1/7/17

johns (GM): Great

It is now Winter 1342!

We made it!

Voda: Phew!

Bialas of Bjornaer: Great!

Lodewig of Tytalus: these past few months have felt like several weeks

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Like 9 or 10 weeks.

johns (GM): About 3 weeks before the Tribunal is scheduled to begin, Venator convenes a meeting.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: salve.

Proclus of Rome: Does he say what it's going to be about?

Bialas of Bjornaer:  Yawn  "Always a pleasure."

Malachiasz of Tytalus munches.

johns (GM): The future of VArdian's Tomb.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea polishes an apple, but does not bite into it.

Proclus of Rome: Oh, this is going to be a short meeting, then.

Anyway, I naturally attend.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: venator hands everyone a declaration of wizard war

Archibald of Guernicus: That just means we can all legally kill him, encouraging our co-operation.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: venator activates his arcane connection to everyone's rings, killing them instantly

would "weaknesses" be a valid faerie lore spec

probably not

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton is for some reason not gong to tribunal.

Lodewig of Tytalus: idk that seems fair

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Great Weapon specialization: killing

Venator ex Misc: "I've been hearing talk of strife, wizard's war, cases against each other, and it disturbs me. This covenant was torn apart through bickering once before. Can your difficulties be reconciled?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think you can take creatures, which would apply to their weaknesses

(To Shauncat): just sent you a steam msg

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

(From Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): Got it

Archibald of Guernicus: "Proclus and I have spoken, and put our disagreements to rest."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Yes. And Proclus wanted to hire you to kill me."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: creatures it is

Bialas of Bjornaer: "What? This is the first I'm hearing of it. Why, we get along famously!"

Proclus of Rome: "That is a little generous, but it is true that I will no longer attempt to have Archibald disbarred."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "If the covenant falls apart from bickering it wouldn't have withstood any serious test"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Lodewig is wrong."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "You were going to have Archibald disbarred!?"

"Think about that would have done to me!"

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, but in light of the current circumstances I have agreed to allow him time for contrition."

Venator ex Misc: "I'm aware of the Tytalan philosophy Lodewig, and I do not agree with it."

"There are some tests too difficult for any of us to overcome."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: finally someone who makes sense

Proclus of Rome: "More worrying is the fact that Beatrice appears wholly delusional."

"How would I hire anyone to kill you? I am a man of humble means."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I wave off the objections, but don't argue further

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Not delusional, just informed."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton seems distracted this evening, following shortly after a redcap bringing her a letter.

Proclus of Rome: Lodewig flips down his shades and leans back in his chair.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I frown and look at the ground after Lodewig doesn't debate me.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I text Malach under teh table to say his quibbles are as superficial as his reading of the analects

Malachiasz of Tytalus throws his smartorb on the ground in a fit of rage.

Beatrice ex Merinita: whoever lsoes the debate has to join house tytalus

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Your entire summa is a solipsistic mess

Proclus of Rome: Also whoever wins.

Venator ex Misc: "Why are you two quibbling like this? What could possibly be worth tearing each other apart?"

Proclus of Rome: "You should hire new informants, in that case."

"Beatrice wishes to remove anyone who would prick her conscience."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus is an open threat to this covenant."

(From Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): Do I recall where the heirloom is stored?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Maybe, Beatrice, but while I was drunk one time I said I would declare war on you should you do the same to him."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Are you sure?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I know about that."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "So don't declare war on him. Or do."

(To Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): It's in the secure vault of solid stone that archibald can access

Malachiasz of Tytalus scratches his head.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, I guess don't. I don't think you're strong enough."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I must have missed all this. When did he endanger the covenant in the first place?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Have you tried joining House Tytalus?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I think I'll do fine."

"Try casting Crystal Dart on me, Malachiasz."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I say, he wasn't responsible for poor Ferris dying, was he?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Are you sure?"

Proclus of Rome: "I have caused significant moral consternation to the gracious Beatrice ex Merinita by criticizing her murder of her own cousin."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: switched my spec out for "faeries of the forest"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "ah. well, she knows her own family best, I'm sure"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: actually hmm

Venator ex Misc: "Pathetic!" Venator snaps a staff on the council table.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: village faeries. im sure that will come up

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Which is the same thing you wanted to sue Archibald about."

Venator ex Misc: "A few words from me and you are all already falling apart."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "How could Proclus possibly threaten any of us? Look how weak and clumsy he is."

Proclus of Rome: Faeries of the Town.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nudge Gulielmus and whisper to him.

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh. Venator. I'm sorry."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I don't think we are. Are we?"

Venator ex Misc: "How can you hope to survive against all the outside world has pitted against you when you can't work together?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Debate is often more vigorous among the living, learned Venator. Perhaps you have forgotten?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is there no chance of better ways to solve these disputes? Certamen, disputatio."

"As far as I see it, it isnae the debates as much as the fact they go bloody nowhere."

"Circles and endless arguing."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "longevity is the sign of a healthy argument"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea stares at Beatrice.

Proclus of Rome: "I blame the poor leadership of this covenant. It is practically pure anarchy."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "You did WHAT?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Better we all follow our instincts, take action, and deal with the consequences."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I told Proclus my position and he did not even bother to attempt negotiation."

Malachiasz of Tytalus chuckles at Lodewig's joke.

Venator ex Misc: "Your rhetoric has no value here, Lodewig. There are threats out there far beyond your comprehension."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "The circumstances demanded it." to Gulielmus.

Proclus of Rome: "What negotiations can there be in your devoted emulation of Cain?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea sputters.

Lodewig of Tytalus blinks as the wolf at his feet stretches and yawns

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "You did- He- How could you- Unbelievable!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I'm sure you'd be happier if Aristide was still alive and all of us burned as heretics."

Proclus of Rome: Too bad wolves can't eat apples.

Archibald of Guernicus: I hand Gulielmus an apple

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus has a point."

Beatrice ex Merinita: CrCo a meat apple

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: mmm.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I nudge Gulielmus again and ask him what Proclus is talking about.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's peco the archon.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton looks across the faces of her sodales, wondering who she can trust.

Proclus of Rome: "I would indeed be happier if Aristide was still alive!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: malachiasz is honest +3, trust him

Venator ex Misc: Guile check from Proclus

Beatrice ex Merinita: "So would I, but he attempted to have Knights Hospitaliers ransack the covenant."

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 1 + 1 (COM)

(

4

)

+1+1

=

6

Malachiasz of Tytalus: excellent job roleplaying your acquisition of the Delusion flaw endrite

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+2 folk ken vs proclus

(

8

)

+3+2

=

13

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

rolling 1d10 folk ken

(

2

)

=

2

seems right to me

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10 folk ken

(

9

)

=

9

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It seems pretty self explanatory, now doesn't it!?"

Proclus of Rome: I, personally, would have preferred if Aristide was shipped off to Transylvania instead of being insanely murdered.

Venator ex Misc: meh

Beatrice ex Merinita: He was shipped off to Transylvania.

Venator ex Misc: no one in transylvania would have taken him

Beatrice ex Merinita: Tremere collect their dead

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Slaying her own cousin. And she admits it, too!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: killing a tremere and then inconveniencing the entire house by doing it in a holy place

Zita of Mercere: "To be fair, that cousin was Aristide."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, actually, these arguments are too old and boring. Can we find something new to argue about, or a common enemy to face off against in mortal combat?"

Venator ex Misc: "If it was to keep the Knights out, then the crime was justified."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "It's an inexcusable offense to her blood and ancestors and, perhaps, another should step up as Archon. Ho ho ho."

Zita of Mercere: "Yeah, he sold us out to them."

Proclus of Rome: "Absolutely disgusting."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Perhaps!"

Venator ex Misc: "I am not saying this because I wish to debate it."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I was the only one in the covenant who actually like Aristide. It was my duty to do it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets beat each other to death with cudgels

Venator ex Misc waves his hands dismissively

Venator ex Misc: "Enough of this. I have something else to say."

devil's fav demon: everyone immediately arguing and ignoring venator ftw

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you dont have a cudgel you can borrow one of mine.

who wants to 'ave a go.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go over to Archibald, and quietly say, "Quasitore, I have something important to talk to you about pertaining to the security of Vardian's Tomb. It's not entirely pertinent to this internal strife, but could be related."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Every Tremere should be hanged from the walls of Fudarus, frankly."

Venator ex Misc: "I've made preparations for a time when I won't be around anymore to help you. The next leadership of this covenant."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I hope it's not Severin."

Proclus of Rome: I cross my arms.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I hope it's me."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "eh? I thought that's what the archonship was about"

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Venator ex Misc: "There shall be two Consuls. Each shall have the power of rule but with the ability to veto the other. Such was the way of the old Romans."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "oh I like it!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I hope it's me and Archibald."

Zita of Mercere: "I hope it's someone nice."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Nominate myself and malachiasz

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Nice."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "That sounds like Lavinia's idea."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "This makes you smart."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Lavinia is very wise."

Proclus of Rome: "How do you plan to enforce this system from beyond the grave, Venator?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "There should be another rule."

Venator ex Misc: "I have already determined who the Consuls should be. Know that taking this post entails a great care of responsibility beyond what you may think."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Lodewig's idea has some flaws, but also some merits. I approve."

Archibald of Guernicus: I lean over to Fiorella "Alright, we can discuss it after this."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "No more than one Consul at a time can be a Tytalus."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "What in our covenant binds us to your appointments?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: are we really turning our backs on our greek roots?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Perhaps one too many." I force a laugh

Venator ex Misc: "At no point have I yielded my authority, Lodewig. My word is law in these walls."

"And even if I appoint these Consuls, my rule remains absolute until the day I leave here, by choice or by death."

Archibald of Guernicus: Rolling code of hermes, to back this up

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone loves venator.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

5

)

+5

=

10

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Ah, so you are not leaving?"

(To Archibald of Guernicus): That's what an Autocratic covenant system is

Venator ex Misc: "The consul will serve for life. Only by a majority vote of the covenant and the assent of the other consul may one be replaced."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Somewhere outside the eyes of covenfolk would be ideal, perhaps outside a convenient cast of Prying Eye as well," to Archibald.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Indeed, Venator was the sole member of the covenant, its rule was his by right, and the system his to enforce and decide. We came later, and must abide by it."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Or rather, tell us of what you plan to do that you need to appoint viziers, it sounds the more interesting news by far"

Venator ex Misc: "I do not force your secrets into the open, Lodewig. Should I?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yes."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "No."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "It's an interesting question"

Proclus of Rome: "I suspect he is to be visited by an angel that even Archibald's efforts cannot keep out."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh, I'm sure we all have secrets."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We can speak in my lab, if you wish. I have ways to tell if any scrying goes upon it." to Fiorella

Venator ex Misc: "This covenant as well bears a secret of great magnitude, that I will entrust to the Consuls."

"Archibald and Beatrice, are you prepared to accept this duty?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "but I asked in a spirit of friendly enquiry. Are you planning to Twilight yourself? If it's a delicate matter, keep it to yourself of course"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I nod to Archibald.

Proclus of Rome: Respectful nod.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It can't be worse than anything I had to do before."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Them?" cough

Lodewig of Tytalus: Appointment by alphabet. How unimaginative

Archibald of Guernicus: "If you deem me fit, I'll do what I can."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: aristocritus would have loved this.

Beatrice ex Merinita: he wouldn't

not greek enough

Archibald of Guernicus: "For tribunal, Gulielmus, since I'm not tied up as much, I'll do all I can to help you with yer case."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: did you know: no wizard wars happened while aristocritus was alive

Venator ex Misc: "I make it official, then. You can dream up whatever regalia and titles you like later. I have something to show you two now."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nor any kinslaying

makes you think

Proclus of Rome: "This is shocking. The only direction these two can lead is straight to Hell."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no normans either

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it really fuckin does.

thats not true. we went on an adventure to normandy under his wise rule

Archibald of Guernicus: It makes me think, and makes me smile

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I whisper to Archibald.

Venator ex Misc: Venator leads Archibald and Beatrice towards his sanctum, if they permit.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go wait by Archibald's lab for him to finish being initiated

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll go

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "You have my gratitude."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Is that it, then?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's march the consuls

Archibald of Guernicus: "Proclus, you know that I would never interfere with any of my sodales in their pursuit of heaven."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I whisper to Lodewig.

Archibald of Guernicus: "My gift makes church attendance unfeasible, but I wish you all the best."

I'll go with Venator

Lodewig of Tytalus chuckles

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Archibald, I hope I can sway your vote when the day comes."

Proclus of Rome: "Venator won't live forever, Archibald."

Venator ex Misc: Ok, I am sending dys and Hafl something by pm because it is too much to type in whispers here

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im sending something by pm too

Proclus of Rome: "Venator has clearly lost his mind if he thinks those two are the most capable of keeping the peace."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Please, Proclus, save this diatribe for your fellow Tytalans."

I exeunt

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Everyone gets a lovely gif of Youmu clapping as a fish asphyxiates

Archibald of Guernicus: I checked my PMs and found this https://i.imgur.com/EDhWPqM.gif

Proclus of Rome: "Their capability for administration is exceeded only by their love of God, to be sure."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Ah, at least they're not both Christians."

Beatrice ex Merinita: good pm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lum

Venator ex Misc: Um, Archibald cannot Exeunt, unless he is multiple people.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It should have been me."

Proclus of Rome: Archibald and Zita.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: venator, in his infinite wisdom, selects a parricide and a diabolist to carry on his legacy

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay I read the PM. Hoooooo boy.

Venator ex Misc: Anyway I'm giving Hafl & Dys a moment to digest the news they've received, also they can send me questions or react here if they want to talk to other folks

Proclus of Rome: "At the rate they've been going, we'll all be burned at the stake within months."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll IM dys on Discord with what Fiorella tells Archibald so he can deal with the PM first

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm amused by the news ooc

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I can't tell what that guy is thinking. And you know, that's why I've always respected his leadership"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh, let them try to burn us. I'll just close my eyes and walk away."

Proclus of Rome: "Not to mention their disinterest in managing the affairs of the covenant beyond the length of their own schemes."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Not to mention their love of murder!"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "You're too highminded Proclus. Try to think more simply."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is the dominion aura at st peter's 9 or 10

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Affairs, matters of God, bah."

Beatrice ex Merinita: 10

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Here's the only thing a man needs to worry about."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Archibald murders the right people as far as I've seen."

Malachiasz of Tytalus munches on a turnip.

Proclus of Rome: "In the time that Beatrice has been Archon, our esteem among the Tribunal has fallen and the citizens of Rome have only grown more distrusting of us."

Venator ex Misc: question: does inexorable search work if the target is dead? my opinion is no because the RAW text says there's a separate spell jsut for dead people

Bialas of Bjornaer watches the turnip as his stomach rumbles

Beatrice ex Merinita: i don't think it works

Archibald of Guernicus: There's a separate spell for corpses, so it just fails

Proclus of Rome: Then it would only work on alive people.

Lodewig of Tytalus: seems like a reasonable ruling

Venator ex Misc: fair nuff

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets respect the raw text [said mockingly]

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: A corpse is still corpus right?

Venator ex Misc: yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: yes

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's  said sincerely

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's the exception that proves the exception.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I guess YOu'd need Mentem to find a ghost

Zita of Mercere: "I'm sure we just need to do a couple good deeds and they'll love us again."

Bialas of Bjornaer: Yeah.

Lodewig of Tytalus: or an alive person, for that matter

Proclus of Rome: "I think we need to plan for the day when Venator dies and we can throw off the shackles of his misrule once and for all."

Zita of Mercere: "We even have a street bear to entertain them."

Lodewig of Tytalus: or not need so much as, potentially use

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "We just need to elect me as the people's consul, to truly do as the Romans did."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "does it do tricks?"

Zita of Mercere: "It mauls people." I say cheerily

Beatrice ex Merinita returns from her trip with Venator.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'd pay a pfennig to see that"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Our course is clear. We must destroy House Tremere."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I'm a respectable elder, not a street bear."

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "You joined our House after all?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: welcome to house tytalus

Beatrice ex Merinita: "No."

Archibald of Guernicus: You said the hidden catchphrase that adds automatic membership

Beatrice ex Merinita: "But I know my slaying of Aristide was justified."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The Podestas Group won't fall until 2017 sadly

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, I could have told you that."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "And now I regret the vis we sold so that I could afford my indulgence."

Venator ex Misc: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, don't be a tease. what have the tremere done now?"

Venator ex Misc: Venator glides into view. "I don't think I can make the trip to tribunal this year, sodales. I have a few letters I would like you to deliver on my behalf."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Stole the grace of God away from mankind."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I will gladly follow consul Beatrice on her quest to destroy Tremere."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You mean figuratively, or..."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Both."

Archibald of Guernicus: I seat myself

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You've got to hand it to the little blighters, they don't want for ambition"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I'm going to go make some preparations for tribunal."

Malachiasz of Tytalus exits the scene.

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I head to the library.

Venator ex Misc: Venator presents three letters. "One for Aurora of Mercere, one for Tolas of Tremere, and one for any representative of Sansarron who is at the tribunal. Will you please see that these get to their destinations?" He says, not addressing any of you in particular

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I planned to speak with Aurora at the tribunal. I can carry the letter to her."

Proclus of Rome: "Sounds like a job for a Recap."

Hypatia of Athens: "I'm on it."

Proclus of Rome: Uh i mean "Redcap."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Speaking of preparations for Tribunal, I'd like to ask again if I have yer support, sodales, in arguing for sanctums outside of the covenant building itself. Not allowing vagrancy, of course, simply letting individuals make laboratories outwith the building itself with the same legal protection."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You have my support."

Proclus of Rome: "Why would you need anyone else's?"

Venator ex Misc: lavinia could write an apologia in your favor assuming someone remembers we are still owed a Whale

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia will go to Tribunal since Fiorella isn't going, for reasons she hasn't stated.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I didn't know there was a law against that"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "You must have missed the last tribunal."

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia would also like to speak in Guileilmus's defense, if necessary.

Archibald of Guernicus: "We live in a tiny bubble of magic underground, sodales. How many magi live within these walls, now? 10 of us?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "You know I don't think I've ever been to a tribunal"£

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I take our Bible and copy of Analects of Tytalus and head to the scrivener's desk.

Archibald of Guernicus: "We have precious little space, yet other magic auras known to us we could claim and use."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I'll back whatever measure allows for more living space"

Proclus of Rome: "I could certainly expand the size of the aura."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I don't believe Vardian's Tomb should be limited to just a tomb."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "We should not neglect expanding our base aura as well."

Lodewig of Tytalus: " I expect the others will oppose us claiming the city of Rome for our covenant"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "The more territory Magic takes in this city the better."

