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devil's fav demon: it's a wonderful time.

brb im gonna put on some tea.

ok

Endrite (GM): When are we starting today?

johns (GM): I assumed Boyrep was going to show up and you fine folks would bring him up to speed

devil's fav demon: He did say he was

oh

speak of the devil!

dys: The song is wizards in winter even though it is clearly spring.

Endrite (GM): Yes?

It's an old standard and you can listen to it at any time of the year.

Boy R. (GM): hail

Beardbeard: kings honor friend

Boy R. (GM): sorry i lost track of time allocating experience points

Endrite: Ok, we have this really brilliant plan to sell shoes.

First, we lie and say that we have shoes to sell.

Then something happens.

Then we sell the shoes.

dys: Picture, if you will, a scenario where the party was entrusted with rescuing their sodales.

You will never

guess what happened

Beardbeard: listen

there was a book at risk

and its been secured

Boy R.: I see

dys: Multiple magi refuse to investigate if Proclus' mind has been tampered with.

And start removing walls to fall out the room

Beardbeard: i am one of deficient mentem

Boy R.: well sure, you'd probably have to scry on him or cast spells without his permission

really it#s better to assume he knows what he's doing

Proclus of Rome: That's what I said!

Shauncat: I could invent a ritual to creo animal shoes

dys: I would but then Johns would get upset at me for leaving a PC to die.

Beardbeard: shoes for animals

Proclus of Rome: I know what I'm doing.

johns (GM): i have charted everyone's location now

Proclus of Rome: It's fine.

dys: I will be right back, in about ~5 minutes

Kifaaya of Verditius: From here on in I'l llet Voda figure out the shoe thing

devil's fav demon: He's a victim of abuse. Don't let that woman gaslight you.

Kifaaya of Verditius: He knows I'm a bespoke tailor, not a coblbler

Boy R. (GM): who are you hoping to sell shoes to?

Kifaaya of Verditius: So the plan probably doesn't involve me

Beardbeard: a uh

Proclus of Rome: I just need to explain that my friends invaded the castle, put a bunch of holes in it for little to no reason, and murdered a bunch of people also for little to no reason.

Beardbeard: nightwalker was she called

i think

Proclus of Rome: Please don't murder Hannelore.

Beardbeard: an astral projecting woman

actually theres only 2 holes in it

johns (GM): proclus' girlfriend walks through walls

Kifaaya of Verditius: I also terrorized a bunch of people with bat sounds

Prudenzio of Flambeau: The walls can get fixed so easily.

Kifaaya of Verditius: For no appreciable gain and an appreciable loss

Proclus of Rome: At least she doesn't kill as many people.

Beardbeard: the walls were already fixed, by ending concentration on the spell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I sort of put a fire out. Prudenzio was the most sane and helpful to society in general.

Im proud.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "murder" is the language of cowards, the enlightened man kills when he needs

Beardbeard: the 9-18 foot deep holes in the floor however are not

Prudenzio of Flambeau: free dungeons!

you're doing them a favor.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: that sright

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't see myself getting any customers for bespoke items out of this so my stakes in the plan are simply to get the aegis back now

Malachiasz of Tytalus: perdo terram.... or creo dungeon? you decide

Lodewig of Tytalus: well, to make things simple, I roll up to the covenant after 16 years of wanderings, kick out hte pleb whose occupied my living quarters, and contemplate action against the magus who's occupied my lab

Malachiasz of Tytalus: also i wish to stop turning around to secure the book, and instead turn back to ensure my good friend prudenzio gets out safely

Lodewig of Tytalus: in order to prove that i'm a covenant member in good standing, consider me at your disposal to help resolve whatever mess you've gotten into

Zita of Mercere: Welcome, sodales

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus was mind drugged and forced to kill his girlfriends dad, by his girlfriend

hes currently been arrested by guards for things i did

johns (GM): or at least endrite thinks so

Lodewig of Tytalus: she sounds like she's got moxie

Kifaaya of Verditius: Get him high on Valkyr so he murders his wife

Zita of Mercere: Yes, but on the other hand

I met her and she immediately cursed me with something

Lowering my stamina

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm currently standing near Proclus and watching him be arrested.

Zita of Mercere: So she needs to die

Lodewig of Tytalus: tbh that does seem reasonable

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm gonna go perch on a tree away from the chaos

Caw

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yeah I can't argue w Zita's logic.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: same

Proclus of Rome: I can.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Well, sure, you're mind-controlled.

Proclus of Rome: Show me the proof!

Lodewig of Tytalus: so where's she getting her magic powers?

Zita of Mercere: If we're leaving then coming back to pick up Lodewig, I hope someone is able to find out if this curse is permanent.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hedge magic

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm not great at murder yet, I need to get the Verditius mystery that lets me add penetration to casting tools for that

Zita of Mercere: She's a nightwalker, or at least knows some

Malachiasz of Tytalus: shes asleep

and being asleep gives her power

Lodewig of Tytalus: cool. checking my magic lore, I've never heard of these people

that doesn't sound TOO dangerous though, even for a hedge wizard

Proclus of Rome: Have you even tried taking a nap, Zita?

Zita of Mercere: Well, it's dangerous enough to beat Proclus' MR. Whatever that may be.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: she has mentem effects of some sort

Zita of Mercere: Not yet, because we're still here rescuing you Proclus.

johns (GM): When we last left Proclus, some armed guards caught him in Hannelore's bedroom, next to the hole in the ground that someone used to drop another guardsmen down a floor

Malachiasz had jumped out the wall 30 feet and Prudenzio turned invisible as the guardsmen moved to take Proclus away

Proclus of Rome: Fortunately, no one else jumped out of the wall with Malachiasz.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yes.

johns (GM): what happened to voda

Proclus of Rome: Since only he is immune to falling damage.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: That's very fortunate.

Voda: I'm trying to put out the fire.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

johns (GM): Right

Voda: It might be easier if I could do magic.

johns (GM): Over on the other side of the courtyard, Aristocritus and Voda get mixed up in the chaos of people who put out the fire in the armory attic

Which is easily done

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'll never get the credit for it. The silent honor...

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go perch on Zita's shoulder

johns (GM): Lodewig hears from the covenfolk back at Vardian's tomb that everyone has gone to deal with Proclus' affair with Hannelore and he shows up near Castle Farnese to get in on the fun

Zita is sneaking around looking for Hannelore's corporeal form iirc

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I bump into him.

johns (GM): Excellent, roll brawl

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no... no!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Zita's a good person for me to hang with

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+0+9

(

1

)

+0+9

=

10

Kifaaya of Verditius: Since I'm very light in bird form

johns (GM): I'll leave you two to converse while Proclus' matter plays out

Lodewig of Tytalus: I fumble brawl

Prudenzio of Flambeau: you're going to blow up her spot.

lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, hello friend."

Proclus of Rome: Oh also, Hannelore asked me to murder her father, so that may come into play later.

I don't know.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "By your mastery of hand-to-hand combat, you must be a fellow magus"

johns (GM): The guardsmen escort Proclus down the stairs and towards the great hall of the castle.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm following, as silently as I can.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Aye. And by your proficiency in the art of all things conflict, you must be a fellow Tytalus."

johns (GM): You are lead into the hallway. Lord Farnese is there, studying a map on a table intently, occasionally adjusting the position of daggers in it

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well now we know where we stand, what's become of the covenant of Rome that it lets a mere love affair throw it into chaos?"

Proclus of Rome: What is the map of?

Zita of Mercere: "Alright, the plan is simple. We find where she's sleeping, then uh."

johns (GM): "My lord. We found this one in your daughter's chambers!" says one of the guards.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It was no mere love affair. The fellow who went missing took a book from the library before he disappeared."

johns (GM): It's a map of the Barony

Proclus of Rome: Nice, nice.

johns (GM): Lord Farnese looks up, at Proclus, then at the guards. "What are you fools doing? Unhand her this instant!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Outrageous! Well, a thief who knows the value of a book doubtless has a library worth plundering in revenge"

Proclus of Rome: The book is in my lab!

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I could turn her to swine, but it would likely fail if she was savvy enough to get to Procius."

Proclus of Rome: You should have just looked in there first before you decided to murder a bunch of people!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, he was no thief. He's one of our magi, he was just late returning the tract."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Lord Farnese needs his eyes checked.

johns (GM): The guard looks a bit confused. "My lord, h--"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Still a serious offense, however."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I fully apprehend the situation"

rolling d10!+0 Guile

(

7

)

+0

=

7

johns (GM): The Lord snaps at them. "You'd abuse a guest like this? Out of my sight before I throw you in the stocks!"

Zita of Mercere: "A pig would be funny, true."

"Urgh, she's a noble too, we'd get in a lot of trouble if we just knife her in her sleep for this."

johns (GM): you only get in trouble if you get caught

Proclus of Rome: "Oh there was no trouble at all."

johns (GM) taps head smartly

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, I was going to return to the covenant to ensure the book is properly secured. But with a fellow Tytalus here, perhaps we can also save our sodales."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "What if someone else got turned into a pig, and she was framed for witchcraft?"

johns (GM): The guards, a bit perturbed, bow and depart.

Proclus of Rome: You sure you don't want to casually murder a bunch of people for no reason?

Lord Farnese: "My humblest apologies, Lady Genevieve. I pray you were not troubled too harshly."

Zita of Mercere: "That'd be a bit hard to pull off, it'd cause trouble for the order too. They'd go, hey, why are you making a huge mess like this. Proclus is known here, and he's obviously with us."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I see."

Proclus of Rome: "Uh, no I was not too grievously offended."

Lord Farnese nods

Proclus of Rome: "Aren't you worried about the fire, uh, my lord?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "The main issue seems to be that some manner of hedge wizard has afflicted Proclus's mind, and made him even more difficult to deal with than normal."

"He is now a willing captive."

Lord Farnese: "I am informed it is in hand. For your safety, you'll need to stay in this keep."

"Do you know where my daughter's gone off to?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, tjhat's not the sort of insult you can ignore. has the hedge wizard been identified?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It's his girlfriend, some noble girl."

Proclus of Rome: "No, I had expected to find her in her bedroom. Where else might she be sleeping?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus is passionate about little outside of mathematics and the church, so his refusal to leave is definitely the result of some foul magic."

Zita of Mercere: "It might be better to just bump her off, tell Proclus it was an accident, then get rid of the body with some manner of perdo corpus."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I wonder if Procius is obedient to her, or anyone that looks like her."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "are you certain she hasn't bewitched him by more traditional means?"

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, are you getting ideas?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Unless she's found a way to turn herself into a perfect circle, then I'm certain."

Lord Farnese: "Has she gone skulking off again? You women are so featherbrained, I swear.."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "If one of us resembled her, perhaps the curse wouldn't distinguish."

Zita of Mercere: "Good thinking. We can get him out of here for now, that way. Maybe."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I mean as I recall proclus, he was certainly single-minded, but that type are maybe more likely to become sentimentally attached to a woman"

Proclus of Rome: "Has she been taken by a fae mood lately?"

Zita of Mercere: "Then come back with allies to deal with her."

Proclus of Rome: "As you know, we women are prone to such expressions of emotion."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "He may believe she's been cursed by some fae creature. That's the only other explanation."

"In any case, the woman must be found to solve this problem."

Lord Farnese: "Why, have you noticed her acting strange?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Well one thing I'm more certain of. If one of us resembled her, they could cause trouble for her that ISN'T trouble for the Order of Hermes. Say, if she flirted with every laborer here, for example."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: kifaaya is smart.

Proclus of Rome: "She isn't what I had expected to find, perhaps."

Zita of Mercere: "They'd have to go around doing that though. Poor soul."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well by all means, proceed. I will endeavour to assist how I may"

Zita of Mercere: [hurriedly hides that I have blessing of venus]

Lord Farnese: it's Farce Time.

Lodewig of Tytalus: hell, same

and also Disguise of the New Visage. but this is surely kifaaya's time to shine

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nod. "I've found the best way to proceed is to simply open holes in the walls."

Lord Farnese: Lord Farnese sinks into his seat. "By God, I love her but sometimes... she just has such an unsettling  air  about her."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I enter into the residential district again, behind a building.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm sure some guys will be happy enoug hto be hit on by a noble that they won't mind her doing so in Arabic.

Zita of Mercere: "Hmm, but all that stuff does is make someone look like her, right? We need her clothes."

Proclus of Rome: "She is just willful. Surely marrying her off to a suitable husband will fix matters."

Lord Farnese: messed up scenario where saladin seduces me???

Zita of Mercere: "If we had her clothes, and something to make someone look like her, it's doable."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "We could get into her wardrobe as birds, perhaps."

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh it's touch range

well then I can make anyone look like this lady, if I can find out what she looks like

Zita of Mercere: "Good, uh, plan."

"Is being a bird that convenient?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's pretty convenient

Lord Farnese: Farnese snorts. "Haven't I tried? Just last month was Sir Roderick, until he got thrown from his horse... Sir Abel before he lost that duel.."

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh sorry i lost track of who was present where, nm

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have Disguise of the New Visage too, maybe she could be in three places at once

Lord Farnese: lol

Proclus of Rome: "Have you considered, perhaps, a suitor of milder character?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: if i accidentally give one of my sodales leprosy i'll be so embarassed.

Zita of Mercere: How many are we going for

Lord Farnese: "Tch. Silly girl, what do you know of how the world works?"

Zita of Mercere: I have good social stats, a bunch of useful virtues, and basically no morals

So I'm an ideal candidate for disguising as her to ruin her life

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

And I don't speak Italian

Zita of Mercere: But 2 of them would be funnier

Yeah I was gonna say

you dont even speak her language

slightly awkward

Kifaaya of Verditius: What I can do is turn us into birds for two minutes so we can pilfer her wardrobe

FFM to increase to touch range and decrease to diameter

Proclus of Rome: "No more than anyone else, my, uh, lord."

Lodewig of Tytalus: i believe you can only use flexible formulaic magic to alter one parameter of a spell at a time

Kifaaya of Verditius: on Cloak of Black Feathers

Ah okay

Lodewig of Tytalus: if you have an actual cloak though, the duration isn't a problem

Kifaaya of Verditius: Can I voluntarily end spells on others?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you can perdo vim them

Lodewig of Tytalus: that's why muto spells are often designed with casting aids like that

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Hmm

Well we need to carry the clothes off

Might be hard to do so as birds

Lord Farnese: Farnese grunts and nods. "If you see Hannelore keep her out of trouble."

Proclus of Rome: "I swear that I will."

Hmm.

Maybe she's in the basement.

That's where I saw her last night.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: anyway

i and presumably lodewig emerge into this nice building

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm tagging along with malachiasz to see what transpires

are they just letting anyone into the castle area?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no, i have a spell that opens a doorway in stone

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh cool

Malachiasz of Tytalus: then closes it when i stop concentrating

Kifaaya of Verditius: If Zita can climb in and out, I can act as a lookout in bird form

c'thinker (GM): am i late

i'm late.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Greetings

Lord Farnese: hello white rabbit

Malachiasz of Tytalus: dont worry aristocritus, youre in a fourth group by yourself

Zita of Mercere: Yeah Malach learned the cool spell I made

Malachiasz of Tytalus: presumably trying to sell fake shoes, after your fellow merchants and shoemaker have disappeared

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Salvete omnes.

Lord Farnese: When we left Aristocritus he was leading the bucket brigade that has snuffed the arrow fire

Zita of Mercere: "I'll just sneak around, I'm good at it."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh right

Lord Farnese: And now there's a bunch of people lingering around the armory, ogling the 18 foot deep hole with a corpse in it

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll fly from roof to roof and act as a lookout for Zita

Zita of Mercere: "Then we borrow her clothes, temporarily. With intent to return. It's not theft."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Indeed."

