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c'thinker (GM): salv

Endrite (GM): Salve.

johns (GM): im working out some stuff with dys atm

we can just discuss it here instead of steam

c'thinker: TODAY'S NO-GOOD YOUTH: Ave.

johns (GM): if the quality of the polemic is 6, the prevailing wisdom of a tribunal is 9 so that's -3 argument strength

Endrite (GM): Gasp!

johns (GM): if lavinia writes an apologia of Q14 (+2 comm, +3 scribes bonus, +3 good teacher) thats +5 argument strength

a net of +2, which lets you buy

+1 to your argument

that's +1 to all attack and defense rolls so it's not as pointless as it sounds

Shauncat (GM): Could we hire a scribe to transcribe the trial and make a tract on rhetoric from it?

Archibald of Guernicus: Would distributing a polemic really lower your argument strength. Or rather, if it does, is there any concievable reason to do it?

Endrite (GM): Rhetoric isn't really an ability.

Shauncat (GM): I mean Artes Liberales

devil's fav demon (GM): Im going to have a hard time being present consistently on my phone but ill be checking in. I'm sorry all.

Shauncat (GM): spec in Rhetoric

Rhetoric would be the fluff of the Artes Liberales tract

Endrite (GM): I'd say it's probably tough to get transcriptions done anywhere.

johns (GM): I think not, dys

in addition it's two seasons for lavinia to write the apologia since she'd have to first read archibald's tract and then reply to it

Shauncat (GM): You can have your lectures written down

johns (GM): I think Lavinia could just write the Polemic and Archibald spend a season reading it, then argue on its behalf in the debate?

Shauncat (GM): I should learn these rules myself

johns (GM): or actually I assume whoever writes the polemic has to argue

I take that back. it could go either way

c'thinker: what does archibald think about hedge mages now that all of his sodales are hedge mages

Archibald of Guernicus: It seems a bit awkward overall to pull off unless a single character was already very socially specced to begin with.

johns (GM): yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: I assumed there'd be ways to co-operate on matters like this

johns (GM): that's what the polemic debate thing is for I guess

because apologia is how magi cooperate

its just that your starting polemic is so low it doesnt seem worth it

Okay, I suppose we'll table the issue until Archibald can magic himself up better Comm

Archibald of Guernicus: i think the real problem is that i didnt know about these rules until close to tribunal and didnt realise just how fucked i was.

johns (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: i thought it was something that'd be handled the same way debates of ye olde were, just ic roleplaying stuff

devil's fav demon (GM): Lol.

Archibald of Guernicus: but then oops there actually is a system for it, and its pretty solid

but not so good for a -3 communication autist

johns (GM): gahah

Endrite (GM): Well, this is what happens when you have bad communication stats and abilities.

johns (GM): We could also go back to the old route of you having to peddle favors and blackmail

Archibald of Guernicus: Didn't Severin just ask us for a favour, this very tribunal?

Good start, there

johns (GM): Oh hoh

That's right Endrite. Can we say we'll support Severin's motion if he also proposes and backs Archibald's sanctum ploan?

also I just realized that with lodewig gone lavinia no longer has a partner to help her use magic to brainwash severin into our slave. fuck!

devil's fav demon (GM): This was your plan from the beginning I thought.

Endrite (GM): You can do that, but Severin can't vote at Tribunal, as he does not have a covenant.

c'thinker: i need two dozen potions of mind control. dont ask why.

devil's fav demon (GM): Before you ruined relations with severin by attacking his familiar

Endrite (GM): The request came after that.

Archibald of Guernicus: Vulcanal owes us as I see it, we were right behind them all the way in their very covenant coming into existence. Luctatio might get on board in order to shake things up, but otoh might say no just to be Chaotic Neutral, as the founder would have wanted.

Endrite (GM): So presumably he has forgiven you.

devil's fav demon (GM): I guess.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Looking at potential allies, one a Quaesitor, one a naive waif who can't keep a secret: "Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Endrite (GM): You did pay him back right?

Boy R.: lol I forgot all about that scheme

c'thinker: you should put your proposal forward after gulielmus's trial, so it doesnt detract from your credibility

Archibald of Guernicus: Cheer up dude, we've got a fresh batch of magi with Indiscreet (Major), Compulsion (Must ruin schemes at all times),

c'thinker: Reputation: Diedne 10

johns (GM): As I see it the current arrangement of patrons/clients instead of remote sanctums is beneficial to most because it gives them clients they can use to their advantage. one remote sanctums are allowed those clients will want to be full fledged covenant members with all rights accorded

c'thinker: ok get this:

magus with Enemies: House Tremere and Infamous (Diedne Magus), but he isnt actually a diedne

devil's fav demon (GM): That's good

Archibald of Guernicus: ah, I forgot about the client system

johns (GM): Diende Magus with inability to spont cast

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Boy R.: how does the client system work? you just have to be a nominal member of a recognized cov?

johns (GM): We have a client of our own, Jeanne d'Ys, we just never press her to help us out

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea sweats

devil's fav demon (GM): Reputation diedne magus but he's actually a verditius

Archibald of Guernicus: Go on Diedne. Spont a spell.

Boy R.: casting tools; human sacrifice

johns (GM): so the clients are not members of covenants, they're basically vagrants

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: why do you think gulielmus's potions are so strong.

Archibald of Guernicus: Verditius can spont just fine, they just can't cast formulaic magic without carrying around a bag of goofy objects.

johns (GM): But since they have a covenant as a Patron they don't get chased out of the Roman tribunal for vagrancy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they spont poorly

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah, so their labs aren't legally sanctums

Boy R.: nice

i guess gnomon and euphemia should have had patrons!

perhaps they do, who knows

johns (GM): not too late to retcon

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets slay them

Archibald of Guernicus: It seems like a diatribe against the patron/client system would be good with all this

johns (GM): They were close to the Tremere covenant

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they were acting against the law so the oath of cyprian doesnt apply

Endrite (GM): Euphemia is probably a vagrant of some kind since she's only been in Italy for a year.

Boy R.: ok gnomon was a client of potestas and she's a vagrant

johns (GM): Nice.

johns (GM) notes "tremere harboring ANOTHER infernal cultist"

Endrite (GM): I guess there's only one kind of vagrant.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's time to sunder house tremere again

johns (GM): Then the tentative plan should be: We ask Severin to sponsor Archibald's sanctum plans next tribunal in exchange for us helping him this trubnal. Archibald will try to become a better arguer in the meantime.

Then for today the main issues are just Guillieme and Zita

work for you dys?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should ask our good friend tasso for help

Endrite (GM): Is he friends with the covenant?

Tasso Agricola:  assorted Eys and Ohs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Yes.

Endrite (GM): I mean I assume no one knows that Bialas is dead yet.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we complimented his farm

johns (GM): I don't remember if Tasso actually liked Bialas

Endrite (GM): Half the magi of Vardia's Tomb dying is definitely something we should keep under our hat.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think tasso liked bialas, and bialas did not like tasso

devil's fav demon (GM): He thought bialas was an idiot but not a bad guy

Boy R.: I was trying to decide whether Lodewig should swing by the tribunal to vent and gossip but I figured it wouldn't be appreciated

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh.

johns (GM): Unresolved was that Bialas was a hardcore Harmonist which offended a lot of Bjoarner

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, bialas definitely expressed some contempt for tasso

devil's fav demon (GM): Yeah bialas was an asshole.

johns (GM): RIP..

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's turn to our friends, uhhhhh

Archibald of Guernicus: Gulielmus and Zita, yeah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea 's eyes flicker over the evil covenant, the other evil covenant, the ultimate rapist covenant,

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: enki and kifaaya

Boy R.: hang on, these are just various different entrances to vardian's tomb

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll lend Gulielmus a hand in his trial and advocate for his defence. More to reduce his sentence, he's guilty and he won't get out of it, but he had good reasons to justify it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my plan is to confess.

devil's fav demon (GM): Uh oh.

johns (GM): Shauncat, who of your PCs is here?

Archibald of Guernicus: That's a good plan, overall, because everyone knows all the shit you did already

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: have we ever talked to zayd

Endrite (GM): There's nothing to say.

Archibald of Guernicus: No-one does

Endrite (GM): He isn't even a magus.

johns (GM): Oh thanks for reminding me, before the melt down Venator gave you 3 letters to pass out, remember?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ah.

poor guy.

Archibald of Guernicus: I remember. One for Tolas, can't remember the other 2

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zayd, aurora (?)

johns (GM): Right.

Alright let me set this up proper then.

Zita, Gulielmus, and ???, with servants in tow, make an exit from Vardian's Tomb headed north to Venice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: where's lavinia

johns (GM): One of the servants apprehensively asks, "What happened? I heard crashing and banging and yelling"

who knows

Zita of Mercere: "Boy, this tribunal's going to be awkward."

Endrite: Wait, is Zayd still alive?

Zita of Mercere: "Good luck in your high crimes case, Gulielmus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Fortasse."

Endrite: I figure he'd be pretty old by now!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wiktionary assures me thats latin for maybe.

johns (GM) adds a Touch of Gray to his token

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zayd is the d&d guy but with a moustache

"Ah. Thanks."

Tanolfi knows better than to ask about arguments among the magi

Tanolfi: I'm the kind of grog who would come on expeditions like this, probably

Voda: I'm still at the ruins, probably.

Tanolfi: why? everyone else went home

Venator ex Misc: The day of the huge holes in the floor Venator tells the covenfolk not to enter the catacombs anymore, restricting them to the Inn

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I will testify to Zita's good character if needed

Voda: Someone needed to make sure that the two magi got back safely after teleporting all around the joint.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia's probably out collecting mail to be taken to Tribunal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does that include the cool covenfolk, like derfel

johns (GM): All the covenfolk who can be kept out with ReCo spells.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hes got 10 mr.

Zita of Mercere: Sounds like Venator's gonna need a bigger ward

ReAn ward to keep out PCs

johns (GM): The 1 Redcap and 2 Magi out of the original (counts on finger) 8 people expected arrive at Vardian Tomb's chapterhouse in Venice.

Archibald is there.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia is also probably start college in Spring 1342 since Beatrice won't be making her the item she wanted

Zita of Mercere: Rest in peace.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Hello, Archibald."

Tanolfi: ooh, that's a good address

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ah, there ye are. See ye've arrived ahead of the pack, good thinking. Got tae prepare a little for yer case, after all."

johns (GM): Ok!

Guess we move right along to the Tribunal.

Voda: Someone should probably tell Archibald what happened.

You know, so he knows.

johns (GM): Meh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ._.

johns (GM): I mean, Zita's not going to do it

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita doesnt, since it involves mentioning the insane high crime she did

Voda: Boy I sure can't wait to meet all my good friends at Vardian's Tomb like a place where a 90 foot deep hole isn't.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll fly to Tribunal and tell Archibald what happened

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm a fast traveler

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i could do it.

Archibald of Guernicus: How much do you tell him of what happened. Just the fight, or everything preceding it?

Boy R.: You could also make up some excuse for why everyone else isn't showing up

that's definitely in your interst

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmmm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: damn.

this is a dilemma

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald's my friend though

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10-3

(

4

)

-3

=

1

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And he cares about avenging my cousin. i think.

Voda: Once again, Gulielmus is the fulcrum on which the covenant's future rests.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will NOT tell him about zitas crime

Zita of Mercere: zita asks you both not to say a word to anyone about all the stuff that went on, particularly the part where she killed a magus, as telling anyone outside of who knows already is effectively putting a noose around her neck

She frames it very specifically as 'if you tell anyone, you just murdered me'

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok I guess if your characters have opposing interests, this is a dilemma.

Zita of Mercere: in the hopes this appeals to the good nature of the few remaining magi

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the dilemma is that archibald is a cop and zita is a murderer

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay, i tell Archibald that a faerie came to visit VT, Beatrice tried to invite it in and Proclus tried to kill it and a fight broke out

Zita of Mercere: yes it is a bit tricky. if you tell archibald he'll pass it along and zita will die. i wont contrive a reason why he doesnt. act as you feel appropriate to your character.

Voda: Now that's a lie I can get behind.

Zita of Mercere: its believable, at least

man hated fairies

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i rolled, uhhhh, something, and i'm not going to bother to interpret the roll.

but gulielmus will just say a fight broke out in the council chamber

Voda: Looks like you rolled Honest, to me.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I also tell Archibald that Consolata was attacked by a wolf, and Lodewig hasn't been seen since.

Voda: Or rather, the opposite.

Archibald of Guernicus: Roll Guile, Fiorella. I had Archibald go ahead to tribunal once and got accused of having my wizard police and criminal collude by setting things up conveniently.

johns (GM): ahah nice one fiorella

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok, looking up my Guile

devil's fav demon: Yeah that's just an outrageous accusation.

Boy R.: wow

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling d10!

(

3

)

=

3

Archibald of Guernicus: Comm+Guile, vs Per+Folk Ken. I have a spec in magi for folk ken.

Oh wow

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: 4 with Comm

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+5

(

6

)

+5

=

11

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway, gulielmus doesn't say much, since he's still despondent over the insane spectacle of death he witnessed

slash participated in

Boy R.: you would think this fragmented story would arouse archibald's curiosity

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok yeah the story doesn't add up, but you'll have to choose what details to press me on

Archibald of Guernicus: "An argument over a fairy? What are ye getting at, here?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: the crowd goes wild as i am forced, by gamer honour, to murder my own companion

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "The, ah, Queen of Broken Daydreams. Very, ah, powerful faerie in Rome."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: revolving door! revolving door!

Boy R.: Really? Well I'm from Trajan's forum and I've never heard the phrase "Queen of Broken Daydreams"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Forget the fairy for a moment, they're not here because of an argument?"

johns (GM): lmao br

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Yes. Proclus got the pillum."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, not trajan's forum, no. it's a jewish quarter expression

devil's fav demon: ll.