Proclus of Rome: "Though I will enthusiastically support anything that allows you to move away, Archibald."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Rome is host to some of the most powerful Dominion around."

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): I spend some time swapping the bindings on them. I return the Bible text with Analects cover to the shelf, and slip the Analects text with Bible cover in my pack.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Only lab-sized pieces of it, Lodewig. Much of the city is under the aura of the divine, utterly insuitable to labwork."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Not many magi would claim it."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Well, we'll see if they object"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Perhaps we could get Verdi to support this. They were incensed by the covenant at Etna, an aura they felt they were due, yet never exploited personally. With this, they could have."

Hypatia of Athens: "I would benefit from being able to practice holy music where it won't negatively interact with Vardian's Tomb's aura."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Why would they care? They don't even live in Rome."

Hypatia of Athens: "They could support their magi with craftsmen based in Rome."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "they might have cause to exploit some phenomenon or other in the area"

"You're right though that it will let every covenant consolidate their fief"

"now I'm not sure that I like it"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Pardon Sodales, I have already floated a suggestion towards securing our total rights to all magical phenom within the region of Rome"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, whatever"

Archibald of Guernicus: "How many do you see numbered in each ovenant? 5, 6?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "It will surely cause more trouble than its worth. You should love it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Vardian's Tomb has the potential to secure as much or more as others, if this is what concerns you."

"Other covenants are at such a great distance to us, as well."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I just like being able to move unchallenged. I think this is a small matter though, I'll back it for mere good will"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Thank you, Lodewig."

Proclus of Rome: "Our assent scarcely matters now."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Are you going to be opposed on principle, Proclus?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "We're not tremere, your sigil and your voice are your own"

Proclus of Rome: "What does it matter if I am? Only covenants vote at Tribunal."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "I support it, Archibald, as I feel we deserve that Garden once the covenant of Caerfloron is appeased or dealt with in some other way."

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh is that how it works here

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Wow!!! look who doesn't read the damn wiki

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Beatrice ex Merinita: there's a front page

i mean wiki

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol.

Lodewig of Tytalus: not reading shit is at the core of my character

Lavinia of Jerbiton: http://ars-badgame-ii.wikia.com/wiki/The_Roman_Tribunal

Archibald of Guernicus: I clear my throat "I should point out that a tribunal ruling of this magnitude is a slow process. It would be next tribunal that the actual debate and ruling occurs, this is prelimanary work. Ye know, to ensure the debate at next tribunal is fully sorted."

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's start a new covenant

Lavinia of Jerbiton: in normandy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: with no tytalans

Lavinia of Jerbiton: in a castle in a faerie woods

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: :blessed:

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's make our own faerie forest

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's make a hoplite covenant, and wizard war house tytalus into extinction.

Beatrice ex Merinita: this but tremere

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: por que no los dos, but in latin instead of spanish

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's all learn latin irl

Beatrice ex Merinita: poro qua no les duo

Proclus of Rome: "Has Venator said what he will be doing instead of attending Tribunal?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that latin looks extremely vulgar

Beatrice ex Merinita: "No, but I imagine it's important."

Venator ex Misc: "I will be here."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Proclus, are you going to continue attacking the covenant and pursue your petty grudges?"

johns (GM): any preparation you all want to do before going to venice

Proclus of Rome: "That you would even ask such a question proves your own paranoia."

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): Once my work is done and everyone's left the meeting room, I go around and search for any few matching hairs I can find.

Proclus of Rome: "Outside of your own delusions I have been this covenant's most enthusiastic supporter."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let me check

johns (GM): there's two legal cases coming up

Consolata vs. Zita and Renard vs. Gulielmus

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): do i find any

Archibald of Guernicus: During one of my seasons before the tribunal itself, I write a polemic to distribute, discussing the change to tribunal law I'm suggesting and laying out how it better fits the state of the tribunal today.

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): Roll Per+Awareness.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll be handing that out at tribunal

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Proclus of Rome: Do you guys want me to keep a copy of Wizard's Communion here or should I trade both the ones I wrote at Tribunal?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i probably can't make an invisibility potion that will work through whatever aegis we're going to be in.

johns (GM): I could do the debate over the issue at tribunal, I just hadn't statted up someone to counter-argue

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll make my own travel arrangements, and arrange a nurse for the child i don'tthink we ever got the name of

johns (GM): lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway, i have faith in the system and i'm sure nobody will be trying to murder me in the end.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you get to name it now

Beatrice ex Merinita: he's got a new name now

Proclus of Rome: You don't need to penetrate to make yourself invisible.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: name it Tytalus

Beatrice ex Merinita: Tytus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: right, i'm probably thinking of casting from outside the aegis

Lodewig of Tytalus: Titus is a good one

johns (GM): a spell cast outside the aegis stops when you enter the aegis

Proclus of Rome: Even if it's a potion?

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Shaun told me about the signet ring, I'm going to try and spont the inexorable search, ceremonially, in the mercury temple, to locate this cousin. I'm guessing his ring is an AC, though I can't be sure.

johns (GM): Yes.

Proclus of Rome: Huh.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i would be drinking the potion inside the aegis

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Roll it

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+37

(

2

)

+37

=

39

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think then it needs to penetrate

johns (GM): Then it definitely doens't work, because it's an enchanted item

Bialas of Bjornaer: it would.

need to penetrate.

but yeah its also an item.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Fuck it, I conf that, it's enough after confing

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can put a lot of penetration in an enchanted item.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): The spell does not yield any information

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but, probably not enough.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Where do we keep Merlin? I was looking through Jerbiton and saw they like to keep bearded vultures

johns (GM): He's up in the bar

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Same again, but this time with a spell to locate a corpse

johns (GM): With the loss of rats to hunt, he survives by eating bar nuts and pretzels

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's skip the tribunal and go on a merlin adventure

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+37

(

3

)

+37

=

40

Proclus of Rome: What a great plan.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets make merlin the archon

(To Archibald of Guernicus): A hit!

Proclus of Rome: Is Gnomon going to be at Tribunal?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll take care of feeding him

(To Archibald of Guernicus): It's a spot a few miles south of the city along one of the roads

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll buy tripe for him

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

Bialas of Bjornaer: Mmm... Tripe.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think there's something the covenant should know, now

Bialas of Bjornaer: You'll have to hide the tripe from me.

Archibald of Guernicus: If Fiorella doesnt mind

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay.

Boy R.: I guess Gnomon probably would be at tribunal

johns (GM): I have pinged the location that Archibald uncovered

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I didn't want to tell anyone but Archibald but I think this is a covenant matter now

Archibald of Guernicus: It was private when it was a matter of life and death

But now we know it isnt

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's just a matter of death now

Boy R.: you can help him complain about Euphemia to the tribunal if you like

Archibald of Guernicus: rip

Anyway, someone attempted to blackmail Fiorella

They already killed the person they kidnapped, though

Proclus of Rome: For what?

Archibald of Guernicus: so now its a covenant matter

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Marco's relic

Archibald of Guernicus: " It appears Fiorella's cousin is kidnapped, and they're blackmailing her to 1) not go to Tribunal, and 2) not let Marco's heirloom leave VT."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "what an odd request"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: johns: just before Venator's meeting, a note arrives for Fiorella. It contains a signet ring from her cousin, Ezio di Zeno, and says: "I have your cousin. Do not go to tribunal. Wait my next letter. Tell no one. You are being watched."

johns: Ah, important thing the note also says: "Do not let them take Marco's heirloom."

Archibald of Guernicus: brb 1 sec. anyway i did the inexorable search with the ring they sent, found nothing. did it to locate a corpse... got a hit.

so, rip

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Grrrrrr"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Let's take a small detour before the tribunal."

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it was probably beatrice.

oh my god.

she's going to kill us all.

Proclus of Rome: Ezio isn't related to Beatrice.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "whoever's doing this isn't very good at it"

"so I suspect that Constanta again"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Si."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Marco's murder is on the agenda I trust. What was so important about his heirloom?"

johns (GM): The hierloom is currently sitting in your stone vault

Proclus of Rome: "It could serve as an Arcane Connection to summon his ghost."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: There's apocalyptic prophecy surrounding it, I think

"I thought we set about allowing his ghost to pass on, I think. Took efforts to do so, in fact."

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Oh, tell the story. What prophecy?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Wow, so this person doesn't want the thing to leave our covenant."

"Let's take it with us to Tribunal."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "yes, and is there anything we definitely know it can do?"

"or is it one of these generic holy relics"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "We haven't verified it's Consolata."

Zita of Mercere: "Who else would it be?"

"Who else knew we had it?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "It's probably trash that some peasants think is powerful."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "It may be her associates."

Proclus of Rome: "It could be anyone of her co-conspirators."

Zita of Mercere: "No, it doesn't leave the vault. Think about it. She was trying to make sure one person was here, with it, so she could get them to hand her it."

"I don't like the part about being watched, do we have even  more  spies?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "There's one problem with that theory, only Archibald and Malachiasz have the Terram mastery necessary to get it out of the vault."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "But no one will be here except Venator now."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I cannot."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I could get it out as well."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What if they kill Venator and take their garbage?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I didn't know we had a vault"

Zita of Mercere: "Well, it's not like they know how the vault works, is it?"

"See, even Lodewig didnt know."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Well, more correctly then, I would be poorly suited to retrieving it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It's a secret vault. No Tytalans."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I'll just hold on to it, I'm the strongest one."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "If this is some sort of reverse ruse, then yes, our strongest magi should hold it, in case they plan to ambush them and take it."

Zita of Mercere: "It's a Mercere heirloom, the only gifted magi I'd entrust it to in this tribunal is Aurora."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "was there any reason to take it to the tribunal, before this letter? I would be foolish to do it out of spite, although tempting"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Would it be possible to craft fakes?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "I mean what even is the thing?"

Zita of Mercere: It looked like a claw, didn it

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Sounds holy"

Zita of Mercere: "I think it might be a piece of Daimhan-Allaidh."

I hope I said that right

Proclus of Rome: "I think that we should avoid bringing any grogs along. The amount of spies among our servants is truly shocking."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Marco's ghost told us some prophecy surrounding it IIRC

Lodewig of Tytalus: "well, I suppose one or two people could stay here and wait for the inevitable assault on the vault"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We could set up a trap."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Magic people, I mean"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Well then, give it here, I'll hold onto it for now."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "If Lavinia can make a ward, I could make an illusion of the claw."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Hell I'll do it, I hate boats"

Zita of Mercere: "No-one holds onto it!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I can stay. Few would have reason to meet with me at Tribunal, and I can act the rube for as long as possible if they come to Vardian's Tomb."

johns (GM): i love boat, the poster

Zita of Mercere: Same

Endrite: This but I don't.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "I'll hold on to it."

devil's fav demon: boat doesnt want to play in ars italia because im in it iirc

Bialas of Bjornaer: rip

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: rip

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): was i ever able to get any hairs

Beatrice ex Merinita: "The relic is safest in the vault."

(From Zita of Mercere): what does bialas have on him? i want to steal something off him to prove a point about how easy it is to do so.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

6

)

=

6

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's probably not my place to say this but i don't think this game urgently needs players

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): You found 0 hairs

Zita of Mercere: I agree

johns (GM): I disagree

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): damn!

johns (GM): We need enough players for The Fallen Fane.

That's 24.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this.

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): then i just keep the bible covered analects in my pack as we go to tribunal

johns (GM): Okay

What now troupers

Proclus of Rome: "I think a solid wall is less safe than you might imagine."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "A solid wall and a solid aegis are a good start"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We can throw it back down the well again."

Zita of Mercere: "Someone could be spying on us, though."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: seems like if fiorella tries to stick around and play dumb with the insane murderers she will probably get insanely murdered.

johns (GM): throw the hierloom down the well / so my people can be free

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats not something i would think in character though.

Proclus of Rome: "Someone is certainly spying on us."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "The magic bear paw or whatever it is will be much safer with me than in a vault in the middle of some spies."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea sips tea

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Is Fiorella's lab covered by the Aegis?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: "With you?"

johns (GM): Yes

(From Zita of Mercere): I pickpocket something innocuous off Bialas to prove a point to him, rolling it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: is it time to institute monthly InMes amongthe staff

johns (GM): The aegis covers the whole block of apartment buildings and such

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: cumthinker does have a point

Zita of Mercere:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+15

(

4

)

+15

=

19

(To Bialas the Bear): roll per+awareness

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I guess since gulielmus didn't voice it

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I have an idea."

"We could set completely loyal guards."

Bialas of Bjornaer:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2

(

4

)

+2

=

6

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But yeah, if a bunch of thugs invade and the grogs betray me, there's not much I can do but die or run away

Beatrice ex Merinita: "We have the altar we retrieved from the Shadow Senate."

Lodewig of Tytalus: we're basically counting on somebody to show up, so I'm going to stay back and support Fiorella

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh

(To Zita of Mercere): He failed his per check

(To Zita of Mercere): success

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think Bialas could be useful here as well

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can do one other thing

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Fiorella's plan seems good."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Order VT cleared out and then fill it with crows who attack anyone who enters

Proclus of Rome: "I think ghost guards would work perfectly well."

(From Zita of Mercere): what did he have on him to nick

(To Bialas the Bear): what does bialas carry on him in a situation like this

Lodewig of Tytalus: just leave the place to crows for a month?

johns (GM): gross

its gonna fill up with bird poop

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh

Archibald of Guernicus: "They'd have to be given aegis tokens, but it could work."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can focus the crow guards

(From Bialas of Bjornaer): bialas carries nothing and is nude under his talisman, the white cloak that turns into a collar when he turns into a bear.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Use a Circle of Beast Warding to keep them at the vault entrance

(To Zita of Mercere): bialas carries nothing and is nude under his talisman, the white cloak that turns into a collar when he turns into a bear.

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't they just starve to death?

johns (GM): lets put the hierloom in the rat regio

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And respawn them at sundown and sunrise

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: write a circle of beast warding and then just fill it with hundreds of creod birds

nothing can get through that.

(From Zita of Mercere): Then I did the only sensible thing. I stole the cloak, clearly.

Proclus of Rome: What if the rats steal it?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They're Creo'd birds, they're sustained by the spell

(From Bialas of Bjornaer): did someone just touch my ass

(To Bialas the Bear): zita was trying to pickpocket you but you have no pockets

Lodewig of Tytalus: that's not a given

(To Zita of Mercere): I think he would notice that

Lodewig of Tytalus: but they won't exist for longer than half a day

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

It's Sun duration

(From Zita of Mercere): If only he had a roll to notice it... hmmm.......

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Starving to death is not the achille's heel here

Bialas of Bjornaer: "Did somebody just touch my ass?"

(To Zita of Mercere): He rolled but not low enough to miss someone tearing his clothes off

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: [mysteriously prompted]

Lodewig of Tytalus: I respect the power of summoning crows, but I think our traditional wards are probably the most effective

johns (GM): The covenant spy touched your ass.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Zita of Mercere: A traitor

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Find the ass toucher!"

Beatrice ex Merinita: Spell Duration: While touching ass

(To Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): Who knew that you gave the ring to Archibald

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm... who here could stealthily touch someone's ass without being noticed

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Zita?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: Zita just reached under Bialas' robes, where he is nude and carrying nothing.

(From Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): I didn't tell anyone

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: storing the doomsday artifact in bialas's ass

Zita of Mercere: I was trying to pickpocket him to prove a point about how easy it is to pickpocket him, and found something much more horrifying

(To Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): Logically, that means Archibald is the murderer.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: it sounds like we should give bialas the artifact

he can store it safely and no one will want to reach in there

Proclus of Rome: "What other loyal guardians do we have?"

"Can Sir Oak protect the ring?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: nows a good time to reveal what texture-range effects bialas keeps on at all times

Bialas of Bjornaer: None, surprisingly.

Beatrice ex Merinita: CrMe to induce lust

Zita of Mercere: "The covenfolk aren't a good bet. Doesn't Lavinia take sir oak everywhere?"

Bialas of Bjornaer: Obviously I don't need any CrMe for that.

Beatrice ex Merinita: more lust

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Whatever, let's just go to tribunal and leave the thing in the vault."

Zita of Mercere: "Lavinia, do you think you could spare him as a guard, even while we visit tribunal?"

Proclus of Rome: "We should at least recover her cousin's body."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I have no pressing business at Tribunal so I can stay here with Oak."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I nod to that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What about the Welsh guy?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I agree, Proclus."

"Lavinia, can you set up a ward to attack anyone who enters it?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I want to know the cause of death."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I made a mark on the map where we might find it." I hold up a map with a dagger in it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "To attack? I practice Pacifist magic."

"Regardless I can up an alarm in the vault if you let me in."

Proclus of Rome: Ah, the worst kind of magic.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Immobilize anyone who enters and raises alarm."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Don't hold up the map like that, Archibald, it'll tear."

Archibald of Guernicus: Unfortunately, the guards then attack the immobilised intruder, and Lavinia loses her Gift

Beatrice ex Merinita: ah

Alarm will have to be enough.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I had tae make a mark with something, Gulielmus."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ok, time to cast a spell

Archibald of Guernicus spits out drink

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you've destroyed fiorella's phylactery

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+6+6+3+3

(

4

)

+6+6+3+3

=

22

ease factor is 15 so that exceeds by 7, add 3 penetration

and multiply since it's a circle ward

penetration is 50

a bunch of bells will fly around inside the vault if anyone enters without issuing the password

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: very scary

Bialas of Bjornaer: Base 15, +2 Scent +2 Ring. Białas marks a Ring with his urine. Anyone smelling the territory marked out by his scent is unable to feel any sort of emotion and acts listlessly, without motivation or cares.

i could cast this.

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Bialas of Bjornaer: But it doesnt last very long.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: who wants to go look for the corpse

Bialas of Bjornaer: And I can't mark a ring around the vault.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Let's go look for the corpse.

Voda: I'll go.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go look for the corpse

Bialas of Bjornaer: Maybe we leave the claw in a field and I piss around it and then we've got a couple hours.

Beatrice ex Merinita: How many spells can I fatiguelessly spont in 12 hours?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: umm

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's five minutes to recover one fatigue level IIRC

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok, affording some time for movement, I can conjure 3000 illusions of the claw all around vardian's tomb

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1 spell per 6 seconds

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Put some fake claws in my sanctum

Bialas of Bjornaer: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: how long do they last?

Beatrice ex Merinita: moon

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well, one fake claw

Bialas of Bjornaer: score.