Zita of Mercere: . o O ( good thing she didnt folk ken that )

Prudenzio of Flambeau: if only i wasn't with proclus so i could make the corpse stand up and shout "Hannelore!" until the spell wears out.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Though I could beg Allah's forgiveness if it meant some examples of noble fashion to take home to my studio."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I don't even know where to start the search. She wasn't in her room. If you were a noblewoman plotting evil deeds in your father's castle, where would you hide?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "No hands lost in these parts for that, I gather."

Zita of Mercere: "Well, you never know, sometimes in the heat of things you just forget to return them. These things happen. Sad."

"Oh, no, apparently before I joined there was this crazy witch who did that."

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm

Zita of Mercere: "She collected them for rituals and made bread from them."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Someone told me that's why Verditius aren't quite trusted."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well if she's a noblewoman I expect she'd mostly confine her movements to her own apartments, and not go anywhere without a few attendants"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Me, I only use animal goods. Human goods are haram."

Zita of Mercere: Alright, time to go snooping.

"Yeah, humanskin clothes would probably look weird anyway."

Kifaaya of Verditius quiets herself and finds a gargoyle to sit on.

Zita of Mercere: Caw

Lodewig of Tytalus: "on the other hand, as an evil withc who lives in a castle she's likely to have a hidden sanctum. We need to find our way into the hidden passages network"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hidden passages huh? Do you have torches with you, or some way to create light?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I have the eyes of a cat, when I choose it"

"It would be a small matter to make a light, for that"

what's the aura like here?

Zita of Mercere: I sneak into Hannelore's bedroom, as quietly as I can. I hope she isn't actually in here.

That'd be awkward

Lord Farnese: She is not

Aristocritus Bonisagi: infernal 3 i think

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Then I have one idea of where to check first, a place I found during my initial entry."

Zita of Mercere: Woo. Alright, I steal a couple dresses and get Kifaaya to stand guard as a bird while I get changed into one.

Lodewig of Tytalus: hm. maybe a variation on the miner's keen eye would allow for x-ray secret passage mapping

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I take Lodewig over to the other side of the facility, picking up a dropped masonry tool as I do so.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If there's another guy with Muto Corpus now, I might start writing down my spells

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh excellent

Proclus of Rome: It isn't really a facility.

It's a catle.

Lord Farnese: cattle

Proclus of Rome: Correct.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i will call it a facility if i want to

compound

Lord Farnese: It's a Castello.

Lodewig of Tytalus: castles are a kind of facilitu for reigning

Lord Farnese: Villa, Pallazio

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I open a hole into the shit pit for Lodewig to examine.

Proclus of Rome: You really need to stop ruining this castle.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it closes itself!

it causes no permanent damage!

Zita of Mercere: Archibald's spell does NOT ruin places

as it has a muto requisite

to prevent that

Lord Farnese: it disrupts the feng shui

Zita of Mercere: The what?

Not a real nation

Lodewig of Tytalus: on reflection it should probably be a straight up muto spell

Lord Farnese: You have cursed this castle with terrible luck by opening a hole in the south

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Lord Farnese is with the golden horde!

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway, why do you think the witch's lab is going to be accessed through the privy?

Zita of Mercere: It's fine as ReTe (Mu) honestly, I don't object to it being that.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's not very good feng shui if it's not platonic

Proclus of Rome: This is definitely possible IF CHINA EXISTED AT ALL!

Lord Farnese: Proclus/Prudenzio, are you still hanging out in Lord Farnese's great hall?

china is real, and not strong, and subjugated by the tatar yoke

Malachiasz of Tytalus: It would make sense, since she can travel through walls.

And would presumably want a place where her real body wont be found.

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to try looking in the basement for Hannelore.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I suppose?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Sure. If Farnese has dismissed Proclus and we have privacy I'll whisper to him that Prudenzio is with him, his sodales are on the case, and not to put himself in danger.

Lord Farnese: Malach/Lodewig: Looking into the dim room, you see it is not a privy, but an unlit dungeon cell. There's a single thick oak door and a pile of hay that smells of piss and shit.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: But I supposed I can't stop you from going into the basement.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Ohh.

That could be useful.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yuck.

Lodewig of Tytalus: well, the dungeons are probably a good starting place

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, hello?"

(To Proclus of Rome): You talking to Farnese?

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway, i', certainly not good enough to cast the spell i was envisioning

Kifaaya of Verditius: I wonder if onmyouji existed yet

Proclus of Rome: "Good I'm glad that you are still here, we'll be able to find Hannelore much more quickly with the two of us."

(From Proclus of Rome): No, Prudenzio.

Zita of Mercere: "Alright, done. Just need to look like her, now."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: you can't see me put my hand to my forehead and make a fainting gesture and that's good.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Alright, open the door and tell me if you see any guards."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ah yeah, Tao came to japan in 4XXCE

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I'll keep our escape open in case."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I try that

Lord Farnese: CE?

What is ... CE?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: everything east of the urals is a giant faerie regio

this is canon.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Heretic talk

I won't do it again

Lord Farnese: wrong!!!!!!! it's a magic regio and great chingis is votary of the immortal steppe

Kifaaya of Verditius: 4XXAD

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hame. plape. chingis. votary.

Lord Farnese: also prestor john lives there

Proclus of Rome: Don't you mean... Jonguix?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: defy the Dominion and seize the Immortal steppe

Lord Farnese: Proclus, the basement of the keep is a larder. Napolino is here gorging himself on cheese and wine.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good man

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "As long as we can leave quickly enough for you to reestablish our Aegis."

Proclus of Rome: "Have you seen my lady Hannelore today, Napolino?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he left shortly after casting it for the year iirc

Napolino: He yelps in surprise.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we have 9 months on our aegis it's cool

Napolino: "I was uhh looking for her around here sir." He looks around. "But she isn't here."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh i got the timeline mixed up. I thought we came to get him because he hadn't cast it.

Zita of Mercere: On reflection, the disguise isn't perfect since Zita is probably shorter than her, but I'm sure I'll get away with it.

Proclus of Rome: "Oh certainly, Prudenzio. All we need to do is rescue Hannelore first."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no, we invented the lost book for our justification

Prudenzio of Flambeau: in that case, I'm just trying to appeal to Proclus' sense of tight scheduling and planning ahead.

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, well."

"Thank you Napolino."

"You're doing a great job."

Hmm...

"Prudenzio, if you were asleep, where would you be?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "In my bed, or the bed of a lovely woman."

"Perhaps Hannelore has found another suitor."

Zita of Mercere: Kifaaya, let's begin the next level of this farce. Transform me.

Proclus of Rome: "Don't be ridiculous. She loves me."

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's the middle of teh day, right?

Napolino: Aye

Lodewig of Tytalus: so probably very few people will be sleeping

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does lodewig spy anything beyond the dungeon door

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's only inco 4 to detect a sleeping body, + range and duration etc

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Napolino: Dank, dripping dungeons, unlit. A low moaning coming from another cell.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if attention has somehow been drawn to the enormous corpse pit in the middle of the armory i'm going to try to slip out and figure out where my sodales have gone

Kifaaya of Verditius: Disguise of the New Visage go!

Proclus of Rome: I can't cast a spell right now.

I'm at -4 Fatigue.

Lodewig of Tytalus rubs hands briskly

Kifaaya of Verditius: Maybe FFM to make teh clothes in to a fetish

Lodewig of Tytalus: "no witchcraft, exactly, but I'm sure we're onm the right track"

Napolino: Aristocritus casually slips out of the armory..

and bumps into the steward.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah, DIsguise of the New Visage, FFM to change Sun to Fetish

Steward: "Ah! I've been looking all over for you. Where did you run off to?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Alright." I step into the dungeon and feel along the wall, heading for the moaning cell.

Lodewig of Tytalus: fetish is a duration that requires a ritual, and +4 magnitudes compared to +2 for sun

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Lodewig of Tytalus: but it does seem within hte scope of FFM to allow for clothes to work as a duration-ender like with the various muco(an) spells

Kifaaya of Verditius: Limit for FFM is 2 magnitudes?

Proclus of Rome: Yeah but you can't turn an ordinary spell into a ritual.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean 1

Proclus of Rome: And anyway, you need vis for it.

Steward: Rats and spiders skitter about your feet as you move through the squalid dungeon.

Kifaaya of Verditius: True too

Zita of Mercere: FFM is 1 mag, yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: 1 mag up or down, it's still quite strong

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ffm seems extremely good yeah

Steward cracks knuckles "let's nerf it"

Kifaaya of Verditius gives ZIta the appearance of Hannelore, save a slightly feline look to the eyes.

Zita of Mercere: FFM owns

(From Proclus of Rome): Excuse me, I'm not arrested anymore.

Lodewig of Tytalus: don't, i just noticed i have it myself

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, yes."

(To Proclus of Rome): arrested development

Malachiasz of Tytalus: catgirl

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can wait

Zita of Mercere: Archibald has FFM too, good virtue

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont!

Lodewig of Tytalus: ah, the new flawless magic

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I open up the moaning cell.

Zita of Mercere: "I was just adjusting my makeup. You know how these things are."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmm, perhaps a bodice with a hole in the shape of a cat's head on it.

I'll have to remember that idea

Zita of Mercere: :weebey:

Lodewig of Tytalus: sounds impractical

Steward: There's a pale, sickly looking man with a shaggy gray beard huddled in the corner of the cell.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it occurs to me that the tytalus duo is searching for a woman neither of us have ever seen

the best clue we have being that she might be sleeping

Lodewig of Tytalus: "ho, wretch! have you seen a witch around here?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, I could make the cleavage hole protean, so that it shapes itself to match any outfit

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Proclus, are we making our way into the dungeons? I don't have FFM, so I can't make you invisible. Sorry.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Noble, possibly choleric from excess of sleep?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll have to learn some Intelligo

Madman: What language, Lodewig?

Lodewig of Tytalus: germamn-accented italian

Malachiasz of Tytalus: thats a good card

one of my favorites

Madman: he's eating a pie

Prudenzio of Flambeau: maga who warps reality mainly to look cute ftw

Madman: The wretch shuffles his feet. "Won't talk, won't talk, lips are sealed, never betray, go away!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: surprisingly well catered little oubliette, this

Kifaaya of Verditius: I still need to sell the last bodice I made

BY me I mean my venditores

Aristocritus Bonisagi: twilight scar: your eyes cover half of your face

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You can trust me, and you can tell us whatever it is you think it necessary to conceal. No harm will come of it"

rolling Entrancement

Zita of Mercere: I'll go with steward.

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Aura is inf 3

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): that impacts super ability rolls as a straight -3?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): If they are magic based yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh i bumped into the steward while i was away

Zita of Mercere: I thought I was with the steward

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+12+2-3

(

10

+

6

)

+12+2-3

=

27

Zita of Mercere: Is the farce beginning

Steward: You ran off to sneak around as I recall.

Lodewig of Tytalus: he gets a stamina roll to resist, with a bonus dependant on how reasonable the gm judges this command

Steward rolls some dice

Zita of Mercere: Ah, I thought that when the steward showed up they were addressing Hannelore (me)

Steward:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!-2

(

2

)

-2

=

0

Zita of Mercere: Misread, sorry

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Ah, right! I got involved in the effort to put out the fire."

Steward: "Where has your cobbler gone? I was going to take you to see the lady."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Although in all the chaos, I have no idea where my sodales have gotten to."

"My compagni, that is."

Zita of Mercere: I'll start wandering around as Hannelore, heading for the residences

Steward: The wretch in the dungeon locks eyes with Lodewig. "She said the devil shall take care of his own, mother lilith stoke the fire!"

Proclus of Rome: Ok I'm back!

Madman: "I said I'd go to the ends of the earth for her but she only wanted the chalice from the chapel, so humble, so sweet.. O, hannelore.."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: chalice you say

Kifaaya of Verditius fluffs her feathers, shaking out some cat hair.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: She really knows how to turn a nigga out.

johns (GM): Aristocritus, as the Steward is telling you this, you see Hannelore and a bird approaching in the courtyard.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Indeed. What chalice, anmd what chapel?"

Kifaaya of Verditius bobs her head in a sign of avian familiarity to Aristocritus

Madman: "Cat... Catald! The baptismal font. Bathed in cleansing water... They forgot it when the roof caved in but I knew it was still there, I see things, hee.."

Kifaaya of Verditius: There's a muggle here so I can't go around being a Latin-speaking bird at this time, so just a nod.

Proclus of Rome: Sure you can.

Zita of Mercere: "Greetings."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It's a wonderful gift, to be able to see things"

Proclus of Rome: Doing magic isn't illegal or anything.

Well, it's only a little illegal.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "How long have you been here, friend?"

Steward claps his hands together.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean I can, but it would be unwise to do so.

Steward: "My Lady! There you are."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: huh, i guess there's a regio in the ruined tower. i would say, if i heard any of this.

Lodewig of Tytalus looks sidelong at Malachiasz. Catald?

Malachiasz of Tytalus shrugs.

Madman: any dominion lore/church lore would be relevant

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I whisper, "There's a collapsed church in here. Might be a regio there."

Madman: The wretch runs his hands along some scratches on the wall. "2.. 3 weeks? Every moment away from her is like an eternity..."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I continue whispering, "Maybe we should let him out and see if he'll lead us to her."

Steward: "My Lady, this man is a merchant of shoes. I can attest that his wares are worth your time. Shall we go inside for an interview?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm

I could even command him to lead us to her

Voda: Excellent.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I excpect this would attract some notice however

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll try to be as inconspicuously crowlike as possible while Zannelore interacts with the steward

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "What good fortune!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I could open a hole in the back wall.

Lodewig of Tytalus: is he shackled to the wall or anything?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: And we could go along the outside.

Zita of Mercere: "Yes, aha, great fortune."

Lodewig of Tytalus: not that that's a problem, lol

Zita of Mercere: "Tell me, what business has brought you here to my castle, that I'm a lady of."

Steward: Nah just soaking in his own filth

Lodewig of Tytalus: well, it's worth a try

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "My companions and I have come here selling the finest shoes in all of Italy."

Proclus of Rome: All you need to do is bust him out of the donjon.

Lodewig of Tytalus: fixing him with my baleful gaze once more: "you will lead us to the lady hannelore, and then you will forget you met two men in the dungeon here"

rolling d10!+2+12-3

(

10

+

2

)

+2+12-3

=

23

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice

Lodewig of Tytalus: i feel powerfully hypnotic today

something about this place just makes me confident in my natural magnetism

Zita of Mercere: "Fine shoes, you say? Why, we must come discuss this in private."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: probably the infernal aura

Madman: He scuttles across the floor and starts clawing at the cell door.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I open a hole in the back of his cell.

Madman: He exits.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I follow, opening doors in the walls as needed.

Proclus of Rome: Exits: West, East, Wall

Madman: He starts clawing against stone wall in a route similar to your first scouting here, Malach

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Of course, of course."

Lodewig of Tytalus: but how does he know the way through the walls

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I open it up.

Lodewig of Tytalus: well whatever, I stroll along in the wake of walldoors

Madman: He leads you into the ruined chapel

Zita of Mercere: "That will be all for now, steward. If you see Proclus anywhere, do send him to me, thank you."

Steward: "As you wish, my lady."

Steward exeunt

Zita of Mercere: "Alright, Aristocritus. It's me."

Madman: The madman falls to his knees and pries at floor tiles near the overturned altar with his grubby nail-bitten fingers.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I help him out with my shovel.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i try a little muto terram

Zita of Mercere: "Hannelore, the real one, is some sort of nightstalker now and we have to kill her for the good of the covenant. Which means finding where she's sleeping, first."

