2/12/17

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3+11+6+3 Awakening Animo

(

5

)

+3+11+6+3

=

28

cumthinker is dead :(

Shauncat: RIP

dys: ( .__. ). o O ( yeah, rip )

johns (GM): Ok, when we left off, Zita was about to get murdered burgling stuff

Now we skip to Fall 1331

devil's fav demon (GM): rip c-thinker

dys: I'm going to play as zita this session just to create a time paradox.

johns (GM): Y'all are hanging around the covenant minding your own business when a messenger comes by. He's carrying a message sealed with the sigil of House Guernicus!!

The letter is addressed to Archibald.

Archibald of Guernicus throws open door dramatically

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Aren't we popular?"

johns (GM): "Archibald -- I am staying in the old Tiesta villa just outside the city walls. Please come see me urgently, I have a matter for you. Your sodales may be interested or may be needed to help you so they are welcome to come along as well. - Milo of Guernicus"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Time to enjoy some uplifting trance

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, I have news. Ye remember Milo?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: what is this music

im going to kill johns

devil's fav demon: put on tupac, hes on one of the roll20 music services

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ultimate 9 music

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol stones

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well, he has a matter that needs some help. Good chance to earn a bit of hermetic prestige, for those interested. He's at a villa outside Rome."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ftw

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I love hermetic prestige."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I've spent enough time in my lab this past year. I need the change of scenery."

"Any nubile young women at this villa?"

johns (GM): Milo is, last time you checked, an old man

Archibald of Guernicus: "I hope not, this might be a serious matter."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I will take my as yet unnamed Venditores along so he can hobnob and figure out what items might be good to make for sale.

johns (GM): Excellent.

I have added the Guernicus Villa to your map. As you can see, it's barely outside the city.

Kifaaya of Verditius: If it's Fall I just finished my lab and studio and need to craft stuff to display/sell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I'm tempted to fuck off and mingle at sapienza, but my duty is to my sodales after all."

johns (GM): From the outside, the Villa is a crumbling old wreck. The place has a reputation for being haunted.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): whoa

what the heck is that

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the guernicus-only subway system

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's cool, whatever it is

Proclus of Rome: I don't believe in hauntings.

It's just a necromancer.

Archibald of Guernicus: I believe in ghosts, as one keeps following Prudenzio around.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll just fly there

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yeah. I'm very sure about my belief in hauntings.

johns (GM): Can Kifaaya fly

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have Cloak of the Black Feathers

johns (GM): Ah, neat.

Kifaaya of Verditius: So I get there David Bowie style

johns (GM): Well you can get there before anyone else.

Proclus of Rome: I'll walk.

johns (GM): Well as I said, crumbling wreck, looks abandoned.

Proclus of Rome: Oh, we should get horses.

johns (GM): You should, but horses hate you.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I should get a horse but I have no idea how to ride one.

Proclus of Rome: Yeah but magic ones

OR horses made of wood.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Maybe if I got several horses, a cart, and hired someone to drive me around.

Lavinia of Jerbiton smirks

Archibald of Guernicus: Horses despise me and throw me off.

Nothing I could do

johns (GM): Who steps INSIDE THE SPOOKY HOUSE

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i

Proclus of Rome: I'll step right on in.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I will once my sodales arrive

johns (GM): Right. As it turns out it's a perfectly fine villa on the inside with an illusion cast over it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: villa of guernicus

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh I suppose I walked since I'm bringing a mundane along

Proclus of Rome: Seems silly to me.

johns (GM): In the front hall is Milo, seated by a hearth fire, working at a desk full of papers. A few covenfolk bustle to and fro with more documents, writing supplies, and so on.

Archibald of Guernicus: One moment, brb 2 minutes

Proclus of Rome: Nice, is he forging documents that show he owns other covenant's vis sources?

johns (GM): Could be, could be

Milo of Guernicus: "Come in, come in. Don't mind me finishing my work as I talk."

Proclus of Rome: "There's only enough time in Heaven."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I feel so welcomed."

Milo of Guernicus sniffs the air

Milo of Guernicus: "Thank you for coming out. I don't know how you all can abide that foul city air."

"I wouldn't be here myself if I could avoid it." He closes a book. "Which leads me to why you're here.."

Proclus of Rome: "It's the air of possibility."

Milo of Guernicus: "Yes, yes, no doubt."

Kifaaya of Verditius: ""Good day, prosperity upon you."

Milo of Guernicus: "And to you Kifaaya. A pleasure to make your aquaintance." He nods curtly.

Proclus of Rome: Crystal blessings.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: kings honor, friend

Milo of Guernicus: "A bothersome business called me to Rome this day. It seems one of the Bishops here has gotten a bee in his bonnet about possible Hermetic Interference."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Blood and thunder

Proclus of Rome: "I don't know why he would be upset about it."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Oh, we can't have any of that."

Milo of Guernicus: "I don't care much for someone outside the Order summoning  me, but a Bishop is a Bishop, and in this case, a Bishop who knows a fair deal about us."

Proclus of Rome: "Except for all of my sodales who worship trees and mud."

Milo of Guernicus: "Feh.."

"Hopefully it has nothing do to with you lot anyway."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Can't imagine that it would."{

Archibald of Guernicus: Back

Milo of Guernicus: "There's a village up the coast from here, named Anzio. It is in one of this Bishop's bishoprics. It's Bishop Savelli, I should have mentioned that."

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, well, that does change things."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Vardian's tomb doesn't hold its reputation as a reliable, trustworthy, God-fearing covenant for no reason."

Proclus of Rome: "Those Savellis don't understand true love."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ah."

Milo of Guernicus: "They had a bad fire two weeks ago, or so the Bishop tells me. And this Bishop seems convinced there is a possibility Magic was involved. So he calls upon me, and now I call upon you."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, yes, our reputation."

"If interference is causing trouble, we have a moral responsibility tae sort it out, no question about that. Ye were right to bring it to us."

At this point Vardian's Tomb and its members can almost be called responsible

Proclus of Rome: By whomst?

Anyone who says that is nuts.

Milo of Guernicus: Milo scrunches his nose. "Frankly I would have just let the matter drop without note except for a slight--  slight  possibility he is right.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah i was just talking out of my ass. we're a buncha wackos.

Milo of Guernicus: About, mm, 12 years ago there was a case of interference in Anzio. Two Magi of Luctatio were censured for their antics there."

Proclus of Rome: "At the very least, we could provide them with less flammable buildings."

Milo of Guernicus: "Luctatio? No, wait, Potestas."

Archibald of Guernicus: Podestas

"Was it anything serious?"

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Milo of Guernicus: "Interference. Competing methods of interference."

He barks at one of his covenfolk to hand him a parchment.

"Karantia of Tremere sought to improve trade and economy in the town, and created an artificial harbor."

Proclus of Rome: "Why?"

Milo of Guernicus: "Exileratus of Flambeau wanted to do the opposite so he would have a place to recruit criminals, and tried to ruin trade."

Proclus of Rome: "But wouldn't criminals be attracted by all the additional wealth in the city?"

Milo of Guernicus: "Eventually things got out of hand and they were both barred from ever interfering with the town again."

"Do I look like an economist, Proclus?"

Milo of Guernicus sighs

Proclus of Rome: "A what?"

Milo of Guernicus: "Forget it."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "A trader of faerie gold, if my Latin is correct."

Milo of Guernicus: "This is an official assignment from house Guernicus for you, Archibald. You're free to bring any of your sodales along if you need help. Go to Anzio and investigate it. If there was magic involved, find it out. Then report back to Bishop Savelli and put his mind at ease."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I'd love to help get these criminals back into the city. You can count on us, Milo."

Milo of Guernicus: "Don't jerk me around, Prudenzio."

"Any questions?"

Proclus of Rome: "It is interesting that you brought up Luctatio, they are likely to be behind any sort of trouble in around Rome."

"Due to their history with our covenant."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, Tytalans are like that."

"Present company excepted." I say to Malac

Milo of Guernicus: "I have to be moving on soon, I have business up north. The Bishop is expecting your report in 6 days."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "They should just declare a wizard war on us, that would make things easier."

Milo of Guernicus: "You'll find him at the Cathedral Santa Maria de Populo."

Proclus of Rome: "Six days should be more than enough, in my expert opinion."

Where is that?

Rome?

Milo of Guernicus: aye

Proclus of Rome: Oh there it is.

devil's fav demon: more like the cathedral santa maria de popplio

Milo of Guernicus: oh shi

johns (GM): Any questions or anything you want to take care of now? Anzio is 1 day away by foot.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: Did he say anything more about the incident, or supposed incident

Proclus of Rome: I don't have any questions for Milo.

johns (GM): You can ask

Do you mean the Fire or the prior incident the two magi got censured for?

Archibald of Guernicus: "What's the incident in question he was talking about?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I suppose I could be of help with aerial recon

Archibald of Guernicus: The fire, the current one

johns (GM): "A bad fire wrecked much of the town. The Bishop seems to think it couldn't have happened normally, and it must have spread unnaturally quickly for the town watch not to catch it in time."

"The people there are still rebuilding."

Proclus of Rome: "What did Karantia and Exileratus do last time to get them expelled from the town?"

johns (GM): "They were acting too overtly, in some cases directly creating wealth for their agents or ruining trade carts with blatant magical spells."

Proclus of Rome: "Creating wealth with magic? But if they were willing to do that, then why bother building up trade at all?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "That's just childish."

johns (GM): Milo doesn't know the details well enough.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Someone who knows about magic to mundane exchange might make a good venditores

Proclus of Rome: Yeah in the sense that they're hardened criminals.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: be right back. i gotta feed the dog.

johns (GM): Who's ready to go sleuthing? Who's going to Anzio?

Proclus of Rome: I'm ready.

I'm an excellent detective, you know.

johns (GM): both you and Sherlock Holmes are autistic

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im ready

i want to initiate combat

johns (GM): I was not planning on much combat today but rest assured I have violence and mayhem in the works soon

Malachiasz of Tytalus: what season is it btw

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmmm

johns (GM): Fall, 1331

Kifaaya of Verditius: I think I'll stay behind

Proclus of Rome: Wow, very spooky central European architecture here in the heart of Italy.

johns (GM): I have no idea what you're talking about

Malachiasz of Tytalus: also spooky south - north map layout

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm going, of course.

johns (GM): This is clearly a picture of a medieval shithole

Shaun, do you want to bring your companion char?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I suppose if its six days out of two seasons I can go

Proclus of Rome: It's six days out of one season.

Specifically, fall.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Summer was glossed over so I'll borrow some days from it

Proclus of Rome: I'm pretty sure time doesn't work that way.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: what does proclus know about time??

Prudenzio of Flambeau: alright

Proclus of Rome: We don't have a Criamon so we can't ask the experts, but still...

Kifaaya of Verditius: Time is money and money is prone to creative accounting

johns (GM): lol

Okay, all wizard crew

Is Kifaaya normal gift?