Archibald of Guernicus: You know, this fairy is quite similar to the ones they have at Allumiere

"Got the pillum?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks up.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye don't possibly mean that it came to blows? Is he alright?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "He got three of them."

Voda: AFK a sec.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Well, not just Proclus. Malachiasz created a large pit to try to stop Beatrice, and Bialas ended up falling to his doom inside of it."

Archibald of Guernicus: I lean against the railing of the bridge here, where we all are

"Bialas too! Malach, Lodewig, where are they both?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I... I'm not sure they'll be coming."

"Beatrice is in Twilight, I don't know if she'll return in our lifetimes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "And a magus-slayer when she does."

"Oh, how did it come to this!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: where IS lodewig

devil's fav demon: Archibald is like I leave you alone for FIVE SECONDS

Boy R.: he decided it was time to be rambling on

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea glances at Zita.

Voda: He's a rambling man.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I knew she was angry with the man, but I always thought her judgement sound." I sit down on the bridge

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I certainly hope she doesn't come back within my lifetime."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Proclus, Bialas... and me, here, at this bloody tribunal early."

"Leave me alone. I'll be along later."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I nod and fly away. Maybe i was in bird form the entire time, I can talk as it

Archibald of Guernicus: A talking bird flies up and says your friends are dead. Caw caw.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ravens do have premonitions

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Thank you for your service, talking bird.

cant believe our ace attorney didnt notice my obvious tell

johns (GM): Let's leave archibald here. One moment later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzvdQh8D2Q#t=2m45s

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll remain alone in grief until Gulielmus' trial.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus watches Fiorella fly away and then walks along the street, like a chump

Archibald of Guernicus: Well you just told him that in his absence, the covenant has completely fallen apart. His absence of literally 1 day.

devil's fav demon: lol johns

Voda: Yeah, rip.

Caretaker Marcus: "Master Gully Mus, a message has arrived for you. You're asked to meet with Misters Milo and Renard today."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: do i have any idea who these people are

well, renard i do i suppose

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The dangerous guernicus tour

Archibald of Guernicus: Milo of Guernicus you might not have met in person, I guess

but you know renard

Voda: So when was the electric guitar invented in Mythic Europe, generally?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Very well."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia has a grudge against him, she might arrive later

Caretaker Marcus: it's the preferred instrument of auram magi who specialize in lightning

Beardbeard (GM):  appear

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ave

Archibald of Guernicus: I need to sort out dinner, Archibald will be alone and crying until I return.

Milo of Guernicus: lol

Okay, Gulielmus is going to meet Milo & Renard, anyone going with him?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: guilelmus is probably not going to consider that he should have his legal counsel present, but also that's probably not actually an expectation in mythic europe.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's probably pretty cheap to make a stringed instrument that MuIms itself to be electric guitar sounding

devil's fav demon: Let's invent orcish music

Voda: It would be nearly impossible because no one knows what that sounds like.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: A faerie could pull one out of their glamour just by having a Music pretense

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: diabolists do

a faerie can't come up with an original concept

iirc.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But they're aren't limited by hermetic limit of time

Voda: Demons also can't create things.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: An unoriginal idea but the idea is from the future

Milo of Guernicus: Okay. Gulielmus' meeting is at the Tribunal Warehouse.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the dead magus storage

Tanolfi: I'll follow whatever magi need a serious looking escort around the city

Voda: Same, but you know, less serious.

Milo of Guernicus: Gulielmus gets jumped by  consults encounter table  3d10 Venetian kobolds

Guy of Bonisagus: i will appear when the gm needs a new funny french man after gulielmus is hanged

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: who else are you guys going to follow.

a bird?

Tanolfi: you can just say jews

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I drink a potion of invisibility.

Milo of Guernicus: "Gulilemus my boy, welcome. There's a serious case brewing here and we're here to see if we can settle in private hearing and spare all the trouble of a public hearing. You understand this procedure?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve, Milo."

"I, ah, can't say I understand much of quaesitorial procedure."

Milo of Guernicus: "No? Archibald hasn't walked you through this?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm

i don't actually know if he has.

Voda: I guess he hasn't, then.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Oh, we were going to go over it when I arrived, but fortune intervened."

Milo of Guernicus scribbles something on his always pictured notepad

Milo of Guernicus: "It's simple, as Presiding Quaesitor I will hear the facts of the case as presented by both of you and advice on a settlement if I think it doesn't need to go to trial."

"Renard has already told me his side of the story." He shows you a piece of paper with Renard's testimony which is: [Everything that actually happened]

"So now m'boy let's hear your side of things."

Voda: Actually happened eh?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus begins incriminating himself.

Voda: How?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: very directly!

"Well..."

"The fact of the matter is, when I saw an honest-to-God angel descend from Heaven and fall under attack, I panicked, and cast a spell on Renard."

"And, happily, he did not suffer any ill effects."

Renard of Flambeau: "I was cheated out of the reward for slaying the Magus myself, the time I spent trekking to Rome, and the prestige I would have gained for the righteous task."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks nervous.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Our very souls were at risk!"

Renard of Flambeau: "Tis a great sin to break the rite of hospitality by turning on your guests."

"What are you prepared to offer if I do not take this to trial?"

devil's fav demon: Tense...

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea makes a hopeless gesture.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What is there to offer!?"

Renard of Flambeau: "Vis and time."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Lab work? The destruction of my talisman? A crate full of potions?"

Voda: You have a talisman?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he does not.

Voda: Wow, would a magus really do that? Just lie?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the order of hermes has SERIOUS problems with the infernal

Renard of Flambeau: "It is not my way to bully a man while he's down. Let's say we'll settle for... the 2 rooks of vis originally promised for Fabius's head and a year of lab assistance."

Archibald of Guernicus enters, stage left

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bwuhhh

Guy of Bonisagus: ive got it, my reason for seeking out vardians tomb will be hearing of the pious norman magus residing there who chose the divine over the order in a dispute

what a righteous man

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and so wise!

Archibald of Guernicus: "My apologies on my late arrival, sodales."

thats the old Archibald token, johns. he's now much less happy and looks a lot older.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Oh, Archibald. I wasn't expecting you to show up."

gulielmus says this EXTREMELY sincerely

Voda: Hell everyone is saying that.

Tanolfi: I like the image of this negotiation being conducted by lawyers hanging out of windows over the canal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's how all business is conducted in venice

Renard of Flambeau: It's done in the gondola

Voda: It's very Period Appropriate.

Renard of Flambeau: while taking a relaxing cruise

and they just pass by the bridge where Archibald is moping

Archibald of Guernicus: "I've done enough harm in my absence, Gulielmus. As for the suggested recompense, this simply is far too great a demand for the circumstances."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Someone already made a Bonisagus? Maybe I should make Modesto playable.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we had a few but they died or left.

Archibald of Guernicus: "This was a very real angel - indeed, one powerful enough tae pass within the aegis without worry - within the covenant. As any Flambeau, you're a good christian, yes?" I address Renard

Renard of Flambeau: "Naturally."

Voda: Bonisagus? I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Tae slay an angel is an unimaginable act of evil. One that would leave a place evil and warped, forevermore."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's agreed then. we will pay 50 pawns of archibald's favorite vis  archibald crashes through skylight

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can't believe malachiasz was murdered by venator before someone invented the skylight and he got to crash through one.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's both make Bonisagus and compete to see who can blow up their lab the most

Archibald of Guernicus: "Were this outwith the covenant, perhaps this would be a fair demand. But within our walls? Gulielmus sought to prevent a far greater tragedy occuring."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea nods along.

Archibald of Guernicus: "That he did so without any intent towards real harm, only of preventing conflict, must be taken into account."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Exactly!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "That he interfered with the righteous slaying of a marched magus is incidental to his intent."

"He has, however, committed a crime here, and due payment for it will be given."

"But not at what is being demanded."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Of course, of course."

Archibald of Guernicus: Rolling code of hermes to work out a suitable payment, the lowest that could actually apply.

rolling 1d10+5

(

4

)

+5

=

9

I'll conf that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: challenge archibald to certamen

Renard of Flambeau: "If you are so concerned with due payment Archibald, why was your covenant so eager to harbor a marched magus? The only fate appropriate for those is death."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is it.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Tae say our covenant, as a whole, aided him, is ludicrous."

"Didn't Bialas of Bjornaer aid you, personally, in hunting him down?"

Renard of Flambeau: "He did."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "He was  very  eager about the whole thing."

Archibald of Guernicus: "To my knowledge, 3 magi actively aided his escape."

"Proclus of Rome, Beatrice ex Merinita, and Anthemia Mercere."

Renard of Flambeau: "And Gulielmus here."

Archibald of Guernicus: I forget. DID guli actually help, until the angel?

guli, help me out here

Renard of Flambeau: I don't recall but that's what Renard is talking about

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm.

i know he tried to invite fabius into the aegis

whether or not a gm actually noticed that, who knows

Archibald of Guernicus: I shake my head "His sole action was tae prevent the death of an angel on covenant grounds. He made no attempts to interfere before or beyond this."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Someone gave a covenfolk fake giftstink

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm sorry for the extremity of his actions, but the intent, and the situation, must be taken intae account in full here."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea nods sagely.

Archibald of Guernicus: "A young magus in a very difficult situation, worrying for his very soul."

Renard of Flambeau: "If that truly were an angel -- which, we can't be sure -- then naturally I couldn't hope to defeat it and it would have conquered me instead."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia already disbanded her following of failed nuns before Tribunal

Renard of Flambeau: "If young Gulielmus here is so concerned for his soul... I have a project he could help me with, battling some demons. I think that'd fit the bill rightly."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Seasonal help, but not labwork, then?"

Renard of Flambeau: "Labwork would be safest for him. Is he feeling up to accompanying me as I brave the horrors of the Infernal and all the terrors it has to offer?"

Guy of Bonisagus: he is

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh hell yes.

ill give archibald a chance to say thats obviously stupid, though

Archibald of Guernicus: "As for the specifics, no more than half a year of time and [X] pawns of vis. However, he must still consent to this agreement."

"If not, and we can't come tae an agreement, this will move to a proper tribunal hearing, Gulielmus."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): I think 10 would be a fair penalty here

Archibald of Guernicus: 10 pawns

"I would advise ye tae take this, but no-one can force ye. Right now. They can, at tribunal."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea considers this for about half a second.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I accept!"

Milo of Guernicus: "Molto bene."

Archibald of Guernicus: See this is what Archibald was always meant to be doing ;____;

Tanolfi: maximum bonum

Archibald of Guernicus: Successful legal advocacy helps my reputation, too.

Milo of Guernicus: "Scribes, get the deal inked up so they can sign and seal. I have another case I have to look into. Is your sodalis Zita around?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, she arrived with Gulielmus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "She's somewhere."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Who was chosen as prosecutor, in the end. Yourself, Milo?"

Tanolfi: seems like archibald should be grateful his sodales are always finding new crimes to be defended for

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Probably talking with Aurora of Mercere."

Milo of Guernicus: "Frankly I'm not sure if there's even a case going on here. This affair is all mixed this way and that and we need to sit down and straighten it out with the parties involved. I've been by Harco's villa but there's been no sign of Consolata yet unfortunately."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd bring in Fiorella of Jerbiton, she brought a letter in that was believed to be from Consolata. Not delivered in person, though, so it's not verified."

"A family issue, I believe."

Milo of Guernicus: "Eh? What's that about? Well if it's relevant let's see it, we need all facts before a proper hearing."

Voda: It is what it is.

Archibald of Guernicus: "As for the actual charges, the details of my own investigation are left with ye all. I'll send her along when I see her, along with the defendant."

Voda: AFK a sec.

Archibald of Guernicus: I head out to find Fiorella and let her know she should bring forth all the stuff about the letter to tribunal

Zita of Mercere: And Zita, wherever she got to.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Alright

Zita of Mercere: "How'd it go, Guli?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Better than I feared!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Archibald, how do you want to play this? We... we were probably scryed upon when we discussed this letter. The perpetrator may be at Tribunal, watching."

"And if so, they'll remain two steps ahead of us."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And Archibald swooped in at the last minute, to change the deal from a full year of labwork to only two seasons hunting demons."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Scried upon? You think this because he was found deceased?"

"If any hostile magic were cast upon me, I'd know. And ye saw yerself that I checked the room itself periodically."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I also... spoke to Consolata. She said it was my fault for showing you the letter. But how would she have known?"

(To c'thinker): I've just sent you a PM about potion cult

Archibald of Guernicus: "You met her?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: guilielmus should find renard and ask him about the demons

Archibald of Guernicus: "Why isn't she at the bloody tribunal, then."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "She was maimed by a wolf."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It's causing no end of trouble when the person launching a case disnae even sh- what?"

johns (GM): do you want to do a mini adventure about gulielmus battling demons

Guy of Bonisagus: yes

Voda: Ok I'm back.

Guy of Bonisagus: i will play the demons

Tanolfi: that would be sick

johns (GM): No guy.... You ARE the demons

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is she alive, Fiorella?"

Tanolfi: let people play suypport characters

johns (GM): Hell maybe that could be the excuse to introduce some new magi

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "She may not be."

Tanolfi: renards team of demon hunters

johns (GM): You meet Renard's colorful band of Rogues who specialize in killing demons

yeah!!

Guy of Bonisagus: guy has no combat ability

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You are not prepared

Guy of Bonisagus: or desire to seek out demons

Tanolfi: he's the demon researcher

johns (GM): The loremaster.

Guy of Bonisagus: he has no lore of any kind!

johns (GM): Hm!

Voda: Wow!