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+2+19+5-3

(

5

)

+2+19+5-3

=

28

rock of viscid clay with conc duration

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Fantastic. Do we know where Proclus is?"

Madman: The tiles give way easily, revealing a gap in the earth. The man starts to pull himself in, feet first.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I follow him.

Zita of Mercere: "We uh, well I found him, and then the guards stormed in. There was a slight misunderstanding."

Proclus of Rome: I know where Proclus is.

He's right here.

Lodewig of Tytalus: eyes of the cat on myself and malachiasz if he wants it btw

Malachiasz of Tytalus: sure

Proclus of Rome: Where I am.

Zita of Mercere: "You see the guards think that we killed and injured several guards. When actually it was all Malach, and then he ran away and left us."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it was one dead and one injured guard!

dont make me out to be a monster

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you threw swords at him from the top of the pit until he was dead!

Lodewig of Tytalus: that's my kind of swordfighting

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i mean, presumably.

Madman: It's a narrow sloping dirt passage, quite a tight fit for the hulking Malachiasz. The escaped prisoner, lean from malnurishment, slips down easily.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: actually no, those just fell in with him

Prudenzio of Flambeau: That doesn't seem like it really happened.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Madman: sounds like the real murderer is gravity

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it was convenient

Aristocritus Bonisagi bangs gavel

Prudenzio of Flambeau: It was like Mick Foley falling through the cell and the chair landing on him.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

Zita of Mercere: Gravi- what?

Madman: which doesn't exist. ergo there was no murder.

Zita of Mercere: What is this madman saying

Malachiasz of Tytalus: exactly

Madman: the earth is round!!!!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malach is innocent of all charges

Madman: f = mv !!!!

Zita of Mercere: If gravity is real then why can Malach fall infinite distance without harm

Checkmate

Madman: vaccuum is real!!!!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the swords, being made of earth, naturally sank in the lighter air at great speed

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I use rock of viscid clay and my shovel to make the path easier.

Lodewig of Tytalus: the earth IS round, anyway with a basic groudning in philosophy and natural magic knows that

* anyone

Madman: hehe

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its round, as in its a perfect circle

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): Do you have cat's eyes active?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus wins again

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): yes

Kifaaya of Verditius: The earth is a round object which the sun and stars orbit around

Madman: Malachiasz, you eventually slide down through a cracked vertical stone wall, that turns out to be part of a catacomb passageway.

It's a gradually sloping stone corridor with niches on either side, filled with stone coffins.

Proclus of Rome: Dang Italy is just riddled with these things.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "ah see, there's the secret passages"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "How bad of a misunderstanding are we talking, here?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I just keep following the Madman.

Madman: Excellent.

Kifaaya of Verditius: The prison pit from Berzerk

Madman: Lodewig, what are you doing?

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm following along as well, letting malachiasz do the heavy lifting and digging where necessary

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's taking a nap in the special niche we dug for him back in the catacombs.

Madman: The madman who got down quickly scuttles down and out of your sight around a corner

Lodewig of Tytalus: I do cast gift of the bear's fortitude on the way though. seems like basic procedure for dungeon delving

Zita of Mercere: "Farcical levels. To avoid future misunderstandings, we need to put this right. So, we split up, and you go look for Hannelore while we try and find Proclus."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I run as fast as I can to try and keep up with him.

Madman: Rounding the corner, you see him slowed down, a hand on the wall trying to hold himself up.

He takes another few steps and then collapses to the ground.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Damn it!"

Madman: The passage takes another turn about 20 feet ahead of where he falls

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I didn't say you needed to run"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Any side alcoves or suspiciousness in the current hall?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Makes sense. Can we at least eliminate any parts of the castle?"

Madman: Just dead people

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hopefully it's just a simple walk from here."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Good god man, you've been imprisoned and malnourished. Get a grip, would you"

Madman snores

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, he's sleeping, not dead."

Zita of Mercere: "Uhhh. Kifaaya, you looked around as a bird, what bits did you not see her in?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Probably some kind of trap."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll keep an eye on Aristocritus I suppose, since Zita is stealthier

Zita of Mercere: Can you actually speak latin in bird form or was it just bird speak

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, we're near the beast's lair so probably a bit of caution would be prudent"

Zita of Mercere: that I can understand with tongues

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's Latin or Arabic

Zita of Mercere: Oh neat

Good luck, sodales

Aristocritus Bonisagi: crows can mimic human speech right

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Aye. I'm not expecting anything we can't handle from a hedge wizard, but you never know."

I proceed carefully, taping the floor ahead of me with my shovel.

whats that fortitude spell do btw

Lodewig of Tytalus: "don't you think it odd that she had to enlist this wretch's help to recover something from the chapel?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'd need MuMe(An) to speak bird, probably

Zita of Mercere: In that case, I'll head over to the residences

True

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's just +3 soak

I'll cast it on mal too

Proclus of Rome: "Soak" a clue!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: http://i.imgur.com/5cbUaVr.png

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "She probably just wanted someone to dig around in the filth for her."

Madman rolls some dice

Lodewig of Tytalus: unless the aura is much worse here i can't fail

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have too muich Soak when it comes to clues

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It wouldn't surprise me if he was a regular man before she used her hexes on him."

Kifaaya of Verditius: They bounce right off

johns (GM): 1 sec

Lodewig of Tytalus: "he spoke of having some kind of sight. Perhaps an affinity with the divine? But she knew for herself that there was a chalice in there she wanted"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll perch near Aristocritus and caw "Salaam" discreetly

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Probably some fae taint in his blood, some of the others in the covenant can see things like regios."

Proclus of Rome: Birds CANNOT attend a mosque!

johns (GM): it doesn't say that in the rulebook

Alright, you round the corner

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Though since he was so tied to the church, he might have been its priest."

ah

ah.

johns (GM): You come into a chamber of the crypt lit by flickering candles

Lodewig of Tytalus: how tacky

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the floor is stone, right

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Ave, avis.

johns (GM): A beautiful lady lies on one of the coffins. A women next to her is shaking her away.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: as long as its stone were fine

Proclus of Rome: Away where?

johns (GM): At the foot of the coffin is a creature that looks like a wolf but standing on its legs. It hisses at you.

Proclus of Rome: Oh is it one of your cousins, Lodewig???

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh, huh

Aristocritus Bonisagi starts searchin'

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Greetings, werewolf."

johns (GM): Malachiasz of Tytalus Initiative: 84

Lodewig of Tytalus Initiative: 21

Beast Initiative: 4

Giacinta Initiative: 26

Hannelore Initiative: 48

Lodewig of Tytalus: d100?

i', out of my depth here

johns (GM): welcoem to the new age. to the new age. awhoa oh oh hoh.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: dont worry

after 10 different combat systems

Kifaaya of Verditius: I caw Salve if Salaam is problematic

Malachiasz of Tytalus: one has been settled on

Zita of Mercere: Don't worry, if this one confuses you, it'll be different next session.

Zita of Mercere laughs bitterly

Lodewig of Tytalus: I carefully don't react to tjhe word werewolf, having had a lifetime's practice

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm glad I can watch it happen before I'm involved in one

Aristocritus Bonisagi: surely my luck and intuition will lead us to this conflict before it ends.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Alright. I have to think tactically here.

Give me a moment to decide on the best course of action

Proclus of Rome: Potentially it does not make sense that you would just start digging randomly until you found this place.

On the other hand that's pretty normal for Vardian's Tomb.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If there's a fairy aura then things happen then sense is determined by drama

Zita of Mercere: I can't believe bringing along the wizard that makes holes everywhere was not only useful, but expected by the adventure designers.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: alright

Lodewig of Tytalus: well, one option is to flee and regroup

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i spont a pit of the gaping earth that affects stone under the werewolf

johns (GM): It's simultaneous action time

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10!+18

(

3

)

+18

=

21

johns (GM): Malach and Lodewig, declare what you are doing

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): Aura is -4 here

Lodewig of Tytalus: then why did we roll initiative

ok it's a conflict resolver

johns (GM): because endrite gets mad when we dont

Zita of Mercere laughs

Proclus of Rome: You're only supposed to roll initiative for players.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wait im retarded

dys is yelling at me

Proclus of Rome: Since NPCs are all controlled by the same person.

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10!+36

(

7

)

+36

=

43

Zita of Mercere: He misunderstood how sponting works

You half after roll, not before

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok

rounding up or down

Zita of Mercere: A level 20 PeTe effect of your choice, gamer

Lodewig of Tytalus: round halves up iirc

Aristocritus Bonisagi: up

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh right

-3 aura too

Lodewig of Tytalus: for all the difference it makes here

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok so i hit 20 exactly

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it looks like uhh

Malachiasz of Tytalus: phew

i pit of the gaping stone him

johns (GM): is that including -4 from the aura

Proclus of Rome: You probably should have checked the aura here.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: (roll + arts and stamina + aura) / 2 + hooting and hollering bonus

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it wasnt but i round up

johns (GM): always be hooting and hollering.

Lodewig of Tytalus: don't worry, it's -2 after halving

Malachiasz of Tytalus: goddamnit i forgot my stamina!!

Lodewig of Tytalus: god i love ars magica

johns (GM): Lodewig, what action are you taking?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its a level 20 effect im doing at the end of the day

so i get it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it is kind of weird that the aura penalty would be halved

Proclus of Rome: It makes sense.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I address the awake woman

"Madam, stand still and be quiet"

rolling d10!+2+12-4 Entrancement

(

10

+

2

)

+2+12-4

=

22

Proclus of Rome: It's included in the Casting Score calculation, so of course you would halve it.

Man you are rolling hot today.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewig this has to stop

Lodewig of Tytalus: lmao

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Penetration?

Zita of Mercere: When the aura too infernal

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): uh uhhh do we have rules on this?

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): just use raw and half your penetration ability

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): i guess roll = penetration?

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): ok but what is the RAW?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well??

johns (GM): well what

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): roll + pen score/2 then?

Zita of Mercere: Well what is it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewig used the entrancement

johns (GM): oh

Malachiasz of Tytalus: and ive used my spell

johns (GM): i was trying to figure out how magic resistance works with that

Lodewig of Tytalus: we're having a debate on how you calculate teh penetration of supernatural abilities

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ah

hm

probably the skill + your penetration?

johns (GM): penetration for magic is based on the target of the spell you're aiming for

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm moderately confident my penetration total is 26

johns (GM): Alright

Now the opposing team reacts

Prudenzio of Flambeau: haha i may be gone for 5-10 m. good luck in combat. this is a good time, if a good time is possible i guess. brb

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM) rolls some dice

Aristocritus Bonisagi passes a note to a player

Malachiasz of Tytalus: prudenzio was never seen again

Malachiasz of Tytalus passes a note to a player

Aristocritus Bonisagi: prudenzio was still in the castle when it sank

Lodewig of Tytalus: (and halving pen scores? really?)

johns (GM): :(

im just looking up sick spells sorry 1 sec

Proclus of Rome: Heh heh.

johns (GM): Ok.

Hannelore locks eyes with Lodewig as he locks eyes with her

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Penetration vs. Mentem?

Zita of Mercere: Now kiss

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): I mean, MR vs. Corpus?

Giancarlo di Cantalice holds two magic figurines together

johns (GM): The maid charges Lodewig with a knitting needle

Proclus of Rome: Ouch!

Lodewig of Tytalus: haha, if I had a florin for every time this has happened to me...

(To Beardbeard): Does Malach wear any armor/carry any metal weapons?

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I wear a dirty linen robe and carry a shovel.

Giacinta:

rolling 1d10!+1 Brawl

(

6

)

+1

=

7

Proclus of Rome: Don't you mean a Cisterci?

Lodewig of Tytalus: I've been abroad

johns (GM): The beast falls into a pit.

Lodewig of Tytalus: do I roll brawl?

+quickness?

johns (GM): Yup

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+9

(

2

)

+9

=

11

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wow. good job

johns (GM): You avoid being pricked.

However, what is your Magic Resistance against Corpus?

Lodewig of Tytalus: how is that calculated these days?

johns (GM): lol

as usual but your parma is worth 2 per rank

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's 27

johns (GM): so, art + parma*2 +/i aura

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh, 23

johns (GM): Alright, you resist an effect coming at you from Hannelore

Turn 1 complete! Turn 2

Lodewig of Tytalus: does the maid obey my command?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Ok. It was fine, I was invisible.

Zita of Mercere eyes widen at Malach's 10 MR to every form besides terram

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Nothing even happened.

johns (GM): No.

Lodewig of Tytalus: dang

in Latin  "the witch senses our intrusion. And she grants her servants resistance!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nod.

I drop the maid in a pit.

rolling 1d10!+37

(

9

)

+37

=

46

23

goodbye maid

johns (GM): sorry i need to move her token

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll charge teh comatose woman and put a knife to her throat

johns (GM): ok that's where the maid is standing now

Malachiasz of Tytalus: uh

johns (GM): after charging lodewig with a knitting needle

Lodewig of Tytalus: I probably have a knife

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ill aim it so it doesnt drop lodewig in too

johns (GM): Roll............... Per + Finesse

Lodewig of Tytalus: in the interest of fair play I observe taht should take some finesse

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh no!

stressed?

Proclus of Rome: lol

johns (GM): You betcha

Kifaaya of Verditius: Does Perdo Terram bypass penetration?

Proclus of Rome: Stressed?

johns (GM): Yes

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's pretty badass

Proclus of Rome: Perturbed?

johns (GM): Indirect magic almost always calls for finesse rolls

Proclus of Rome: It doesn't strictly speaking.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i also wouldn't discount that the beast might be able to climb out of a pit

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

uh

Proclus of Rome: Since if the ground has magic resistance it can resist Perdo Terram.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hm.

Zita of Mercere: I'm sure having bad finesse wont drop you and lodewig in a pit too

Ha ha ha

johns (GM): Is the yellow circle where you want the pit?

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh we have a battlemaop, i didn't notice becuase this screen is low res

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah that looks fine

johns (GM): Ok

Lodewig of Tytalus: high quality mapping btw

johns (GM): :|

rolling 1d10!+0 Dodge

(

3

)

+0

=

3

Okay.

Lodewig, your action this turn? You are being engaged by a maid with a needle until the turn resolves

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm

well i was trying to brush her off and rush her mistress

probably putting me oin the pathj of an opening put

pit

but she seems like an incompetent brawler so it shouldn't be hard to disengage, if this system has such manoeuvres

johns (GM): it definitely does

just roll your regular defense

rolling 1d10!+1 attk

(

10

+

10

+

8

)

+1

=

29

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i probably should have asked lodewig what he can do, in order to form a more proper strategy

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+9

(

6

)

+9

=

15

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice

Nice.

Proclus of Rome: Oh no.

johns (GM): Okay, you fail to disengage

Lodewig of Tytalus: wow, what the hell lady

johns (GM): She's VERY persistent.

Okay, opposing team action

Proclus of Rome: She's a faithful maid.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1 attack (real attack)

(

7

)

+1

=

8

defense roll from lodewig

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+9

(

1

)

+9

=

10

how many botch

Zita of Mercere: AhA

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

9

+

9

)

=

18

you're fine

Proclus of Rome: Uh it's an Infernal Aura.

So +magnitude botch dice.

johns (GM): that's relevant to supernatural abilities

not combat

Proclus of Rome: I GUESSSSSS.

Zita of Mercere: Sigh

johns (GM): There is a rumble from the pit as it fills up with sand, pushing the beast back up to the top.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it would be really cool if it were relevant to mundane abilities though.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh no!

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

johns (GM): Hannelore leaps off the crypt and runs to the altar in corner of the room.