Proclus of Rome: This is a great idea!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Wizz Time

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

johns (GM): Ok.

As I mentioned, it takes the better part of the day to get to Anzio. Approaching it you can see the a large swath of desolation through half the town.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll fly there

Proclus of Rome: Yeah right to the big pagan tree in the middle of town!

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll spend the saved time getting an aerial view and reporting it back to my sodales when they arrive

Archibald of Guernicus: Caw caw

johns (GM): Sure. You see the breadth of the damage. You notice two prominent buildings, the Church and the Town Hall, both abutting an open air market.

Proclus of Rome: Was there any fire damage to the tree?

johns (GM): There is a large buzz of activity, men and women going here and there making repairs, harvesting the fields, handing out food...

Nope!

Proclus of Rome: Suspicious!

johns (GM): You also notice the very large unnatural Harbor on the west coast with many fisher's boats docked

Proclus of Rome: I'm pretty sure this means the town is being bedeviled by a malicious fairy.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good hypothesis.

Archibald of Guernicus: Merinita again. Of course.

Case closed. Let's give Merinita the ol Diedne treatment.

Well, first thing is to check out the fire's origin

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets drop the tree into a pit

Proclus of Rome: If only we could talk to the fire.

johns (GM): There's a lot of tents spread on the outskirts of town filled with new homeless. You don't see any sort of inn or tavern so you'll have to think of somewhere else to lodge.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm sure the Church will take us in.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Time to make a enst

johns (GM): Alright. Where to begin, folks?

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's begin at the start of things. The origin of the fire.

Proclus of Rome: We could just sleep in our giant glass whale.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yeah. Someone might have witnessed the beginnings of the blaze.

johns (GM): You get plenty of odd looks as you saunter into town.

Proclus of Rome: We could just ask the burned building who started the fire.

johns (GM): Still, no one cares to obstruct your path. The fire damage is worst around here, a pair of seared wooden buildings whose roofs have caved in.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Odd looks? I make sure I'm not being lewd and showing hair.

Proclus of Rome: Have any of the trees been burnt?

johns (GM): Yes.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

johns (GM): All of them, as a matter of fact.

Proclus of Rome: I see.

johns (GM): They only exist here because I couldn't find better art.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good try.

Proclus of Rome: They've been repainted as part of the recovery efforts.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I examine the ashes.

johns (GM): They look pretty ashy.

A few things are still standing in the wrecked building, a brick forge and a metal anvil.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Well, this COULD have been an accident.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I take the anvil.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll inspect the forge

johns (GM): It's pretty heavy.

Proclus of Rome: Who has the best InIg?

johns (GM): What's your Strength?

Proclus of Rome: I have 11.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Does anything stand out as being the source of the fire?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: 0

johns (GM): You fail to move the Anvil.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im going to spont, uh

johns (GM): Nothing to the naked eye, Archibald.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: TALES OF THE ASHES

R: Touch, D: Conc T: Ind

Lets you see what the ashes you touch

originally were, and how and when the object

was burned. The latter two are divined from

markings and signs in the ashes.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: (Base 3, +1 Touch, +1 Conc)

Proclus of Rome: Fatiguing or non-fatiguing?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Mundane forge? Or would Verditius Cult Lore help here?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: fatiguing

johns (GM): It's a Mundane Forge

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

johns (GM): Roll it, Prude

Archibald of Guernicus: +13 InIg, my ignem is not too good

Prudenzio of Flambeau: whats the aura, if any

johns (GM): You'll have to roll to check it :)

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hehehe

rolling 1d10+11 based on my sheet + tomb aura calc

(

8

)

+11

=

19

Malachiasz of Tytalus: max power faerie aura

johns (GM): Infernal 2

In this immediate vicinity

Oh no!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he he he

Prudenzio of Flambeau: whoops

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmm

Proclus of Rome: If it was a faerie aura I'd know immediately, because I'm allergic to them.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: 8+6 is still over double the spell tho

johns (GM): Was that the spell to determine Aura or to cast the InIg?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh that was to cast. im a retard

Kifaaya of Verditius: Any damaged leather around the forge?

johns (GM): Nah

Kifaaya of Verditius: Mkay

No InAn needed then

johns (GM): Okay. Prudenzio, talking to the ashes is a tedious affair, their attention span short and fleeting. Slowly you piece together elements of the room before the fire

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Any damaged dirt?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good thinking

Proclus of Rome: You don't talk to the ashes, you just see what burnt them.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: how did a vase burn

what the

Proclus of Rome: And whenst they were burnt.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: after an hour or more of touching ashes, sighing, and wiping his hands on his face in exasperation, prudenzio comes out looking like ted danson at the friars club.

johns (GM): It was more of an earthenwork jar than a vase, pardon

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could try looking for dead animals in the stable

johns (GM): The fire started inside the room Proclus is standing in.

Proclus of Rome: The most popular kid in Riverdale, Vasehead Jones.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont know if i can pardon that johns

johns (GM): Got any relevant skills for animal finding?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I examine the privy.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Big pile of hay, sparks from an anvil... This could be mundane after all.

Proclus of Rome: I know Whispers Beyond the Black Veil but I assume everyone received a proper burial.

johns (GM): It has burned poo in it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Fascinating."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Not really. Just a cursory inspection for a horse that burned to death.

johns (GM): The stable is abandoned and crumbling.

No dead animals inside.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Alright, I'll watch the other wizards at work for now

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Huh. Set the fire on purpose and escaped on horseback.

Proclus of Rome: This place isn't so badly devastated that they'd leave dead animals to rot this long.

Prudenzio, how long ago WAS the fire?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice music

johns (GM): 2 weeks ago

(From Prudenzio of Flambeau): I don't know, how long ago was this fire?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ok.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll employ some InVi to try and locate the exact location of the infernal aura, that could give us a clue. Base 1, +1 conc, +3 hearing

I'll cast it outside the house and wander around inside listening for the aura

Proclus of Rome: My guess is we're standing in it.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+9+13+3

(

1

)

+9+13+3

=

26

Oh dear

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm not sure of InAn's use for tracking, maybe I can find something

johns (GM): tsk

Prudenzio of Flambeau: rip

johns (GM):

rolling 3d10

(

3

+

6

+

10

)

=

19

Proclus of Rome: Boo.

Archibald of Guernicus: Level 10 effect, it still works

And Johns said the aura was localised

I'm finding out how localised

johns (GM): Did I?

Well,

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it turns out that the infernal aura is weaker in this area

johns (GM): I've added a bit to the town map. The aura is a bit infernal around the workshops/more working class part of town, where the fire has hit hardest.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: because a holy crusader caused the fire. its a diabolist town

johns (GM): It is divine where you expect it to be divine.

Archibald of Guernicus: The poor are infernal. Makes sense.

johns (GM): You pass by various townsfolk in your Intelligoing. Some lounging about in the shade of wrecked houses, some hard at work.

Proclus of Rome: What's the aura around that tree?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Allows the receipant to detect the smell of a specific animal, detecting both the animal itself, and its spoor at a range of up to 25 paces.

(Base 3, +1 Conc, +2 Smell)

johns (GM): It's in the middle of the marketplace, right next to the church, Dominion 3

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I smack the tree with my shovel.

Proclus of Rome: Woah what?

johns (GM): Some townsfolk hurry up to you and yammer at you in Italian

"What the hell are you doing?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

what the hell Malach.

Proclus of Rome: You'd better apologize.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Shalaam."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: in +5 italian i reply, "Checking for demons."

Kifaaya of Verditius: *salaam

Proclus of Rome: Selim.

johns (GM): They make shooing gestures. "Leave us poor folk in peace you troublemakers!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "They know us!"

Proclus of Rome: I can't say I disagree with these humble townsvolk.

I mean townsfolk.

Obviously this is Italy.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I look at them quizzically and continue trying to think of useful spontaneus effects as I poke at the ruins.

Proclus of Rome: NOT germany.

Does ash count as dust?

johns (GM): if it was originally dirt or stone

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could turn myself into an Italian peasant, perhaps

Proclus of Rome: Can you talk to the forge, Malachiasz?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no

i can destroy it though

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go somewhere private and do that

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well

maybe i could spont an effect

I head over to the forge.

johns (GM): A village walks up to Proclus. "What's your business here stranger?"

villager

Kifaaya of Verditius: Make myself a normal peasant showing these travelers around.

johns (GM): what effect makes you peasantish, kifaaya

Proclus of Rome: "Greetings, I am Proclus of Rome, a philosopher."

Kifaaya of Verditius: And Muto Imagem it so I look like I belong here

Proclus of Rome: "I believe that the fire recently caused in this town has no natural cause, but is instead the result of fairy meddling."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok talking to stone is level 30

Kifaaya of Verditius: Disguise of the New Visage

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont think im sponting this

johns (GM): Sick. Kifaaya now looks like a hard working member of the peasantry

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or Aura of the Ennobled Presence

Proclus of Rome: "My colleagues and I are searching the ruins for any proof of this conjecture."

johns (GM): A very noble looking peasant

The villager cocks his head and regards you suspiciously.

Proclus of Rome: Hell we've all seen 'em.

"I'm thinking of writing a book about it."

johns (GM): "If you want to be useful pick up a hammer and get to rebuilding these houses. There's too many layabouts round here as is."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I nod peasantly

Proclus of Rome: "Why have so many people left things as they are?"

"Shouldn't they be laboring to restore their homes?"

johns (GM): "They're lousy bums who'd rather sit and wail about how unfair life is instead of doing something 'bout it"

Proclus of Rome: This makes them smart.

johns (GM): "The Lord smiles on those of us who've been diligent, I aint afraid to say so"

Proclus of Rome: "Oh? How so?"

johns (GM): "Good fortune"

"We're blessed, Proclus of Rome."

Proclus of Rome: "That's wonderful to hear. Prayer is so unfortunately neglected these days."

Thus of now.

Rabble: "Amen brother." He claps his hands together. "Would that you couldve been here when the Bishop was by."

Proclus of Rome: "Did Bishop Savelli visit recently?"

Rabble: "Aye, with his canons. They held mass here not but a week ago and things have been looking up since."

"Take this for instance. Right after the fire, most of the granaries were gone up in smoke, the whole harvest with 'em. The day after the service and me and my wife find a whole stash of grain in a corner of one of the old granaries everyone had forgotten about."

Proclus of Rome: "I have personally heard bad things about the Savellis, but it is good to know that there are some who still hold with God."

Archibald of Guernicus: Proclus never missing a chance to talk shit

Rabble: "Rumors and gossip are the work of bedeviled tongues"

Proclus of Rome: "That's another thing I've heard."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hah

Proclus of Rome: "Have many of your neighbors had similar blessings?"

Rabble: He nods.

Proclus of Rome: "I'm afraid that I'm rather ignorant, but who is the local saint?"

Rabble: "Saint Anthony, of course."