Tanolfi: everybody on the team is indentured to renard by a spurious legal proceeding

Archibald of Guernicus: He's the person who sits in the mother base covenant and crafts you new, powerful wands when you bring him supplies.

johns (GM): Sitcom setup where everyone is sentenced to be Renard's butler

Voda: Classic Flambeau.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: He's the angriest flambeau you ever heard

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Tanolfi: everybody on the team is indentured to renard by a spurious legal proceeding

ftw

Voda: I think Hafl runs that game on mondays, but it's about maids.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Fiorella, look. I cannae... this is all too much, all that's happened recently. This needs tae be looked into, properly. When I get back tae Vardian's Tomb, I'm going to find out everything that went on in my absence - including this."

"For now, ye should try and explain what on earth happened to the tribunal."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Alright."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It was an absolute mess."

Voda: Seems like it would be difficult without all the information.

johns (GM): If we do a side adventure involving demons cumthinker that can be part of the potion initiation where you have to find exotic ingredients

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice

Archibald of Guernicus: nice

Voda: Very nice.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: My agenda is to go after anyone who seems interested in punishing Zita

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: guilelmus is going to divide his free time at the tribunal between bothering the potion cultists, pestering renard, and annoying the sansaron guy.

(From Zita of Mercere): Before going to tribunal, I find an alley somewhere about 400 paces away from tribunal and take an AC from it. Just in case.

(To Zita of Mercere): Noted

Zita of Mercere: brb 1 minute before this trial to execute me kicks off

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Before I came to Vardian's Tomb, there was a covenfolk who had his mind destroyed in response to being scryed upon, right?"

"And later, a Redcap shows up with an item that detects scrying, for which Harco has no record?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The man who fell ill."

johns (GM): are you asking me or dys

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I was talking to Archibald, unless I lost track of events

Tanolfi: well, he's afk

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Very well.

Archibald of Guernicus: "The casting sigil was of Diarmuid Ex Miscellenea, unrelated to all this to the best of my knowledge. The ring was registered at Harco, but as a missing item from a deceased redcap."

Voda: Oldest trick in the book.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Ahh."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Most likely she kept it instead of handing it over. It's not totally uncommon, tracking down missing redcap items leads to other redcaps more than you'd think."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "It seems Vardian's Tomb may have a general security problem, then.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Remember the bats?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "That's why I made us a better aegis. If ye can show me proof we were scried on, then we have something very serious to investigate."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea laughs for a second and then realizes that everyone who remembers the bats is dead, except Zita.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "...I will see if anyone has a text for The Invisible Eye Revealed for trade while I'm here, I think."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Yes, I'm looking into acquiring some better lab texts for my own investigations while we're here."

johns (GM): tfw they're all dead. they're gone and they're never coming back, and it's all your fault.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Feel felt

Voda: Classic Vardian's Tomb Feel.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'll let Tribunal know what's going on, if there's an opening to address them."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm sorry about your cousin." I say as tactlessly as possible

not on purpose, just -3 comm

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "... thank you."

"Without someone to make an accusation against, I don't think I'll be able to garner much interest, however."

Tanolfi: an insensitive detective? it'll never catch on

Archibald of Guernicus: I nod. I'll hang around not overly far from the trial, in case they need to clarify anything with my investigations into it before.

Other than that, I won't be part of it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll get involved with Zita's defense, I think.

If nothing else, i can enchant an item as part of her fine or do lab assistance

Tanolfi: how long had fiorella actually been at VT before everyone started killing each other?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus is ALSO one of the seniormost members of the custos of cyprian, now

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: My XP log starts at Spring 1340

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: moving up in the world

Zita of Mercere: 2 years. 2 fucking years

Tanolfi: aw that's actually some time

i was really enjoying her being put in this position after barely showing up

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I wasn't expecting her to be senior to several magi for quite some time

Zita of Mercere: She's now the 4th most senior if she stays. Fucked up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think i missed all of the adventures where fiorella did her bird stuff

Guy of Bonisagus: you have missed many adventures

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: mayhap.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You saw her transform in Ravenna I think

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, yeah

but like the swarm of birds spell

johns (GM): What's the plan here? Fiorella is going to address the open tribunal to state all the facts of this matter?

Zita of Mercere: Gulielmus was there, yeah, he was dropping the hottest spells of 1342 (until he was usurped)

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Derfel's the one who saw her use birdstorms to attack giant spiders though

Time to get my Auram up and invent Birdnado

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh yeah.

hey gulielmus set the entire ant mound on fire, to no end except murdering some innocent greeks

Zita of Mercere: "Fiorella, don't mention anything about the recent events unless forced to." I whisper at her before we begin

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I nod.

Milo of Guernicus shuffles papers

Zita of Mercere: I walk into the trial as carefree as normal

Milo of Guernicus: this will be pre-trial hearing

or something of a sort

it's you, fiorella, and milo

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: As much as I like Archibald, someone here seems to be playing 4D chess and already has the board set up in his or her favor.

So I can't just go blabbing out the truth.

Zita of Mercere: Yeah. It goes full tribunal if it's either headed towards a march or if I won't accept the punishment they offer, iirc.

Well the problem is I did something really really stupid and need to cover it up or be executed.

Milo of Guernicus: "Let me see if I have all this straight... Now Consolata of Mercere filed a complaint with Archibald about scrying, and Archibald filed the charge against you specifically, Zita. Now if I understand, you are also seeking to file charges against Consolata, for murder of a sodales?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sodalis

Milo of Guernicus: graci

Zita of Mercere: "Yes. Marco of Mercere was the victim."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I just realized The Spider might not be affected by the longevity nerf since he's non-hermetic

One weird trick

Zita of Mercere: "I wouldn't have known had I not scried her, I should make clear."

Milo of Guernicus: "When did you file this charge? It's missing from my notes."

Voda: He definitely is because a Longevity Ritual won't let you live for 600 years.

Zita of Mercere: "Er, well I thought when you were shown that someone tortured and killed a magus, this sort of thing took precedence over other things."

"You get marched on the spot for that, normally, after all."

Milo of Guernicus: "Procedure and precedent is there's a window of time these things need to be brought up before the tribunal, to allow the defense time to prepare and find an advocate if they wish."

"Given the severity of the charge it would be improper to lay this on Consolata's head as a surprise."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what about on her throat.

haha

Voda: Heh.

Zita of Mercere: "She's already not shown up at Harco in several years. I'm pretty sure you get marched if the House throws you out."

"My mother used to warn me about it during apprenticeship."

Milo of Guernicus: "She is missing, you say? This is the first I'm hearing of it."

"I suppose that is why I couldnt' find her earlier today. Hm!"

Zita of Mercere: "I wanted to confront her about what she did, and she's not shown her face once."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I believe you have a year to find admission into another house. A death sentence for a mundane in the Rome tribunal, but it should be possible to make it to another before the year is up."

Zita of Mercere: "Well, Jerbiton do take on redcaps, sometimes."

"I don't think they have much need for a kinslaying rat like her though."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Valnastium has a Redcap or two gone Jerbiton."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea munches on some period-appropriate street food and watches the gondolas go by.

Milo of Guernicus: "A march has to be carried out properly, and Harco's given me no note they intend to expel Consolata so for now that's not very pertinent."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh my god, Aurora is in on it

Zita of Mercere: "Tch. Well, you're charging me for scrying, I can at least testify to what I saw when I did."

"Which is, specifically, that she tortured and killed Marco of Mercere."

Milo of Guernicus: "Ah, one moment."

Milo of Guernicus scribbles note

Zita of Mercere: "We found his body, too. It was tortured to death."

Milo of Guernicus: "So of the two cases here.. In the case Consolata has filed, we have an accused present, but no prosecuting principle."

Guy of Bonisagus scribes notes while watching the gondolas go by, across the river.

Zita of Mercere: "In the location we only knew about because I scried her, even."

Milo of Guernicus: "If the prosecuting principle is not alive it is standard for someone to step in, but we've no confirmation that's the case of Consolata?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh right, we're in the Zeno hometown now

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: drinking cheap lambrusco wine and watching the gondolas go by

Zita of Mercere: I shrug

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Maybe I can give Zita a tour so she can have some fun before she's executed

Milo of Guernicus: "And on the other side the case you've brought forth, I take it you are the prosecuting principle but we have no accused to stand as defense principle."

Zita of Mercere: "I'm here willing to confess to my crime of scrying in order that her crimes are noted and she's duly marched for them. I'll accept any punishment for this, though I already spend my time in service of the order and vis being sent from house mercere to house mercere seems a bit of a waste of parchment to record."

Voda: What a wacky situation!

Milo of Guernicus: "The defense has a right to present testimony. A case wouldn't be proper if both sides didn't, and so far we only have the accuser's testimony against Consolata."

Zita of Mercere: "This is the home of Magvillus, surely a quaesitor can be found?"

Tanolfi: venetian street food would be grilled sardines, or maybe a sweet pastry inspired by dry biscuits eaten at sea, my research indicates

they're not major contributors to the italian baking tradition

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that sounds good.

Voda: Yum, what's the restipe?

Zita of Mercere: "Harco is here as well, if any in the house wish to offer their defence in favour of a kinslayer, they can step forward."

Milo of Guernicus: "A Quaesitor needs time to speak to the principles, witnesses, and so on. What I'm saying is I don't see how we can have your case against her heard at this tribunal on such short notice."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and good for the humours, as well

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Arborio rice has been cultivated but risotto doesn't exist as named yet, IIRC

Milo of Guernicus: im hungry for risotto

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's too bad, I was thinking of working on CrAn(He) to make Moon-duration chicken risotto

Milo of Guernicus: every time i play the sapienza mission in hitman i get hungry for pasta

Zita of Mercere: "So even if you had evidence that someone murdered and tortured a redcap, this can't be dealt with until, what, next tribunal?"

Tanolfi: they do a good pea risotto here, or will

Milo of Guernicus: "There is a principle by which Magi who are a clear danger to the Order, such as Infernalists, may be marched  prior  to Tribunal."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Maybe its not too early to make chicken spaghetti or lasagna

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you, a disgusting, sinky peasant: duhhhh i prepared this fish with garlic and onions

Milo of Guernicus: "A slaying between husband and wife is tragic, to be sure, but I can't see how it rises to that level."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: me, an aristocrat with a sophisticated palate:  sips pure olive oil

Milo of Guernicus: did you see that medieval recipes book I put in the discord a bit ago, it had some tasty italian dishes

even without tomato you've still got garlic, various spices, lemon to work with

devil's fav demon: Yeah it looked cool but I forgot to save it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i didnt

Zita of Mercere: "She slew him because he wouldn't talk. She tortured him to try and get information about something belonging to House Mercere."

Guy of Bonisagus pauses for a moment and looks up across the river at Gulielmus.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: did you ever check out that massimo montanari book

can yo urelink the book actually

Guy of Bonisagus: "Sodalis, my pardon, what is the Italian for pure?"

Zita of Mercere: "By the way, if I speak of something that is a house secret, but relevant to this case, it won't go beyond this room, will it?"

"Just to confirm."

Milo of Guernicus: i bookmarked it, I want to buy it or get it from a library but it was too expensive on amazon cthinker

devil's fav demon: Fennel was big, there's some spice that iirc was massive but extincted because everyone loved it so much

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Eh?"

Tanolfi: yeah i went looking for it but it's not in any local shops or libraries

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Oh, forgive me, sodalis, I didn't see you there."

Tanolfi: culinary history is always fun

Milo of Guernicus: "If this testimony is critical to the case and the matter goes to a Public Hearing I don't think I can keep a secret like that."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Gulielmus ex Miscellanea, but please, call me Guillaume."

Guy of Bonisagus nods.

Milo of Guernicus: http://www.medievalcuisine.com/Euriol/my-recipes/recipes-by-time-period/14th-century

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And the word you're looking for is  puro ."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, thank you. Guy of Bonisagus, I am known as."

Milo of Guernicus: Citrus Chicken looks yummy

Zita of Mercere: "Then, is it possible to have someone in House Mercere in good standing confirm something to you all, without the specifics being disclosed?"

Milo of Guernicus: there's also a type of lasagna

Guy of Bonisagus continues scribing notes and looks back up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "A Bonisagus! Did you ever know a Gordo Bonisagi?"

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, what I mean to say is, she tortured and killed Marco in service of a declared enemy of the order,."

"Which the House can confirm."

Guy of Bonisagus: "I have traveled much of the land and have not, I am afraid."

Milo of Guernicus: "Is that so?"

Milo of Guernicus arches an eyebrow

Guy of Bonisagus: "However, I noticed your name is similar to that of a magus I seek. Gulielmus the Pure of Reason, a noble soul that stopped a man from bringing ruin to an angelic presence."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Strange fellow. He was with our covenant just long enough to set up his lab, and then he was gone."

Zita of Mercere: "It is so, yes."

"I spent several months researching it to confirm."

Milo of Guernicus: "If you can demonstrate she is a threat to the order then yes, a march without trial could occur. But this is a serious accusation and will need proper testimony and facts to back it up."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Do you happen to know where I might find him?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Gulielmus the Pure of Reason?"

Zita of Mercere: "I can testify as to exactly what I scried from her. I can also have the house back up that what she was trying to get hold of would be dangerous."

"Just to check: if someone is declared the enemy of the order, this is never rescinded, no matter how long passes, correct?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Never heard of him. Or even of another Gulielmus."

Zita of Mercere: "Such as, for instance, Damhan-Allaidh."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I assume there are many in the Rhine."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Mm. I had heard he lives in the Italia tribunal, though I have had little luck finding him."

Zita of Mercere: "Whose body was never found, actually, did you know that?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "..."

Milo of Guernicus: "I can't think of many precedents of the title and certainly none that were reversed. But Damhan-Allaidh is quite dead, I assure you."

