Shauncat): Sure

Archibald of Guernicus: it seems like

rolling would be a bit slow

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: rolling around at incredibly high speed

johns (GM): It is

He's got a headstart, at least

and knows the lay of the land better than you

anyway

Rosario of Flambeau: Faustus building up speed by clipping against a wall for 20 minutes

johns (GM): of the 5 magi who go searching, which of you chose the No Sense of Direction flaw

Mortis ex Verditus: Interesting strat.

Rosario of Flambeau: I certainly did.

Mortis ex Verditus: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: just rosario i think

johns (GM): great

Mortis ex Verditus: Rosario goes into the "Permanently Missing" folder.

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao.

Couldn't be helped.

johns (GM): welcome 2 Gay Baby Jail

Shauncat (GM): Sorry, needed to restart FIrefox

johns (GM): rosario is lost in a dark twisting cavern

everyone else, roll Per+Awareness or tell me what you get if you just Take 5

Rosario of Flambeau: "Hey, I thought everyone was right behind me!"

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+1

(

3

)

+1

=

4

Archibald of Guernicus: I have an awareness spec in searching, as it turns out

Guy of Bonisagus: +1 if it counts as searching

johns (GM): Indeed it does Guy

Archibald of Guernicus: can you conf it after taking 5?

Guy of Bonisagus: i cant believe rosario has gone on a real adventure

johns (GM): Sure Dys

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hang on

Archibald of Guernicus: In that case, after a conf, I have 14

Shauncat: I get a 5 if I take 5 on Awareness

Fiorella of Jerbiton: As Fiorella

johns (GM): Ok

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does my Alertness specialty count

Archibald of Guernicus: No

johns (GM): Nay

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+1 per and aware

(

4

)

+2+1

=

7

Archibald of Guernicus: This is a scenario where it doesnt

johns (GM): You're listening to the Barking Dog sound that indicates the presence of vis

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Anyway Sorry, there is probably a reco effect in effect hat lets him move about as functionally as if he had legs

Archibald of Guernicus: people joked before that the alertness spec applies to every awareness roll but really its merely 80% or so, and this is part of the 20% where the superior 'Searching' spec comes into play

Guy of Bonisagus: barking dog sounds huh

seems like we need a suitable track for this, g

m

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably we shouldnt treat magic beings as grogs

or as companions

johns (GM): Archibald picks up the sound, muffled and distorted, and with difficulty (yet confidently!) follows it. He finds himself standing at the edge of a cavern that slopes down suddenly into a dark, murky pool of water

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Faustus is now an NPC anyway

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: faustus's sin is so great that a wandering hell regio has engulfed him

johns (GM): the tunnel is flooded beyond this point

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I made hima grog so more people could lay him but it didn't quite work out

Archibald of Guernicus: The sound is coming from the water, then?

johns (GM): aye

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Ultimately, Faustus ended up playing himself.

Archibald of Guernicus: the only spell I have thats relevant here is Break The Oncoming Wave, how did you rule that working if you walked into water

(To Shauncat): would it be best for me to take control or do you like continuing? i prefer the latter since it lets me be lazy but i dont want to trouble you

Archibald of Guernicus: oh, its a ward

so i can just walk in

Guy of Bonisagus: I can give myself Cloak of the Duck's Feathers.

(From Fiorella of Jerbiton): Just let me know if you think I should stop making things hard for Archibald then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the surface of the water should be very still as you go under.

Guy of Bonisagus: I do so, so that I don't get wet when Archibald splashes around, drowning.

Archibald of Guernicus: no, its just a ward, its base 5 +1 conc, I can FFM it to sun

johns (GM): i suppose it creates a skin-tight ward against water around you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're split up aren't we?

johns (GM): you need to do something about breathing

Mortis ex Verditus: Can you swim if you have a ward against water?

johns (GM): no

you'd sink

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes sense.

Guy of Bonisagus: I cast Chamber of Spring Breezes.

Now the air in here is less stale.

johns (GM): The smell of death is replaced with lemon pine goodnes

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Thank you Guy

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah.

Guy of Bonisagus: pine trees huh

sounds like someone needs a beating

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I need to enchant that so I can flush out the smell of bird from my sanctum.

johns (GM): are you going to tell me that Pine Trees are anachronistic

Rosario of Flambeau: theyre not.

Guy of Bonisagus: are you going to prove me wrong

Archibald of Guernicus: I could do something with chamber of spring breezes as a base concept

Rosario of Flambeau: the italian stone pine is all over.

johns (GM): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Pinus_range.png/1920px-Pinus_range.png

Archibald of Guernicus: lemme figure this out

Guy of Bonisagus: rosario is right

good work rosario

(From moe): do i have a couple of minutes to make/eat dinner before the Etna crew return

(To moe): yeah definitely, take your time

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i award rosario one of guy's confidence points

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I think as an Italian I'm going to go with the smell of home cooking for my Chamber

Rosario of Flambeau: glad we're playing tbz.

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow, pine trees spread fast after they were introduced to Europe by Colombus.

(From moe): solid thanks

johns (GM): gah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's an order from gulielmus of pure reason

Guy of Bonisagus: i thank gulielmus by awarding myself one of archibalds points

Mortis ex Verditus: You pontok this.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Let's replace confidence with perversity. I don't know how that works but johns and Endrite seem to like it well enough.

Archibald of Guernicus: base 1, +2 sun, +2 unnatural for a level 5 creo aurum effect of fresh air around my head while i do this

that sounds about right?

Downside: It takes me uh

johns (GM): checking guides

Archibald of Guernicus: a while to spont

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 1 minute per magnitude i think?

johns (GM): those guides work for me

Archibald of Guernicus: 1 minute per magnitude yes

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I think it needs Part if you just want to creo air in your mouth

Archibald of Guernicus: aura, GM?

johns (GM): Magic 3

I'm fine with it not being part fiorella

its just a little cloud that follows him

Archibald of Guernicus: well thats fine because the thing i suggested was like level 5 and i ahve +28 to this lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he bubblin

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+28)/2

(

(

10

+

10

+

10

+

1

)

+28)/2

=

29.5

johns (GM): nice

Archibald of Guernicus: oh my god

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ooh he bubblin

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Jesus

Rosario of Flambeau: lmo

johns (GM): you have created the Platonic Ideal of a Wisp of Air

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how many extra params can you wring out of that bad boy

go big

Guy of Bonisagus: can you make it affect all of us

with that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we aren't there!

i think.

Guy of Bonisagus: presumably archibald lead us there

Rosario of Flambeau: I think everyone but me is there.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: add 5 size magnitudes

Guy of Bonisagus: i already said i made the chamber hes in have a fine spring breeze

are we retconning that

answer: we arent

Archibald of Guernicus: I could make it a group effect and +1 touch too, thats only level 20 actually

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: blast all of the water out of the tunnel

Archibald of Guernicus: tho you all arent warded against water

johns (GM): anyway shaun the way perversity points work in paranoia is they are awarded by the GM in a way similar to how conf points should work; you can use as many points as you want at once; each point can either add +1 to a roll or -1 to someone else's roll; and the twist is that all players can use their perversity points at any time, even against each other

Archibald of Guernicus: so its a bit pointless

Guy of Bonisagus: i have cloak of ducks feathers

Archibald of Guernicus: can you cast that on others?

Mortis ex Verditus: Huh?

Guy of Bonisagus: no

johns (GM): cloak of duck fethers explicitly doesn't work underwater

Mortis ex Verditus: Sir this is an Ars Magica game.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: chicken biscuit

Guy of Bonisagus: i know johns

im saying i have it on so i can avoid getting wet when everyone splashes me while drowning

good luck, everyone

johns (GM): haha

Archibald of Guernicus: if you had a big enough pocket of air following you around, would it displace the water?

Mortis ex Verditus: Smart play.

Archibald of Guernicus: another +1 to hit level 25 for another magnitude might do it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 5 size magnitudes is a lot of air

Mortis ex Verditus: Can you combine size magnitudes with wards?

Archibald of Guernicus: its not a ward

its just some fresh air following me around

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Also if you have a giant air buble you can put the skull in it and then PeVi him at voice

johns (GM): I don't think an "Air bubble" quite works but what if we think about it that you're creating a perpetual gale force wind that blows the water away from you?

Archibald of Guernicus: That could work

gale force wind is level 3

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Thtat's why I suggested Part

Rosario of Flambeau: you put an oilskin bag over your head and fill it with air.

johns (GM): +2 mag for unnatural creation

as you're underwater

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Part puts the wind in your mouth

Archibald of Guernicus: hm. its doable if its level 2, which is just wind

is that enough?

(for +1 touch, +2 group as well)

johns (GM): you rolled a 30

Archibald of Guernicus: oh

johns (GM): isnt that enough for Level 3 +2 Mag +1 touch +1 diam

Archibald of Guernicus: well then. gale force it is, folks

its enough for sun, in fact

johns (GM): excellent, also are you getting other magi with you for this or not

if it's sun you'll have to cast a PeVi to turn it off later ofc

Archibald of Guernicus: downside: we all have to wait for the wind to stop before we go back in the aegis

Mortis ex Verditus: Don't mess up my pots and pans and skeletons.

Archibald of Guernicus: [yelling over gale force winds] Hi honey, we're home!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: You could just take off your casting tokens, go in the aura so that they deactivate

And then pick your casting tokens back up

johns (GM): okay I assume archie is soloing this

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good luck

johns (GM): He is surrounded by deafening winds and dog barking noises

Archibald of Guernicus: wait then it doesnt need +1 touch or group lol, i thought the other guys were here too

Guy of Bonisagus: wea re!

johns (GM): The water is pushed aside as he enters the tunnel. About 40 paces ahead, he sees a skull with glowing eyes bobbing in the water, rotating and very slowly moving away from him

Archibald of Guernicus: the only reason it even needed to remove the water was for them

im perfectly fine from it

johns (GM): it's still +1 since you're creating a phenomenon around you, I don't think you can Personal range create a weather

Archibald of Guernicus: sure

johns (GM): even Circling Winds of Protection is +1 touch

newayz

Faustus Galerius: I think at this point he can pretty much grab him and do wahtever he wants

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does faustus still shoot fireballs

Faustus Galerius: No

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sad

Mortis ex Verditus: Sad!

Archibald of Guernicus: "You have 2 choices, Faustus." I say walking forwards "The first is to come back with me right now. I'll hold on tight so ye do. The second is called Perdo Vim. I'm sure ye've heard of it."

Faustus Galerius stares back at Archibald, but moves towards him slowly, obediently.

Archibald of Guernicus: "There's a good skull." I take him back so we can find out what happened

i think im like 3 or 4 years behind on my seasons, fun time to mention ill have to spont Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie

johns (GM): heh

Archibald of Guernicus: ewll lets see

Mortis ex Verditus: Does that work on things that don't breathe?

johns (GM): sure

it's just a cosmetic effect after all

Faustus Galerius: Yeah

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Faustus Galerius: Plus he still emits audible species

Archibald of Guernicus: theres no reason why you couldnt just invent a similar effect on the same guidelines if its such a hangup anyway, its just a fun visual flare!

johns (GM): I bet archibald's version would manifest differently anyway, it'd sound like barking dogs when they lie

Archibald of Guernicus: when they lie it sounds like scooby doo talking

waht level was frosty breath again?

Faustus Galerius: Pursuit (Cornered)

johns (GM): l20 inme

Archibald of Guernicus: 20, right. 50/50 chance, here we go

rolling (1d10!+35)/2

(

(

9

)

+35)/2

=

22

Faustus Galerius: Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: boom

(To dys): Do you try to round up the other catacomb searchers or are you doing this solo

johns (GM): off on his own, Rosario stumbles into

Faustus Galerius: Alright, interrogate away

johns (GM):

rolling 1d4+2

(

1

)

+2

=

3

kobolds

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I get everyone together. Might have to go AFK very soon anyhow

johns (GM): Archibald says he gathers everyone together

Mortis ex Verditus: Where are all these dang kobolds coming from?

johns (GM): except Rosario who is missing

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats a botch

Faustus Galerius: Jorn's abandoned tunnels

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 3d10

(

1

+

7

+

9

)

=

17

Mortis ex Verditus: We need to build the wall and make Tremere pay for it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: kobold botch confirmed

johns (GM): very well. Rosario encounters 2 kobolds and 1 botchling

Mortis ex Verditus: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus is gathered together with everyone by Archibald.

Archibald of Guernicus: Anyone and everyone who wants to be here, and is physically capable, is

Mortis ex Verditus: Sure.

Beardbeard: f

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve, Faustus."

Gulielmus sounds grim.

Mortis ex Verditus: Press f to pay respects.

Faustus Galerius: "Hey how's it going."

Rosario of Flambeau: Sorry.

I got pulled away.

Archibald of Guernicus: "What happened in the lab?"

Rosario of Flambeau: Good to know I didn't miss anything but trolling.

johns (GM): lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Ruthless.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: trole-playing, not troll-playing

Guy of Bonisagus: roll for the number of heads on the hydra that rosario encounters instead

Faustus Galerius: "I was merely" he sees the frost "Oh right."

johns (GM):

rolling 1d5

(

4

)

=

4

a 4 headed hydra!

Archibald of Guernicus: "Merely?"

johns (GM): also each time rosario chops off a head, 2 kobolds appear in its place

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Rosario of Flambeau: The dreaded kobold-headed hydra is my greatest opponent yet.

Mortis ex Verditus: Wait Rosario has second sight?

Rosario of Flambeau: No

Mortis ex Verditus: Then how could you see kobolds?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: one kobold can stand on another kobold's shoulders to form an orc

Rosario of Flambeau: I guess I don't see the kobolds.

Faustus Galerius: "I guess it is what you think it is."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll ask some stuff but someone will need to tag in for me as I'm getting asked to leave to come down for this barbeque

johns (GM): Rosario finds himself surrounded by 4d4+4 skeletons

Faustus Galerius: "I'll say this. Your aegis isn't nearly strong enough."

Archibald of Guernicus: "You did it on purpose, then?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Faustus, why?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "And duly noted. I can't believe we even lasted this long with merely a 4 magnitude effect."

I'm going for dinner but when people have finished interrogating him, Archibald destroys him with PeVi immediately

brb

Rosario of Flambeau: I ignite my sword and fight off the skeletons with a big smile on my face.

"Boy, I bet everyone else is bored to death right now!"

johns (GM): oh i didnt say they were animated

they're just skeletons

Faustus Galerius:

rolling d10!+1 Folk Ken vs Archibald's Blatant Gift Guile

(

4

)

+1

=

5

Mortis ex Verditus: Does this change anything?

Rosario of Flambeau: I still smash them up because I'm pretending.

Faustus Galerius: "He's gonna kill me no matter what i say."

Guy of Bonisagus: roll for divine retribution

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, duh."

Faustus Galerius: "I don't feel like we can really have a productive conversaton under those circustances.'

Mortis ex Verditus: Is that true?

Faustus Galerius: "If it's oblivion all the way down then there's no reason to talk about all the Spider's conspirators in the tribunal."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why'd you wreck that claw or ring or whatever?"

Faustus Galerius: "And I might as well take a nap until Archibald gets it over with."

Guy of Bonisagus: I cast The Invisible Eye Revaled.

Faustus Galerius: "Because I felt like it." Frost breath

Guy of Bonisagus: am i being scried on?

Mortis ex Verditus: "I'm sure if you have useful information you could survive."