Beatrice ex Merinita: Base 1 + 1 Touch + 3 Moon

Archibald of Guernicus: Thank you, illusionist, you are our greatest ally

Beatrice ex Merinita: they're only a distraction

Lodewig of Tytalus: can you do it as a 2-sense muim on an ordinary object, so someone might actually take it for a replica?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: That's a good idea

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 2 wizards and one companion headed out?

Beatrice ex Merinita: not without fatigue

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm not accompanying anyone on a lengthy journey

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it's less than a day away.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's close to Rome

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: One fake claw that's tangible might be better than 3000 illusory ones

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh alright let's go

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ah okay

Well if there's 3 Magi that changes things

4!

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling (1d10!+30)/2 MuIm

(

(

3

)

+30)/2

=

16.5

Lodewig of Tytalus: sorry

i'll make another character one day

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can make 3 sense change

3000 illusory claws and one thing disguised as the real claw among them

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not sure who to pick since archibald found the place but zita is deeply personally involved in this matter. So I'll just say Archibald is nearby and saying nothing or w/e

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i go

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh i'd better make the illusory claws 2 sense, i can do that fatiguelessly too

Bialas of Bjornaer: Let's all go.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Archibald's directions lead you towards an overgrown ruin just off one of the major old Roman Roads. It may have been a waystation in the old days but all that is left is chipped stone tiles on the ground with grass growing out of it, half a broken marble bench, a well, and lots of shrubs.

Beatrice ex Merinita: This is not a diplomatic mission, so sidestep is up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can we get a new 10 second loop

Voda: Hmmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sorry sometimes the jukebox gets stuck on weird tracks

Voda: Speaking of weird tracks, are there any?

Lodewig of Tytalus: there';s nothing wrong with being stuck in one of the shops from ocarina of time for a couple of hours

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Per + Hunting to track

Zita of Mercere: I'm sure the SAO soundtrack has something better than this.

Voda: Ok, I don't have Hunting.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I buff up and summon a murder of crows to guard me.

Zita of Mercere: Lodewig, send your wolf out

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!+7

(

7

)

+7

=

14

Beatrice ex Merinita: i need glamours already to make my own summons

Bialas of Bjornaer: i'll turn into a bear.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll just wolf myself and do it, the other guy is babysitting

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sidestep and Shriek

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i regret my request.

Zita of Mercere: I'll take any prebuffs being offered out

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "What the hell are you all so afraid of?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Roll Concentration to suppress your Parma.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Is that a hunting roll Lodewig?

Zita of Mercere: Actually,

Lodewig of Tytalus: also toughness and size+1 on myself and aynone who wants

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll take it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it is a hunting (scent) roill

Zita of Mercere: Size+1 puts me at normal human size

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "It's an aggressive defense."

Beatrice ex Merinita: Now I'm normal size.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll go see the dead body

buffed w/ shriek

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Besides, the last time I was imprudent, a building fell on me."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: You smell blood in the well. You see two sets of tracks going to the well, and neither continues from there.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Where's the corpse at?"

Voda: I'll look in the well.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll look as well.

Voda: Or, rather, at the well.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I see in the dark.

Bialas of Bjornaer: Yeah.

Zita of Mercere: "Please, Malach, her cousin is dead."

Lodewig of Tytalus: I sniff around a bit before casually standing up to human form and relaying all this

Voda: Because you'd be crazy to stick your head in a well.

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh yes darksight on

Bialas the Bear: "That well seems suspicious."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: The water level is about 10 feet from the surface.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I assume the aura is not such as would impair spellacasting

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Mundane aura

Voda: Gasp!

Lodewig of Tytalus: "there's a body in there, and if I;m not mistaken recent violence was done here"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I could descend the well as a crow but getting out would be impossible, ascent requires horizontal movement."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Can anyone cast Lungs of the Fish?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm sure I can spont it

Bialas the Bear: "What if I pull a big rock out of the ground and throw it at the well?"

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok, can anyone swim?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Gulielmus!

Zita of Mercere: I can swim alright, but nothing special.

Voda: Aren't bears terrible at lifting things?

Beatrice ex Merinita: If only Artemisia was here.

Zita of Mercere: Is it stamina, dex or strength to dive

Voda: Since they don't have hands, and all.

Bialas the Bear: You're right..

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling (d10!+29)/2)

(

(

1

)

+29)/2

=

15

oh no

Voda: Molto bene.

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10

(

2

)

=

2

Zita of Mercere rubs hands, laughing

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Lodewig could probably spont a spell to give Bialas hands

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sta to swim

Bialas the Bear: I could turn back to a person real quick. It doesn't cost me anything to turn into a bear.

But the rock idea, it's pretty sound.

Lodewig of Tytalus: who had swim. I'll give them lungs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: not only can gulielmus swim, he has +1 when diving.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: wow!!!

Lodewig of Tytalus: good man

Lavinia of Jerbiton: now's your time to shine baby

Bialas the Bear: Wow, nice job dude.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Zita of Mercere: Is it stamina, dex or strength to dive

oh, sta

is everyone ready for this

Lavinia of Jerbiton: im on the edge of my seat

Lodewig of Tytalus: that spell has diam duration. let me know if you start drowning

Zita of Mercere: I also have a spec in diving

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Please don't die Gulielmus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+2 Swim (Dive) + Stamina

(

1

)

+2+2

=

5

oh no

Bialas the Bear: Hell yeah.

johns (GM): lmao

Beatrice ex Merinita: rip

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

10

)

=

10

Zita of Mercere: I'll see if I can dive in since part of my heroic bloodline is I'm constantly driven to do stupid shit without thinking

rolling 1d10!+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

johns (GM): Gulielmus dives in and finds himself immediately face to face with a bobbing corpse with a bag on its head leaking blood from its neck.

Bialas the Bear: You must have a bear in your family.

lo..

lol.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Augh!"

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok good job

Bialas the Bear: Guli's having a really shitty day.

Voda: Mission complete!

Zita of Mercere: I have Ambitious at +4, which is an unnaturally high personality trait

so any time I can push beyond my means, i go for it

johns (GM): Zita dives in and lands on Gulielmus.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, sorry." I say, treading water

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Augh!"

johns (GM): pool party

Voda: I'm going to look around and see if anyone is watching us.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Well... here she is."

johns (GM): per+awarenes

Voda:

rolling 1d10 + 1

(

6

)

+1

=

7

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its fantastic that a valid specialization for awareness is Alertness

Voda: I knew there was a skill I forgot.

johns (GM): if anyone has visions or premonitions or whatnot you can say now

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

1

)

+4

=

5

It is, Gulielmus

I have that corebook spec

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: awareness (awareness)

Bialas the Bear: Lightning Reflexes: Whenever you're surprised or startled roll 1d10!+Quick. If you get a 3 or better, you respond reflexively. Tell the storyguide how you respond. If attacking, gain +9 to initiative.

thats just on the bear template

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: all right.

johns (GM): Well I'm glad to say no one leaps out of the bushes to attack you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what was the plan here

johns (GM): And you don't spot anything or anyone else around

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: do we have a rope

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmm. are there any plants nearby?

johns (GM): yes

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can CrHe something quick

johns (GM): you can see them on th emap. trees and such

Lodewig of Tytalus: that works too

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll turn into a bird and also look for spies

Lodewig of Tytalus: I was just going to grab a tree branch and turn it into a rope

johns (GM): Okay

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can fatiguelessly spont Sturdy Vine

johns (GM): Okay

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I should be able to at least fatigue cast Vine

johns (GM): Well somehow you manage to get a corpse out

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "We did it."

johns (GM): Congrats

Lodewig of Tytalus: I shrink it to as small as muto can make it

Beatrice ex Merinita: would anyone mind if i raided our Creo vis supply some mroe for study?

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling d10!

(

5

)

=

5

Voda: Tiny corpse.

Lodewig of Tytalus: now let's look more closely at it

johns (GM): You examine the corpse.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's open this baby up.

johns (GM): Is anyone skilled at Medicine or Anatomy

Zita of Mercere: Respectfully shrinking fiorellas cousin

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jeanne de ys is.

Zita of Mercere: "We really should have brought Lavinia."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have some Chirugy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is anatomy actually a skill

johns (GM): It's a science.

Voda: At best it would be a specialization.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it might be medicine specialization

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Chirurgy (veterinary care)

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's certainly medicine

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: chirurgy (children)

johns (GM): Okay, here's the state of the corpse: It is well dressed as befits a nobleman, save for the coarse bag tied around its head. He is missing his signet ring and his purse. Just below where the bag was tied his throat has been slit. The wound looks very recent.

Perception + Chirurgy for further insight

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's definitely fiorella's cousin right?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling d10+1

(

6

)

+1

=

7

johns (GM): Yes.

(To Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton): The murder occurred within the last 24 hours.

Zita of Mercere: Hmmmmm

Voda: AFK a minute.

Zita of Mercere: Were wounds arcane connections to the one who caused them, or is that just a vampire thing

Lodewig of Tytalus: if the wound is that fresh then it might be an AC to... well the murder weapon

Beatrice ex Merinita: good enough

Lodewig of Tytalus: but it needs to be hours old I think

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "The kill was recent. Within the last cycle of sunrise and sunset."

Zita of Mercere: its older than that

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The wounds might still be an AC

(From johns (GM)): The murder occurred within the last 24 hours.

Lodewig of Tytalus: how can that be possible

when did that letter arrive?

johns (GM): This morning.

Lodewig of Tytalus: hm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea offers his condolences.

Beatrice ex Merinita: they might have killed him after sending the letter

johns (GM): Then perhaps an hour later fiorella handed it off to archibald? And archibald took what, an hour to ceremonially cast?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton weeps softly.

Lodewig of Tytalus: seems distinctly traplike. I'm going to patrol while others inspect the corpse

turning my head to that of a wolf

rolling d10!+7 per+awareness (hearing)

(

6

)

+7

=

13

Bialas the Bear: "Any Goths in your family, Lodewig?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: did we remove the bag

Lodewig of Tytalus: "What's a Goth?"

johns (GM): actually it took archibald longer than that since he had to take venator's tour, then go to the mercury regio, then cast the spell

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): Nothing but the wind.

Zita of Mercere: well, ceremonial casting is a lot faster with mercurian, isnt it

Bialas the Bear: "Ah, nothing. Some old shapeshifters. The first Bjornaer, the great bear Birna, was a Gothic witch, you know."

johns (GM): good point

Voda: It's.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: isn't most shapeshifting and corpus->animal muto magic deeply offensive to bjornaers

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I swear vendetta on those responsible, their family, and their servants."

Voda: They just think it's silly.

Bialas the Bear: That's why I'm asking. I'm more okay with it than others though.

johns (GM): maybe you should have taken the warning seriously cause now you have to vendetta yourself

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's offensive but it's also kind of a secret that it's so offensive i think

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: johns (GM): maybe you should have taken the warning seriously cause now you have to vendetta yourself

Voda: With the notable exception of lycanthropy.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats the italian way.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I didn't know Archibald was casting the spell

dys didn't say anything

Bialas the Bear: Oh, yeah, lycanthropy is extremely offensive and I'd just attack anyone immediately if I found out they were a lycanthrope.

Zita of Mercere: "None of you know the inexorable search to check the wound?"

Lodewig of Tytalus: "A bear like yourself? Does that make you bjornaer royalty, Bialas?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I would have told him that Consolata had that scrying detecting item otherwise

Lodewig of Tytalus: it would be a terram variant

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's fix the wound as an arcane connection

Zita of Mercere: the scrying detection only works on yourself, though

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway, negotating with blackmailers is wrong

Zita of Mercere: not on others

johns (GM): Zita is correct

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: So I blame the kidnappers, not myself

Okay, if scrying detection only works on yoruself, I don't know anyw ay to blame myself

johns (GM): We don't negotiate with Terrorists.

(everyone stands up and claps)

Zita of Mercere: "No one?"

Bialas the Bear: "It makes me eligible to be Primus, if things should come to pass in that way. I have an honorable bloodline."

Zita of Mercere: "Fuck your bloodline, I'm asking if you can scry the person responsible."

Voda: Yikes.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Zita, it's rude to interrupt"

Voda: Hmm.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I secretly met with Archibald, among a secret meeting of magi, so the traitor would either be a PC or Venator

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus interjects helpfully.

Bialas the Bear: I was talking to Lodewig. And I can't scry.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I can't."

Voda: Is there still a rope going down the well?

johns (GM): Sure

Lodewig of Tytalus: it was conjured so ask hafl

Voda: I'll check out the well some more.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald also said he would know if someone scries on his lab

johns (GM): Nothing there but water (and blood)

Beatrice ex Merinita: It's Sun duration

Voda:

rolling 1d10 + 0 + 2 Swimming

(

9

)

+0+2

=

11

Zita of Mercere: Well, time to ditch this secret, since time is of the essence.

I spend a conf and roll magic lore

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: damn

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10+3

(

6

)

+3

=

9

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this guy is really good at swimming

do you not have magic lore

johns (GM): Zita is now a wolf.

Voda: Gah!

Zita of Mercere: No, I'm just using the AC power

for now

johns (GM): No, wait

Voda: Good thing I'm in the well!

Zita of Mercere: but

johns (GM): She just has white hair and glowing green eyes

Zita of Mercere: She does visibly change, yes

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: From all evidence he died before I got this letter

Bialas the Bear: "Hey, like the hair. Good color."

Zita of Mercere: I told you that wolf bargain was good but no-one else took it, fucked up

Anyway

I try and see if the wound is an AC

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm forever kicking myself for missing the wolf adventure

johns (GM): lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: with a tytalan babe too

Zita of Mercere: ;p;

johns (GM): rules question, how recent does a wound have to be an AC to link to the associated knife?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: back off, pal

Lodewig of Tytalus: presumably hours old

I'm only extrapolating from the InAn spell

johns (GM): now I have to do a little math

on how quickly you can get to the nearest volcano teleporting 50 paces at a time

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Can we go yet? It's dark and cold."

Zita of Mercere: I can teleport 500 paces at a time, so not quick enough

johns (GM): she had a head start is the thing

Malachiasz of Tytalus: a one day head start

johns (GM): well

Zita of Mercere: 50 paces every 6 seconds, maybe? I'm not sure

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Since the wounds aren't fresh enough tha tthis is up for debate, that supports the theory that he died before I got the letter

johns (GM): she had the time it took archibald to walk to the temple, cast twice, walk back, then get everyone to walk here

Lodewig of Tytalus: archibald's ceremonies should take like 5 minutes

johns (GM): the distance from Rome to Naples (mt. vesuvius) is 230 km

Zita of Mercere: brb

Beatrice ex Merinita: she can make it

Lodewig of Tytalus: what's that in paces?

Voda: 230,000 paces.

Lodewig of Tytalus: thank you

Voda: Of course, that's as the crow flies.

No offense, Fiorella.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: say hello to tasso for me

johns (GM): hm so it would have taken awhile to teleport at 50 paces a time

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't find it offensive. We're straightforward.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i can pursue at 500 paces a time

johns (GM): Now I wish nihnoz was here. this is the quintessential algebra problem

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's not a bad stereotype

Lodewig of Tytalus: shit how long is a combat round supposed to be

johns (GM): 6 seconds

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is a damn 7th grade math problem.

Lodewig of Tytalus: so like 8 m/s

Beatrice ex Merinita: 7.5, more like

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: 8 m/s/s

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what if you take a few steps in between casts

johns (GM): Okay, practically speaking, Zita has an idea where the knife is, but unless she brings the corpse with her when she teleports, she won't have an A/C to its updated location (as it is moving)

Lodewig of Tytalus: then you start making concentration rolls

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: after all you are entitled to a move action.

Lodewig of Tytalus: what is this dnd?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's a reaction to D&D, anyway

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it is.

Beatrice ex Merinita: can zita guess where the knife is going?

Voda: Ah, I've got it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: or it was until someone stripped all of the rules out of the combat rules popup AGAIN

Voda: Go to the darkest spot in the well.

johns (GM): lol

Zita of Mercere: Hmm. Is there any way to make an AC like this more portable, magi?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you could cut the head off

Beatrice ex Merinita: it was shrunk down already

Bialas the Bear: Lodewig could make it a tiny corpse.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "we'd risk destroying it"

Bialas the Bear: Oh he already did.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's the deal with the bag? Is it just a weight?

Zita of Mercere: Oh yeah, he made the corpse really small

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh I could do that

I meant it for conc duration because you wanted anautopsy

but the thing is, I have no idea what the effect level is to make a body pocket-size

Beatrice ex Merinita: there's size table

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably add one more magnitude

Zita of Mercere: surely only +1 mag for another -1 or -2 size right

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: for a further -2 sizes? i think we talked about this at some point

johns (GM): the bag made the person unable to see, preumably

Beatrice ex Merinita: and i 2 sizes down is 1 magnitude, irrc

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: There's another reason not to deal with hostage takers by yourself, that's how Ferris died

Lodewig of Tytalus: base 3 is size -2

is -4 portable? that's like a cat I guess

Zita of Mercere: Beatrice is here, she has a teleport too, right?

or is that 50 paces

Bialas the Bear: Shrink the body down and put it in the bag.

Lodewig of Tytalus:

rolling (d10!+33)/2 muto corpus

(

(

10

+

10

+

2

)

+33)/2

=

27.5

Bialas the Bear: Perfect.

Nice.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok cool

Zita of Mercere: thats one tiny corpse

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus inspects the surroundings for any cool herbs.

Lodewig of Tytalus: how small do you want

johns (GM): fiorella is cool with everyone desecrating her kin's corpse i hope

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have 500 pace teleport

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I want to take it back to our family's burial plot after this investigation is done

Lodewig of Tytalus: for moon duration, because I can

Beatrice ex Merinita: if i can follow zita, i will

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But shrinking it is fine until then

I'll follow Beatrice as a bird

Zita of Mercere: i just need to stop for a second for you to follow, pointing the direction. i trust beatrice is good enough in combat for this to work out.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have multicast pilum with good penetration

johns (GM): whew

this is suddenly getting a step more complicated than I planned

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll summon birds as I fly to guard Beatrice and Zita

johns (GM): Well Betraice and Zita are moving faster than you can fly

Beatrice ex Merinita: 16 before rolling in neutral aura

Zita of Mercere: Just so long as you let me actually claim the killl

Honour demands it

johns (GM): So if these two depart it's just them

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I guess they are

Beatrice has to stop every 6 seconds to cast

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll sit down to wait and chat about the history of bjornaer and other shapeshifters with bialas

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But I guess 500 paces is too much for 6 seconds

Crows go around 60MPH

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: any cool herbs yet

johns (GM): Nay

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll join shapeshifter chat

johns (GM): Keep searching

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: damn.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Who wants to talk about Terram?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+5+2 apothecary + per

(

7

)

+5+2

=

14

johns (GM): I need 5 minutes to prepare the next encounter

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: presumably 1 point short of the coolest herbs.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I also need to plan my vendetta

Bialas the Bear: Bialas and Lodewig have a friendly chat until Bialas slams his paw on a rock and yells "KILL EVERY FILTHY LYCANTHROPE"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Look what you can do when you apply yourself."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bialas has a point.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I cast Crest of the Earth Wave on these nice old ruins.