Zita of Mercere: "Not the first magus to cheat death, people still say half the founders are alive."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: really. well i'm from rome, but we already did a steamed hams joke today

Guy of Bonisagus gets up and crosses the bridge so there's no more need to shout at Guli.

Milo of Guernicus: "It's not uncommon for Faeries to take the form of the long-deceased, are you saying a Fae poses a threat to the order?"

Voda: OBVIOUSLY you can do as many Steamed Hams jokes as you want.

Zita of Mercere: "If a fae takes on the guise of someone who wanted to destroy it no matter what, wouldn't they?"

"And what would this say about someone who purposefully and deliberately aided them?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Admittedly, sodalis, I am a wanderer with no covenant to call my own. I have been fortunate that no one has questioned me in any of the tribunals I've passed through."

Voda: AFK a sec.

Guy of Bonisagus: "To what covenant do you belong?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "What if The Spider left behind some sort of legacy, like Diedne's spontaneous magic?"

Zita of Mercere: "All his followers were also enemies of the order, yeah."

"If the tradition managed to survive, in any way, and still acted according to their founders wishes - a feeling many hermetic magi can relate to - well, that'd be an enemy of the order, wouldn't it?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "To Vardian's Tomb... at least until the spring."

Milo of Guernicus: "I am not sure of that. For starters, do we even know what lineage Damhan was of? His Order comprised many types of hedge wizards and other misguided folk."

Zita of Mercere: "Gathered under him. Just look at House Tytalus, look what a single powerful magus' legacy can lead to. A whole house following his actions and philosophy."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, departing? Would you be willing to give me an introduction to your sodales? I need somewhere to live until I can figure out where this righteous magus resides."

Milo of Guernicus: "House Tytalus was never wiped out by Pralix, though."

Zita of Mercere: "His corpse was never found."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: big deal. neither was proclus's

Milo of Guernicus: "His corpse, yes. As in, a dead man. Or are you suggesting Pralix, one of the founders, failed?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "It's also possible to have private loyalties. A conspiracy, if you will."

Guy of Bonisagus: gulielmus is being rude and not responding

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: christ

Guy of Bonisagus: can we get a personality check on this guy

Voda: Yikes.

Milo of Guernicus: "That Damhan Allaidh survived, has been alive for -- 600? years now? And is now rebuilding an order using.. An ungifted redcap?"

Zita of Mercere: "She  was  Gifted."

Milo of Guernicus: "She lost her gift in apprenticeship, no?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Yes."

Zita of Mercere: "That she worked for the spider was her own words, not mine."

Tanolfi: pretty rude thing to say to an ungifted redcap in front of you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Certainly. I'm waiting for two of them right now-" Gulielmus indicates the quaesitorial processing warehouse- "and Archibald has wandered off somewhere on Guernicus business."

Zita of Mercere: "If you think I'm making all this up, you can drop this silly scrying charge, since I clearly know nothing about anything going on in her head."

"She can come forth sometime later and explain it all herself."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "But you would have to talk to our resident archmagus about... residence."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, legal troubles? I think I will wait with you for a spell then."

Milo of Guernicus: "It is a lot more reasonable to assume that she was mistaken, or confused, then to overturn the foundations of our Order's history because you are in a rush to get to judgment now instead of waiting until the next tribunal as is proper."

Guy of Bonisagus produces a jar of honey.

Guy of Bonisagus: "A gift, friend."

Zita of Mercere: "In that case, then, if this has to wait until next tribunal, so be it."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton 's hand twitches as she considers taking out the letter.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ah, you are too kind."

Zita of Mercere: "If there's no-one still bringing charges against me here, is there still a case this tribunal?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea rummages around in his satchel until he finds two apples.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "From my garden. Not the finest in the world, but each tree is sourced from a distant regio."

Zita of Mercere: "How was I to know you won't march a magus-slaying traitor to us all without 7 years notice."

Milo of Guernicus: "Are you alleging any dispute with the facts of the case that I have received from Consolata and Archibald?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, but it is yourself that is too kind. This is surely a unique treat."

Guy of Bonisagus places one apple in his satchel, and begins eating the other.

Zita of Mercere: "I own an item like that, yeah. It's on record at Harco. Oh, the ring she used isn't though, weird that, isn't it?"

Milo of Guernicus: "Our order has laws, Zita, very good laws that have kept us running for several centuries. If you would do better to learn them perhaps you wouldn't be in this spot today."

"There is a question of facts about some ring, you say?"

Zita of Mercere: "I acted only in favour of my House in all this, out of genuine concern for a man viciously tortured and murdered. And yeah, it's something that belonged to a different redcap, but went missing."

"When they died, specifically. Not saying she killed that one though, just robbed them."

Milo of Guernicus: "I see. So you want to bring up additional charges at this time, or... ?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok.

it looks like honey doesnt have any material bonuses.

Zita of Mercere: "I don't see what additional charges would do here, I'm accusing her of torturing and murdering Marco in service of enemies of the Order."

Voda: Every object theoretically does.

Guy of Bonisagus: well

Tanolfi: because YOU haven't discovered them

Guy of Bonisagus: you could combine some good honey with some good apples

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You can ask the storyguide to make one up for you I suppose

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: brilliant.

Guy of Bonisagus: and make something more delicious than the parts

Zita of Mercere: "Unless you want to slap a fine onto marching her, for the fun of it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i could lecture everyone at length about how the honeyed apples are a metaphor for the love of Christ

Voda: My guess is honey gives a bonus to bees.

Tanolfi: I jest, I know there exist rules for researching new material bonuses somewhere but that's bullshit to ask players to spend time on something because the writers didn't think of it

honey is definitely medicinal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: get this:

the rules are tied to a mystery virtue

Guy of Bonisagus: a minor corpus bonus might be fair yeah

Zita of Mercere: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Vulgar Alchemy lets you roll for bigger bonuses

So you don't really need to use it if the storyguide is willing to make up a bonus for you

Milo of Guernicus: "So -- to date you have acknowledged you  did  in fact scry -- you are saying your defense was Forfeit Immunity?"

Guy of Bonisagus: or maybe just specifically for healing

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: use vulgar alchemy to make up a bonus for honey, and then pay sapienza to refine the honey 3 times to make the bonus even stronger

Milo of Guernicus: Let's make Giant Bees to replace our grogs

Zita of Mercere: "Yes. I'm saying if I hadn't, we would have handed something very dangerous over to someone working with an enemy of the order, and never known she killed Marco."

Tanolfi: +3 to effects that heal, nourish or involve bees or royalty imo

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We don't even use specific shape/material bonuses for experimental philosophy

Milo of Guernicus: "So you are still harping on this bit about Damhan-Allaidh. You are determined to suggest he is alive?"

Zita of Mercere: "That while my actions were wrong, and illegal, they were for the good of the Order and my sodales, and that it would be obscene to march me for acting for the good of us all."

Tanolfi: they're so often inappropriate

especially if you fuck with astrology

Voda: Wrong (and illegal!)

Zita of Mercere: "If you're going to refuse to believe it, we can focus on the very real and definite part where she spent several months slowly torturing Marco of Mercere to death."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "There's something you should know."

Milo of Guernicus: "Forfeit immunity pertains to the time a crime is being committed or very shortly thereafter. When did the crime you allege occur in relation to the scrying?"

Zita of Mercere: "In these months, I should note, he never talked once about what he was asked for. I'd rather that the immense sacrifice he endured for us all not be just pushed aside casually."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea examines the honey in the light.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nani? the purity of this honey... incredible!!

Milo of Guernicus: what's the aesthetic quality of the honey

Tanolfi: parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

enumerate their material bonuses

Milo of Guernicus: Do Bees have a Craft: Honey ability?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 0, as guy of bonisagus is a fraud who conjures his own honey

Tanolfi: they have a profession (bee) ability

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: master of imaginem who uses swarms of illusory bees to mask his crystal dart casts

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I was sent a ransom letter by Consolata, or her employer. An employer, I later learned, is promising to restore her gift."

Milo of Guernicus sighs in exasperation

Zita of Mercere: "She was trying to obtain information from us about a particular house secret, that marco had hid after a premonition that it would spell doom for us all if he did not. He was, a few days later, captured by bandits working under Consolata, and taken to a remote location, where she and a figure claiming to be The Spider tortured him to death. She then came back to us and claimed she was just looking for him now, only recently hearing he had gone missing. Her aim was to obtain the secret Marco hid."

Milo of Guernicus: "And how long were you planning to sit on this? As I mentioned already, there is a window of time needed before the tribunal to bring up these charges."

Zita of Mercere: "I didn't know about them!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "This happened after the window was already closed."

Tanolfi: when did the letter arrive? a week ago?

c'thinker: milo triple casts pilum of flame on the plaintiffs

Milo of Guernicus: A day before you genocided the covenant

Zita of Mercere: "I thought the murder of a magus was severe enough that you could hear it confirmed and go ahead with sentencing."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "They may have timed this gambit specifically so that the fallout wouldn't come up at Tribunal for another 7 years

Milo of Guernicus rubs his head in frustration

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm sad about dogs, suddenly.

Milo of Guernicus: "You need to pick an option and stick to it, Zita. If you are alleging forfeit immunity related to the murder I can tell you now it won't fly because the scrying was not committed during that crime. If you are arguing forfeit immunity related to a charge of working with the enemies of the Order, that is different. Are you, then?"

Zita of Mercere: "Can I have a moment to think? I didn't expect you to outright disbelieve an actual threat like this, I'm not interested in picking something that will see me marched and hunted for sport after I risked my safety to help the order."

Milo of Guernicus: "If you must.."

Zita of Mercere: "Will I be marched and killed if I choose the first option?"

Milo of Guernicus: "The case would go to the tribunal proper, and unless submit to questioning under magic now, I as Quaesitor cannot endorse either testimony as the prosecuting principle is not present. It would be up to the judgment of the rest of our Tribunal."

"Maybe they'll buy what you're selling."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Hmmm."

Zita of Mercere: "If it goes to tribunal I'll need someone from the House to support my testimony about Marco, I'd rather the full details of it aren't passed around."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Zita, if ther'es a conspiracy afoot, perhaps what they want is this to go to trial, so that they can make a mockery of the idea that The Spider, or his followers, have agents in the order."

Milo of Guernicus: oocly im not sure what testimony you want mercere to give

Tanolfi: That's just crazy enough to work (at getting them out of my office)

Voda: lol

Zita of Mercere: Just to confirm that the claw is real, and not our friend, without giving them the actual full details about it

Milo of Guernicus: Well, it was a family hierloom so it's passed down from Marco's male ancestors

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I think we should purchase an advocate. Someone who knows the Code, but cannot be accused of bias, like Archibald."

Zita of Mercere: does he have a dad

Milo of Guernicus: Presumably if it passed down, the dad is now dead

Zita of Mercere: someone arranged this marriage, after all

Zita of Mercere screams

Milo of Guernicus: The house arranged the marriage, I think I mentioned this earlier

Zita of Mercere: you did

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "If necessary, I can pay them in lab assistance or enchanted items."

Tanolfi: this is all johns' revenge for not giving consolata a chance to air her tragic backstory

Milo of Guernicus: I aired it!

Tanolfi: heh

Milo of Guernicus: Right before you all killed each other.

Zita of Mercere: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella heard most of it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: proclus died because that backstory was aired.

Zita of Mercere: Her tragic backstory was she was murdered. The backstory to her new life, as a wacky ghost.

Voda: She wasn't a ghost!

It was necromancy!

Zita of Mercere: I know

Milo of Guernicus: backstory to her new death

Zita of Mercere: but now shes got the chance to get into the whole ghost gig

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if someone uses a rego mentem spell to order voda around, is it necromancy

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Can a Titanoi summon a corpse's ghost?

Milo of Guernicus: depends which titan it is

also you'd still need an a/c and consolata was PeCo'd by venator

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Right

Zita of Mercere: thanks venator

for destroying evidence

Milo of Guernicus: Evidence of the person you MURDERED.

Zita of Mercere: ehehehe

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if the ghost is nearby then titanic goetia might be able to find it

Voda: I've always been surprised that children aren't an Arcane Connection to their parent.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i forget how Summoning works though

Zita of Mercere: "It's a bit hard to pick when I don't know how you'll all treat this. I caused no harm to anyone, and uncovered something far, far worse."

Milo of Guernicus: "It seems, from my perspective, that the charge of conspiring with an enemy of the order which you have already filed and which we've tabled is central to your defense in this matter of scrying."

Tanolfi: i think they probably consciously decided not to make it so that child-snatching would be a preferred wizard war strategy

Milo of Guernicus: "And thus resolving the former would resolve the latter, when that case is resolved."

Zita of Mercere: "I'll go with that, then."

"Sounds good."

Milo of Guernicus: "Fine."

Tanolfi: oh did someone actually file charges against consolata

Milo of Guernicus: "Now as that is tabled we'll be picking it up in next tribunal, and in the mean time a Quaesitor can investigate and take down your testimony."

Tanolfi: i thought the issue was we hadn't

Zita of Mercere: "Sure."

Oh its next tribunal everything's happening, alright

Milo of Guernicus: the charges were officially formalized in this conversation which is why they're tabled to 7 years from now

Zita of Mercere: I thought I was gonna get my trial right now, even though hers is next tribunal, lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: isn't a child a sympathetic connection

Voda: No.

Zita of Mercere: it is, but they arent ACs

Voda: BEING a child is.

Zita of Mercere: oh, right

theres a MuCo spell to make yourself a blood relative of someone, ehehe

Tanolfi: that's cool

Voda: Or rather, being a blood relative of the target.

Milo of Guernicus: "Let me be blunt. If you are -- as I suspect -- wasting the Quaesitor's time it will reflect very poorly on you at a trial when you already stand accused of a high crime."