"Maybe."

johns (GM): Nope, Guy

Guy of Bonisagus: ok

Rosario of Flambeau: I cast Mien of Helios to cause my body to glow with the light of the sun, in hopes someone will find me in the catacombs.

Mortis ex Verditus: "I don't know, this Archibald guy seems really high strung."

"I'm sure we could work out a deal."

"What if you told us about one conspirator a month?"

Faustus Galerius: "Can you send me to Heaven or Twilight instead of oblivion? THat'd be sweet."

"Right, one conspirator a month. That'd work.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Ho there! Anyone? Anyone seen a skull down here?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, how about you start with the conspirators closest to home?"

johns (GM): Rosario hears wheezing labored breaths further down the passage.

Rosario of Flambeau: I dash towards the breathing.

"Sodales!"

johns (GM): He finds a crack in the wall, about two hand's width wide. On the other side of the crack is a round chamber with sunlight coming from above. The chamber contains a pile of dead rotting corpses, buzzing flies, and one nearly corpse person breathing painfully atop the pile.

Faustus Galerius: "Alright sure. That'd be me. The Spider himself came to me and offered to make me a human again if I complied. That's how he communicates. And that's how he knows what happens here without scrying. He's an apparition."

Rosario of Flambeau: I stop concentrating on my glowing spell.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why did you believe he could do it?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Soda-"

"Uhh."

Mortis ex Verditus: "You should know that kind of thing is impossible."

Rosario of Flambeau: I charge the corpse person.

Faustus Galerius: "Not for his cult."

"He's not a hermetic."

johns (GM): You are separated from the corpse person by a cracked wall.

Rosario of Flambeau: I cast Archibald's Unwelcome Entrance.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why did he want to destroy the claw?"

johns (GM): The wall crumbles, and on the other side you note it is a dry well containing these bodies.

Rosario of Flambeau: "These catacombs go all over!"

Anything special about these bodies?

johns (GM): Do you have any medical or surgical knowledge

Rosario of Flambeau: I do not.

Faustus Galerius: Hmmm

Rosario of Flambeau: The breathing guy in any condition to talk?

Faustus Galerius: I have to go over my notes for that but I think Faustus knows the answer to that question

johns (GM): please roll the following: Stamina + (Corpus/5) + 1 + stress die

Mortis ex Verditus: I think at this point we need to ask ourselves whether or not we should be trying to get this magical knowledge for ourselves.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+3+4+1

(

2

)

+3+4+1

=

10

Guy of Bonisagus: lets enslave the spider and learn his magic

Rosario of Flambeau: Great roll.

Mortis ex Verditus: Wait you have 20 Corpus?

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh your corpus score not XP. I was being dumb.

Mortis ex Verditus: lol

johns (GM): what's the adjusted total

Rosario of Flambeau: that's 7.

johns (GM): Ok, you're still fine

Faustus Galerius: "I'm not sure. I just know he led Consolata to believe he needed it intact since he didn't trust her."

johns (GM): The breathing guy looks like he's suffocating but gasps out words like "i dont want to die"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why would he trust you? You're just a skull."

Rosario of Flambeau: Can I drag him through the door I made in the wall?

johns (GM): sure

Mortis ex Verditus: "Not only that, but you're so old that you might have actually hated him when he was still alive."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Hold on a little longer, buddy."

Faustus Galerius: "At one point I was Pralix's property."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, there you go then."

johns (GM): The bodies in the well were in varying stages of decomp, with the bottom of the pile the most rotted

Mortis ex Verditus: "Did you ever meet this spider yourself?"

johns (GM): no valuables or anything left on them

Rosario of Flambeau: Like I'd rob a corpse.

Faustus Galerius: "I don't really hate anyone. Resent, sure. I'm a slave who can never know any afterlife."

"What what're ya gonna do?"

"Except strike a deal for a bargain, maybe."

c'thinker: it can't be helped

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sounds fair enough to me."

Rosario of Flambeau: Is he breathing any better outside of the well?

johns (GM): No, and he's coughing up yellow bile

Rosario of Flambeau: "Jesus."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Did anything happen when you destroyed the claw?"

Faustus Galerius: "Anyway, he probably knows I blabbed, so I was thinking. If it's just going to be Perdo Vim anyway when I stop being useful, why not keep me around to see what he does to keep me from saying more about him?"

(From Faustus Galerius): Did anything happen?

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who exactly let you into the vault?"

(To Faustus Galerius): no

Faustus Galerius: "Archibald."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ah, I wasn't sure about that."

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling (1d10!+19)/2

(

(

9

)

+19)/2

=

14

I spont Bind Wounds on him.

And shrug.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Wait, if you've done what the Spider asked you to do, then why hasn't he restored your body?"

Faustus Galerius: You can also smash up the skull and use his eyes to cast next year's Aegis, to be clear

Mortis ex Verditus: "It looks to me like he lied to you."

Rosario of Flambeau: "I'm gonna try to carry you out of here and see where we are."

Faustus Galerius: "Because you immediately tracked me down to my hideout the moment Archibald heard the claw was damaged. Hasn't really been time. Of course, he could have just not delivered too, but who knows?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Rosario's Excellent Adventure.

Hmm.

What do you think, sodales?

Could be a good opportunity to trap him.

Rosario of Flambeau: sponting muto terram

rolling 1d10!+20

(

1

)

+20

=

21

nice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

7

)

=

7

Rosario of Flambeau: :blessed:

johns (GM): nobotch

Rosario of Flambeau: ok.

Mortis ex Verditus: At the very least we could find out if he knows anything about the Great Herbam Blight.

Rosario of Flambeau: spell still goes off, i'm making steps out of the well around the perimeter.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "How are we supposed to trap the Spider?"

Rosario of Flambeau: for diam duration

johns (GM): Okay, you emerge somewhere in the city

with a dying guy around your shoulders

Rosario of Flambeau: I immediately start yelling for a doctor.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Some kind of ghost trap maybe?"

Faustus Galerius: Gulielmus could grind up Faustus into an enchanted liquid too, that'd kill him without wasting the vis

His Ex Misc virtue lets him do that

Mortis ex Verditus: "We found those smashed spirit jars in the Conti Tower."

Rosario of Flambeau: And an escort to the nearest doctor because I will immediately get lost.

johns (GM): Sure you eventually get back to vardian's tomb alley and drop the guy off at the clinic

Rosario of Flambeau: Whew.

We did it, folks.

Guy of Bonisagus: "You know that the spider could be spying on us as we speak, es?"

yes

Rosario of Flambeau: "I found this guy, uh, there's a well with a pile of rotting corpses in our catacombs, first of all, I should have started there."

Mortis ex Verditus: "That's what the catacombs are for."

Rosario of Flambeau: "I stumbled onto this guy. He's still alive!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Keep him away from me!"

johns (GM): lol

Mortis ex Verditus: "He's sick!"

Faustus Galerius: Hypatia was helping the catacomb lepers and one point. RIP

Rosario of Flambeau: "He keeps throwing up bile. It's all over my armor."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What, and you dragged him through the inn down into the council chamber?"

johns (GM): i thought today was show & tell day??

Rosario of Flambeau: I imagine I dropped him off at the clinic and then came down to report.

Faustus Galerius: Thankfully Leprosy is a supernatural affliction so it bounces off your parma

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, cancel that statement then.

Faustus Galerius: You have to be cursed by teh divine to get it

Mortis ex Verditus: I interpose Florence between me and Rosario.

It's given by God Almighty so there's no protection against it at all.

Guy of Bonisagus: I keep myself away from Rosario as well.

Faustus Galerius: ALready having your 10 flaw points is protection

johns (GM): Okay gang, what is to be done about Faustus and the Spider?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets hit him with sticks

Mortis ex Verditus: Well I think we should keep Faustus around and see if he gets his body back.

Rosario of Flambeau: I start stripping to my underclothes in the council chamber and cleaning my armor.

Mortis ex Verditus: But further than that I don't really understand what the problem is with doing the Spider's bidding in exchange for cthonic knowledge.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Disgusting."

johns (GM): im glad endrite sees the reasonable path

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the spider is the enemy of the order of hermes, and spent years waging war against it.

even gulielmus knows this!

Mortis ex Verditus: Yeah but that was centuries ago.

Archibald of Guernicus: 'Mortis ex Verditus: But further than that I don't really understand what the problem is with doing the Spider's bidding in exchange for cthonic knowledge. '

what the fuck is this

Rosario of Flambeau: It seems like there are a lot of problems with that.

Mortis ex Verditus: I mean the Order of Solomon is also the enemy of the Order of Hermes but we just had a big summit with them.

johns (GM): wb dys

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: mortis removes his helmet to reveal... bonfilia??

johns (GM): also you have an Augustan in your covenant

Guy of Bonisagus: the spider materializes and pulls down his hood, revealing carloman

Mortis ex Verditus: I think it's clear that the Order of Hermes is open to peace.

Faustus Galerius: Yeah, if you're going to PeVi Faustus I suggest you get it over with. If you want to get rid of him at the end of the winter season you can use his vis to cast the aegis

Guy of Bonisagus: the spider destroyed our vis

Archibald of Guernicus: the augustan brotherhood were clowns and were also all-but destroyed, letting lavinia live is basically a consolation prize to their efforts. the order of suleiman is 10x the size of the order nad exists solely in places very far from any domus maga, we only clash with them out of greed and idiot flambeau going on crusades.

Mortis ex Verditus: Did he?

johns (GM): Were they destroyed? Or do they just want you to think that?

Mortis ex Verditus: If the Spider was able to destroy an entire form of vis all around the world as an apparition then it is clearly folly to oppose him.

Archibald of Guernicus: right, lets bend over and work for him instead. we've already opposed him! bit late for that!

Rosario of Flambeau: does the guy i saved have anything to say about his situation after he gets some medical care or is throwing people into wells to die after taking their valuables just a normal roman thing

Mortis ex Verditus: Duh.

Where else are you going to put sick people?

johns (GM): Lavinia is out of town but the nurse who I think shaun made up for a previous adventure? says he has garotillo and is going to die, and his family took him for dead and prematurely buried him

Shauncat: My suggestion is to keep faustus around for the rest of the season to see if The Spider shows up, then use his vim vis to cast the aegis

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: on paper house tremere also exists to fight the order of suleiman

johns (GM): well not "buried" but "disposed"

Mortis ex Verditus: Eh.

Rosario of Flambeau: These people are animals.

Guy of Bonisagus: theres probably lots of corpus or perdo vis

at the bottom of that well

Mortis ex Verditus: I don't think we need to destroy Faustus at all.

Shauncat: That's up to you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: theres lots of spare corpses

for necromancy purposes.

Guy of Bonisagus: ethical necromancy

Mortis ex Verditus: As long as we just don't let him do lab work.

Shauncat: Well, up to Archibald

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they were probably christians so it's still unethical.

Shauncat: He's the one ready to PeVi and be done with it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: just possible.

Mortis ex Verditus: Which, frankly, was a terrible idea in the first place.

Guy of Bonisagus: wow, cant believe after our trip to the pile of dead peasants, mortis got a bunch of new women with vows of silence assisting him

Rosario of Flambeau: Let's strap Faustus to this guy who's going to die of garotillo.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's make a big jar and throw faustus in it

Archibald of Guernicus: He backstabbed us in service of the greatest enemy the Order has ever known. I'm all for Live And Let Live, but there are limits, and I think we've crossed them

Mortis ex Verditus: That's a good idea Gulielmus.

johns (GM): He backstabbed you in service of God?

Rosario of Flambeau: I think Faustus is our best source of information on the Spider so it would be imprudent to blow him up right away.

Mortis ex Verditus: Come on now, a guy who fought a bunch of Diedne and Ex Misc shamans?

If it had been 300 years later he would have been a hero.

Shauncat: Faustus can't get out of a sealed jar so it's a good idea

(From Shauncat): Faustus is in your control now BTW

johns (GM): Archibald is consul so I defer final decision to him

Archibald of Guernicus: Can you completely seal him up?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella apologizes to Archibald for trusting the talking skull and retreats to her lab

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "His behavior is simply unconscionable."

Mortis ex Verditus: Jar sealing technology exists.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: He has Limited Gestures

He can't even push the lid off

Mortis ex Verditus: We could seal an adult, alive human in a jar of sufficient size.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: He's a skull who can't sin or be absolved of sin, he has no need for morals

Faustus Galerius is now in Gay Baby Jail

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should also set a guard over the jar.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Put a pad on the jar so Napoliono can sit on it

Archibald of Guernicus: "He stays alive as a source of information, nothing more. Sealed, unable tae leave. We then place the jar inside a second vault, magical defences will be employed on it as well."

Rosario of Flambeau: Celeste can guard the jar so she can also get seasons from him teaching.

Mortis ex Verditus: "I'm not sure the first vault did it's job."

"Since we're just letting anybody into it."

"Even dubious talking skulls."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It's FIorella's fault for vouching for him

Archibald wouldn't have done it if Faustus asked him directly

Mortis ex Verditus: We need to do a thorough audit of what we have stored in the vault, in my opinion.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "If he starts talking to that apparition inside his jar, maybe a good old fashioned human guard would hear it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The vault was to prevent mundane theft."

"As said, I think we should step up our security."

Mortis ex Verditus: What DO we have stored in the vault?

Archibald of Guernicus: Our vis

Rosario of Flambeau: That's pretty important.

Archibald of Guernicus: we have a 30-strength aegis, which makes magical theft for someone outside the covenant incredibly difficult

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are our dangerous items in the vault or in someone's lab

johns (GM): May I suggest we also store: The reliquary, the rod of kabshiel, and the human skin book of infernal lore, plus a few hundred Mythic pounds of our savings

Rosario of Flambeau: I have a demon's sword that is just laying around in my lab that should probably go in there.

Archibald of Guernicus: oh that stuff's stored too

the human skin book is absolutely in the vault

so is the viking sword

iirc

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will do my part by making several lesser enchanted items that cast archibald's unwelcome entrance, and then leaving them around inside damaged crates and air ducts

johns (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus scraems

Mortis ex Verditus: Smart.

johns (GM): I think our Faustus matter is settled for now then?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Seal the flesh book in the jar with Faustus so he has something to read while he's in jail

Rosario of Flambeau: (A demonic blade, black with soot. 2 Infernal Vim Vis.)

i forget where i got this

johns (GM): Moe, are you around? I was hoping to shift to the returning Mt. Etna crew

Mortis ex Verditus: He wouldn't be able to read it because it would be too dark in the jar.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is it from the french demon hunt

Rosario of Flambeau: but it's going to go in the vault for now instead of just sitting above my bed

that's it, probably.

Mortis ex Verditus: What happened to that other magic ring we found?

johns (GM): i dont recall any infernal booty from there

Guy of Bonisagus: when we disenchant faustus will a skull be left behind

johns (GM): since the big bad demon Blew The Fuck Up

Guy of Bonisagus: i wanna make a magic cup out of his skull

Rosario of Flambeau: I've had the demon sword for a while.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should fill the jar with straw

Rosario of Flambeau: Like one of this character's first adventures.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It turned out a female apprentice was inside the jar with Faustus. This is the one thing we didn't wnat to happen.

johns (GM): do you mean the verditius ring mortis? we gave it to our client in exchange for seasons of work

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: so faustus can't smash his skull against the side of the jar

johns (GM): i think rosario's first adventure was the demon of blois so maybe it was from there and I plumb forgot about it

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Faustus can't commit suicid

He regenerates

Rosario of Flambeau: that was probably it, yeah

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh right.

johns (GM): Oh

The sword was just straight up vis, nothing more

Archibald of Guernicus: Speaking of our client, I was going to bring this up in the thread but I'll mention now: he's going to be leaving very soon

johns (GM): leaving???? zuh?????