Zita of Mercere: If you sin too much you constantly fall over and mess up

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

johns (GM): The maid falls into a pit. "Aieeeeeee"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh no

Lodewig of Tytalus: "expeditiously done, sodalis"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the werewolf is standing on a giant pile of sand now

johns (GM): Turn2 resolved

Turn 3

Malachiasz of Tytalus: fuck. how will i get around this

Aristocritus Bonisagi: transmute the pile of sand to fire

Lodewig of Tytalus: EXCUSE me that is clearly some kind of wolfman

Zita of Mercere: I can't believe 9 finesse was enough to accurately pit the maid and miss his friend.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i use my regular pit of the gaping earth and drop the werewolf back down

johns (GM): i have no idea what the real EF should be there

since she failed to dodge

Ok. Lodewig?

Zita of Mercere: Me neither, 3 would be 5 so it passes but 6 would be 10 and it fails

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does soak apply to fall damage

i wonder if this werewolf is even getting hurt

johns (GM): Yeah.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's time to cast Soothe the Ferocious Bear

johns (GM): Soothe the Ferocious Were(wolf)

Lodewig of Tytalus: which may work, if this beast is more wolf than man

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he will be calmed and then drop into a pit

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+1+1+2+6+9-4

(

6

)

+1+1+2+6+9-4

=

21

penetration 15

probably a waste of time

johns (GM): Ok.

Gentlemen, what are your MRs vs. Terram?

Lodewig of Tytalus: he will be calmed AS he drops into a pit

johns (GM): including -4 from aura

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 20

Lodewig of Tytalus: 19

shovel knight battle music strangely appropriate for any fight featuring malachiasz

johns (GM): The beast lets out a mighty roar! A 1 pace section of stone between you explodes into stone fragments that pelt you but bounce off your magic resistance.

The beast then falls into a damn pit.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I'm sure we'll find Lady Hannelore soon, safe and sound." i say to Proclus.

Proclus of Rome: "I'm sure we will."

"This castle isn't that large."

johns (GM): Hannelore grabs some communion wafers from her little altar and casts, hmm

Zita of Mercere: You'll find her soon, yes

As I'm headed your way

Malachiasz of Tytalus: are the altar stairs made of stone

Lodewig of Tytalus: does he seem soothed?

johns (GM): The Scorched Heart of a Man Obsessed

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+11+5+3+4

(

4

)

+11+5+3+4

=

27

Malach, MR vs. Mentem?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: haha

ha ha ha

ho ho ho

10

johns (GM): Great!

You now have the personality flaw: Obsessed (Hannelore)

Turn3 complete

Kifaaya of Verditius: Lucky

johns (GM): Turn 4

Lodewig of Tytalus: there's a pit where the creature is now too right?

johns (GM): Yes, thank you

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hannelore... I must have her!"

johns (GM): the crypt is swiss cheese

Lodewig of Tytalus: well, are malachiasz' actions his own?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

johns (GM): He's not under direct control

He's just obsessed.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well

maybe he's obsessed with killing her

johns (GM): obsessed in the way proclus and the madman were

are

Zita of Mercere: Obsession (dropping Hannelore in a pit)

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Lodewig, you finish with that beast. Hannelore is mine."

Zita of Mercere: It's a polish courtship ritual

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's jhow he expresses his love

johns (GM): obsession: hannelore's pits

Zita of Mercere: Ooh, hehe

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I rub my hands and use Hands of the Grasping Earth to make sure she can't run from me.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that seems like a waste of time"

I cast Gift of the Frog's Legs to bypass the pits and charge hannelore

Proclus of Rome: Boing.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "NO!"

Zita of Mercere: Cast it on Lodewig too

Stop your rival

johns (GM): Meanwhile, topside

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10! botch check

(

3

)

=

3

johns (GM): What has everyone else been doing

Kifaaya of Verditius: Following Aristocritus

Proclus of Rome: I'm looking for Hannelore in the Runed Tower.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: looking for Proclus

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Tailing Proclus around while he looks.

johns (GM): Oh

Zita of Mercere: Looking for Proclus, to try and get him to leave here

johns (GM): You find a hole in the ground where someone pried open flagstones

Zita of Mercere: I'm checking the residences though

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or no

Zita of Mercere: Not the tower

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i was looking for Hannelore

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Trying to subtly suggest that we leave instead, and that Hannelore is having relations with other men.

johns (GM): Zita and Aristocritus, you hear a disturbance in the Keep. A guard is shouting about a jailbreak.

Proclus of Rome: What a silly idea.

Zita of Mercere: I'll head that way. Proclus was arrested, maybe he broke out!

Proclus of Rome: Well, let's check these flagstones out, Prudenzio.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: If you insist.

I love holes.

johns (GM): mm haha

Kifaaya of Verditius: mm haha

johns (GM): Alright, Lodewig you close the gap

Aristocritus Bonisagi: haha. mm

johns (GM): What's Malach doing?

Grasping earth?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

johns (GM): ok

Roll finesse + per please

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!

(

5

)

=

5

Grasped!

Proclus of Rome: I don't think you need finesse for that, since it directly targets someone.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: obviously there is no reason for hannelore to be in the dungeon so i'll keep looking while everyone else is distracted

Lodewig of Tytalus: you might need to penetrate

johns (GM): I think it should be finesse

If it's direct target then it woul dhave to pen her MR

Zita of Mercere: The last thing I saw of Proclus was guards coming for him, so I assume a jailbreak is him

And head that way

Lodewig of Tytalus: it does directly target someone. they have to be grasped by magic hands

johns (GM): Well, alright.

What's your penetration on that spell, Malach?

BR has spoken.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: idk

how do i calculate it

Proclus of Rome: Wooooow.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I was in Twilight while everything important happened

Malachiasz of Tytalus: :)

Lodewig of Tytalus: i like that my words carry this kind of weight while barely remembering what i'm doing

johns (GM): The spell is level 15, what was your casting total?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you can knit a magic scarf with all of the cat hair.

johns (GM): It's Boy R.'s world, you're all just living in it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: with shouting and stamina uhh

Kifaaya of Verditius: I am keeping all the cat hair, yes.

Zita of Mercere: You got a cool source of free cat hair.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's actually not a bad deal all things considered

Proclus of Rome: Free Arcane Connection.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 23?

hang on that cant be right

this stupid sheet calculator

24

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ah yeah arcane connection, another reason to keep the cat hair

And not leave it on people's furniture

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no wait

johns (GM): Roll a stress die plus your casting score

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 23 was right

Zita of Mercere: Kifaaya's cat magic gives me paws for concern, that it may impact disguises slightly

Malachiasz of Tytalus: minus aura?

johns (GM): Stress + stamina + hoot and holler + rego + terram - aura

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10!+19

(

5

)

+19

=

24

johns (GM): Ok, and what's your Penetration ability?

Lodewig of Tytalus: spell level is 15

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 0

johns (GM): lmao

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice.

johns (GM): So your total penetraiton is 24 - spell level + penetration ability ========== 9

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

johns (GM): anyway, you fail

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice

johns (GM): Opposition's turn

Proclus of Rome: I feel like you have a few holes in your abilities.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): i forget the final ruling on this, if I turn into a wolf are my attacks subject to magic resistance?

johns (GM): The demon refills his pit with sand

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that dead maid, is she in a pit right now or has that risen.

Zita of Mercere: What DOES malach have on that matter

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): As part of your natural werewolfism? No. If it's MuCo, I think yes

Zita of Mercere: in terms of abilities

Aristocritus Bonisagi: terram.

johns (GM): she's still in a pit

Zita of Mercere:  rubs temples

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Proclus of Rome: What did you go back to the Temple of Mercury regio?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: my highest abilities are magic theory and language: polish

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll use the cat hair to make more items for MuCo(An) touch spells

Zita of Mercere: Resourceful!

johns (GM): She attempts a Maleficia on Lodewig

Kifaaya of Verditius: It matches the sigil

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+22+8+3+4

(

2

)

+22+8+3+4

=

39

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh shit!

johns (GM): burning 1 conf on that as well

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll have you know I don't recognize the legitimacy of yuour moral framework

Aristocritus Bonisagi: damn, satan is really powerful and cool

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

johns (GM): What's your MR against corpus again?

Lodewig of Tytalus: 23, here

johns (GM): damn, should've used vis

You resist

Turn 4 complese

Turn 5

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Out of my way damned beast!"

johns (GM): Lodewig you are next to Hannelore. Malach, the beast has risen from the pit (again).

Lodewig of Tytalus: i attack the witch with a dagger

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I drop the wolf in a pit again.

johns (GM): Excellent

Hannelore burns two vis prava and attempts maleficia again

rolling 1d10!+22+8+3+4+10

(

8

)

+22+8+3+4+10

=

55

mmm

Proclus of Rome: Uh how do you know it's vis prava?????????

It's impossible to detect with Hermetic magic!

johns (GM): 29

Lodewig of Tytalus: it smells depraved

that probably penetrates

johns (GM): Lodewig, you feel a horrible pain in your chest and are overcome with hacking coughs

Your Sta is decreased by 2 (to no less than -1)

Lodewig of Tytalus: gruesome

my stamina is 0

can i still act freely?

Zita of Mercere: Nice, now you'll have to investigate it and find out how to fix it

johns (GM): It's now -1

Zita of Mercere: So you can fix mine too

johns (GM): Anyway, roll brawl for your stab attack

Lodewig of Tytalus: no, I mean my stamina is now 0

johns (GM): Ah, sure

No effect other than the sta decrease and the coughing

Proclus of Rome: A magus with 0 starting Stamina is a ridiculous idea!

Lodewig of Tytalus: so do weapons grant attack roll bonuses still?

johns (GM): Just as in RAW

a dagger is +1 I believe

Lodewig of Tytalus: a knife is +1, but I had the foresight to bring a dagger, wjhich is +2

Proclus of Rome: What kind of dagger?

Lodewig of Tytalus: one of ordinary quality

aren'ty you glad for the distinction?

rolling d10!+0+9+2

(

7

)

+0+9+2

=

18

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+0

(

9

)

+0

=

9

Proclus of Rome: Yes I am.

johns (GM): what's Lodewig's Str?

Lodewig of Tytalus: +0

+3 damage

what the hell I'll double conf

johns (GM): 13

Lodewig of Tytalus: I seem to have some points

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Don't hurt her!"

johns (GM): alright

Lodewig of Tytalus: so that's 23 damage after soak, right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: its about to get tytalean in here.

johns (GM): Yeah

Proclus of Rome: Do you have Self-Confidence???

Lodewig of Tytalus: of course

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

johns (GM): Malach, Lodewig has just brutally stabbed your beloved in front of your eyes

Proclus of Rome: It's great.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I've been trained with Tytalan methods

Hannelore screams

Proclus of Rome: I know, drop him into a pit.

Duh.

Hannelore collapses

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hannelore! HANNELORE!"

johns (GM): Aorund this time, Proclus and Prudenzio bust in

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'd rather have turned into a wolf and savaged her, then I could blame it on the demon

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Oh, wow.

Lodewig of Tytalus: but it seems that wouldn't havemattered

Proclus of Rome: "What's going on??"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Proclus! How have you been?"

johns (GM): Lodewig is standing with a bloody knife above a fallen Hannelore

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I rust Lodewig's dagger.

Proclus of Rome: "Why is Lodewig standing over Hannelore with a bloody dagger?"

johns (GM): there are large holes in the earth.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: And run at him.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "what dagger?"

Zita of Mercere: Good news boy reporter. Now you have a much better excuse for why your PC isnt hanging around the covenant, after this.

johns (GM): yeah he's hanging around the bottom of a pit

Proclus of Rome: "Is she ok?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "No, I'm afraid she's dead"

Zita of Mercere: 13 damage probably isnt fatal.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I begin 0 brawl punching and grabbing at Lodewig.

Zita of Mercere: Or not, aha. Rip.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: shes probably faking but hell

Proclus of Rome: "Oh no, who killed her?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: looks real enough to me

While missing swings, "He did!"

Proclus of Rome: "WHAT?!"

"There must be some mistake."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "No, but I'm sorry it was necessary"

Proclus of Rome: "There is no way that can be true."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It," whiff. "is!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "she was summoning demons and doing all kinds of unsavoury magic. She needed to be put down quickly"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "You monster!"

Proclus of Rome: "We need to settle this in court."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "whatever happened to that creature by the way?"

Zita of Mercere: yeah... the blood court

johns (GM): it was at the bottom of a pit last you saw

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I calm down slightly. "You're right... Court... Court! We'll have you hanged!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wizard war. wizard war!

Proclus of Rome: "Of all people, I would expect a magus of Vardian's Tomb to be more tolerant of strange magicks."

johns (GM): oh heck yeah

pvp ftw

Proclus of Rome: *Magyyyx

johns (GM): (when it's not my p)

Zita of Mercere: Yeah, just engage boy reporter in pvp.

Aha. Ahaha.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: challenge me to certamen fucker

i dare you

Proclus of Rome: "From my investigation I have concluded that she is a Nightwalker."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Not when it's wielded against my person and sodales. My patience wears remarkably thin at that point

Proclus of Rome: Uh you're terrible at Certamen Malachiasz.

Zita of Mercere: He should challenge you to debate, as a fellow Tytalan, frankly

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm going to raise her corpse to check if she's dead. She doesn't have to stand up or anything. I'll just tell her to blink her eyes.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: as good tytalans you are both trained in Disputatio

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i know i am

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Now I understand you're upset, even Malachiasz here who can't have been bewitched for more than a minute"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: just saying.

oh dys already said that.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "She was the love of my life!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "But of course I'm not going to submit to the supposed justice of a mundane court. Take it up with the tribunal if you have a grievance"

johns (GM): she's not quite dead

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh I didn't even have to roll. wonderful.

Proclus of Rome: "We can just ask her if she was involved with any evil magics."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: okay new plan, lodewig and malachiasz are to engage in an etiquette contest with our resident jerbiton adjudicating

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "She's fine. Someone put a gag in her, tie her up, and let's leave."

johns (GM): you hear a clattering of metal and many footsteps coming from up the catacomb hallway

Lodewig of Tytalus:  checks character sheet  I accept these terms

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hannelore! My Hannelore yet lives!"

Zita of Mercere: Reminder that I not only look like Hannelore, with no ability to end this effect early, but I'm heading over here completely unaware of all this

Proclus of Rome: Heh heh.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Speak, my dear! How bad is it? Does your castle have a doctor?"

Zita of Mercere: It's okay

I have a plan

Proclus of Rome: "We have the best doctor in all of Rome at Vardian's Tomb."

"Everything is going to be fine."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah! Guards!"

I point at Lodewig.

"This man just stabbed my dear Hannelore!"

johns (GM): Lord Farnese, wearing mail, and accompanied by 4 armed knights enters the scene.

Zita of Mercere: The guards see Malach and go hey its the guy who burned the armory and dropped people in ppits

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excuse me

there were not witnesses to the armory fire

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Ah good, perhaps these men can deal with the demon in that pit"

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, Lord Farnese, you're just in time."

Lord Farnese: He is quite shocked.

"Genevieve, what the hell is going on here?!"

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): i'm going to attempt to quietly and subtly cast disguise of the new visage on hannelore

Proclus of Rome: "I believe I have solved the haunting that has been plaguing you."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: If 1. I'm still invisible, 2. there's a shitty rusty dagger on the ground that Lodewig dropped, and 3. everyone is distracted by the knights bursting in, I want to kill Hannelore.

I don't think it'll all line up.

Sad.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Gene... Guards, arrest him!" I continue pointing at Lodewig.

Proclus of Rome: "This man," I point at Lodewig, "Has been engaging in some unsavory form of magic."

"Why, I myself witnessed him stab the lady Hannelore!"