Zita of Mercere: How much soak did Lodewigs spell add, 3?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I COULD blame myself, but part of the point of vendetta is an outlet to keep from thinking about what you did wrong.

Lodewig of Tytalus: yes

Beatrice ex Merinita: and +1 size

which is even more important to zita and beatrice

Zita of Mercere: Oh. Can Beatrice give me a sidestep? Maybe have to spont it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "oh sure, if they're not capable of protecting themselves it's best to weed them out"

"I was thinking of writing a monograpjh on the subject"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus throws a leaf into the well and pushes it around with Push of the Gentle Wave.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i can spont it

but we'd lose time for me to regain fatigue

up to you

well, 90% spont it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+12+3 push of the gentle wave

(

10

+

6

)

+12+3

=

31

incredible

Zita of Mercere: holy shit

thats gentle as hell

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its probably not very gentle at all since the spell is powerful enough to push a boat around

Zita of Mercere: if johns is prepping something im going to go get more tonic water from downstairs. brb.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Quasitor. Blood demands blood. But I need an ally who knows the Code of Hermes as an ally, if I'm to pursue Ezio's murderers."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: :flag_uk:

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I say, approaching Archibald.

Bialas the Bear: "Ah, it's like a termite infestation, I think. You can leave them alone and your house looks fine, but sooner or later it collapses."

Voda: I'll climb out of the well if Gulielmus is going to cast spells on it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: Crest of the Earth Wave hits the well after a few seconds and it is completely destroyed.

Voda: Sheesh.

Bialas the Bear: "Better to kill and eat them all as soon as they're found."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: better hurry up voda

before rocks fall on your head

Archibald of Guernicus: "With the tribunal so soon, it might be that Consolata is marched at it already. Her allies can't be in the order, so they're fair game."

er, soon

not already

Lodewig of Tytalus: "Really? Every lycanthrope I ever met was essentially a solitary creature"

johns (GM): Alright.

Zita, Beatrice.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "She may be marched. Or she may have an ace up her sleeve."

johns (GM): You teleport several times until you are not really sure where in Italy you are.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "But I suppose Tribunal is the first step."

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's hope we can find our way back

johns (GM): Your last teleport alights you near a ruined wooden structure, a tavern of some kind.

You seem to be on the outskirts of some town, you don't know which.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "This is interference with mundane society, is it not?"

johns (GM): The building is burnt and part of the ceiling has collapsed in.

Voda: Whatho, good innkeep, you might say.

Bialas the Bear: "You know several? You'll have to introduce me to them sometime."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Of the illegal sort, that is."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i shuld be looking at my seasons right now.

johns (GM): Zita thinks the knife is inside.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: *should.

Beatrice ex Merinita: iirc, dys went for a drink

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: ok

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm just back here

Beatrice ex Merinita: to get something to drink

ok

Zita of Mercere: Technically I was getting a mixer

"It's inside. I think."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "If we go a bit away, I can make us invisible."

what's the aura?

well, it's dominion, i guess

johns (GM): Infernal 1

Voda: Gasp!

Beatrice ex Merinita: i can actually risk that

Voda: That's a shock.

Beatrice ex Merinita: quiet voice is -5 and reaches only 5 paces, right?

i'll go a bit away, so that my voice does not reach

johns (GM): question

if you're invisible, can you not cast voice magic

Beatrice ex Merinita: you can

it's voice

johns (GM): but you can't make any sound

if you're casting silently your voice magic has a range of 0

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway, interference with the mundane is only a crime if there's consequences for the Order

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's touch

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Which means I need to go tell my family what happened

Lodewig of Tytalus: if you're invisible you can't cast eye magic

Beatrice ex Merinita: makes sense

rolling 1d10!+25+1-5-1 vs 20

(

9

)

+25+1-5-1

=

29

Zita of Mercere: yeah

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm invisible

does zita want invisibility?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: why can't you make sound while invisible

Zita of Mercere: Hmm

Beatrice ex Merinita: you can

Zita of Mercere: No, I'll stealth instead

i want Consolata to see me when I kill her

Beatrice ex Merinita: you need a different spell to prevent making sounds

johns (GM): well are you making yourself unhearable too

Zita of Mercere: so no invis

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: However, if I just striaght up tell them, then I'm the one violating the code

johns (GM): What senses is beatrice removing, just vision?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you're inaudible then your spells should be penalized

Beatrice ex Merinita: yes

Zita of Mercere: I'll stealth into the ruined building, creeping around the entrance and using tables for cover

johns (GM): okay so she can still be heard and smelled

Beatrice ex Merinita: yes

johns (GM): okay roll Per+Awarenes first zita

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Maybe Beatrice can disguise me when I bring Ezio's body back to our family

johns (GM): and move your token to the entrance you want to move into. there's one in the front, one in the back, and with enough skill you could get onto the burnt roof

Zita of Mercere: Does ways of the town apply to this tavern

johns (GM): No.

Beatrice ex Merinita: with teleport you could get onto the roof

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

Voda: Ways of the Tavern.

Ways of the Mother May I.

johns (GM): Which entrance will you use

Bialas the Bear: if you're casting silently your voice magic has a range of 0

i dont think his is true

Beatrice ex Merinita: it is

johns (GM): yes it is dfd, page 83

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You can whisper it

Bialas the Bear: whaaa

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's in the voice and gestures table

Zita of Mercere: Here probably

Bialas the Bear: i was remembering that table totally wrong as usual.

johns (GM): that is a window I think

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you think??

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll keep watch by the door zita is not using

from some distance

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you handmade this map with love johns

you should knpw

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this map brought to you by illwinter's floorplan generator

Zita of Mercere: Round here then

johns (GM): Great.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I handcraft my maps by picking some bullshit off pitnerest

Bialas the Bear: i should get that generator

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the shauncat pinterest profile

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: beardbeard used it i think

Malachiasz of Tytalus: idid

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: was that for ars italia or ars swamp

Lodewig of Tytalus: is it good?

johns (GM): You peer inside. The roof above the kitchen area is burnt away, pouring light in -- i will mark the hole in the roof in cyan

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its better than maptool

imo.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's Zita's Guile?

johns (GM): The inn is otherwise quite dark with no light inside.

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3+3

(

3

)

+3+3

=

9

Beatrice ex Merinita: zita sees in the dark, iirc

johns (GM): Does she have fullblown faerie blood that does that?

Zita of Mercere: She doesnt

johns (GM): Righto

Beatrice ex Merinita: rip

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If Zita delivers the body to the Zeno family in disguise, we could make sure Consolata gets blamed for interfering with mundane society

Zita of Mercere: She has a torch, though. Kinda fucks with stealth but what can you do.

johns (GM): In which case, you can't make out anyone inside, or hear anyone inside.

Is your torch lit?

Zita of Mercere: It's a magic torch, one of her items from Mercere. If she can't see or hear a thing, and Beatrice isn't saying there's anything inside (since she CAN see in the dark)

I'll light it

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not close yet

johns (GM): I did not know Beatrice was looking in

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll get to the west wall

johns (GM): okay.

Beatrice ex Merinita: and cast prying eyes soundlessly

johns (GM): Okay -- Beatrice can make out what's inside

Voda: Gasp!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: beatrice is scrying on zita

johns (GM): There are 5 bandit looking types inside.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: quaesitors?

Beatrice ex Merinita: we know about each other

johns (GM): Consolata is inside, perched on a rafter overlooking the whole place.

She has a bow and arrow at the ready.

The inside is a mess but shows signs that people have been living and hiding there for some time. Leaves are strewn about the floor.

Bialas the Bear: Zita should mark the ceiling and then i'll turn to stone, fly into the air, and crash through it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: can i get close to zita to give her this info?

johns (GM): If you walk around to the other side of the building, sure

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll walk the long way around, since that's a better angle to avoid consolata, i think

Voda: Uh, Bialas how did you get there?

Bialas the Bear: I'm not there.

I should have typed ooc.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i wish i was there s oi could solve it in one spell

Zita of Mercere: "Do you think you could deal with the bandits?"

I ask beatrice

Beatrice ex Merinita: "There's a lot of them."

"But a good first strike might make them run."

Zita of Mercere: I nod

"What if I wait by the other door?"

"If they run out it, if  she  runs out it."

"I'll deal with her."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Consolate has better view of this door."

Zita of Mercere: "They might have trapped the other. There's always the roof, though."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "The roof is probably trapped as well. She knows that if anyone can pursue her, they'd have to fly or teleport."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmmm, I have a proposal for Lodewig: alter my memories so that I have no doubt that Ezio was dead before I got the letter, no lingering regrets that might make me waver when recounting what happens

It should be easier than what he did to the poet

Zita of Mercere: "So this is the only way in."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "There's the windows."

johns (GM): The shutters are closed and boarded from the inside.

Beatrice knows this from what she saw.

Zita of Mercere: "Burn them from outside it, I'll wait on the roof and see what they do. They'll have to come out to fight back."

"Or burn the whole tavern."

johns (GM): Zita of Flambeau

Beatrice ex Merinita: Can I see any of the bandits from an angle Consolata wouldn't be able to cover?

Lodewig of Tytalus: well here's the thing Fiorella

memory deletion is permanent, but memory alteration will always be fleeting

johns (GM): No, Consolata has prepared her home field advantage for that Betraice

remember your opponent is familiar with the capabilities of hermetic magic

Beatrice ex Merinita: yeah

I'll cast Phantasmal Animal and make it go through the door.

I can do that voicelessly with my focus.

Open door

johns (GM): What kind of animal does it create?

Beatrice ex Merinita: It doesn't specify, so I guess it's variable but needs a finesse roll.

rolling 1d10+1+2+1 Int+Finesse+Specialization

(

9

)

+1+2+1

=

13

going for wolf

12 is a pretty good EF for illusion

oh, level 12 allows me to make unnatural features in the illusion

johns (GM): The wolf is just an illusion and has no substance, right?

Beatrice ex Merinita: so i'll make it have the same color of fur as zita's hair

yeah

sight, sound and smell

johns (GM): Is your prying eyes still up to let you see what happens inside?

Beatrice ex Merinita: no

johns (GM): Hm, ok

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's conc duration

johns (GM): What are you doing while this distraction wanders in then

Beatrice ex Merinita: recast prying eyes, i guess

johns (GM): Ah, cool

Zita of Mercere: I'll wait on the rooftop, right now

Mainly to see if they can be lured out of their hole

johns (GM): Zita has teleported to another rafter that blocks the line of sight between her and the wolf

The thug behind the door has tried stabbing the wolf and shouts "its a trick!" when his sword just goes through it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: goes through it with no blood

Voda: Why make the distinction?

Beatrice ex Merinita: well, time to set this place on fire

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If it's touch maybe his sword is stuck in the fake wolf

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's not touch

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: RIP

johns (GM): Okay

What spell to burn it?

and roll conc if you keep up prying eyes while it's active

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not

i'll try sponting ReIg to ward myself against fire first

rolling (1d10!+17-1+1) normal voice, exagerrated gestures

(

(

5

)

+17-1+1)

=

22

11

Base 4 + 2 Sun

for up to +5 fire

Beatrice ex Merinita: and the i can fatiguelessly spont Base 4 + 1 Touch CrIg to ignite something flammable

like wood

johns (GM): Alright.

Where do you start the fire?

Beatrice ex Merinita: at the door i'm at

johns (GM): nice

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's touch, but the ward should protect me, if i get my hand back before it spreads more

johns (GM): The fire starts, then quickly bursts an extra few paces as if it hit fuel

Lodewig of Tytalus: won't the fire start from your side of the door

Beatrice ex Merinita: that's good enough

Bialas the Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XchwE9zVdnw

Beatrice ex Merinita: the whole place is made from wood

johns (GM): Alright, people start running around inside

What next

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll head to the other door

johns (GM): walking or teleporting?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll teleport

johns (GM): okay

Beatrice ex Merinita: hell, i'll fast cast

johns (GM): lol

Beatrice ex Merinita: the 50 pace teleport is enough, right?

johns (GM): ok.

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10!+21+1+1-1+1-10

(

8

)

+21+1+1-1+1-10

=

21

cast

Voda: It's a Dark Souls tavern and therefore it's hundreds of paces large.

Zita of Mercere: Right now, I'm unknown to them, so I want to see what they do to deal with this

johns (GM): Zita can only see under the hole in the roof, correct

Since she's on the roof

Zita of Mercere: yeah

johns (GM): Ok.

Beatrice ex Merinita: the smoke will probably start coming through the hole

johns (GM): For the first combat round you don't see anything. Then Beatrice arrives at the other door.

Round 2, is Beatrice igniting again?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If only we could drop the tavern in a giant pit

Beatrice ex Merinita: if there's nothing going on, sure

if no one's getting out, i mean

johns (GM): remember you're at -1 fatigue

Beatrice ex Merinita: 27 base CrIg

-1 fatigue and -1 aura for 25 total

and 5 for fatigueless sponts

johns (GM): roll anyway

it's a hostile aura

Beatrice ex Merinita: fatigueless

no rolls

johns (GM): ???

Beatrice ex Merinita: fatigueless spont is your casting total divided by 5

Zita of Mercere: Fatigueless is, yeah

Beatrice ex Merinita: you don't add a roll to it

Zita of Mercere: you dont roll but you just

do it

johns (GM): oic.

well okay you ignite hte other door.

Okay, another round passes, Zita hears people running around inside but no one comes in view

Round 3. what now

Beatrice ex Merinita: if no one's going out, i'll cast prying eyes

rolling 1d10!+21+1+1-1-1

(

5

)

+21+1+1-1-1

=

26

no botch

johns (GM): The thugs are beating at the fire with cloaks trying to put it out. You don't see Consolata anymore.

Beatrice ex Merinita: is the cellar door open?

johns (GM): The door in the back (towards the cellar) is open

INDEED

Zita of Mercere: In that case, I am going to, god help me

sneak in through the ceiling, to try and reach the cellar

while they're all distracted

johns (GM): ok.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "She's in the cellar!"

I yell at Zita to convey the info.

Lodewig of Tytalus: in latin i hope

Beatrice ex Merinita: yes

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+14

(

7

)

+14

=

21

johns (GM): Cellar est.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's more of a native language to me than italian by this point

johns (GM): You jump into the smoky tavern.

Zita of Mercere: thats the stealth roll

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

6

)

=

6

You have stealthed.

Bialas the Bear: the shmorky tavern.

johns (GM): You head towards the cellar?

Zita of Mercere: Yeah

johns (GM): Ok.

(From Zita of Mercere): One small detail. I leave the corpse outside, and take a bit of hair from it, as an AC. Just in case. You see where I'm going I hope.

johns (GM): It's a tiny room stacked with barrels and sacks and such. You almost bump into Consolata who is trying to lead a 4 year old child out.

Voda: The Gang Murders a Child

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll teleport onto the roof where the thugs can't reach me

Zita of Mercere: Alright. From stealth, I stab Consolata in the back.

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10!+21-1-1+1

(

9

)

+21-1-1+1

=

29

Bialas the Bear: hell yeah.

Beatrice ex Merinita: no botch

Lodewig of Tytalus: huh you know that would have solved a lot of problems

johns (GM): Okay, roll attack

Zita of Mercere: What bonus did we decide stealth gave?

Full invis bonus? I'm invis anyway

johns (GM): Oh you did take the invis spell?

Zita of Mercere: oh

johns (GM): +9 to attack

Zita of Mercere: no im not

but

johns (GM): and she rolls 0 defense

Zita of Mercere: im fully stealthed

johns (GM): Roll it and i'll figure out the bonus

Lodewig of Tytalus: everyone's invisible until someone sees them

@therealbanksy

Zita of Mercere: one quick thing

ways of the X also, specifically, applies to people who  live  in that area, and thats their native area

and im guessing this bitch

johns (GM): piss off

Zita of Mercere: has lived in towns her whole life

johns (GM): fuck you

Voda: lmao

Bialas the Bear: owned.

owned.

Zita of Mercere: thats how the virtue works and the virtue states 'it applies to combat rolls'

Bialas the Bear: Dys is correct.

johns (GM): She does not live in a town

Zita of Mercere: read it if you dont beleive me, its right there

johns (GM): She's a redcap

She lives on the road.

Zita of Mercere: [stares at you, unbroken, for 20 seconds]

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ways of the COvenant would be a good use

Beatrice ex Merinita: the best virtue, not for the mechanical effects, but for the amusement value

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Knowing all that

Zita of Mercere: Sorry I'm trying to use my major virtue for a minor benefit when it applies. Oh well.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh no. consolota has ways of the fag, adn gets a +69 bonus to kill dys

Voda: We aren't getting to the Tribunal today, are we?

johns (GM): lmao

apparently not!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: presumably a redcap would spend a lot of time in weird caves, in faerie castles, etc., since everyone else in the order is smart enough to stay away from cities and towns

johns (GM): not my fault.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+9

(

3

)

+9

=

12

johns (GM): Great.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i wanna do my goddamn plot at the tribunal

Zita of Mercere: I conf that once

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i want tribunal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: chicken tribby

johns (GM): Place token

Zita of Mercere: there it be

johns (GM): Epic

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm sorry if this was mean to be a side story

johns (GM): Zita stabs Consolata right in her heart.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I wasn't expecting Archibald to cast a spell without asking me

johns (GM): Consolata's image flickers and suddenly warps 3 paces away.

Voda: Her one weakness: being killed.

Beatrice ex Merinita: how was she leading the child away if she was sidestepped?

Voda: Looks like I was wrong about that one.

Zita of Mercere: Oh yeah

wouldnt the childs image

Bialas the Bear: I guess the child was also sidestepped.

Zita of Mercere: also be sidestepped

but then its random

so it wouldnt align

Beatrice ex Merinita: base individual for imaginem is enough species to make one person

johns (GM): She was not holding the child's hand yet, for if she were, she would be moving to get out. But she was not yet moving out since Zita apparently stabbed her in the back.

Beatrice ex Merinita: not two

Voda: Consider this: children are really small.

johns (GM): Zita of Mercere: Alright. From stealth, I stab Consolata in the back.