Rosario of Flambeau: oh, well then it's staying above the bed as decoration.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hazm would like a wand with Demon's Eternal Oblivion on it

Archibald of Guernicus: he's sat around for a while and no-one has actually asked him for the item he promised you all.

so you should cash it in soon

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Can he craft that if no one else wants an item

johns (GM): I asked you like 5 times what his art scores were

Mortis ex Verditus: What are his stats again?

Archibald of Guernicus: well his sheet is several years out of date but he does have one, give me a moment

Rosario of Flambeau: Cool.

Guy of Bonisagus: oh ive got an idea

johns (GM): i definitely want to make use of him since lavinia helped get the ring and needs enchanted hermetic items to do cool stuff

Rosario of Flambeau: He should make me bracers of hill giant strength.

Guy of Bonisagus: I ask the client for a chalice made out of a skull that doesn't leak the drink inside from its eye/nose/etc holes

Mortis ex Verditus: He needs to make Lavinia a clue.

Archibald of Guernicus: https://i.imgur.com/yET12u1.png

johns (GM): CrMentem

Archibald of Guernicus: this is his stats as of when the adventure happened

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Have him make the whale, a demon killing wand, or stuff for Lavinia's Troy exploration

Rosario of Flambeau: whats his magic thoery

and int

johns (GM): A spell that murders Greeks

Archibald of Guernicus: he has great intelligence

Rosario of Flambeau: noice

johns (GM): hey  moe  you with us

Archibald of Guernicus: hes my backup magus if either archibald dies or i stop playing him

Rosario of Flambeau: Fiorella of Jerbiton: Have him make the whale, a demon killing wand, or stuff for Lavinia's Troy exploration

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: a set of calipers that determines someone's native language at touch range

moe: i'm up

Archibald of Guernicus: the verditius that uh

johns (GM): nice! nice!!!

Archibald of Guernicus: cant cast any spells

at all

the 10 points of flaws to be unable to cast magic

Rosario of Flambeau: oh lmao thats him?

that guy rules

johns (GM): Then let's jump ahead a bit to October 20

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes sense.

Rosario of Flambeau: what a great character concept

johns (GM): And the PCs returning from Vulcanal:

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah i made him as an npc because it was such a fun concept i wanted it to be canon in some way

johns (GM): Giraldo, Dusan, Derfel, Voda, Bolad, and Father Hazm

Archibald of Guernicus: hes very good at making magic items

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Do you want to play Bolad for a small scene

Archibald of Guernicus: he has 2 magic rings on him

(From Archibald of Guernicus): alright, sure

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: a powerful scrying device that will alert gulielmus when tethys returns from twilight

committing an infinite number of crimes in the process

Rosario of Flambeau: I want a magic ring that summons a sword made of ice with 20+ penetration

but that's not going to happen...

Father Hazm goes to Ponza to check on the conversion of the minaret into a church if no one needs him.

(To Father Hazm): On the boat ride back, on the 2nd and 3rd days, Hazm begins having nightmares. Regular dreams take a dark unsettling turn, and he feels the presence of the black bishop (who he cannot visualize) near him

Archibald of Guernicus: oh and his lab totals are higher when crafting magic items, ofc. as a verditius.

johns (GM): Before Ponza, your boat trip is taking you from Palermo to Ostia (the port city of rome)

Guy of Bonisagus: i want my skull chalice that is functional

the other ideas are gay

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: seems like you can make that yourself

Guy of Bonisagus: i think i can

but i want a free one

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm going to be honest, a sword made of ice sounds absolutely useless.

Wouldn't it just shatter?

Guy of Bonisagus: you already have an ice sword

you collect it once per year from the arthur regio

johns (GM): With only 1 Stink Gift wizard on board, the trip is smooth sailing. But as you approach Ostia harbor, you notice 3 large Genoese warships in the bay

(From Father Hazm): He hasn't yet developed a trust in anyone at VT to talk about the Black Bishop, but he does mention this in his correspondence with his mystagogue at Bologna.

Mortis ex Verditus: Damn!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: a sword that heals a light wound on the victim for Sun duration

Guy of Bonisagus: "Genoese warships. Three of them, right in the bay."

Bolad: "Wooden water-horse is slow and useless. Bolad yearns for the open plain, and screams of enemies running from flying shaft."

Guy of Bonisagus: oops

Giraldo of Milan: "Genoese warships. Three of them, right in the bay."

johns (GM): bolad is being played by a guest star today.

Mortis ex Verditus: "What is this nonsense?"

Giraldo of Milan: thanks, prinnydood

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Come on, Bolad, I thought you liked the eternal blue."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Apologies. I did not sleep well last night."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Just tell them who we are and they should let us pass."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "It's just down instead of up."

Bolad: "The sky, northern man, not the sea."

Dušan of Criamon: I want to cast Eyes of the Eagle (InIm25)

johns (GM): Aura is Mundane (0)

Father Hazm: "Tell me more of this Tengri."

Dušan of Criamon: should be +18

johns (GM): yep

Roll it

Derfel ap Cadwaladr handsomely surveys the Genoese ships.

Mortis ex Verditus: Do the Genoese try to intercept us?

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+18

(

4

)

+18

=

22

Bolad: "The Tengri took clay and made it man."

johns (GM): The spell succeeds, though you take 1 Short-term fatigue Dusan

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "I don't like the looks of this. Aren't they notorious for their crossbowmen?"

Dušan of Criamon: noted, I would like to take a close look

are we slowing down at all by the way

Giraldo of Milan: this seems like a weird map

(To Dušan of Criamon): There are armed men on the ship and scorpions (siege weapons). You also note armed men in the city proper and pavilions.

Giraldo of Milan: why is ostia south of rome

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Mortis ex Verditus: It isn't.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: east goes at the top of maps

johns (GM): The captain's control of the ship is a bit limited in the pre-rudder age. He moves to avoid the warships, but men on board the ship begin waving and shouting at him in Italian to pull aside.

Mortis ex Verditus: The map just isn't oriented in the usual way.

Dušan of Criamon: "Hmm. Seems the boats are not on a courtesy visit, siege weapons."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Watar" they shouting?

Giraldo of Milan: be quiet

only johns can respond when i troll him

Dušan of Criamon: "Soldiers in the city as well."

Father Hazm: "I'm sure they will do nothing untoward to a man of the cloth."

johns (GM): In Genoese accents, they shout to the captain that he needs to prepare to be boarded.

Giraldo of Milan: uh oh

Mortis ex Verditus: "Go fuck your mother!" I shout back.

Giraldo of Milan: i hide the goat babes

Bolad: "You trust too much in the good of man, especially a man of arms."

Giraldo of Milan: i give them uhhhh

hats

johns (GM): lol

Giraldo of Milan: and long dresses

johns (GM): to set the scene -- the boat you're on is a simple medieval ship with only the top deck and one below deck which holds cargo and passengers in one single big room

where do you guys want to be while things are going down?

Father Hazm: Did you mean to shout that as Voda?

Dušan of Criamon: I for one am going downstairs and casting Sidestep

Giraldo of Milan: i am making sure the goat babes are as disguised as possible

Mortis ex Verditus: No.

Father Hazm: Oh

Rosario of Flambeau: Do you mean to be saying this stuff as Voda?

Father Hazm: I didn't know Mortis came with us too

johns (GM): Mortis is not here, so I assume he's shouting that at Archibald

Father Hazm: Okay

Mortis ex Verditus: Wait what?

Bolad: Yeah he's just yelling this in the tombs

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok fine.

johns (GM): I thought Voda was the one who went to Vulcanal

Bolad: I didnt want to break it to him

Voda: He was, sorrt.

y

Giraldo of Milan: mortis is giving us a trial run of the play he wrote

Rosario of Flambeau: Mortis is yelling at his daughter.

johns (GM): Okay, I take it you're below decks

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: The groundlings will love the "go fuck your mother" speech.

johns (GM): The ship slows down and stops, and you hear a loud "thump" then heavy footsteps of people coming on board

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: does the captain have any quarters

johns (GM): No quarters

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+16

(

4

)

+16

=

20

johns (GM): the sailors mostly sleep on deck

Dušan of Criamon: sidestepped

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: sad.

Father Hazm: I take a look over the boats

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i will activate my most powerful ability.

Father Hazm: Second Sight active

Derfel ap Cadwaladr touches his relic and begins to pray.

johns (GM): Assuming you're below decks, Hazm peeps through cracks in the boards

Oread: The goat girls are spooked and start jumping onto furniture and countertops and barrels and stuff.

Dušan of Criamon: I was about to cast prying eyes but sure, I'll look through cracks as well

Giraldo of Milan: i make sure their hats stay in place and their hooves arent too noticeable whilst they do that

Father Hazm: "They should probably stay hidden."

johns (GM): The genoese have used grappling hooks to hold your ship in position and then set a plank between your boats to let some men board you

Dušan of Criamon: "Hidden and disguised."

Bolad: "Magus, you are the only of your group here. You make the decisions. Bolad will stop these assailants if you give your word."

Father Hazm: I'll cast my +1 Charm charm

johns (GM): The captian and the Genoese talk in Italian, muffled as they are above you

Giraldo of Milan: "Hiding them will be hard. Don't worry, I have a plan if they're questioned."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: the genoese fire thousands of iron crossbow bolts into derfels body and depart

Voda: I'll listen in.

johns (GM): Aboard the Genoese ships are crossbowmen and a manned scorpion pointed at your vessel

Voda:

rolling 1d10 + 1 Awareness

(

4

)

+1

=

5

johns (GM): The conversation is short Voda, the solder tells your captain he's going to search the ship

Voda: Hmm.

johns (GM): The captain protests and the soldier threatens to cut off his head.

Voda: I'll relay this information then quickly go AFK.

Giraldo of Milan: I calm the oreads as best I can, and tell them to stay silent if asked anything.

johns (GM): You hear footsteps crossing the deck, then 4 men in plate cuirasses descend from the top deck into the dark cargo hold.

Bolad: "They come seeking war, magus. They will take your passengers and kill them before you."

Dušan of Criamon: Dušan is lost in thought. "Hmm. So it would seem."

Father Hazm: "I have faith in the decency of mankind."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Come on, ladies. Play your part and stay silent until we get to the next leg of our journey."

johns (GM): They inspect the barrels in crates in the hold

Father Hazm: "These aren't barbarians."

Soldier: "Hmph"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr:

rolling 1d10!+5+2+2 presence/leadership/familiarity with the fae

(

8

)

+5+2+2

=

17

Dušan of Criamon: "Which side of this war are they in support of?"

Soldier: One of them approaches you, jerks a thumb towards the ceiling and orders in Italian, "get on deck"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "The side that's besieging Rome."

Father Hazm: I'll do so.

Giraldo of Milan: I motion the oreads to come with me onto the deck.

Dušan of Criamon: Dušan gets up without as much as a sign of resistance, walks up

Oread: The Oreads are wide-eyed and quiet. They're incognizant of how much vitality is involved in this situation, but they're feeling it.

Father Hazm: Hazm greets them radiating charm and smooth wit, being blessed by the Tongue of Orpheus

Bolad: "We have no value to them, they may let us go. But say the word should swift violence be needed to make these men depart."

Soldier: alright

Dušan of Criamon: whispering, "I'm thankful for the offer, perhaps we'll not need to use your skills."

Soldier: You head topside. The soldiers follow, two of them carrying crates out of the hold.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: derfel makes his way up

Soldier: The one who seems in charge scrutinizes you in the sunlight like a drill sargeant inspecting the troops. He does a double take on Dusan but moves past.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "You familiar with those, horse man?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr indicates the scorpion.

Soldier: He taps Giraldo's sword hilt. "What's your business?" he asks (in Italian)

Father Hazm: A parish priest might make a good hostage, in which case I won't fight them.

Giraldo of Milan: "Traveling to Rome." I respond.

Soldier: "What for?"

Bolad: What scorpion?

is it a banner or

a real animal

Soldier: the siege weapon

Giraldo of Milan: "I live there."

Bolad: "No. Bolad has no need of bow too heavy for horse."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it's basically a ballista.

Soldier: http://www.siege-engine.com/mistaballista/p6170030.jpg

He moves onto Derfel and points to the spear. "And you?" he asks.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Derfel still cannot speak Italian.

Giraldo of Milan: I'll translate for him.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: hmm

well, in that case, derfel, too, lives in Rome.

Soldier looks skeptical

Soldier: "Next you'll tell me he " -- points to Bolad -- " is from Rome too."

Giraldo of Milan: "Oh, no, he's from the East."

devil's fav demon: lol

Soldier: "A Greek?"

Dušan of Criamon: "He does, however live in Rome."

Giraldo of Milan: "Further. He barely speaks but he's good with a bow, so we keep him around."

"Keep clear of him though, always stinks of horse."

Soldier: "You're fighters then?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr looks something up.

Giraldo of Milan: "We can hold off bandits and roughs that might think to try their luck."

Dušan of Criamon: "Your concern for our safety is moving."

Bolad: "I work as a guard to learn the ways of these cities."

Soldier spits and walks away to speak to the captain

Dušan of Criamon: "We understand there's been some unrest, but we are not men prone to fits of violence."

Voda: Ok I'ma back.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Derfel utters some nonsense in Welsh, to establish his Welshness.

Soldier: The Genoese return to their own ship. The captain addresses you:

Voda: "I'm a porter."

Sailor: "They say the port's under blockade and the city's under siege. We're to turn around and go back the way we came."

Giraldo of Milan: oh dear

are the roman pcs aware that their port is under siege

Father Hazm: "We can dock at Ponza, perhaps. It's no longer under Saracen rule."

Sailor: they may be once we return to them

Derfel ap Cadwaladr shrugs.

Voda: "We have precious cargo that needs to get to Rome. Isn't there some way we can get into the city?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Find us a beach, then."

Giraldo of Milan: beginning to think those hungarians in the city didnt have great intentions

Dušan of Criamon: "Troubling, but I am glad no blood was shed."

Sailor: "They probably have watchmen for miles up and down the coast. How far are you prepared to go on foot?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Far as we have to."

Voda: "I, uh, I'm not sure."

Father Hazm: Hazm visits Ponza every so often to manage our holdsings so he might be aware of the saracens returning

Voda: "How long until these whatever they are die?"

Dušan of Criamon: "I've walked before. I have a different question, you good seamen don't happen to know a shortcut, do you?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr raises an eyebrow.

Sailor: "I don't like what you're insinuating. I'm a honest man, not a smuggler."

Voda: Are there rowboats on the ship?

Sailor: Yes voda, that's how cargo and people typically get on and off

Voda: Right.

Sailor: harbors that accomodate entire ships are very rare in this age

Voda: Ok.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Is that so?"

Dušan of Criamon: "Not at all, I merely remembered how boats would sometimes offload on the far side of the Krk peninsula to avoid customs taxes in Ragusa."

Voda: Can you make the rowboats invisible, Dusan?

Derfel ap Cadwaladr turns his Piercing Gaze towards the sailor.

