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Endrite (GM): Bialas of Bjornaer: are there regular argument combat rules?

Patrician: There aren't any, Bialas.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: disputatio is the mundane way of arguing

Endrite (GM): Bialas of Bjornaer: Shucks.

Archibald of Guernicus: Initial Landing Site for the chunk of moon rock that lands and gives a shocking clue about the ambitions of House Criamon.

Bolad: "Annibaldi, what is worth more to you: the wealth and lives of your subjects, or the possibility of losing face by sending a garrison down the road for 1 day at the end of October?"

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : let's resolve this through shoujo tenrankai social combat rules

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you're a tytalus you can argue using the special tytalus rules

Jorn of Merinita: "It seems the burden of evidence is on us, and we are lacking," I say quietly to my sodales.

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: what if its not a published adventure at all and endrites markov chain functions are finally advanced enough to create his own

Patrician: "How can I be sure this isn't just some trick?"

Jorn of Merinita: "We may have to return to town for the church records."

Bolad: "Take Lino and some of our men as hostages."

Endrite (GM):

Patrician: "I have many enemies who would gladly attack a small garrison."

Bolad: "If we working for Siena as you think you may do as you please to them."

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hey Bialas, do ye reckon some Lord's going tae listen to tales of vikings attacking."

Patrician: "Capital idea."

Beatrice Orsini : poor lino has curse of venus

Endrite (GM): Patrician: "Very well, for every man I send, I will require one hostage from your... band."

Aristide of Tremere: not it

Patrician: "I'll not detain this young lad any further, however."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We're who knows how many miles inland, in Italy of all places. How did Vikings get here?"

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: Alright, I'll start working on an escape tunnel for our grogs.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "He'll listen to tales, sure. Take action? Maybe."

Endrite (GM): Patrician: "Surely he is eager to return home to his mother."

Bolad:

rolling 1d10+2 folk ken

Endrite (GM):

(

9

)

Endrite (GM):

+2

=

11

Endrite (GM): is this guy just fucking with us

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling d10+5 folk ken

Endrite (GM): (

5

)

Endrite (GM): +5

=

10

Jorn of Merinita: "The village is also missing their priest. If he cannot be located, a new one should be requested."

Endrite (GM):

Aristide of Tremere: is this guy just fucking with them

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

Endrite (GM): rolling 1d10+4+2 folk ken + perception

(

1

Endrite (GM): )

+4+2

=

7

Endrite (GM):

yikes

Beatrice Orsini : i told the castle priest about the missing priest and asked him to do something

Endrite (GM): (From Patrician): He sounds sincere, but clearly he isn't offering much.

Patrician: "I'm not some heathen. I do not meddle in the affairs of Churchmen. I'm sure the Bishop will appoint a replacement when he sees fit."

Bolad: "Do you offer Knights or weak guardsmen like those I see around here? One of us is worth 10 of their ilk and would serve the village better in their stead."

Endrite (GM):

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Hahaha!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea seethes.

Patrician: Conte Annibaldi looks irritated by this question until one of his courtiers whispers something in his ear.

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: Priests have a powerful Mu(Re)Co(Im), you want to build as many as posible

Patrician: "If you are so certain that you would be better at defending the village, than by all means do so."

"I am not averse to hiring mercenaries to battle vikings, after all, it's the traditional method."

Endrite (GM): Big laughs from everyone at this line.

Bolad: hell yeah lets get paid

Jorn of Merinita: Nice

Bolad: does anyone have bargain

Endrite (GM):

Bialas of Bjornaer: more laughs all around

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: not me

Jorn of Merinita: I have +5 Bargain

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : hey, any wizard with useful life skills around?

Jorn of Merinita: A token amount for masonry negotiations

Endrite (GM): Patrician: "I would be willing to compensate you handsomely for any viking ears you bring me."

Archibald of Guernicus: I have Single Weapon, that's a useful life skill

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Endrite (GM): Bolad: oh now he's just being a dick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hes been a dick this entire time

Jorn of Merinita: That's a good deal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats why we need to kill him

Endrite (GM):

Patrician: He's being kind of a dick.

Folk Ken success.

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Man it's really going to sting when no vikings show up

Jorn of Merinita: Can anyone CrCo and ear for Moon duration?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably anyone

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : i have creo and corpus

Bolad: ooooh

Bialas of Bjornaer: I guess we'll just have to kill all the villagers ourselves.

lmfao

Endrite (GM):

Bolad: i like this pla

n

Endrite (GM): Bialas of Bjornaer: i could do that jorn.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay

Bialas of Bjornaer: i could creo corpus a lot of ears, more than likely.

Beatrice Orsini : 21 base CrCo

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can anyone crco an enormous pile of ears, right now

Jorn of Merinita: Make a pile of bloodied ears that'll last for Moon

Endrite (GM): Bolad: hey here's an even simpler idea

let the vikings kill everyone in town, then take all the peasant ears

Beatrice Orsini : let's cut off our own ears

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: :weebey:

Jorn of Merinita: :weebey:

Aristide of Tremere: lets cut off archibalds ears

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if aristocritus were alive i could fill this room with bloody ears

Archibald of Guernicus: You could fill it with 2 of them, anyway

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and, also, murder the lord and fly away.

Endrite (GM): Patrician: Heh.

Jorn of Merinita: Cut off our own ears then CrCo to restore our ideal forms

I guess that takes vis

Endrite (GM): Bolad: well lets accept the deal regardless of how we plan to get the ears

Patrician: That seems like the smart move.

Jorn of Merinita: Let's dress up as vikings and claim their danegeld

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's geld them

"All right. One pound per ear."

Patrician: Time to Opposed Bargain.

Endrite (GM): Stress + Pre + Bargain

If you want to bargain now, of course.

Jorn of Merinita: My total for that is +5

Endrite (GM):

Bolad: mine is +7

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: mine is +2

Jorn of Merinita: I'll let Bolad do it then

Bolad:

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5+2

(

Endrite (GM): 1

)

+5+2

Endrite (GM):

=

8

yessss

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Jorn of Merinita: Confirm the botch

Bolad: gm can roll however many botch die are needd

Endrite (GM): Patrician:

rolling 1d10! + 10 + 2

(

Endrite (GM): 6

)

+10+2

=

Endrite (GM):

18

Beatrice Orsini : i hope bolad has careless with bargain

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Oh it's opposed

Patrician: Ok you do FAIRLY badly on this negotiation.

rolling 1d10

(

Endrite (GM):

4

)

Endrite (GM): =

4

But not catastrophically so.

Jorn of Merinita: So confirmations barely matter

Endrite (GM):

Patrician: They might.

For example, if you had botched you might have had to purchase a right to be bounty hunters from the Conte.

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well we could, instead of getting a bad deal, be thrown out of the castle and beaten

Jorn of Merinita: I guess we could get executed on the spot by the guard

Bolad: we could just kill this guy

Endrite (GM): Patrician: As it is, he's willing to pay one Mythic Pound for every 20 ears, as he assumes you'll get two ears per vikings.

Bolad: i haven't seen any real knights yet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: someone take an arcane connection to the building so we can return and poison the conte

Endrite (GM): Bolad: i think we can take him. let's take him, guys

Patrician: I think you should keep your objectives in mind when making decisions.

Bolad: i assumed our objective was to get the biggest payout possible

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my objectives are to reach the end of the adventure and, secondarily, to kill the conte

Patrician: Good objectives.

Bolad: let's dress up like vikings and attack the castle on october 31 while the real vikings attack the village. the perfect crime

Endrite (GM): Patrician: Genius!

Ok, so if you have no more proof than the Conte is going to kick you out.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's convince his wife and child to visit the village on the 31st and then lock them out of the church

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : let's

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's get thrown out of the castle and return to the village empty-handed

Archibald of Guernicus: brb 1 minute

Endrite (GM): Patrician: Ok, as you make your way back with an oddly excited Lino, let's go back to Beatrice.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice, you're consulting the church records to find the oldest person in the village, right?

Hello?

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Back.

Endrite (GM): Anyway, you find something.

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM): The oldest living person in the village is Maria, the gravedigger's mother.

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: My objective is to dig an escape tunnel out of the church catacombs since I don't know how to kill a ghost.

Beatrice Orsini : Can I go visit her?

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Sure, she's alive and the village is not large at all.

There are no catacombs at the church.

Beatrice Orsini : I'll cast Aura of Ennobled Presence first.

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): It's not that large.

Ok cool.

Beatrice Orsini : make some catacombs under the church

rolling 1d10 just to see if botch because of dominion

Endrite (GM):

(

1

Endrite (GM): )

=

1

Endrite (GM): lol

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Endrite (GM): Bellisima.

Endrite (GM): rolling 2d10

(

10

Endrite (GM): +

8

)

Endrite (GM): =

18

No botch!

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : lucky for now

i still have enough casting total even with a roll of 0

Endrite (GM): Alright, the gravedigger's hut is easy to find, it's right next to the church.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : handy

Endrite (GM): A roll of 1 without a botch is a 1, though.

Anyway.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : that's still enough casting total for a level 10 spell in one of the 4 arts i'm good at

Endrite (GM): You see the old woman tending the hearth in her thatched roof cottage.

There's no chimney, so the smoke from the fire spreads out over the roof and through gaps in the straw.

Endrite (GM): Did you know: This keeps pests out.

Beatrice Orsini : I did not, but it makes sense

Endrite (GM): Anyway, the 65 year old crone has her back to the door, how do you want to announce yourself?

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini coughs.

Old Woman: She doesn't turn around, but says, "Hello are you a visitor? Come sit down by the fire so I can get a better look at you."

Beatrice Orsini : "Thank you."

Endrite (GM):

I'll do so.

Old Woman: As soon as you get near the fire she gasps and starts to stand up

Beatrice Orsini : damn you, gift stink

Old Woman: She doesn't have an easy time of it, but she manages to curtsy.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "No need for that."

Old Woman: "I had no idea, I am so sorry my lady."

Endrite (GM): "What brings you to a poor old woman's home?"

Beatrice Orsini : "I wanted to ask some questions about old tales."

Old Woman: "I'm sure my stories have nothing to suit a woman of your bearing, my lad."

Endrite (GM): y

Lady.

I mean lady!

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : she's a bit shortsighted from age

"Oh no, I'm very interested in them."

Old Woman: "You flatter me, my lady. What are you interested in hearing?"

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "I wanted to know about the ghosts from hundred years ago. Surely, you must have heard something from your own grandparents."

Old Woman: "Oh, those were dark days, dark days indeed."

"This town is cursed, they say."

"Every one hundred years, the viking raiders return for their bloody vengeance."

Endrite (GM):

"My grandfather must have buried a hundred bodies the last time they were here."

"They burned the crops, destroyed the old mill, and killed everyone who didn't seek refuge in the church."

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "The mill?"

Old Woman: "If only they had been given a proper burial..."

"Yes, the old mill."

"They burnt it to the ground."

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "But you said your grandfather buried the dead."

ooc, i know she means the raiders, probably

Endrite (GM):

Aristide of Tremere: i dont see how a burned mill would stop her grandfather from digging graves

Old Woman: "Yes, after the raiders disappeared back into their longboats, the few survivors left the church to bury the dead and rebuild the village."

Her grandfather was not the old mill, if that clears things up.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Old Woman: The old mill was where they made flour.

Beatrice Orsini : makes sense

Endrite (GM): "There wasn't a priest around to bless the dead?"

Archibald of Guernicus: What if we burned the old mill before they get here, so they leave in disappointment

Old Woman: "Oh, of course."

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Burning infrastructure and killing women? Seems like diabolists disguised as vikings

Old Woman: "He was the one who rang the bell!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets invent the mythic backhoe and get these bad boys back to the tomb so we can animate them

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "But father Piero is missing this time..."

Old Woman: "I may not see much these days, but my ears are as sharp as ever."

Jorn of Merinita: I think I might go ask around the village about Piero

Endrite (GM): Old Woman: "I have heard that Father Piero has gone missing."

"If you ask me, he's lying drunk in a ditch somewhere."

Beatrice Orsini : "Yes, it's strange. No one heard of him at the castle and the woods are not dangerous."

Endrite (GM): Old Woman: "Shirking his responsibilities to this village."

Beatrice Orsini : "Was he a big drinker?"

Old Woman: "Yes!"

Endrite (GM):

"He went through a bottle of wine almost every week!"

"Shameful!"

Beatrice Orsini : "Watered down or not?"

Endrite (GM): Old Woman: "The cheapest he could find, I'm sure."

A bottle of wine isn't really that much to drink, as you know.

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM): I can't think of any relevant questions to ask, so I'll just chat with the old woman until the others come back from the castle. Maybe help her a bit around the house while talking.

Old Woman: I just want to make sure of something here.

You guys all know that there have been alleged to be multiple ghost raids, right?

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : yes

every 100 years

Old Woman: The one 100 years ago wasn't the first one.

Endrite (GM):

Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : but i doubt she knows about the previous ones in detail

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what's the first one recorded, then

Endrite (GM): Old Woman: She does!

She told you she thought that they cursed the town for an improper burial.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, knowing trends about where they appear, where they go, etc will help

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: We told the Patrician about the church records that show that it happens every century

Archibald of Guernicus: For formulating a counter-attack

Jorn of Merinita: He didn't care though

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's why we NEED to kill him

Beatrice Orsini : i remember the bit about improper burial

Endrite (GM): Old Woman: Ok.

Aristide of Tremere: i cant believe father piero got drunk before his forest walk, tripped and fell into a hole, and then the impact caused a lot of dirt to fall and cover him

Beatrice Orsini : but jorn probably knows more about viking burials

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I can help dig graves

Old Woman: You didn't show him the records, Jorn.

Jorn of Merinita: Digging? That's where I'm a viking!

Endrite (GM): I said told

Old Woman: Well ok.

Jorn of Merinita: We can go back with the records

Endrite (GM):

If it'll help

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok

i'll prepare some poison that we can put on the pages so it's absorbed through his skin

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: We established earlier that Beatrice was combing the records so we didn't have them available to take with us to the castle

So we can rectify that

Old Woman: *Implying that he reads.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I'm sure he has a reader guy we can give them to

Aristide of Tremere: lets give him a monks hood salad

Jorn of Merinita: If Beatrice tells me about the improper burials I'll volunteer to help in that regard

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : I'll tell everyone

and also about the mill

Old Woman: Ok, everyone can be back at the village now.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : the vikings seemed extra interested

Jorn of Merinita: Oh

A burned mill means ashes

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): Roll Ignem + Int

Jorn.

Jorn of Merinita: I have Tales of the Ashes

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Right.

Jorn of Merinita: I can cast that afterwards

Aristide of Tremere: i think he wants you to know a fact about ashes

Endrite (GM): which is what the roll is about

Endrite (GM): Well, I think the ashes would tell you they got burnt down by ghost vikings.

Aristide of Tremere: oh

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita:

rolling d10+3+7

(

Endrite (GM): 10

)

+3+7

Endrite (GM):

=

20

Endrite (GM): Jorn, a mill wouldn't so much burn down as it would explode.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: That's the Int + Ignem roll you called for

Endrite (GM): RIght.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The mill?"

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: If the Tales of the Ashes says that it was Ghost Vikings, I can at least confirm that it was ghosts who are vikings

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What about the tannery? Is that new?"

Jorn of Merinita: Both were heresay accounts up until now

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "She didn't mention the tannery."

Endrite (GM): The flour stored in a mill is dangerously volatile and a fire of sufficient size would ignite the small particles of flour floating around in the air, causing an explosion that does +15 damage to everyone inside.

Beatrice Orsini : let's tell the villagers to hide inside a mill

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): The flour is usually kept wet to avoid an even worse disaster, but if it were sabotaged it would create an explosion that deals +21 damage and flatten the mill.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let's set fire to the mill.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's lure the ghosts into the mill

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : let's lure the vikings to the mill and make it explode

Endrite (GM): Jorn, I think you'll know if there are ghost vikings or not when you see them.