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, of course. Thank you very much."

"Have the lazy been visited with curses, that you know of?"

"Aside from their strange sloth, of course."

Rabble: "I hear them bitching and moaning but I don't put any stock into it. They're just looking for anything to blame but themselves"

Proclus of Rome: "I see, excellent."

"Well, apart from the fire, it seems like things have been occurring exactly as they should."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm not much of a builder but perhaps I can contribute some leather tarps to the reconstruction stockpiles

Rabble: An intriguing prospect, Kifaaya. Who in town would you want to talk to about that?

Kifaaya of Verditius: A tanner would be a potential start, I'm also in the need of a forge companion so tailors or weavers would work too.

Proclus of Rome: I'm sorry to say that finding singles in Italy is quite difficult.

Rabble: qq

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's a professional relationship

Proclus of Rome: I will.

Well sure, that's how many people approach it.

I'm very modern, though.

Kifaaya of Verditius: They can add to your lab total for enchanting in addition to lab assistants

johns (GM): You find a tannery near the north (bottom) edge of the town, locatable by its smell

It's starting to get dark out, so everyone is ending their day of work for evening repast.

Proclus of Rome: Just follow your nose!

Oh we really should have found somewhere to sleep.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Hah

Yeah.

Probably.

Archibald, make us a hut of stone.

Proclus of Rome: I recommend we sleep in the church.

Since we're here by request of Bishop Savelli.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i candai dig is a huole in the ground

Kifaaya of Verditius: Let me see if I even have Italian, I might

Otherwise this could be a very entertaining but brief interaction

johns (GM): haha

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nope. Might be a good idea to spend this adventure's XP on it

Noble peasant comes up to him and starts yammering in Latin

johns (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiDpaM2r72A#t=1m4s

Kifaaya of Verditius: That in reverse, yes

johns (GM): Anyone want to interrogate the Tanner on Kifaaya's behalf?

Archibald of Guernicus: My italian is poor, sadly.

johns (GM): Oh well!

To the church then with Proclus

Proclus of Rome: Huzzah.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Once I comically fail to talk to the tanner, I'll probably try to Creo Animal up a pile of down for me to sleep on in crow form.

johns (GM): The priest is tending to all the priestly things priests do in the evening church

Proclus of Rome: Just sleep in the church!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

I can combine approaches and nest in the belfry

Proclus of Rome: "Greetings, I am Proclus of Rome, here on behalf of Bishop Savelli."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I won't do that since I'm not a bjornaer

Father Carlo: "You are?"

"Then you are his.. what?"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, he has delegated my colleagues and I the investigation of the recent fire."

"We're philosophers, you see."

Father Carlo: "This is the first I'm hearing of this.."

Father Carlo clears his throat

Proclus of Rome: "Oh?"

"He thinks that there may have been foul play involved."

Father Carlo: "Foul play?"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes."

"There was some trouble here 12 years ago, it is possible that it has returned."

"However, my expert opinion is that you are being menaced by an evil faerie."

Archibald of Guernicus: You can be a bird if you want, Bjornaer's are just medieval furries.

Don't let them trick you into thinking only they can do it.

Father Carlo: "Is that so?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye say that about every incident, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, they are always causing dangerous mischief."

"That isn't true, what about those horrible talking cats?"

"I thought they were evil wizards and I was mostly right."

Father Carlo: "I see."

Proclus of Rome: "In any case, we need lodging for the night."

"I don't expect this investigation will take more than a few days."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Meow you're just being pedantic."

Father Carlo: "Ah."

Proclus of Rome: "I shan't acknowledge your English humor."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Ah, he sounds as like a cat, but is also speaking literally! Wonderful!"

Father Carlo: "I do have a spare room I occasionally give to passing scholars.."

"Those who are just passing through briefly, you understand."

Archibald of Guernicus: Felis-itations, fellow scholars

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "That'su s. Brieflay."

Proclus of Rome: "Of course."

Father Carlo: "I am Father Carlo. My home is just on the outskirts of town."

Proclus of Rome: "Now that you mention scholars, I have heard that the local townsfolk have been experiencing miracles since the fire. Do you know anything about that?"

Father Carlo: He stops suddenly.

Proclus of Rome: Uh oh, dragons!

Father Carlo: "Miracle is a strong term, Philosopher..

"It may be possible it is the work of the Divine, but I think many are just more motivated and productive after the Bishop and canons' sermon."

Proclus of Rome: "That is, as they say, the 'word on the street.'"

"A healthy skepticism is important when dealing with layman, I find."

"I apologize for asking this, but did many people die in the fire?"

Father Carlo: "No, thank the Lord. Most got away in time, but they still lost everything they had."

Proclus of Rome: "Has anything like this happened before? Twelve years ago, for instance."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Totally random guess.

Father Carlo: "A fire? No."

"Our council commissions watchmen to make sure these things don't happen."

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

"I'm sure we will be able to get to the bottom of things in no time, then."

"We'll exterminate the fairy haunting this town and be on our way."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Where were these watchmen this time?

Father Carlo: "I don't know."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Interesting."

Father Carlo: The priest's house is a simple place but with an extra room that serves as a study. There's plenty of floor space for cots and mats.

Proclus of Rome: This is a weird room for a church to have.

Oh it's his house.

MY BAD

Father Carlo: "My apologies for the mess. I don't have a servant to tend to things."

Any other business to tend to before turning in for the night

Archibald of Guernicus: "Much obliged for the lodgings, father."

Proclus of Rome: "That's alright, humble lodgings never hurt anyone."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Speak for yourself."

Father Carlo: As you can see it's a mess of papers and random paraphernelia not really standard for a priest

Proclus of Rome: Well that's ok.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Interesting

Proclus of Rome: Everyone needs a hobby.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm very appreciative but I just can't shake the feeling that I'd rather be around more perfumed cushions.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Infernology's a good hobby

Proclus of Rome: He has a pretty large library for a country priest.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'd like to look over his books if he'll let me.

"My mind is far too active to sleep just now. Would you mind if I did some reading?"

Father Carlo: "Knock yourself out."

And he leaves you to it.

Proclus of Rome: I'll just get to sleep.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll join Prudenzio

Father Carlo: His collection includes volumes like, The Bible, The Parish Register, The Missal, Breviary, The City of God, Decretum, De Operationes Daemonum Dialogus, Liber Vitae Meritorum, Ordo Virtutum, Symphone Armoniae Celestriam Revelationum

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i read

Kifaaya of Verditius: Without anything to work on my mind wanders

Malachiasz of Tytalus: uh

i will read decurtun

Father Carlo: It is a summa on Civil and Canon law.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: dectreum

Decretum,

Father Carlo: There's a thin summa here titled "By His Works." It looks like a bunch of incomprehensible gibberish even though it's in Latin.

Proclus of Rome: Shocking stuff.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im going to read the dialogue on the operation of demons

Kifaaya of Verditius: Liber Vitae Meritorum sounds good, I hear the author's female

Archibald of Guernicus: That sounds infernal

Father Carlo: seriously, female authors?

reeks of infernal

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah it does. suspicious.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hildegard of Bingen, the first German mystic, is one of the most influential women in European history. Born in 1098 in Bockelheim on the Nahe River, Hildegard had her first vision at the age of six, a phenomenon she would continue to experience the rest of her life.

Father Carlo: The Daemonum book is a demonology book about the nature of demons and various demons who plague everyday life and so on

Prudenzio of Flambeau: anything about a forge, anvil, or smith-related demon

Proclus of Rome: We should really get a demonology book.

Father Carlo: You flip to the section about Xaphan, forgeman of hell, who stokes the fires that keep hell burning. Has the body of a man and the head of a beast and wields a mighty club.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Any similarities to Hephaestus?

Father Carlo: Nah

Proclus of Rome: Yeah they're both liars.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That could count as shared mythology

Proclus of Rome: You mean history.

Since Hephaestus and Xaphan are both real.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Not all the stories about them are going to be true though

Proclus of Rome: Hopefully Hephaestus is dead, though.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or accurate

Is it legal to scribe something into a book if it isn't true

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Who is going to stop you?

(To Beardbeard): You find a letter tucked into the pages of the Decretum

Proclus of Rome: Most nobles can't even read.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay then

Stands to reason there can be mythology about real people if myths can be inaccurate

Or stories can be

Proclus of Rome: But if the Church thinks you're lying you might be in trouble fifty or sixty years down the line.

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): i opne the ltter

(To Beardbeard): added to your journal

Proclus of Rome: Anyway what's with By His Works?

Does it specify an author?

Kifaaya of Verditius: The second of Hildegard's three books of visions, The Book of the Rewards of Life (Liber Vitae Meritorum) is a study of the human weaknesses that separates us from God.

I'll keep reading this

johns (GM): No author. Some of it describes people performing miraculous effects in the name of God.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What the hell?"

Archibald of Guernicus: We could look into eye witness reports for beast-headed men

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I pull a lteter out of the book and show it to my sodales."

Proclus of Rome: So what makes it nonsense?

Which letter?

johns (GM): You're all accomplished magicians of the greatest Magic that exists, and nothing in this book looks like real magic.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: johns pleaspe lace the letter in the journal forev eryone

johns (GM): The letter cuts off abruptly. No signature or seal on it.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Weird how I'm in this letter.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: Spies huh.

Proclus of Rome: How old is this letter?

johns (GM): From just looking at it? Doesn't look aged

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Unfortunately InHe wouldn't work on the letter, since it would just tell use when the paper was made.

What about on the ink?

johns (GM): Ink is Terram I believe

well it can be different forms, ink is versatile

Aquam will always work on it

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: Terram you say

Kifaaya of Verditius: Pity it's not vellum

Proclus of Rome: We could try using Eyes of the Eons on it.

Archibald of Guernicus emerges onto the scene

johns (GM): It is Vellum

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh

johns (GM): Who uses Paper???

Proclus of Rome: But determining the age of the ink would just tell us when the ink was made.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well same problem as InHe anyway

If it only details the making of the vellum, InAn

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont have eyes of the eons but I can spont it.

Oh.

Proclus of Rome: And since magic can't read, there's no way to know when the words were made.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Level 5: Learn the origin, age, and history of something made of animal products

Proclus of Rome: Sounds perfect.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It's my professional opinion that this letter was made at or after the time we had our conversation with Milo."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Having ink spread across you sounds like history

johns (GM): Agreed

Proclus of Rome: HOWEVER, I recommend you take the letter outside.

And away from prying eyes.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good idea

Proclus of Rome: Unless you have Quiet Casting.

Kifaaya of Verditius: level 5 +1 touch, 30 minutes ceremonial casting

johns (GM): Where do you cast?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll find a secluded corner outside

johns (GM): Ok, out in the fields the aura is 0 at night

Proclus of Rome: Spooky.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling (d10+12+5+5)/2 vs level 10

(

(

2

)

+12+5+5)/2

=

12

I touch the vellum attempting to know about the time ink touched it.

johns (GM): The letter was written about an hour after your meeting with Milo, which was the morning before you arrived in this town.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I will return and relay this information

Archibald of Guernicus: "Were we being spied on?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "That seems to be the same assumption."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I hope this priest doesn't rouse the village for a witch hunt.