Dušan of Criamon: i was actually looking up if wizard's sidestep could work on the boat

I'm not sure it would work

Sailor: it works until you bump into someone

Dušan of Criamon: well it's still 1 pace only

Voda: It would absolutely work but it wouldn't disguise us very well.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Those with ulterior motives, uneasy consciences, or lying tongues must make rolls against an appropriate Personality Trait, Guile, or whatever the storyguide deems appropriate, to remain calm.

Dušan of Criamon: also noise would travel weirdly so

Sailor:

rolling 1d10

(

3

)

=

3

"Hrmph"

Voda: If we were invisible it wouldn't matter.

Sailor: "Alright maybe I know something. You shut your yaps about it"

Voda: Nobody is going to interdict an invisible rowboat.

Dušan of Criamon: "Why we're not hearing it even right now. You're not saying it. We're merely merry passangers on a ship, enjoying the cruise. I don't know these seas, I wouldn't know one port from another."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Of course, of course."

"We're all among friends, here."

Sailor: "I know a cove you can get dropped off a couple miles south of here. As long as you stick to the fields you can get to the city without running into any road patrols."

Bolad: "Thank you, water man."

Voda: "Sounds good to me.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: horse kid's afraid to leave his horse.

oh, that's right

bolad is a fellow prince

Father Hazm: "Your good deeds will be remembered in Heaven."

Dušan of Criamon: Dušan smiles serenely. "You know, you and I have one thing in common; we're both guided by the stars!"

Sailor: The captain doesn't look pleased to be compared to you.

Father Hazm: "Are you an astrologer, magus?"

Dušan of Criamon: Dušan is entirely oblivious to the captain's misgivings

Sailor: That night you are rowed ashore and the captain gladly takes his leave of you.

Dušan of Criamon: "Why yes, I do watch them closely. It is what I do."

Voda: Sounds good to me.

Dušan of Criamon: do we compensate him on the spot?

Voda: It's a win/win.

johns (GM): Do you?

Dušan of Criamon: do we have the mundane resources on us?

Dušan is not a big purse user

Father Hazm: "Surely you learned of the constellation in co- oh right, basic tutelage for literacy."

Dušan of Criamon: if not and he agrees to remuneration soon, forget i asked

Father Hazm: Hazm's amulets are an advanced form of astrological ligatures.

devil's fav demon: Well done, boys.

Voda: Dang it!

johns (GM): Who's good at seeing in the dark

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: me

Dušan of Criamon: uh, eagle eye?

Voda: Not me.

johns (GM): fae blood right?

Dušan of Criamon: second sight?

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: yeah

johns (GM): Nice.

Father Hazm: I'll follow Derfel's lead

Giraldo of Milan: i can

see in the dark

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: ok uh

johns (GM): Nice!

that makes it pretty easy to navigate to the city by night

(From Derfel ap Cadwaladr): derfel of course has no sense of direction

(To Derfel ap Cadwaladr): lmao

johns (GM): Derfel seems pretty sure the city is to the Southeast.

Giraldo thinks it's Northish.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Come on, sodales."

Father Hazm: All roads lead to rome

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "It's this way."

Giraldo of Milan: does derfel have no sense of direction

Voda: My feeling is that Giraldo is right here.

Father Hazm: Same, Voda

Voda: Since we were dropped off south of Rome.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm looking up at the sky to find the right way, and tripping over things while doing so.

Giraldo of Milan: what if there was a faerie regio thats just an endless sprawl of roads and following them for long enough leads you to rome

and thats all it does

johns (GM): thatd be cool

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: is derfel going to have to stab a grog

Father Hazm: If the stars are out can we navigate by them?

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it's to the southeast.

johns (GM): Derfel! Your leadership is being challenged

Dušan of Criamon: clearly you put points in philosophiae

johns (GM): astronomy is more Artes Liberales

Giraldo of Milan: sounds like we need to contest this

with relevant skills

Dušan of Criamon: oh no, the good-ass fae theory

johns (GM): Sounds like it's time for...

disputatio

Father Hazm: I have 4 Artes Liberales and a specialty in horoscope magic

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it is RIGHT there on the map.

Voda: Sorry I can't read.

Father Hazm: I believe GIraldo becase he doesn't have a flaw relevant to this

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: gah

Dušan of Criamon: I do not participate in the dispute, but I do make an effort to read the stars if visible

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: what about dusan. he knows the value of walking in circles

Father Hazm: I help Dusan

johns (GM): Roll Int + A.L.

Dušan of Criamon: Blind leading the blind, in the darkness, in a fae regio

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

10

)

+6

=

16

Derfel ap Cadwaladr:

rolling 1d10!+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

nice

(To Giraldo of Milan): You are definitely sure you were let off south of the city.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+1

(

7

)

+1

=

8

(To Derfel ap Cadwaladr): You are positive you are somewhere north of the city.

Father Hazm:

rolling 2+4+d10! +1 if spec in astrology-based amulets and chartae counts

2+4+

(

3

)

+1

=

10

(To Dušan of Criamon): You are reasonably confident you are south of Ostia.

(From Derfel ap Cadwaladr): but can i even identify north

(To Father Hazm): You are reasonably sure you are south of Ostia.

(To Derfel ap Cadwaladr): It's the big shiny thing in the sky.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "That one's north."

Voda: Don't forget to confirm that botch, Derfel.

johns (GM): Derfel points to the moon as he says that.

Bolad: "Are you quite done, men of the city?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr:

rolling 1d10

(

6

)

=

6

it is NOT a botch.

merely the moon, which lies to the north.

Father Hazm: "Yes, we are to the south of Ostia, southwest of rome."

Voda: "We need to hurry."

Dušan of Criamon: I concur, but this does not sway me regarding to where we should head.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "No, no."

Voda: "If there are Genoese warships in the harbor there might be armies on the march!"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "We landed to the north of the city, and need to go... that way."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr points in a direction.

Father Hazm: If we are in a faerie aura I should be affected

Hazm is allergic

johns (GM): y'ain't

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: ideally derfel is now just pointing at the city

Bolad: "If soldiers delay us, the might of the Tengri will see them gone."

Dušan of Criamon: "Ah, wise. I concur with Derfel."

Voda: "We should be following our skilled tracker and not Derfel."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: but, probably not

Giraldo of Milan: i wish zita was here

Voda: Zitathinker.

Giraldo of Milan: to sneak up on derfel and knock him out

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: no!

Dušan of Criamon: I assume I'll know once derfel is poitning in the right direction I can just stop him

interrupt him by agreeing with him

johns (GM): lol

ok

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lol

johns (GM): Well done Derfel!

Father Hazm: Great job

johns (GM): Passing through dead vineyards, you see bonfires and pavilions surrounding the city

Derfel ap Cadwaladr whistles as he goes.

Voda: Gasp!

Giraldo of Milan: "Hm."

Voda: Ok here's my plan.

johns (GM): Makeshift forts and barricades have sprung up around the roads leading into the city, about half a mile from the walls

Father Hazm: I could buff Derfel with Clear Thinker but if he has a relic I guess he's immune

Dušan of Criamon: "A little early for rituals to Ceres, no?"

Voda: We advance through the big box of text, where there aren't any encampments.

Dušan of Criamon: immune to clear thinking

that does bring somethign to mind

Father Hazm: Immune to Common Sense

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: derfels thoughts are perfectly clear

johns (GM): a sound plan voda

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: the boy just has no sense of direction.

Father Hazm: I'll buff everyone who wants it with Common Sense

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: That is a sound plan.

can we just swim in

johns (GM): You can make it into the Trastavere (the purple jagged walls on this map don't exist yet)

Bolad cannae swim.

Voda: Smart move by me.

Dušan of Criamon: Props

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: bolad is a muckle noob.

Voda: Ok let's get these goats into the fairy regio.

johns (GM): you are now at the spot marked by the Green Badger.

Voda: Are there any marauding barbarians around?

johns (GM): not at night

Dušan of Criamon: Ah, but one bridge away from home

what could possibly go wrong

Father Hazm: I'll go warn everyone that the ports are blockaded and on this news, Fiorella returns to Ponza to make sure Saracen don't come back.

johns (GM): Well, the gate at Porta Saleria is closed at the moment

Voda: Are there any catacomb entrances that can take us under the river?

johns (GM): none you know of here

Father Hazm: Oh I see

Voda: Beware, my Area Lore: Rome ability is very high.

Bolad: I've been portraying Bolad inaccurately I think, I'll try and be more Mongolian.

"Oh fugg :DDDD"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Beware! the Lore of the Land approaches

johns (GM): lol

Father Hazm: Steppe Hard R

johns (GM): make that roll then

Giraldo of Milan: whos above the lore?

Voda:

rolling 1d10 + 8 Area Lore: Rome

(

1

)

+8

=

9

Molto bene.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: this is a VERY stressful situation.

johns (GM): The Trastavere is younger than the rest of the city so there's no catacombs out here

Dušan of Criamon: doing the kissing fingertips motion

Bolad: I'm rolling area lore: rome

Voda: Hmm.

johns (GM): (this is the result of your Lore knowledge)

Bolad:

rolling 1d10+2

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Voda: We could go to the Guernicus Villa and get the latest news.

Bolad: "Yes, this is most certainly the city of Rome."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: We could walk up to the gate.

Voda: If there's an army around they won't just open up for us.

Bolad: "Invaders are at our walls, we should proceed with trickery or with force."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i can awe them.

johns (GM): Derfel approaches the gate. It is quiet and no one is visible. A light flickers inside the gatehouse.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Hello!"

Father Hazm: I'll go with Derfel

Dušan of Criamon: In Welsh

Father Hazm: They should let a man of the cloth through

Rabble: "Who's there"

Father Hazm: "Salve. I am Father Hazm."

Giraldo of Milan: "We've come from Ostia."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Vardian's Tomb! Come on, friend, won't you let us into our beautiful city?"

derfel is shouting all of this in latin of course.

Rabble: The rabble does not understand Latin.

Father Hazm: I can speak Italian.

Rabble: "Okay, and?"

Voda: "We have an important package to deliver!"

"Sexy women!"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Tell him God sent us, Hazm."

Voda: In Italian, of course.

Rabble: The rabble peers out of the gatehouse.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Or, hang on."

Voda: I indicate the sexy goat women.

Father Hazm: "Well barring me is against him, yes."

Rabble: Open the gate a little

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "This'll work."

Voda: Heh.

Dušan of Criamon: lmao

Rabble: Alright

Father Hazm: Okay I'll go in after these guys

johns (GM): With minor difficulty, you have re-entered the city of Rome, now under siege.

Father Hazm: I'm just a priest, I don't need to be part of this scheme to get admittance

Bolad: "Benis :DDD"

Voda: Works every time.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: look i'm trying to awe people here

johns (GM): it woul dhelp if you spoke their language.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: mayhap.

Voda: Oh shit Hungarians.

Father Hazm: They're legitimate patrons

Voda: I turn around and walk out of the bar.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: all he has to do is say the line and then i turn on the awe though

Giraldo of Milan: does derfel have a sheet yet

johns (GM): I delete the huns.

Giraldo of Milan: i wish the huns were here to save us

Dušan of Criamon: Why, fellow Christians, nothing wrong with that. The fact they're an army less so.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: farewell, huns

Voda: I turn around 360 degrees and moonwalk into the bar.

johns (GM): It is now time for a brief recap from the people who have been in Rome all this time. Apparently about a week ago the nobles who left the city showed up again and set up the siege camps. Their heralds have shouted to the city wall that Cola di Rienzi is an excommunicate and the city is under interdict until he is turned over.

Voda: Gasp!

Father Hazm: "There are men with little regard to my priesthood blockading the port and barring the inner city, magi. Their purpose seems nefarious."

johns (GM): The local militia, town watch, and Hungarian soldiers have taken to the walls to defend the town. Luckily there's been no sign of siege weapons and no assaults yet.

Mortis ex Verditus: Fortunately we have just the thing to defeat these scoundrels.

An army of ghosts!

Father Hazm: Cool

Bolad: "War is upon us, a time to earn great honour in battle."

Dušan of Criamon: I confer with Bolad and Derfel: if fighting breaks out, will it be in the vicinity of VT?

Bolad: "In our small alley, not a good place to fight, no."

Father Hazm: "I was not able to make the trip to Ponza from Ostia. Someone who can get their by magical means will have to check on it until this blockade is over."

johns (GM): Well, Rome is a big city

Bolad: "We can defend our position. However, we have great secrets. Soldiers may try to take them by force."

johns (GM): And there are gates all around

Voda: I'm going to spearhead the acclimatization of our new friends the Oreads to our fairy regio, so I will be unavailable for however long that takes.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: mmm haha.

Voda: So fight on without me, dear comrades!

Dušan of Criamon: All I wish is that the hermetic treasures are safe, regardless of the outcome for the mundanes. I'd strongly prefer all fighting happen somewhere completely else.

Father Hazm: I'm going to write to Savelli about the suitability of Catania for missionaries and wine-making monks.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "We've got ways to keep the fighting away."

Dušan of Criamon: I think if Porta S Paolo holds that will be the only point of importance in this whole siege for Dušan

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "I assume."

Dušan of Criamon: Does VT have a related cemetery?

Voda: We have a catacomb.

Also a necromancer.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: we've been taking people somewhere to get them good christian burials

Dušan of Criamon: Ahhhhh. Right.

Archibald of Guernicus: We could potentially have magi collaborate on an item that lets us set up a ReCo ward against humans

to protect the covenant

Mortis ex Verditus: We should go on the attack.

Archibald of Guernicus: We have absolutely nothing to gain by attacking, we just need to make sure no opportunistic nobleman or rabble rouser tries their luck

Mortis ex Verditus: If we scattered these cowards' armies then we'd have nothing to worry about.

Giraldo of Milan: hmmm

ill help voda

Archibald of Guernicus: yes we would

Giraldo of Milan: good luck everyone

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Point me at the enemy city and I'll play Angry Birds

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what about the republic

Archibald of Guernicus: they'd ALL come to us and try to make us fight for them, or co-operate to destroy us

johns (GM): Rumors have been spreading faster than a case of garotillo among the frightened populace.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we have to save the republic.

Archibald of Guernicus: which side did lavinia support again? so i know what the evil option is

johns (GM): Tavern goers tell you that the siegers have been turning back fighting men but letting the elderly, the feeble, and women and children into the city. Since Rienzo has promised food for all some think the city can't last long.

she supports whatever furthers her plans at the moment.

Dušan of Criamon: Republics have come and gone, and so have nobles. What's important is we preserve the hermetic treasures we have and make sure mundanes don't use them to upset the cycle.

Mortis ex Verditus: We have a maniple at our command as well as the Tiber River.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella supports an end of the blockade so that Venetia can continue to fleece the maritime economy

Mortis ex Verditus: We shouldn't back down.

We can save this city.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets send the ghosts at the siege boys

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: animate the diseased corpses and walk them into the camps

Mortis ex Verditus: Duh.

It's just that easy.

Archibald of Guernicus: Save it from what? We assume that whatever side we pick is the 'best' outcome for it. If we were concerned about saving it, what we should focus on is a means to provide food. Which we already do, honestly, but even moreso. Prevent a siege. Another thing would be some sort of protection from siege weaponry, if we could pull it off

Mortis ex Verditus: The best defense is a good offense.

Oread: ok i wasnt paying attention but these have stats now.

Father Hazm writes a decree that heathens are at the gates and must be repelled.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: archibald can set the siege equpiment on fire at sight range.