Jorn of Merinita: It might have been a booby trap for the vikings back then

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): It would make an excellent booby trap.

Jorn of Merinita: Yeah but that's a month away

If everyone wants to time lapse to the attack though, then sure

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): HOWEVER, the destruction of the mill would leave the village without food for the entire winter.

Beatrice Orsini : i wanted to ask jorn about proper viking burials

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's bring all of the villagers to the castle with a cart full of dead viking ghosts

Endrite (GM): and then blind the lord

Jorn of Merinita: I don't know if everyone knows the longboat thing in the 1300s

Bolad: the villagers can eat the grain in their lord's granary

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: But if not I'll tell them

Bolad: since their lord betrayed them he has not upheld his end of the feudal contract

therefore the peasants are within their rights to rebel

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Instead of dying to vikings, they can die in a peasants revolt, the proper way

Jorn of Merinita: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_funeral There's not a singular tradition, really

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): She was probably talking about a Christian burial.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets focus on the important thing here

Jorn of Merinita: Oh

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : that too

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: since i cannot fly i need a getaway plan after i use magic to blind the count

Jorn of Merinita: Well I can dig really quickly, someone else will have to consecrate the grounds, like Lino.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : lino is not a priest

Endrite (GM): Lino is not an ordained priest.

Jorn of Merinita: He should gets some faith then

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Darn, if only there were more time.

Jorn of Merinita: He's got a month to find his faith

Or Piero

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : there is a priest at the castle

Endrite (GM): He isn't going to develop True Faith in a month, which in any case does not empower you to consecrate land.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's make a sacrifice to a powerful faerie god

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Alright.

Jorn of Merinita: YHWH

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's come up with our plan for the invasion, though.

Endrite (GM): How we're going to prepare and set things up

Jorn of Merinita: Yeah

Let's get this done with

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: And what we will do to kill them without being killed ourself

Bolad: jorn will build walls

Jorn of Merinita: I'm not sure the not dying part is necessary

Endrite (GM): Bolad: magi will cast spells

Archibald of Guernicus: I can cover the whole landing area in flammable oil (since FFM can make my oil spell Sun duration) then set it on fire when they land.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is there a space here that can be used as an apothecary lab

Endrite (GM): Bolad: Bolad can spont CrAu, ReAu, MuTe, and PeTe effects

Beatrice Orsini : i have +10 damage spell, but that's all

Aristide of Tremere: Aristide will hide in the mill and watch from the top.

Archibald of Guernicus: Classic Aristide

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : illusions are not good against ghosts

unless i could make illusionary people running into the mill to lure the vikings there

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll have the villagers round up some staff-sized lengths of wood

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'll transform into a bear.

Jorn of Merinita: I'll cast Instant Ring Fort around the mill so Aristide has a fortified position from the ruins

Endrite (GM): What ruins?

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: Oh right, 100 years to build a new mill

Endrite (GM): Yeah.

Endrite (GM): It's a perfectly nice new mill.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is there anything useful in the tannery

Jorn of Merinita: Relatively speaking

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): Also, any ashes from 100 years ago would be gone by now.

Jorn of Merinita: Ok

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can we pour lye on the vikings

Endrite (GM): Bolad: draw some fortifications on the map jorn

Archibald of Guernicus: Illusionary people running into the mill, then we blow it up, actually sounds pretty good

Endrite (GM): Well, aside from the overpowering stench, there are a couple dangerous things in the mill.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I can still cast Instant Ring Fort around inportant structures then dig an entrance.

Aristide of Tremere: if you can do things like that then instead of hiding in the mill i make jorn build me a fortified tower i can watch from

Endrite (GM): 1) There is a supply of caustic lye which does +3 damage on contact. Powdered lye smeared on a surface will do the same amount of damage, but it's possible that the ghosts will notice before it eats through their clothing.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I can't make towers quickly

I build fast in Vardian's Tomb because it's underground

Bolad: bolad can use Auram effects to spread a wave of lye on the vikings

Endrite (GM): Bialas of Bjornaer: it seems like the mill is more of a deathtrap to the players than anything else.

Bolad: just give him a big ol' pile of it to work with

Jorn of Merinita: The safest place to be is probably not an explosive mill, but under the church

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : i don't think ii can spont phantasm of the human form, since it's level 25 spell

Aristide of Tremere: i cant get a good view from under the church

ill watch from the church bell tower

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is there any chance of getting a replacement priest

Jorn of Merinita: Go on top of the church then

Beatrice Orsini : there's a priest in the castle someone could try persuading

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): 2) There's a pit in the tannery filled with lime, dog excrement, and animal fats. If someone is submerged in it for a while they would certainly die. This disgusting slurry can be controlled with Animal magic.

Archibald of Guernicus: You could spont human voices in the mill.

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): Yes, draw fortifications.

Archibald of Guernicus: Or alternatively, when they step onto the flaming oil that I'm going to put all over the landing site, their flaming bodies will just set the mill on fire on its own

Aristide of Tremere: caustic lyle

Bolad: aristide should hide in that pit

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Still need to lure them in though

Endrite (GM): Bolad, you could definitely throw a wave of lye on some vikings.

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Tremere Hole

Jorn of Merinita: If the church does not have a catacomb I'll start digging one.

Beatrice Orsini : i can summon illusionary animals

Endrite (GM):

or voices

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm

Aristide of Tremere: ill be on bell ringing duty

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what's your casting score with the modified oil spell dys

Archibald of Guernicus: Voices yelling "Help us we are in the millwehrstation." sounds like a good plan to lure the vikings

Endrite (GM): Jorn, the church grounds are Divine 3 and the interior of the church is Divine 5.

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: + penetration

Jorn of Merinita: Instant Ring Fort is instant, so I can put it up around the church one everyone's inside.

Beatrice Orsini : how soon after sunset do the vikings appear?

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): They appear during the day, allegedly.

Jorn of Merinita: I think Pit of the Gaping Earth can do at least Divine 3

Beatrice Orsini : then how soon after the sunrise?

Endrite (GM): Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm going to piss in a big ring around the landing site.

Endrite (GM): Who knows?

Archibald of Guernicus: In a neutral aura I have +21 to casting the oil spell, and it's level 10 when sun duration

Endrite (GM):

And I have great pen, so

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have a sun-duration oil spell but your numbers are probably higher

Archibald of Guernicus: I reckon it'll beat any ghost

Endrite (GM):

Bialas of Bjornaer: nice

Jorn of Merinita: I have 5 margin on Pit of the Gaping Earth

Endrite (GM): Wait what are you using the oil for?

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what the

my spell is voice/sun/ind and level 15

how's yours 10

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I figure the church might not be big enough to fit everyone

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're setting the oil on fire.

Jorn of Merinita: And that the dead will need to be properly buried this time.

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Oh also, roll Folk Ken + Int everyone.

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10+7

Endrite (GM): (

5

)

+7

Endrite (GM):

=

12

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10+4+2

(

8

Endrite (GM):

)

+4+2

Endrite (GM): =

14

Bolad:

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10+2

(

9

Endrite (GM):

)

+2

=

Endrite (GM): 11

Jorn of Merinita:

rolling d10+5+3

(

Endrite (GM):

9

)

Endrite (GM): +5+3

=

17

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini :

rolling 1d10+1+0

(

Endrite (GM): 6

)

+1+0

Endrite (GM): =

7

Endrite (GM): The dead were properly buried last time, Jorn.

Endrite (GM): The dead that weren't were the vikings.

Beatrice Orsini : it's about the dead vikings

Endrite (GM): Ok!

Endrite (GM):

Good rolls everyone.

Beatrice Orsini : i can use captive voice to place someone's voice in a bag inside the mill instead of sponting

Jorn of Merinita: You mentioned Christian burials last time we discussed it

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : and it's a bit easier for me

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+2+4

(

Endrite (GM):

3

)

Endrite (GM): +2+4

=

9

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): It occurs to you that the mill is owned by some nobleman, who will be upset that you destroyed it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's kill him

Endrite (GM): Possible.

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: oh no. not noblemen, angry at us

Endrite (GM): He'll demand restitution.

Archibald of Guernicus: What if we just don't tell anyone it was us.

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: what if we kill him

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let's call in one of our favors in case he demands anything.

And blow up the mill.

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the mill was exploded last time the vikings showed up

Archibald of Guernicus: The vikings burned down the mill, and we were unable to stop them

Beatrice Orsini : yes

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Unfortunately your two noble favors are currently being used by Lavinia and Proclus who are surveying for vis.

c'thinker: does he know our names

Bolad: if lavinia and proclus aren't here there's no one to object to us bullying the nobles aroud

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): It is what it is.

Ok, so you're going to put some human voices in the mill to draw the raiders and then blow it up?

Archibald of Guernicus: Without those nerds to stop us, we are free to destroy the mill.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : looks like the best bet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what about the lye and oil

Beatrice Orsini : using captive voice for that is probably better, since it's sun duration and the person talking can control it

Endrite (GM): Ok, Int + (Ignem/5) to determine how much flour you need in the mill.

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Well the first thing I'm doing, on the night of the raid, is casting my oil spell with sun duration over and over to fill the entire landing site with flammable oil. When they land, I set it alight. Boom.

Bolad: i drew a position for the lye on the map

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : we can soak the mill floor with oil

Jorn of Merinita: If you can find the viking bodies I can bury them properly

Endrite (GM): The landing site is NOT near the mill.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Not on consecrated soil, but in a stone ship.

Aristide of Tremere: its during the day dys

the raid that is

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): Well it is, but it's separated by the mill race.

A fire there would have to be pretty strong to ignite the mill.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what if we put some kind of barricade to funnel them into the mill

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I can make a barricade

Aristide of Tremere: the day of the raid, i cast kingly facade on the outer walls of the belfry

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i guess between the fire and the blowing lye

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Where do you want it?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they might be chased that way

Aristide of Tremere: on every wall of it

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: or they might go berserk, as all good vikings do, and kill us

Endrite (GM): Ok great plans Aristide.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll ask lino to volunteer his voice for the captive voice plan. he won't need it if he's ringing the bell

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: someone has to lead the prayer

Aristide of Tremere: im ringing the bell

Endrite (GM): He isn't thrilled about giving you his voice, to be honest.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: excellent. borrow aristide's voice

Endrite (GM):

Aristide of Tremere: you can use aristides beautiful voice

Beatrice Orsini : ok

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he's a noncombatant so he won't need to cast spells anyway.

Beatrice Orsini : he can cast spells

Endrite (GM): Oh was someone asking about oil?

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : but voice range is limited to the inside of the mill

Jorn of Merinita: The dimension of the Ring Fort are "four paces in diameter, two paces thick, and eight feet high"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: really

Endrite (GM): thats pretty slick

Beatrice Orsini : captive voice puts someone's voice into a bag

Endrite (GM): The fishermen have a lot of pitch they use to waterproof their boats.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : which affects voice range

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but he's not aware of the inside of the mill

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM): It's sticky and burns easily.

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we were also conjuring a bunch of flammable oil

Beatrice Orsini : it can be used more effectively with more planning

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): It deals +6 damage and sticks to people like the lye does.

Jorn of Merinita: Instant Ring Fort does not sound big enough to fortify a building, but it could fortify a tunnel entrance

Endrite (GM): These boats are anchored by stones with holes drilled in them to take a rope. If dropped from a height of 6 feet or more, they deal +10 damage.

Bolad: does aristide have any magic to add here

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): What is all this tunnel talk?

Aristide of Tremere: i cast kingly facade on a few spots of the landing beach

Endrite (GM): there you go

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10+21 to turn into a marble bear.

Endrite (GM):

(

7

)

Endrite (GM): +21

=

28

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: so the kid is leading the prayer

Bialas the Bear: Look at that, it beat EF 15.

Jorn of Merinita: Tunnels for getting to the church easily at the time of the raid

Endrite (GM): What's the duration of Kingly Facade?

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh hm

i can give us all +1 size

Endrite (GM): or -2 size

Jorn of Merinita: I'll just shoot crystal darts at the vikings until they or I die at the time of the raid

Bialas the Bear: attempting to cast Bialas Takes Flight Again

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyone want that

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): It's already easy to get to the church.

Beatrice Orsini : i could use +1 size

Endrite (GM): i'm -1 base

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bialas can't have the size mod since he's in bear form

Archibald of Guernicus: Since I'll be casting the same spell over and over, to figure out pen, can I roll it once and we take that as the pen for all of them? The spell to make oil, I mean.

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): You just run from your home down the road.

Jorn of Merinita: Ok

Archibald of Guernicus: Give me +1 size, the extra wounds help

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: 1 dominion? i forgot already.

Jorn of Merinita: I'll look at my spells for ghost viking killing stuff

Endrite (GM): Correctamundo.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Dominion 1 is uh, -2 to casting, right

Jorn of Merinita: Though the results might be disappoitning

Endrite (GM): Walls are probably going to be useful.

Endrite (GM): Bolad: i can light the oil mundanely with a fire arrow if we want to ensure the effect penetrates the ghosts MR

Bialas the Bear: my size when i'm a stone bear counts as +4 for the purposes of wound tracking.

Aristide of Tremere: is archibald a skilled archer?

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Bolad is.

Aristide of Tremere: oh

Jorn of Merinita: Oh, I could use Unseen Porter to drop some pots of whatever stuff we're using to burn vikings

Aristide of Tremere: i keep thinking bolad is archibald

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Christ.

Bolad: ????

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok, it's Sun duration so i'll have to cast the size spells in whatever the aura will be at dawn on the day of the event

Aristide of Tremere: the tokens look similar

Beatrice Orsini : scottish people are basically mongols

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: in the small chat size

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10+29 vs 35. good luck self.

Endrite (GM): (

8

)

Endrite (GM): +29

=

37

Endrite (GM): nice.

ok now i'm a bear made of marble that can fly.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll get you for this as soon as someone makes another eastern european magus.

Endrite (GM): Let's wait until the day of to cast any sun duration spells, please.

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: I could use Instant Ring Fort to build walls I suppose

Bialas the Bear: oh yeah.

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i guess it doesn't matter anyway

Bialas the Bear: Sure.

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought it was the day of

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : you cast the spell if you hit -10, but take fatigue, iirc

Bialas the Bear: i thought we'd already skipped.

Endrite (GM): It isn't.

Bialas the Bear: I'm keeping that roll. Sorry.

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): You're discussing your strats.

Sorry, but you aren't.

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if i fail by 1 point the spell goes through and i just take some fatigue that will clear up by the time anything happens

maybe.

Endrite (GM): Ok so here's what I've got so far:

Endrite (GM): 1) Flammable oil at the landing site.

Jorn of Merinita: Oh

Endrite (GM): 2) Caustic Lye to be thrown at the viking raiders with magic.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I can cast Fire duration fire maintaining spells on the burning oil

R: Voice, T: Fire, D: Individual

A fire will give out more heat and burn more brightly without consuming any more fuel. In addition it will produce almost no smoke at all.

Endrite (GM): Jørn's sigil manifests as a jingle of coins as the fire is bolstered.

Jorn of Merinita:

(Base 2, +2 Voice, +3 Fire)

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): 3) Blowing up the mill after luring vikings into it with someone's stolen voice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: maybe some barricades to redirect the vikings toward the mill

Jorn of Merinita: Ok

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): So who wanted to go looking for the original viking corpses to bury?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: should we put the pitch outside the church maybe

Jorn of Merinita: They'll be several stone rings next to each other, but we can cut off the superfluous parts

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if they end up surrounding the church we can light it

Jorn of Merinita: I'll help look for the viking bodies

Bolad: draw some stone walls on the map jorn

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this will not backfire

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll look for the bodies

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): You're in luck Jorn.