Zita of Mercere: that was after you said she was leading the kid out tho

johns (GM): Sigh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the local magic spirits aligned the two images

Beatrice ex Merinita: a person and a child are still more than one

Malachiasz of Tytalus: this is better than any tytalan plot i could come up with

johns (GM): Either she is heading towards you and you can't stealth a narrow passageway or you're stabbing her in the back and she has her locket up.

Bialas the Bear: Maybe Consolata's version of Sidestep has a lot of finesse.

Zita of Mercere: It's dark, you said. I'm very good at hiding.

Lodewig of Tytalus: seems like she was urging the child toward the exit without being in direct contact, possibly because the sidestep was confusing

johns (GM): It's not very dark, in fact, there are large fires right here

Voda: lol

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lets all wizard war zita

Zita of Mercere: Not round this corner, though :)

Bialas the Bear: How about the most important issue here.

johns (GM): In fact she had the sidestep up since before you started the fire truth be told

Bialas the Bear: That's clearly two children.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's an adult rabble

Zita of Mercere: Sure, I meant we could have seen ti

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: holy shit

Rabblet

Malachiasz of Tytalus: a rabble of children

johns (GM): How would you have seen it? You didn't trigger it until the moment you just tried stabbing her

Zita of Mercere: So she's not leading the child, then? Just to confirm

Well, not leading it physically

johns (GM): Fine.

Coaxing the child.

Zita of Mercere: alright, alright

I miss, then

johns (GM): Zita of Mercere Initiative: 79

Consolata of Mercere Initiative: 41

Make another move, Dys.

Voda: It would be pretty easy to kill this child in a hypothetical self defense situation.

Zita of Mercere: I spend 3 might points and use Confession of the Penitent, so she has to stop and confess her crimes

I  assume  she has to actually stop and do that, and cant do that while taking full turns

or w/e

johns (GM): let me look it up

Zita of Mercere: its in the PM you sent me

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: did my apothecary roll of 14 come up with any cool herbs

Zita of Mercere: lol

johns (GM): yeah you found the herb of weed

Zita of Mercere: im sorry everyone. i wanted to go to tribunal as wlel.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok.

gulielmus begins growing the herb of weed in his garden, it's a canon fact

johns (GM): Confession of the Penitent, 3 point, Init Qik –6, Mentem: Imbues the target with the desire to confess. This power may cause

someone to admit to a crime different to the one requiring vengeance; it is usually

the most burning crime that is blurted

out. If the target is not given the opportunity to confess immediately after this power is used, the desire passes

Ok.

Zita of Mercere: Gulielmus, as co-gm you gain 200 aids score

johns (GM): Consolata holds up a short wooden staff, and shouts, "I killed Ezio!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm not a very strong magus so I don't think I could have been expected to solo any of this

johns (GM): Beatrice ex Merinita Initiative: 27

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the covenant is awarded 300 pawns of human immunodeficiency vis

Zita of Mercere: brb 1 second, sorry

johns (GM): Zita, your turn again.

ffffUUUUUU

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gah

Zita of Mercere: owned

its simultaenous

beatrice acna go

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): it's crazy to assume that irrepressible taunting dialogue means you can't act in a combat round

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm not doing anything unless the roof starts collapsing or the thugs run outside

(To Lodewig of Tytalus): She is holding an enchanted item, and she just activated it. She doesn't need to attack.

(From Lodewig of Tytalus): sorry

johns (GM): Okay they are still fighting the fire.

Voda: Are they winning?

johns (GM): No, unfortunately someone strew leaves around the floor near each entrance for some reason, as well as a slick of flammable oil

Bialas the Bear: A thug performs the Dempsey Roll on the fire.

johns (GM): Why are these things there? Guess you'll have to go back in time and walk through the door normally to find out

Beatrice ex Merinita: hoist by our own retard

Zita of Mercere: You should burn them

johns (GM): Take your turn, ZIta

Zita of Mercere: Anyway, I'll try and stab her again.

Exerting myself, did that double skill or skill+attribute

johns (GM): It doubles the skill at the cost of a fatigue

Zita of Mercere: Alright

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/232036990957256705/399715759284158473/thuglife.png

Zita of Mercere: Doing that then

rolling 1d10!+15

(

1

)

+15

=

16

Zita of Mercere screams

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

7

+

6

)

=

13

You're using a metal dagger, right?

Malachiasz of Tytalus laughs and slaps.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Ah, sorry sodales, I just thought of something funny."

Zita of Mercere: Daggers are typically metal, aye

johns (GM): Ok.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Do tell, Mal."

johns (GM): Consolata shouts, "No further!" and blocks your blow with her staff.

Meanwhile, the kid runs to the back of the cellar and starts doing something to the wall you can't make out.

Zita of Mercere: "She's got a way to block weapons!" I shout out, so Beatrice can hear it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Well, what if there was some ruined tavern on some godforsaken hill in a forest that a bunch of thugs were hiding out in?"

"And I got to destroy it, and kill them."

"That would be fun."

Lodewig of Tytalus: "anything's possible, I suppose"

Voda: "Do you want to hear a joke?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yeah."

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll get into the tavern next round, i guess

since i'm only hearing this now

Voda: "What's wet, dark, and hard as a rock?"

johns (GM): Next round

Bialas the Bear: "Hmm..."

"A rock in a lake in a cave?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus scratches his head.

Voda: "That place where the well used to be."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Proclus's skull?"

"Oh, that too."

johns (GM): Another attack, Zita?

Zita of Mercere: I'll try and punch her instead, with my other hand, since weapons didnt work. Uses brawl as well.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what happened to the well

Zita of Mercere: Kick her, rather.

johns (GM): sheesh I should have faked a defense roll

roll it

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i used crest of the earth wave on these ruins

they are now more ruined

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: cripes

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+7

(

1

)

+7

=

8

Jesus

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

10

+

1

)

=

11

You fail.

Beatrice ex Merinita: good comedy

Bialas the Bear: rip

Zita of Mercere: Okay, I'll need the help here

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm down this round

johns (GM): Consolata keeps the staff up. "Run, Simon!" she shouts.

Zita of Mercere: I have an idea for killing her but with these rolls I'll need some help

Malachiasz of Tytalus: there goes little simon heslop

johns (GM): The child starts to cut away the part of the wall that's above ground with a silver blade.

Voda: Shoot fireballs at her.

johns (GM): Next round!!

Beatrice ex Merinita: can i see consolata?

johns (GM): Not at this angle, you'd have to get to the door then deal with Zita in the way

Malachiasz of Tytalus: oh, crest of the earth wave goes out to the range of my voice and moves at 50 paces per round

thats interesting

Beatrice ex Merinita: your voice range is 50 paces when screaming

Lodewig of Tytalus: he's got the subtle knife

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice ref

Lodewig of Tytalus: what if we're the villains

Malachiasz of Tytalus: lodewig

Beatrice ex Merinita: what if indeed

Zita of Mercere: Nahhh

Beatrice ex Merinita: zita's action this round while i decide how to get to consolata

Malachiasz of Tytalus: time to find a compass and a spyglass

johns (GM): go go zita.

Zita of Mercere: I'll try and kick her again, surely I won't fucking botch for the third time in a row

rolling 1d10!+7

(

9

)

+7

=

16

johns (GM): fff

Lodewig of Tytalus: the knife was always the coolest, and best book

Zita of Mercere: I like stabbing but she's immune to stabbing

what am i to do...

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-2+4+3

(

6

)

-2+4+3

=

11

okay you kick her

what's your strength

Zita of Mercere: -2

dmg is +3

so 1 net

johns (GM): Wow!!!

Zita of Mercere: 6 - soak

johns (GM): She soaks it

Zita of Mercere: christ

johns (GM): well fine

Malachiasz of Tytalus: kill zita

johns (GM): She takes a fatigue wound

Now she tries to bean you with the staff

rolling 1d10!+4+3+3

(

4

)

+4+3+3

=

14

Voda: I have been crazy about beans lately.

johns (GM): Oh shit I just remembered

she has wizard's side step up anyway

so you miss.

fff

Voda: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: filed under Beans, Thinking About Thos

Beatrice ex Merinita: she has ways of the redcap living space

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+6

(

10

+

6

)

+6

=

22

Good defence roll

johns (GM): Anyway

Zita of Mercere: I'm not hit

Voda: lmao

Fantastic loop.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll move to a position where i can see consolata

johns (GM): The child saws a hole in the wall and crawls out of the cellar.

Bialas the Bear: lol.

johns (GM): the fail horns represent this entire sesh

Zita of Mercere: fuck the kid. no-one get ideas about that.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ways of the road (applies to inns)

johns (GM): O_O

Voda: 8(

Ways of the Place I Am Right Now.

Zita of Mercere: if you cant handle a major virtue applying in many situations i dont know what to say.

Voda: AFK a sec.

johns (GM): well anyway you're a magus and a homicidal maniac and you have her cornered so

do whatever you want

Beatrice ex Merinita: zita first

Zita of Mercere: Alright. If Beatrice is now attacking her, I think she could this turn

I use my turn to invoke

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ways of the earth

Zita of Mercere: Gift of Silver Fur and Red Teeth

Boy rep please respond and send me wolf statblock

johns (GM): okay Zita takes this moment in combat to tear her clothes and skin off

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zita, during our adventure on the surface of the sun: all right the sun orbits the earth so i think my ways of the earth virtue should apply.

Lodewig of Tytalus: well you'll need to adjust it for your characteristics

Beatrice ex Merinita: the thugs are still busy with the fire, right?

Zita of Mercere: I've never done that shit!

johns (GM): Yes.

Voda: lmao

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok, i'll try doublecasting a pilum at consolata

Zita of Mercere: I've only ever gone, hey this is a fucking town, does it apply, and every GM melts down and wants the virtue to only apply in a single pub in rome or w/e

johns (GM): you wanted to apply it to every castle too

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling (1d10!+27+1+1-1-1+2-5) vs 20

(

(

10

+

2

)

+27+1+1-1-1+2-5)

=

36

johns (GM): because the castle is adjacent to the town.

Beatrice ex Merinita: 25 pen on the first one

Zita of Mercere: It's based on the terrain!

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling (1d10!+27+1+1-1-1+2-5) vs 20

(

(

2

)

+27+1+1-1-1+2-5)

=

26

15 pen on the second

johns (GM): of course i have to take your word cause i have no idea how pen works on multicasting

Voda: What if it's a castle town???

You ever think of THAT shit?

johns (GM): A single casting roll is made for all the copies, with a -5 penalty to the casting total for each copy beyond the first.

is what the houserules say

Beatrice ex Merinita: both casts are penalized and that's reflected in casting total

you see the -5 at the end

johns (GM): ok

roll damage

Beatrice ex Merinita: +5 penetration mastery + 4 skill

rolling 1d10!+15

(

3

)

+15

=

18

for both?

johns (GM): yup

rolling 1d10!+4-1

(

9

)

+4-1

=

12

Beatrice ex Merinita:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

5

)

+15

=

20

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+4-1

(

2

)

+4-1

=

5

okay so that's a light and a medium wound

Zita of Mercere: Did I already act this turn?

oh

johns (GM): yes, you turned into a wolf

Zita of Mercere: no I turned into a wolf

yeah, sorry

johns (GM): Okay.

Consolata gasps as she is suddenly hit with fireballs.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: *balls of abysmal flame.

Consolata of Mercere: "Spare my son!"

Next round

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I don't kill chidren."

Consolata of Mercere: Wolf zita may act

Zita of Mercere: Alright

According to boy rep, I get to use my real dex score, not the wolves

I spend a fatigue on this

rolling 1d10!+4+6+6-1+3

(

3

)

+4+6+6-1+3

=

21

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Wonder what Tethys is up to."

Zita of Mercere: I'm trying to rip her throat out

With my teeth

Bialas the Bear: This is a pretty badass session.

Consolata of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+3+9-6-1 dfn

(

10

+

2

)

+4+3+9-6-1

=

21

Bialas the Bear: Even if we don't get to Tribunal.

Zita of Mercere: BITCH

Consolata of Mercere: You bite her sidestepped illusion.

Consolata teleports out the hole in the wall.

Zita of Mercere: +9 from sidestep? Thought it was +6, rip

Consolata of Mercere: I'm just going off what the current Combat Rules say

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: brain glowing with the fury of a thousand suns: you should add your int score to attacks against sidestepped enemies

Zita of Mercere: It doesnt disguise your shadow, invis rules when your shadow is visible are like +3 or something

+12 at max i think

Consolata of Mercere: In combat, early attacks are aimed at the

image, and so automatically miss you. Once

the image has been hit once, you have a +9

bonus to Defense,

+9 at max

Zita of Mercere: alright

Consolata of Mercere: Also uhhh she spends a fatigue. lol

gahaha. not so funny when npcs exert themselves is it

Zita of Mercere: It is

Consolata of Mercere: BEatrice?

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll rush into the cellar

Zita of Mercere: Keep burning her until she can't dodge I guess. Or that.

Beatrice ex Merinita: she's out of my sight

Lodewig of Tytalus: anyone else think it's weird that sidestep doesn't protect you from magic missiles

Consolata of Mercere: I do.

Beatrice ex Merinita: your MR protects you from that

Malachiasz of Tytalus: anyone else think its weird how much combat this tribunal has

Lodewig of Tytalus: no, not really

Zita of Mercere: Honestly it's a pretty polite tribunal, all things considered

wait, doesnt she take an attack

Lodewig of Tytalus: when do we get to the certamen, and the foot race though

Zita of Mercere: when attempting to disengage

johns (GM): not if she teleports

Zita of Mercere: she still has charges left?

johns (GM): gah now I have to count

her item has 24 uses a day

so yes.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Magic missiles never miss

Zita of Mercere: thats a lotta charge

Lodewig of Tytalus: arguably they should accurately strike the target you can sense

johns (GM): well anyway

Zita of Mercere: Ahem, yeah.

johns (GM): has beatrice taken all her action for this round

Beatrice ex Merinita: i won't fast cast

johns (GM): ok.

Zita of Mercere: I'll run down and try it again, exerting myself again

johns (GM): outside the thugs decide to chance rushing through the flames to get out.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+17

(

3

)

+17

=

20

johns (GM): Ok

Zita of Mercere: Again the low rolls

Zita of Mercere screams

johns (GM): How many times have you exerted yourself? what's your fatigue at

Zita of Mercere: -3

total

its -5 you get knocked out i assume

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+4+3-6-1+9 dfn

(

3

)

+4+3-6-1+9

=

12

Hit

Zita of Mercere: conf

11 total, damage is uh, lemme check this stupid mutt statblock

johns (GM): gaga

Zita of Mercere: 0

johns (GM): *gaha.

Zita of Mercere: 11 - soak

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: vwee, hee, hee

johns (GM): soak is 4 so 7, another light

Zita of Mercere: go beato

Beatrice ex Merinita: can i teleport outside through the hole?

johns (GM): Consolata first

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh ok

Zita of Mercere: if she hits a high enough total wounds she's at least knocked out.

Consolata of Mercere: "He's the blood of Mercere!"

And she tries to stab you with a dagger.

rolling 1d10!+5-9

(

8

)

+5-9

=

4

Rabble Initiative: 7

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4

(

1

)

+4

=

5

Christ

Consolata of Mercere:

rolling 2d10

(

6

+

5

)

=

11

Ok

Zita of Mercere: Still good enough

Consolata of Mercere: Beatrice you're up

Beatrice ex Merinita: teleport

Zita of Mercere: "I don't give a shit about your kid! This is for Marco."

Beatrice ex Merinita:

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

(

1

)

+21+1-1-1

=

21

Consolata of Mercere: gaha

rolling 2d10

(

3

+

2

)

=

5

Zita of Mercere: :blessed:

Beatrice ex Merinita: -1 botch die from mastery

Consolata of Mercere: no botch

oh

move your token then

Child runs away

Zita you're up again

Zita of Mercere: I try to stab her again. No exertion

Consolata of Mercere: stab her as a wolf?

Zita of Mercere: er

Beatrice ex Merinita: stab her with teeth

Zita of Mercere: I try to bite her again, sorry

rolling 1d10!+10

(

1

)

+10

=

11

ARE YOU

Bialas the Bear: lol.

Consolata of Mercere:

rolling 2d10

(

2

+

8

)

=

10

hatchacha

This is karmic punishment for ruining the tribunal.

Zita of Mercere: thats 4 so far, holy shit

Consolata of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+3-9

(

9

)

+4+3-9

=

7

wait

also +9 from sidestep

Malachiasz of Tytalus: is zita fucking dead yet

Consolata of Mercere: so you miss

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i want my tribunal

Bialas the Bear: roll20 conspiracy: they weight non-paying gamers rolls with more 1s.

Lodewig of Tytalus: you also can't tell her this for marco

Zita of Mercere: im not trying to delay sidestep, im getting owned by rolls, i swear

Lodewig of Tytalus: UNLESS she understands the speech of wolves

Consolata of Mercere: Consolata teleports to her son again

Zita of Mercere: oh

true

Consolata of Mercere: Beatrice

Zita of Mercere: I make wolf noises

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll cast lifting the dangling puppet on the child

Consolata of Mercere: Ruthless

Beatrice ex Merinita:

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

(

2

)

+21-1-1+1

=

22

11 pen

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Jesus, whas Fiorella expected to handle all this herself? I really can't feel guilty at all for involving the covenant at this point

Consolata of Mercere: actually if fiorella obeyed the letters she would have gotten ezio back alive

Zita of Mercere: I doubt it

Maybe it's been so long she catches up lol

Consolata of Mercere: unfortunately consolata's bag of tricks is running dry

she picks up the child though

Er I guess she does that on her next round

Zita acts first

Zita of Mercere: I'll dart through the hole after her. Am I able to reach her

Lodewig of Tytalus: "you know, what are we even waiting here for? the other's aren't going to come back to this spot. They'll have a hard time even finding their way back to Rome"

Consolata of Mercere: Sure why not

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "Yeah, let's just go to tribunal."

"Recquiescat in pace, the dead noble."

Zita of Mercere: Alright. I try to bite her again

Consolata of Mercere: by the way, the inn is now burning nicely

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I head to tribunal.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+10

(

10

+

5

)

+10

=

25

THERE WE FUCKIN GO

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "There's nothing to come back to anymore even if they wanted to."

Beatrice ex Merinita: watch her roll double 10s on defense

Consolata of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+3+9-9

(

6

)

+4+3+9-9

=

13

Zita of Mercere: 0 damage, so 12-soak

Consolata of Mercere: 8

a light wound but enough to K.O. her

Lodewig of Tytalus: "In the meantime let's go home and work out how Fiorella's private correspondence was so closely spied upon"

Zita of Mercere: Nice

Okay, while she's knocked out, I rip her throat out.