Archibald of Guernicus: let the mundanes fight it out, if we play our hand it just encourages people to take a swing at us

Oread: time to catch up and see if you made it on land.

Mortis ex Verditus: Destroying the siege camps would protect us completely.

johns (GM): One day the grogs and companions are talking in the tavern -- shooting the shit as usual --

Oread: i'm adding Oread to the grogs section.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the code PROBABLY forbids us from interfering.

Napolino woodles in

Napolino: "Guys! Guess who I saw!"

Archibald of Guernicus: im sure all these rich and angry nobles would go "Ah, we lost fair and square, by which I mean really unfairly because magic beat us. Lets give up here"

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh speaking of, what's the Capocci family doing?

Napolino: They are on the side siegeing the city.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm with Archibald, we should make sure to save any persons of interest and then as many others as we can once the battle begins. This concerns us in no way until they come knocking at the tomb's doors.

Mortis ex Verditus: What about their tower?

Is it empty?

Archibald of Guernicus: We should begin, pre-emptively, working on defences for the Tomb

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella is busy getting messages back and forth between Rome, Venice, and Ponza using birds to bypass the blockades

Archibald of Guernicus: both magical and mundane

its long past pretending people dont know about us, so we can lose a bit of subtlety with them

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Helping families friendly to the Zenos as well as her own interest

Napolino: Their tower was taken over by commoner rabble, Mortis.

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice.

Napolino: "No one's gonna guess? C'mon, just guess!"

Mortis ex Verditus: That'll show 'em.

"A ghost?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "More blockades? Flagellants?"

Napolino: "Nope!"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Uhhh"

"Demons?"

Napolino: To Rosario: "Nope!"

To Fiorella: "Getting warmer!"

Father Hazm: "Demons?"

Dušan of Criamon: The way I'm reading this, and I'd like to hear Derfel and Bolad's thoughts on this, is that there's one Porta in particular that will be the linchpin as to where an assault happens, the southern one.

Napolino: "Nope!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sexy goat girls?"

Napolino: "Nope!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is it sexy goat girls?"

"Are you absolutely sure?"

Napolino: "Nope!"

"Yep!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Then what is it?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The archon?"

Napolino: "It was Nevio!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who?"

Napolino: "Y'know, Nevio?"

"He worked here for the last 20 years?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Oh yes."

Mortis ex Verditus: I shake my head.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I know o fhim

I've been here a while

Napolino: "Anyway he's up to some weird stuff now. I bumped into him while I was buying pastries and he cornered me and tried convincing me to join his creepy cult."

Father Hazm: Hazm is friendly with every Christian grog but he also showed up shortly before Nevio's disappearance

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Father Hazm: "He must be brought back to God."

Mortis ex Verditus: "How did he get past the siege?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Such a shame."

Guy of Bonisagus: I come up to the inn.

Napolino: "He had this strange look in his eye and told me that a great Bishop was coming to work miracles for the true believers and that I'd regret missing it!"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Voda and Giraldo sure have been helping those faeries acclimate for some time."

Father Hazm: "Bishop?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "He sounds like a strange guy."

Guy of Bonisagus: "I hope they haven't run into trouble."

Napolino: "I just wanted to go home and eat so I didn't really pry"

Mortis ex Verditus: It hasn't been that long, really.

"Where is he?"

Napolino: "Dunno."

Father Hazm: Hazm has a strange suspicion about this bishop and will be the PC I have on this investigation

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, we have more pressing concerns at the moment, I'm afraid."

Napolino: "Somewhere not here if he's coming to the city I guess."

"Alright, toodles!"

Father Hazm: "Hmmm."

Napolino: "Oh wait, someone shoved this letter in my hands and told me to give it to you."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Classic."

devil's fav demon: Nevio probably looks great though. He's Unaging.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who?"

Napolino: He produces a sealed note, slightly sticky from his grubby hands.

"Some guy, just ran off."

devil's fav demon: one of those guys who really sells you on how effective the cult is.

Father Hazm: "You people should really keep track of who hands you anonymous letters."

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll open the letter.

"Thanks, Napolino. You're a really great guy."

Napolino: It has a thick ribboned seal adhered to the bottom of it. The letter reads: "The Duc d'Orsini requests an audience with the Magi of Vardian's Tomb at his camp at the Villa Albani. The bearer of this letter is not to be harmed on their way to and from the camp."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Orsinis are bad news."

Father Hazm: "Are they?"

Mortis ex Verditus: I think we should tell him we have no intention of helping the enemies of the rightful ruler of Rome.

Dušan of Criamon: "Prior history?"

Guy of Bonisagus: lets think about all the orsinis weve known

johns (GM): lol

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll be happy to go.

johns (GM): Drop your token if you want to go

Mortis ex Verditus: Especially since we betrayed them last time they asked to speak to us.

johns (GM): when was that mortis

Rosario of Flambeau: [Meddler 3] "The Orsinis? Wow, that sounds like an adventure!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "There was one good Orsini." I say, and sigh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but archibald! we have  two  dead orsinis

Mortis ex Verditus: We should really be showing up strapped.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok hang on

Father Hazm: I'll assume they'll admit a priest

Unmolested

Rosario of Flambeau: now everyone should be able to use the goat girls btw. i forgot to change permissions at first

stats are in the bio

Derfel ap Cadwaladr:

rolling 1d10!+0+3+3

(

2

)

+0+3+3

=

8

johns (GM): brb 2 min.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: tahts not enough second sight to see something naturally invisible, like a ghost that follows archibald around.

sad.

Dušan of Criamon: "use" seems like an unlucky phrasing

Father Hazm: I can buff up Mortis's zombies if he's paranoid

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: but wait.

Archibald of Guernicus: For a ghost its just based on their might score iirc, also you get a bonus from Aura, did you add that?

Mortis ex Verditus: With what?

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: my second sight benefits from the aura.

Father Hazm: Weapon ability charm

Mortis ex Verditus: Nah it's fine.

Father Hazm: Very well

Mortis ex Verditus: Also zombies don't exist yet.

Father Hazm: I prebuff iwth Gift of Themis, for Puissant Civil and Canon Law

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it seems like a ghost's invisibility doesn't count magic resistance or might for second sight purposes

Mortis ex Verditus: You CLEARLY meant "the walking dead only on AMC."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: unless the ghost is using a power to be invisible

Father Hazm: Sorry, undead thralls

Rosario of Flambeau: How often does Beatrice talk?

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: anyway everyone in second sight crew should be aware that there is a ghost

Rosario of Flambeau: Because anyone who learns the language spell from the folio will be able to hear Beatrice talking while it's active, even if they can't see her.

johns (GM): Did someone say the Z word?

Mortis ex Verditus: Zebra?

Archibald of Guernicus: Zigger

Mortis ex Verditus: Zeus?

Father Hazm: "I have some theories regarding this 'bishop' by the way, but I will need some confirmation before sharing them."

johns (GM): im sorry shaun you leave me no choiec

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Zita

johns (GM): I must put on the dunce cap of anachronism

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Beatrice talks as often as the GM has them talk. They're a flaw, so go wild.

Father Hazm: I said it OOCly

And they are shambling corpses

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald still regards her as the other consul.

johns (GM): Okay, so Guy, Mortis, Rosario, and Hazm are doing

going

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm going to the Orsini's

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Was going to say one thing though

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: i'm not sending a character to the orsinis

Rosario of Flambeau: unce cap

johns (GM): lol

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: bunce bap

Father Hazm: We use a lot of English words that don't exist yet to describe things.

Nice B

johns (GM): Zombie isn't english

It's creole or something

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, Guy in particular, could ye spread yer parma over the Orsini delegate?"

Derfel ap Cadwaladr bites into an avocado

johns (GM): You can't spread Parma without touching the target and making Parma gestures fyi

Mortis ex Verditus: "No, I'm too important."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: you also have to maintain line of sight

Father Hazm: It's used commonly among English speakers for a common trope of ambulatory corpse

Dušan of Criamon: Derfel is absolutely whom i imagine when I think of 'bites into apple, "looks gay"

Guy of Bonisagus: brb

johns (GM): i am yanking your chain hazm.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It'll aid in negotations, your Gift is offputting to them too, Mortis."

Father Hazm: Maybe I'm yanking yours

Carwash style

johns (GM): gah!

Guy of Bonisagus:  checks when chains were invented on wikipedia

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone in vardians tomb loves biting into apples.

Guy of Bonisagus: ok now brb

Mortis ex Verditus: Good old circle yank.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Guy's the only one with the Gentle gift."

"Lucky..."

Mortis ex Verditus: Chains are THUSANDS of years old! Wow!

Archibald of Guernicus: "So he's the one who can most easily approach and suggest this, aye."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway i do not share my parma with a member of the party, as i am not going.

good luck out there.

johns (GM): volunteering this as the new Coat of Arms for vardian's tomb https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-apple-missing-bite-isolated-260nw-234650326.jpg

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Safe travels."

Father Hazm: I equip my relic for its pitiful MR

Rosario of Flambeau: "Thanks, Gulielmus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: frankly im glad someone has any image at all come to mind when they think of derfel

Rosario of Flambeau: derfel is a good character

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ive made it

johns (GM): Okay, the 5 of you set out

Father Hazm: I'll buff up with Blessing of Venus for greeting any Orsini maidens as well

Rosario of Flambeau: http://www.theschoolforheroes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/HQHero.png

i picture derfel as the quest for glory guy

johns (GM): lol

now i will too

The Orsinis camp is nestled among crumbling stone ruins. Archibald has not seen this many armed men in one spot since Bannockburn.

Father Hazm: Hazm is the Omnian priest who teamed up with the Discworld witches against some vampires

Mortis ex Verditus: Tall ruins.

Who greets our delegation?

johns (GM): A no-nonsense sargeant who asks your names and titles

Rosario of Flambeau: "Ah, some fine warriors around here."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I'm Mortis ex Verditus."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Rosario, Knight Miles of Flambeau."

Father Hazm: "Father Hazm Halo of the Ponza parish."

Mortis ex Verditus: AFK a sec.

Rosario of Flambeau: There isn't a speck of bile visible on my armor anymore.

Father Hazm: "Chamberlain to Vardian's Tomb."

johns (GM): hey everyone! get a load of fancy pants with no bile on his clothes

Archibald of Guernicus: "Archibald of Guernicus."

ah actually no

Soldier: "I got my eye on you Archibald"

Archibald of Guernicus: im just using the bracelet to seem incognito

Soldier: fair enough

Rosario of Flambeau: It's going to be cool when I get an apprentice and teach him the absolute minimum of magic to not be illegal while he spends most of his time cleaning my armor and taking care of my new horse.

Soldier: You're lead into the command tent, which is very large. An Important Looking Person is standing on the other side of a map table. Around the edges of the room pikemen watch your entrance carefully.

Father Hazm: Fiorella is encouraging Flora to go Grey Mouser thiefmage

Rosario of Flambeau: Nice.

Father Hazm: And helping her with that instead of trying ot force bird magic on her

Soldier: The sarjeant announces you all.

Giordano Orsini: The Important Looking person motions to one of his lackeys, who hands Rosario an opened letter with a Golden Seal affixed. "Read," the man commands.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: flora develops major magical focus: cats

Rosario of Flambeau: I nod to the important guy, then do so.

Father Hazm: If Fiorella can find a Zeno cousin to manage Ponza, Hazm will start introducing himself as his chamberlain instead

Giordano Orsini: The letter is a missive from His Eminence, Pope Clement, Sixth of his name.

The Pope denounces Cola di Rienzo as a pagan, a heretic, a criminal, and formally appoints Duc Giordano d'Orsini his Legate to apprehend Rienzo and bring him to trial.

Mortis ex Verditus: An obvious forgery.

Giordano Orsini: outsourcing your work is a good plan hazm

Rosario of Flambeau: Damn. I'm in a tight spot.

"Well, it's all there. Can't argue with the Pope."

Father Hazm: Hmmm

Appropriate seal and everything.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Guy, could ye give the man the parma while discuss this?"

* while we

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye."

I do that.

Giordano Orsini: A couple pikemen block your way and growl as you approach the Duc.

Mortis ex Verditus: The papal vicar already gave Cola di Rienzo the Pope's support.

Rosario of Flambeau: Yeah, but that's not the pope himself.

Father Hazm: "It's a benign procedure he intends. It simply makes those who speak to him less irritable."

Rosario of Flambeau: This is.

Allegedly.

Mortis ex Verditus: "What did you want to speak to us about?"

Father Hazm: I can make any social rolls for Archibald anyway

Giordano Orsini: "An army surrounds the city. Soon they will destroy the gates, flood the streets, and take Rienzi by force. Blood will be shed."

Archibald of Guernicus: "You brought us out here because you've heard of what we can do. Unfortunately, this also curses many of us tae seem worse than we are."

Father Hazm: I have very good Charm

Giordano Orsini: "Or, you will bring us Rienzi and end this farce."

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, I have an idea

I have subtle magic and FFM. I know leap of homecoming. Let's take an AC to here and I just shake his hand and teleport him here

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why send for us then? We don't even have a man in his court, let alone his ear."

Rosario of Flambeau: "The man wants to offer you some magical protection. A symbolic gesture that lets us speak as equals. You know how wizards are."

Mortis ex Verditus: That's a great idea if you want to betray the Republic and destroy the Caput Mundi.

Rosario of Flambeau: I like the Pope, dude.

Pikeman: "Keep your distance, freak"

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh obviously, we dont have to go with them

thats just a suggestion if we do

would be really simple

Mortis ex Verditus: "Do you want us to kidnap him?"

Giordano Orsini: "Kidnap him, trick him, teleport him, whatever it takes."

Rosario of Flambeau: "You do seem to want him alive. Do you hope to forge an alliance?"

Giordano Orsini: "I want him to stand trial."

Mortis ex Verditus: "What are you willing to offer for this?"

Father Hazm: "What if he is innocent of heresy?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Now that's more than fair."

Giordano Orsini: "If he dies he dies. But it is better for him to live."

"Name your price."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

"We'll need a promise in writing, of course."

Rosario of Flambeau: I whisper to my sodales. "These guys seem pretty honorable."

Archibald of Guernicus: "They hated Aristide, which is always a good sign."

Rosario of Flambeau is still holding the letter from the pope and hoping no one wants it back

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: finally an ac we can use to slay the pope

Mortis ex Verditus: What should we ask for?

Rosario of Flambeau: that's SO going on the wall next to the demon sword.

Father Hazm: We should verify it's real, so keep it Rosario

Mortis ex Verditus: I think we could demand londes.

But what I really want here is his signature so I can curse him.

devil's fav demon: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should secure our autonomy and security above all else, and then if we get that, we can think about little bonuses

Mortis ex Verditus: Obviously I think we should preserve the Republic and annihilate this liars and scoundrels.

Father Hazm: I'm not much use here, so I'll go find a tent to hold mass for these guys in.

A nice sermon about how using witchcraft to apprehend a heretic is just compounding sin.

Rosario of Flambeau: I don't have a price to name because I pick all the benevolent dialogue options.

It's the pope! I'm doing it because I get to brag about helping the pope later.

Mortis ex Verditus: Not accepting payment from a noble is insulting, because you're saying that they can't afford to pay you anything.

Dušan of Criamon: You're thinking of Japan

Rosario of Flambeau: I will say out loud in character that we'll do it for a meal and a shipment of wine if no one asks for anything.

Mortis ex Verditus: It's also true in MYTHIC EUROPE.