Bialas the Bear: Burying the original corpses sounds like a strong plan.

Beatrice Orsini : since i'm the only christian around

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmmm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Excuse me.

Archibald of Guernicus: They'd have iron weapons, and be buried with their weapons, right?

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): The gravedigger's mother knows exactly where they're buried.

Aristide of Tremere: yeah, lets correct that. beatrice is the only person around that god doesnt hate

Endrite (GM): Gravediggers cove!

Jorn of Merinita: "Yes, and you bury them properly in a barrow surrounded by a stone ship."

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): It isn't on the map, it's further down river.

Beatrice Orsini : actually, beatrice has abhorrent to divine beings

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh we know where they are.

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm a good christian but have been cursed with aids nonetheless.

Aristide of Tremere: fortunately, god is a faerie

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: I'll build a proper Norse barrow

Endrite (GM): It's several miles away.

Jorn of Merinita: Since I'm an excellent digger

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : i'll go ask the castle priest to put a cross on the barrow and bless it

Archibald of Guernicus: God hates everyone, especially Celeste and Proclus.

Endrite (GM): It's a pebbly, unused beach.

Endrite (GM):

Do you want to dig them u[?

One thing at a time, please!

I mean dig them up.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: How does the burial site look now?

Endrite (GM): It's a pebbly, unused beach several miles from the village.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay

Endrite (GM): Does anything stand out about the burial? Does it seem immediately improper?

Endrite (GM): So you dug them up?

???

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Not yet

Endrite (GM): You wouldn't know they were there if the gravedigger's mother hadn't yelled at her son to show you this neglected cove.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: what a nice old lady.

Jorn of Merinita: "Beatrice, why do they think the burial method has something to do with this?

Archibald of Guernicus: What if we used necromancy to make the corpses animate. Then used the animated corpses to fight the ghosts.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: "Before I go digging them up, I want to have the story straight."

Beatrice Orsini : "From what I remember, Christian burial prevents necromantic spells from working on a body. Which is why it's often efficient to Creo a new one."

Endrite (GM): Archibald, you could try asking them if they'd go for that.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Unfortunately, I don't have the necromancy to pull it off. Unfortunate, but what can you do

Jorn of Merinita: "But if the vikings weren't Christians, would that be an affront to the Divine to bury them as such?"

Endrite (GM): Roll Theology to get that answer.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "I don't know."

Endrite (GM): Whispers Through the Black Gate is only level 15.

Jorn of Merinita: I ask because I don't know myself.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "We could ask the priest at the castle."

Endrite (GM): Ok, so what are you going to do?

Dig them up?

Ask the priest?

Endrite (GM):

What?

Jorn of Merinita: I don't think that'll achieve ahything yet

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: I meant that I dont have the necromancy to animate a corpse, since it's a fairly high level effect

Jorn of Merinita: Achieve anything positive, that is

Bialas the Bear: If only Celeste were here to roll Theology.

RIP.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : I'm for asking the priest first.

Endrite (GM): Yeah, rip.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: We'll ask the priest, since we have time anyway

Wait, what if this means it stops the ghosts entirely and all our planning was for n

Bialas the Bear takes a shit in front of the parsonage

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): That is normal for a bear to do so no one notices.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jorn becomes a christian

Bialas the Bear: One weird trick.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : I'm for doing a good deed by helping the people and giving some pagans a christian burial.

Jorn of Merinita: "According to the old stories, Draugr don't rise because of an improper burial, but because the spirit is foul and potent enough."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Giving them a Christian burial can't do any harm, right?"

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Ok, if you want to ask the priest, you don't have any trouble getting into the castle as "employed" "mercenaries" though there is some laughter.

You can find the priest pretty easily if you can handle all the tittering.

What do you want to ask him?

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : I can, since it's for a good cause.

If it's a problem to give pagans a Christian burial to stop their ghosts from rising.

Jorn of Merinita: I could build them a proper barrow but exhuming them seems like a trap at this moment.

Endrite (GM): If someone can convince me otherwise I'd be happy to exhume them.

Beatrice Orsini : I should take the church records with me to have proof for the priest.

Priest: He's willing to answer the question in the abstract.

He says that it's improper to give pagans a Christian burial unless they've been baptized first.

Endrite (GM):

And, naturally, you can't baptize the dead.

Beatrice Orsini : "Not even if it's for a cause such as this?"

Endrite (GM): Where is the nearest university? Let's get a doctor of theology on this.

Priest: "It would be terribly improper to do so."

"I would never do such a thing. Pagans made their choice to deny God in life and are punished for it."

Archibald of Guernicus: And now they kill christians. Thanks, God.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "But good Christians are suffering because of it."

Priest: "Have you considered an exorcism?"

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "Would it be possible?"

we don't have an exactly good track records with exorcisms

Priest: "Possibly, I'm no exorcist, myself."

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "Where could we find one? Would the local bishop be able to help?"

"He needs to be made aware of father Piero's disappearance anyway."

Priest: "Mmm, perhaps."

Jorn of Merinita: Both people with Holy characters didn't bring them

Endrite (GM):

Priest: "Bishop Conti is in Avignon at the moment, however."

"I expect him to be back by December."

Endrite (GM):

Bialas the Bear: I was going to bring Celeste if today involved Jorn's fae trod back to the Tomb, but, welp

Beatrice Orsini : We have weeks.

Bialas the Bear: Go get her then.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : "And the Archbishop?"

Jorn of Merinita: I'll take a look at the Blessing miracle guidelines

Priest: Yeah, you could just fetch him.

Endrite (GM): He gives you a strange look.

Beatrice Orsini : alternatively, how long would it take to travel to Avignon and back

Priest: "The Holy Father is also in Avignon, at the moment."

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : "Oh."

We're that close to Rome.

Máriu Puddu goes off to bring Celeste, after being reassured that she's not really a woman.

Endrite (GM): Priest: Getting to Avignon would definitely take a lot of time.

Beatrice Orsini : We have about six weeks total.

Priest: You have some enemies in Normandy.

Like that necromancer and his Bjornaer buddy.

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: I can use Blessing to give away all my Conf points so we can stack them all on the most powerful chracter

Beatrice Orsini : Let's go to some university then. They should have either a doctor of Theology to tell us it's ok to give christian burial or an exorcist.

Endrite (GM): Priest: Blessing?

Beatrice Orsini : By coincidence, the nearest university is in Siena.

Jorn of Merinita: Divine Miracle technique

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Celestial Bliss Trick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can you perform a miracle that restores my fatigue

Priest: Do you know anyone in Sienna?

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : not really

Endrite (GM): Then I don't know how you expect to get your question answered.

Jorn of Merinita: I don't think blessings can mess with fatigue, and they'd probably immediately be hit by the nerf bat if they did

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): Or rather, to get the answer you want to hear, since you already got an answer.

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM): You can drink potions to restore fatigue.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Potions are fine

Endrite (GM): Anyway, it looks like you have to make a judgement call on whether or not to exhume these old corpses.

Jorn of Merinita: I'll do it

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : Jorn's idea of giving them a proper viking burial could work.

If we can't get a christian burial.

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): How do you dig 'em up?

Jorn of Merinita: If they weren't buried with their belongings, that could still have consequences like this

Pit of the Gaping Earth

Endrite (GM): Celeste: damn i really wanted to roll that theology.

lol.

Endrite (GM): You can go for it, Celeste.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : let's have everyone around when jorn's digging in case the ghosts are hanging around their bodies

Celeste:

Endrite (GM): rolling 1d10+9+1 theology+int

(

6

Endrite (GM): )

+9+1

=

16

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): You open a big hole in the ground, causing a bunch of skeletons wearing positively ancient armor to clatter to the ground. The armor is in such bad shape that some of it just falls apart on the spot.

Celeste: Too late.

Endrite (GM): That was efficient, though.

Jorn of Merinita: Looks like they were buried with their armor, but perhaps not their weapons

Beatrice Orsini : the theology question was about giving pagans a christian burial

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Do you want to sort through all their stuff?

Beatrice Orsini : not exhuming pagans, which is ok since they're not in consecrated ground

Celeste: "I don't know why you dragged me out here, you guys already know you can't give a Christian burial to someone who hasn't been baptized. Mariu told me you even talked to a priest."

Endrite (GM): devil's fav demon: ha ha.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What if you destroy the bones?"

"Then they won't have any remains to get mad about."

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: "What if we killed the ghosts."

Endrite (GM): The bones are in rough shape, most of them are broken in some way.

Jorn of Merinita: I'll leave them with their belongings

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Ok.

Jorn of Merinita: Taking grave goods is bad

Beatrice Orsini : let's put the bones into the mill

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah. It might lead to angry ghosts.

Jorn of Merinita: Let's mill the bones and make gummy bears

Endrite (GM): I'll use Instant Ring Fort to get started on a cairn.

Endrite (GM): Ok, do you want to try any other investigations of these corpses or just let them lie in their pit?

Jorn of Merinita: I'm a mason, I can build an excellent barrow.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : we should look over the bones in more detail before burying them

Jorn of Merinita: Uh

Beatrice Orsini : reburying them

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I'll look through them for clues first

Endrite (GM): Ok, roll Theology: Norse to figure out how to build a barrow.

Beatrice Orsini : norse theology is just faerie lore

Jorn of Merinita: Yeah

Endrite (GM):

Endrite (GM): What little armor remains is thoroughly rusted.

Jorn of Merinita: That's fine, we can afford to buy our own armor

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Some of their weapons have little flecks of decayed leather stuck to them.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: norse theology is the organization lore of... the norse church??

Endrite (GM): No, that would be Norse Church Lore.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: Norse barrows predate organized religion in the area

Endrite (GM): Knowledge of doctrine is separate from the knowledge of organization, though there's overlap.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh

Endrite (GM): i was thinking of church lore

Endrite (GM): Yeah, it works the same for the Catholic Church.

In fact it's even worse because there's also Dominion Lore.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Good god.

Endrite (GM): Anyway, you can build a barrow, but you aren't really sure how to make it goof for these corpses.

I mean "good".

Endrite (GM): You could ask them.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can anyone cast that spell as a ceremony

Jorn of Merinita: I'm just an architect, my barrow will only be good in the Artes Liberales sense.

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: im going to learn it at some point but i am a whole shitload of seasons away from being able to do anything at all besides read a book

Archibald of Guernicus: I could possibly spont whispers through the black gate though its unlikely in this aura

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're away from the town right

Endrite (GM): village

Endrite (GM): Gravedigger's Cove is Mundane 0.

Jorn of Merinita: I'm as specialized as you can really expect a magi PC to be in this area, having a Norse background and and skill at building stuff

Endrite (GM): I can translate Old Norse though

If someone else can talk to the the corpses

Bialas the Bear: Whispers through the black gate doesn't work on skeletons.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: Also I dont know if itd do any good since we want to go kill the ghosts

Bialas the Bear: It needs to be a corpse that hasn't decayed.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh nevermind then

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jjesus.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah theyre skeletons, sorry

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I'm done playing with the bodies

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets dust to dust these fuckers

Archibald of Guernicus: I do exactly that

Endrite (GM):

Jorn of Merinita: I'm going to cast Instant Ring fort to wall of the bodies until we know what to do with them

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast dust to dust a bunch and remove skeleton from premises

Jorn of Merinita: wall off

Bialas the Bear: lol

Endrite (GM):

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thank you

Endrite (GM): Wait wait wait, who is doing what here?

Aristide of Tremere: "Finally, I was getting a bit worried with how much fun he had playing with those."

Endrite (GM):

Bialas the Bear: creo herbam a boat and set it on fire with all the skeletons in it and set it to sea.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: certamen.

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: We're fighting the ghosts now. We're advancing time to fight the ghosts with our plan to fight the ghost.

Endrite (GM): You can't both build a barrow mound AND destroy the skeletons.

Aristide of Tremere: skeletons are destroy

Endrite (GM): Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Let's ask the archon.

Jorn of Merinita: We're not building a barrow if it's pointless without an ability no Magi PC is ever going ot have in Italy

Bolad: im falling asleep here. are we fighting or not

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: the archon, aristide, thats me, says destroy the skeletons

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus

Beatrice Orsini : let's not ask the archon

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: As the elder of the group,

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is the dawn of a dark age for vardian's tomb

Archibald of Guernicus: "As the most senior magus of Vardian's Tomb at the moment, I appoint myself temporary archon to decide on our next course of action. I say we Dust tae Dust the remains and begin preparing defences for the day of the assault."

Beatrice Orsini : hole left behind by the aristide dark ages

Endrite (GM):

Aristide of Tremere: the archon should be someone that everyone in the covenant holds the same opinion of

Beatrice Orsini : archibald dark ages

Endrite (GM): Aristide of Tremere: a figure thats universally regarded in the same way by all

Jorn of Merinita: I'm just walling off the area so people don't fall in the corpse hole

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah it was great when bonfilia was the archon

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : beatrice likes aristide, sorry

Endrite (GM): Alright, good job Archon.

Aristide of Tremere: what the fuck?

Endrite (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: I then cast dust to dust over and over on the skeletons until the skeletons are gone.

Aristide of Tremere: does beatrice have negative int?

Endrite (GM): The skeletons are reduced to dust.

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: "I say we just make sure the villagers survive the night. We have a hundred years to research viking burials."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's go back to rolling the celestial die at the start of each session

Beatrice Orsini : she is orsini black sheep

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: Nice.

Endrite (GM): Or rather, less than dust.

Archibald of Guernicus:

Endrite (GM): rolling 1d1

(

1

Endrite (GM): )

=

1

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Ok, so what is the plan to get the vikings into the mill?

Archibald of Guernicus: Amazing, a botch. Archibald is archon.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll borrow aristide's voice and put it into a bag that's inside the mill

Endrite (GM):

Bialas the Bear: We say "Hey, vikings, enter this mill."

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : what's the aura in the village?

Endrite (GM): dominion 1?

Endrite (GM): Make sure to keep the bag open.

Archibald of Guernicus: While they're on fire, Beatrice is going to use the most obnoxious voice imaginable to lure them into attacking the mill in a rage.

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): Yes.

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling 1d10!+25-3 vs 25

Endrite (GM): (

1

)

+25-3

Endrite (GM):

=

23

Endrite (GM): lol

Jorn of Merinita: I'm not going to have any part in destroying the mil, it'll just make people starve to death instead

Endrite (GM): Molto Bene.

rolling 2d10

Endrite (GM):

(

3

Endrite (GM): +

2

)

Endrite (GM): =

5

Beatrice Orsini : it's still enough to cast with fatigue

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Endrite (GM):

Beatrice Orsini : if aristide hasn't put up his parma yet

Endrite (GM): Well, he can drop it.

Endrite (GM): Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Endrite (GM): Ok, we're at Halloween, October 31st.

Jorn of Merinita: I can build a wall surrounding the landing site

Endrite (GM): Endrite (GM): So anything you want to do now you should do it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: who wants size buffs

Beatrice Orsini : it's sun duration, so i do it in the morning

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I'll do that

Beatrice Orsini : i want a size buff

Bolad: buyff the grogs

Endrite (GM): Bialas the Bear: Ok. I'm still a stone bear, because it's just a form of my Heartbeast, but I'll cast my flying stone bear spell again and see if it works this time.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10+12-2 Preternatural Growth and Shrinking

Endrite (GM): (

7

)

Endrite (GM): +12-2

=

17

Endrite (GM):

Archibald of Guernicus: I give everyone who wants it the ol Sidestep

Who wants sidestep?

Bialas the Bear:

Endrite (GM): rolling 1d10+29

(

10

Endrite (GM):

)

+29

=

Endrite (GM): 39

Beatrice Orsini : i can sidestep myself

Bialas the Bear: score.