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): actually silently and without gestures, because of Deft Corpus incurring no penalties

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nod. "We both did! God only knows what he planned to do with her body in this tomb, with that dark altar!"

Lodewig of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling d10!+19+9+0-4

(

9

)

+19+9+0-4

=

33

(From Zita of Mercere): feel free to decide when I enter the scene and kick this thing into Thorsby Level 4

Proclus of Rome: How dark IS the altar?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it has a pentagram of bones on it

Lord Farnese: its pretty dark.

Proclus of Rome: Oh, so it's a reliquary?

Lord Farnese: btw awaneness check on a floating dagger about to kill your beloved

Proclus of Rome: That's all on the up and up, sounds like.

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

3

)

+5

=

8

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 1

(

7

)

+1

=

8

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): penetration 22

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Her MR is 29 in this aura

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i conf it twice

Prudenzio of Flambeau: rip

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): dang

Lord Farnese: Malach, you notice a dagger rising up from the ground apparently under its own power.

no one in this crew has second sight right?

Proclus of Rome: Not I.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i think only Archibald.

Proclus of Rome: I barely have the first one!

Lodewig of Tytalus concentrates on some private concern

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "He's trying to finish her! He's raising that dagger!"

I pull her away.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: drat.

Zita of Mercere: Archibald, Celeste and Giraldo have second sight

none of whom are here, by funny coincedence

Lord Farnese: hehe.

Zita of Mercere: even though all their players are. good work.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hoohoo

Proclus of Rome: Doo hoo hoo hoo.

Lord Farnese: hmm, hmm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Guards, what are you doing? Arrest this murderer already!"

Lord Farnese: Lord Farnese leaps towards his daughter.

He bumps into invisible Prudenzio on the way.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i toss the dagger in the general direction of Lodewig.

Lord Farnese: "Don't hurt her! Stop!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh shit

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh thanks, mine was rusted

Proclus of Rome: Keep in mind that Imaginem invisibility preserves the shadow, as it is a product of light occlusion.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah

Lodewig of Tytalus: otoh it's a dingy crypt

Aristocritus Bonisagi whistles

Proclus of Rome: If anything, having a bunch of light sources would make your shadow even more recognizable.

Lord Farnese: "All of you, get back!" he barks at you wizardfolk.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes, but also theres a dying noble everyones focused on

"I won't be separated from my beloved! Not while that murderer is loose!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I respectfully back away

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "He's trying to flee! Guards!"

Lord Farnese: The guards form a perimeter around the narrow pathway between pits.

Lord Farnese cradles his dying daughter. "Why? Why??"

Proclus of Rome: If only someone had Chirrugergigy.

Lodewig of Tytalus: so did that demon vanish or what?

Kifaaya of Verditius: We need our aegis, sorry dude.

Lord Farnese: Apparently!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Does your castle have a doctor? We can still save her!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Nevio was on this mission, but I lost track of him.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have 13 Creo Corpus

Zita of Mercere: Oh shit, Nevio, right

Uh, I'm sure he's

somewhere

Prudenzio of Flambeau: He's probably hanging out with Napolino getting drunk.

Proclus of Rome: He wandered off to find a swamp.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Noble

Lodewig of Tytalus: somebody get this woman a barber

Lord Farnese: He picks her up.

"Make room!"

Proclus of Rome: I make some room.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok, whatever

Lord Farnese: lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess we're not selling any shoes. Sorry Voda.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I back off a little but stay close to my dearest Hannelore.

Voda: We can still salvage this.

Prudenzio of Flambeau makes a vow to study the art of penetration

Lord Farnese: study bofa

Voda: We just need to somehow collapse the entire castle.

Lodewig of Tytalus: pretty good mr for an infernalist

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok... wait a minute, negative quality??

Lodewig of Tytalus: have you consider making all its walls disappear?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll ask the brownie if he knows any cobblers when we get home

Proclus of Rome: Or is it?????

Lord Farnese: Alright, the procession heads out of the dingy crypt, up through a passageway back into the keep

Proclus of Rome: We should summon a priest.

Lodewig of Tytalus: are we like, being kept under guard?

Lord Farnese: You are being closely followed by 4 armed knights.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'll go along with this for now

Lord Farnese: In the great hall, Farnese barks orders to various servants, to fetch a priest, to fetch the herbwife, to clear a space for Hannelore, and so on

Kifaaya of Verditius: Time to go "ham" on some guards.

Lord Farnese: The rest of you feel the stern glare of the knights at your back.

Proclus of Rome: My hackles are up, for sure.

Lodewig of Tytalus: in tones of fond reminiscence "herbwife..."

Kifaaya of Verditius: FFM Curse of Circe to Group will be fun when it happens

Lodewig of Tytalus: group is two steps from individual!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I keep an eye on Lodewig.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ah right

Lodewig of Tytalus: although you can pump it up to part for extra lols

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll have to open an item for that

Turning every part of someone into a pig is a good idea

Lodewig of Tytalus: that scene from willow scared the shit out of me as a child

Lord Farnese: A tonsured man in robes comes in with some scary looking medical tools wrapped in cloth. He starts inspecting the wound, shaking his head sadly.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "How long until she's well again?"

johns (GM): The monk says: "It will take a miracle to save her. I am sorry."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll add Group Curse of Circe to my list of stuff to research

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "M... Miracle..."

Proclus of Rome: If only we had some potions!

Lodewig of Tytalus: there are rules for praying for a miracle

just saying

Zita of Mercere: Perhaps CrCo, pity Proclus can't spont or something

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excellent. our deeply religious part ca

party

Proclus of Rome: I BELIEVE that we have said that people can't pray for miracles.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Celeste is deeply religious, but she's guarding the tomb.

Proclus of Rome: But whatever I'll try it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: this may be the only chance you ever get

Proclus of Rome: I pray for stuff all the time, what are you talking about?

Lodewig of Tytalus: i wonder does it make it easier that she's an infernalist

Malachiasz of Tytalus: do you think god gets mad every time he gets a prayer and sees its from celeste

Proclus of Rome: Wow where are you getting this stuff?

Lodewig of Tytalus: presumably god wants to keep sinners alive as long as possible

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

(From Zita of Mercere): It goes without saying but the correct comedic timing for me appearing is right after Proclus prays for a miracle to bring hannelore back

johns (GM): certainly explains why masini and ferris died but the rest of you mokes are still around

Zita of Mercere: Ferris was too good for this world

First PC Death

Lodewig of Tytalus: tbh I think I'd make a good saint

heretics smitten: 1 or more

Proclus of Rome: What the saint of murderers?

Don't you have any Creo Corpus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: everyone needs a patron saint

johns (GM): Lord Farnese looks at you assembled lot and grips the edge of the table angrily. "Just tell me... why?"

Zita of Mercere: Prudenzio has corpus maybe?

He is a necromancer

Kifaaya does but shes an arabic bird right now

Proclus of Rome: I do but we don't have any vis to help her.

Lodewig of Tytalus: a spont creo corpus will just be able to give her a bonus to recovery rolls

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't have any Creo.

Lodewig of Tytalus: and it's unlikely we can manage significant duration

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "We don't know! This monster just suddenly snapped and stabber her!" I point at Lodewig

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm strictly about making things worse.

Lodewig of Tytalus: also: I don't want to help her

(From Proclus of Rome): You should have Prudenzio's Ghost Wife finger him for this crime.

Kifaaya of Verditius: No Creo My Lord

Zita of Mercere: you could always use that vis she was using

what could go wrong

Proclus of Rome: My Creo Corpus is 15.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i have 19 crco

Proclus of Rome: Well then make yourself useful!

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Malachiasz, master yourself."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm not present!

Zita of Mercere: You should try praying for a miracle, Proclus

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I loved her! I loved her and you killed her!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: and, also, the last thing i heard was that hannelore needs to be killed

Zita of Mercere: Who knows what'll happen

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I thought she loved Proclus."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "My Lord, your daughter was corrupted by dark powers, and became their tool and agent"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Weird, how it seems like Hannelore made herself available to several men." I say, looking at Proclus.

Zita of Mercere: Lol

johns (GM): Is Prudenzio visible?

Proclus of Rome: "All I know is that this man stabbed her."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "She was confused before! But when our eyes met... That was true love!"

johns (GM): Or did an invisible man just burn Proclus

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Oh, yeah, how long does this last, lmao

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh

right

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it was the voice of God

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nevermind

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It is natural that you should be aggrieved, but there could be no other end to this. Question her maidservant. See her den of sorcery for yourself."

johns (GM): Farnese slams a hand down at Prudenzio's comment. "Who spoke thus?!"

Zita of Mercere: The maidservant you dropped in a pit and killed

Lodewig of Tytalus: is she dead?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

Zita of Mercere: She had a big red X

and I assumed thus

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the maidservant lodewig, the murderous monster, killed

Lodewig of Tytalus: idk that anybody checked on her

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I checked on her by attempting to raise her corpse.

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh ok

Prudenzio of Flambeau: She didn't raise, and was alive.

johns (GM): I thought you were checking on Hannelore.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: wait.

johns (GM): The Maid was at the bottom of a 9' pit.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i missed that you were talking about the maid.

Yes.

my reading comprehension is lacking.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Well, maybe send someone to see if she's alright? I liked her spirit

Zita of Mercere: Yes, send someone

johns (GM): Farnese sends a knight. "And bring that wretched Miller boy in here too."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus... The monk said we would need a miracle. You're the most devout one here. Do something!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "only God can perform miracles, as I understand it"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Then pray!"

Proclus of Rome: Here's a question: if you change someone's size when they're wounded do they retain the wound level OR do they retain the damage and then transfer it to their new wound level?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: God intervenes directly, as lightning strikes the building and collapses the ceiling onto Hannelore's body.

Lodewig of Tytalus: they retain the wound level

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Well let's see here.

Lodewig of Tytalus: the damage system is specifically designed so the bear bjornaer doesn't turn back to a human and die of accumulated wounds

Proclus of Rome: I have 15 CrCo, but I can use Ceremonial Spontaneous casting for an extra +11.

But who would want to play a bear Bjornaer?

Lodewig of Tytalus: an admirer of Birna the founder

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, I MIGHT be able to make 20 here for Purification of the Festering Wounds.

Zita of Mercere: It would be good if more people admired their founder

For example, Merinita didnt give a shit about fae

and yet her entire house

Proclus of Rome: I'll try it.

"Lord Farnese, I have a confession to make."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: proclus of rome greatly admires romulus

Proclus of Rome: "I am NOT the Lady Geniveve, but am, in fact, Lady Hannelore's lover: Proclus of Rome in disguise!"

Note I am not wearing a disguise.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I stare at him.

Proclus of Rome: "I may be able to save her!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): Farnese gasps.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It's true. He is from Rome"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: this is truly amazing.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus, this is no time for games. That's the worst woman disguise I've ever seen."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lmao

Proclus of Rome: What's the Aura here?

johns (GM): "Proclus??"

Inf 3

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

johns (GM): "But you left last night!"

Lord Farnese: "How could you deceive me like this!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I look back and forth between Farnese and Proclus.

I whisper to the monk, "Is the lord hard of sight?"

Proclus of Rome: "It was a necessary ruse to elope with your daughter. However, I did not anticipate the depths of the dangers she faced here."

Lord Farnese: "Ill fortune curses my lands, my daughter lays dying, accused of diablerie foulest, a wizard sneaks into my court to try to steal her from me..."

"What have I done to deserve such a fate!"

At this moment Aristocritus and Zita enter

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hell yes.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, hello Ar- Hannelore?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: thank god, the real Hannelore is here

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Caw."

Zita of Mercere: "Yes, that's me."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I run over.

Zita of Mercere: I see what's going on

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hannelore!"

Zita of Mercere: Oh dear

oh no

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I embrace her.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Mm haha

Zita of Mercere: "Er, Malach? Easy does it now, you'll give people ideas."

Proclus of Rome: Oh no, the red and yellow serpent that causes total paralysis has been mixed in with the yellow and red serpents with deadly venom!

Zita of Mercere: lmao

Proclus of Rome: "What is going on here?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Let them think what they will my dear, perhaps now is the perfect time to announce our engagement!"

Zita of Mercere: I employ every ounce of my -1 INT to devise a way to not get killed here

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "But then... Who's that fake that Lodewig stabbed?"

Zita of Mercere: "That woman, there... is an imposter!"

Rolling guile, please god let me get through this

Proclus of Rome: Does your disguise disguise your voice?

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Now hold on a second, nothing has been proven in this matter"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Right you are my dear, I never believed she was the real one for a moment."

Kifaaya of Verditius warbles in a Latin that sounds more like a magpie swearing

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that particular spell doesn't, iirc

Zita of Mercere: I-it doesnt?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "She doesn't have your..." I squint. "Catlike eyes."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "who is there to bear witness but malachiasz, whose recollections seem impaired"

Proclus of Rome: Holy guacamole.

Zita of Mercere: [sweating]

It's fine

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i mean, i'd recommend double checking because i'm a retard, but i don't think it does.

Zita of Mercere: With guile I'll get through this

Kifaaya of Verditius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCmvLNQl3s

Lodewig of Tytalus: is it a corpus or imaginem spell?

Proclus of Rome: Can you mimic voices with your Heroic Blood?

Zita of Mercere: Corpus

I don't have the virtue to do that, no

Would imitating a voice be guile?

Lodewig of Tytalus: if it changes your body i think it would change the timbre of your voice to match

Zita of Mercere: Oh

Lodewig of Tytalus: if you speak with a foreign accent though you're probably fucked

Zita of Mercere: True, the vocal chords are affected

I dont have any sort of accent as I have

Tongues

I speak whatever language it is perfectly

Well, I speak Italian natively anyway

so its irrelevant

Zita of Mercere: Rolling guile to try and not get found out, though

rolling 1d10!+2+9

(

8

)

+2+9

=

19

Aristocritus Bonisagi: mighty

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice

Lord Farnese: It is nice, but it is enough to overcome True Love?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yes

Lord Farnese: "Guards, seize that imposter!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's her, she's hypnotized this bird to be totally obedient

Lodewig of Tytalus: wait, who has True Love

Proclus of Rome: Lord Farnese, apparently.

Lodewig of Tytalus: for his daughter? that's weird

Zita of Mercere: That's pretty fucked up

Proclus of Rome: Not that weird.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I don't think she needs to be seized, she'll die of her wound soon anyway."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that makes him smart, etc

Kifaaya of Verditius: It was a major plot point of Berserk

Zita of Mercere: I'm going berserk, at this man's insane virtue

Proclus of Rome: True Love doesn't just cover romantic love.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I suppose not

Aristocritus Bonisagi: when lord farnese is virtuous he is truly virtuous, but when he is fatuous,

Lodewig of Tytalus: perhaps I was a bigot all along

Zita of Mercere: "Er. Help, Malach! Proclus!"

Oh god if I roll to make Proclus help me he almost certainly cant stop it, I have blessing of venus on top of all this

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Wait, you mean... You truly are hard of seeing! This is the real Hannelore!"

"I know because she called to me first!"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have Curse of Venus so maybe there are crows following me around

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: I have the Gift, so all these people hate me

Kifaaya of Verditius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow this came up for corvids of italy

Malachiasz of Tytalus: same

Proclus of Rome: "We have to keep things calm in here, or whoever that is could get worse."

"Please, I will need peace to save her."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can change it to something better if non-gentle Gift and Curse of Venus cancel each other out

Proclus of Rome: They do BUT this merely creates more interesting opportunities for roleplay.

Zita of Mercere: They dont exactly. Most people dislike you but sometimes people fall in love with you in ways that cause trouble for you

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Lord Farnese: Corvids of italy (a davinci tank rams your mech)

Lodewig of Tytalus: woman find me skeevy but also strangely attractive

Lord Farnese: Is anyone here not a rapist?