Father Hazm: Maybe you should just be forced to accept payment like in Witcher

Rosario of Flambeau: A feast in our name and bonus alcohol sent home.

Father Hazm: Or in MMO questing

Mortis ex Verditus: That's a terrible reward.

It should be at least 600 mythic pounds.

Rosario of Flambeau: The magi start arguing in Latin in front of all the armed guards

"Archibald, Guy?"

"You'll be attending the feast, of course?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Feast? Let's be hasty before we pick a side, though one thing is becoming more and more clear."

Guy of Bonisagus: "I'll defer to Archibald here."

Archibald of Guernicus: "If we stay neutral, whoever wins will seek revenge on us for not helping them."

"Mundanes are especially petty and spiteful."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Oh, that's fair."

Mortis ex Verditus: "You're a real pessimist, you know that?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have tae be, better that than dead."

Father Hazm: You can stay neutral, just become monks

Mortis ex Verditus: What we clearly need here is some kind of official guild of magicians.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I think, if possible, we should 'lend aid' to both sides in such a way that they can't find out we helped the other, then see who wins."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I think we shouldn't assume that the Duc can't speak Latin."

Father Hazm: You could also just pretend to cast spells

Rosario of Flambeau: "That's a tricky and immoral move. I want no part of it and will be assisting the Orsinis."

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought we were fucking conferring in secret

Father Hazm: Look in a crystal ball and say you think he's hiding out in the warehouse distrct

Rosario of Flambeau: I wink.

Archibald of Guernicus: I really obviously dont say that if we are within earshot of the man

what are you stupid

Rosario of Flambeau: I just said we were arguing in latin to joke away how me and mortis were arguing over a reward.

johns (GM): i figured you're smart enough to at least whisper

Mortis ex Verditus: Extremely loud stage whispers.

Archibald of Guernicus: i mean mortis, why would i ever be doing that, what a dumb thing to bring up

Rosario of Flambeau: He's probably not scrying or using boosted senses.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks up from newspaper

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I should wizard war Rosario of Flambeau, killer of men

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Father Hazm: Archibald has a point, this isn't a video game where you have to manually keep your character from bumping into walls or walking off cliffs or blurting secret discussions loudly in an NPC's face

Mortis ex Verditus: In any case, we need to at least offer a price here.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah

Rosario of Flambeau: No one is actually going to have Giordano suddenly have been listening in.

Mortis ex Verditus: I think 600 Mythic Pounds of londes in Rome is a good offer.

Rosario of Flambeau: Also discussing terms of a reward is normal.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: every character is merely intimately familiar with each other character's decision making process

Rosario of Flambeau: Because he just asked us to name our price for a task we had only just discussed.

johns (GM): do you have bargain mortis

Rosario of Flambeau: He's probably not listening out of politeness.

Archibald of Guernicus: land is hard to bargain for as nobles hate giving it away, also we dont really need or want it

Mortis ex Verditus: I do NOT have Bargain.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should ask for something akin to the magicians guild idea, legal control over magical matters in the city

Father Hazm: Guy should roll Bargain as he's presumably not rolling a negative number

Even if he has 0

Archibald of Guernicus: its something he doesnt want but we do, good thing to bargain for. on top of that, maybe some money too

Rosario of Flambeau: That's a good reward.

Archibald of Guernicus: idk, thats for a bargain roll i think

Rosario of Flambeau: We can push for the feast, too.

You know who had Bargain?

Nevio.

johns (GM): time to rescue him

Father Hazm: Magician's Guild is a good idea

If VT has no secrecy anyway

Everyone knows what you guys are up to

Archibald of Guernicus: the guy just invited us out to ask us about this stuff so i think we have to accept that we failed the sneaking mission

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: vardians tomb gains 2,000 xp in the magic meddlers reputation

Father Hazm: Hypatia also had bargain

johns (GM): dys my rationale is: some nobles already know about the OoH / this noble is from a family that had 2 wizards in it

Guy of Bonisagus: let me know when and what you want me to bargain for

Archibald of Guernicus: true

he had Aristide too

johns (GM): i was going to ask bargain to assess Mortis' idea of asking 600 MP

lol

Archibald of Guernicus: who probably spent his entire post-apprenticeship going aorund yelling "Holy shit! The order of hermes just accepted me guys!" to every orsini he met

Guy of Bonisagus: you know who else was really good at bargain

Archibald of Guernicus: hey faggots, guess who can cast really weak cantrips

Guy of Bonisagus: bofana

Rosario of Flambeau: That's almost certainly what Aristide did.

Mortis ex Verditus: RIP.

Father Hazm: Hazm likes money as being a pirest and chamberlain he can ensure it's put to pious use.

But he can also see to it that a magician's guild does not get up to crass simony

Rosario of Flambeau: I like the magic guild + a big feast promoting how cool and strong vardians tomb is.

idea.

Guy of Bonisagus: i have no bargain but i have 5 comm

(To Archibald of Guernicus): From afar a voice whispers: "The Orsinis are the coolest family ever"

Father Hazm: That's the best of the current gathering

Mortis ex Verditus: Asking for a feast sounds really weird, to me.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Do I see anything if I look around? Should I roll second sight?

Rosario of Flambeau: That's fine.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Roll away

Father Hazm: Rosario is a normanie

He's supposed to be weird

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3+2

(

7

)

+3+2

=

12

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You see Beatrice studying the map on the table and shaking her head. "Pride goeth before the fall in this family."

Mortis ex Verditus: Anyway we should just get this farce over with so we can go back to colluding and conspiring with the Tribune.

johns (GM): aight

Mortis ex Verditus: I think we've said all we need to say here.

Rosario of Flambeau: Look, I'll do whatever Orsini wants and take public credit. I don't care, in-character, what Archibald does behind my back.

This is the traditional flambeau/guernicus relationship from what i understand

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets get klybutes in here

Archibald of Guernicus: In Tytalan stories, theyre both depicted as the buddies of the protagonist and antagonist in them

flambeau is the tremere ally, guernicus the tytalus one

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Giordano Orsini: "Have you reached a decision?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Anyway, I think the feast is a bit much, this is supposed to be subtle

If we actually do it

we do NOT want people knowing we did this lol

theyll fucking kill us

Rosario of Flambeau: You can always bargain away the feast.

Archibald of Guernicus: the mob loves this guy, thats why he owns the city

if we kill him we want no-one at all to know we did it

Rosario of Flambeau: We're not killing him!

We're kidnapping him safely and bringing him here.

Archibald of Guernicus: This deal is specifically about killing him by handing him to the Orsinis.

Mortis ex Verditus: So he can, presumably, be killed.

Rosario of Flambeau: So he can get a fair trial.

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont think they're planning to offer him a lifelong position with benefits and a pension

Mortis ex Verditus: Speaking of, how is the invasion of Naples going?

Giordano Orsini: it's proceeding apace and in fact may be the subject of the adventure after this

Archibald of Guernicus: "Guy, you're the best at this sort of thing. Explain the base concept tae him, control over magical decisions akin tae a guild and such."

Rosario of Flambeau: what if we give him to the orsinis, right

Guy of Bonisagus: cant wait for the patriarch of house orsini to come parading about the city saying Thank you Archibald of Guernicus for turning over Rienzi to me, patriarch of House Orsini, and reinstating noble rule in the city of Rome. I will visit you at the Eastern Ear Inn, where you live.

Rosario of Flambeau: and THEN break him out of prison.

Giordano Orsini: lol guy

Mortis ex Verditus: That sounds insane.

Archibald of Guernicus: lmao

Rosario of Flambeau: because they're going to want to hold him for a while.

and poke at him and stuff.

Mortis ex Verditus: Why would we break him out of prison?

Rosario of Flambeau: Well, you want him alive.

Guy of Bonisagus: I return to Mr. Orsini.

Mortis ex Verditus: Other than the fact that he's the rightful ruler of Rome and the revived Roman Empire.

Rosario of Flambeau: He might be.

The Pope seems more important to me.,

Mortis ex Verditus: This plot has the greasy hands of the French all over.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: joanna...

Guy of Bonisagus: "We've reached a decision. In exchange for our aid, we would like official recognition of our right to control and handle all magical affairs in the city. Similar to a guild, you see."

Giordano Orsini:

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah.

Of course.

Dušan of Criamon: power move

Mortis ex Verditus: I see it all now.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: guy supports his friend, lavinia

Rosario of Flambeau: In fact, what if you break him out of the trial during the feast? That would be very dramatic.

Giordano Orsini: "A guild will require the Senate's approval. Bring me Rienzi and I will do all in my power to see that your wish is fulfilled."

Rosario of Flambeau: out of the prisonm.

gah.

Giordano Orsini: actually

Scratch that

why would the Orsini want anyone else to share in the credit for letting you guys get set up.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Father Hazm: We should see if the Republic of di Rienzi would be willing to commit more to this idea.

Giordano Orsini: "Bring me Rienzi and your wish is fulfilled."

Guy of Bonisagus: hmmm

"Then we have a deal. Rienzi will be yours before long."

i want to Folk Ken this man and see if he has any ulterior motives

Giordano Orsini: "Remember, if the city falls before you have fulfilled your obligation, there is no deal."

Mortis ex Verditus: I assume a duke has stratospheric Guile.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wasnt guy ardently in favor of the republic

Giordano Orsini: remember to add your Mentem form to folk ken rolls btw

* form bonus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wtf

Guy of Bonisagus: he was, but the covenant seems to want to do this

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is that real

Archibald of Guernicus: do you really add mentem form bonus to folk ken?

Giordano Orsini: p 79 "Form Bonus: Rolls to resist mundane persuasion, deception, or temptation."

Archibald of Guernicus: holy shit

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+4

(

1

)

+4

=

5

oops!

Giordano Orsini rolls some dice

Giordano Orsini:

(To GM) rolling 3d10

(

8

+

9

+

4

)

=

21

Giordano Orsini:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+3+4

(

10

)

+3+4

=

17

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+1+3-6

(

1

)

+3+1+3-6

=

2

Giordano Orsini: Giordano Orsini: (To GM) rolling 1d10+3+4

(

10

)+3+4

= 17

Archibald of Guernicus: Thank you blatant gift

Giordano Orsini: just fyi

moe: :pepe2:

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: holy shit. holy fuck.

Archibald of Guernicus: thats an exploding roll johns

Giordano Orsini: Anyway

Rosario of Flambeau: ahahaha

Archibald of Guernicus: its even higher than that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10

(

3

)

=

3

20

Giordano Orsini: The Duke is an inscrutable fellow, He betrays no emotion. All you detect from him is a man accustomed to people doing what he tells them to do.

Guy of Bonisagus: "We will work with haste, but keep in mind that a bloody battle in the streets of the city will only worsen the mood of the commonfolk. I advise you not get too hasty."

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah so.

Father Hazm: Hazm is in full communion of the church and cannot defy the pope if Rienzi is declared an outlaw.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: first guy betrays gulielmus of pure reason. now he betrays the senate and people of rome

Mortis ex Verditus: The absolute madman.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: next week, on ars magica: guy converts to islam

Guy of Bonisagus: hes not happy about this but betraying the covenant isnt a nice thing to do

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+5 folk ken+per+mentem

(

9

)

+5

=

14

Guy of Bonisagus: hell, it wouldnt be in the spirit of the republic

(To Rosario of Flambeau): No inclination that he'll betray you

Giordano Orsini passes a note to a player

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: respec to tytalus and spend 2 confidence points

Rosario of Flambeau sniffs the air and stares at Giordano

Giordano Orsini: To Guy: "Then act before the Colonna do."

Rosario of Flambeau: "...Okay. Okay."

"He's a trustworthy guy."

Guy of Bonisagus: I nod, and go back to my sodales.

Giordano Orsini: He looks at Rosario. "The letter?"

Rosario of Flambeau: panic sweat.

Archibald of Guernicus: "We should discuss this back at the covenant, sodales. Approach, and so on."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Ah, uh, of course."

I give it back.

Giordano Orsini: A lackey takes it.

The Duc looks back down at his map. "Dismissed."

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice map.

For a clown!

Rosario of Flambeau: Nice knife!

Guy of Bonisagus: for a hun

Giordano Orsini: the map if you look closely is actually of the canary islands because it was sitting in my directory for a mont mercure adventure I statted up 4 years ago

Father Hazm: AQ30 knife

Rosario of Flambeau: Sorry about the letter. Couldn't really pull off a switcheroo.

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

Guy of Bonisagus: qont qercure

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bont berbure

Soldier: The sargeant meets you right outside the tent. "Ready to take your chaplain and head out?"

Father Hazm: Alright I'm here

Mortis ex Verditus: "Yes."

Soldier: It is no trouble getting back to the city -- the gate watchmen are letting in any volunteers to Rienzo's cause who have slipped past the siege lines

Archibald of Guernicus: "We should figure out a path ahead, sodales. I need to consult with the other consul too."

Father Hazm: I want to go check on the church nearest VT to see if they're doing okay with the siege going on

Mortis ex Verditus: "You should just trust in your own judgement instead of listening to a vengeful spirit."

Guy of Bonisagus: "I will confess that I am not happy with the course chosen, but it's far better than seeing the Tiber run red."

johns (GM): You mean the Hospitallers, shaun?

moe: While the party was out, Dušan managed to cover a few tables with scribblings on parchment

Father Hazm: Hmm

Somewhere else, since they have their drawbridge up

johns (GM): It's the usual scene, people praying that they aren't butchered by some Genoese mercenary

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: out of character, the situation with the pope changes practically every month

at least with regards to joanna of naples, the protagonist of mythic europe

Mortis ex Verditus: That's the Pope for you.

If ONLY he was reseated in St. Peter's Basilica instead of held in cruel captivity.

johns (GM): mortis is right... we should focus on the real enemy: the hateful french

beginning with Guilliaume

Father Hazm: Gulielmus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets write a letter to the pope, our friend

Guy of Bonisagus: what if his name was qulielmus

johns (GM): Quealielmus

Mortis ex Verditus: Ooooh.

Archibald of Guernicus: The french were so incredibly polite and nice, it only really hit me after I got on a flight back home and everyone on it was a stupid asshole just how great they were

johns (GM): they make such good pastries too

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they're your noble allies against the english iirc

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah

Rosario of Flambeau: french food ftw.

Archibald of Guernicus: the auld alliance

Mortis ex Verditus:  Said extremely Englishly.

Archibald of Guernicus: france is an amazing country, only the english hate them

johns (GM): and the spanish

and germans

and italians

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh man those Germans.

Archibald of Guernicus: listing some real great nations here

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: where was the event though

Mortis ex Verditus: They really hate France.

Dušan of Criamon: Dear Pope, how are you, I am fine

Father Hazm: Meeting back with the magi, I'll also mention that I want to investigate this "Bishop" that has captivated Nevio, and those who wish not to take a side regarding di Rienzo are invited to help.

Archibald of Guernicus: Rennes, its in the northwest of france

Rosario of Flambeau: france was cool untikl they elected a male fascist bc they were scared of the girl fascist

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok back on track here.

Rosario of Flambeau: yea

Mortis ex Verditus: I think we can quickly and easily route the besieging army.

Our ghost maniple can outflank them since they're currently hunting down Thaddeus the Woodpecker.

Celeste: I'd like to check on the bishop.