Endrite (GM): Jorn of Merinita: I'll plan with Archibald to cast a fire spell that'll keep the oil burnging for the duration of the attack

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, Bolad was going to light it

with a flaming arrow

Endrite (GM): Bolad: sidestep everyone but bolad and tunde who are on horses anyway

Jorn of Merinita: I'll keep my parma up myself

johns: argh

Endrite (GM): What the heck?

Jorn of Merinita: RIP

Aristide of Tremere: ghelphelkp

help

help

dys is gay

Endrite (GM): Anyway.

Jorn of Merinita: I'm not going invisible, I'm going to battle gloriously, live o rdie.

Archibald of Guernicus: stopno stop

Endrite (GM): I think Jorn got his wish.

Bialas the Bear: lmao

"No!!!

Aristide of Tremere: did endrite just paste teh entire chat log

Bialas the Bear: "

Archibald of Guernicus: He did

Jorn of Merinita: He found the relevant part

Archibald of Guernicus: He killed our browsers like he's killing Jorn

Endrite (GM): No, I just pasted part of it.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well this uh, ruins my plans for afterwards, god damnit.

Jorn...

Endrite (GM): Anyway.

Aristide of Tremere: rest in peace jorn

Archibald of Guernicus: Conf your damn defence roll and see if its enough to live

Hafl T. (GM): 3:01AMArchibald of Guernicus: He killed our browsers like he's killing Jorn

johns sighs and updates Endrite's numbers on the murder tracker

Bialas the Bear: yeah

uh

johns: jorn does have doublet

Bialas the Bear: you can conf more than once too

Archibald of Guernicus: He does, yeah

Bialas the Bear: lmao

Archibald of Guernicus: Everyone has doublet

Endrite (GM): 26 damage 3 times.

Bialas the Bear: he just wants to make a damn new character!!

Aristide of Tremere: its okay

all the important people in the church area have either evacuated or are safe behind magic

Endrite (GM): You can only conf once unless you have Self Confident.

Archibald of Guernicus: He has +3 soak and can conf his defence to make it 21 damage.

Bialas the Bear: Ah.

Hafl T. (GM): 21 damage - stamina - doublet - corpus bonus if they're fists

Aristide of Tremere: theyre claws

Archibald of Guernicus: Which I think gives him 9 soak, against 21, for 12 damage? Which is... -3 wounds?

Endrite (GM): 21 damage is still Dead As Hell.

Aristide of Tremere: so i guess

Hafl T.: had to rejoin

Jorn of Merinita: I did put up a valiant dfenese

But Earth's Carbunkle botched hilariously

Bialas the Bear: are you saying he's at -9 and just torn apart

Aristide of Tremere: look at it this way

Endrite (GM): The Full Damage before soak is 26.

Aristide of Tremere: we were having money troubles

Bialas the Bear: no...

Aristide of Tremere: now we dont have to pay jorn AND we get to throw his wife and children out

johns: Let's pray to God to take Aristide instead of Jorn, so that Jorn's soul can still be saved

Archibald of Guernicus: If he confs defence, and he has zero reason not to, its 21 damage before soak

and like 9 soak

Beatrice Orsini : I said I'll take care of his wife.

Archibald of Guernicus: which is 12 damage 3 times, he might live

Bialas the Bear: oo.

Jorn of Merinita: Jorn's soul is safe, in Valhalla

He never converted to Christianity

Aristide of Tremere: ill take care of his wife with a mentem effect

Archibald of Guernicus: Unless he just wants to die here I think he can survive it.

Endrite (GM): That's 3 medium wounds, which I think is survivable.

Jorn of Merinita: So your hokey religion doesn't get his soul

Beatrice Orsini : If I have to marry Jorn's wife against all laws of man and God to save her from Aristide I will.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay, what do I roll to not die

Archibald of Guernicus: If he wants a new PC he just has to not drop a conf token

Endrite (GM): Nothing.

Archibald of Guernicus: A conf token will keep him alive

Aristide of Tremere: i dont see how marrying her would help you

Endrite (GM): You just have to spend a Confidence point.

Aristide of Tremere: ill still mentem her and send her to the jew district

Jorn of Merinita: Okay I do so

Endrite (GM): Ok, give it to me.

Nice.

Beatrice Orsini : looks like it won't be necessary

Endrite (GM): You take 3 medium wounds.

And you are at -12.

The Seasoned Warriors attack Tunde with their Cool Axes.

Aristide of Tremere: Aristide uncurls a bit from the fetal position, hearing an unholy scream of pain from what must be a norseman.

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

9

)

+10

=

19

Aristide of Tremere: Somewhere, a bag emits a sigh of relief.

johns:

rolling 1d10+15+3 defense

(

7

)

+15+3

=

25

Jorn of Merinita: I'm still surrounded by brawlers who are more pissed at me than anyone else

Endrite (GM): The bag was exploded.

Beatrice Orsini : i think aristide's voice is back

Endrite (GM): You actually aren't, because you got blown into the churchyard.

Aristide of Tremere: Somewhere, behind a painting, a sigh of relief is heard.

"I'll just wait a little bit longer, sounds like they got that one good."

Endrite (GM): The Berserkers are still on the wall.

Celeste.

Celeste: Celeste shoots a berserker.

rolling 1d10!+30

(

4

)

+30

=

34

Endrite (GM): Roll it!

rolling 1d10! + 22

(

2

)

+22

=

24

Arrow'd.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+11

(

9

)

+11

=

20

Endrite (GM): What?

Celeste: wait

no, just +8

Endrite (GM): No, you add your weapon damage to your roll.

Right.

Archibald of Guernicus: damage is just 10 + str + weapon damage here

- their soak

Endrite (GM): Big damage!

Bolad.

johns: bolad shoots

Celeste: celeste has 3 strength and her bow has 8 weapon damage.

johns:

rolling 1d10+25

(

2

)

+25

=

27

Celeste: but yeah.

johns: tunde pokes

rolling 1d10!+14+3

(

5

)

+14+3

=

22

Tanolfi plinks

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

2

)

+10

=

12

Celeste: She's got great faerie blood and is supernaturally strong despite her small frame flaw.

johns:

rolling 1d10!+16

(

8

)

+16

=

24

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

7

)

+10

=

17

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

6

)

+10

=

16

Ok so those ALL hit.

johns: bolad is dam +8, tunde dam +10, tanolfi dam +7

Endrite (GM): Ok, you kill one and Medium Wound t'other.

Beatrice.

Beatrice Orsini : I douse my hair in the river.

Endrite (GM): Smart.

Archibald.

Beatrice Orsini : Do I still take fire damage this round?

Archibald of Guernicus: I kill the last remaining visible viking. Are the berserkers, in any way, visible to me?

Endrite (GM): Nah.

Beatrice Orsini : cool

Endrite (GM): You put it out.

Archibald of Guernicus: Can I assist my friend Jorn

johns: Jorn destroyed by his own hillforts...

Endrite (GM): You do take a lot of fashion damage from having most of your hair burnt off.

Nope.

Beatrice Orsini : i have Vain+2 personality

Endrite (GM): Unless you have magic that can go through walls.

Archibald of Guernicus: Last viking warrior I can see, then, gah

rolling 1d10!+21 level: 15 pen: 10

(

9

)

+21

=

30

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Nice.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+10

(

6

)

+10

=

16

Jorn of Merinita: If people are going to seduce my wife instead of forgetting she exists I'm gonna stat her to make it a challenge

Archibald of Guernicus: Dead I think

Endrite (GM): Roll damage.

Light wound.

Archibald of Guernicus: I promise I will not seduce Jorn's wife

Aristide of Tremere: im not seducing her to make that clear

im making her move to the jew district

Endrite (GM): Jorn.

Jorn of Merinita: I'm conscoius?

Ok

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to protect Jorn's wife.

Jorn of Merinita: Then I uhhh

Archibald of Guernicus: Jorn. You have to make it out.

Beatrice Orsini : 3:12AMArchibald of Guernicus: We need to protect Jorn's wife.

Jorn of Merinita: At -12?

Endrite (GM): You're at -12.

Beatrice Orsini : I promised to take care of her and if that involves hating my cousin, so be it.

Endrite (GM): You are also in the churchyard, so keep that in mind if you want to use magic.

Jorn of Merinita: Any ideas for what I can do at -12?

Aristide of Tremere: run

Archibald of Guernicus: Does your trod power work at all?

Beatrice Orsini : yell for a doctor

Jorn of Merinita: Seems like appearing dead would be the best move

Aristide of Tremere: come into aristides church

Beatrice Orsini : it does work, but at -12

Archibald of Guernicus: What happens if you fail the roll

you end up in the wrong place?

or it doesnt work

Jorn of Merinita: Storyguide chooses, probably

Endrite (GM): It doesn't work.

Archibald of Guernicus: Whats the lowest EF for a trod

Jorn of Merinita: Ending up in the wrong place would be too convenient here

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont think landing in an unfamiliar place at -12 is ever convenient.

Beatrice Orsini : what a twist, you enter the wrong trod and end up in valhalla

Endrite (GM): It takes 10 minutes to use Arcadian Travel anyway.

Archibald of Guernicus: Aristide should really be doing anything whatsoever to help right now while another PC is being hacked to death, but what do I know.

Jorn of Merinita: What level is the rat regio?

Aristide of Tremere: theres seriously nothing i can do

Jorn of Merinita: It was said before that's the closest place to Vardian's Tomb

Aristide of Tremere: do you want to look at aristides spells

Endrite (GM): Level 1.

Jorn of Merinita: The EF is destination level times 5

EF5 then

Archibald of Guernicus: Spont something then, anything at all. Imaginem isnt hard to spont.

Endrite (GM): HOWEVER, you can't do this in combat.

Jorn of Merinita: Oh

Endrite (GM): Since it takes 10 minutes of concentration to use Arcadian Travel.

Aristide of Tremere: its hard to spont because id be sponting it from the -15 church aura

Endrite (GM): I guess you could use it in combat if we were having an epic as hell battle.

Jorn of Merinita: Endrite is right

Bialas of Bjornaer: You could cast Rising Ire to make the Berserkers angry at something else.

Beatrice Orsini : a battle more epic than this?

Aristide of Tremere: were having a good ol laugh here but really aristide cant help

Endrite (GM): He's in the churchyard with is Dominion 3.

Jorn of Merinita: 10 minutes

Aristide of Tremere: yeah but id be casting from the church

Archibald of Guernicus: Do you have any spells at all that might help

Aristide of Tremere: because im not going out there and dying

Archibald of Guernicus: Would it be possible to drop uh

all 3 berserkers in front of him into a pit maybe

that could work

Endrite (GM): Re: convincing Aristide to help anyone:

Jorn of Merinita: I could maybe make a pit

Endrite (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhKzY0BKwY

Jorn of Merinita: 21 Perdo Terram

Aristide of Tremere: https://animegirlsare.sexy/i8bIv

these are my spells

Endrite (GM): You could run, which doesn't take any roll at all.

Jorn of Merinita: Don't I need to spend an entire turn getting up? If not, I'l lrun

Endrite (GM): Oh yeah, you do.

I forgot you landed on your face.

Until you reminded me.

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought he passed. He rolled 11, should be good enough.

Endrite (GM): Anyway, you got blown away from the Berserkers, so you might be fine.

It isn't because he got blown up.

That's EF 15 at least.

Jorn of Merinita: Oh

I see now

Aristide of Tremere: if jorn crawls into the church i can give him wizards sidestep

but thats about it

Jorn of Merinita: I got attacked at the same time I botched

Bialas of Bjornaer: wait im in the yard, so that's a -3 penalty, correct?

Archibald of Guernicus: On an unmodified attribute roll? That isn't actually possible to pass without exploding dice, w/e.

Aristide of Tremere: -6 penalty

aura is 2

Beatrice Orsini : yard is -9 for dominion 3

Aristide of Tremere: oh

Bialas of Bjornaer: sick.

nice.

Aristide of Tremere: -9 then

Jorn of Merinita: I thought they climed off the wall and attacked me

In that case I stand up

Turn done

Beatrice Orsini : simultaneous resolution

johns: has anyone ascertained the minimum penetration needed to hurt a beserker yet

Endrite (GM): It's Athletics + DEX to land on your feet.

I mean, it isn't my fault that magi dump DEX.

Bialas.

Beatrice Orsini : i have perfectly respectable 0 DEX

Jorn of Merinita: I have great dex but I am a wizard, not an athlete

Archibald of Guernicus: Every spell has penetrated a berserker besides a very low pen one, I believe

I have TWO dex

Bialas the Bear: I'll grapple a berserker.

and Exert.

Jorn of Merinita: I use Dexterity for crafts

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10!+16

(

7

)

+16

=

23

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 22

(

1

)

+22

=

23

Bialas the Bear: sheesh.

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

3

)

=

3

Owned, by the your bear sucks crew!

Bialas the Bear: lol

Endrite (GM): They attack you Bialas.

Bialas the Bear: Uh oh!

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 22

(

4

)

+22

=

26

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10!+18

(

6

)

+18

=

24

Beatrice Orsini : shouldn't have cast the spell that makes thim think seeing a bear is normal

Endrite (GM): The Young Warriors attack Tunde and then one of them dies.

Bialas the Bear: I didn't do that.

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 12

(

9

)

+12

=

21

johns:

rolling 1d10!+15 Tunde Defends

(

4

)

+15

=

19

Bialas the Bear: the +18 was a defense roll. 9+ sidestep

whoops.

Endrite (GM): Right.

johns: A hit on Tunde! Damage?

Endrite (GM): They miss Bialas.

Damage is + 8

Wait.

+13

johns: Okay, Tunde soaks 6 of that

Endrite (GM): Still....

Celeste.

johns: lightly wounded

Celeste: shooting at the Berserkers again

rolling 1d10!+30

(

9

)

+30

=

39

normally it's a +25 but we're in a town.

+11 damage again

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 16

(

6

)

+16

=

22

It's a village.

That isn't a town.

Celeste: that's ridiculous.

Endrite (GM): No it isn't.

Celeste: but ok.

Endrite (GM): This doesn't even have an inn!

Beatrice Orsini : not everywhere people live is a town

Celeste: millage.

Aristide of Tremere: oh sidestep is actually personal

johns: virgilian city target magic only works in communities where the people consider themselves as living in a city

Aristide of Tremere: so it needs ffm for me to even do that to help jorn

Celeste: it's only a 34 then.

Endrite (GM): Ways of the Town would be at least somewhere with a Mayor.

Still, pretty good.

+8 damage?

Celeste: if you count Str, +11.

if not, yes, +8

i wasnt clear earlier.

Endrite (GM): You kill one!

Celeste: Blammo!

Archibald of Guernicus: its simultaneous turns so here is archibalds for this turn, he sponts a spell to make some of the earth fly upwards carrying him for 2 minutes, which works out to level 10.

Endrite (GM): Bolad.

Celeste crosses herself

Endrite (GM): That seems dubious to me.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+21)

(

(

8

)

+21)

=

29

johns: bolad is going to ride up and destroy one of the ring forts between him and the inner courtyard

Archibald of Guernicus: Its base 3, +1 part, +1 diadem, +1 touch

Level 10

johns: 2 might poitns spent, as per last time a fort was destroyed

Endrite (GM): You could destroy the fort that the berserkers are standing on.

johns: i was not aware they were on a fort

I will do that

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, they're up on a fort

Endrite (GM): They are, they're on top of a fort.

Archibald of Guernicus: Knock them to the ground so they can reach Jorn more easily, yes.

Endrite (GM): It's tough to move all these tokens around on a cramped space.

Archibald of Guernicus: Wait

If theyre on a fort why can't I target them?

I asked before and was told I couldnt

Endrite (GM): You're right next to another fort.

johns: can I target the beserks on the top of the fort?

Archibald of Guernicus: w/e, i float upwards anyway, no more problems related to visibility

Endrite (GM): Unless you're 9 feet tall you can't see over that one.

johns: (with non-fort destroying magic)

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Archibald of Guernicus: I AM 9 feet tall

I had my size increased

with that spell

from uh

bialas?