Consolata of Mercere: Nice

You're a monster

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I explicitly told Archibald we needed to talk somewhere we couldn't be scryed on

Zita of Mercere: You know it baby

Beatrice ex Merinita: zita is the snow to simon's hope

Consolata of Mercere: Well, guess you'll never know the truth because Zita just ripped Consolata's throat out

Zita of Mercere: After I'm certain she's dead, I run back and find my clothes to turn back into a human again

Beatrice ex Merinita: was it about the truth?

Consolata of Mercere: The child screams as he watches his mother slain by a wolf.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: creo her a new one and she should be able to talk again

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's fine

Consolata of Mercere: oh your clothes burned up. you're a wolf forever

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm not taking the blame because I didn't Leeroy Jenkins into some shit like Ferris

Consolata of Mercere: or wouldn't that be a funny twist?

fine fine you dewolf yourself

Malachiasz of Tytalus: zita turns into a corpse

Zita of Mercere: That would be hilarious, but would also mean I can't play Zita for 7 years, which would be inconvenient.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'll keep the child up until zita rejoins us

Consolata of Mercere: The thugs make for the hills.

Zita of Mercere: "Her kid, huh?"

Consolata of Mercere: The inn burns and collapses in on itself.

Zita of Mercere: "It ran away before it could see me change."

Bialas the Bear: rip kid

Beatrice ex Merinita: what's the Conc roll to speak while maintaining a spell?

Zita of Mercere: I make sure I don't have any blood around my mouth

johns (GM): Let the record show that Zita has avoided the criminal prosecution against her by murdering the plaintiff outside a wizard war.

Lodewig of Tytalus: 12 to answer a question, 15 to carry a conversation

johns (GM): Conversation EF (15)

Voda: Ah, prove it.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: she likes doing it, and it works

Beatrice ex Merinita: ok, i can't do it

I'll let the kid down before I talk.

Zita of Mercere: Oh don't worry, I'll still do the trial. And then get her marched, during that trial. And  then  reveal what I did.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I can't believe zita has stolen my gimmick

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll lower him to the ground before I stop the spell.

Voda: It's time... for Wizard War.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm going to have to tear out so many more of my enemies' throats

Zita of Mercere: Listen. Johns had a big magic daimon say, do you want to get revenge? And I said, sure, I want to get revenge.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I don't think you can teleport together with the child, right?"

Zita of Mercere: "I can't."

johns (GM): The kid is perhaps 4 years old, and is crying, and traumatized for life.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You'll have to take him to Vardian's Tomb the mundane way then. We can't just leave him alone."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: kill him

(To Zita of Mercere): You suspect the child is putting on an act.

Lodewig of Tytalus: let's raise him with the other kid

Beatrice ex Merinita: yes

Zita of Mercere: "Something's up with this kid."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ill adopt the kid

Lodewig of Tytalus: hey kid, do you like wolves

Bialas the Bear: Take that knife away from his dumb ass.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: he can be my apprentice

give me the knife

Beatrice ex Merinita: "She said he's Mercere's blood, but that should be normal for house Mercere, right?"

Zita of Mercere: "Of course. Besides some of the less important lines, we all are."

Bialas the Bear: Does the kid have the gift.

Zita of Mercere: "We should take him back."

"Something is wrong."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "There is."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: somethings wrong with this kid. he keeps crying after he saw his mother violently killed in front of him

Zita of Mercere: "I don't think I've ever seen a child  fake  crying when his mother dies before."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Fake crying?"

Zita of Mercere: "Yeah."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "You've seen a child see their mother killed before?"

Zita of Mercere: "... No, but I know what fake tears look like."

"Look, I've been married for about 6 years now. Please trust me on this."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zita has faked her death in front of each of her children

Beatrice ex Merinita: lol

Zita of Mercere: lol

just to test them

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Kid, are you crying for real or just faking it?"

Malachiasz of Tytalus: they all smile and breathe a sigh of relief

Zita of Mercere: now im crying. but for real.

johns (GM): He cries, as a child might cry after being asked such a question by a gift stink wizard after watching his mother mauled to death.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Oh, I made him cry."

Zita of Mercere: "Ah."

"Well, let's get him out of here, first."

"He should be taken back to the house."

Beatrice ex Merinita: "Yes."

"I'll teleport ahead."

"After you ask someone where we are."

Zita of Mercere: "Take the body with you. Then I can find the way back more easily."

Lodewig of Tytalus: you're going to have to walk back with this small child now

Voda: OR, abandon it.

Beatrice ex Merinita: "I'll do that."

Lodewig of Tytalus: can you teleport while carrying your own weight in human

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i want this kid as my apprentice

Zita of Mercere: Thankfully, I have a virtue that explicitly states other people dont slow me down

when travellin

Isn't that nice

Lodewig of Tytalus: it still means you need to travel by mundane means

Zita of Mercere: yeah

but I can make my way to venice with the others, or back with beatrice, or whatever

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella planned to start training apprentices after she got all her arts to 5, but it seems like she needs to investigate Consolata's conspirators instead

Bialas the Bear: You should kill the child, for being a lying demon.

And tool of the great deceiver.

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll go ahead to Vardian's Tomb and tell them about the situation.

I assume Zita has no trouble figuring out where we are and the route to Rome.

johns (GM): good shit folks.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone went directly to tribunal.

Zita of Mercere: I don't, because I can't get lost if I know where I'm going and always make good time, even with others.

I'm glad I committed a high crime mere moments before tribunal

Bialas the Bear: It makes you smart.

Zita of Mercere: [tapping head] They cant sue you if they've had their throat ripped out

Beatrice ex Merinita: I can teleport fast enough to arrive at the tribunal before you.

Lodewig of Tytalus: No I went home. I'll fly to tribunal in my own time

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zita shows up in the middle of a trial with the screaming child of a dead redcap

Zita of Mercere: Dont tell them she's dead. I'll go through the court case, get her marched, then after she's marched reveal the truth.

Voda: I assume everyone has left for Tribunal already if they didn't stay behind to investigate.

Lodewig of Tytalus: that seems optimistic

johns (GM): I see

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll arrange to have Ezio embalmed and setn to Venice

johns (GM): What is your evidence at tribunal

Beatrice ex Merinita: I'll bring back Ezio.

Zita of Mercere: Simple. They can cast magic to check someone is telling the truth, I'll tell them about what I scried from her. It is NOT illegal to scry on criminal acts.

They are not covered by hermetic law

Lodewig of Tytalus: what happened with consolata's body

Malachiasz of Tytalus: burned

Lodewig of Tytalus: rip

johns (GM): It was outside the inn

Malachiasz of Tytalus: its burned

johns (GM): Unless you tossed it in there

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: devoured by wolf

Voda: I think I would not submit to scrying right after insanely murdering someone illegally.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll have her head sent to her covenant with a declaration of wizard war nailed to it

Bialas the Bear: lol.

Beatrice ex Merinita: don't declare wizard war on house mercere

Lodewig of Tytalus: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I counsel caution

Zita of Mercere: Why not? All it does is let them know if I'm telling the truth. If thye ask me about the accusations against me - scrying - I'll tell them yes, I scried, adn this is what I found

Malachiasz of Tytalus: [the other tytalans look up from their laughing and slapping and glare at lodewig]

Zita of Mercere: Which absolves me of blame in the accusations against me.

Voda: What if they ask you if you've done anything else to Consolata?

Lodewig of Tytalus: what if consolata was in contact with any other conspirators in the order at all

Malachiasz of Tytalus: enough! ill be zitas defense attorney

Zita of Mercere: I'll say "She left us, secretly, and did not come back to us again before now."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I will be Zita's defense attorney.

Zita of Mercere: which is true, as she didnt. we tracked her down.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ill back gulielmus's decision to be zitas defense attorney

Zita of Mercere: all i need to do is answer to the scrying charge. once ive beaten that, shes marched. once shes marched, im off the hook.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i cannot tell a lie

so it's perfect.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i went through the trouble of setting up a Tytalan Plot for tribunal and this is what johns does to me

Voda: This seems like a really poor plan.

Zita of Mercere: we never told gulielmus we were chasing consolata, only that someone kidnapped fiorellas cousin.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll feed Consolata's corpse to the crows in my aerie, then.

johns (GM): anyway I think that's enough excitement for one session so the Tribunal -- for real!!! should be next week

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And Merlin

Malachiasz of Tytalus: anyway i do want Simon as my apprentice

Zita of Mercere: im glad i ruined this session by committing a high crime

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: next week i will have my seasons spent.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it was a pleasure to assist with that

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I got a 5 in everything, I'll take an apprentice

Zita of Mercere: thank you for your help, beatrice

Beatrice ex Merinita: how many crimes would malach commit by taking an apprentice and opening their arts?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: simons my apprentice

back off

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what does lavinia think of the consulate

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Why are teh hyperspecialists the ones so aggressive with apprentices

Zita of Mercere: if malach opens someones arts he commits one of the highest crimes in hermetic history.

johns (GM): so

Zita of Mercere: they have 8 deficient arts

Bialas the Bear: lol.

Zita of Mercere: which is mechanically impossible

so they just

explode

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets force malach into twilight over and over again until he loses all his corpus xp

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll look for an apprentice in downtime since I don't know what to do with this plot thread

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i need corpus to make my skeleton puppet that says hi im venator

Zita of Mercere: im not kidding, if malach opens someones arts i think it genuinely destroys the persons gift, at best

Beatrice ex Merinita: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean I want to kill the co-conspirators

Beatrice ex Merinita: beatrice only need to improve 4 arts before taking an apprentice

Zita of Mercere: ah. we could whispers from beyond the black gate her?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But I don't see that knowledge being available

johns (GM): everyone who could give you clues about the larger plot is dead now, thanks to you all

Zita of Mercere: archibald can take apprentices right now

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Right

Time to ignore this plot thread

Bialas the Bear: This is the most efficient VT has ever been.

johns (GM): ezio died because you betrayed the blackmailer and the blackmailer died because zita is a psychopath

Zita of Mercere: Uh

Voda: Did it again.

Zita of Mercere: I swore vengeance on her for what she did to Marco

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean if they're magi that means killing them is going to be a pain in the ass anyway

Zita of Mercere: I took that vengeance

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I wanted to just feed a bunch of mundanes to crows

Lodewig of Tytalus: is nobody a competent enough necromancer to cast whispers

johns (GM): well her corpse was fed to birds

Zita of Mercere: I don't think I did anything out of the ordinary here. It's italy, ever head of a vendetta?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: hermetic maga killed, nobleman killed, child scarred for life, plot threads severed and burned

johns (GM): so whispers would not work here

Beatrice ex Merinita: intellego is my weakest technique

Lodewig of Tytalus: on ezio even

Malachiasz of Tytalus: thats a perfect run for vardians tomb

Voda: I have that spell.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: SSS+

Proclus of Rome: I mean I do.

Zita of Mercere: i dont think she's fed to the birds if Fiorella, specifically, is looking for co-conspirators, tbh

Bialas the Bear: Silent Assassin run.

Zita of Mercere: since she'll know about whispers

Lodewig of Tytalus: ah shit the kill team ran off with his corpse

Beatrice ex Merinita: I brought it back.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok

I hope you get back within Moon

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Zita can't just not give me the corpse if she thinks feeding it to birds is a bad idea

Lodewig of Tytalus: of course you do

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean, she CAN do that

Zita's a magi, she doesn't take orders from me

Lodewig of Tytalus: ok wait, if zita gives it to fiorella then proclus is probably also there

Beatrice ex Merinita: i need to invent teleport with Muto requisite that allows me to teleport out of being bound

Lodewig of Tytalus: BUT how is zita getting a freshly murdered corpse to venice or rome?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Initaite yourself into subtle magic

johns (GM): she makes the kid carry it

Beatrice ex Merinita: no, you physically move if you teleport under the houserules, so you need muto requisite to shrink yourself and get out of the bounds when teleporting

johns (GM): that's a fair interpretation

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway, someone else can cast Whispers through the Black Gat,e it just didn't occur to me because I didn't know anyone else cared

Zita of Mercere: I resent the term psychopath. She murdered one of my family, tortured him to death, even. She deserved to die.

johns (GM): also itd be harder for you to cast when bound anyway since you cant use gestures

Lodewig of Tytalus: i think carting your murder victim across half of italy should be a challenge

Zita of Mercere: Sorry for roleplaying.....

johns (GM): Consolata was part of your family too

Zita of Mercere: yes, and a fuckin kinslayer

and a traitor to the family

johns (GM): So is Beatrice!!!

Beatrice ex Merinita: It's ok to kill family members if they're being a noob.

Proclus of Rome: Can't kill your family if you don't have one.

Zita of Mercere: Beatrice killed her family when he threatened us all. Her actions were understandable.

This bitch betrayed the family to begin with, then killed Marco

Beatrice ex Merinita: and he was a tremere

Zita of Mercere: yeah, not even human, really

Boy R.: I want to log on as Aurora just to nod approvingly

johns (GM): wow. guess we'll never learn the cool twist about how Marco was a deep cover tremere spy, infernalist, and Diedne

I have given BR control of Aurora's character

Boy R.: well, you shouldn't

Proclus of Rome: Pray I don't give him more.

Zita of Mercere: You can troll me all you like but Zita acted fully in character when she killed there. It was  suboptimal  since the best thing would have been to strip her naked to remove all magic items then take her back and torture her for information. But I didnt, because that wouldnt suit the situation IC.

johns (GM): im just joshing

Malachiasz of Tytalus: jorshing

Proclus of Rome: It was in character but it was also PRETTY dumb.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: johnsing

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway, presuming I take the standard caution magi take with their own arcane connections, the biggest suspect as to how my conversation with Archibald could have been spied upon is Lavinia taking my blood while I was injured.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i want tribunal

qin qin tribunal

Zita of Mercere: Yeah? I have -1 Int and a flaw that makes Zita act impulsively.

She does stupid shit

Bialas the Bear: It was cool.

Zita ftw.

Boy R.: I think we need to address the important particulars of consolata's bodily and magical remains!

Malachiasz of Tytalus: wholly shit. lavinias a deviler

johns (GM): Is Lavinia the mastermind???

Zita of Mercere: hell, johns could actually have demanded I killed her, using that flaw, and id have had to

johns (GM): That'd be cool

Malachiasz of Tytalus: well when you put it like that johns the answer is no

Beatrice ex Merinita: lavinia is the mastermind

Lodewig of Tytalus: and also let's talk about spies

Zita of Mercere: i think we should interrogate the corpse but shes a corpse, no avoiding that. shes dead.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: anyway

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's possible we can't get a good corpus man to the ocrpse in time

Malachiasz of Tytalus: does anyone dispute me taking simon as my apprentice

Beatrice ex Merinita: the code of hermes disputes it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The corpus man could be part of the conspiracy too

Lodewig of Tytalus: but how could consolata possibly learn that fiorella shared her letter with archibald??

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ive got a year before his arts can be opened

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Here's my proposal

Malachiasz of Tytalus: dont worry

johns (GM): I assure you, there is a way, BR.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We try to get conspirators to out themselves by laying a trap at Tribunal

Lodewig of Tytalus: has anyone done invi on that ransom note?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And we politically embarass them

Beatrice ex Merinita: ah. a subtle approach

it will 100% work

johns (GM): ah

I just remembered: tiem to update the kill count tracker

Proclus of Rome: You Killed a Good and Caring Mommy

Zita of Mercere: Oh, hey, heres one thing

we can loot her for magic items

johns (GM): yes

a lot of her gear burned up but there's a few items

Beatrice ex Merinita: don't they belong to house Mercere?

Zita of Mercere: she had effects that Mercere never gave her... meaning we can loot that shit

johns (GM): her shoe, her bow, the pendant

Beatrice ex Merinita: oh

Proclus of Rome: I mean, if you illegally murder someone who cares???

johns (GM): lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway I had enough of NPCs isolatin gme for bullying with Jorn

Proclus of Rome: At that point you might as well illegally rob them.

johns (GM): sorry shaun. just figured close family ties was the easiest hook to draw on and the one a redcap would likely know

Zita of Mercere: anything that was listed as hers under Mercere is being returned after tribunal, i cant just duck that shit as a redcap when they find out.

but the rest?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's fine

Zita of Mercere rubs hands

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It just means that I'll consort with other PCs even if its the riskier option

Zita of Mercere: The ring to deal with intellegeo effects is mine

ga ha ha

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Nice

johns (GM): Right.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Can I borrow it for a while to see if anyone's spying on me?

johns (GM): You murdered a good and loving mother, then robbed her mutilated corpse.

Zita of Mercere: Nice!

Lodewig of Tytalus: none of the rest of us even know it exists

Beatrice ex Merinita: and kidnapped her child

Lodewig of Tytalus: he may have other living relatives, who knows?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm suggesting OOCly that Zita loan me the scrying detector

Proclus of Rome: In fact, he has several as a descendant of Mercere.

Lodewig of Tytalus: it might be a good move

Zita of Mercere: it has no pen

its useless

to a magus

since you need to drop parma to use it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It would go off and sundown

* at

Malachiasz of Tytalus: ok so no one disputes me taking simon

Zita of Mercere: yeah but who scries then? if you want to walk about with no parma just for an item, alright, fine.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: nice

Beatrice ex Merinita: you're not torturing a child

Malachiasz of Tytalus: i dont plan to

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sundown is the perfect time to scry

Zita of Mercere: we arent torturing the kid

however

Beatrice ex Merinita: tormenting a child

Malachiasz of Tytalus: im not doing that either

Beatrice ex Merinita: the flaw is tormenting master

Zita of Mercere: we should scry his mind. hes not a legal magus, hes an apprentice  at best

we should, frankly

Perdo Mentem

what he saw

Proclus of Rome: Does he even have the Gift?

Zita of Mercere: doubt it

Beatrice ex Merinita: he's Mercere

Zita of Mercere: hes a mercere? how many mercere have the gift

Beatrice ex Merinita: so no

Proclus of Rome: He might since Fertility Magic is so popular these days.

Zita of Mercere: i just thought of the best and most fucked up plan.

if hes non-gifted

ill raise him as an apprentice

Beatrice ex Merinita: if Malachiasz takes someone of gifted Mercere blood as an apprentice, he should never send any letters again

Zita of Mercere: well

he cant

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmmm

Malachiasz of Tytalus: give me my apprentice

Zita of Mercere: tbh house mercere would probably - as a suggestion - call in a favour with a bonisagus to have him poach the apprentice

THEN have that bonisagus

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The scrying detector could be adapted, maybe

Zita of Mercere: graciously gift his apprentice

to house mercere

Proclus of Rome: Just don't tell anyone where the child came from.