Mortis ex Verditus: I can also send a bunch of diseased corpses into every siege camp.

johns (GM): in classic jerk GM move ive given you two hooks to deal with simultaneously

Mortis ex Verditus: Three, really.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll inform my sodales that the other consul requests the Orsinis aren't hurt, whichever path we take here.

Celeste: classic.

Mortis ex Verditus: We still need to see what Cola di Rienzi's offer is.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wizard warring rosario, finding the bishop, and wizard warring guy

johns (GM): Were Lavinia here she would object to any plan that increases disease

Mortis ex Verditus: Where is she?

johns (GM): Salerno

Rosario of Flambeau: The other consul is smart.

Father Hazm: "You care some holy objects for protection, yes Celeste? If this bishop is what I suspect, you may need them."

Mortis ex Verditus: Smart.

We should go see Cola di Rienzi and see if we can get a better deal for signing up with him.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus gives Archibald a strange look.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll back that up and say Vardian's Tomb has spilt enough Orsini blood for now. I think the rebels are right but that their position is untenable, it'll leave us in a permanent state of war as the pope continues to mount attacks through noble proxies and its better to end this rebellion as bloodlessly as possible if we can.

Celeste: "A relic of st urban, invoked against alcoholism, yeah."

"It's in my mace. Always carry it with me."

Archibald of Guernicus: anything we do, magically, thats big and flashy enough to scare away the pope is also the most illegal move in the history of the order and will get magi killed across mythic europe

Father Hazm: "Very good."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Let's move to Ponza."

Father Hazm: "Do you know much about the relation between dreams and the infernal?"

Guy of Bonisagus: we dont even know if rienzi is actually excommunicated

we just have these dudes words

johns (GM): Let's see what Kizuna AI has to say about that

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's

Celeste: do I?

Mortis ex Verditus: Yeah I bet this letter is faked or was obtained under pressure.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+2 int + infernal lore

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if we teleport to ponza we are no longer under interdict

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea taps temple

Father Hazm: Nice

johns (GM): what's the Inf Lore for

Celeste: idk.

Father Hazm: I asked Celeste if she knew about succubi and crap

Celeste: Hazm asked me if I knew anything about dreams and the infernal

Father Hazm: That demons can haunt dreams

Archibald of Guernicus: If we can investigate the letter its a good shout, yeah

johns (GM): Ah

Celeste: if its about specific demons then its 11.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: roll Dream Lore

johns (GM): 1 sec

Celeste: wait no it isnt.

it's 10.

rosario's inf lore is demons, celestes is the undead

johns (GM): The power is Envisioning, and it's common to all demons

Father Hazm: Nice

Celeste: Nice.

johns (GM): gah the music just got spooky

Mortis ex Verditus: Archibald, can you use the Inexorable Search to find the author of the letter?

johns (GM): The Papal Bull? You odn't have it anymore, Rosario gave it back

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Celeste: "From what I know pretty much any demon can haunt your dreams."

"You always have to watch out for demons."

johns (GM): does anyone in this crowd have divine lore

Celeste: I have a pretty decent amount.

(To Celeste): It may be worth knowing that a Papal Legate, on the course of their official mission, enjoys the same MR as the Pope

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Mortis ex Verditus: Zero.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+1+5 int + divine lore

(

3

)

+1+5

=

9

Mortis ex Verditus: Or, rather, none.

Celeste: great roll.

Father Hazm: "Well, I believe I am plagued by a demon referred to in anecdotes as the Black Bishop. It does not bother me here in the hallowed city or inside the Aegis, but during my trip back from Sicily I was plagued by nightmare."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+1 int+divine lore

(

6

)

+1

=

7

i did it.

(To GM): gulielmus It may be worth knowing that a Papal Legate, on the course of their official mission, enjoys the same MR as the Pope

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): It may be worth knowing that a Papal Legate, on the course of their official mission, enjoys the same MR as the Pope

Celeste: "You know how the Pope is pretty much immune to all magic?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sure, we all do."

Celeste: "A Papal Legate on their divine mission is the same way."

Derfel ap Cadwaladr nods.

Father Hazm: Okay back on track to whatever we're talking about now

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: "Bad luck."

Father Hazm: I have divine lore but if Celeste already succeeded I'm not going to risk rolling worse.

A lot o fthat's background knowledge anyway

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: let's tear up the letter

Mortis ex Verditus: "We don't have the Papal bull anyway, so it doesn't much matter."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, pity he didn't let us keep it."

johns (GM): even if you kept it you'd probably only have an A/C to a clerk in the curia and not the big guy himself

Mortis ex Verditus: The Big P.

Celeste: "The Black Bishop, huh? Sounds scary."

Celeste wiggles her eyebrows at Hazm

Celeste: "I'll protect you, big guy."

For having a relic specifically to protect against alcoholism, it's not doing a lot.

Mortis ex Verditus: That's life.

johns (GM): it can't deny you free will

Mortis ex Verditus: Anyway we need to figure out what to tackle next.

I vote for talking to Cola di Rienzi.

I think we can definitely extract more concessions out of him.

Archibald of Guernicus: We def need to figure out which route we're going on

the guelph or ghibelline one

moe: I think I'll hit the hay for tonight, for the record I approve of at least letting Rienzi talk before nuking him

johns (GM): Alright Moe, thanks for sticking around

moe: Dušan will remain in VT and keep writing incomprehensible scribbles about the coming battle

Rosario of Flambeau: Noce/

Noice.

moe: No GM, thank yOU

take care everyone

gg

Rosario of Flambeau: Rosario has already left and gotten lost.

johns (GM): he is accosted by

rolling 1d4+2

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Hungarian Kobolds

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

devil's fav demon: he's "looking for Rienzi"

johns (GM): right

Mortis wanted to go too

That's two in favor of finding him, anyone else want to tag along?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella will act to end the blockade that hampers trade with Venice but won't pick a side until VT forces her to

devil's fav demon: Mortis wanted to go in an official capacity. Rosario is making sure that his official alibi is that he was working for the Orsinis to recover Rienzi and doesn't know what you're doing.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella can have birds sent out to scout for him

devil's fav demon: so he just got lost for a while.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: She can create crows that are rego'd to obey her and speak to them with InAn

Celeste: What is the actual plan, though

Fiorella of Jerbiton: See if he can make us a better offer than the Orsinis

Celeste: Very good.

johns (GM): Fiorella spots Cola giving a speech at the Senatorial Palazzo, by the Capitoline Steps

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Or has a plan to end the bloodshed sooner

Archibald of Guernicus: we should NOT mention our deal with the orsinis to him or he'll never let us near him

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: whatd i miss

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yeah

johns (GM): nothing cthinker

Guy of Bonisagus: lets find rienzi

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: let's.

Mortis ex Verditus: Easy to find, IMO.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: wait why would guy go.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Let's also file a motion exonerating us of all interference with the mundane ahead of time with Milo

johns (GM): The Tribune of Rome is inspiring the masses to be brave and soldier on, hearkening to great Roman victories of the past

brb 1 sec

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh right I tell everyone whre I found him

johns (GM): also he's shouting this from the second story window (or First Floor, for europeans)

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "alve."

Celeste: Oh, I have Second Sight, do I see that ghost?

Mortis ex Verditus: We need to speak to him personally.

johns (GM): celeste is your second sight divine?

Celeste: it sadly is not, it comes from faerie blood

johns (GM): You can try it anyway

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Is Beatrice a divine ghost?

johns (GM): she's Magic

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+2+3+1 per + ss + ghosts spec

(

3

)

+2+3+1

=

9

low ass rolls.

rip.

johns (GM): ill check the EF for this particular ghost

in the mean time, whats the plan

Mortis ex Verditus: ALLEGED ghost.

Archibald of Guernicus: her might is lowered by the aura so she might be easier to see

fwiw

johns (GM): ooh right

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll tell the guard we need to talk to the Tribune.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Leaving the aura is probably not good for her

Man at Arms: "Everyone wants the Tribune's time, what makes you special"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the ef is 9 unless the concealment is the result of an illusion

Man at Arms: yeah i just read that

Celeste: Cool.

Mortis ex Verditus: "We have an important message about the besieging noble armies."

Man at Arms: Celeste can make out a figure in the window near Cola but behind the thick glass can't get a good look

"Yeah?"

Man at Arms bites apple

Mortis ex Verditus: "Specifically, a weakness that can be exploited."

Celeste: I point him out to Hazm.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Very hush hush."

Man at Arms: "Well you can let me know and I'll pass it on"

Celeste: "There's a person right there!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "That's the Tribune."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

What do you think, fellows?

Celeste: "No, in the window!"

Mortis ex Verditus: How should we get inside?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: What would the Archon do?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "We could just tell him we're wizards and thus deserving of the Tribune's attention."

"That's basically how you got into the Orsini camp, right?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "We were invited."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Because you're wizards."

Man at Arms: The archon would float through the wall prolly

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll tell him we're with Vardian's Tomb.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i mean the real archon.

not the consul.

Man at Arms: He'd send you all out on some dangerous quest without telling you what it's actually about

Archibald of Guernicus: He would do the same since he's also dead

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I could just fly in through the open window but then I'd be left to do all the talking

And I don't think Rienzi is much of an ornithologist so it wouldn't be a very good conversation.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

We could do some magic to prove who we are.

Who has some fun magic?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can blind people, or make a boat move on the surface of some water

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I can pull a bird out of my hat

Mortis ex Verditus: Now that's what I'm talking about.

Try that.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright

"We are wizards. Let me demonstrate."

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): common sense tells you this i a BAD idea

Man at Arms: who has common sense virtue

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I show them my empty wizard hat, and then cast Conjure the Winged Messenger to pull a live pigeon out of it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i do not

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): oh wait you don't have that. lol

Guy of Bonisagus: i could conjure a sturdy vine

once

Man at Arms: He peers into the hat. "How'd you do that?"

Guy of Bonisagus:  crying angry feels guy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are you holding herbam vis

Guy of Bonisagus: no

Man at Arms: are you holding Creo vis

Mortis ex Verditus: Hey bro, you holding?

Guy of Bonisagus: no

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have sublte magic so I can commit my hands to making it look like I'm pulling itout of the hat

Man at Arms: "Can you turn lead into gold?"

"Tell me my future."

"Do you have anything that cures boils?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "I predict that you're going to let me in to speak with the Tribune on matters of vital national security."

"Come on, we know the podesta."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is the man at arms wearing any animal-based clothing

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We can get you the finest pizza in any color

Man at Arms: Yes, Guilelmus.

"How do I know you're not some spy?" He looks at Mortis suspiciously.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Wizards make terrible spies. Everyone's always suspicious of them."

Archibald of Guernicus: hes got you there

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm.

Mortis ex Verditus: "I personally helped Mario exorcise the Torre di Conti."

"Just ask him about it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: messing with his clothes is probably a bad idea

Man at Arms: "OK, I will!"

And he goes inside.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Normal folk who are really suave and inauspicious dressers, those are the ones who are probably spying."

Man at Arms: And then in a bit he comes out and says, "Fine, you can come in once the tribune's done with his speech"

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice.

How inspiring is the speech?

Man at Arms: When the speech is finished he leads you in and up to the second floor to a crowded dining hall converted into a war council.

Very inspiring. The man has Mythical Comm score.

Celeste: Fancy people.

Mortis ex Verditus: Noice.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Nice

Man at Arms: There's a real rag-tag mix of folks here: Townsfolk, rich burghers, an educated man of some sort, Mario, Hungarians, Cola himself, and the guy in the Toga (that only Celeste sees at the moment)

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he has Epic comm score (11-20)

Man at Arms: The man at arms introduces you as wizards with special knowledge relevant to the city's security.

Mortis ex Verditus: Alright, I think we need to be careful here.

Anyway, Guy, would you like to introduce us?

Mario Bonaccorso: "I vouch for these men Tribune, they helped us capture the Torre di Conti."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: who's even here

Mario Bonaccorso: drop some tokens

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Me

Guy of Bonisagus: I will introduce us. Well, havent we met him before

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we've met mario

Mortis ex Verditus: But not these other characters.

Guy of Bonisagus: holy shit. a moving statue

Celeste: You can't see that guy.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I know Rienzo is a good friend of Petrarch, making him a friend of Jerbiton

Mortis ex Verditus: He's standing in the corner with his arms crossed over his chest.

Celeste: But I am telling everyone that there's a weird guy in a toga hanging around near Cola di Rienzo.

Mortis ex Verditus: So that means he's invisible.

Celeste: An enemy stand!

Cola di Rienzo: "Salvate, cives!"

or is it civites? whatever is Latin Nominative Plural for citizens

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ciao a tutti!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "We're the representatives of Vardian's Tomb -- Guillaume, Guy, Celeste, Mortis, and Fiorella."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Salve."

Cola di Rienzo: "Representatives of a tomb? Madre de dio, even the dead have risen to the banner of the Republic."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And Florence, of course."

"Forgive me, Florence."

Mortis ex Verditus: I nervously look at Florence before I realize what he's talking about.

"Ha ha ha, no, we're wizards."

Cola di Rienzo: "Wizards?" He looks a little surprised.

Mortis ex Verditus: "We're practically famous."

Mario Bonaccorso: "Natural philosophers, but they put on airs."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hows the aura in here

Cola di Rienzo: It feels weird. You don't feel stifled like you were when you were standing outside

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Odd

Mortis ex Verditus: How do we feel?

Cola di Rienzo: no one in this group has Second Sight besides celeste right?

Mortis ex Verditus: Hungry?

Cola di Rienzo: Tingly.

Mortis ex Verditus: I don't.

Cola di Rienzo: "So be it, so be it. You say you have information vital to the safety of the Republic?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Yes, we have heard rumors from our sources," i nod at Fiorella's bird, "that the army outside Rome's walls intends to kidnap you."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Yes, I can speak to birds, and they keep me abreast of the situation past the blockades."

Cola di Rienzo cocks an eyebrow

Cola di Rienzo: "This is meant to be news to me?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "The news is how we can protect you."

"As loyal citizens of Rome, we believe we can chase the invading armies all the way back to France."

"Fiorella can conjure a flock of birds to pluck their eyes from their sockets."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Let's hide him in Durenmar where he then escapes and goes to Prague

Cola di Rienzo: presering the timeline eh?

Mortis ex Verditus: "I can command an army of ghosts from the time of the old Republic."

The timeline is already broken because 70% of Rome isn't dead.

(To Celeste): Toga Guy leans in and whispers into Cola's ear. Cola doesn't tilt any closer to hear it

Fiorella of Jerbiton: The hermetic limit of time forced me to suggest that

Cola di Rienzo passes a note to a player

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what of humble gulielmus

Mortis ex Verditus: I dunno, what do you want to do?

Cola di Rienzo: "Ghosts? Birds? Sheer nonsense. This is a revolt by the people!" He clenches his fist dramatically, sort of Bill Clintonish

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Do you think the nobles desperately clutching at their old power will share your high standards?

"Hugi di Cappoci is well known for his court of witches."

Mortis ex Verditus: "We are the people, Tribune. You see, in the old order, nobles so jealously horded their wealth and power that we were never allowed to share our wisdom with the people, but all that can change."

Cola di Rienzo: "Let them send their witches and hexmakers and cursemongers by the dozens. Their magic will break against the will of the People like the sea against the rocks!"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Have they already tried?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "In the old Republic, our predecessors were considered to be allies of the people of Rome and it is my fondest wish that we can be again."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It's the truth."

Fiorella of Jerbiton ndos to Mortis

Celeste: I tap on Mortis' shoulder.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Yes?"