Voda: Not that children get a blanket penetration bonus.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "While I'm here, I would like to file notice of wizard war against any Covenant who votes to march Zita this Tribunal."

Voda: Genius.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: diedne magi may use any child for a sympathetic magic boost

Milo of Guernicus: "If you must. But it isn't even an issue now."

Zita of Mercere: "So I have 7 years to track down one of the order's worst enemies, who evaded us for centuries, or be marched."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the tytalus covenant is now obliged tovote to march zita

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I would like to be elswhere by the time such paperwork becomes relevant, in case they act first."

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

2

)

+4

=

6

"I'll take it."

Tanolfi: is that a personality roll?

Milo of Guernicus stands

Zita of Mercere: Yeah. I have ambitious at +4 due to heroic bloodline

Milo of Guernicus: "Scriveners, make sure you make extra copies of this whole exchange for my records."

"I believe we are done now, Zita."

Zita of Mercere: I've said before but you as GM can actually step in and make me do something, as part of the flaw, if it corresponds to this heroic personality.

I give a short bow

Milo of Guernicus: You think it would be really heroic to murder Milo right now.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Same

Milo of Guernicus:

rolling 1d1

(

1

)

=

1

You fail

You are now dead.

Zita of Mercere: It's a fair cop

actually its not a fair cop, its milo, hes an arsehole

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: harsh cop but fair cop.

Guy of Bonisagus: i still chuckle when i remember that archibald the quaesitor is an actual dog

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what

Voda: That dog is probably dead by now.

Zita of Mercere: He has padfoot blood, which is why he's incredibly hairy.

Voda: Also he was name Guernicus.

Milo of Guernicus: Guernicus is dead, yes. Sorry.

Dogs are shortlived. Birds are not.

Zita of Mercere: Rest in peace, mutt

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good thing nobodys bringing a case against gul for selling 10 mp worth of potions every year

johns (GM): Nope, though we do have a problem that starting next year we lose Proclus' income source

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: When we're alone, I'll say to Zita, "If you can find out anything, my family lives in Venice. They would be very interested that those responsible for having Consolata kidnap my cousin are here, and they don't recognize the Order's authority."

johns (GM): On the plus side, having a lot fewer Magi around will lower our expenses

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that should cause problems eventually

Tanolfi: oh, what was that

johns (GM): 20 mp a year processing glass with rotes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: criminals levitating through windows, and all.

Guy of Bonisagus: well, i can set up my apiary

Tanolfi: neat

Guy of Bonisagus: which will give us some income

im not sure how much though since it would just be me doing it

Zita of Mercere: "Thank you Fiorella."

johns (GM): depends on the spells involved, the time, etc.

Let's worry about that another time

Guy of Bonisagus: no spells involved yet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how does this sound as a practical implementation of potion magic:

Zita of Mercere: "After all this chaos, do you know if you'll be staying with us? Lodewig has already ran for the hills, and all these deaths, the tomb feels more like a tomb than ever."

Guy of Bonisagus: just normal small scale honey production

Tanolfi: so... do we actually have nothign to bring before this tribunal then?

johns (GM): there's a couple more things I want to get to before turning it over to Endrite/Severin

Tanolfi: oh nm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: besides his crafted spells (infinite), gulielmus carries a utility belt with 6 charged potions, selected when he leaves his lab. the potions might have multiple charges

johns (GM): One is acquiring stuff - books and spells. The other is if you wish to deliver the letters.

Guy of Bonisagus: whenever the guilty parties are done in milos house two normans are sitting around outside talking

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'm not a very powerful magi, but I can't abandon this issue now, not after they came after my family."

Tanolfi: Fiorella should probably run for the hills before her copious and gratuitous lies are discovered

johns (GM): The third is if Gulielmus wants Jozef, who is visiting, to pass any private letters along to tree lady.

Zita of Mercere: "Gulielmus, hello."

"Ah, I don't believe we've met." I address his friend

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: plus unless he has time to prep he has to pre-invent the spells.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'll stay in Rome until I can see this conspiracy exposed."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Salvete, I am Guy of Bonisagus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve, Zita. Still alive?"

Zita of Mercere: If you're speaking in French I'll join the conversation in fluent french

"For now, Guli. It's been postponed 7 years."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald already knows I lied

Zita of Mercere: "Have to prove that Damhan-Allaidh is still alive in those years or they'll execute me for wasting their time. Aha. Ahaha."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Well! Much can happen in seven years."

Zita of Mercere: "Yeah! It's a lot of time. I'll be fine."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Superintendent Chalmers knows Skinner lied but he'd rather eat Krusty Burger than Skinner's cooking.

Zita of Mercere: :thinking:

"Hello, Guy. Which covenant do you belong to, here?"

"A newcomer to Vulcanis, perhaps?"

* Vulcanul

johns (GM): Damhan-Allaidh? At this century? In this part of Mythic Europe? Localized entirely within your tribunal???

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, none at the moment. Gulielmus however has informed me that he's departing your covenant soon, and if you'll have me, I would like to join."

Zita of Mercere: yes

may i see him? no

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Zita here is our resident Redcap. A woman of boundless talent."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, I see. Redcaps are tireless people, and generally of good virtue."

Zita of Mercere: "Departing, Guli?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If the Black Claw is a mundane object, there are infernal rites that can use such things as long as they're profane in nature

Zita of Mercere: the claw is probably an AC to big davh

johns (GM): You could find out with Intelligo

Zita of Mercere: I investigated the claw and found nothing before, I'll try seeing if it's an AC next time I check

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Departing? I think our new friend is joking."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll work on an Arc range InIm I guess

Zita of Mercere: I sigh in relief

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus will send some letters to the treetalus, sure

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, maybe I misheard you then."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald would be better at it but he has less reason to care

Zita of Mercere: "You may have picked a terrible time to join us, Guy."

johns (GM): Excellent. I hope you are tracking your Herbam/Charm correspondences.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's very easy because i have never spent a season studying either ability

Zita of Mercere: "Well, there's extra lab space, at least." I laugh nervously

Guy of Bonisagus: "There is no terrible time to join good company." I laugh.

Zita of Mercere: "Ha ha ha. Anyway, 4 magi just died."

Guy of Bonisagus: My laugh falters for a moment.

johns (GM): while fumbling through my irl notes I just remembered I am supposed to maintain this houserule so remind me at end of session in case I forget +1 Confidence XP awarded by GM for particularly good play

+1 Confidence XP awared by vote for particularly good play

+1 Reputation XP each session

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "And there's a big hole where one of our oldest labs used to be."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, sounds like a true tragedy."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And a twilit maga suspended in the middle of the hole."

Zita of Mercere: "Thankfully, the owner won't mind, as he was burned alive before it happened."

Guy of Bonisagus: "However, there is no better time to rebuild than after such an event."

Zita of Mercere: "Yes. Just uh, you should wait until the spring equinox before coming along with us. We can introduce you to Venator, I'm sure he'll be happy with a Bonisagus at our covenant again."

"So many Tytalans, and look where it ended up."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Venator, like those demon hunters?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "No relation, I'm sure."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "A bonisagus could invent a Creo Terram ritual to repair the damage, perhaps."

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, no no, his name is Venator. Perhaps he took that on as a name for that reason, though? He is quite a holy man, for a necromancer."

johns (GM): At some point in the tribunal proper, Milo has a word with Archibald. He's got a case involving another Magus he needs a Quaesitor for. It shouldn't be too hard but would involve traveling to Corsica.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Mm. Necromancy is a questionable practice, but it does have its uses."

johns (GM): Naturally Archibald and any PCs who work on the case will be compensated for their time.

(and this can possible be Spring 1343)

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'd like to start working with the Quasitores.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're exiled for spring, right

johns (GM): Yup!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I need to brush up on my investigation and Code skillz

Archibald of Guernicus: "Of course. Is it a pressing matter, or to be done when time is free? Only, we were already planning on making better means for travelling across the sea."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, perhaps I should ask, have either of you heard of a Gulielmus of Pure Reason? Supposedly he averted a great tragedy and saved a divine presence."

"My friend here shares his name, but doesn't know the man."

Endrite (GM): No you wouldn't have, it's a Sith story.

Zita of Mercere: "Pure Reason?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Yes, after the pure state of his mind when he took action."

Zita of Mercere: "Hmmm, must be a coincedence."

Milo of Guernicus: "Within a few years would be best. We just need you to get enough to determine if there will be a case for the tribunal. Sooner better than later as traces of magic fade but I know you're busy these days."

Hypatia of Athens arrives, having delivered messages to those at Tribunal.

(To Hypatia of Athens): Did you deliver Venator's letters

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea brushes his thumb against his Ring of Cyprian.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Venator does his best to curb the questionable aspects of his trade."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'll make time as soon as possible, right now I'd give anything to throw myself into my work, properly."

(From Hypatia of Athens): I could have if he sought me out specifically

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus will join archibald on his quest, if archibald asks for his time and renard doesn't

(To Hypatia of Athens): He just kinda chucked the letters on the table and asked them to be delivered the day before everything went to shit

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, how rude of me, I nearly forgot."

Milo of Guernicus: I suppose Renard can wait a bit.

Guy of Bonisagus produces two more jars of honey and hands them to Zita and Fiorella.

(From Hypatia of Athens): Sure, I delivered them then.

Endrite (GM): So rude.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Apparently the covenant erupted into chaos the day after I left for tribunal. Magi, dead! My heart breaks, Milo, hearing it all. I have to uncover exactly what happened there before I look into this matter for you."

Hypatia of Athens: "Guilielmus beat back a rogue flambeau who was attacking an angel, yes."

Milo of Guernicus: "My condolences my boy. Naturally, tend to your home first."

Guy of Bonisagus: I look up at the passing redcap.

Milo of Guernicus: brb 1 sec

Guy of Bonisagus: "You've heard the tale? Do you know where I can find the man?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I nod "Thank ye for understanding."

Zita of Mercere: I take the jar of honey

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea laughs.

Zita of Mercere: "That's him." I point at Guli

Hypatia of Athens: "I'm not sure about this Pure Reason you speak of, but that was quite a spectacle."

Zita of Mercere: "He was just on trial for it there."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Come on. There's no way he means me."

Zita of Mercere: "Didn't even get marched, either. Well done, Guli!"

Guy of Bonisagus: I look at Gulielmus and scratch my shaven head.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The only reputation I could possibly have is as a hedge wizard."

Hypatia of Athens: "Enough that tall tales of the incident might have spread about this Guileless."

Zita of Mercere: "He stopped that flambeau attacking an angel, yeah."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Surely he would be willing to speak of such an event. However, a pious man should be humble. Hmm..."

Zita of Mercere: "Well, you can believe what you want. I'm sure you'll have all the time in the world to figure it out for yourself."

Guy of Bonisagus: "He is certainly a good man from my impression, which is what truly counts."

Zita of Mercere: I say quietly to myself "Or maybe 7 years, the average lifespan of a magus in the tomb."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Come, come, don't be too harsh on Renard. He's... invited me to join him on a demon-hunting expedition."

Hypatia of Athens: "The Flambeau has the ear of the Tribunal, so he has more practical reasons not to brag."

Guy of Bonisagus: rolling awareness

rolling 1d10+1

(

3

)

+1

=

4

must have been the wind

Zita of Mercere: Huh? What was that? Huh

Endrite (GM): EH????

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: parchment cube of invisibility

Guy of Bonisagus: "Demon-hunting expedition? You should be careful, even saints have suffered at their infernal grasp."

Endrite (GM): I feel like Saints are the best at ignoring demons.

Milo of Guernicus: Two mundanes approach.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: one mundane exits.

Milo of Guernicus: One is a servant of Aurora, who bids Hypatia and Zita to come speak with her in private.

The other is Zayd of Sansarron.

Endrite (GM): Gasp!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we already delivered the letters, right

Zayd: "Salaam aleikum, Magi. I have received your letter."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Sala-"

"Salve."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Salve."

Hypatia of Athens: "I have few kind words regarding Renard of Flambeau, but that is a tale for another time."

Zita of Mercere: "Salamat Pagi."

Zayd: "It is quite auspicious. My master, the Old Man of Sansarron, has asked me to reach out to you with an invitation, just as your master Venator asks permission for you to visit."

"Which one of you is Archibald and which of you is Beatrice?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Very auspicious indeed!"

Hypatia of Athens: O

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, that's wonderful. I've never been to the land of Africa."

Hypatia of Athens: I'm my own master now

Zita of Mercere: this is where someone steps in and goes

ha ha africa is a term invented in 1343, moron

or w/e

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Beatrice will not be attending Tribunal."

Zayd: africa is clearly an old word as it's the cognomen of Scipio Africanus

Guy of Bonisagus: africa anus

Zita of Mercere: "Archibald is the fat man with the beard in the building over there. Beatrice"

Endrite (GM): Rude!

Zita of Mercere: "Beatrice won't be attending."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is where someone steps in to own me - man stepping in to own himself

Zita of Mercere: if you pre-empt them, it removes their power

Zayd regards Archibald the blatant gift stinker

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Beatrice is... presently experiencing Twilight."

Boy R.: ex africa semper anus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Delicate situation."

Zayd: "O-oh.. Well I needn't trouble him directly.. But you may tell both as you please that the Venator wishes that the grave matter that was plaguing him be discussed with the both of them as well."

"Venator says he is not well enough to travel himself... I hope his condition is not too serious?"

Endrite (GM): The other grave matter, obviously.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: grave matter is just earth.

Zita of Mercere: "He's growing older, I'm afraid."

Boy R.:  thinks back to Venator gouging out Malach's eyes

he needs his rest

Zayd: he needs some milk

Boy R.: perhaps!