Easy.

Beatrice ex Merinita: also have aurora nuke malachiasz

Zita of Mercere: if he's non-gifted illl raise him as an apprentice, though ill ask lodewig, and this time ask him not to be a snitch, if he'll perdo mentem what he saw

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean, It doesn't need to penetrate my parma, it would go off if the words coming out of my mouth were being transmitted via Intellego

What's the InVi to find out if the letter is magic?

Zita of Mercere: well, whetehr a passive InVi effect works through parma is up to johns

i honestly dont know

johns (GM): if the letter were enchanted it would have to have very high Penetration to have any effect once it went in your friendly aegis

what is the current Aegis strength dys?

Zita of Mercere: 30

johns (GM): 30?

yeah

that's what I thought

Zita of Mercere: yeah, i improved it

just ot keep shit like this out

i spent 2 seasons on it, even!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The letter could be a charged item that goes off when read twice

Beatrice ex Merinita: the letter is an AC to the writer

Zita of Mercere: such virtue!

devil's fav demon: yeah its what stopped all those vines from growing back

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Wait no

It needs to penetrate yoru Mentem to know you're reading it

johns (GM): if you pursue the letter as an AC you will find a scribe that consolata made write it then murdered

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And have two effects invested in it

johns (GM): since she's not dumb enough to give you an A/C to herself

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I murder the scribe

Beatrice ex Merinita: he's already dead

Lodewig of Tytalus: she did love to murder

johns (GM): She would have fit in right here

alas

Beatrice ex Merinita: She was Zita's good twin, after all.

Proclus of Rome: What was the prophecy again?

johns (GM): It was a vision, more than a prophecy

Proclus of Rome: Oh, well then.

Zita of Mercere: it is really funny that consolata was pretty much built similarly to zita

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's get a recap o nthe vision

Zita of Mercere: like

the same items

johns (GM): Marco thought if he left VT that day with the hierloom it'd be doom for the order, and if he left without the hierloom, it'd be doom for himself

Zita of Mercere: and all

yes

marco chose the order over himself

Proclus of Rome: Ah well then.

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): rolling to find out what happens to you if you spend 15 years raising an ungifted child as an apprentice and then gauntlet him and make him part of he order

Proclus of Rome: Prophecy complete.

Malachiasz of Tytalus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

Zita of Mercere: meaning he died a noble hero

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay

Proclus of Rome: Let's sell the ring to highest bidder.

(To Malachiasz of Tytalus): everyone laughs at you and calls you a dumb polack

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I think I know what I'd like to do

Zita of Mercere: which is a big reason why zita was very, very set on killing consolata over this

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Spend some seasons investigating the claw

(From Malachiasz of Tytalus): the joke will be on them

Beatrice ex Merinita: investigate the claw through experimentation and warp its effect

Zita of Mercere: the only person who actually knows, right now, that zita killed a fellow magus is beatrice

so its really down to her

Lodewig of Tytalus: alright

Zita of Mercere: what happens before tribunal

if she says, she says

Beatrice ex Merinita: i attacked her too, so i'm keeping quiet

Lodewig of Tytalus: so are we going to tribunal?

johns (GM): next week

Zita of Mercere: yeah.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm excited!

johns (GM): im still sticking around if you want to cast investigating magic or scheme results of this escapade

Zita of Mercere: dude we killed someone lmao. i did a high crime the fucking day before tribunal.

im excited.

Lodewig of Tytalus: "we"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We need to investigate our covenfolk

Zita of Mercere: beatrice helped, meaning its a plural responsible

meaning we

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If someone was spying on the meeting, they could have done the math

Zita of Mercere: im grammatically, if not morally, correct

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's replace our covenfolk with transformed animals

devil's fav demon: Good idea.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm 100% down

devil's fav demon: Animals transformed into humans, you say.

I know just the man.

Lodewig of Tytalus: It's not that hard to give an animal humanlike intelligence

oh ok i'm not so enthusiastic now

Proclus of Rome: Well, I can cast Whispers Beyond the Black Gate on Ezio.

But I don't know what I'd ask him.

Zita of Mercere: Ezio or Consolata, really

we could see if we could interrogate her corpse and see what we get out of it

Proclus of Rome: Consolata is a long ways off.

johns (GM): please bear in mind if you are a member of the custos of cyprian you have sworn not to cast Whispers on Consolata.

Proclus of Rome: Also that.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Is it established that you got Consolata's corpse intact to VT?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'd rather not find out that I caused his death while taking every possible precaution

Zita of Mercere: Proclus was not there for the adventure with Consolata, correct?

Which means

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll leave that particular shroedinger's box closed

Zita of Mercere: we could lie to him and tell him

its just an evildoer

Proclus of Rome: Genius.

Zita of Mercere: You take a folk ken penalty from the Gift

god I love this rule now im on the mundane side of it

Proclus of Rome: Only on non-gifted people.

Zita of Mercere: Yes

like me!

I've got 2 com and good guile

Proclus of Rome: I'm not going to just cast necromantic spells on any corpse you leave on my door like a cat.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Wait, I just realized, it was a stupid idea to kill their hostage just beacause I ddin't do what they asked, because it was their only leverage to keep us from killing them.

Lodewig of Tytalus: why wouldn;'t you?

Proclus of Rome: I'm fed up with all the murders.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I would have stopped Zita from running in otherwise

Zita of Mercere: Okay

We'll say this is the culprit of murdering Fiorella's cousin

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: So go ahead and cast Whispers on Ezio if you really want

Zita of Mercere: and then get you to

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Zita of Mercere: is proclus going to decline in that case?

Proclus of Rome: Of course I would like Fiorella to be there, in that case.

Zita of Mercere: oh of course

johns (GM): is anyone going to InVi the child to determine if he's gifted

Lodewig of Tytalus: sure

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

johns (GM): thanks

Lodewig of Tytalus: both children, to be safe

it's like level 5 right

johns (GM): oh dys have a free conf for Enacting the Spirit of Vengeance

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I took a 5 in everything so I could train apprentices

Zita of Mercere: is that how you do it? i thought zita could tell that stuff from being around magi all her life.

Proclus of Rome: How are you getting a child back to the covenant while carrying a corpse?

Zita of Mercere: thank you johns

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beatrice can do it

johns (GM): proclus does raise a valid riddle

Beatrice ex Merinita: have the child carry the corpse

Proclus of Rome: A child who, I should mention, hates you more than anything in the entire world.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Let's trust Beatrice with the children

Beatrice ex Merinita: there's two corpses

Zita of Mercere: She doesn't know I killed her mother.

Lodewig of Tytalus: one of them is shurnk

Beatrice ex Merinita: i'm carrying the shrunken one

Zita of Mercere: Remember: the kid never saw me turn into a wolf

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Shrink the children

Proclus of Rome: Ezio's corpse can be handled easily since it's only a few miles out of town.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's not

johns (GM): they took ezio's corpse with them

Proclus of Rome: Oh well then.

Beatrice ex Merinita: zita took it with her to use for navigation

johns (GM): This is like the farmer and the river riddle

Lodewig of Tytalus: I don't think you should be able to drag a corpse 200 km without running into trouble

Beatrice ex Merinita: but i'm bringing it back

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They used it as an AC for the teleport

Zita of Mercere: I'll ask Beatrice to take the corpse back, since she can just transport it and carry it, while I lead the child away

johns (GM): isntead of a dog and chickens etc. you have 2 corpses and a child

Lodewig of Tytalus: beatrice's spell transports one person, no?

Zita of Mercere: I'll tell the kid I'm a Mercere, like his mother, and here to get him out

yeah but corpses arent people

theyre baggage

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's small enough to be baggage

Proclus of Rome: I FEEL like he would not believe this since he saw you murder his mother.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Children are famously easy to overpower

Lodewig of Tytalus: they're Corpus Individuals

Zita of Mercere: He didnt see that Proclus

johns (GM): he saw you attack her in the cellar

Zita of Mercere: He saw a wolf kill his mother

Lodewig of Tytalus: we're talking about the large corpse though

johns (GM): before you turned into a wolf

Beatrice ex Merinita: yeah, i'm not carrying the lager corpse

johns (GM): You drove a knife through her mother's phantom's heart

Zita of Mercere: hmm

devil's fav demon: He saw you TRY to kill her mother, and then a wolf killed her and walked around a corner and you walked back.

Zita of Mercere: this might be trickier then

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The illusion melted away

Zita of Mercere: Oh hey, I have a guile spec in Elaborate Lies

alright here i go

devil's fav demon: lol.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Nice!

Proclus of Rome: Oh also, you're naked and covered in blood.

Lodewig of Tytalus: you can usually reason children out of severe trauma

Zita of Mercere: I get dressed when I turn back into a human

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway Hafl, let me know if Beatrice has time to make me a Guile-buffing ring

Proclus of Rome: With what clothing?

Zita of Mercere: With my clothing

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sinc eyou and Proclus aren't warring until after the Tribunal, it seems

Beatrice ex Merinita: earliest possible time is in the spring

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia can have Harco comp you for the vis

Proclus of Rome: I thought you destroyed it when you turned into a wolf.

johns (GM): she just drops it

Beatrice ex Merinita: she stripped

Zita of Mercere: no its uh, funnier than that

Proclus of Rome: Well ok then.

Zita of Mercere: if i cant get back to my clothes

johns (GM): it's not like The Hulk

Zita of Mercere: im stuck as a wolf

for 7 years

Proclus of Rome: lol

devil's fav demon: rofl

Proclus of Rome: Are you sure they didn't catch on fire?

Lodewig of Tytalus: that would probably be a neater resolution

Zita of Mercere: which is why zita is going to commission a magic item at tribunal, for payment

that lets a wolf speak as a human

theres a bjornaer spell for it

johns (GM): That would have been the funniest resolution but I am worried dys will kill me irl at some point if I keep trolling him

devil's fav demon: She could, if she weren't trapped as a wolf.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it was about 20 seconds between her dropping the clothes and her going back for them

and the thugs were fighting the fir emost of the time

Proclus of Rome: Oh also, wouldn't you have to leap through the flames to get back to your clothes?

Zita of Mercere: I messaged johns and told him he's free to run an adventure about zita being stuck as a wolf, after I buy this magic item so she can talk as one.

johns (GM): no, she didn't move through a door

Zita of Mercere: He still is

johns (GM): the child cut a hole in the wall using a magic knife

Proclus of Rome: Oh right magic.

Lodewig of Tytalus: however it would mean we wouldn't need to keep pushing for a ruling on whether it's practical for one woman to drag a corpse and an angry child from naples to rome!

johns (GM): correct.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it is because it's funny

johns (GM): Frankly? I think it's a bit unrealistic.

But if you put your mind to it, I'm sure you can figure out a way.

I know how I'd do it in the given situation with the gear Zita has.

Proclus of Rome: Put the rabbit on the boat first.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: How does the scrying detector notify the wearer when ti goes off?

It's not a talisman

Zita of Mercere: I can read minds, so I'd read his mind and ask him stuff and then use it to say look! I'm a good guy! On your side! I couldnt stop the wolf sorry.

oops all wolf

Proclus of Rome: What about all the blood on your mouth?

Zita of Mercere: I explicitly

wiped that away

Beatrice ex Merinita: she wiped it

Zita of Mercere: you can re-read

i wiped it

Proclus of Rome: That's fine.

Zita of Mercere: Hmm

Oh

I can change my appearance lol

johns (GM): the ring turns ice cold when it detects the scrying

Zita of Mercere: i just fucking change my appearance

before talking to him

if i can get him out, when hes calmed down, i can explain things

and bullshit him

right now, to get him out, ill just use magic

johns (GM): Bullshit him that he has to come with you, and you need to drag the corpse along too

Zita of Mercere: Beatrice is taking that

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmm

Zita of Mercere: and going separately

johns (GM): We have already established beatrice is NOT taking consolata's corpse

Beatrice ex Merinita: no, thje big corpse

johns (GM): she is taking EZIO's corpse.

Zita of Mercere: ohhh

hmmm

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If I set the ring on my tongue, it should turn cold if the words I am speaking are being transmitted elswhere

Proclus of Rome: Does it detect Creo Imaginem at all?

Lodewig of Tytalus: even if you look different, why wouldn't he think you're with the people that attacked the inn?

johns (GM): erm

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It wouldn't need to penetrate my parma in that case

Zita of Mercere: children are really fucking stupid.

thats why

johns (GM): i believe it solely detects mentem scrying

Beatrice ex Merinita: they are

Proclus of Rome: Also wouldn't you change back to Zita after the spell wears off?

Zita of Mercere: yes, but hes round a corner, in a tunnel!

crying and freaking out

Beatrice ex Merinita: i have spell to change someone for a moon

Proclus of Rome: No I mean the spell to change your face.

Zita of Mercere: oh

its conc, and items retains concentration

so it lasts as long as it needs to

Proclus of Rome: Well then.

Lodewig of Tytalus: i mean children being really stupid is big reason that elaborate lies tend not to be effective with them

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmmm

Beatrice ex Merinita: the child has -6 Int if it would have 0 as an adult

Zita of Mercere: same

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: In that case, the ring is useless to me, but it might be worthwhile to invent an item that reacts if it hears you talk and detects a spell transmitting that speech

InVi out to Hearing

Proclus of Rome: Would it be?

Does that really come up that often?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well

I don't know how I'm supposed to say "Okay I have this covnersation in secret" without the GM goign AHA then

Zita of Mercere: the way for magi to make items that detect magic is stuff like, bells

that ReTe and ring, as a linked trigger

with InVi

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I could make a talisman but I should probably get 20 Animal at least

Proclus of Rome: I don't see what the one has to do with the other, Fiorella.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: That's a fair argument

But I'm open to better suggestions

Zita of Mercere: the ring is kinda useless to magi i think

im sure johns will tell me the full loot

a magic knife, you say

Lodewig of Tytalus: so quick question

johns (GM): i posted loot in the thread

Lodewig of Tytalus: does it say anywhere in the code that a non-mercere magus can't take an ungifted apprentice?

johns (GM): you have to investigate the items that need activation to figure out how to activate them

hm

devil's fav demon: someone really needs to buckle down and investigate all the uninvestigated items.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll investigate the claw

Proclus of Rome: Ungifted people can't be magi of other houses.

johns (GM): I want to say yes?

Proclus of Rome: So they can't be apprentices.

Lodewig of Tytalus: that doesn't follow

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Redcaps can join other houses but they have to Gauntlet in Mercere

johns (GM): Also this came up in a peripheral case in this very saga, some non-gifted Priests who could cast divine ceremony wanted to join the OoH but were denied

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Rome specifically blocked it last tribunal, yes

Lodewig of Tytalus: I could take a mundane apprentice and keep setting him the Gauntlet: cast a spell

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Other tribunals can allow it, as True Lineages says that Jerbiton sometimes take in artistically skilled redcaps

It's explicitly allowed in that case

Proclus of Rome: I mean you can legally kidnap a child for whatever reason and stay within the Code of Hermes, pretty much.

Zita of Mercere: The thing is that other Houses can say that anyone, even someone non-gifted, is part of them.

Lodewig of Tytalus: sure but apprentices have legal protections

Zita of Mercere: True Lineages can't because its all about who your parens was

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh, Invisible Eye Revealed works on ANY magical means

Not just Mentem

johns (GM): If you start diluting the order with non-gifted losers you are playing right into Lavinia's hands

no offense, zita/hypatia

Beatrice ex Merinita: let's not do it then

johns (GM): and artemisia

Beatrice ex Merinita: rip artemisia's gift

Zita of Mercere: it depedns if flambeau or whoever do. you cant join the order without an apprenticeship, for one

so if they start doing it

and the primus says "fuck no"

thats it

they either drop it or get kicked out of flambeau

meaning they cant let anyone INTO flambeau

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Jerbiton is sort of special anyway

Since they like muggles

Zita of Mercere: Jerbiton is, canonically, the only house who does this

and its very, very rare

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Part of how Ex Misc recruits people is telling them that they get social privileges for having the gift

Lodewig of Tytalus: So it's not illegal, is what you're saying

Zita of Mercere: AND they only do it with ex-redcaps who have already undergone a full apprenticeship

so that they dont have to apprentice someone

johns (GM): You'd have to bring it up at tribunal to get the apprentice actual apprentice status

also without the gift your mundane apprentice can't help you in the lab

Lodewig of Tytalus: yeah no shit

Zita of Mercere: the grand tribunal, honestly

this isnt even a regional matter, its a house matter

johns (GM): this seems like a lot of fuss. why not just buy a slave the regular way

Proclus of Rome: HE'D BE A MUSLIM OR PAGAN!

Lodewig of Tytalus: why does everyone think I have evil intentions towards this child

johns (GM): heavens forbid.

Because everyone in htis covenant has evil intentions?

Proclus of Rome: And let's face it, a Muslim is the last thing we need around here.

Beatrice ex Merinita: i don't have evil intentions

Lodewig of Tytalus: a hermetic apprenticeship is the best education you can get

Proclus of Rome: -the Hermetic High Crimes Doer

Lodewig of Tytalus: specifically a tytalan one, which sets up any young man with the self-confidence he needs to succeed in life

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Archibald, what's your method for detecting scrying? An invisible eye revealed item?

johns (GM): I think I get Lodewig's plan

He wants the kid to be a member of the Order, and to have a birthright to the Frangipani household

Lodewig of Tytalus: your error is in assuming i have plans

johns (GM): So he can push his claim and be both a wizard and a baron

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia is mechanically not evil

Lodewig of Tytalus: sure, if it works out that way, it could be fun

he'd be relinquishing his claim if he somehow got admitted to the order tho

Beatrice ex Merinita: as long as the kid swear loyalty to the fairy empress, i'm fine with that

Zita of Mercere: Archibalds method for detecting scrying is that during the conversation he, without words, casts the spell to detect all active magic, and touches the entrance wall, a bunch of times

Proclus of Rome: Also Lodewig would never be able to acquire the barony, as he would not be in the line of succession even if he did adopt the boy.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay

Zita of Mercere: sorry, without words OR gestures. he has subtle casting so no gestures doesnt affect anything

Lodewig of Tytalus: I don't want a barony

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm going to work on Invisible Eye Revealed then

johns (GM): its tytalan enough to get a baron wizard in the order to cause trouble

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: So we can get it cast on our meeting chamber

johns (GM): The Tytalans loved Carloman.

devil's fav demon: Zita of Mercere: Jerbiton is, canonically, the only house who does this

Lodewig of Tytalus: I thought I wanted to turn into a wolf and tear out my enemies' throats, but now I don't know what I want

devil's fav demon: i think there are, technically, a couple non gifted bjornaer.

they can still turn into animals and all that.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know what I want

Lodewig of Tytalus: So apprentices need to be recognised at tribunal? I thought you just declare it in front of your covenant

7 years is a long time in a child's education

devil's fav demon: They need to be recognized with at least one quaesitor present iirc

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We have one living here

devil's fav demon: Convenient!