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Are you a witch?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ridiculous that we cannae even meet with a sodales without someone dropping in. This isnae a fae, anyway."

Proclus of Rome: "Why not? They can write too."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "We should kill the priest, probably."

johns (GM): better safe than sorry

Archibald of Guernicus: "If this is someone in the order responsible for this, they're getting the damn book thrown at them."

"Spying on a fellow magus. Disgraceful."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I think you should find a heavier book for that."

Proclus of Rome: "Spying isn't illegal, though."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I hand Archibald the Bible.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Proclus of Rome: "I just wish that Father Carlo had told us about this letter."

"After all, we all want the same thing."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I imagine he was less surprised to see us than he acted."

Proclus of Rome: "We can ask him about it in the morning."

Kifaaya of Verditius: After using spontaneous magic I do feel like sleeping now.

johns (GM): Excellent

During the night you are attacked by a member of the Dark Brotherhood

Proclus of Rome: Oh shit!

johns (GM): wait

n/m

You wake up after a fine rest. The morning church bells are rining.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: morrowind sucks

Proclus of Rome: I was sure it would by the Morag Tong.

Oh boy, first mass of the day.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I had a strange nightmare. Something is afoot here."

Proclus of Rome: Let's go!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I slept fine."

johns (GM): Alright, Proclus goes to church

I won't presume the rest of you are in a hurry to go along

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Perhaps there is an infernal aura spilling into the portion of the house you slept in."

Archibald of Guernicus: "A dream?"

"Hmm. If it was magical, I could detect the presence it left behind. Let's go somewhere without this blasted infernal aura."

johns (GM): A good turnout for mass today, you see that villager who you were talking to earlier about blessings and such

Proclus of Rome: No surprises there.

johns (GM): The priest gives a sermon about working together to overcome hardships and such, standard stuff

Proclus of Rome: There's no "sin" in "team."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can't attend a Christian service

johns (GM): lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: No no in Araby

johns (GM): Hi, where's the local Mosque?

Proclus of Rome: Sure you can, just dump your pretend moon god.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: I dislike mass after an 'angel' nailed me to the floor.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's okay, my sabbath was on Friday

Proclus of Rome: Embrace the eternal church.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's go somewhere and see if I can InVi the dream magic

Kifaaya of Verditius: lol

johns (GM): Ok ok. The priest returns to his home after service. You can do whatever you like to investigate today.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh right. Shaun, to let another magus cast on you, you need to lower your parma briefly.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I take the letter and approach the priest.

"Why was this in your book?"

Archibald of Guernicus: This is important as potentially a wizard could just say sure I'll buff you friend, then immediately turn you into a frog.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyway I'm in Italy not Araby and going to Christian service is a local cultural thing

Father Carlo: He looks a little angry. "Were you going through my papers?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes."

Archibald of Guernicus: Do you consent to me using Intellego Vim to see if theres traces of magic on you from some dream spell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You said we could read your books."

Archibald of Guernicus: He DID say that

Proclus of Rome: Uh no it isn't it's an important expression of our faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the power of the LORD.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "It was in one of your books."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: technically this one was a letter enclosed in a book

which i opened

Father Carlo: He looks the letter over.

"I don't know. It's not mine."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, I didn't have a nightmare as part of the adventure, I was joking about the Elder Scrolls ref

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, that's alright then."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sorry I was slow to respond

Father Carlo: "And it doesn't seem to be yours either. Will you please let me have it?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh you

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "No."

Archibald of Guernicus: God damnit

Proclus of Rome: "I don't see why not, Malachiasz."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I put the letter in my pocket.

Proclus of Rome: "After all, it was in his home and we've all read it already."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hm. That is true."

Archibald of Guernicus: When another PC goes 'i had a horrible nightmare!' the immediate assumption is the gm messaged them with a horrible nightmare that is plot important

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I hand him the slightly crumpled letter.

Father Carlo: The priest nods and takes it.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sorry

Malachiasz of Tytalus: why is the aura divine at the harbor but only mostly divine near the church

hmmmm

Archibald of Guernicus: I was actually thinking when you said it that boy, thatd be a great way to derail an adventure

Keep saying IC you have nightmares

Have everyone panic and try to work around them

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hermetic flaw that gives you nightmares that seem like important visions

Proclus of Rome: That's already a flaw.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have the visions flaw, actually.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh

nice

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

Kifaaya of Verditius: Make Perception rolls unprompted

Pretend the GM handed you a note if doing it IRL

Father Carlo passes a note to a player

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hm

Father Carlo: that's my GM macro

for making everyone suspicious

(From Proclus of Rome): Ok I'll kill them all when they're asleep.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is mostly divine meant to imply more divine than just divine, johns

Father Carlo: Okay Proclus

Malachiasz of Tytalus: or is the church less divine than the harbor

Kifaaya of Verditius: More human than human

Father Carlo: The Church is more divine but there's little bits of infernal around a few workshops

Like umm

Proclus of Rome: As you might expect.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Workshops?

Father Carlo: the potters, the bakers, a shuttered tavern

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could do with some time spent among craftspeople

Malachiasz of Tytalus: those workshops werent touched by the fire though, were they?

baker

infernal

baker

infernal

alert

Father Carlo: lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: lmao

Father Carlo: The ones to the top side of town no

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll look for crushed chicks

Father Carlo: Kifaaya you can easily mingle with some craftsfolk. You're also pointed to the various guild masters who run the town at the Town Hall

(From Proclus of Rome): I do want to try and slip away to try and find that peasant I met earlier. I want to find out if the grain he found has any magical effects on it with InVi."

Archibald of Guernicus: We should investigate bonfilia's influence, good idea

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ah, a communal city

I mean, patriarchal

(To Proclus of Rome): Okay, you can track his Granary easily. Can you spont InVi?

(From Proclus of Rome): I'd like to do it when my sodales won't notice.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Err no

Father Carlo: Everyone roll Perception+Awareness

Malachiasz of Tytalus: guild masters, true heroes of the commune

(From Proclus of Rome): Yeah, InVi 16.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10

(

7

)

=

7

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

8

)

+5

=

13

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+4-1

(

6

)

+4-1

=

9

(From Proclus of Rome): Here's the roll.

Father Carlo: Okay, thank you all.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 0

(

9

)

+0

=

9

(From Proclus of Rome): Here's the spont roll.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+5

(

2

)

+3+5

=

10

Proclus of Rome:

(To GM) rolling (1d10! + 6 + 10 + 2 + 11)/2

(

(

8

)

+6+10+2+11)/2

=

18.5

Father Carlo: You notice nothing unusual.

Father Carlo smirks GMishly

Kifaaya of Verditius: Everything is safe

(To Proclus of Rome): Detecting signs of Magic specifically?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: :P

(From Proclus of Rome): Yes.

Archibald of Guernicus: Good rolls, all.

(To Proclus of Rome): You detect nothing

(From Proclus of Rome): Hmm.

Father Carlo: A couple clerks are milling about the town hall and look at your crowd curiously.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's see if we can find something worth investigating. Someone please help me drag the anvil out into a non-infernal aura so I can InVi it for traces of magic.

(From Proclus of Rome): Ok I'll try and show back up.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have 2 strength

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can Muto Terram the anvil

Maybe

Proclus of Rome: Who would enchant an anvil?

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't casting a spell on it make it difficult to detect magic?

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we're looking to find what the source of the fire was

And yeah

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can muto terram for 2 minutes

Or 12 hours

Archibald of Guernicus: I could maybe try and InVi it, shout and scream, and conf it, and get enough to wait no it wouldnt be enough, damnit.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Then it reverts to its previous state

Archibald of Guernicus: I was thinking I could room target to find any magic in the room

We need to find the item to investigate, team

Oh. The furnace.

I wander over to the furnace and shout and scream at it to make it give me its secrets

rolling 1d10!+9+13+3+2

(

5

)

+9+13+3+2

=

32

Father Carlo: What spell is that?

Archibald of Guernicus: Level 15 effect, determine the traces of powerful magic or recent presence of weak magic

Well level 10 base then +1 touch

Father Carlo: Okay, attuned to Magic realm?

Archibald of Guernicus: Magic realm to start, yeah

Father Carlo: You detect Prudenzio's Intelligoing of the ashes but nothing else

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll chat with random people in guild frocks until I find one who can speak Latin or Arabyc

Father Carlo: You come across one!

Proclus of Rome: Lucky.

AFK a sec.

Anton, Master Smith: are you in your natural form or in disguise?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll do the same roll again, but this time attune to... the demonic realm

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll be normal, disguise is more funny than productive

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+27

(

2

)

+27

=

29

God damnit.

Anton, Master Smith: "Salve, madam. Unusual to see an educated woman around here."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll conf that, no reason not to

Malachiasz of Tytalus: master smith huh

(To Archibald of Guernicus): That's enough to detect any traces of Infernal power right?

Proclus of Rome: Ok I'm back.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Yeah. Detect any traces of powerful magic

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It seems so. Me and my associates are philosophers, here to study the fire and the miracles that have resulted in that time."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You detect nothing

Kifaaya of Verditius: *since that time

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Also detects anything still active or whatever

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I hate you Johns. I confed and all!

Anton, Master Smith: "What's a philosopher's interest in it? If you don't mind me asking."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): >:D

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Giving up, then?

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The fire itself was mysterious, and rumor caught our attention all the way from Rome."

(To Kifaaya of Verditius): Roll Per+Folk Ken please

Kifaaya of Verditius:

(To GM) rolling d10

(

10

)

=

10

Kifaaya of Verditius:

(To GM) rolling d10

(

1

)

=

1

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I have one final idea before I start shouting and screaming irl

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+27

(

7

)

+27

=

34

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Divine realm this time

Anton, Master Smith: "Really? It was pretty bad I suppose." You Folk Ken some nervousness in his voice.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Hell yeah

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Nothing

(To Archibald of Guernicus): lol j/k

Proclus of Rome: Good roll.

Archibald of Guernicus: That was for GM eyes only

(To Archibald of Guernicus): What is the target of your spell? Touch, smell, sense, etc.?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I forgot how many GMs this had

Proclus of Rome: It wasn't, he's fibbing.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "How has your trade fared since?"

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Oh, uh, shit. Okay I actually need to conf that to get level 20 total, to get touch.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You can use Taste to save some levels if you don't mind licking stuff

(To Archibald of Guernicus): I'm just curious if you're scoping out the forge specifically or something else

(From Archibald of Guernicus): apparently its whatever im touching so I set it to conc and I wander around touching everything to see what gets a reaction

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I'm not licking the entire forge

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I will conf to not lick the entire forge

Anton, Master Smith: "Horrible.. All our blacksmiths' shops went up in the fire. My best smiths refuse to get to work patching things up.