Zayd: "The voyage can be quite arduous and there are no Mercere Portals, should you choose to come. We can settle the details another time... Salaam."

do zita and hypatia wish to speak to aurora

Zita of Mercere: Yeah

Aurora of Mercere: She has a private request that she asks you keep confidential

(To Zita of Mercere): She would like an arcane connection to Venator.

Endrite (GM): Gasp!

(To Hypatia of Athens): She would like an arcane connection to Venator.

Aurora of Mercere passes a note to a player

Zita of Mercere: hooo boy

"I'll see what I can do."

Endrite (GM): This is what it looks like when magi get together on the down low.

johns (GM): lol

Hypatia of Athens nods

Zita of Mercere: I'll give her a report on anything I've found out from spying on the Tremere for her.

johns (GM): She is not surprised to learn that the Tremere are wicked and up to no good

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: one week after everyone murders everyone else for keeping secrets:

johns (GM): gahahaha!

Okay, I guess that's all there is to that

Now, I have a system for acquiring lab texts and books

Zita of Mercere: Well, Proclus was actually murdered over being unable to  stop  talking.

Hypatia of Athens: I suggest we buy The Invisible Eye Revealed if it's for sale

johns (GM): I have a list of texts with point values assigned. You get a certain number of points to start with and some more depending on the result of a Comm+Bargain roll (simple, no conf) by whomever the covenant entrusts with this crucial responsibility.

Zita of Mercere: Hypatia has like 5 communication

and some bargain too iirc

ive got +4 total, unless one of the magi has secretly been the merchant of venice this entire time i think thats our best bet

Hypatia of Athens: I have 5 comm, 4 Bargain

Zita of Mercere: Well

There we go

Hypatia of Athens: I grinded Bargain up when I wanted to be an artist

johns (GM): Now it pays off.

Roll away.

Wait!

Hypatia of Athens: Ok

johns (GM): First pick a category: Arts Books, Skill Books, or Spells.

Hypatia of Athens: Any objections to Spells, sodales?

Guy of Bonisagus: queal books

Endrite (GM): Wait, do we only get to trade for one?

johns (GM): No, you roll for each category

Endrite (GM): Ah, well then.

Hypatia of Athens: Okay

johns (GM): I just want to be sure to have the right number assigned to each.

Hypatia of Athens: Simple or stressed?

johns (GM): simple

actually

Hypatia of Athens:

rolling d10+9 Spells

(

9

)

+9

=

18

johns (GM): Stressed.

Congrats.

Okay, you have 16 points to work with. Displaying a list of spells now

Endrite (GM): Fortunately it's easy to switch.

Guy of Bonisagus: these spells suck!

johns (GM): ;_;

Endrite (GM): Bridge of Wood is great, IMO.

Boy R.: they're fun

Guy of Bonisagus: i didnt actually look at the spells

Endrite (GM): Yikes.

Hypatia of Athens: Hmmm, Bridge of Wood is nice to have

Boy R.: winter's icy touch pulls its weight iirc

Zita of Mercere: It deals fatigue damage if I'm thinking of the right spell

Boy R.: i guess i shouldn't even advance an opinion without a magus to play but hell,m that never stopped me berfore

johns (GM): ah shit I fucked up and looked at the wrong formula in my notes

you actually have 32 points to work with

Hypatia of Athens: Woah

johns (GM): out of 42 total

Archibald of Guernicus: Johns, I wanted to get a spell from Magvillus. It's one they definitely have.

Endrite (GM): Is that total or just for spells?

johns (GM): Just for spells

Archibald of Guernicus: Since it's a quaesitor spell

johns (GM): Archibald your thing is separate don't worry

Archibald of Guernicus: oh okay

Endrite (GM): Well then let's take All Of Them.

johns (GM): You can afford 32 points.

Hypatia of Athens: Yeah, we just pick 10 points worth of stuff we DON'T want

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

Endrite (GM): The Captive Voice is mostly useless, we can drop that.

It's only really great against people who cast spells and they have magic resistance, usually.

Otherwise you just use it for spooking the mundanes.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'd drop talons of the winds, it seems like a poor fit for how we fight as a group together, if at all

so thats 9 points dropped

Endrite (GM): Then we can cut Winter's Icy Touch.

Perfect.

Hypatia of Athens: Sounds good

Archibald of Guernicus: Sounds like a plan

johns (GM): Okay, now pick a category and roll for either Arts Books or Skill Books

Hypatia of Athens:

rolling d10!+9 Skill Books

(

6

)

+9

=

15

johns (GM): Okay, that is 15 points to work with, displaying list

(22 total available)

Endrite (GM): We should definitely take the Parma tract.

Hypatia of Athens: OoH lore is probably the least useful

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: parma and mt

Endrite (GM): All the summae will be useful since we're getting a bunch of new magi.

Hypatia of Athens: Right

Endrite (GM): And with the Parma tract that's 15 points.

johns (GM): dredd voice: you betrayed the lore

Endrite (GM): Rico voice: Lorrrrre.

johns (GM): You going with Endrite's plan?

Guy of Bonisagus: get the magic theory books

magic theory, ooh lore, coh tract i want

Hypatia of Athens: Okay

Well I'm not sure about Finesse summa, you can get 8XP practiciing it

Archibald of Guernicus: What's his exact plan?

every single summae + parma tract?

Hypatia of Athens: Yeah

johns (GM): that's endrite's suggestion

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can we still get arts books

johns (GM): guy wants the MT tract (2 pts) ooh tract (1 pt) and coh tract (1) pt

yeah that's next category

Endrite (GM): Yes, that's a different category.

A different Scattergory.

Archibald of Guernicus: We could drop the penetration summae, since the ability is a bit useless without an AC, and use the 3 points it saves for the OoH tract lore tract and magic theory tract

Hypatia of Athens: If Guy has Affinity with MT and Book Learner like a proper BOnisagus cosmic brainer, we should get him those books

Archibald of Guernicus: in fact the magic theory tract is very valuable to everyone so, yeah

Endrite (GM): It's pretty useful IMO.

But that's fine.

Archibald of Guernicus: i think drop the pen summae, get those 2 tracts intead

johns (GM): It's very valuable to everyone (lavinia cries in the distance)

Archibald of Guernicus: Good thing she isn't here to object

johns (GM): It IS a good thing!

Hypatia of Athens: Every summae except penetration, Parma, every MT book?

Guy of Bonisagus: laviniaaaaa

Endrite (GM): Sounds good to me.

johns (GM): so total haul is: Conc Summa, Finesse Summa, MT Summa, Parma Tract, MT Tract

Hypatia of Athens: I think so

johns (GM): ok one sec while I jot that down

Sick. Last category, Arts books. Roll Com + Bargain

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella would want the Code tract but maybe she can get some Adventure XP in Code running with Quaesitor Krew

rolling 9+d10!

9+

(

6

)

=

15

johns (GM): Good shit.

11 points to work with

Displaying list...

Endrite (GM): Ok since this is obviously going to be contentious, I recommend we solve our disagreements here in the only fair way: hiring international assassins.

johns (GM): Good evening, 47.

if you aren't already I suggest checking the library page to see what we already have for each of these arts http://ars-badgame-ii.wikia.com/wiki/Library

Archibald of Guernicus: oh, and the OoH lore tract, johns. your list is 14 points so OoH lore is doable

or, actually

CoH

ill need code of hermes

johns (GM): Concentration Summa (L4, Q10) 3 points

Finesse Summa (L4, Q9) 3 points

Magic Theory Summa (L5, Q8) 3 points

Magic Theory Tract (Q7) 2 points

Parma Tract (Q7) 3 points

Magic Lore Tract (Q9) 1 point

Archibald of Guernicus: does anyone mind it being code instead of lore?

johns (GM): that's 15

Endrite (GM): I recommend all the tracts AND the Rego Summa, since we don't have one.

Guy of Bonisagus: i support endrites idea

Archibald of Guernicus: oh, magic lore. i mean we could take any of the 1 point tracts, and id rather have the Code one.

johns (GM): Oblivion soundtrack is so good, like the game itself

Guy of Bonisagus: dont forget to assign a unique name to every one of these tracts johns

johns (GM): I will eventually

Guy of Bonisagus: and have it ready by next session so we can properly note our seasons

johns (GM): I didn't want to bother making names for the books you DIDN'T end up getting

Guy of Bonisagus: you should have

and then tracked where they went

Archibald of Guernicus: lets get the rego summae, absolutely, yes

Guy of Bonisagus: so you know which covenant has what if we trade

Archibald of Guernicus: no matter what, we need "summae" dat

Guy of Bonisagus: i want a complete list of every roman tribunals library contents along with covenants on the border of neighboring tribunals

Archibald of Guernicus: so, 6 points left. thats 5 tracts, since only 5 are 1 point.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: man who has just eaten 10000 pawns of rego vis: Let's get the rego tra- bwuhhhh?

Endrite (GM): The Perdo, Creo, and Muto summae are too expensive.

Guy of Bonisagus: and also each individual magus's opinions of us

Endrite (GM): Uh, the Creo, Muto, and Perdo tracts are two each.

So that's 15.

Archibald of Guernicus: I suggest: Creo Tract, Vim Tract, Terram Tract, and 2 more 1 point tracts that people want

Boy R.: going to need to see titles for all these generic art books before deciding

Archibald of Guernicus: or a 2 pointer instead

what arts do people want more than anything else?

i want vim and, currently, creo, since ill need to bump my creo up to make us a whale and make myself not autistic

johns (GM): The Whale...

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella wants Rego and Corpus to get Leap of Homecoming

Archibald of Guernicus: i thought you were retiring her

are you keeping her then

johns (GM): I am going to make some rolls to adjust the Vis market, don't mind them

rolling 1d2 Techniques

(

1

)

=

1

Endrite (GM): This is the part where you make rolls and bleed to death!

Archibald of Guernicus: theres no corpus and no rego tract anyway, just a rego summae which we're taking, so its all good.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d5 Technique

(

4

)

=

4

Hypatia of Athens: Well I was making a Bonisagus and someone with an actual dead or exiled magi already mdae one

Archibald of Guernicus: you can have more tahn 1 bonisagus

we had THREE before

Hypatia of Athens: Anyway yeah, there's just the Rego summae which everyone wants anyway

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 Perdo shift

(

10

)

=

10

Archibald of Guernicus: do you remember when we were a primarily bonisagus covenant. d oyou remember these happy, peaceful days

johns (GM): -50% price on perdo

Archibald of Guernicus: endrite killed the 2 trianoma and rope kid abandoned us, and we fell into tytalan madness

johns (GM):

rolling 1d4 Forms

(

2

)

=

2

rolling 1d10 form1

(

2

)

=

2

rolling 1d10 form2

(

9

)

=

9

rolling 1d10 aquam shift

(

4

)

=

4

Aquam, +50% price

rolling 1d10 terram shift

(

8

)

=

8

Endrite (GM): Hey man, I'm not the one who made the archon walk around with a sword he couldn't use.

johns (GM): Terram, -20% price

Guy of Bonisagus: wheres the price increases wtf

vis recession

Archibald of Guernicus: THe value of vis has gone down after we found 8 million pawns of infernal vis in Proclus' body

johns (GM): Good news for Viscoin

Guy of Bonisagus: veni, vidi, viscoin

Archibald of Guernicus: and a lake containing excalibur (real, not fake) hidden in the corner of his lab

Endrite (GM): Wait how many points do we have for arts books?

11?

Archibald of Guernicus: 11

since the rego summa is 5, its 6 for tracts

Endrite (GM): Hmm.

Hypatia of Athens: A bunch of bonisagus moving in could be cool, I guess

Endrite (GM): We could drop the Terram tract for a Creo tract.

Hypatia of Athens: Fiorella can just be in Venice because she's moving back there

Archibald of Guernicus: My personal suggestion, stuff I actually want in bold, is:  Creo Tract ,  Vim Tract, Terram Tract, Aquam Tract, Animal Tract

animal mainly because we just got a level 35 ReAn spell thats pretty good for us

so people might want to start bumping their animal score up

Hypatia of Athens: Any objections to Archibald?

Other than general objections to his blatant gifstink?

Endrite (GM): I think most people hardly use Animal.

Archibald of Guernicus: Fiorella is an animal magus

so is Guy, I think?

Guy of Bonisagus: so is archibald

i have good animal and herbam

Endrite (GM): Damn.

Hypatia of Athens: Bwahahaha

Endrite (GM): Ruthles.

Archibald of Guernicus: Also, with this shakeup, we might find more people using animal spells

Hypatia of Athens: Don't worry about Fiorella

Archibald of Guernicus: On the other hand, I dont think anyone wants to think about Ignem for a long time

besides the ever-useful ReIg ward

Endrite (GM): I love thinking about ignem.

Hypatia of Athens: My Bonisagus in progress has Pillum and hornet Fire

And might go for BOFA

Archibald of Guernicus: my magus in ars frisia pre-buffs every morning with a spell to keep all heat and fire less than +20 damage from touching her

and then casts PeIg on herself

since she's immune to the cold

johns (GM): BOFA.

Boy R.: lots of VT magi went in on animal magic for whatever reason

well 3

Hypatia of Athens: I purposely misspelled BoAF

Because BOFA is funny

Archibald of Guernicus: lodewig had his wolfmind, we had Aleseta

johns (GM): Ball of Flame, Abyssal

Archibald of Guernicus: *Abysmal

Endrite (GM): What if someone stabs her with a sword?

Archibald of Guernicus: Then she dies. She has like -2 quickness, its not hard to.

She lives in the same covenant as an infamous arsonist who botched and set everywhere on fire on like 3 seperate adventures

Guy of Bonisagus: your bonisagus should go for bofa

Archibald of Guernicus: so this is a sensible pre-buff

imo

Hypatia of Athens: If I invent it I will not be calling it abysmal

Boy R.: is this tribunal business concluded?