(To Celeste): Toga man whispers to the Tribune again

Celeste: I motion to him to lean in for a whisper.

Mortis ex Verditus: I lean in.

Celeste: "There's an invisible guy in a toga whispering lines to di Rienzo. I think he knows I can see him."

Cola di Rienzo: "No, no, there'll be none of that. The old Republic failed because it let themselves be swayed by charlatan priests who grew bloated on offerings to the old gods."

"There will be no mistakes like that in the New Republic!" And the crowd of mundanes cheers.

Mortis ex Verditus: "We're all good Christians, I can assure you."

Guy of Bonisagus: "And far from charlatans."

Cola di Rienzo holds up a hand

Mortis ex Verditus: "Have you heard of the Pirates of Ponza? We chased them all the way back to Tunisia!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What, would you have the river run foul again? It is our work that keeps it pure and lcean."

Cola di Rienzo: "Up up. I've heard you out. If you wish to show your dedication to Rome, then grab a pike and man the walls."

Guy of Bonisagus: well i guess were turning this guy over

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Or we tell him about the Orsinis

Mortis ex Verditus: "I do have a few hardy men under my command who would be most enthusiastic about manning the walls, though we are willing to break this siege in an instant."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: pretty sure he knows

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Well he did say do your worst, re: magic

Celeste: I'm straining to see if I can hear the toga guy.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm, I gotta say I'm inspired.

Cola di Rienzo: The toga guy says nothing in response Mortis' last comment

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Mortis, do you believe you can supply him with pikemen?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "As many as he needs."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh right I just caught up

Fiorella of Jerbiton nods

Cola di Rienzo: The Tribune says, "Then do so! You needn't wait for my orders."

Mortis ex Verditus: "My sodales will need certain guarantees, however."

"All we ask for is that we remain unmolested, to do our good works."

Cola di Rienzo: "Your fears are unfounded, no criminals have dared to show their face since I brought law and order to this city."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Yes, our humble institution has been beleaguered by interference from nobles and knights neighboring us. If we can avoid the 'new boss, same as the old boss' routine that'd be great."

Cola di Rienzo: "All are born equal in the Republic. I award no special privileges, and offer no special punishments."

Mortis ex Verditus: Sounds good to me!

Guy of Bonisagus: this guys an asshole

lets teleport him to the orsini camp

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hes chill

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I like him

I won't side against him

Mortis ex Verditus: What more can you ask for than to not be persecuted for your beliefs (that you can turn people into toads whenever you feel like it)?

Guy of Bonisagus: hes completely uncorrupt, and a paragon of virtue

how are we supposed to get special favors this way??

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Toga guy seems wise too

Archibald of Guernicus: The real tricky thing is figuring out which way this war is going to go

Celeste: "Aren't you guys wizards? Shouldn't you be concerned about this guy in the toga that only me and Rienzi can see?"

Archibald of Guernicus: we have to side with whoevers gonna win, cause boy will it be awkward if we pick the wrong horse here

Guy of Bonisagus: unless he can conjure infinite food, well,

Mortis ex Verditus: "How do you respond to the accusations that you have been excommunicated?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I am no pikeman, but I can help you with food."

Mortis ex Verditus: "A few of our more pious members are worried about that, I must confess."

Cola di Rienzo: "Look around you, and see if anyone here cares what the Captive of Babylon has to say about the Caput Mundi."

Mortis ex Verditus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIdTLPC4W0

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i look around.

Cola di Rienzo: They don't care.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Wow!

Mortis ex Verditus: This guy has got it all figured out.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "They really don't care."

Mortis ex Verditus: Anyone else have any other business?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll be sure to send him some magically grown chickens

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus will cast a spell.

Mortis ex Verditus: Which one?

If I may ask.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+9-15 the appropriate attire, level 4, no words or gestures

(

3

)

+9-15

=

-3

Archibald of Guernicus: You may

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I guess under the circumstances it sokay to ask

Nice roll

Cola di Rienzo: you have to tell me what that spell does, and whether you failed

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thank you

i don't know the aura

Cola di Rienzo: check aura math 1 sec

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if it goes off it just makes his cloak look nicer

if the aura is bad enough nothing at all happens

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I think it succeeds if its formulaic, its just a lost fatigue

Cola di Rienzo: +3

from aura

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Ooooh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have tricked the gm

Cola di Rienzo: thats a valid way to test the aura

Mortis ex Verditus: Got 'em.

Cola di Rienzo: with the right lore you could probably figure out why the aura is beneficial

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, little circular ornamentations begin to spread out on gulielmus's cloak without warning

Archibald of Guernicus: It's the pure magical aura exhibited by the priest of Jove alongside him, clearly

Celeste: Hmm

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It's faerie since di Rienzo's life and story is predetermined

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: john calvin: the ultimate faerie?

Mortis ex Verditus: This FORCES me to think.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Same

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway uhhh

does anyone react to my aura test

Mortis ex Verditus: Anyway I think we can take our leave unless anyone has any ideas regarding this ghost.

Cola di Rienzo: they were all busy starting at the Freak Mortis

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

Cola di Rienzo: anyone have magic or faerie lore

Mortis ex Verditus: I have Magic Theory.

Cola di Rienzo: roll it + int

Archibald of Guernicus: Our lore monkey is at Salerno

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Anyway, I think hermetically speaking, dragging him out o fhis stronghold and into the custody of the barons is the worst sort of magicla interference with the mundane, as it makes us look like tyrants

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 1d10 + 4 + 2

(

8

)

+4+2

=

14

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have faerie lore

and magic theory!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: And FIorella will have no part in the Orsini's plot

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+0 Int + FL

(

9

)

+2+0

=

11

Mortis ex Verditus: I think Archibald should be interested in the magic ghost.

(To Mortis ex Verditus): The only way a Magic Aura could have sprung up here in the time since people last visited is if very powerful magic spells were cast.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling 3+1+d10! Magic Lore

3+1+

(

9

)

=

13

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Mortis ex Verditus: *What I assume is a magic ghost because it is convenient for me.

Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah. He didn't come along since he doesn't like the chances for getting through the rabble with Blatant Stink

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will use a confidence point to beat shauns roll by 1 point

Mortis ex Verditus: IF this is a Magic Aura, it must have been the result of some serious ritual magic.

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): A faerie aura can spring up wherever a Faerie has cast their Extend Glamour ability, at a site of Epic Events, around old pagan monuments, and from local folklore

(To Fiorella the Raven): The only way a Magic Aura could have sprung up here in the time since people last visited is if very powerful magic spells were cast.

Archibald of Guernicus: you rolled a different lore anyway guli

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its the spirit of the matter

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It's the use of a magic aura creating skull named Baustus

Celeste: ;ol

Archibald of Guernicus: so you both get to contribute, as you both got the same EF category

Mortis ex Verditus: Original skull, do not steal.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: baustus balerius buperbus

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): Extending glamour allows a fae full awareness of everything happening in its designated realm

Mortis ex Verditus:  Said by the Dole Dippers penguin.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this seems like an AWFUL place to swap lore

let's go back to teh covenant, and then not allow our actual lore specialists to role

roll

Cola di Rienzo: i like it

Celeste: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Anyway I think, magically and ethically speaking, Cola di Rienzi is our guy.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I don't believe you are a stranger to magic, Tribune. Or perhaps, that someone who's already advising you knows well of magic. Perhaps if we can prove ourselves useful, we can speak more frankly of it in the future."

Cola di Rienzo: Additionally, as we approach the 6 hour mark, I would also like to give folks a chance to decide if they want to take a break and think about their options and pick up next week. I'm fine to keep going ofc

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: getting a lot of mileage out of my 3 xp in faerie lore

Mortis ex Verditus: Of course there's always the risk that he's being manipulated by our greatest living enemy: Lavinia of Jerbiton.

I think we should take a break, frankly.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: these plots were set in motion a decade ago by one Proclus ex Miscellanea

Mortis ex Verditus: We have enough to chew over.

Cola di Rienzo: OK, let's take a few more minutes to try and throw our lores together so people have an idea what we're dealing with

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok.

Celeste: Nice

Mortis ex Verditus: I've said my piece.

johns (GM): Also we haven't even brought up the Black Bishop (brr!!!!) who is on his way.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Until then, if you find your men starving from the blockade, perhaps they might be able to find sustenance at the Eastern Ear Inn."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the clack cishop

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "That is, if they like chicken."

Guy of Bonisagus: good session everyone

Celeste: We really briefly went over the Black Bishop!

johns (GM): As long as the gates remain open to all stragglers, you are the last line of defense against Evil.

Celeste: (!!)

johns (GM): gl hf

oh and btw if the other gms are okay with it i think we'll skip 1348 entirely since we've spent 2 irl months in this year

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hazm isn't very well known or liked at VT yet but Celeste seemed a good enough confidant so I told her about my story hook

Celeste: that sounds fair.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Sure

Mortis ex Verditus: It depends on how much we've got to do this year, IMO.

A lot of it was that we skipped like 3 sessions.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: should i recount my lore here and now or will it go in the recap in the thread

Fiorella of Jerbiton: My goal right now is just to teach Flora to turn invisible and set up a psychic bond with my vulture

johns (GM): it was only 2 we skipped

Mortis ex Verditus: 2 is a lot like 3.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 2 is much like 3

johns (GM): lets see

Camelot was Spring 1347 on April 15th

so it's only been 1 irl month

there was no session on April 22nd and on May 13th (soz)

recount your lore here guliemus and ill post a recap

both!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

"I think that strange aura was a faerie aura."

Archibald of Guernicus: I will be  late  next week, as I have family visitting from abroad and am being taken out to dinner for flimsy and stupid reasons.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh yeah, since Faustus isn't dead, he has a plot hook separate from The Spider than I can run as an adventure if neded

johns (GM): perfect time for us to break the hermetic code

Archibald of Guernicus: the plot hook of being stored in a jar

Mortis ex Verditus: Hu hu hu.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Well someone might talk to him

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "A faerie spirit can move in, set up its glamour, and spread an aura, just like that. And it can see everything where it does that."

johns (GM): i have one adventure Id like to run in 1349 that is the finale to the Montcuq saga, and will call on Zita

but otherwise my schedule of what I want to run is flexible

Guy of Bonisagus: if were skipping a year whats gonna happen to the rome siege

Archibald of Guernicus: The final battle against The Ultimate Rapist

johns (GM): we're going to finish it this year

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I mean, its either let him out for a conversation or we just skip that week because no one else is running

johns (GM): next week.

im just thinking ahead.

& assuming you don't all die.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Everyone knows Gulielmus doesn't know a lot about faeries, but he sounds very confident about this.

johns (GM): he knows a lot about faeries because he is french

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gah

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes sense.

Ok who else is going to roll lores here?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i am trying to do the math, but cannot

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'm satisfied

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: since faeries are not capable of thought or skill

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella can't see the ghost and wouldn't know about any mercurian cults or w/e

Celeste: I only have Divine, Church, and Infernal lores

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone in the covenant should know that the mercurians were here long ago

since we own their temple

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+2+0 faerie lore + int

(

3

)

+2+0

=

5

lotta 3s.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: did we get anything out of fiorella's magic lore or mortis's magic theory

Mortis ex Verditus: Yes.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh

Mortis ex Verditus: The magic aura, if that is what it is, must have been created by lots of powerful spells being cast recently.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have one question: does the toga ghost resemble any old greek/roman gods?

Hazms charms invoke the names of the Roman pantheon and the titans

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the greatest roman god of all: julius caesar

johns (GM): Places that have borne witness to extremely powerful or legendary magics may constitute a tether, if the magics have left a permanent imprint. Such sites are usually associated with a particular event. It is suggested that these places can be given a tether score equal to (Ritual spell level equivalent of magics - 40) / 10, rounded down. For example, the site of a casting of the 75th level spell Shadow of Life Renewed might have a tether score of 3.

Do you have any Roman Empire Lore, Fiorella

(it does not resemble any of the gods)

Fiorella of Jerbiton: No but that answers my question

If its Great Caeser's Ghost then that's enough to tell me it's not in my wheelhouse

or Hazm's

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's lenin's ghost

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

Well anyone else want to make some rolls or are we done here?

johns (GM): i guess we're done, I'll stick around if folks have ideas for other methods of investigation

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+0 stamina/carouse

(

6

)

+2+0

=

8

do we have any books about the roman empire

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We can ask the ghosts who were around back then

johns (GM): yeah actually

you have some correspondence you recovered from the temple of mercury

Archibald of Guernicus: yep

theyre roman empire lore

Mortis ex Verditus: We should definitely recall our ghost army.

devil's fav demon: Oh, lucky.

johns (GM): who wants to spend a week poring throuhg old letters

Celeste: Oh hell yes.

Guy of Bonisagus: ill do

johns (GM): this is the bargain, you get the big clue but get distracted from labwork for a season

Guy of Bonisagus: wait a minute

thenm ill have to remember when i do my seasons in 2 months

someone else whos up to date on seasons do it

Celeste: This counts as doing work for the covenant since I'm a freelancer.

Ha ha.

Oh no, I'll miss out on 5 xp in single weapon.

johns (GM): gahaha

you can read latin right

Celeste: Yeah.

johns (GM): okay, Celeste will spend a week or so studying

i normally wouldn't nitpick on this but since Time is a Bit of an ISsue (there's an army at the gates), anything being done in the meantime

Mortis ex Verditus: I want to raise the standard.

And the dead.

johns (GM): Are you going to attack the siege camps?

Mortis ex Verditus: Well I'd like to but clearly we're still having a discussion about that.

johns (GM): okay Celeste you spend Winter 1347 studying the tract "Difficile Ratus"

that's 11 XP in Organization Lore: Cult of Mercury

Mortis ex Verditus: Congratulations!

Archibald of Guernicus: omedetou

johns (GM): the cult in its time noted a man of the same general description as you have seen who was detected by cult Seers during the revolts of Eunus, Spartacus, the Gracchi, Galba, Aemilian, and Herennius Etruscus

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I can drop birds on some invaders

Time to play angry birds

Mortis ex Verditus: Interesting.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hmmm, I have an idea

If he gets driven out of rome, I suggest he take shelter at Valnastium instead of Prague

Mortis ex Verditus: Does the cult have any insights on who it might be?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: A daimon perhaps

johns (GM): a spirit of some sort

there's something in common about all those revolts

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

They were all made into Academy Award-winning movies?

They were all slave revolts?

They were all permanently successful?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they were all brutally suppressed?

johns (GM): correct gulilelmus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Hmm.

Celeste: Interesting.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Sounds faerie

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will begin setting up my Ponza lab

Mortis ex Verditus: Sounds like an opportunity to change things for the better.

Celeste: Yeah, we kill Rienzo before he can get other people killed.

Ha ha,

johns (GM): :thumbsupcat:

okay i think that's enough for today then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's trap and kill the faerie

Mortis ex Verditus: Alright then.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: That's a wrap for me

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: allowing rienzo to achieve his goals

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I iwll help Rienzo

Mortis ex Verditus: Proclus would have loved this.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: problem: we dont have a way to trap and kill the faerie

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have aerial spies, fast food creation, and can attack messengers going to noble camps

Also maybe a bird can steal the papal bull

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's ask one of our many allies for help

johns (GM): o_o

our allies in the ORder of Suleiman

Celeste: :O

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes you think.

Ok see you next week.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Our allies in Camelot

Later bros