Lodewig of Tytalus: though you'll have to trust my anecdotal evidence

venus' blessing is NOT rape

Lord Farnese: uh huh

Kifaaya of Verditius: I left Araby at the age of 5 so it's likely I am a virgin and not a rapist, but not certain.

Lodewig of Tytalus: entrancement is rape, but what can you do

Lord Farnese: Anyway, a guard is moving to seize Zita

What are the other PCs doing

devil's fav demon (GM): its like how Celeste also has Curse of Venus despite being a smelly filthy hobo who dresses like a girl

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I block the path to her.

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to try to save whoever has been wounded.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Any closer and you'll die!"

Proclus of Rome: After all, if the guards are seizing the real Hannelore then she'll be fine.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm going to stand to one side and not make any aggressive moves

Kifaaya of Verditius: Curse of Venus is like the opposite of the 40k talent that makes you unseducable

Free points

If the GM DOESN'T use it

Zita of Mercere: "Stop! I command you not to sieze me. The demon here has obviously corrupted my father's mind."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ah right, the 40k talent that makes you unseducable

Lord Farnese: The knight pauses, hand on hilt.

Proclus of Rome: Chem Geld.

Zita of Mercere: being a 40k player usually does that on its own

Kifaaya of Verditius: That one

But lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: 40k is an entirely sexless universe by default

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Lord Farnese: 40k more like 40 gay

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i cant believe youve done this

Proclus of Rome: ANYWAY, I'm really not sure I'll be able to pull this off but I want to try anyway if no one is stopping me.

Kifaaya of Verditius: There is Slaanesh but not even PB is sending Slaanesh worshippers to seduce you as GM

Or daemonettes

Prudenzio of Flambeau bumps into Proclus as he's casting

Prudenzio of Flambeau: kidding, kidding.

Lord Farnese: sounds like PB is denying his players the full experience

Kifaaya of Verditius: He is

It's a crime

Proclus of Rome: Anyway should I roll here?

Lord Farnese: Yes

Zita of Mercere: Good luck Proclus

Proclus of Rome: Do you get the Loud and Exaggerated bonuses for Ceremonial Casting?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sounds good to me

Proclus of Rome: It seems like you wouldn't but it doesn't say that you don't.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ritual But Loud

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good luck saving this infernal witch, Proclus.

Proclus of Rome: Since you can't subtly cast ceremonially.

Lord Farnese: depends what boy reporter says

Aristocritus Bonisagi: doesn't it take like 15 minutes per magnitude

Proclus of Rome: When Boy Reporter isn't making a rule call everyone should be asking, "What would Boy Reporter say?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: to ceremonially cast

Lord Farnese: yes

so that is a problem too

Zita of Mercere: I will now enact my ritual to save this poor woman [begins screaming for a solid hour]

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm pretty sure rituals and ceremonies have to be done at the same volume all the time

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: If it's fatiguing to yell for that long I could see it being worht a bonus.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i suppose you can do it sheepishly or melodromatically but it's not going to give you a die bonus

Proclus of Rome: Mercurian Magic: In addition to the listed benefits, a Mercurian magus may use ceremonial casting with any formulaic spell and all their ceremonial spells take only 1 minute per magnitude to cast. Ignore the restriction about losing your vis discount when casting rituals in communion with non-mercurian magi.

Lord Farnese: well how about that

I agree with BR though, all rituals are done the exact same way all the time

Proclus of Rome: Can I get a bonus to Penetration by grabbing an Arcane Connection off of her?

Lord Farnese: Yes.

Proclus of Rome: Seems kind of weird since I'm casting a spell on her.

Lodewig of Tytalus: the rules actually specify that word and gesture options can't be used with rituals but don't mention the same for ceremonial spontaneous magic, but that seems like an oversight

Proclus of Rome: Ok cool.

So if I use some of her blood, that's a +3 bonus to the penetration multiplier.

I'm at -4 from Fatigue here.

Lodewig of Tytalus wipes bloody dagger on handkerchief and shoves it in pocket

Proclus of Rome:

rolling (1d10! + 7 + 8 + 2 + 11 -3 -4)/2

(

(

9

)

+7+8+2+11-3-4)/2

=

15

Lord Farnese: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: if handkerchiefs and pockets are period-appropriate

Proclus of Rome: Can I spend two confidence points there?

Lord Farnese: ok.

Proclus of Rome: That gets me to 20.

IF I can penetrate.

I have Penetration at +5.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Ah... Lady Hannelore. Do you know why someone would want to impersonate you like this?"

Zita of Mercere: Save that till after marriage, Proclus

"Obviously they covet my wealth, and standing."

(To Proclus of Rome): What's the penetration total, including multiplier from having blood?

Lodewig of Tytalus: makes sense

Zita of Mercere: "And the fine men around me like" I look at Malach, then Proclus "Various people."

Kifaaya of Verditius looks for shiny objects left out carelessly where a bird might pilfer them.

(From Proclus of Rome): I have Penetration +5 and the Blood multiplier is 3, so +15. No bonus from casting score since I hit the target level precisely.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewig your dagger is a rusted mess

(To Proclus of Rome): Ok

Zita of Mercere: I need to shake Malach so I can go finally loot the wine cellar

No prudenzio tossed him a new dagger

Malachiasz of Tytalus: itll probably fall apart if you stress it while youre wiping it

oh

(To Proclus of Rome): Nothing seems to happen.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, my dear, you don't need to be so shy."

(From Proclus of Rome): Well it wouldn't, the duration is Moon and it grants +9 to recovery rolls.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "We'll be married soon enough anyway."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll find a place to discreetly take off my cloak of black feathers and come in here in normie form.

Lord Farnese: A knight brings in the madman from the dungeon before.

Madman: "Beloved!" he cries out to Zita.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I glare at him.

Zita of Mercere: "Oh god there's more."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Don't worry, I'll keep him away from you."

Madman: "Forgive my weaknesses, my lady of ladies, they used foul sorceries on me to make me betray my oaths!"

Zita of Mercere: "Ah. Thank you, Malach."

"Uh, don't sweat it." I say to the madman

Kifaaya of Verditius: Looks like Zita has a blessing, and a curse.

Lodewig of Tytalus: who used foul sorceries? not the men the madman was commanded to forget meeting, surely

Lord Farnese: "Foul doppelganger,  you  made him steal the reliquary?" Farnese asks Zita.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he was only commanded to forget after leading us to her i thought

Lord Farnese: does that command actually work

idk

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh shit

amd yeah maybe it's reaching

Lord Farnese: he fell asleep before succeeding in his mission due to the nightwalker aura

Proclus of Rome: It SEEMS like you couldn't make someone forget with it.

HOWEVER, you could make them TRY to forget.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah i imagine they would just try their best to forget

though that goes out the window when they get confronted with you again shortly after

Proclus of Rome: You should have told him to not tell anyone.

Ah well, hindsight is, as they say, 20/20.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Excuse me!"

Proclus of Rome: That saying was invented by Merlin in 497.

Lodewig of Tytalus: hindsight is 1220, the year where everything makes sense and is in perfect equilibrium

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Salve. I am the bespoke tailor escorted here earlier by the steward. I'm afraid I may have been mistakenly introduced earlier as a cobbler. And then separated for some time amidst the chaos caused by a fire."

Lord Farnese: Alright, the farce ends when you are all taken out back and beheaded

gg all

Aristocritus Bonisagi: alas

Zita of Mercere: I thought I was out the room by now, oops

Uh

Proclus of Rome: Uh oh, looks like Johns died.

Lodewig of Tytalus: but my lord, behead us today and you'll never hear the end of the cobbler's story!

Zita of Mercere: "No, she did." I point at the real hannelore

johns (GM): lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: Voda's cover as a shoe salesman is still solid

Proclus of Rome: Not ROCK solid.

Since he also enlisted a bunch of you as a his confederates.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If a bunch of armed men are trying to arrest us I guess I'll fly home

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Where did you find this impostor, exactly?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi indicates the real Hannelore.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The real Hannelore and I have been discussing shoes all day."

Proclus of Rome: "She was in the crypts."

Lodewig of Tytalus patiently waits for the point where they're all escorted to the dungeon

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Aye, performing demonic magic."

"Lodewig and I killed her for her devilry, the worst of all being impersonating my dear Hannelore."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "What, renewing her glamour at some demonic altar?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh no, Malachi being in the subterranean part of the castle, that's the last thing we want to have happen.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "that may be your recollection"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Most certainly."

Zita of Mercere: "How awful!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "No doubt some jealous witch."

johns (GM): "Tell me this," Farnese asks Zita. "What date were you christened upon?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Time to send this castle to hell

All Hallows Eve

Lodewig of Tytalus: trick question: she was never christened and that's whu she loves satan

(To Proclus of Rome): do you take a fatigue for ceremonially casting

Kifaaya of Verditius: In Arabic, "I didn't think you would try to fool her father."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: still infernal 3 right

(To Proclus of Rome): looks like it. you feint.

(From Proclus of Rome): Yes, but that's because I went with /2 instead of /5.

(To Proclus of Rome): faint

johns (GM): Proclus faints after casting his spell.

(From Proclus of Rome): 'Twas merely a feint.

Zita of Mercere: Good work

"An interesting question."

i have

hmm

I have a virtue for getting a blind guess

completely right

Zita of Mercere: intuition

50/50 chance

Aristocritus Bonisagi: intuition ftw.

johns (GM): Your intuition probably should have told you this was a bad idea

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+27-5 to cast Consignment to Oblivion on Farnese, without making noise, to make him forget the date of his daughter's christening.

(

4

)

+27-5

=

26

Zita of Mercere: Yes but imagine if I get this right

lfao

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's not common sense

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that is over 25.

Zita of Mercere: Prudenzio ftw

johns (GM): the aura is -3

does it fire?

Proclus of Rome: Guessing the correct date is a bit more difficult than guessing a 1 in 3 probability.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i already accounted for the aura.

Zita of Mercere: Ohh, its 1 in 3

Well then

I'll guess normally

"March 4th."

Lodewig of Tytalus: the virtue doesn't specify the odds

Zita of Mercere: It doesnt?

johns (GM): never tell me the odds

Lodewig of Tytalus: if the storyguide rolls 6+, you make the correct choice

Zita of Mercere: Well, does it apply or not

Oh okay

johns (GM) rolls some dice

Zita of Mercere: Roll it johns

Aristocritus Bonisagi: should have spent a season learning Hannelore Lore from proclus

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

7

)

=

7

Proclus of Rome: "Quiet" isn't the same as "Silent."

Zita of Mercere: Ehehehe

Malachiasz of Tytalus: there t is

johns (GM): what the hell, why not

better than rolling out combat where you are all killed

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lmao

Aristocritus Bonisagi: also it's much funnier.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: she guesses right, but Farnese is like uh. was that it? um. hm.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm quite confident in my ability to escape mundane combatants

Zita of Mercere: Oh I'm confident as well

johns (GM): jokes on you, everyone here is actually a might 40 dragon in disguise

Malachiasz of Tytalus: same

Proclus of Rome: That "might" be a problem!

Ha ha ha.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ha ha.

Lord Farnese: "Oh"

"Is that it"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm okay with dying, it'll let me try out my new character idea, a Vertidius who inherits a lab with a studio already built.

Zita of Mercere: I can get out of here easily, I just want to get out of this room so I can go to the cellar and steal some wine.

Proclus of Rome: Lord Farnese, best Eys and Ohs.

Zita of Mercere: Lol shaun

One Weird Trick to stop the GM ever killing you

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Now That's Thorsby

Lord Farnese: He stands

Zita of Mercere: "Yes, that's it."

Lord Farnese: "I have made a decision."

"Whatever madness has been occurring here has all revolved around you somehow."

"I am sending you to the convent. I can do no more for you."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Then I will escort her."

Lord Farnese: "You shall do nothing of the sort, wretch."

"All of you have profaned my home!"

"I banish you from my lands on penalty of death!"

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

That could be a problem.

Zita of Mercere: "I see. Malach, look, that guard is eyeing me up seditiously." I indicate the nearest guard that was trying to accost me

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm

whose death?

Lord Farnese: Presumably yours

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Aye, perhaps it is best that he send you away from this castle, my love."

Lodewig of Tytalus: Well alright, I was only passing through anyway

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I will write to you, don't worry."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Very well my lord. Visit my studio if you are ever in Rome and in need of bespoke clothing of arcane construct and wondrous quality."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm glad we could reach an agreement, my lord. nods and strolls off

Zita of Mercere: "Yes. I just need to go prepare now. To leave, for the convent."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I give Hannelore a parting hug.

Zita of Mercere: thank you, incredibly giant man

Proclus of Rome: "I'm not sure this other woman can travel, Lord Farnese."

"She has been grievously wounded."

Zita of Mercere: Okay it's fine. I've played Hitman. I just need to get my suit back.

I slowly edge out of the room when the hug ends then leg it as soon as I'm round the corner of the doorway

to go get my clothes back

Lord Farnese: I think a convent would be good for Zita

She might learn to stop stealing everything

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "My lady, wait, about the shoes-"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll find Zita and take some of this noble clothing back home with me

Zita of Mercere: After I get my clothes back, I stuff some of the fancy dresses into a sack, and toss it to Kifaaya

"Borrowing. When she gets back from the convent, we'll return them."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Shukraan, sodales."

"Understood. I will simply study them."

Proclus of Rome: So should I just take the wounded Hannelore with me or what?

Lord Farnese: No

You're unconscious

Proclus of Rome: Oh right.

I forgot.

Lord Farnese: You get thrown out the door

Proclus of Rome: On account of being unconscious.

Lord Farnese: the real hannelore presumably dies in agony

Proclus of Rome: RIP.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: harsh but fair

Zita of Mercere: Then I go to the cellar and steal as many bottles of wine as I can fit into a sack, climb up onto a roof, and use my seven league boots to escape safely.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i sneak back later to ensure this happens

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i love it when a plan (?) comes together

Lodewig of Tytalus: i don't want a powerful infernalist out for my blood

Zita of Mercere: All in all a successful mission, everyone.

johns (GM): well

Lodewig of Tytalus: woah is this vardian's tomb?

johns (GM): yeah

Lodewig of Tytalus: rad

Proclus of Rome: I'm not sure how it happened.

johns (GM): Zita and Lodewig, your stamina reduction lasts for moon

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that went quite well.

Zita of Mercere: Phew, it wears off

johns (GM): same with Proclus and Malach's Obsession flaw

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok but can i ensure hannelore dies?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: by sunrise, i'll become visible again.

johns (GM): sure

Malachiasz of Tytalus: how long is moon

johns (GM): a few weeks

Proclus of Rome: I need you to help me sneak back into the castle.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: alright

Lodewig of Tytalus: until the moon has passed through all its phases iirc

Proclus of Rome: So I can make sure Hannelore is alright.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll put Hannelore's clothing out on mannequins in the studio.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: after a week i write a letter and send it off to the convent

Zita of Mercere: I'll give the dresses to Kifaaya so I won't keep them in my loot tab, but I now have some expensive wine

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 3 weeks later i curse myself for the waste of parchment

johns (GM): He never told you which convent

to be fair

Lodewig of Tytalus: write to every convent

Malachiasz of Tytalus: to all the nearby ones then

yes

Proclus of Rome: Good thing we have someone who is good at finding people.

johns (GM): excellent

Malachiasz of Tytalus: one letter to every convent within reason

Zita of Mercere: Sounds like he needs to send a deranged scribble to every single convent

johns (GM): you now have the rep Stalker of Nuns

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Zita of Mercere: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hell yes.

johns (GM): 6 adventure xp and you should all be ashamed of yourselves

Zita of Mercere: Ga ha ha ha

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm extremely proud of myself.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: same

Kifaaya of Verditius: I liked watching my sodales Zita in action.

johns (GM): Proclus, how do you feel now

Zita of Mercere: I knew playing my companion was the better idea

Shes much more fun

Proclus of Rome: Well, I'm pretty upset with Lodewig.