Endrite (GM): Size +1 is only 8 feet tall.

Beatrice Orsini : gulleimus, i think

Archibald of Guernicus: God fucking damni

johns: is anyone else standing next to the beserks besides bialis

Beatrice Orsini : i don't think so

Endrite (GM): Nope.

johns: ok, I will target one with the Incantation of Lightning, using 7 might points

A lightning bolt shoots forth from your

outstretched hand in the direction you are

pointing, doing +30 damage to a single target it hits. There must be nothing between you and the target. Those near the target must make Size stress rolls of 6+ to remain standing.

Endrite (GM): Pl/

I mean, "Ok.

"

Beatrice Orsini : it's cool that making the lightning shoot out of your hand is +4 magnitudes

Celeste: a giant blooded of size +2 is described as being "up to" 8 feet tall

size +1 isnt even that tall!

Endrite (GM): Worth every spell level.

Archibald of Guernicus: gah.

johns: including that effect, I've used 14 of my daimon's Might so far, so that's penetration of 35 - 14 I think

Endrite (GM): Just enough.

johns:

rolling 1d10+30 damage

(

5

)

+30

=

35

Endrite (GM): Roll damage.

Archibald of Guernicus: Thank you Bolad

Endrite (GM): Zap, motherfucker!

Archibald of Guernicus: The noble Finn saves his fellow scandinavian

Endrite (GM): You fry one to death.

Beatrice.

johns: the rest have to make size checks to remain statnding

bialis too

Beatrice Orsini : i'll teleport back to the fort, since my fatigue is not that bad

Bialas the Bear: stop spelling my name wrong!

Endrite (GM): Right.

johns: Bialass.

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 0

(

5

)

+0

=

5

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling 1d10!+21+3+1+1-2-1-3 vs 15

(

7

)

+21+3+1+1-2-1-3

=

27

Endrite (GM): The other berserker falls down!

Beatrice Orsini : back on a fort

Bialas the Bear: is that just 1d10+size

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Yep.

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10+4

(

2

)

+4

=

6

lol

Endrite (GM): Phew!

Just made it.

Bialas the Bear: Nice.

Whew.

Being made of stone has its advantages!

Endrite (GM): Archibald.

(From Endrite (GM)): Don't forget to have Tunde and Tanolfi kill the last guy.

Beatrice Orsini : he said he was doing the thing to fly up this round, i think

johns: can tanolfi shoot an arrow at a 'zerk too?

Endrite (GM): No.

johns: ok.

Archibald of Guernicus: I already took my turn unless its a new one

Endrite (GM): But there's still a Young Warrior.

johns: oh

i thought the last one died, oops

rolling 1d10!+16 shooting a young warrior

(

5

)

+16

=

21

Archibald of Guernicus: I shoot a crystal dart at a berserker. I do that.

rolling 1d10!+21 level: 15 pen: 10

(

10

+

6

)

+21

=

37

rolling 1d10!+10

(

9

)

+10

=

19

johns:

rolling 1d10!+14+3-2 tunde attacks a young warrior (dam +10)

(

4

)

+14+3-2

=

19

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 3

(

5

)

+3

=

8

rolling 1d10! + 3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

Yeah he's dead now.

Jorn of Merinita: GJ

Endrite (GM): Archibald you medium wound him.

Jorn.

Let's hurry please!

johns: does bialas have a turn?

he can just sit on the guy who was knocked over and end this

Bialas the Bear: lol

Endrite (GM): Yeah he does.

Bialas the Bear: yeah, I can.

Endrite (GM): BUT REMEMBER, he is only knocked down at the end of the turn.

Jorn of Merinita: Ok

Bialas the Bear: Oh, in that case I'll go over to him and hit him.

johns: everyone just take your action at once and make endrite have to deal with it

Jorn of Merinita: Can I see the open church window

Bialas the Bear: I'll wait on that roll.

Endrite (GM): You can roll.

Yes Jorn.

Jorn of Merinita: I will either run to the window if I see it, or leave teh village if not

Okay, I run to the open window

Endrite (GM): You can do that Jorn.

Feel free to crawl inside.

Jorn of Merinita: I do that

Done

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10!+15 attack + exertion - fatigue

(

7

)

+15

=

22

Endrite (GM): Phew!

Safe!

Maybe!

rolling 1d10! + 22

(

5

)

+22

=

27

Jorn of Merinita: Maybe

Endrite (GM): Out brawled!

Bialas the Bear: nope!

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Bialas the Bear: See. I'll bring this up in the thread

Endrite (GM): The Young Warrior takes one last swipe at Tunde.

Archibald of Guernicus: I want to do something post-village so let us aim to kill this last idiot soon, collect our big piles of vis, then flee this awful village forever.

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 5

(

7

)

+5

=

12

Bialas the Bear: and I mentioned it earlier, but this is why I think my Abilities as a bear should also be boosted by 5/3

johns: This was only the 2nd wave

Endrite (GM): Why?

johns: We have to face the 3rd wave.

Archibald of Guernicus: Mega creeps inbound

Bialas the Bear: Because all the ease factors and so on are based on the old scale.

Endrite (GM): Also the Berserkers attack Bialas before getting pwnd.

rolling 1d10! + 22

(

1

)

+22

=

23

The ease factors are also adjusted.

johns:

rolling 1d10!+15+3-2 tunde's defense

(

4

)

+15+3-2

=

20

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10!

(

3

)

=

3

Aristide of Tremere: alright everyone. lets regroup for the seasoned viking groups, headed by valkyries

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10!+18 defense

(

6

)

+18

=

24

Beatrice Orsini : bear abiliteis are calculated as abilities, but efs are scaled for abilities as arts

Aristide of Tremere: this hero siege map is going well

Bialas the Bear: yes beatrice

Endrite (GM): Well, you can modify it then.

I don't know about animal abilities and frankly, I don't want to know.

Jorn of Merinita: Oh yeah Aristide we figured out the vikings are fakes, and thus probably adaptive faeries

Endrite (GM): Celeste.

Aristide of Tremere: excellent

Beatrice Orsini : just look up the xp needed to have that value and recalculate it into arts

Jorn of Merinita: So I doubt there will be any valkyries, especially since I survived

Beatrice Orsini : it's better that way

Jorn of Merinita: That's what I did when I converted the minotaur

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+25 she shoots the last Berserker

(

4

)

+25

=

29

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 16

(

2

)

+16

=

18

Arrow'd.

Celeste: 2 kills this game!

Jorn of Merinita: Except the minotaur was too powerful wiith the raw conversion and too weak afterwars

Beatrice Orsini : a bear with 9 brawl based on RAW should have 20 brawl with abilities as arts

Archibald of Guernicus: its dead i think. if its not i shoot a dart.

Celeste: Maybe.

Endrite (GM): Not quite dead.

Archibald of Guernicus: ah

rolling 1d10!+21 level: 15 pen: 10

(

1

)

+21

=

22

Endrite (GM): Bolad.

Archibald of Guernicus: FUCK Off

rolling 2d10

(

4

+

4

)

=

8

Endrite (GM): Jumped the gun.

Celeste: The bear has 5 brawl/large claw based on RAW

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+10

(

8

)

+10

=

18

18 damage

johns: i destroy the fort

Endrite (GM): No penetration.

johns: using up the last 2 might points.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : 5 brawl in raw should be 11 brawl now

Archibald of Guernicus: They have more than 17 might?

Celeste: cool.

Endrite (GM): They do.

Apparently.

Anyway.

The berserker and Bialas both fall to the ground and take...

Bolad loses his steppe-like aura as the link to his spirit ends

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

9 damage.

Bialas the Bear:  thunk

Endrite (GM): Beatrice.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll risk another botch for pointless flame dart at berserker

Endrite (GM): Ok.

It isn't pointless, he's still alive.

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling 1d10!+17+1+1-3-2-1 vs 15

(

8

)

+17+1+1-3-2-1

=

21

it is pointless, since only 14 pen

Endrite (GM): Shucks.

Jorn is hiding.

Bialas.

If you aren't hiding feel free to do something, though.

Bialas the Bear: I'll Large Claws this dying berserker with the new score.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

This is the new score.

Tanolfi:

rolling 1d10!+16 shoot with bow and arrow

(

2

)

+16

=

18

Endrite (GM): Rolling defense.

rolling 1d10! + 18

(

9

)

+18

=

27

johns: can tunde attack this round

Endrite (GM): Oh, that should be 37.

No.

But she can get into position for next round.

Bialas the Bear:

rolling 1d10!+11+5+5-1 large claws + attack bonus + exertion - fatigue

(

8

)

+11+5+5-1

=

28

now i'm at -3

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 18

(

3

)

+18

=

21

How much damage?

Bialas the Bear: +10

unless i roll it

Endrite (GM): That kills him!

You don't.

You add damage to your combat advantage.

Bialas the Bear: Bialas brutally crushes a skull.

Niec

Endrite (GM): Then subtract soak.

Bialas the Bear: Nice.

Endrite (GM): Alright!

You killed all the viking ghosts and save what is left of the town.

Bialas the Bear: "Shame about the mill."

Aristide of Tremere: lets rest for the third wave team

Beatrice Orsini : how long to recover from -2 fatigue? the rulebook says 30 minutes

Aristide of Tremere: eventually well have enough gold to buy the best items and take the fight to arthas

Bolad: let's harvest some vis and some ears, friends.

Jorn of Merinita: Turns out I can't actually fix this place up because I have to recover

Endrite (GM): It doesn't matter, no more ghost vikings show up for the rest of the day.

Beatrice Orsini : because once i'm rested, i'm taking jorn to neutral aura and trying to spont CrCo

Jorn of Merinita: Guess I'll be playing Hypatia for a while

Aristide of Tremere: guess the church is fucked up

Endrite (GM): About 10 minutes later, the remaining viking corpses dissolve into sea foam and disappear.

Bialas the Bear: Well, you broke a window and hung posters of yourself everywhere.

Aristide of Tremere: we did it everyone. we save the town. camera pans to unearthed graves, broken church windows, exploded mill

Endrite (GM): Leaving behind the following vis piles.

Archibald of Guernicus: hOW MUCH VIS DO WE GET FROM THE

Endrite (GM): 5 damp child bones.

Bolad: Visboy: I want vis shop items

Endrite (GM): 9 briny bones

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'll transform into a human and I'm no longer made of stone.

Aristide of Tremere:  beach covered in lye

river of dead fish

bialas's naked body

Endrite (GM): 5 bone weapons

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll run over to help out Jorn, and help get him up safely so we can leave this place, once the vis is gathered

Endrite (GM): 5 piles of tarnished jewelry

Bolad: I rally the villages with inspiring tales of the battle.

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling (1d10!+21)/2 sponting CrCo on Jorn in neutral aura after resting if he's willing to lower his parma

(

(

7

)

+21)/2

=

14

Endrite (GM): 5 reeking animal hides.

And one sword.

Aristide of Tremere: I step out from my hidey hole.

Endrite (GM): The sword is special, tell me who picks it up.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Archibald is probably closest.

If it was the leader's

Aristide of Tremere: I'll pick it up.

Beatrice Orsini : 2 Base + Touch + 3 Moon

Endrite (GM): Also, the Advisor's corpse doesn't dissolve into sea foam.

Jorn of Merinita: I will lower my parma now

Aristide of Tremere: If I get there before anyone deigns to.

Beatrice Orsini : Jorn gets +3 to recovery rolls

Jorn of Merinita: I learned my lesson about rust

trust

Archibald of Guernicus: I was helping out Jorn first before I gather up vis

Bialas of Bjornaer: I crushed the Advisor's corpse by laying on it, as well.

Aristide of Tremere: excellent

Endrite (GM): It turns into a flock of crows that fly around cawing "The underworld shall rise again, men of Hermes!"

Archibald of Guernicus: So if someone else rushes to the sword, they pick it up and get cursed instead

Endrite (GM): Then they fly off.

Archibald of Guernicus: oh fuck

no NO

Jorn of Merinita: Yes

Aristide of Tremere: I pick up my sword.

Bialas of Bjornaer: llmao

Jorn of Merinita: We achieved nothing

Bialas of Bjornaer: Archibald, better report that.

Bolad: I shoot the birds

Beatrice Orsini : The village is fine for the next 100 years.

Aristide of Tremere: Alright Endrite, tell me about the sword's curse.

Bolad:

rolling 1d10!+25 attack

(

1

)

+25

=

26

fuck!

Jorn of Merinita: I was going to help build a new millstone but now I'm recovering

Beatrice Orsini : I can't wait to repeat this adventure in 1436

Aristide of Tremere: I smile and slide the sword into my belt.

Archibald of Guernicus: Uh. Well its late, but do people still want to hang out at the tomb briefly to discuss future plans.

Jorn of Merinita: I'm taking Stonemason XP for fortifying a town in a month

I mean, stonemason rep

Endrite (GM): Yeah I'm sorry this took a while.

Aristide of Tremere: whats my sword look like

Celeste: "While we're all here, someone broke the window of this church. An angry villager was with me until I left, so it couldn't have been him."

Archibald of Guernicus: I was planning on holding a meeting of the magi in Winter 1336 at the tomb, though it's gone on a while so maybe people want to go to sleep. I'm fine to continue, at least.

Endrite (GM): It's a very large sword, made for a clearly larger man.

Celeste: "I know you magi can do things though, and I got some of his blood."

Beatrice Orsini : I can continue.

It's only 4am

Bolad: "There is nothing like the rousing sting of battle to get one's blood flowing. Let us honor the gods of war with a sacrifice, throwing the most cowardly of our team onto the pyre."

Jorn of Merinita: I can find out what Archibald has planned

Endrite (GM): It has some pockmarks along the blade and the hilt is made of bone that stays wet.

Archibald of Guernicus: You can show up to the meeting, and hell, you should.

Aristide of Tremere: that sounds like it makes it very bad for fighting

Jorn of Merinita: I'm not dead

Archibald of Guernicus: "Couldnae agree more, Bolad."

Jorn of Merinita: So I show up

Aristide of Tremere: fortunately i dont fight

Bolad: "Aristide. You may have disgraced yourself today but you shall cleanse yourself in the fire."

Endrite (GM): The townsfolk are generally grateful for not being murdered, however you did a real number on the town.

Beatrice Orsini : I never used any of the covenant's vis so far, so I ask that some it be sold and the money given to the village for rebuilding.

Jorn of Merinita: I should have taken the sidestep but I'm glad I wasn't invisible

Aristide of Tremere: "Disgrace? Why, look at my battle scars. I am no disgrace."

"And what fire?"

Beatrice Orsini : 1 pawn should be enough to rebuild a peasant village.

Archibald of Guernicus: I gather up our... 30? Pawns of vis

Endrite (GM): You destroyed the mill and the tannery, leaving the village without food for the winter.

Bolad: Not our problem.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we didnt destroy the tannery at all

Beatrice Orsini : Yeah, we have to help them.

Endrite (GM): I'll detail it in the thread but it's a shit ton.

That's true, the vikings did.

Bolad: Maybe they should petition their local lord.

Endrite (GM): All that's left is the pit full of shit.

Bolad: And if the lord doesn't care for them, they should kill him.

That is the way of the wolf.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should sort out how we handle the village's food problems in the thread

Jorn of Merinita: Yeah the lord can help them

He can also clean up the dirt walls

Bialas of Bjornaer: Yeah, just like he helped us.

Beatrice Orsini : any viking ears among the remains?

Endrite (GM): The missing priest shows up at the castle without any realization that any time had passed.

He is greatful.

Aristide of Tremere: I go rouse the villagers and make a show out of being a hero, displaying my little cuts from the window prominently.

Jorn of Merinita: Well he wants to collect taxes from the village, it's his responsibility to make sure they can pay them

Bolad: lets sell aristide's ears

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's rape Proclus.