What did we do to deserve this?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "That is a very good question."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): There are divine effects on the Church, Granaries, and many people

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Oh, that was rhetorical. My apologies."

Proclus of Rome: Owned, Anton.

Archibald of Guernicus: I stride out to meet my sodales

Anton, Master Smith: "Ah, what's to be done... So much to fix and restore and so few free hands to do it."

Proclus of Rome: "Greetings, Archibald."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It seems there is much reluctance to complete repairs."

"Seems like laborers would not be in short supply here either, that harbor is quite the marvel."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I find a lazy peasant and ask why he is so lazy.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): 13th magnitude effect on the people, 6th or 9th level magnitude effects on some warehouses and granaries. non-hermetic ofc

Rabble: "I was going to go to church but then I got drunk"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, that's fine then."

Proclus of Rome: Classic Rabble.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nothing he could do

Anton, Master Smith: "The harbor's a true boon. We get all sorts of trade through here. That offers a bit of hope to me that things will pick up."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "How long did it take to build?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It's non-hermetic. I've discovered the source, but we should discuss it in private. Dinnae know who's listening."

Anton, Master Smith: "Build?"

"I thought it was always there."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Ah, my mistake."

Anton, Master Smith: "Indeed."

Proclus of Rome: "Who could be listening here?"

"Don't be so paranoid.

"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I suppose I should rendezvous with my companions. Thank you for your time."

The harbor might be worth looking at, though I can't really do anything special to analyze it

Archibald of Guernicus: "Whomst could have been listening back with Milo, Proclus?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Maybe Milo sent the letter."

Proclus of Rome: Intelligo Terram.

"Milo, the covenfolk, really anyone."

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we already know that one mage built the harbour

(To Kifaaya of Verditius): It looks pretty unnatural for how far it snakes inland

Archibald of Guernicus: "Put simply, we've been had. There are spells in place on the forge, on the granaries, even on the citizens."

"The origin is... divine."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Intellego Mentem might reveal altered memory

Archibald of Guernicus: "A very powerful effect is on place on the citizens, in fact."

Proclus of Rome: "That seems unlikely, why would the Bishop send us here?"

Archibald of Guernicus: We have someone who's an expert on mentem, isnt that great

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, what is it?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: If only I knew more Intellego.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm not wrong, Proclus. I checked first for magic, nothing. Then for infernal, and nothing."

Kifaaya of Verditius: How's the harbor? Busier than the peasantry who aren't repairing the damage?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Checking for divine magic I found a number of powerful effects."

Proclus of Rome: "I'd be surprised if that was the case."

Anton, Master Smith: There's a lot of fishermen's ships, and a few large trade cogs doing their regular business

Proclus of Rome: "It's possible some spell was cast to obfuscate your detection."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "No, it seems like something God would do."

Proclus of Rome: "Certainly I believe a Tremere or a Flambeau could do it."

Prudenzio of Flambeau shakes his damn head

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hmm, would Verditius Cult Lore have something to say on whether making harbors for mundanes for profit is acceptable?

Proclus of Rome: Code of Hermes, IMO.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, so yer theory is that this minor issue, which we weren't aware of until the bishop told Milo and he told us, is covering up incredibly powerful hermetic or infernal magic by making it appear divine, to fool us."

Kifaaya of Verditius: The Code and Verditius Lore are likely to have a different outlook

johns (GM): Verditius Cult Lore applies more to the history of House Verditius, and the cool Mysteries within.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah you're right

Verditius dealings would be a Code of Hermes specialty if specialties still existed

Proclus of Rome: "Naturally the perpetrator of this fire would know that we would investigate, since we usually do."

"Therefore, it is likely they would try to keep us looking in the wrong place."

Archibald of Guernicus: "In that case, tae what end?"

"This isnae a minor bit of magic. This is multiple, powerful effects."

Proclus of Rome: "Divine magic seems perfect to divert your suspicions, since you're a Quaesitor."

"And a pagan."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nod. "So someone was deeply familiar with our covenant and knew exactly who would search and where."

Proclus of Rome: "It's possible, though the avenues of investigation are pretty clear."

Kifaaya of Verditius: My own knowledge of selling to mundanes is one item or season of work per year, with a profit of 3x the vis invested, the vis you could have extracted that season, and/or 15 MP per vis expected in payment can be substituted

Archibald of Guernicus: "Then why was the letter showing what we were saying found in the priest's house?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: Building a harbor and living off the profit is probably not acceptable under those rules.

Proclus of Rome: "Planted, no doubt."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Planted in a book on law?"

Proclus of Rome: "Why would Father Carlo keep such an incriminating letter where we could find it?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "When he has demonology books?"

Proclus of Rome: "After all, he could have let us sleep somewhere else."

"That isn't so damning as you think."

"After all, you can't hope to resist demons if you don't know about them."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I would think that, if the culprit had enough knowledge to deeply understand Archibald, he would put the letter in the demonology book."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I want a drawing of the harbor for the studio

Archibald of Guernicus: Can you actually make a hermetic spell appear divine?

Proclus of Rome: "He hasn't cracked open a book of Infernal Lore in his life, though."

johns (GM): Magic Theory question

Malachiasz of Tytalus: would whatever bullshit divine stuff prinnydood used in the other campaign do that

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Archibald is as close to a living saint as we have.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Imagem (Vis) perhaps

Proclus of Rome: Except for his total denial of the divinity of Christ.

Creo Vis.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im gonna roll magic theory for the magic theory question

rolling 1d10+8

(

3

)

+8

=

11

johns (GM): hell yeah

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hoorah

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yeah, that's a minor setback

nice.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is there int with that

if so 14

Kifaaya of Verditius: If I can buy a drawing on a piece of vellum I could probably turn it into a drawing of the harbor

Proclus of Rome: Yeah, by drawing on it.

(To Beardbeard): You've heard of "Holy Magic" which professes to align with the Divine. Never seen it though.

Proclus of Rome: You'd use Finesse if you wanted to use a spell to do it.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh right, FInesse

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I have heard of some magic that claims to be divine in nature."

Proclus of Rome: You might be able to Creo it, though.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh? Do tell, Malac."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Nothing but rumors, never actually seen it in action either."

Archibald of Guernicus: an infernal bakery and a god wizard in one adventure. its like hes still with us.

Kifaaya of Verditius: There's a shapeshifting map in Magi of Hermes and it has several prerequisites to make, haha

Proclus of Rome: I mean I don't know why you'd want to make a map of the harbor.

johns (GM): Mapcrew

Kifaaya of Verditius: https://puu.sh/u0uc5/6d6c4453e0.png

Prudenzio of Flambeau: maps are cool, thats enough of a reason, isnt it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "If it's real then it would be very rare, and I can't imagine why a magus with that kind of ability would be burning coastal towns."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't a map of it

I want to capture its likeness as a work of craft

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "They would have to be truly evil, the kind of man that, say, steps on baby animals as a child."

johns (GM): lmfao

Kifaaya of Verditius: And decorate my studio

Archibald of Guernicus: "I can't imagine why any would."

Proclus of Rome: "I don't know why a magus past his gauntlet would bother to spends multiple rooks of vis to cover up a nocturnal visit to a noblewoman but we've seen that happen."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Decorations have a somewhat mechanical bonus but not really, since its +1 to +3 based on how well decorated the GM thinks your studio is

+1 to +3 Aesthetics

johns (GM): Honestly I wish there were more of a mechanical reason to have those weird eccentricities that seem so classicly Wizardish

Archibald of Guernicus: It's for looking cool

johns (GM): As it stands most PCs would regard being a rapist as a waste of valuable lab time

Proclus of Rome: RIP Rope Kid.

Archibald of Guernicus: Rape Kid

Kifaaya of Verditius: Haha

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Well. Most PCs.

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to bring about a new era of wizard rape

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyway as a tailor I probably have some modicum of drawing skill

So I might not need to cast a spell

(From Proclus of Rome): I'd like to use Divine Lore to figure out if its possible to disguise an Infernal effect as a Divine one.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hm. Let me try something."

Proclus of Rome:

(To GM) rolling 1d10 + 7

(

8

)

+7

=

15

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I cast Pit of the Gaping Earth on the threshold of the smith's shop.

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: To test my abilities.

(To Proclus of Rome): A Demon could disguise Infernal Powers as Divine to a Magic sense, yes.

(From Proclus of Rome): Hmm, maybe I shouldn't be trying so hard to sandbag this investigation, in that case.

johns (GM): on the burnt down shop?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

johns (GM): Ok, you blow a big ol' pit in it

Prudenzio of Flambeau: blammo

johns (GM): No one's around to notice you doing it

Proclus of Rome: Uh, don't you have to roll first??!?!?!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I look in the pit.

johns (GM): It's formulaic

There's dirt in it

Kifaaya of Verditius: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Deshima_1852.jpg Drawings of artificial harbors are cool

(To Proclus of Rome): Do whatever you like!

Proclus of Rome: You could botch though, from the infernal aura.

(To Proclus of Rome): the more players are discussing the less I have to do

johns (GM): Not on a formulaic, unstressed roll

Archibald of Guernicus: "..."

"Why?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: who does the kill go to if someone rules lawyers a character to death

Proclus of Rome: The killer.

johns (GM): the Devil's Advocate

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "To test my abilities. Pretty good, I would say."

Proclus of Rome: "What kind of result were you expecting?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, I was hoping for a somewhat deeper pit. I'll have to refine the spell."

johns (GM): Anyway, this seems a good point to ask what if anything you want to keep investigating, and to remind you that Milo asked you to report to Bishop Savelli in a few days

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, we should try to do more with this Mentem effect.

That last time we found an enchanted town the memory magic broke when someone left.

So if we just get someone to leave town their memory might start to come back.

johns (GM): the mentem effects in Montcuq were tied to the gatehouses

of which this town has none

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah the effect is already on em

Oh

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: The church is enchanted

Too

Forgot to mention, oops

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Place is fucked up.

Proclus of Rome: If that's true then why didn't anything happen to us when we were there?

Archibald of Guernicus: There's a big ol enchantment on it, though not as big as the one on the people

We have MR

It might just have no penetration

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

johns (GM): Specifically there was traces of magic there

Proclus of Rome: Seems possibly.

johns (GM): er Divine Power

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah.