Zita of Mercere: Archibald can sit powerlevelling with books while zita has fun

Lodewig of Tytalus: uh, a dangerous satanic hedge magician got put down with minimal collateral damage

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewigs got a good face to describe that adventure

Proclus of Rome: But if Hannelore is still alive I can forgive him.

Lodewig of Tytalus: seems like a good outcome

johns (GM): perhaps you should pvp him

Kifaaya of Verditius: I brush some cat hair off my clothing and put it in a discreet jar.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristocritus saved the armory from burning down AND resolved the standoff.

another great success.

Zita of Mercere: He even tried to sell the shoes, when all else gave up

Such virtue! Our archon in action

Prudenzio of Flambeau: That was brave.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh yeah

it was a really nice pair of shoes too

Proclus of Rome: Can Lavinia find her?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: rip to the madman, though

Kifaaya of Verditius: Later I will talk to Giacopo and ask him if he knows anyone who wants to sell shoes or textiles in bulk abroad

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): AFK

Lodewig of Tytalus: I slap proclus on the back and tell him to buck up, the woman of his dreams is still out there waiting for him

Malachiasz of Tytalus: a woman who resembles a perfect assortment of geometric shapes

Prudenzio of Flambeau: There's a devout, loyal, uh, girl, right here in the covenant.

johns (GM): sure, you have an arcane connection, right?

Proclus of Rome: Yeah, all the blood.

Boy R.: he probably does! i haven't updated giacopo since the new grog rules made his whole apprentice mill untenable

Proclus of Rome: Heh heh.

Kifaaya of Verditius: He could be my forge companion

But his store is more profitable

Boy R.: i think his shop is one of the cov's income sources

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

Boy R.: but that's just like 2 seasons a year

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Lavinia consults the sortes.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I open up the finance sheet becaues I can never remember his name

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "When hunger is quenched by the feast, and the remnants cleared, deep in conversation, they discuss their missing friends, and, between hope and fear, question whether they live, or whether they’ve suffered death and no longer hear their name."

Boy R.: so i'd be open to collaborating on lab work

Proclus of Rome: Uh oh.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: are you going to be around next week boyar?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could use some help making magical clothing

But I have two items I need to sell already

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i should establish jon carl as an income source

Proclus of Rome: Well, if Hannelore is truly dead then I guess I don't have a choice.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: actually i think i lost his character sheet so i need to re stat him

Boy R.: it's probably more efficient to have giacopo make items that you can then enchant

at minimum they're excellent quality

idk if you can stack hermetic enchants on wondrous items

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm a tailor too

Boy R.: true, but your seasons are better used

or do you get benefits from craftying your own vessels

Kifaaya of Verditius: If he can open an item himself that would save time

Open it and then transfer it to me, that is

Boy R.: no you've got to be a magus for that

there are benefits for enchanting high quality items though, but i can't remember where to find them

Kifaaya of Verditius: The only way I know how to benefit from another tailor is a Forge Companion

Boy R.: is that in houses of hermes?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Mystery Cults

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, I think I have to declare Wizard's War on you Lodewig.

Zita of Mercere: So be it

Boy R.: yeah it looks like verditii need to make their own items from scratch

Zita of Mercere: "Fight! Fight! Fight!" I whoop on the sidelines

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it cant be helped

Lodewig of Tytalus: You really need to look at this rationally

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean, if he as access to items thataren't cheap, like silk, that would help for Material bonuses.

Proclus of Rome: I am.

You're a remorseless killer.

Lodewig of Tytalus: only when circumstances call for it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if you beat a tytalus in a wizard war do you get forced into house tytalus

Kifaaya of Verditius: He's a PC n a tabletop RPG, so yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: the woman set demons on me!

johns (GM): can you prove that

Proclus of Rome: Did you even stop to ask her?

Lodewig of Tytalus: I told her to stop but she wouldn't listen!

Proclus of Rome: She doesn't even know you!

Lodewig of Tytalus: true, all I know is I stumbled on her profane sanctum and she tried to kill me

now if she were a peer of the order I could understand

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im glad im not a murderer like lodewig

Proclus of Rome: What, because it was a crypt?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: just killing innocent people for absolutely no reason

and zero benefit!

Proclus of Rome: We all live in a crypt!

Zita of Mercere: We live in a tasteful, subdued crypt

ignore the flaming skulls

Kifaaya of Verditius: Now that our aegis is secured I'm going to plan my trip to the Alps to find a butterfly familiar

Lodewig of Tytalus: she had a demonic familiar, and cast spells with vis derived from profaning the blessed host

Proclus of Rome: How do you know any of this?

Where's the familiar?

Where's the profaned host?

Lodewig of Tytalus: hell, I presume

Zita of Mercere: Wait, does Proclus think that the imposter hannelore was real now?

johns (GM): if using infernal vis is a crime then members of this covenant are guilty

Kifaaya of Verditius: She had a simulacrum walking around talking to you all

Zita of Mercere: The dead one was an imposter, obviously. You saw the real one.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Demonic

Proclus of Rome: I'm not TOTALLY sure which Hannelore was which.

But I DO know that she's dead now.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm not saying it is, I'm saying there's strong circumstantial evidence that her powers were infernal in origin

Proclus of Rome: So that means that the imposter is probably the one who WASN'T brutally stabbed to death.

Zita of Mercere: The only people who know I dressed up as Hannelore are Kifaaya and Aristocritus. Given the horrible reaction I got while dressed as her, I've asked my sodales to keep this a secret.

Lodewig of Tytalus: combined with the way she attacked malachiasz and I on sight, and seemed to overpower his mind, I thought there was ample cause to overpower her by the first means that came to hand

Zita of Mercere: Oh, true, Proclus

Lodewig of Tytalus: really, would any of you have done any differently?

Proclus of Rome: Oh well then if that's the case then you wouldn't mind if I ask a cardinal to commission an inquisition to investigate our covenant.

Yes.

johns (GM): if we murdered everyone who brainwashed covenant members we wouldn't have befriended those nice cats

Proclus of Rome: In fact, I did.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: If you were of sound mind, I'm sure you wouldn't have.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Where did the cats come from?

Zita of Mercere: No PC is of sound mind

Lodewig of Tytalus: you can ask a cardinal anything you please. Personally I would think it unwise to provoke the mundane powers to action against members of the Order.

Proclus of Rome: Constantinople.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmm

Where are the cats now?

Zita of Mercere: Theyre smart kitties

johns (GM): Still in town

Proclus of Rome: Somewhere around here.

johns (GM): They're grooming a wealthy goldsmith to become podesta of the city once the current one passes

Kifaaya of Verditius: Can I go meet the cats and see if Verditius Lore tells me anything?

johns (GM): they already explained their backstory pretty well. They're Mechanica of Heron

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

johns (GM): also they were briefly the property of an elder verditius and the covenant has agreed to shelter them from retribution. if that is relevant.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I need someone to teach me mysteries

But probably not that guy

Lodewig of Tytalus: who do they fear retribution from?

johns (GM): the mechanica is way better than any of the shitty verditius mysteries tbh

Harpalos of Verditius

from whom they escaped

Lodewig of Tytalus: fair enough

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

I don't particularly want the Verditius automata

But casting tools with added penetration is a good idea

Proclus of Rome: Lodewig, I'm willing to forgive you if you can PROVE that she was under Infernal influence.

Zita of Mercere: The cats are cool and I want to make a mechanical cat familiar someday

Proclus of Rome: But if you can't I'm afraid that I will have a very difficult time accepting you.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmmm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if only there were another witness there

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could try befriending the cats

Proclus of Rome: Many have tried.

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): Back

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I mean, I did see her openly profaning the host.

Proclus of Rome: Well, it sounds like all the evidence is purely circumstantial.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: It was right there in her hand.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean they would be good friends to have so I can declare vendetta on Harlapos

Proclus of Rome: How do you know it was the host and not just bread?

Kifaaya of Verditius: For mistreating my friends the mechanica cats

Malachiasz of Tytalus: out of curiosity johns was that demon taking any damage from the falls

Prudenzio of Flambeau: And as we all know, I have never had a reason or motivation to lie.

Lodewig of Tytalus: in the real world one is often forced to act on no better than circumstantial evidence

Zita of Mercere: Oh, I ran into Hannelore before, and she cursed me with maleficia

So there's that testimony, Proclus

The same kind she used on poor lodewig

Proclus of Rome: How do you know it was a maleficia and not just an ordinary curse?

Zita of Mercere: Because the GM said so

johns (GM): Malach no because it has very high soak

Malachiasz of Tytalus: thought as much

Proclus of Rome: I mean, we all know a bunch of curses.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: it was described in the chat as a communion host and maleficia, that's how.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it was still funny

Lodewig of Tytalus: if it was an ordinary curse we were perfectly justified in defending ourselves

johns (GM): yeah

Prudenzio of Flambeau: blammo.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I, for one, don't know any curses

Zita of Mercere: Yeah if she cursed 2 members of the order of hermes

Proclus of Rome: She ALSO was justified in defending herself.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I actually don't know how I'd know about butterflies in the alps

Zita of Mercere: that is grounds for on-the-spot execution

Proclus of Rome: I told you to just leave!

Kifaaya of Verditius: So talking to the cats is a better hook anyway

Zita of Mercere: she did NOT defend herself when I met her though

she attacked

I said hello Hannelore, I was looking for you

and she attacked

johns (GM): is no one going to stick up for the poor misunderstood hedge witches of the world

Proclus of Rome: Everyone knows there are alpine butterflies.

Uh clearly I am.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess if EVERYONE knows

I'll just go do it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Thank you Proclus

Malachiasz of Tytalus: while Proclus and Lodewig feud I continue happily researching my failure spell.

Proclus of Rome: Well I mean if you know about animals.

c'thinker looks up from newspaper

Lodewig of Tytalus: I suppose turning into a mouse could be considered a curse

c'thinker: huh, says here there are butterflies in the alps

Proclus of Rome: Well, is it not?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lmao

Lodewig of Tytalus: I prefer to consider it a useful resource

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll show up in Summer with a butterfly on my shoulder

Proclus of Rome: She didn't hurt anyone in any permanent way.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: a crow with a butterfly on its head

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

And the butterfly's wings look like cat eyes

Zita of Mercere: Lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Proclus of Rome: I mean other than Nunzio, but that was mostly me.

And he deserved it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: she robbed you and malachiasz of the free exercise of your will and judgement, which is a greater harm than any bodily torment short of death

Proclus of Rome: Did she?

Zita of Mercere: I need to look up funny stuff about the vis binding the familiar to make a little solo adventure for kifa

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i need to get a familiar

but what animal is majestic enough?

Proclus of Rome: Did I act in any way that wouldn't comport with a more mundane affliction: the longing heart?

Lodewig of Tytalus: In malachiasz' case: certainly. In that of Proclus, it's merely strongly suggested

Kifaaya of Verditius: If there's familiar scripts like there are scripts fo rmysteries, that's cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: A Lion for Aristocritusi mo

imo

Proclus of Rome: In any case, falling in love with a woman on sight is not unusual.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: natural leader and all that

Proclus of Rome: Just ask Zita, that kind of thing happens to her all the time.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: maybe i'll try to get a familiar soon. i need to boost those lab totals.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i need to find a two-headed eagle

Malachiasz of Tytalus: do you need the animal form for familiars

Proclus of Rome: We SORT of found one in that swamp.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i would assume yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: It's extremely rare, by contrast with passing infatuation. It's simple to test for true love by magic, and it's very uncommon

Proclus of Rome: No, you can use any technique or form that is appropriate to the animal at hand.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Moth might be better than butterfly but butterflies are more magicy in general

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i can't use a skull attached to a hand or anything though huh

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excellent

whats a good terram-associated animal

Proclus of Rome: A mole?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: other than a worm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: a pige

pig

Kifaaya of Verditius: Maybe a particularly beautiful silkworm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: mole would probably be good

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you learn necromancy you can bind a spirit familiar

Lodewig of Tytalus: a colony of ants

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Fortissimole

Proclus of Rome: It would just be one ant.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: one of those giant ethiopian ants that hunts for gold

Aristocritus Bonisagi: field trip

Lodewig of Tytalus: an ant would be easy to bind

Kifaaya of Verditius: Banker Ants

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it would also probably be stepped on

Aristocritus Bonisagi: whoa

Proclus of Rome: Anyway, the Curse of Venus isn't an uncommon affliction and it could hardly be considered a crime.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you're initiated into the spirit familiar mystery you can bind your wife as a familiar

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ants that hunt for gold and dig tunnels leading from New York to Israel

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the ethiopian ant is about the size of a dog

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont know this joke

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that seems like it would clash w the other already-clashing rules i'm using for my spirit wife

Aristocritus Bonisagi: defy the heavens

Lodewig of Tytalus: No, I agree. Let us not even speak in terms of crime, it's irrelevant legalism.

A man has a right to defend himself against hostile sorcery.

Proclus of Rome: Make your wife your familiar and then bind her into a corpse.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-digging_ant

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Someone get me Hannelore's corpse.

Zita of Mercere: I don't have curse of venus, though, just the blessing. Which thankfully does not make random people fall in love with you.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ill go hunt for a mole when i need to boost my lab totals more

Zita of Mercere: It just means you can, if you want to.

Lodewig of Tytalus: In the face of demons and mind control, the safest course is to swiftly kill the hedge wizard.

Zita of Mercere: Johns out of curiosity, if I'd been using the amulet to be male when I encountered hannelore

would she have used the

obsession power

Aristocritus Bonisagi: mm haha

Proclus of Rome: Again, I must point out that you have no proof whatsoever that there was a demon and the mind control was CLEARLY defensive in nature.

Zita of Mercere: [pounds fist on desk at clear missed opportunity to be a 14th century sapphist]

Lavinia of Jerbiton: possibly

we'll never know now...

Prudenzio of Flambeau: brb, if we're already wrapping thx for the fun game today

Lodewig of Tytalus: I suppose you'll just have to take my word for it that I don't invent phantom demons and kill witches that pose no threat to me.

In any case, Mal can confirm the demon was there

Proclus of Rome: What did you see?

Zita of Mercere: Lodewig comes out his lab for the first time in 15 years and immediately kills another PCs girlfriend

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he saw an evil werewolf as I recall

we are aruging that werewolves are demons? ok

Lodewig of Tytalus: It had wolflike attributes but it's not in the nature of werewolves to hang out in crypts

Kifaaya of Verditius: After I get the butterfly I think I'm going to experiment on the items I already made

Lodewig of Tytalus: In any case, it was a chimera of human and animal, consistent with the earthly forms of demons

Zita of Mercere: It is, as you're here

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Well, a werewolf and a maid with a needle rushed us while the fake Hannelore ran to eat some wafers.

Proclus of Rome: I'm PRETTY sure she was the real one.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nah

Lodewig of Tytalus: and it used supernatural powers to assault us with stones and so forth

Lavinia of Jerbiton: wHAT IS lodewig's infernal lore?

Proclus of Rome: There are a lot of supernatural creatures.

Many of them aren't demons.

Lodewig of Tytalus: uhhhj 0

Aristocritus Bonisagi: having an infernal lore score is pretty suspicious imo

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Malach has no lore at all and remains firm in his belief that it was just a werewolf.