Hypatia of Athens: It'll be the Heavenly Prismatic Spark or something

Guy of Bonisagus: final spark

johns (GM): did you settle which books you wanted

Hypatia of Athens: Ball of Love-Colored Flame

Endrite (GM): Not as far as I can tell.

johns (GM): i was gonna turn it over to endrite after this to conduct severin's deal

Hypatia of Athens: Archibald's list is good

johns (GM): and also remind you that lavinia wanted to purchase some items but it's up to you all to decide if the vis cost is worth it https://badgame.net/index.php?topic=47117.msg12410132#msg12410132

Archibald of Guernicus: my list is tentative if someone really wants ignem

Hypatia of Athens: My Bonisagus will read whatever's available when she shows up

Archibald of Guernicus: instead of terram/aquam/animal

id say swap out aquam for ignem, though

Endrite (GM): I think Aquam might be good if we really want to go to Troy.

Guy of Bonisagus: i wanna go to troy

Archibald of Guernicus: True. Lets stick with the aquam

lmfao johns the post below yours there

Also Proclus and Beatrice have to resolve their differences before Tribunal, I expect.

johns (GM): He was right.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus can manage the two lv10 muim items

but they will be weird pills or bundles of herbs

Endrite (GM): I'm surprised there STILL hasn't been a Wizard War.

johns (GM): do we have a final book list yet

Boy R.: wizards war is a really inefficient way of killing your enemies

Archibald of Guernicus: i posted mine and no-one seesm to have any objection at all

Boy R.: murder works much better

johns (GM): okay remind me what it is one more time so i dont have to scroll up haha

Archibald of Guernicus: the main thing with wizards war is that you can kill someone openly and get away with it completely, so it has other advantages that murder doesnt

Creo Tract, Vim Tract, Terram Tract, Aquam Tract, Animal Tract

Endrite (GM): Also the Rego Summa.

Archibald of Guernicus: and the rego summae, yes

johns (GM): Noted!

Archibald of Guernicus: 5+2+1+1+1+1

johns (GM): Fursonally? I think Techniques are always superior to Forms. But to each their own.

That's all the business I had on my list for today!

Endrite (GM): Alright, did you want to vote to support Severin's decision to reopen his old covenant?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is a VERY thematic song

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, you want both ideally. I want Creo so I got Creo.

Endrite (GM): I know there was some talk about pressuring him for a deal.

johns (GM): I thought so

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wtf

Where has the music gone.

Archibald of Guernicus: I wanted to make a deal with him where he'll support my proposal next tribunal, in exchange for our support here.

johns (GM): Sorry I thought you were being sarcastic.

Archibald of Guernicus: We help him gain a vote to cast, and he then casts that vote to help us back

seems like a reasonable deal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone in mythic europe nods sagely at the lyric "fragile creatures, we are taught to fear the reaper"

Endrite (GM): Alright, who wants to bring this proposal to Severin before Tribunal proper begins?

Or really, it could be everyone.

Archibald of Guernicus: It's a bit tough since the only magus he's met before from us that's still alive is me, iirc

Guy of Bonisagus: the magi with longevity rituals, ridiculous health bonuses, and strong parma/terram form bonus probably do not fear the reaper

johns (GM): They should fear each other

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they absolutely do.

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes, magi are immortal [glances at ever-growing pile of dead magi]

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: why do you think they spend so much time on longevity rituals, ridiculous health bonuses, parma magica, and form defenses

Archibald of Guernicus: Bialas' immense soak value didn't stop him from exploding when he fell down a pit

Endrite (GM): I mean, Severin is aware that there are other magi from Vardian's Tomb.

Archibald of Guernicus: I know, but if he's coming with a deal it's normal to expect the people you dealt with.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is guy the only new magus

Endrite (GM): So far.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wait a minute. those mundanes...

Archibald of Guernicus: The only new magus at this tribunal, anyhow. I think other people are going to show up when word gets out we just had a LOT of openings

Hypatia of Athens: You could turn yourself into stone to hibernate but you can also get attacked by demons while you dream, so you should probably have good Imaginem if you hibernate

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll meet with him, does Guli want to come too?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: uhhhhh sure

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Hypatia of Athens: I can help work out a deal

Endrite (GM): AFK a sec there's a loud buzzing noise.

johns (GM): Renard takes 5 of your Perdo vis and 5 of your corpus vis for gulielmuis' fine

Guy of Bonisagus: Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is guy the only new magus

yeah but i dont think he counts as vt yet

not until he follows gulielmus home and starts setting up his lab

Archibald of Guernicus: He isn't one of us, but he's free to hang out with us.

Since we don't know if Venator will just turn him down or w/e

Guy of Bonisagus: thats generous

he will hang out

i have decent social skills so perhaps i can roll dice at venator

Endrite (GM): Ok I found it.

Hypatia of Athens: My new magi will be sent to VT because of her reputation for lab explosions

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh boy.

Severin of Tytalus: You meet Severin in the Tribunal hall before the official business of the Tribunal begins.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: since the lab ruling by the tyrant johns, guy can just move right into gulielmus's lab and shove all of bialas's stuff off the shelf

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, johns, why do you have 2 magic items listed where one is 8 pawns and the other is 4, but theyre the same level

is there some rule about magic item costing i dont know

Hypatia of Athens: You just need enough Magic THeory if the lab is refined

Archibald of Guernicus: "Greetings."

Hypatia of Athens: And Fiorella's lab isn't refined, ho ho ho

Severin of Tytalus: "Ah, Archibald, have you come to discuss your proposal to allow magi of Rome to have their sanctum apart from their covenant?"

johns (GM): no im just stupid

Severin of Tytalus: "Or perhaps your pending legal case?"

johns (GM): they should both be 8

Severin of Tytalus: "Where is Beatrice ex Merinita, I understand Thaddeus is eager to speak to her."

Archibald of Guernicus: "She won't be attending tribunal."

"I've heard dire news about the covenant, I came out here a day early and... forgive me, but I'd rather not talk about it, so soon afterwards."

Severin of Tytalus: "As is her right. I wouldn't attend myself, but I do have certain standards to maintain," he chuckles.

"Dire news? What could it be? Is there conflict with the Knights Hospitaller?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I don't even know. Whatever it is, people are unwilling to discuss it. I need to find out for myself."

Severin of Tytalus: "Ah, a challenge even for the famous Archibald of Guernicus? How exciting it must be."

Archibald of Guernicus: "But, this isnae the time for such talk, ye wanted tae re-establish Lycellus, ye said."

"Do you have other magi willing tae join it?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea enters.

Severin of Tytalus: "Ah yes, of course."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve."

Severin of Tytalus: "I would hardly recreate an old covenant just for my personal benefit."

johns (GM): hey endrite/br. if I want to commission an item from Verditius, could I give them the actual vis to make the item as Fae vis, and the profit vis as Magic vis?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye have our support in the matter, of course."

Severin of Tytalus: I'd say yes if you find someone willing to work on something that might end up a little whimsical.

johns (GM): was thinking that for the Lungs of the Fish item

Severin of Tytalus: "Excellent, I knew I could count on you."

Boy R.: seems fine. faerie vis is explicitly not dangerous

johns (GM): since we got a lot of aquam fae vis

Archibald of Guernicus: "Though I was wanting tae ask a favour in the matter, for next tribunal. The proposal about sanctums, a legal change like this takes a long time to get underway. If Lycellus is reformed as a covenant, this grants it voting rights at this very issue, next tribunal."

Severin of Tytalus: "I must say, you are much more agreeable than the last magi of Vardian's Tomb."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd like tae know we have yer support in the matter."

johns (GM): okay -- then I will spend 4 Aquam FAe vis and 4 Aquam Magic vis (out of 16 and 5 total, respectively), if no one objects

Severin of Tytalus: Fine with me.

Archibald of Guernicus: rip aquam magic vis

remember when malach snorted and spent like 100 pawns of vis over his insane lifecycle as a magus, before killing himself

johns (GM): lol.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: win.

johns (GM): the more vis you snort the more vis your ghost should spit out when it's killed

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes! Yes!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wasnt beatrice going to do something with the fae vis i ate

Archibald of Guernicus: Lets kill Malach's ghost!

johns (GM): i'm going to hold off on the other items lavinia wanted to buy since i think gulielmus can make em all

(From Archibald of Guernicus): you should let me take the flaw where one of the dead magi shows up as a ghost and ive sworn an oath not to mess with them

Severin of Tytalus: "Well, that depends on the exact nature of the change, of course. As praeco, I would also need to determine how the rest of the Tribunal would feel about such a decision."

"I wouldn't want to be accused of favoritism, after all."

Archibald of Guernicus: "That's understandable. I've been trying to get people around to seeing the benefits of the idea so far, though there's a lot of ground tae cover."

"A lot of the tribunal resists change, but the Rome of today isnae the Rome of 100 years ago, and certainly not the Rome of centuries ago when these laws were written. As the time changes, so must we."

"Living in the heart of Rome has made this all-too apparent tae me."

"There are numerous places fit for a single well-stocked laboratory, but not for a covenant. Places magi are afraid to set up in, without any legal protection."

Severin of Tytalus: "Why are you so interested in making this change? It seems like a very particular legal change."

"Surely magical sites that are too small for a covenant can provide other benefits."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Vardian's Tomb is tiny pocket of magic within a great sea of the dominion, Severin. Lab space is cramped, limited by design."

johns (GM): You know who else was interested in change?

That's right

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: satan

johns (GM): Diedne

Archibald of Guernicus: "Experiencing it first-hand, I began to think on the matter more, and this is the conclusion I came to."

Severin of Tytalus: "Have you considered relocating to a different covenant?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I, noted Muto practitioner

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you died

Archibald of Guernicus: "What would they do without me?" I force a laugh "What indeed..." I get a sad look in my eyes

Lodewig of Tytalus: it was time for a... change

Severin of Tytalus: "I have visited Magvillus a number of times and, while it is indeed a mighty fortress, it is hardly overcrowded."

Boy R.: actually i'm dipping out, please post any shock rulings in the thread

Severin of Tytalus: "Perhaps Venator has simply been too permissive in allowing new magi into his covenant. Maybe a change of leadership is in order."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It feels more a place of politics than a site of law, sometimes. There can be no changes to the tribunal while acting within it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you should kill severin with your sword.

It's only a crime if you use magic.

Archibald of Guernicus: "He appointed Beatrice and I as consuls, tae use the old Roman term, as he grows more absent in his old age."

"But... well, we'll see what the future holds."

Severin of Tytalus: "From what I hear, perhaps the real change is the one that must come from within, not that I would pretend to understand your position, of course."

johns (GM): Okay, let's talk about our plan to kill BR irl

Severin of Tytalus: Exploding Blue Revolver cabinet.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gun.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Thank ye for speaking with me, anyway, Severin. I hope that by the time of next tribunal, I've made my argument soundly enough that ye see its benefit."

Severin of Tytalus: "I look forward to hearing it."

Archibald of Guernicus: Maybe Lavinia should try pestering him for a favour for a favour, Archibald isn't going to. So I think that's our business with him concluded here.

unless guli wants to kill thaddeus for us

johns (GM): Sure Lavinia loves playing dirty. she'll do it some time later off stage

since she is not present at tribunal now.

Severin of Tytalus: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: why would i kill thaddeus

Severin of Tytalus: A lab rat but Intrigue instead.

Archibald of Guernicus: To gain XP in Reputation: Incredibly Reasonable

johns (GM): im supposed to award reputation XP but i cant really decide what reputation every gets since everyone was doing their own thing this session

Severin of Tytalus: Reputation: Not Murderers

johns (GM): also I wonder if awarding Confidence XP is appropriate when only 4 people had PCs they could play

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita might get level 1 rep in scrying, since she was accused of it and it's been strangely delayed.

Well, its fair when those PCs have been around for a lot longer anyway

its not like any active PCs besides lavinia couldnt make it

Severin of Tytalus: Anyway, is there any more business before Tribunal?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: reputation (shell-shocked)

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald managed a good legal defence so he probably gets more xp towards his quaesitor rep

johns (GM): sure have a xp point there

Archibald of Guernicus: since i actually use that rep mechanically its good to get some

Guy of Bonisagus: lavinia the "active" pc

johns (GM): i was also going to vote archibald as getting conf xp for portraying a sad mopey man driven to action this session

Archibald of Guernicus: thank you

johns (GM): do others want to vote

anonymously or openly

Hypatia of Athens: I second Archibald

Archibald of Guernicus: ill vote guy for his insane backstory about hearing about the exploits of Gulielmus the Really Reasonable

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ftw.

Severin of Tytalus: I think, obviously, it should be Boy R. so we can throw him off balance before his murder.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it should be Hafl.

johns (GM): Excellent

well pester me about it later.

great session everyone.

Severin of Tytalus: Tribunal next week!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but

Severin of Tytalus: Ha ha ha just kidding, Tribunal now.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gah!

johns (GM): https://badgame.net/index.php?topic=47117.msg12474467#msg12474467

Cheers!

Archibald of Guernicus: dang, we're being warped out of tribunal

after all we did to get here

johns (GM): See you at next tribunal in (checks watch) 3 irl years

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: The instance is closing in 30 seconds.

Severin of Tytalus: As the assembled magi... assemble in the Tribunal hall, Milo of Guernicus is seen whispering something into Severin's ear, causing his countenance to perturb for a moment.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: aleseta...

Guy of Bonisagus: ok

Severin of Tytalus: Folk Ken to find out what face he's making and/or Awareness (Hearing) to listen in.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll try both, since I've got 3 per

Severin of Tytalus: Ok, please say what you're rolling when you roll it.