Proclus of Rome: What kind of traces, Archibald?

johns (GM): well this is a little tricky so I'll clarify it here so it isn't confusing

Malachiasz of Tytalus: we should have someones companion come here to prove the theory

johns (GM): The effect's target was Room

and it was cast on the people in the Church

Archibald of Guernicus: (From Anton, Master Smith): 13th magnitude effect on the people, 6th or 9th level magnitude effects on some warehouses and granaries. non-hermetic ofc

(From Anton, Master Smith): There are divine effects on the Church, Granaries, and many people

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hedge wizards

Prudenzio of Flambeau: can't be celeste because she has 20 magic resistance but anyone else, sure

Proclus of Rome: Which people?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: how does celeste have 20 magic resistance

johns (GM): The people who were in the chuch at the time the effect was made or cast

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

johns (GM): therefore I'm a little unclear on whether you should detect the magic on the Church or on the people, but I'll say it is on both

Proclus of Rome: That's the clearest way to do it.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: malach she has True Faith and carries around a holy relic

Proclus of Rome: This COULD be the result of saintly veneration, you know.

That sort of thing happens all the time.

It would be pretty normal to do it after such a devastating fire.

More worrying is the bizarre sloth afflicting the townsfolk.

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmmm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

maybe archie should investigate the lazy ones

Archibald of Guernicus: If only there was... some sort of enchantment on them

A divine one, even

Malachiasz of Tytalus: actually

Proclus of Rome: They aren't the ones going to church, though.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the one lazy one i talked to said he never went to church

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

Kifaaya of Verditius: Maybe all the lazy ones are drunk

Or, to be more specific, have consumed a liquid

Archibald of Guernicus: Looks like we need to do even more InVi-ing.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I have an idea."

I briefly lower my parma and step into the church.

Archibald of Guernicus: wait that means checking every single realm of power again

Amazing

Proclus of Rome: Smart move, idiot.

johns (GM): Nothing happens (except for feeling the overwhelming nature of the Divine)

Archibald of Guernicus: whats the matter proclus

Proclus of Rome: That's normal.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Nothing."

Archibald of Guernicus: dont trust the church?

Proclus of Rome: What if there was an invisible necromancer lurking around?

johns (GM): Do you think I'm so unoriginal that I would recycle that

There are  two  invisible necromancers here

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What if the priest is a hedge wizard?"

Proclus of Rome: "Seems unlikely, to me."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I ask a random passerby, "How many people usually showed up to mass before the fire?"

Proclus of Rome: "What would his plan have been?"

Villager: "More than not... And plenty came out to the Bishop's service."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have nae idea about any of it, the only real clue besides this are the two magi who interfered here before."

"One wanted to fill the place with criminals, didn't he?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It doesn't seem as if the entire town is under a malaise, but specific tasks, like repairing the fire damage, seem not to invite volunteers."

"The harbor seemed busy."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oho. So maybe they're focussed exclusively on trade, now."

"We could investigate the harbour."

Proclus of Rome: "Why would a hedge wizard want to keep a bunch of buildings burnt down?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Maybe there's someone looking for something in the area that got burned."

"And wants to drive people away?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nah, I doubt it. I think they wanted people to focus exclusively on the harbour."

Proclus of Rome: "To what end?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Hmm. How recently was that magic used on the church?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Maybe we're looking at this wrong, even. The divine effect might be to counteract the existing effect on the people here."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I do not guess at the why. The smith lamented the sloth of the townspeople when it came to repairing the workshops, however."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It does seem to be overall, to our knowledge, benevolent."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The demand for repairs exists."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Maybe the fire was mundane."

"If they were already enchanted to ignore things like that, think about it. The fire would spread, and no-one works to put it out."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "That seems the most likely."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "This theory seems plausible."

Proclus of Rome: "This is a pretty serious enchantment you're talking about here."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "The question, however, is who? Who stands to gain the most from this?"

"Perhaps one of the town's leaders?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Those who make money from import?"

"When the townspeople needed food, it was given to them by the hand of Allah. Supposedly"

Proclus of Rome: "It's possible they just found it."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I still suspect that the priest is involved. Though unlikely the true culprit."

"Perhaps convinced that more trade would bring more people to the town, and thus more to his church."

Proclus of Rome: "Peasants can be very superstitious. That's why we have churches."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "If the demand for food became too great, import could not keep up."

johns (GM): whoa

blasphemy alert from proclus

Proclus of Rome: Uh what?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: proclus feels god's disappointed frown

and sneezes from the fae attention

Archibald of Guernicus: Don't be silly

God is a high level demon, not a fae.

Proclus of Rome: You need to go to church so you don't believe in pagan superstitions like worshiping trees and so forth.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I think more.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "No inn means fewer mouths to feed that are not permanent residences. Fewer workshops means fewer domestically produced goods."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Actually, the large tree is fairly close to the harbor."

johns (GM): Gonna step in here for a sec, it's almost 30 past the hour. At quarter of, I think we should conclude investigation for the time being and move onto your report to the Bishop.

Proclus of Rome: We could confront Father Carlo.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I think that's a good idea.

He probably has some idea of what happened at the least.

He's clearly involved though probably has good intentions.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I am willing to wrap up my involvement here and get back to my lab.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the question is, do we have any good social people here?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well, more ready than willing

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm ok.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can buff someone's social state

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Neat.

Archibald of Guernicus: Buff Prudenzio, yes

Uh. I have no idea what to conclude now, I have theories but we'd need to chase them up.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay, I'll cast Aura of Ennobled Presence on Prudenzio

Malachiasz of Tytalus: confronting carlo seems like the best way to get any new information

we can see what we get out of that

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

Let's bust his chops. Socially. Good luck Prudenzio.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice. someone's gonna have to back me up because I wasn't entirely here for all of the investigation and got food and probably missed stuff.

Thanks.

Proclus of Rome: Heh heh.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: basically it just seems likely that the priest is involved in whatever happened, going by the letter

Prudenzio of Flambeau: what does aura of ennobled presence do btw

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he probably has good intentions and is being used though

Kifaaya of Verditius: "R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind

The target appears more forceful, authoritative, and believable. Numerous subtle changes in appearance bring about this change,including a slight supernatural llumination of the face, a more erect posture, and a louder and smoother voice. The character gets a +3 on rolls to influence, lead, or convince others.

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

Prudenzio of Flambeau: sweet.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: maybe have archie see if hes under any enchantments, too

other than the divine one that hes no doubt been exposed to

Proclus of Rome: Is that +3 or +5?

Under the new system.

johns (GM): +5

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

I'll make a note of that

Archibald of Guernicus: Prudenzio, there's divine magic cast on the workshops, the church (which affected the people who go there) and on the granaries

The church is the big thing here, that's what you should ask the priest about

Prudenzio of Flambeau: let's hope the gigantic father carlo has some answers.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Uh oh.

Proclus of Rome: Oh no.

Ok start asking questions already!

Prudenzio of Flambeau grabs father carlo's hand and jerks it violently towards himself, shaking it with enthusiasm.

johns (GM): The trump maneuver

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Greetings, my son."

Father Carlo: Sorry I said that

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Great to see you again Father. Just wonderful. I wonder if I could ask you some questions about our investigation."

Father Carlo: "Of course."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: prudenzio would never say that first sentence

Father Carlo: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lmao

Archibald of Guernicus: Yikes. But true.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "We've been turning over the town for information and discovered magic has been cast on many of the buildings. Namely, the workshops, the granaries, and most importantly the Church. It's affecting the people's minds."

Prudenzio of Flambeau stares into the priest's eyes

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You wouldn't know about any of this, would you?"

Father Carlo: "I don't believe a word of it."

Archibald of Guernicus: The granary did have grain magically appear

Remember, highlight the phrase with a contradiction and present evidence to win

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lmao

Prudenzio of Flambeau spends an hour matching every item in his inventory with every statement

Father Carlo: "People have just found goods they thought misplaced is all. Everyone is compelled to search hard for whatever they can."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Who could misplace necessary food stores? This isn't downtown Rome. People know where their supplies are, who goes in and out."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The miracles have not engendered hard work, so I wonder what lesson they serve to teach."

Father Carlo: "I have seen plenty of the parishoners turn to hard work. It is mostly those who do not find time to enjoy sermons that are wallowing in self-pity these days."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I see."

Father Carlo: "I am not a merchant so I can't claim to know how easy or hard it is to misplace things in a warehouse."

Proclus of Rome: Same.

Epic same.

Archibald of Guernicus: "There is an enchantment in place upon them though, this much is a fact."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Am I the only one who's slept with Jews?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Good way to win friends and influence people

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Supplies are a tradesman's bread, logistics his butter. It is with both that one fills their stomach."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Archibald is correct, of course. The existence of these enchantments is not in question."

Father Carlo: "I don't know what you mean by enchantments. Certainly no one has come around here waving a magic wand."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Divine enchantments."

"On this church, in fact."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Enchantment, blessing, curse, however you want to call it. There are magical effects at play."

Father Carlo: "I don't think it so strange. Now just a few weeks ago, I thought I had misplaced my copy of City of God. I looked high and low for it and thought it gone forever. Do you know where it turned out to be? Right on the table in front of me! I had just overlooked it because there was a piece of parchment on it."

"Naturally the Divine is present in this church... ?"

Proclus of Rome: I think you'll need to really hit him with some big evidence.

Like how everyone thinks the harbor is natural.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, I'll let the verditius handle that

Kifaaya of Verditius: Muto Mentam him remembering us showing him the confession he wrote

Malachiasz of Tytalus: archibald should perdo vim the priest

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: It was a high level angel! He begins combat and acts before you. you are nailed to the floor, archibald,

Prudenzio of Flambeau: my perdo vim is mad stronger iirc but i dont want to start yelling at the priest

lol

Proclus of Rome: Well if you don't want to yell at the priest what is your strategy?

Archibald of Guernicus: To coax him into a snafu by making him unable to refute what we say

GOod luck sodales

Wait, couldnt someone use the... debate rules?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: next time i'll play a character who is as retarded as i am instead of playing someone unlike myself

Proclus of Rome: No, this isn't a debate it's just an argument.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh.

Proclus of Rome: What's the issue, Prudenzio?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I like being from a foreign culture so I end up looking exactly as retarded to everyone as I would IRL to people of my own culture

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Changing the subject a bit, what do you know about the harbor's construction?"

Father Carlo: "That is.. mm."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "It's quite marvelous, but even men of craft insist it is natural."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Because it certainly wasn't built by manual labor."

Father Carlo: "No, I suppose it wasn't."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The smith was confounded by even the implication that it was built by labor."

Father Carlo: "If they insist it is natural it is because they don't want to confess how much their booming trade relies on an unnatural construction."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You know something of its origin."

Father Carlo: "I know it is unnatural, possibly the work of 'philosophers' like yourself. But it has brought in trade to this town, and with it people, and with that, many parishoners, so I don't regard it as a bad thing."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Even a man of craft? When a master smith forges a sword, does he say nature clove through armor and hardened flesh and not his great work?"

Proclus of Rome: What's with the quotation marks?!

Father Carlo: "Uh.. I don't know. Those Guildsfolk have their own ways."

"Rest at ease children, if the harbor were a problem I'm sure Bishop Savelli would have made an issue of it."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Father, there's nothing wrong with wanting to see the town improved and grow in ways it never could have otherwise. But do you think the people you're working with have such noble intentions?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "It would be wrong for him to challenge the word of his bishop I think. This isn't my field, of course."