Bialas of Bjornaer: the bodies dissolved into foam.

And did not leave ears.

Endrite (GM): Count Annibaldi makes good on his agreement with you and offers to pay you for any viking ears you bring him in gratitude for you saving his town.

Jorn of Merinita: People can't pay taxes if they starve to death

Aristide of Tremere: damn

we shouldve let jorn die

Endrite (GM): Speaking of, who wants to tell him that you blew up his mill?

Jorn of Merinita: I don't want to talk to him

Bolad: let's do that right after we kill him

Archibald of Guernicus: Well. leaving this dying village behind, and moving onto greener pastures,

Beatrice Orsini : Aristide

Archibald of Guernicus: I never talked to him in the first place so I wont talk to him now

Yeah

Endrite (GM): Ok, if you don't want to go to the castle you are free to not go.

Jorn of Merinita: He didn't help us, he can figure out the mill problem.

Archibald of Guernicus: Aristide can tell him

Bolad: aristide

everyone nods. "it's aristide"

Bialas of Bjornaer: Yes.

Beatrice Orsini : Me neither, but I'm helping the village. My labwork is already ruined for the season, so I'll do what I can.

Bialas of Bjornaer: It's for the best.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Go talk to the lord."

Jorn of Merinita: I have to spend the rest of the season recovering so I'm not too concerned about labowkr

Endrite (GM): FORTUNATELY, someone has plastered their face all over the village.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah, I assume people have plans for this season and its been disrupted, so the covenant meeting im calling is in Winter 1336

lmao

Endrite (GM): So eventually Lord Annibaldi finds out who blew up his mill.

Beatrice Orsini : Damn, I can't spont level 20 illusion to replace the mill.

Aristide of Tremere: I go there myself.

I bring a wagon and plaster my face on both sides of it.

Archibald of Guernicus: Aristide, just tell him the vikings destroyed the mill

Since, well

we have records

showing theydid it before

its not hard to fake

Aristide of Tremere: I borrow the village's finest mule.

Archibald of Guernicus: If you fail you'll probably be killed

have fun

Endrite (GM): What's your plan Aristide?

Bialas of Bjornaer: The man has 11 guile.

Beatrice Orsini : The vikings destroying just the tannery and the mill is pretty good compared to them destroying the whole village.

Bialas of Bjornaer: He'll be fine.

Jorn of Merinita: Tell them the village is cursed and that this will keep happeining

Aristide of Tremere: I cast Aura of Ennobled Presence and Wizard's Sidestep.

Beatrice Orsini : It will happen again in 100 years, so the count will be dead by then.

It's another generation's problem now.

Bolad: i go to sleep

Aristide of Tremere: I'll bring a morsel of bread and use Taste of the Spices and Herbs to make it taste rich and delicious.

Jorn of Merinita: Hopefully the Black Plague kills them all and ends the cycle

Aristide of Tremere: er more like a loaf i guess

Beatrice Orsini : confused viking ghosts burn down some ruins in 1436

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Archibald of Guernicus: The underworld will rise again, with even more ghosts!

Aristide of Tremere: I'll use Disguise of the New Visage to enhance my scars a bit.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Why are you casting Wizard's Sidestep?

Aristide of Tremere: in case he tries to kill me

Endrite (GM): Why would he try to kill you?

Aristide of Tremere: you never know

also, ward against rain for my ride up there

Jorn of Merinita: Why would someone want to kill little loveable Aristide???

Endrite (GM): Alright.

The guards invite you inside, since you are clearly a nobleman.

They ask that you leave your weapons at the gate.

Aristide of Tremere: "Thank you, my good men."

hm

Bialas of Bjornaer: Aristide, did you leave your insanely magical sword with us?

Ha ha.

Aristide of Tremere: no

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll sort out what the winter thing I'm doing is while this happens. I'm calling a Covenant Meeting of all magi at the covenant, minus the inscrutable and hard to locate Lodewig and Gulielmus I suppose, to discuss future plans for Vardian's Tomb and address the problems we face.

Aristide of Tremere: I pat the sword. "Don't worry, this weapon is in no shape to fight. Merely a trophy from those monsters I saved the Count's village from."

johns: lets deal with that next week

or mid week or something

its late as hell

(to dys)

Archibald of Guernicus: Gah

Beatrice Orsini : it's not even midnight for you

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm fine to keep going and its 3am here

johns: im not a neet

Bialas of Bjornaer: its only 10

johns: fine

Archibald of Guernicus: Its 10pm at the latest for you, Johns, you can survive another half hour or w/e

Endrite (GM): "I'm sorry my lord, but you must leave your weapon here."

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, very well. You men do your job well. Take care of it, I'd like it to survive the journey home to my mantle."

Endrite (GM): "Especially if you haven't been invited."

Beatrice Orsini : we can also deal with future plans by making IC posts in the thread an exposing us to ridicule from non-ttrpg players

Aristide of Tremere: I leave it behind with some sadness.

Endrite (GM): The guard takes the weapon and looks like he's been struck with a revelation.

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Beatrice Orsini : lol

Archibald of Guernicus: We can, but that would mean Play By Post happens

A horrifying possibility

Aristide of Tremere: "Yes, an impressive piece, isn't it? The beast that had it was a tough opponent."

Beatrice Orsini : let's take it one step further into Play By Post ERP

Archibald of Guernicus rubs hands

Bialas of Bjornaer: its the sword from jojos part 3 and the guard immediately draws it, overtaken by the lust for blood

Endrite (GM): "Yes, of course..."

"Be on your way then," he says.

Beatrice Orsini : When you look atthe guard again, you see he morphed into a viking.

Aristide of Tremere: if he steals my sword im gonna be really really mad

Jorn of Merinita: They didn't steal our weapons last time we visited

Aristide of Tremere: this sword is different

Jorn of Merinita: And they just thought we were clerks

Aristide of Tremere: I continue onward.

Bialas of Bjornaer: That sword probably has an effect Aristide's MR resisted.

Archibald of Guernicus: They confiscated your weapons last time

Aristide of Tremere: thats

quite possible actually

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes, Aristide's legendary MR

Aristide of Tremere: it had one i didnt though

Archibald of Guernicus: You feel an effect ping your parma if it doesnt penetrate

Whatever thing it did to the guard it did to Aristide, I believe

Aristide of Tremere: did i get any pings endrite

Endrite (GM): Nope.

Aristide of Tremere: ok

Bialas of Bjornaer: nice

Endrite (GM): Let's move this along please.

Aristide of Tremere: i did

i said i continue on

to see the count

Endrite (GM): Ok.

He's holding court.

There's a case ahead of you involving two peasants who are arguing over custody of a pig.

Do you wait for it to finish?

Aristide of Tremere: I'll wait to be announced, and let his servant know that I'm a knight who saved his village.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

You patiently wait for you turn.

You are announced as a knight.

Count Annibaldi asks you, "Ah, the mercenaries I hired have returned."

Aristide of Tremere: I bow before the count.

Endrite (GM): "Did you bring any ears?"

Aristide of Tremere: "No ears, I'm afraid. They turned out to be infernal beasts who dissolved into seawater when dead."

Endrite (GM): "Ah, of course. If only my creditors could be the same way."

The court laughs at this one.

Aristide of Tremere: I laugh at his excellent joke.

Beatrice Orsini : true, let's borrow money and then dissolve the creditors into seawater

Endrite (GM): "I am a man of my word, so I cannot pay you the price we agreed on if you can't produce any proof that you destroyed these truly awful ghosts."

Aristide of Tremere: "Understandable, I would never ask you to break your word, milord. I wished simply to give you a status on your village."

Jorn of Merinita: This is why I didn't think we needed to talk to this guy

He's not gonna pay us for a blown out mill and no ears

Aristide of Tremere: "Were you to ask the villagers, though, I assure you they saw the beasts beating at the doors of their church as I fought them off."

Archibald of Guernicus: Blown out viking asshole

Endrite (GM): "Oh? How thoughtful."

"What is the state of Montorsaio today, then?"

Jorn of Merinita: Impeccable

Aristide of Tremere: "The town survives, and no villagers lost their lives. A few structures were destroyed, and the church has some broken windows."

"The damage would have been much worse without my intervention. Thirty one demons, all told."

Endrite (GM): "Destroyed?"

"What structures were destroyed?"

devil's fav demon: lol

Aristide of Tremere: "Regrettably, yes. The tannery is repairable, and one of the buildings near the beach has been razed."

Jorn of Merinita: I'm going to teleport home once this guy's angry goons head to the village over the busted mill

Endrite (GM): "What building?"

Aristide of Tremere: I clear my throat. "The mill."

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Beatrice Orsini : Aristide: Mill

Aristide of Tremere: "As the records show, it seems to be destroyed every time the infernal spirits arrive."

Archibald of Guernicus: ... The Aristide!

Jorn of Merinita: I can make it to the rat regio, though I might have to conf

Endrite (GM): "So, you did not manage to save my tannery or my mill, despite being under agreement to save the town?"

Jorn of Merinita: We were under agreement to get paid for viking ears

Not to save any buildlings

Aristide of Tremere: "I am uncertain of how the mill fell, to be honest. We had perfect defenses established near it."

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

We were paid to kill vikings

he never said shit about buildings

maybe he should have paid us

Endrite (GM): You should hire a lawyer.

Jorn of Merinita: We failed to bring him any ears, but that just means he doesn't have to pay us

Aristide of Tremere: "Regardless, our agreement was to stop the invaders, which we did."

Jorn of Merinita: We don't need a laywer, we jus tleave

Aristide of Tremere: whats the nearest covenant to this place other than Vardian's Tomb.

Jorn of Merinita: Take our bones and go home

Endrite (GM): "Then the glory for your victory belongs to you."

Looks like Literatus or Potestas.

Jorn of Merinita: I can ride a boulder home at the speed of a galloping horse

Aristide of Tremere: hang on

Endrite (GM): You can easily get back before the count shows up to yell at you, if you'd like.

Aristide of Tremere: "Naturally, we would be willing to help you rebuild and pay for the damages to your buildings."

I give him the location of the Potestas covenant.

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Jorn of Merinita: Nice

Endrite (GM): "Of course, how generous of you."

Beatrice Orsini : lol

Endrite (GM): "You display a generosity appropriate to your rank, my good knight."

Aristide of Tremere: "And you a wisdom appropriate to yours, my lord. Once you've assessed the damages, please send a messenger and ask for Proclus."

Beatrice Orsini : Wizard's War gets declared on Aristide over this and the invader finds Vardian's Tomb's gates wide open and signs pointing out the way to Aristide's lab.

Jorn of Merinita: What's the regio level of the Faerie Market, BTW?

I should start writing down the EF to get to known regois

Archibald of Guernicus: Amazing. The aegis mysteriously stops in the area around Aristide's lab

Endrite (GM): "Thank you, I will be sure to remember that name."

Jorn of Merinita: So far I've been to the rat regio, the faerie market, and the queen's palace under the course of adventure

Endrite (GM): Uh, ask in the thread.

Beatrice Orsini : Casting token for Vardian's Tomb is delivered to Potestas the evening the war is declared.

Jorn of Merinita: Okay

Aristide of Tremere: I bow once more. "I shall see myself out, then."

Endrite (GM): Congratulations!

I'm sure your lie is totally successful.

Aristide of Tremere: I retrieve my sword on the way out.

Endrite (GM): He gives it back to you, reluctantly.

Aristide of Tremere: I'll give him a mythic pound for doing a good job.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: Amazing. Mission failed, and how! That right there is why you're the best, Aristide.

Aristide of Tremere: we couldve just left without saying anything

but this way we have a story hook for later

Endrite (GM): This is a huge amount of money for him, so he thanks you kindly.

Archibald of Guernicus: Specifically, a story hook for Spring 1337, since this actually ties into the adventure I intend to run then.

Endrite (GM): 8 XP for this incredible adventure!

Aristide of Tremere: excellent

Beatrice Orsini : Could it wait until Summer 1337? I would appreciate having two season to do labwork before adventure.

Aristide of Tremere: what season was this

Beatrice Orsini : Autumn 1336

johns: lets eat ALL the vis

Aristide of Tremere: nice

Endrite (GM): Halloween.

Aristide of Tremere: I head back to the village to meet with my sodales.

Beatrice Orsini : I could take Artemisia, but I want to have options.

Archibald of Guernicus: It potentially could, I'm not sure if this adventure would disrupt labwork or involve much casting, though, since I'm intentionally avoiding combat.

Though it might possibly involve travelling.

Aristide of Tremere: When we return to Vardian's Tomb, I instruct Zita to destroy all mail we receive from Potestas.

Beatrice Orsini : I just want to be prepared.

Zita instead reads all your mail.

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: She's illiterate

johns: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: A good skill in a messenger, frankly

Beatrice Orsini : damn

johns: she can entrust her tutor, Lavinia of Jerbiton, to read all mail passing through.

Beatrice Orsini : does she have ability block on artes liberales?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll think about it, what do you need the seasons for?

Beatrice Orsini : experiment to get pilum of flame + making some illusions

Archibald of Guernicus: I can promise you there's no chance that pillum of flame will be needed, unless you act like psychopaths.

Beatrice Orsini : so it will be needed

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'll tell Aristide sure, I'll destroy the mail, I'll even do it in front of you, and then i'll use art of memory to copy the mail after he leaves and tell everyone.

johns: let's take the sword away from aristide before he breaks it investigating it

Archibald of Guernicus: It's a hermetic political adventure, so if you cast pillum of flame you'll probably be sued at best or marched.

Beatrice Orsini : damn

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let me investigate it!

Beatrice Orsini : well, that solves it though. i can take artemisia who has social skills

Aristide of Tremere: when was the hork season

and how much xp was that

Beatrice Orsini : Hork was Spring 1336 and 8xp

Archibald of Guernicus: With the village settled, if people are still awake and alive, I call a meeting of the magi of Vardian's Tomb. The ones who actually are present, reliably, so no Venator or Lodewig. Gulielmus can sit in the corner.

Jorn of Merinita: Have the meeting where Jorn is recovering so he can stay in bed

Aristide of Tremere: ill be here next week, by the way

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm, I was going to bring up vis but we just found like 50 pawns of it.

And possibly multiple vis sites

Lavinia of Jerbiton: also proclus and lavinia found some vis sources

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

I think vis has sorted itself out

Bialas of Bjornaer: yeah unless we want another +6 magic aura lab and a bunch of magic plants i dont necessarily have to run that adventure before the plague

Proclus of Rome: Good, good.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll have servants drag Jorns bed into the meeting room

Bialas of Bjornaer: if the next few years are really tight

(To Bialas the Bear): you have to run it before 1345.

(From Bialas of Bjornaer): oh ok.

(From Bialas of Bjornaer): what about something different after it? is it pretty much all booked up until the game ends

Proclus of Rome: So what did you want to talk about?

(To Bialas the Bear): I can't spoil what happens.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales. We've had an unexpected, dare I say ridiculous boon in vis these past months. I was going to call attention to our failing vim stocks, but that matter has comfortably sorted itself out." I chuckle "So, moving on, I have a motion to put forward. A few motions."

"The loss of Aristocritus has been a loss of leadership, informal as it was. I wish to nominate a new archon."

(From Bialas of Bjornaer): ok. I'll run it when it's listed and i'll try to wrap it up in one, but it might go long.