Lodewig of Tytalus: well there you go

archibald, what say you?

Archibald of Guernicus: Depends, is he gifted?

Lodewig of Tytalus: I actually checked but I don't remember what hte answer was

I assume no

johns (GM): i didnt see you roll

for either child

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If Fiorella wants an apprentice, can she find one in downtime like with Archibald's owl?

johns (GM): Assuming somehow the other child got back here

Since it seems we've only narrowed things down to bringing either Child or Corpse

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm. How about this.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Intellego Vim 14

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The children don't seem like suitable Jerbiotn anyway

Archibald of Guernicus: What if Beatrice makes the corpse invisible

and we just transport it that way

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's like level 10 isn't it?

Beatrice ex Merinita: i can only do that for Sun

Proclus of Rome: How does that make it easier?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But I should have 5 in every score though and don't have any long term project ideas

Archibald of Guernicus: because the kid wont see

Proclus of Rome: I mean it makes it slightly easier but you still have to carry it.

Archibald of Guernicus: true...

hmmm

johns (GM): The nobleman's son is NOT gifted.

Proclus of Rome: Gah!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Just make it walk like Weekend at Bernie's 2

Lodewig of Tytalus: shocking

johns (GM): He's probably Faerie Warped though.

Beatrice ex Merinita: that's good warping

Lodewig of Tytalus: perhaps he's touched by faerie or even faerie blooded

johns (GM): By the laws of Faerie land he's still the husband of the Empress.

Archibald of Guernicus: beatrice could always help lead the kid back, if i handle the corpse, and she keeps making it invisible at sundown/sunrise

devil's fav demon: Cool.

Lodewig of Tytalus: this kid has prospects

Beatrice ex Merinita: i want to getback as soon as possible

Proclus of Rome: I assume you never, ever tell Proclus about this.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Are enchanted items an AC to their inventor?

Beatrice ex Merinita: i don't want to lose lab time

Proclus of Rome: I mean at some point the rest of us have to go to Tribunal.

johns (GM): Yes Fiorella, but only for half the time it took to make them

Archibald of Guernicus: they are, fiorella

Lodewig of Tytalus: yes, for months or so

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

johns (GM): Same principle as books and art

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If Zita asked me to investigate one, I will

If any of them are still a valid AC and Zita loned me one, I'd fix it

johns (GM): The items on Consolata? All of their ACs wore off long ago

Most of them were stolen Mercere goods

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

johns (GM): Or Legally Held Mercere goods

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmm

I don't see any investigation into Consolata's benefactors being fruitful

Archibald of Guernicus: we'll work out a way of getting the body back with the corpse too. im sure.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't think my intellego is impressive enough for the paranoia game either

So I'll work on investigating the claw

Lodewig of Tytalus: We ought to be able to get something out of Ezio

how did Consolata capture him? did she have aid?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ok

Proclus of Rome: That seems pretty straight forward.

Archibald of Guernicus: sure, but a second corpse, of the culprit too, would help

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She also had to find out about my family

johns (GM): Ezio's recollection:

Proclus of Rome: Oh ok.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway that's Proclus's conversation

Proclus of Rome: I'll ask him what he remembers about the attack but apparently I already did.

johns (GM): He was out and about surveying his lands in (some fief near Venice). He felt an insect bite, and then he couldn't move. Someone put a bag over his head and carried him off. He's not sure how many days he was like that. Shortly before he died, he heard a man's voice talking as if in a conversation, but there was no one else responding. The man seemed agitated and said "I'll lay low and find another way to get it." She instructed Ezio to walk, and then slit the man's throat, and that's the last he remembers.

Archibald of Guernicus: Here's my idea, then. Will taking the kid back take more than a day? The journey, I mean.

johns (GM): As it turns out, Naples is many paces away from Rome.

So yes

Unless you teleport.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's why beatrice isn't staying

johns (GM): Then it will take less than a day.

Zita of Mercere: First I'll disguise as someone else. Then I lie to him and tell him I'm here to help and need to take his mother to be buried. Then, when we're about 500 paces from somewhere convenient, I teleport ahead with the corpse, dump it, teleport back, and take the kid to vardian tomb. Then run out and retrieve the corpse.

johns (GM): alright

Zita of Mercere: I teleport when he's not looking, of course. Say I'm burying it or some shit.

johns (GM): anyone who sees a flaw speak up now

or forever hold your peace

Zita of Mercere: Thats who we get both kid and corpse. Genius.

how

Lodewig of Tytalus: I don't think you can carry a human body your own size with an individual targetted effect

johns (GM): consolata is actually a size larger than zita

since she is size 0

Proclus of Rome: How do you get to within 500 paces of the covenant with the corpse and child?

Zita of Mercere: Very carefully

Proclus of Rome: Can you actually carry the corpse?

Zita of Mercere: at most consolata got 1200 paces away from where we were before

actually, less

since she teleported mid-fight

johns (GM): d-damn... logiced

Lodewig of Tytalus: oh i thought someone said you ended up like 200 km away

Proclus of Rome: No that's the distance to Mt. Etna.

Zita of Mercere: that would be impossible given the specific magic item employed

johns (GM): originally she was going to hightail it to Vesuvius and throw the knife into a volcano so it couldn't be used to track her

Zita of Mercere: lol

c'thinker (GM): salve.

johns (GM): but then I realized vesuvius is very far away if you can only teleport 50 paces at a time

Proclus of Rome: Anyway, I do want to know if you can actually carry the corpse.

johns (GM): it would be tricky because Zita is small frame and consolata is not

Proclus of Rome: Also she has -2 Strength.

johns (GM): lol

Zita of Mercere screams "lol"

Beatrice ex Merinita: beatrice can catch up with the others extremely quickly and get help to come

Zita of Mercere: if we get lodewig, he can shrink the corpse, and help with Perdo Mentem-ing the kid

Proclus of Rome: Can Lodewig teleport?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Since everyone would probably get mad if I tortured Consolata's son to death I don't think I care about the kid

Lodewig of Tytalus: he can fly

Zita of Mercere: all i need is to delay the kid long enough

johns (GM): Beat him unconcious.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll have to find some other way to get a revenge story out of this

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'm not happy about being an accessory to blatant magus murder though

Proclus of Rome: Ah well, get this, all they have to do is not tell you.

johns (GM): Is there anyone in this covenant NOT keeping Dark Secrets? Besides Lavinia.

Proclus of Rome: I don't have any.

Lodewig of Tytalus: let consolata#s son be apprenticed to malachiasz, live alongside him for 15 years, and take brutal vengeance when he graduates

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't really want to murder magi in that it's relaly hard to do compared to killing muggles

Celeste: I'm a nice kid.

johns (GM): Proclus has kept the secret of how he shrugs off sword blows secret afiak

Proclus of Rome: Uh you have a very obvious secret Celeste.

Beatrice ex Merinita: it's not a secret

Celeste: It's barely a secret.

Proclus of Rome: Still, pretty dark.

That's true, Johns.

It IS a secret.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hypatia had to get rid of her dark secret due to having two story flaws

She just has Envied Beauty now, which I thought was general at first

johns (GM): ah nice one

Zita of Mercere: All Lodewig has to do is say nothing until tribunal, though. If things go wrong, zita gets marched and thats the end of it, he isnt involved. If things go right, Consolata gets marched, Lodewig did nothing wrong.

Lodewig of Tytalus: ah hell

Zita of Mercere: im sure he can handle this burden for [checks the stars] a few fuckin day

Lodewig of Tytalus: I'll help you hide a corpse I guess

johns (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVcNPWhdrRw

Lodewig of Tytalus: and then I will prudently stay away from this tribunal

Proclus of Rome: So how do you carry the corpse again?

Zita of Mercere: It's not like I set out today to commit a high crime.

Beatrice ex Merinita: come back with a cart

Zita of Mercere: I don't. I bullshit the kid and keep him still until the others get here to transport it.

Lodewig can shrink it.

Lodewig of Tytalus: Shrink it down tiny. Turn it into a bird. Something like that

Hmm. I might destroy my own memories of this

Proclus of Rome: lol

johns (GM): Advanced perdo

Proclus of Rome: Why would you unless you think it's wrong?

And if you do then why would you do it?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll go Tribunal and declare wizard's war against the conspirators involved in my cousin's death. That way no one can say I scryed on them without a declaration.

Zita of Mercere: as a tytalan, he needs to face challenge and strife

Lodewig of Tytalus: I don't think it's wrong to help out a friend, but I do think it's wrong to get tried for murder

Proclus of Rome: I think you need to declare Wizard War against specific magi.

Not just generally.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We already had a discussion about this

Proclus of Rome: Did we?

Zita of Mercere: while you're perdoing some mentem, you should perdo the kids mentem of what happened. if nothing else, remove the memory of zita attacking his mom, and itll make things a lot easier.

johns (GM): May I point out, that by getting involved, you have excellent blackmail material against a redcap

Lodewig of Tytalus: hmmm

I was going to say, what's it worth to you?

hey you know if I perdo this kid's inexplicable wolf aversion he'd be a great real apprentice

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well I suppose the discussion was on murdering Consolata

Proclus of Rome: lol

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But that's done with

Zita of Mercere: A favour from someone who has questionable ethics, impeccable stealth and connections in the order.

Proclus of Rome: Wait a minute, isn't Beatrice also guilty of a high crime for throwing fireballs at Consolata?

Zita of Mercere: I'll even forgive you ratting me out before.

johns (GM): she also scried on her by using prying eyes

Proclus of Rome: True.

Lodewig of Tytalus: intellego vim 16

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know. I'm trying to have some inolvement with this sotry other than having my cousin die

I'm open to ideas

Lodewig of Tytalus: is this kid gifted?

Zita of Mercere: I'll tell people that the fire was a trap that I set off

And that's why the corpse has singe marks

i.e. I cover for Beatrice out of gratitude for her help here

johns (GM): Yes

Proclus of Rome: Gasp!

Lodewig of Tytalus: you will actually be subject to the frosty breath test about this though

Zita of Mercere: ohh its a gifted mercere. dang.

you give your own sodales the frosty breath?

Proclus of Rome: At Tribunal.

Lodewig of Tytalus: I presume someone will

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Alright

I'm going to declare war on this kid when he gauntlets

Zita of Mercere: I won't mention the specifics, then. All I need to do is avoid lying.

lol

Proclus of Rome: lol

Lodewig of Tytalus: well I'd love to apprentice a gifted mercere but the odds are good he's promised to someone

Proclus of Rome: But technically he's related to all of House Mercere.

Zita of Mercere: if hes gifted, someone here could take him as an apprentice. in fact, since he's basically unknown, fiorella could do it. just to make sure she's ready for the moment he passes gauntlet.

Lodewig of Tytalus: otoh if I claim him now it would take a bonisagus to stop me

Proclus of Rome: You'd only know that he's a Mercere if you know that Consolata is a Mercere.

Lodewig of Tytalus: don't we all know consolata?

Proclus of Rome: In which case you would know that Zita and Beatrice murdered a magus.

Zita of Mercere: hes promised to no-one, i bet. consolata was missing for at LEAST 3 or 4 years.

meaning this kid is an unknown to the order

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't know Zita can turn itno a wolf

Zita of Mercere: No-one but beatrice does

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: For all I know, Lodewig's brain wolf killed her

Lodewig of Tytalus: I told you, he was babysitting

Proclus of Rome: Oh also you'd have to know that he's her son, obviously.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beatrice can confirm that

Lodewig of Tytalus: I think a lot of this depends on what Zita tells the rest of us

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Beatrice can InCo Bloodlines

johns (GM): It's getting hard to keep track of what lies the PCs are telling to each other

Lodewig of Tytalus: it's just getting interesting

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm not sure what Fiorella knows

Lodewig of Tytalus: I don;t know. This is cool but I've been sitting here considering hypotheticals for far too long

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: She was there when Proclus questioned Ezio, that's all I know

Lodewig of Tytalus: i'm going to call it a night

johns (GM): hypotheticals ftw

Good night br!

Zita of Mercere: We bring Lodewig in and see if he's got the good sense to take a simple deal. I owe him a favour, for not saying anything for a few days, and he helps us get this corpse back.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah IDK if I have anything left to contribute

Zita of Mercere: then if we get it back, we tell proclus this is the culprit and we need him, as the only one with Whispers, to interrogate her. presumably he asks the questions that make sense here (who are your allies, what was your goal, etc)

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Zita of Mercere: this means lying to proclus but its unfortunately necessary.

the lies also absolve him of guilt at least. he was tricked by us.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The plotline is itneresting and tailed to my story flaw but I just have little I can do against an actually competent conspiracy

johns (GM): lol sorry

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's cool

johns (GM): if you'd played along you would have gotten ezio back and then it'd just be a decision on whether you tell the covenant what you did or not

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I probably just need some good advice on how to grow capable here

johns (GM): Well, I was picking on the youngest magi

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I considered it

johns (GM): because that's what Bad Guys do.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: But you said the claw was locked up behind a solid sotne wall

johns (GM): Correct. I somehow assumed that you could get it out and was surprised when you yourself said that was beyond Fiorella's abilities

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'd need to trust either Archibald, Beatrice, or Malachiasz to get it out

johns (GM): or get the grogs to dig it out with pickaxes

that would be harder to cover up though..

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I dunno, if its an easy spont we need a better vault

Zita of Mercere: it was a cool storyline

however its not my fault that we didnt reach tribunal today.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's Archibald's wall opening spell? Pass the Unyielding Portal for stone?

Zita of Mercere: i wanted to go but the  gm  wanted me to get into lethal combat

johns (GM): lol

Zita of Mercere: no its Archibald's Unwelcome Entrance

devil's fav demon: lol.

Zita of Mercere: Re(Mu)Te

its in the uh

old ars thread

you can look it up in there

johns (GM): i was sorta psyched that it was just zita and beatrice cause it meant consolata could show off all her cool tricks instead of being instantly murked

Zita of Mercere: boy rep helped work out the level and effect

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's the level?

Zita of Mercere: 15

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay, so 30 with fatigue

Beatrice ex Merinita: i think archibald made a lab text for it, but everyone reinvented it to keep it secret that they have it

Zita of Mercere: lol

he did, i think

he spent a season making lab texts

for the aegis and other stuff

johns (GM): did he? I dont see them on the wiki if you put them there

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have 15 Muto Terram

Zita of Mercere: uhh

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Including aura bonus

Zita of Mercere: it was my 1340 (?) seasons

lemme check

johns (GM): i see the post now

I can add them to the library page if you want

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I didn't know we needed the spell to access the vault

johns (GM): also we already had a dust to dust text so you didn't need to amke that

you can swap that for another 15 levels if you like

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And that I'd have to break in to save my cousin, no secret save everyone AND the claw route

Zita of Mercere: foudn it

oh you found it first

well im pasting it anyway because i wasted my time

pring: Writes out 80 levels of laboratory texts: the miner's keen eye (level 20), aegis of the hearth (level 30), dust to dust (level 15), seal the earth (level 15)

i can swap dust with another 15 levels of spells

well

Zita of Mercere: ill just make a fucking Unwelcome Entrance text

how about that

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well

Zita of Mercere: other people are already inventing it for fun

johns (GM): can you write up the parameters of that spell so i can put it in the library

Zita of Mercere: might as well

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If I had known it, Consolata would have the claw

So ther'es that to consider

Zita of Mercere: yeah but would you have learned that text?

Proclus of Rome: Should we play out Consolata's summoning now or wait for next week?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Maybe, maybe not

johns (GM): Tiem to retcon.

This session never happened.

Proclus of Rome: Seems like we should wait since everyone left.

johns (GM): I think it should wait til next week

Zita of Mercere: https://badgame.net/index.php?topic=26550.msg10689136#msg10689136

this is the final spell effect after discussing it with you and boy rep in the thread

im proud of inventing a spell that people consider so useful they all want a text of it, though

this is my finest achievement, magically, in ars. besides the level 30 aegis maybe.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway, if I was Consolata and caught me alone at VT with everyone else at tribunal I'd probably kill Fiorella

Zita of Mercere: nah this is better, fuck the aegis

attacking a magus alone in an aegis (your magic items dont work) sounds like a bad idea

Proclus of Rome: Everyone considers it useful because you hid all our treasure behind a solid wall.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If they used Ezio as leverage to keep Fiorella from taking a billion aggressive precautions, they oculd probably catch her defenseless enough

Zita of Mercere: i mean outside of that, proclus

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I mean I have Sidestep but not much else

Beatrice ex Merinita: we should make the inner walls of the vault metal expect for the designated entrance, so you have to cast entrance at a specific point

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: They could just demand casting tokens or they kill Ezio, really

johns (GM): library page updated with spells

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And that I not stay in bird form

Zita of Mercere: that doesnt matter for magic items

they only work if the  creator  has a token

which is why zita cant use her items in the covenant lol

she has to go outside it

this has come up before

johns (GM): Ideally, Consolata would prefer to deliver Ezio alive in hopes that Fiorella never reveals what she did to the covenant and her larger plot goes unfollowed

Zita of Mercere: I bet she didn't expect to be brutally murdered in front of her son, lol.

johns (GM): lol

Zita of Mercere: Boy is her face red. With blood, from her throat.

Proclus of Rome: Pure Pwnage

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway

I chose not to think about how merciful COnsolata may have been

She chose to go down the darker road first

johns (GM): Yup.

And we'll see what her deal is next session, maybe, when we have a seance.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Cool

Anyway don't worry about me complaining

I'm fishing fo rideas when I do that

johns (GM): there could be repurcussions down the road when the Zeno family learns what happened

who knows!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll leave that up to them

johns (GM): Cons: One of us was murdered by a wizard. Pros: The murder was avenged by a wizard.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I don't want to be a Black Sheep here so I don't want to go accepting responsibility for anything I don't have to

Not being a Black Sheep is pretty core to the character concept as a non-gentle jerb

Anyway regardless of how much I whine, it was cool to have a hook, thank you.

Zita of Mercere: it was cool

rip your family member

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: F

Zita of Mercere: nothing we could do though. just nothing we coudl do.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm going to nothing I could do even harder than Phil

Endrite: Alright see you all later.