Father Carlo: "The people I'm working with? I don't follow."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "That letter didn't find its way into your books by chance."

Father Carlo: "Perhaps one of the people staying in the room before you left it."

Proclus of Rome: ??? ?

devil's fav demon: "We never saw anyone leave and the letter contains details of conversations we had."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i said that.

Proclus of Rome: We also know exactly how old it is.

It was written half a day before we arrived here.

Father Carlo: "The Bishop was there last week, his canons and the novice a few days more, and Joseph left last morning."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Where did Joseph leave towards?"

Father Carlo: "I believe he said he was visiting the University in Naples."

Proclus of Rome: .em gasps Romanishly.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Did he happen to leave anything behind? Personal effects, writings, things of that nature?"

Proclus of Rome gasps Romanishly.

Father Carlo: "Not that I recall, sorry."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: We may be able to use the letter to track him down, with all our powerful intelligo corpus magic.

ha ha.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll invent that soon, honest.

Proclus of Rome: Here's the real question, who the heck is Joseph?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: No idea, but he seems like a real dick.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i doubt joseph could even be the one to have written the letter

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yeah. I'm grasping at straws.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: unless hes a hedge wizard, but i think milo would notice a hedge wizard's scrying

in his own house

Father Carlo: imagine an untrustworthy hedge wizard with a penchant for scrying in your own house

Proclus of Rome: I cannot.

Archibald of Guernicus: I am stumped and stonewalled by this priest.

Proclus of Rome: It's possible he doesn't know anything, after all.

Archibald of Guernicus: Prudenzio, use your natural rapist charms to convince him to spill the beans

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Father, you can only try to throw us off so much. I know that you are a righteous man of God who simply wants to see your people happy and prosperous. But the people you're working with clearly do not."

Archibald of Guernicus: Well he's denying the magical effects pretty heavily, while simultaneously going oh, the magic harbour? Yeah some wizards did that but I accept and am fine with this.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "If they would burn down the homes and workshops of your people, what else will they do next? And how many won't be fortunate enough to escape?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Archibald, start beating him up and breaking his fingers and after we get the info I'll mindwipe him. This is a completely acceptable act to perform in a church.

Proclus of Rome: Were he innocent, how would he know anything about magical effects anywhere?

I must protest, that would be very savage.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think he'd be horrified to hear about them

Father Carlo: "Sorry, if you are implying I have something to do with this fire you are truly lost."

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont think hed deny them and smugly go ah, but you see, I dont believe you

Unless he knows something

Proclus of Rome: I mean, he only has our word for it.

Archibald of Guernicus: i wonder if anyone has folk ken

Proclus of Rome: No reason for him to believe it.

I do.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i have 5 folk ken

Proclus of Rome: Same.

Epic same.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have... 2

Proclus of Rome: You're such a bad quaesitor!

Archibald of Guernicus: Spending xp on abilities would have slowed my progress in the art of Vim

Malachiasz of Tytalus: kifaaya had good folk ken maybe?

kifaaya use your skills on the npc to achieve plot progress

Kifaaya of Verditius: I got lucky

Malachiasz of Tytalus: anyone use your skills on the npc

Kifaaya of Verditius: On a +0 roll

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

rolling 1d10 + 5 Folk Ken

(

4

)

+5

=

9

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can attempt to have that good luck again

rolling d10!

(

6

)

=

6

Sorry

Proclus of Rome: I assume this is a non-stressed roll.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+2

(

4

)

+3+2

=

9

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10

(

8

)

=

8

Archibald of Guernicus: Amazing. That right there is why we're the best.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+5+3 folk ken + comm

(

8

)

+5+3

=

16

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh shit

He bout to do it

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): He's being honest.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh no, now prudenzio has proved how useful it is to have him on adventures

Father Carlo: women, lock your doors

and get an aegis

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I'm afraid Father Carlo has been open and honest with us. I apologize for my doubt."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well, please keep in mind what we said. We are telling ye the truth."

"There was an effect cast in this very church."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I maintain confidence in my theories. This man is clearly a very clever liar.

Father Carlo: You can't Folk Ken the Devil.

Just saying.

Archibald of Guernicus: Did that InVi reveal how long ago the effect happened

Proclus of Rome: Even though demons have Guile stats for some reason.

Father Carlo: good question, let me check real quick

Ok. It looks like it takes a few extra magnitudes to get deets on effects. The effect on the Church/Granary are too faded for you to pull out, but many people in town are under a still existing effect that began a week ago.

The effect is 13th magnitude so it only needs Base 1 InVi to pick up.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: jesus

Proclus of Rome: That's a heavy effect.

Archibald of Guernicus: A week ago eh. Didnt the other guy come around a week ago

cavolli

Father Carlo: Canolli

mmm

Kifaaya of Verditius: mmm

Archibald of Guernicus: When was the fire?

Proclus of Rome: Bishop Gabbagool.

Father Carlo: 2 weeks ago

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

There may still be some sort of effect making people lazy

And bishop macaroni just overwrote it with a divine effect

Malachiasz of Tytalus: so

i guess go deliver the report?

Father Carlo: Sure!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah, sure.

Father Carlo: Time for debriefing troubleshooters

Archibald of Guernicus: Well

Hm

Proclus of Rome: I accuse everyone of being a Communist.

Kifaaya of Verditius: He could be being honest about the church curing laziness

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it seems like he is

Archibald of Guernicus: The laziness is weird though

Malachiasz of Tytalus: since again the lazy peasant i found was a drunk who probably does not attend church

though he is also a drunk

Archibald of Guernicus: Like ultimately we havent

solved anything

we're going to go okay

Proclus of Rome: Sure we have.

The fire was an accident.

Archibald of Guernicus: we discovered that you cast a spell

and he says ah okay

i did

what else?

and we go

Father Carlo: Here's the good news:

Archibald of Guernicus: uh thats it

Father Carlo: You can still investigate in the background

And some more stuff might happen later

the real test is, what can you tell the Bishop

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i kind of want to talk to joseph but hes in naples and also probably doesnt have any connection to this

Archibald of Guernicus: I might start inventing those unique guernicus spells to detect stuff like wizards sigils

Prudenzio of Flambeau: time to Lie To The Bishop

johns (GM): have you ever played paranoia

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i have

Prudenzio of Flambeau: no

Proclus of Rome: Just tell him that the fire was a regular accident.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: however

i have the indiscreet flaw

johns (GM): lol

Proclus of Rome: It's the truth and should put his mind at ease.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: should i sit outside of the debriefing

Kifaaya of Verditius: I return to the tomb to craft magic items

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I want to, though, it sounds fun if you're not running a game with gbs-type people

johns (GM): Agreed

Kifaaya of Verditius: I want vis shop items!

Proclus of Rome: Every Badgame RPG I've ever played has had plenty of people killing each other.

johns (GM): Ah shit I forgot to roll for Proclus murdering everyone in their sleep

maybe next time

Proclus of Rome: Oops!

johns (GM): Who wants to meet the Bishop?

Archibald of Guernicus: I played Paranoia with beardbeard and we ended in a total party wipe

Proclus of Rome: I will.

Archibald of Guernicus: Because we all killed each other

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Sure, I'll stick around

Kifaaya of Verditius: I've spent enough time out of my brand new laboratory

Prudenzio of Flambeau: sounds like a good time

Archibald of Guernicus: The last dying man shooting the guy who didnt attack anyone, because he could

Kifaaya of Verditius: I will return to it and being work on the Bosom Bolstering Bodice.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: killing each other on the train back ftw

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the only thing i know about paranoia is that the one extremely min maxed 3.5 character who won the d&d tournament was a paranoia ref

Proclus of Rome: I don't know anything about Paranoia.

(From Proclus of Rome): I shoot Prudenzio in the back with my laser, expending 12 Perversity Points.

Archibald of Guernicus: It's a rules light system where the GM lies to you and encourages you to kill and undermine other players.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

johns (GM): The Cathedral is a very fine and wealthy construct on the Appian way.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its something you play for a couple sessions every now and then

i found it fun

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

Very fine.

johns (GM): A church warden shows Proclus and Prudenzio to the Bishop's office. The aura is powerfully Dominion.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I like the idea of dystopian troubleshooters but I'd rather the system be like GURPS or something

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I go with them.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Where you can stat out cool gadgets

Proclus of Rome: I'm in awe of the power of God.

johns (GM): Pit wizard in attendance too.

Bishop Savelli: "You are the associates of Milo's, I take it?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont like churches and have the blatant gift. Good luck.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll be a bodyguard grog if we have stats for those

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes."

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, Father."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Sure."

Bishop Savelli: Plenty of grogs to pick from

Proclus of Rome: "I am pleased to announce that the fire was an accident."

Bishop Savelli: You can pick: Delusional, Fat, Hungarian, Lombardian, Insane, Medic

Mercenary: I see

Bishop Savelli: The Bishop steeples his hands.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the mercenaries are all dead

Bishop Savelli: "You are certain?"

Proclus of Rome: "A spark from a forge landed in some straw and started the entire blaze."

Covenfolk: Ok

Proclus of Rome: "You did an excellent job helping the town recover, Father."

Bishop Savelli: "I only offer my prayers, son. Those in the town are the ones who did the work."

"It is a bit strange to me, that the fire would spread so far. There is a night watch to catch these hazards, and the council was supposed to set up plans for a fire."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "No one in the town seemed able to account for the whereabouts of the night watch. Suspicious, I think."

Muttley: Are dogs allowed in this sacred place?

Bishop Savelli: probably not

also muttley is probably dead by now lol

Proclus of Rome: That dog has been on a pilgrimage.

Muttley: I'll find something eventually

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i recommend napolino

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Don Bluth films are not an accurate source for 14th century religious law.

Napolino: Good recommendation

Bishop Savelli: "I understand some members of your order have interfered in the town's affairs before."

".. I'm sure you noticed that harbor, for instance."

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, that is where I believe the strange complacency comes from."

"However, that was many years ago and the culprits have already been punished."

Bishop Savelli: "I am glad to hear it."

Proclus of Rome: "As far as remedies go, I recommend more church. It is perfect for removing mental magic, clearly."

"No one who regularly attended services was afflicted with unnatural sloth."

Napolino stands vigil over his magi charges, idly contemplating second lunch.

Bishop Savelli: "Mental magic.. ?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hm

rolling 1d10!+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, that is what we believe to be the cause of the sloth."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ohh

"Aye, it seems that there is some sort of powerful effect on the people. We think it causes them to ignore anything not related to the harbor."

Proclus of Rome: "But, as we said, this goes away if they attend church regularly."

Bishop Savelli: "Someone is propelling members of the town to sin?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "In fact, we even noticed areas of infernal influence in the town, especially around the fire."

Proclus of Rome: "So, in a certain respect, they have no one to blame but themselves."