(To Bialas the Bear): No prob, thanks

Archibald of Guernicus: "I put forward Jorn as the new archon of vardian's tomb."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is jorn a pagan

Archibald of Guernicus: He is

Jorn of Merinita: Probably

Archibald of Guernicus: well

does he have Pagan (Major, Story) flaw

Jorn of Merinita: No

Lavinia of Jerbiton: does he go to church

Jorn of Merinita: Major, Hermetic

Necessary Condition (holding a runed coin)

Major, Story

True Love (Sifrid Heldóttir)

Minor, General

Ability Block (Church Lore, Dominion Lore, Etiquette, Guile, Theology)

Jorn of Merinita: Minor, Hermetic

Difficult Spontaneous Magic

Disjointed Magic

Obsessed (Merinita founder mysteries)

Minor, Personality

Faerie Upbringing

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the Pagan Story Flaw means that you are not only a pagan but have to honor your pagan god and can't act in a way that would be disrespectful to them (so no going to church and pretending to be normal)

Jorn of Merinita: He doesn't have the reputation problems Pagan implies

Proclus of Rome: But would we know you're a pagan?

Jorn of Merinita: He doesn't go to church, and he doesn't believe the aesir are craven symbols, but real people.

Well, real magical gods

He doesn't go to any pagan organized religion however

Proclus of Rome: "Pagans are of low moral character and are unsuited to leadership."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Jorn has shown loyalty to the covenant, decisive action, and I believe with a number of our sodales here involved in hermetic cults, it would be appropriate to have an archon who understood them innately."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "He nearly got himself killed."

Proclus of Rome: "He has barely spent any time with us. How could we trust him to lead us through these troubled times?"

Jorn of Merinita: I'm too injured to argue my own case.

Aristide of Tremere: I nod. "Jorn is a good man, but I believe a bit too off-minded to be a leader. We need someone of strong character, who everyone shares the same general opinion of. A man from a true lineage of greatness. I volunteer."

Proclus of Rome: You can still talk.

Jorn of Merinita: Sure

Archibald of Guernicus: "He has spent several years here. In the end, however, it should be a vote. Jorn's my choice, and my vote. That's all."

Jorn of Merinita: "I'll do it if you think it best, but it sounds like you're the only one for it.

Proclus of Rome: "You are too prideful, Aristide. You have proven that you are willing to place your own greed above contributing to the study of magic."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Who else claims the title?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Greed? I simply want what's best for the Order."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I would, being the eldest, but I am still new to your covenant. It wouldn't be proper."

Proclus of Rome: "Though there is something to be said for giving leadership to the most sticky fingered member of our covenant to legitimize his constant thefts."

Jorn of Merinita: "What about Lavinia? If it's pragmatism you want, she's lived a long life and much of that here."

Beatrice Orsini : "I'll go along with your plot, Archibals. Jorn has my vote."

Aristide of Tremere: "And now you accuse me of theft, Proclus?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I don't volunteer myself. I realise that my beliefs chafe with some of the covenant, and what I want is to avoid strife in the future for us all."

Proclus of Rome: "Lavinia? It's possible."

Aristide of Tremere: beatrice has betrayed me

Proclus of Rome: "She rarely ventures out of her lab, though."

Beatrice Orsini : Fellow Merinita before actual family.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The rigors of office would be too much for my fragile constitution."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Lavinia I feel is too involved with the mundane world. I realise it's what Jerbiton's do, but I cannae back it, I see no future in it."

Proclus of Rome: "Planning to bring charges against her, too?"

Aristide of Tremere: brutal

Archibald of Guernicus: "A year and ye still bring this up at every conversation? I thought ye better than this, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "Maybe you could convince the Tribunal to crucify her for giving confession to Mundanes."

Archibald of Guernicus: listen u piec of shit,

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "When did I do that?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Humorous though your insults may be, that man deserved his punishment."

what happened to him btw

is he dead yet

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he's in the city

Archibald of Guernicus: He's hiding in a church.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: taking sanctuary in a cathedral

Aristide of Tremere: oh

Archibald of Guernicus: "Though speaking of that case, I have another thing I want to bring up, while the rest of ye decide who would best be our archon going forward."

"Currently, as we all know, a sanctum outside of a covenant enjoys no legal protection. Lavinia and several others of us have discussed Ponza in the past, and a laboratory there. I think we should lobby, at next tribunal, for a change in the rules of the roman tribunal. To allow for non-covenant sanctums."

Proclus of Rome: "HOW CONVENIENT!"

Bialas of Bjornaer: lmao

Jorn of Merinita: "Well, what does being archon entail? Is it something I'd do well?"

Beatrice Orsini : lol

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm sure ye can agree I have no malicious designs here, Proclus, as this would hamper work I have done myself in the past." I cough

Proclus of Rome: "Is this what the Code of Hermes is?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "The archon is simply a position to guide our general approach, and to help settle disputes where we are split on opinion."

Proclus of Rome: "A cudgel to bully magi to then be changed when it becomes inconvenient for you?"\

Aristide of Tremere: "While Proclus's venomous tongue is not fit to sing God's praises as it does, he's right."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh, ye'd rather it was left alone altogether? It's the prosecution of cases like this that leads to these important changes in law, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "I have no interest in supporting your self-serving hypocrisy."

Lavinia of Jerbiton sips tea

Aristide of Tremere: "Even I must agree that it's a bit cruel-spirited to have a man killed for his off-site sanctums, and then lobby for your own."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I even stated, as ye might recall, that I would have backed his proposal for the change in teaching parma to apprentices, if he had come forward with it rather than break the law in secret."

Aristide of Tremere: "Besides, can you imagine? Needing to be careful of every regio you explore, or ruin you investigate, for fear it might be someone's sanctum?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: He was killed for teaching his apprentice the parma.

Mostly.

Aristide of Tremere: he taught him in an off-site sanctum

Archibald of Guernicus: "A sanctum must be clearly and visibly displayed with a marker, or it has no legal rights."

Aristide of Tremere: which we broke into

Bialas of Bjornaer: him having an off site sanctum wouldn't, by itself, have warranted a marching, imo

Proclus of Rome: "The hanging judges at the Tribunal would disagree with you."

Aristide of Tremere: "Yes, but how clearly and visibly does it need to be displayed? Does it need to be outside of a regio? Does it need to be prominently displayed outside of a ruin that the sanctum only occupies a portion of?"

Jorn of Merinita: "Hmmm. I'm not sure now is the best time to go forward on this nomination, if your motives are so suspect."

Bialas of Bjornaer: but teaching an apprentice the parma outside of the knowledge of the order as a whole is bad on another level afail

k

i think a quaesitor needs to be there.

Aristide of Tremere: "Such a change would only invite mass confusion."

Jorn of Merinita: "I'm happy to serve if need be, and I'm sure Sifrid would be happier married to an archon than a mere magus, though."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Unless ye regularly break into regios, I think we can work this out, Aristide."

I nod "Aye, the missus should be pleased."

Aristide of Tremere: "I think it's a wholly unnecessary change."

Proclus of Rome: "I'm not interested in increasing the power of the flagrantly corrupt Quaesitors."

Beatrice Orsini : "I don't think this change would be good for the Roman Tribunal."

Aristide of Tremere: "Nor am I. Is Jorn in on your schemes too?"

"Have you dragged that poor man in?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Dragged him in? He's been bloody bedridden for the last few weeks."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I nominate Gulielmus. He seems trustworthy."

Jorn of Merinita: Nice

Aristide of Tremere: "The perfect excuse to visit him and fill his head with corruption."

Proclus of Rome: "No archon would have the support of a majority of the covenant. We need a better system."

Beatrice Orsini : "Jorn still has my support, but I won't object to Gulielmus."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Anarchy? Perhaps breaking off intae factions."

Actually factions is probably the only way to handle this insane, bloated covenant

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "'tis inevitable in a society that lacks strong and moral leadership."

Aristide of Tremere: "How about Zita? I can't imagine anyone here having a negative word to say of her."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "But that's none of my business"

Proclus of Rome: "She's a redcap."

Lavinia of Jerbiton sips tea

Beatrice Orsini : "She's a redcap."

Zita of Mercere: "I'm a redcap."

Aristide of Tremere: "Still, why not?"

Proclus of Rome: "She can't even read."

Jorn of Merinita: "The path of Quendalon is not one that leaves much time for civic duties, so I will not be remiss if my sodales aren't eager to endorse me as leader."

Aristide of Tremere: "That's a quality to be desired in a leader."

Beatrice Orsini : "If redcaps are allowed, then I think Hypatia would make a better Archon."

Zita of Mercere: "I can learn to read any time I want to."

Beatrice Orsini : take ability block on artes liberales

Anthemia Mercere: "I can teach her to read."

Aristide of Tremere: "Hypatia? Who?"

Anthemia Mercere: "I taught Beatrice some Greek."

Zita of Mercere: "Besides, now you know your letters are in perfectly safe hands."

Anthemia Mercere: "I am Hypatia."

Aristide of Tremere: "Oh, I thought you were a grog. That might work as well."

Beatrice Orsini : I never actually took xp in Greek, but one day.

Archibald of Guernicus: "That's a fellow magi of the order of hermes, Aristide, show some basic respect."

Proclus of Rome: "I think the most senior magi of Vardian's Tomb present should have final say."

Aristide of Tremere: "Naturally, I am still the best choice, but if it comes down to agreeability, I will settle for either of the redcaps."

Beatrice Orsini : I do support the Greek faction, though.

Anthemia Mercere: "I maintain my mundane identity to walk among the clergy."

"As mush as a laywoman can, at least."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The most senior magus is Venator, by age present it's Bialas, by time spent here it's both Lavinia and you I believe."

"Well, and Lodewig. Has anyone seen that man in the last... half a decade?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Ah, well, if you are indeed a magus, I suppose I could also support you."

Aristide of Tremere: "There is also an alternative option."

"A covenant's leader should be skilled in magic. What better way to determine the position than certamen?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh fuck off, Tremere."

Beatrice Orsini : Stab him, Archibald.

Bialas of Bjornaer: The Certamen Tournament

Proclus of Rome: "Obviously it should be the most senior resident of Vardian's Tomb not merely the oldest."

Beatrice Orsini : You brought a sword to the certamen duel.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Again, is that you, Proclus?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Are you afraid, Archibald? Does your magic not match up to your vicious scheming?"

Proclus of Rome: Certamen Tournament Arc

"It would be, on occasion."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I beat ye once ye little whelp."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I would be happy to challenge you in Certamen, Aristide."

Aristide of Tremere: "Pure accident. I had gone easy on you out of pity."

Proclus of Rome: "Pride is running rampant in this covenant."

Jorn of Merinita: "Venator seems a fine choice. No one else in Rome would've accepted an odd dwarfson like meself."

Aristide of Tremere: "Excellent! Shall we have a round now, or after this performance?"

Beatrice Orsini : Let's wall up Aristide's lab.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Hahaha"

"Or perhaps we could arm wrestle! Hahaha"

Proclus of Rome: "Venator does not see fit to perform any duties of leadership."

Archibald of Guernicus: "There'll be no bullying by certamen, this is a covenant matter. This is the reason I called this meeting to begin with, we're far too split. Even Tytalans have more unity in their covenants than this."

Aristide of Tremere: "Arm wrestling? Are we Normans now?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: I have a 10 or better in almost everything. Even with your magical focus I could still win.

I'm 75 years old!

76.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Normandy is a good reminder of what happens when bickering grows too rampant."

Aristide of Tremere: "Exactly, which is why we should settle matters with affirmative action."

"And what could be more affirmative than certamen?"

Proclus of Rome: "Normandy?"

"Pah."

Beatrice Orsini : There is no Tribunal named Normandy anymore.

Aristide of Tremere: "We would, of course, have to have the stipulation that the loser will not attempt to bring charges against the winner at tribunal."

"And have them marched."

Proclus of Rome: "They probably feared the increased power of the Chuch and fled."

Archibald of Guernicus: "However, this meeting has given me an idea, as unfortunate as it is. Within the Houses, and the larger covenants, it's normal to find multiple factions within. If we cannot agree tae a single system, then at least a small number of unified groups could lessen the arguments."

Jorn of Merinita: "I've heard some say they wish the catacombs mapped. I think my talents might be better suited there."

Proclus of Rome: I vote we start a kill all Guernicuses faction.

Aristide of Tremere: I second the motion.

Beatrice Orsini : I support Proclus.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, that was one matter I was hoping tae bring up. The catacombs, ponza, we have things we have left too long."

Bialas of Bjornaer: Pagans vs Christians

Beatrice Orsini : You won't take my anarchy.

Bialas of Bjornaer: I worship my ancestors, I guess.

wait

no i don't

Proclus of Rome: Owned.

Bialas of Bjornaer: theres a sidebar that specifically says "these magi do not worship their ancestors." in face.

fact

Aristide of Tremere: the bible gives better canaan lore than it does churchlore

what the hell

Beatrice Orsini : The only thing I care about is finally getting a mystery cult initiation and then making holograms in my lab. Everything else, I decided based on my conscience.

Proclus of Rome: Good, ancestor worship is fucktarded.

Jorn of Merinita: "If there's no one particularly suited to leadership, what if we had a talking statue or something?"

Archibald of Guernicus: - man with no good ancestors

Proclus of Rome: The Bible was written before the foundation of the Catholic Chuch.

Well, mostly.

Bialas of Bjornaer: oh yeah the core doctrine of bjornaer magi is that every person has an animal ancestor and it's up to the individual to reconcile it

Archibald of Guernicus: "That would be handing leadership tae Lavinia, effectively, as she creates the statues around here."

Bialas of Bjornaer: bialas is working on the theory of evolution, i guess. he's not religious.

and just thinks humans are animals.

Jorn of Merinita: "I'm going to work on a statue myself as soon as I'm up and about."

Bialas of Bjornaer: and came from animals somehow, eventually.

Jorn of Merinita: "Hermetic, of course."

Beatrice Orsini : that's crazy

Proclus of Rome: "Why would we listen to a statue?"

Beatrice Orsini : Bialas is a madman.

Bialas of Bjornaer: He is.

Archibald of Guernicus: I sigh "A statue wouldnae be good leadership, since most disputes happen on expeditions outside the covenant."

Bialas of Bjornaer: He's about as far to the fringes of Harmonism as you can get.

Jorn of Merinita: "Probably wouldn't. Just making sure all angles are considered."

Proclus of Rome: I think that a lot of the lag time created by arguments could be curbed by the GM putting a cap on the length of discussions.

It would be a change for me but I'd be willing to do it.

Archibald of Guernicus: Putting on Discussion Music, and when it ends you have to make a decision

Aristide of Tremere: force disputatio or certamen after 5 minutes of arguing

Beatrice Orsini : that sounds horrible

Proclus of Rome: No, that would take forever.

Beatrice Orsini : the discussions are the best

Aristide of Tremere: it would take forever one time

Archibald of Guernicus: Force certamen for every 5 minutes of discussion

Aristide of Tremere: and then everyone would bow to the man who destroyed them last time

Proclus of Rome: Very funny joke.

Jorn of Merinita: Make a Fast Disputatio houserule system

Beatrice Orsini : no more houserules

Aristide of Tremere: make everyone roll a d20

Beatrice Orsini : and don't add any commas

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let's resolve discussions by establishing an issue, voting democratically on a yes/no decision, and then ruling out that possibility if it gets a majority no, or doing it if it gets a majority yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Jorn raises a very good point."

"There is a way to solve this."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ahem. Another matter, on that front, Allumiere. We can exploit the resources there for money to sustain us."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "We must find the Brazen Head that once advised Vergil, Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and so on."

Proclus of Rome: "Hmmm."

Beatrice Orsini : "And melt it."

Proclus of Rome: Wait which one is Allumiere?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Refresh my memory, but isn't that lost forever?"

the place with all the arsenic

Bialas of Bjornaer: Where Prudenzio disappeared.

Proclus of Rome: Oh right.

Beatrice Orsini : roger bacon is our ancestral enemy

Archibald of Guernicus: No cash, no hope and no jobs. Don't die, roger bacon!

Jorn of Merinita: "I'm no expert on ethics meself. Bravery's just important to my culture."

Proclus of Rome: "We would need to repulse the fairies crawling around it, but otherwise I think it could be profitable."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, wards and probably some terram work tae being a safe and proper excavation."