Lodewig of Tytalus: sweatdrop

Lavinia of Jerbiton: HMM HMMM

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Which eventually died after falling into a pit 3 times.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: He sures knows a lot about demons despite never reading any books abotu them

What could it mean....

Lodewig of Tytalus: I always maintain you don't get real learning from books

just go offscreen for a while and you get like 30 exp a year

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Enough! Can anyone here prove that Lodewig is not a demon

Proclus of Rome: I'm PRETTY sure Hannelore was a Nightwalker.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can not

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hm, it did use magic several times. Perhaps that was the hedge wizard, and it was using the Hannelore impostor."

Lodewig of Tytalus: you can revoke teh aegis on me if you like

Proclus of Rome: A hedge tradition not affiliated with the Infernal.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Usually ifrit have more smokeless fire though

Proclus of Rome: I wouldn't do that just out of pure vengeance.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Whoever that woman was, though, I don't think she used any magic."

Lodewig of Tytalus: but it would handily prove that i',m not a supernatural creature

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes, that must be it. The werewolf was a hedge wizard and was up to some nefarious scheme, using the other two women."

Proclus of Rome: That would make you EVEN MORE of a murderer.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Look, let's move on to the important stuff here

please return the parma book to the library Proclus.

Proclus of Rome: I'm still reading it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i just want to see the players kill each other tbh

and if their pcs each each other well thats OK too

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Well at this point I'd be happy to try to kill Lodewig if Boy R is going to be here next week.

Zita of Mercere: Put him into a 15 year coma

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excellent, just send him the wizard war declaration and wait a month as is proper

Lodewig of Tytalus: i actually am going to be here next week

future weeks are up in the eair

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Don't worry Proclus, if you beat Lodewig in this contest of wills, Malach will be here to witness it and formally induct you into House Tytalus.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Up the ear

Lodewig of Tytalus: however faced with the threat of wizard war, lodewig will move on before forming arcane connections

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

HMmmmmmMMmm.

Well there's one more thing we could try.

We could try asking Hannelore if she was an Infernalist.

Zita of Mercere: Stab him with a knife and conf the damage roll?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: etiquette contest!

etiquette contest!!!

Proclus of Rome: Uh no.

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh good point

there are severa; necromancers on hand

Proclus of Rome: I mean who DOESN'T have Whispers Beyond the Black Gate at this point?

Zita of Mercere:  ALL the necromancers in the tomb come running in at once to defile Proclus' girlfriends corpse

Lodewig of Tytalus: not that i wouldn't be down for wizard war, i'd go all in. i just don't want to conduct it from under the same roof as the hermetic architect who is my opponent

Kifaaya of Verditius: Has Harlapos ever been in a vendetta that the cats know of?

Proclus of Rome: Who?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hmm

there was this weirdo named Grerr once

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's a necromancer's tower in normandy that you can use

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he died though

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or no, we burned that down

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well some of the structure was stone

Kifaaya of Verditius: The guy the cats were liberated from

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you could make a shelter out of it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: grerr huh. sounds like a real noob

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he was

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the kind of guy who would die without ever making a house that walks on chicken legs

Proclus of Rome: Is Archibald here?

Or is he off doing something?

Archibald of Guernicus: He's in his lab

But you can yell through the wall and get him to come out

Lavinia of Jerbiton yells "mel gibson sucks"

Proclus of Rome: So how hard is it to find Hannelore's body?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you need a version of the inexorable search that works for corpses

Proclus of Rome: Wait can you just use an Arcane Connection to cast Whispers Beyond the Black Gate?

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't have whispers beyond the black gate, as of yet. Though I think Archibald as a year of unspent seasons.

Proclus of Rome: I have it.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: No, black gate requires an in tact body before you

Proclus of Rome: It has surprisingly not been that useful so far.

Archibald of Guernicus: What did you need archibald for. Making sure your wizards war is legal?

Proclus of Rome: Well, what exactly do I need to do?

Archibald of Guernicus: If you send it out on the correct date, wait a month, and follow the rules

You dont even need a causus belli, legally, I think

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: But obviously it's in poor form to do so without one, socially

Proclus of Rome: Well I'll need to develop a spell to find a corpse first, since I want to give the benefit of the doubt to my old friend Lodewig.

In general I would appreciate it if my sodales caused less mayhem.

Lodewig of Tytalus: slaying infernalists is a good general practice to minimise mayhem

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that sounds like cuck talk

Lodewig of Tytalus: i can't talk to the dead, so I'd like to track down the maid accomplice and make her talk if she's alive

Proclus of Rome: Isn't she also dead?

She was at the bottom of a pit the last time I saw her.

Lodewig of Tytalus: is she? I'd like to establish that

Proclus of Rome: Lavinia???

Hello?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh

she's dead

sorry

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Lodewig of Tytalus: what a shame

well, the testimony of a madman should be at least as reliable as a devil-worshipper

what happened to that guuy?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sent back to the dungeon

Proclus of Rome: So we just need to break into the dungeons.

Perfect!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: That's really easy.

Lodewig of Tytalus: great! I sneak in, alternately disguising myself as mouse and bird. Command the prisoner to follow me. Turn HIM into a mouse. Make good our escape

Proclus of Rome: Well sort of.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hmm

if you have all those spells, ok

Lodewig of Tytalus: or we could just all break in and interrogate him. it seems trivial.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: there's nothing trivial about your flagrant disregard for the laws of man

Lodewig of Tytalus: i have entrancement and numerous shapeshifts

agreed, it's a central pillar of my identity

Proclus of Rome: Well all he's been is exiled on pain of death.

Nobody said he CAN'T sneak into the dungeons.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm looking at the familliar rules now and I'm not sure how they help with lab work.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: prove your innocence in a crime by committing a crime

Archibald of Guernicus: Oldest trick in the book

Proclus of Rome: For starters, the Gold Cord reduces the number of botch dice you roll on experiments.

Also, Familiars can learn Magic Theory and act as lab assistants.

Lodewig of Tytalus: familiars help with lab work by learning magic theory mainly

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ok the lab assistant part I can see

Proclus of Rome: They're better at this than apprentices because they don't have any higher ambitions.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean, i missed that, but that explains it

Lodewig of Tytalus: i believe it's stipulated in rop magic that the familiar bond lets them learn as humans do without their might getting in the way

but familiars can also be valuable because they're potentially powerful magic beasts that you can enchant with further powers

Proclus of Rome: Anyway so what does this unhinged maniac have to say?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: when is someone in the covenant going to take an apprentice

Lodewig of Tytalus: if compelled to tell the truth

Proclus of Rome: You want 10 in all arts.

So you can be a decent teacher.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think just 5 is needed

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can see the benefit now though I think I'll stick with the plot hooks we have going at the time

Lodewig of Tytalus: a score in teaching is also a plus, but you have no obligation to be a good master

Proclus of Rome: It might be 5.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: An apprentice would be cool if I could just use them and be a terrible teacher.

Proclus of Rome: Getting a familiar is, at best, a solo adventure.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: forcibly take apprentices while being absolutely inept at teaching anything

Proclus of Rome: Like I said last week!

Kifaaya of Verditius: I understand

Lodewig of Tytalus: familiars can be incidental loot from major adventures

Kifaaya of Verditius: Incidental loot is cool

Proclus of Rome: Sure.

Lodewig of Tytalus: sometimes you design a cool magic beast and it just hangs around the covenant because all the magi are too polite to claim it for themselves

rufus...

Kifaaya of Verditius waves to the goat

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good goat.

Proclus of Rome: I thought we butchered it for vis.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Speaking of needing a broader knowledge of techniques, that's something I'd be missing out on messing about with familiars

I should read all our Creo books

Proclus of Rome: Well, it only takes one season to link the familiar and then maybe a couple more to teach it Artes Liberales so it can read all the Magic Theory books.

Oh and Latin.

Obviously.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Lodewig of Tytalus: i think it learns all the languages you speak automatically

Lavinia of Jerbiton: when is someone going to murder someone already!!!!!!!!!! fff

Proclus of Rome: I dunno maybe.

Well what's the story with the madman?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hes mad

Lodewig of Tytalus: you can contrive it so we have no way to resolve this but wizard war, but then i think we need to schedule it for some other time

Archibald of Guernicus: I declare wizards war on lavinia, to make her feel wanted.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm gonna get Creo so I can supply my own vis too, or demand a season's worth of vis as payment for services rendered.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he was one of the people in hannelore's coven and supplied profaned hosts for her

Proclus of Rome: A wizard war in this instance would be interesting, since I can just not include Lodewig in the Aegis of the Hearth.

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's all take a couple of years studying creo mentem to heal this madman so he provides reliable testimony

Proclus of Rome: You can just use Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie on him.

Or just have Voda interrogate him.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Reading the Creo summa until I'm a capable healer is a good idea

Lodewig of Tytalus: what if he's too mad to know he lies?

Proclus of Rome: He has Piercing Gaze.

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyway it looks like we've got it

so uh, he was part of a coven of infernalists led by hannelore? is proclus satisfied?

Proclus of Rome: I guess so.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll come up with a bandage that heals people and study Creo until I can make it

Proclus of Rome: Well you need to be specific on what kind of healing it does.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll use a pre-written spell as a guideline

Proclus of Rome: Actually removing a wound is a Ritual and can't be put into an item.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make an item that casts Cheating the Reaper

And pay Voda with it if he can sell something else of mine

Or get me a customer with an order

Proclus of Rome: Thats a ritual.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh right

Well I'll shoot for learning Cheating the Reaper then

Lodewig of Tytalus: items that improve recovery rolls are effective and popular

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yeah but who needs em when you have the best doctor in the world

(she lives at pamphili manor and teaches theriacs)

Kifaaya of Verditius: My sigil will manifest as a birthmark of the number (X - the number of times Cheating the Reaper has been cast on you - 1 if you're that thing Voda is)

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's go there and never mention Orsu when we do

Kifaaya of Verditius: X = 9

Lavinia of Jerbiton: im bummed orsu left before we resolved this storyline :

(

Proclus of Rome: It's a shame.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he would've made a great mind controlled slave too

Proclus of Rome: Still, the option to learn theriacs is there.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Purification of the Festering Wound won't take too long to learn

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, does the Madman know what I did while I was unconscious?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: rope kid had much more important things to do

Lavinia of Jerbiton: no he was in a cell

Malachiasz of Tytalus: such as make a video of himself laying on a picnic blanket while romantic music plays

Archibald of Guernicus: That IS more important, frankly

Kifaaya of Verditius: That IS important

Proclus of Rome: Well I guess we'll never know.

Archibald of Guernicus: Why roleplay Orsu in a game when you can do it irl?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: he literally left this game to work on the apocalypse now kickstarter game, and thats the honest truth.

Archibald of Guernicus: [bitterly] lol

Proclus of Rome: It's too bad there aren't any rules in this game for being sad.

Oh well.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Is there an aura bonus for labwork in the tomb?

Proclus of Rome: +3.

Kifaaya of Verditius: TY

Alright, shouldn't take too long to get enough Creo for Purifying the Festering Wound in one season of invention

Creating a sensation of sandpaper-textured tongue lapping at the wound when cast

Proclus of Rome: Whaaaatt?

Kifaaya of Verditius: The sigil

Proclus of Rome: You have a lab total of 60?

Kifaaya of Verditius: No

Malachiasz of Tytalus:  pounding fists on table  experiment. experiment. experiment.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Malachiasz of Tytalus: pounding fists on table experiment. experiment. experiment.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Malachi can roll all the lulzy experimentation results for the both of us

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i experimented and got an as yet undetermined spell out of it

Proclus of Rome: You'd need a lab total of 60 to invent it in one season.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

I'll make an item for it then

Since the Similar Spell bonus isn't huge

Proclus of Rome: You can't make an item for it, it's a Ritual.

Kifaaya of Verditius: lol

I keep missing that sorry

Proclus of Rome: No problemo.

Learning the item creation rules is pretty important, as a Verditus, though.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I know them fairly well

it's Invention I missed something on

Lodewig of Tytalus: the nice thing about the lab rules is they're fairly consistent across every kind of activity

Proclus of Rome: Experimenting is just something you can generally do on all lab activity.

Lodewig of Tytalus: like if you can learn an effect as a spell you can put it into an item with the same or better lab total

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay Festering Wound is 20 so it seems like it should be 40 according to https://puu.sh/uvNKG/f906835a29.png

Malachiasz of Tytalus: whats your lab total for whatever youre trying to make

Kifaaya of Verditius: I dunno I'm just figuring out what to do with my seasons in 1332

Creo is just good because its a general gap in my knowledge and affects what you can charge people for your time.

Getting spells or items that use Creo is a side benefit

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i think we have some creo books you could read

Proclus of Rome: I'm looking at your character sheet and I'll be honest, you have a lot of gaps.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you can also go study some vis in the temple of mercury regio

Kifaaya of Verditius: If I have to repalce her I'll probably just be a better rounded Verditius

Archibald of Guernicus: Always a good usage of vis, definitely.

Snorting vim vis behind the temple to advance your power

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i did it and got over 20 exp

so hell

it works

Proclus of Rome: Well, specialization is pretty powerful.

Luckily getting general knowledge is easy.

Kifaaya of Verditius: There's a Jerbiton in Magi of Hermes who also has an animal shapeshifting schtick

Proclus of Rome: Especially with all the powerful, low-level summa we have.

Kifaaya of Verditius: So I could try for their distribution

Proclus of Rome: You could probably get to 5 in every art in 3 years.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Probably

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

msot of our books give you level 5 from one reading i think

Kifaaya of Verditius: The Creo summa is a good start

Proclus of Rome: Sure.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: just remember to save tracts for after youve read all the books

Proclus of Rome: The Heptameron is one of the best books we have.

One of the things specialists are good at is getting early familiars, in my opinion.

Kifaaya of Verditius: One thing I know I have the Material bonus for is an item for turning into a cat.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i think ill look into familar stuff

since i really want lab total bonuses right now anyway

Proclus of Rome: Why don't you get a cat familiar?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Not a bad idea

Cats are probably creo since you get one and suddenly dead rodents appear on your welcome mat out of thin air.

Proclus of Rome: Rats are technically worms, so they spontaneously generate on their own.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good point

Proclus of Rome: Also you can ALWAYS use Animal for a familiar.

Well not always.

Only for animals.

Kifaaya of Verditius: My lab total for cat wouldn't be as high as for butterfly but I don't need that big of a botch die remover, since you have to roll at least one botch die anyway, and you still have to roll a stress die while experimenting

Anyway I'll consider trying to get a 5 in everything and a familiar, thank you for the help.

Proclus of Rome: No problemo.

See you next week.

Endrite (GM): What's up?

Do you have a Companion character, Shaun?

Shauncat: No, well I made a conceptual one but I didn't really push to get them into the game since they didn't seem like a very interesting adventurer

Endrite (GM): Lay it on me.

We've got plenty of time to workshop it.

Shauncat: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bvoJyDawcIj4Oz2IsrWt7ytprgKmxMz6bzvfrJmnTqQ/edit?usp=sharing

Endrite (GM): He seems pretty interesting.

What does he do, find valuable minerals and mine for them?

Shauncat: Yeah

Endrite (GM): Johns actually had a hook about that.

Shauncat: Cool

Endrite (GM): I think you could change a couple things about him to make him more generally capable.

Shauncat: What do you suggest?

Endrite (GM): You could downgrade Major Faerie Blood to Minor Faerie Blood.

Shauncat: That's a good idea

I'll see if I can get him some martial training with the freed up virtues perhaps

Endrite (GM): If you do that I'd recommend dropping Hunchback for something else.

Shauncat: That's smart too

Endrite (GM): It's pretty rough for a Minor Flaw.