Bishop Savelli: "Indeed."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rey-mysteriojr.jpg?w=471&strip=all

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Oh, and there appears to still be an active saboteur in the town. We found a letter that documented a conversation we had with Milo, written on the same day."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: wrong chat. whoops.

sorry.

Bishop Savelli: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Bishop Savelli: "A letter?"

Proclus of Rome: For you.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I smile, happy that I could provide information.

"Yes, with the exact words of our conversation. No names attributed to the speakers, just numbers. It was tucked away in one of Father Carlo's books."

Bishop Savelli: "Mmm."

He stands. "Thank you for your report, gentlemen."

Proclus of Rome: "It is our pleasure to serve."

Bishop Savelli: The interview abruptly ends.

Goongrats all! 8 adventure XP.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: huh!

Thanks, Bishop.

Napolino: What was the adventure XP for last week?

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, if it is a divine problem, that's not on us. I want to follow up the investigation later though, something is off. I think the harbour-wizard is involved.

Proclus of Rome: Sounds like you should spend time more talking with Milo.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll give him MY report

The not god-botherer one

Bishop Savelli: What do you tell him (or if you want to save time, what do you hold back?)

Proclus of Rome: God is never bothered by prayer.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll be open about everything I found, though keep my own speculations to myself.

After all, this is a fellow quaesitor. He can't possibly be corrupt.

Bishop Savelli: (( artwork of Magvillus to be inserted at a later date ))

Proclus of Rome: What speculations?

Milo of Guernicus: "Someone spied on us??"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, plain as day written down."

what language was it written in btw

Milo of Guernicus: Latin

"The letter, do you still have it?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "No, they handed it right back to the priest, unfortunately. We determined it was written an hour after we spoke, though."

Milo of Guernicus: "Who could... rngh."

"I need to you get on top of this, Archie my boy."

Archibald of Guernicus: "They didn't seem to know our names, used numbers to denote speakers."

"However they knew about this meeting in advance and were waiting, that much is certain."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: durgans battery ftw

Archibald of Guernicus: "The others there, are any of them suspicious?"

"Might be the best place to start, as unfortunate as it sounds."

Milo of Guernicus: "My covenfolk? No. Perfectly trustworthy. And none of them left my side after the meeting anyway."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Who was aware of the issue being raised?"

Milo of Guernicus: "Myself, my covenfolk, the Bishop... I came to you right after I spoke to the Bishop."

"And you lot."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Given the divine magic in place that coincided with his last visit, there's definitely something fishy going on from the bishop."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets kill a bishop

Archibald of Guernicus: "But the effect on the populace did seem benign, even benevolent. As much as I hate tae suggest this, he might have spied on us tae see we were actually looking into it."

Milo of Guernicus: lets kill a bishop

new thread title

Archibald of Guernicus: "Given the letter being sent tae the priest."

Milo of Guernicus: "There's nothing benevolent about being spied on."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, that much is true. I more meant to suggest that the spy and the culprit of what's going on in the town might be unrelated, if the bishop was behind the spying."

"The people there are unnaturally lazy, a good chance of meddling going on."

"Might be the fire was them being too lazy to put it out, so it spread."

Milo of Guernicus: He contemplates

"Keep an eye on it."

Archibald of Guernicus: Looking forward to finding out what demon is behind this

Milo of Guernicus: (it's proclus)

Archibald of Guernicus: Damn

Proclus of Rome: There is NO PROOF that I am a demon.

johns (GM): there's no proof you're not

Proclus of Rome: Sure there is.

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to an anti-proclus expert, and a demonologist. I know just the baker.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Proclus of Rome: For example, I can go to mass and take communion.

johns (GM): So, its up to you what (if anything) you want to keep rolling in the background

Next week! Murder and mayhem.

Proclus of Rome: I think we should help clean up the damage from the fire, since the Order of Hermes is partially responsible.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: archibald, would you like to trade lab texts for the summer of 1331

Proclus of Rome: What kind of spell is it to destroy burnt wood?

PeHe?

johns (GM): Yes

Napolino: I'll make my own grog so I don't get beloved fat grog killed

johns (GM): Grogs exist to be murdered

Even Napolino

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i got my favorite grog killed

you should aspire to do the same

Archibald of Guernicus: Which one were you offering? I can trade you a foil Archibald's Unwelcome Entrance

Napolino: Okay

Malachiasz of Tytalus: alright, ive got a holo Wizard's Disarming Shout

Archibald of Guernicus: Ooh, that was the group one right

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: Molto bene

I'll take it

johns (GM): I got my companion killed and my favorite grog killed

Archibald of Guernicus: Terram runs deep

johns (GM): well actually someone else got my favorite grog killed. my second favorite is still around and still insane though

Malachiasz of Tytalus: now johns, you werent at fault for ferris's death

Endrite: Everyone is so good at Terram here.

Napolino: By the end of fall I should have this on display in my studio https://github.com/Shauncat/ars-badgame-2-shaun/blob/master/EnchantedItems.md#bosom-bolstering-bodice

johns (GM): lmao

noice

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice, give it to celeste

Endrite: What are you, German?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Maybe my venditores is

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice, give it to celeste

johns (GM): shaun id gladly make a venditore companion char for you if I didn't already have a companion concept in mind

Let's make Voda your Venditore

Prudenzio of Flambeau: damn that girl who smells like piss is sexy as hell....

Endrite: He's very flexible.

So he could do that.

The one issue is that I haven't updated him in a year.

Real time.

He might be dead!

Ha ha ha ha, he loves that one.

johns (GM): he already is dead

lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: F

Endrite: He died like 5 years before he joined the covenant, it's fine.

Archibald of Guernicus: These things happen.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't have a venditore concept in mind

So if you roll one up I'll go with it

You can go a lot of directions with them, they sell one magic item a year and then lounge about your laboratory

Oh right, it's Voda, the undead venditore. Perfect!

Endrite: He isn't undead.

He's just dead.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't have to understand the magicla theory behind him being ambulatory

Endrite: His a Viaticarus.

That means that he was on death's door and received the Last Rites, but then didn't die.

Kifaaya of Verditius: He sounds cool

Endrite: He recovered, but he is legally dead so he can't own property or attend any Church service.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hah

Kifaaya of Verditius: "cool"

Endrite: He's pretty upset about it, since that means he can't absolve any of his sins.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: you'd think it would be easy to prove that he's actually alive.

Endrite: It's even easier to prove he isn't.

It's in the church rolls and everything.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does he burst into flame if he enters a church

Endrite: No.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Zita's bird transforming item will be next

Endrite: However, he can't enter any building that has ANY kind of ward protecting it, even a horseshoe over the door.

Archibald of Guernicus: Nice way to keep him out.

In, rather

Endrite: Grogs and other covenfolk are legally property of the covenant so it isn't too big a problem.

Well if he's in a building nothing is stopping him from leaving.

Archibald of Guernicus: Hang horseshoes around the studio so he cant leave it

Endrite: I mean I guess you could brick him up.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't want to keep him in because the point of a venditore is so I don't have to socialize to sell stuff

Keeping him out is tempting though

But if he can't lounge around my studio and live the high life he doesn't have much reward for going the extra mile.

Endrite: He does.

He's really interested in hanging around wizards in case they can help him cheat death.

Archibald of Guernicus: http://i.imgur.com/tDmLsVl.png

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could research an item

Endrite: Since he is otherwise headed straight for Hell on the terrible weight of his sins.

johns (GM): malach can send him to hell much quicker

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll see about a Corpus hat that'll help him

Malachiasz of Tytalus: not yet i cant

i need to improve my lab

Endrite: Well, the best way to do it would be to transform him into a creature with Might.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: some day, though, i will be able to sink avignon into hell

Endrite: Magic Might is the obvious one.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: someone teach me muto.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

I have 16 Muto and Good Teacher

johns (GM): do we lack muto books

oh that's good

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Score

johns (GM): good teacher is a great virtue for other people

Endrite: Heh heh heh.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm available in Winter

Malachiasz of Tytalus: yeah lemme just spend these seasons on helping other people

durr

johns (GM): Help them... into a grave!!!!!

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm helping the Pope into Hell

Endrite: Speaking of, Jeanne de Ys is open for tutoring.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excellent kifaaya

Kifaaya of Verditius: Allahu ackbar

johns (GM): Yeah go learn some Potions

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you can help me with my studies

Endrite: Mostly this is for companions.

Since wizards would be wasting their time learning to make Theriacs.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if malach dies or the campaign ends without me sending avignon or at least the pope into hell i will consider it a failure

johns (GM): Theriacs are cool

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to all co-operate to invent the ritual to sink the pope into hell.

johns (GM): You can make theriacs that restore fatigue which is important to spont casting and cheating at Certamen

Endrite: Avignon is already Hell.

So good job!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: can mythic alchemy be used to make theriacs

Archibald of Guernicus: :weebay:

Endrite: It's a waste of Mythic Alchemy.

johns (GM): I thought Mythic Herbalism was the equivalent for theriacs

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i think it is

im not sure!

Endrite: You just need Apothecary and Medicine.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: that reminds me though that i should see about making stuff with my herbalism

Endrite: Both are perfectly mundane skills.

I MEAN ABILITIES!!!!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: if i get mythic herbalism high enough i can keep someone from dying of aging forever

Endrite: Why not just go the extra mile and create an Immortality potion?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Oh, word?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: why would i do that. an immortality potion doesnt indebt them to me

Kifaaya of Verditius: If Kifaaya teachers Malach in Winter, that's 3 Communication for 19 total Quality

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont want your teaching

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

johns (GM): its cool there are so many good ways to cheat death and none of them are Hermetic, and yet Hermestards still want to pretend they're the best

Endrite: Woah.

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita has unaging so if you can cure her decrepitude from building up, she becomes functionally immortal.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont even know what malach spent his winter on

Endrite: Probably the best one is to not cheat death and instead go to Heaven.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it was either refining his lab or learning magic theory

Endrite: By accepting the gift of eternal life from Jesus Christ.

johns (GM): Hah! Gayyyyyy

Archibald of Guernicus: Why take it as a gift, when you can earn it with your own two hands?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll probably read a Magic Theory book this winter then

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I wanted teaching over the winter.

Archibald of Guernicus: And propel this campaign into the modern era

Prudenzio of Flambeau: It was me, not Malach.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: could vado be absolved of sin by having a priest come to him

Endrite: It's already the modern era.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh that's right

Endrite: No.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sorry

Okay that;s 19Q Muto, +6 if no one else shows up for class

Archibald of Guernicus: thats a lotta muto!

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, one student only for arts

Endrite: He can't participate in any of the sacraments.

Since they're for the living only.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: hell yes.

thats good muto

now ill be able to fuck with people's bodies without just killing them or giving them leprosy or whatever. nice.

Endrite: Ok see you next week.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Teaching sucks but it'll be good to have some Muto Mentam here

Maybe I should write a Muto book instead