Jorn of Merinita: I have The Miner's Keen Eye and can talk to fairies okay

Proclus of Rome: "I was thinking a more permanent solution."

"A treaty with the newly returned winter fairies would probably be enough."

Jorn of Merinita: I also don't have a grudge against Prudenzio if there's there

he's there

Proclus of Rome: "Some milk at the door, that sort of thing."

Aristide of Tremere: My eyes go wide.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well, we do have two of House Merinita amongst us. Cannae hurt tae try."

Aristide of Tremere: "Sodales, Proclus has been taken by a foul mentem magic."

Bialas of Bjornaer: Prudenzio broke the rules of certamen and should be marched, if he hasn't legally been already.

Aristide of Tremere: "Did you hear the words that just came out of his mouth?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: But who knows what happened to him.

Proclus of Rome: I assume and hope that he is dead.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Not calling for the death of all fairies? Aye he's been like this recently, I hear in Spring he even supported one."

Beatrice Orsini : I promised Prudenzio I'll name a Bloodline target leprosy spell after him.

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Aristide of Tremere: "We should detain him until we can determine the source of these magics and dispel them."

Proclus of Rome: "It turns out they aren't all bad."

Aristide of Tremere: I recoil in horror.

Beatrice Orsini : "Well, they aren't."

Proclus of Rome: "I am amenable to be proven wrong every once and a while."

Beatrice Orsini : Proclus prefers the fairies that get baptised and melt.

Proclus of Rome: That's good shit right there.

Aristide of Tremere: "This is the doing of Potestas, I can feel it."

Proclus of Rome: Can we wrap this up soon? It's super late.

Aristide of Tremere: "Have you been burning the letters as I instructed you to, Zita? Did one slip through and make its way to Proclus's hand?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Sure. I hoped to have an archon elected but that sort of fell through.

I'll discuss it in the thread I guess

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok

im going to sleep

cheers

Bialas of Bjornaer: Voting for archon in the thread is cool.

Beatrice Orsini : I'll back Jorn, but I won't support your other schemes.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Good night.

Proclus of Rome: See ya.

Archibald of Guernicus: the only thing left would be the whale but we can do that in the thread

Aristide of Tremere: new project: detain proclus

Proclus of Rome: I doubt that an archon is going to be elected.

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'll support Jorn if he's getting three or more votes.

Proclus of Rome: But fingers crossed.

Aristide of Tremere: ill vote for gulielmus

Beatrice Orsini : If you're going to have a hermetic politics adventure, could I get chance on mystery cult initiation there?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm only picking Jorn since I think he likes me and I'm more concerned about the archon not being someone with a grudge

Aristide of Tremere: typical guernicus scheming

Bialas of Bjornaer: pick Bialas then.

Archibald of Guernicus: Which mystery cult was Beatrice's?

Beatrice Orsini : My preferences are Jorn, then Gulielmus, then Hypatia

Bialas of Bjornaer: He doesn't have a grudge.

Beatrice Orsini : Illusion magic.

Aristide of Tremere: yes uh. hes a good man of character and uh. oO(i think hes the only person who doesnt hate me)

Archibald of Guernicus: Keep in mind I've never run ars before so my main goal is that I dont screw up and ruin everything, so it might be better to let Johns or Endrite handle it, but I'll look into it.

Beatrice Orsini : But I asked johns to change the sample initiation, giving me a quest instead of the Social Handicap flaw.

Just getting me a contact with someone is fine.

Any progress is good.

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright, I'll see what I can do.

Beatrice Orsini : it would mean taking Beatrice on that adventure, but I can live without Pilum of Flame for one more season.

Jorn of Merinita: The guys who gave me Arcadian Travel are doing their own thing rather than a sample script

Beatrice Orsini : I need two initiations and Spell Timing has a sample script in the book, so why not use what's there.

Archibald of Guernicus: Based on how much combat seems to slow down adventures, and how much more effort it will take to prep, I'm avoiding combat altogether. Unless you start roasting grogs and magi.

Beatrice Orsini : Pilum of Flame wouldn't have enough penetration to hurt magi anyway.

Jorn of Merinita: It's hard to have control over your initiation unless you have enough lore to do it yourself, really

Archibald of Guernicus: Could always get an exploding roll

Jorn of Merinita: Storyguide mercy for the most part

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

but asking for a quest instead of a flaw, is giving myself up to the storyguide more

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, right, unrelated to all this but after this discussion concludes, Archibald disappears for a year.

Bialas of Bjornaer: my adventure has a shitload of possible combat

hell yeah.

Beatrice Orsini : He has to do his satanic rituals.

When is your adventure?

Bialas of Bjornaer: also, its potentially insanely dangerous combat.

Beatrice Orsini : I need flight + impeding shafts by then.

Fast casting Wizard's Leap worked pretty well for me as a defense.

Mastery xp well spent

Bialas of Bjornaer: 1339

I think.

Archibald of Guernicus: I need to get pillum, dart is good but the rego requisite hurts my casting total and everything soaks it. Ignem soak is nice and rare.

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'm paranoid about it not going well, and it might run late.

Some of the enemies may be very dangerous, but it's possible to avoid combat.

Archibald of Guernicus: I turned the roll20 volume down earlier and I assume so did Endrite as the combat music is still playing.

Jorn of Merinita: Penetration mastery on Crystal Dart seems to pay off too

Aristide of Tremere: lets make sure to bring proclus with us for the dangerous adventure

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's

Aristide of Tremere: ill be sure to have work that day

Jorn of Merinita: Jorn's gonig to spend Fall recovering and then build himself a statue maid.

Archibald of Guernicus: Devil's Favourite Demon (GM) - 1 Proclus

Bialas of Bjornaer: I might be miscalculating because i've never run ars before.

Beatrice Orsini : I ran ars once.

Archibald of Guernicus: Shaun found a good list of magical might and what it implies

11-20 is comparable to a young magus (us)

30 is very powerful

Beatrice Orsini : And the players spent 30 minutes being paranoid over a tree.

They were right, to be fair.

Archibald of Guernicus: 40 is a literal dragon or a pagan god

Jorn of Merinita: That list is for faeries, mind

Beatrice Orsini : It was trapped with Augustan ward to make it fall on people.

Jorn of Merinita: If they were demon vikings it might be different

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah but might is still not going to vary too much between realms for how powerful a creature it is, imo

we got a LOT of vis, well done everyone

Careful last-second rules lawyering saved Jorn

Beatrice Orsini : I posted in the thread I stole some under false pretenses to sell for cash for the village.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, the vis is there to be used, though you probably have to inform either Hypatia or Zita to sell it, I think

Pretty sure redcaps actually handle that

Hypatia would support you entirely anyway I think

Beatrice Orsini : Hmm, I think Hypatia would be more understanding of selling vis to help people, but less understanding of lying.

Zita would be the other way around.

I think Hypatia has more understanding for human weakness when it's to help people.

Aristide of Tremere: Zita goes slack jawed as the charity is described but begins vigorously nodding when asked to lie.

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita is more likely to do it, but then try to make you owe her a favour for it. Hypatia will do it but might blab to others.

It's a tough one

Beatrice Orsini : I don't mind being found out once the deed is done.

Archibald of Guernicus: oh right, is bialas making the whale ritual spell then?

was going to bring the whale up but the archon stuff got heavier than expected

Bialas of Bjornaer: I don't know, now.

Jorn of Merinita: Hypatia's into volunteer work

Hypatia of Athens: Just embezzling a bunch of money to give alms seems like trading one sin for a charity

Beatrice Orsini : I landed the finishing spell on two of the enemies, I could claim some of the vis is for my use.

Aristide of Tremere: hypatia should suggest instead that she and beatrice go down there personally to help rebuild

and that beatrice sell any magic items she might have

Beatrice Orsini : I don't have any.

Aristide of Tremere: what the

Beatrice Orsini : I increase arts and make spells instead of magic items.

Aristide of Tremere: i just realized

i think i still have that demon sword

from the wedding

Beatrice Orsini : Dual-wielding.

Bialas of Bjornaer: dual sword aristide

now you just need to get into combat.

Beatrice Orsini : I have 47 CrIm Lab Total to work with as long as all the spells I invent are illusions.

Hypatia of Athens: "I can take a pilgrimage to the village to sing them proper Christian music, and help prepare food."

Aristide of Tremere: my highest lab totals are 27 for muto and intellego vim

note: i dont know a single vim spell

Beatrice Orsini : I have major magical focus and inventive genius

Bialas of Bjornaer: I need to think about if i can pick a different major magical focus. is Sloth too specific? is that a minor magical focus?

Aristide of Tremere: oh shit i forgot book learner

that was +3 xp right

Hypatia of Athens: "The onus of charity, in this matter falls to the Count, not us."

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Bialas of Bjornaer: I should have taken major magical focus bears.

Or, take some spells that drain fatigue levels.

Aristide of Tremere: i have minor magical focus certamen

Beatrice Orsini : major focus in certamen would be a waste

Hypatia of Athens: I can fit a pilgrimage to the village in when i deliver messages to Literatus

Beatrice Orsini : since the difference is that major applies to requisites as well

Archibald of Guernicus: I was going to take a magical focus in statues until I realised that all magic related to them (talking to statues, turning into one wiht MuCo(Te)) would be so high level my statue mage would know no statue-based spells at chargen, which would be silly

Beatrice Orsini : Someone suggest use for 9 lab levels of CrIm illusions

Jorn of Merinita: My major is in Controlling Stone

I mean, minor

Aristide of Tremere: smaller portraits of aristide

Beatrice Orsini : So far I'm making level 4 illusion of normal ground to cover pits, level 5 illusion of grassy ground that moves in the wind to cover pits

Jorn of Merinita: Even on spells iwth a Muto requisite that's still +7 fo rme

Beatrice Orsini : and level 10 illusion of a church bell sound

Archibald of Guernicus: An effect to simulate Aristide entirely, that we can use to draw enemy fire

Bialas of Bjornaer: I'll actually just stick with it since I have a lot of spells that involve my napping to get buffs or heals and they use my focus since I'm sleeping

Beatrice Orsini : that is difficult

it's +2 ,magnitude to move at your command

Archibald of Guernicus: Downside: means that, even for a moment, there is double the amount of Aristide in the world

Aristide of Tremere: magic steel throwing discs that activate a talking illusion of aristide when they land

Jorn of Merinita: I'm going to be able to finish my statue I think in WInter, unless my wound penalty is still huge

But I have Lavinia's care and Beatrice's magic fixing me up

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, and 25 adventure xp for attending this meeting, of course.

Aristide of Tremere: sounds good, thanks gm

looking forward to your next adventure

Beatrice Orsini : I need Corpus if I want to make glamours of humans, so I'll branch out into healing and necromancy eventually.

Archibald of Guernicus: There's a very good incentive not to hand out tons of adventure xp, in that it benefits everyone but you.

Beatrice Orsini : both of my characters have independent study

i'm not good at powergaming

Aristide of Tremere:  galactic brain  include magic items in your adventures that are oddly specific enough to benefit no one but your pc

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita has it while Archibald has book learner so every time it's not a slaughter map I just send Zita along

Beatrice Orsini : Artemisia has Master of None which is one of the best flaws.

Jorn of Merinita: Jorn's probably going to brush up on magic theory some, after finishing his maid statue

Beatrice Orsini : She also has Affinity with Charm and Careless with Charm.

Archibald of Guernicus: Nice

Beatrice Orsini : and +5 Pre

Aristide of Tremere: im going to go have affinity with bed

good night

Beatrice Orsini : good night

Jorn of Merinita: Good night

Beatrice Orsini : it's too early to go to bed.

not even 6am

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1

(

2

)

+1

=

3

Celeste: rolling a nativity horoscope for prudenzio

rolling 1d10+7+1>15 artes liberales + int

(

4

)

+7+1

=

12

nope

well, you have 10 days of lab work a season, i guess i can try again

rolling 1d10+7+1

(

10

)

+7+1

=

18

ok. amazing.

Jorn of Merinita:

rolling d10 Warping Die for Winter 1336

(

1

)

=

1

rolling d10

(

2

)

=

2

rolling d10

(

2

)

=

2

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-2 lavinia aging 1336

(

6

)

-2

=

4

rolling 1d10! bolad aging 1336

(

4

)

=

4

Endrite (GM): Wow, Bolad isn't getting any medical advice?

Wow.

johns (GM): hes unaging

Endrite (GM): It's funny that an Unaging person with 0 in all their stats will die faster than someone with -3 in all their stats.

johns (GM): the real important stat is intelligence, ie, are you smart enough to rush out into combat or do you stay behind the giant wooden monster

Endrite (GM): Dost thou smartly honor thy lord or stupidly grant mercy?

What's the Current Year for this adventure?

johns (GM): 1337

Endrite (GM): Wow, we've come a long way.

johns (GM): yeah, we started in ostia and now we're in rome

Endrite (GM): Talk about your hero's journey!

johns (GM): that's almost 15 miles!

devil's fav demon (GM): and later... ponza...

Endrite (GM): You mean the island that is still filled with Muslims, Pirates, and Djinn?

johns (GM): perhaps there is a diplomatic solution to ponza.

A little something I like to call.... SSMA

Endrite (GM): Convert to Islam.

devil's fav demon (GM): Kill more players so they can come back as Muslim Criamon

johns (GM): that would be tricky cause i know a lot less about medieval muslim history and theology than i do catholic

Endrite (GM): Muslim would never join House Criamon since tattooing is absolutely haraam.

devil's fav demon (GM): I see you haven't read Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults too closely.

johns (GM): every time i try to read up on muslim history i get confused quick cause the names all sound really similar

devil's fav demon (GM): Many Criamon are Sufi

Endrite (GM): Oh, I thought you said you wanted to see more Muslims.

devil's fav demon (GM): Although, maybe that's not REALLY muslim. Depending on who you are.

johns (GM): idk if the koran says you can slaughter infidels under your care instead of just levying the jizya but isis does it anyway

Endrite (GM): ISIS has a more advanced theological perspective borne of 600 additional years of religious thought.

johns (GM): seems like that makes the 2,000 year old catholci church the most advanced.

Endrite (GM): If you think that studying cave shadows is the same as studying the real thing, then sure.

devil's fav demon (GM): i can't see the word Ostia without thinking of scott walker's song "farmer in the city" where he mentions Ostia.

Endrite (GM): The Fast and Furious guy?

devil's fav demon (GM): No. Not the politician either. He was a 60s/70s crooner in a family group called The Walker Brothers for a while, and then broke off and came back into music in the 2000s with a less marketable style. He did a good movie soundtrack recently.

farmer in the city is the first song off his big comeback album, and is about pasolini

Endrite (GM): Ok.

devil's fav demon (GM): he seems really up his own ass but hes an elderly dying man so i'm fine with it.

dys (GM): Old men

Shauncat: What's our living condition mod, speaking of aging?

Endrite (GM): 0 for magi and a +2 penalty for companions.

dys (GM): Yikes

Even with the rat statue?

Endrite (GM): No, I'm just talking about the base.

Shauncat: Rat statue is applied to your lab's Health characteristic

Netting -1 bonus

dys (GM): That seems a bit weird, since logically it also helps people who dont have a lab

Endrite (GM): The statue diverts the rats away from labs only, I guess.

Jorn of Merinita:

rolling d10+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Endrite (GM): Yikes.

Jorn of Merinita: 1 aging point in any characteristic

Hafl T.: let's exploit the rules for using magical items in labs to gain huge health modifiers and become immune to aging

dys (GM): Johns: Okay, in this saga you live in a really unhealthy covenant. You can't undo this and have no bonuses you normally would. Okay, the best bonus available is my scrying hedge wizard harvests your blood.

Jorn of Merinita: I'm gonna work on that this year

devil's fav demon (GM): lmfao

dys,