Guy of Bonisagus: folk ken

rolling 1d10+2

(

6

)

+2

=

8

awareness

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+5 folk ken

(

8

)

+5

=

13

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+5 awareness

(

4

)

+5

=

9

johns (GM):

rolling 1d420

(

34

)

=

34

(From Severin of Tytalus): Gaming.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10+3

(

4

)

+3

=

7

it's the same score for both.

Guy of Bonisagus: ironicus of jerbiton

Severin of Tytalus: You still have to roll twice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

Severin of Tytalus: And specify the roll, obviously.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: folk ken, then awareness

Severin of Tytalus: Ok.

I am applying a small penalty to your rolls for your flagrant and shameful cheating, may God have mercy on your soul.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Archibald of Guernicus tears up Gulielmus' sheet right in front of him

Severin of Tytalus: Anyway, if I haven't whispered you, then you don't find out anything else.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus already only exists as a series of forum posts and discord arguments

Severin of Tytalus: As soon as the magi are all seated, Severin brings the Tribunal to order.

johns (GM): Wait

cthinker has to roll for the snake's awareness and folk ken too

Severin of Tytalus: Smart.

Naturally, these rolls will NOT be penalized.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: The GM has to roll for the snake.

It's an NPC.

Severin of Tytalus: "Joyous news, friends, I have been informed that the last seven years have been ones of peace and prosperity for the Roman Tribunal. In fact, there is but one matter pending before the Tribunal. I congratulate you all for exemplifying the peace and harmony that Bonisagus and the other Founders envisioned for the Order of Hermes."

Guy of Bonisagus: that doesnt make sense

johns rolls for lavinia all the time

Severin of Tytalus: Damn.

johns (GM): bwahaha

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lavinia isn't an npc.

she's a player non-character

Guy of Bonisagus: got em

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh right

i was going to say this earlier

Guy of Bonisagus: the rat statue shatters from the force of gulielmus's blow

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: there are a TON of book titles in through the aegis johns

Guy of Bonisagus: just in time

Severin of Tytalus: "I would, therefore, propose the soul motion of the Tribunal of this, the Year of Our Lord 1342: the resurrection of Lycelleus Covenant."

Murmurs spread throughout the assemblage, do you have anything you'd like to do here?

johns (GM): I do not.

Severin of Tytalus: Alright.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, we pledged to vote for it. Do we get a sense for the general opinion of it?

Severin of Tytalus: Roll Awareness to listen in.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

3

)

+5

=

8

Severin of Tytalus: You can't focus on any conversation, but you don't hear anyone shouting or anything.

So it's probably all good.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll probably just see how Magvillus feel about it. If they're voting yes its a done deal since theyre one of the biggest stick in the muds here.

Potestas will go with no to be confrontational to the tytalan, harco will say no so they dont have to walk all the way out there, the rest might just vote yes if they dont care either way

Severin of Tytalus: Let's find out!

Silence falls on the chamber as the vote is officially called.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i use my learned magician powers to influence severin's luck.

wow

1 for, 8 against

Severin of Tytalus: One by one votes are cast and with each vote the susurrations filling the chamber grow louder.

Why does this happen?

Because, one by one, every single covenant casts their vote in favor of Severin's proposal. (Except for Sansaron, of course.)

Archibald of Guernicus: Jesus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we did it

Archibald of Guernicus: That's the most ominous tribunal vote we've ever had

Guy of Bonisagus: i cant wait for severin to kill everyone

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its going to rule.

Archibald of Guernicus: Now that he's tricked us with 2 votes, he only needs one more to claim all our souls (besides Sansaron)

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: cant wait for severin to reveal he is just a tiny facet of a 10,000 might deep faerie

Severin of Tytalus: "Splendid, thank you all for supporting me in this matter that is near and dear to my heart. Since there is no more business, I declare this Tribunal adjourned. I hope to see you all here again in seven years."

Then he briskly walks out of the chamber before anyone gets a chance to stop him.

johns (GM): bye

Endrite (GM): The other covenants have broken out into arguments.

Except for Sansaron, of course.

Archibald of Guernicus: "What's going on here?"

Also, I asked about Magvillus' opinion, what did Milo or someone else say befor ethe vote

Endrite (GM): Who do you want to ask?

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh my, are the Roman tribunals always so animated?"

Endrite (GM): Nothing.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Never seen anything like that before."

Endrite (GM): Covenant business, you know how it is.

johns (GM): never had a tribunal come at me like that before

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll ask my great friend Enki why everyone's arguing. Not that I think he's the best to ask, but any excuse to hang out with Enki is worth it

only once every 7 years

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: same but Tasso.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Verdi voted to approve a new covenant? What's gotten everyone here up in arms?"

Enki of Verditius: "Why do you think? That bastard must have had some scheme to get everyone to vote for him."

"What did he promise you for you vote?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nothing, I just thought it right he saw his covenant restored. Returning to find your home devastated and without protection is a horrible situation."

johns (GM): let's get enki to ally with us in a wiz war against severin

Archibald of Guernicus: "You're suggesting the man went around bribing everyone in the tribunal to back him?"

Enki of Verditius: "Ah shit, you Vardian's Tomb magi must have a real taste for hard luck stories, no wonder you have so many misfits and castoffs."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: enki ftw

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, ye don't know the half of it." I sigh

Enki of Verditius: "Good news then, you can't be cheated if he didn't promise you anything."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I saved the man's life before, I figured that put us above back-scratching and politics."

"Even to a Tytalan that must mean something."

Guy of Bonisagus: the ultimate tytalan

hes shown a glimpse of his true form at last

Archibald of Guernicus: he then resigns as praeco and sits in his covenant laughing

Guy of Bonisagus: tytalan plot to unify an entire tribunal in wizard war against him

Enki of Verditius: "Ha ha ha, I suppose grey hairs don't grow with wisdom. Tribunal affairs are inherently political."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the ultimate tytalan maneuver is to bring the order together in harmony

Archibald of Guernicus: "We can still strive to be decent about it." I harrumph

Enki of Verditius: "If you want to survive for longer than the last bunch in Vardian's Tomb did, you had best keep abreast of what other covenants are doing. That's a little tip to one of my best customers."

Folk Ken.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

7

)

+5

=

12

Thank you, spec in Magi

Enki of Verditius: You get the sense that he says a lot of people are his best customers.

He seems to have worn that phrase like a rut in the road.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'll keep it in mind. Say hello to Kifaaya for me."

I bid him farewell and reflect a little on that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i've got a pretty good head start on surviving for longer than the last bunch in vardian's tomb.

Archibald of Guernicus: Lavinia is the longest-surviving member of the new batch and I'm now the second-longest

I joined like 4 months into the saga

Enki of Verditius: He was referring to the ones who all mysteriously vanished before the SaGa started.

Archibald of Guernicus: we're technically on a third batch

yeah

Guy of Bonisagus: the last proclus is dead. vardians tomb is at peace

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: obviously.

Archibald of Guernicus: the guys venator was hanging out with, i know that

venator even told me the details

Guy of Bonisagus: the guys that venator killed

Enki of Verditius: Sure I just wanted to clear it up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway, it's time to share the secret of vardian's tomb with your fellow custos of cyprian

Guy of Bonisagus: and fed to whatever unholy secret lies at the heart of the tomb

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and long-serving archmagus of the tomb

Archibald of Guernicus: "Gulielmus, when we return to Vardian's Tomb, we must speak with Venator immediately. Did he have anything tae say, after that tragedy struck us?"

Guy of Bonisagus: its time to share it with the nice norman bonisagus who can be horrified and pack his bags up to leave

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ah..."

Endrite (GM): Do you want to speak to anyone else?

The magi are starting to leave.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "He told us all not to return until the spring."

Guy of Bonisagus: invidia of merinita, ignem specialist maga

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: major magical focus (currency)

Endrite (GM): Alright, what do you want to say to iNvidia?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i would like to say hello to tasso, but dfd isnt here.

so i will just let the record state that i said hello to tasso

Endrite (GM): Eh.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think Endrite can handle the complex character of an old badger

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh you mean

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea processes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whispermusic??

Guy of Bonisagus: oh i didnt want to say anything to her

i was just saying that

Tasso Agricola: "Ey yourself, Gulielmus."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Tasso!"

"What do you think about all this chaos?"

johns (GM): tasso: its a load of gabbagool

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll, off-screen, say hello to Julius Trianoma and Klybutes.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gabagool ftw

Tasso Agricola: "I just came as a favor for the old man," he jerks his thumb at Anson of Bonisagus, who looks quite concerned. "Nothing to be concerned about if you ask me."

"We get our covenant, he gets his, seems fair."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm. i should tell him about bialas

Hypatia of Athens: Tasso Agricola, Jean-Luc Carcassone, and John Dominions walk in

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: johns dominions 1-5

"Makes sense to me."

Tasso Agricola: "If you ask me, you shouldn't even need permission to make a covenant. Ahhhh, but what do I know?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Serves them right, they trusted a Tytalan

Endrite (GM): Alright, any other business?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm really glad we avoided being scammed like all these rubes by just being honest and not doing any scheming lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "But, listen, I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But I have to bear some bad news."

"Bad news about the bear."

johns (GM): Bad news bear.

Endrite (GM): Rather, you avoided the opportunity to extract any concessions.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, you want your covenant restored? Well, we support this idea, so we'll vote yes on it.

Guy of Bonisagus: heres one thing

Tasso Agricola: "Bialas? That queer?"

johns (GM): lol

Guy of Bonisagus: next tribunal we probably wont be able to offer anyone anything for their votes

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald is morally opposed to that, that's Lavinia's deal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Archibald of Guernicus: lmao

Guy of Bonisagus: because everyones gonna be suspicious

of any sort of deal

and will probably also hate us because we have connections to severin

Archibald of Guernicus screams

Guy of Bonisagus: FORTUNATELY no one had any big plans ha ha

Tasso Agricola: "What'd he do?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "He's dead."

Tasso Agricola: "Damn, that's rough, but let me tell you something, not too many other Bjornaer are going to feel that way."

"How'd it happen?"

johns (GM): He died from being massively gay.

Tasso Agricola: It happens.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "A fight broke out... he fell a hundred feet."

"But it was the most heroic hundred-foot fall I've ever seen."

Archibald of Guernicus: He collapsed under the weight of how gay he was.

Tasso Agricola: "A hundred feet? Was he fighting on top of a mountain or something?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Tackled a murderer into a pit."

Tasso Agricola: "A murderer? Why'd he get caught up in something like that? The Bialas I know could have slept through a whole Wizard's War."

Can we pick up the pace here?

It's a little late.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have nothing left to do, dunno if anyone does

johns (GM): im wiped

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: im just recounting the tale here so we can skip it

Guy of Bonisagus: what season is it now

how long does venator want us to lodge here

Tasso Agricola: Ok cool, just got to finish this convo then.

Zita of Mercere: All Zita has left to do is kill Gulielmus and Fiorella to cover her tracks completely

Tasso Agricola: And Venator.

And Lodewig.

Zita of Mercere: He's so old he'll die before next tribunal anyway. Lodewig left the tribunal.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It happened right in front of him. It's an ugly business, though, I don't want to go into too much detail."

"But I figured you should know."

Tasso Agricola: "I get it. I'll dedicate the most mediocre batch of the next crop to his honor."

johns (GM): i thought the guernicus case for archiabld would make a satisfactory 1 season interruptino before you return to VT

Guy of Bonisagus: everyone can help archibald with his case

Tasso Agricola: "He was always more of a quantity over quality guy, anyway."

Guy of Bonisagus: the ultimate investigation team

Zita of Mercere: He really wants to find out what happened at the tomb first. Are we not allowed back in until the summer season?

Guy of Bonisagus: roll awareness to see tassos tears before the perdo aquam spell removes them

johns (GM): what's the worst that could happen in 1 season

Endrite (GM): Alright, with an air of suspicion rippling through the Tribunal, it ends!

You all get however much XP Johns says.

Zita of Mercere: i more mean, itll affect what i go after first

Endrite (GM): Oh, 9.

Fun.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we did it

johns (GM): let me think on it tomorrow

i dont want to make decisions this late when im tired

Zita of Mercere: whether we go back to the tomb and i just play zita for spring, or we're locked out and i play archibalds investigation

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can apply 5 of my 9 xp to mastering scarlet flames right

Zita of Mercere: bold move after beating a case on it

johns (GM): ok

Guy of Bonisagus: he didnt really beat the case

Endrite (GM): Ah wait I forgot one more thing: a lighting bolt strikes every surviving magus, breaking through their penetration and doing...

Guy of Bonisagus: he cost us 10 vis

Endrite (GM):

rolling 1d10! + 65

(

7

)

+65

=

72

72 damage.

Guy of Bonisagus: lemme roll soak

auram form bonus right

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: My health bar is reduced to 28%.

johns (GM): i have greater immunity to lighning so im ok

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

9

)

+3

=

12

alright, brings it down to 60 damage

see you next week with my new magus everyone

Zita of Mercere: The perfect time to unveil that I actually had a defence against exactly this, not listed on my sheet, but if you check RoP:D then you'll see that

Endrite (GM): See you all next week!

Maybe!

Hypatia of Athens:

rolling d10+3+3+1+3 Int + Guile (disguise) + Aura

(

2

)

+3+3+1+3

=

12

Schediastís of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+5+4 Communication + Artes Liberales

(

8

)

+5+4

=

17

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10!+18-21+18

(

1

)

+18-21+18

=

16

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10

(

6

)

=

6

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10!+18-21+18

(

5

)

+18-21+18

=

20

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10

(

5

)

=

5

Boy R. (GM):

(To GM) rolling d10!+22-15+18

(

3

)

+22-15+18

=

28