9/9/18

devil's fav demon: i might have to step out for a short period of time either just as the game starts or shortly after it starts.

like 20 minutes maybe? won't be too big of a chunk of the game i hope.

dys: wasnt this the start time

after you un-did the delya

johns (GM): yes

dys: well we have 5 players at least which is still fine. though someone needs to throw rocks at cumthinker and tell endrite that the start time was moved back to normal

also im going for my dinner in a bit so ill be afk for 10-15 mins, sorry

johns (GM): wOW.

dys: family dinner. i could try and duck out of it.

Beardbeard: alright. good session everyone

devil's fav demon: endrite said he had to play sports or something and he would be late.

dys: oh, right.

johns (GM): battlebots.

moe: OK

i'm here

good nervous breakdown

i sent out precisely one (1) job application

johns (GM): goondolences..

Father Hazm:

rolling d10+4+1 Aging 36

(

9

)

+4+1

=

14

moe: thinking about are we mid-advenutre

do i play dusan or a grog

devil's fav demon: rip one dog

dys: saying that dusan was late to arrive at the city surely isnt too big a deal for johns to allow

Beardbeard: endrite is playing his blood bowl game

dys: surely

Father Hazm:

rolling d10+4+1 Aging 37

(

1

)

+4+1

=

6

dys: archibald will teleport in when i get back from dinner. brb

Father Hazm:

rolling d10+4+1 Aging 37

(

8

)

+4+1

=

13

johns (GM): ok time for me to take a nap i guess

moe: power moving on your players

johns (GM) activates ultimate gm technique

johns (GM): archibald is dead. the adventure may now move on

moe what is dusan's take on violence

Father Hazm: Hmm I think Ponza is less urban than rome so I can lower those rolls by one

johns (GM): it has less health bonuses from natural elements though?

Father Hazm: +1 I think was the typical Rome citizen amount

Beardbeard: no baths though

moe: generally opposed, but aptness has a way of saying "when in rome"

Beardbeard: and no statues

and no rat king

moe: so if romans are insanely into killing, there's probably something to it

Father Hazm: It'd be like -8 if I was rolling with the covenant bonuses

johns (GM): No baths, no statues, no rats... don't die kevin bacon!!!

devil's fav demon: hazm im going with any way to save yourself, as i retroactively put rosario on the infernalist lavinia's health program to save myself from a 13 aging roll.

johns (GM): Typical Roman citizen with no bonus from Bathing or Health Regimen: +4

devil's fav demon: i thought i had said rosario did it months ago but i cant find any evidence of that

johns (GM): lavinia's magical blood collection grows

Father Hazm: Those are benefits from the statues

Ponza's just a villa

Giraldo of Milan: ponzo

Celeste: poyo

Archibald of Guernicus: I here

Father Hazm: Hazm can't avoid a crisis unless a yearly trip to Rome to accept Lavinia's regimen is enough to get the +2

johns (GM): it isnt, frequent travel disrupts regimens per A&A

devil's fav demon: rip

Giraldo of Milan: frequent gravel

johns (GM): Anyway

As you are clearing the carnage a few riders come up to the inn, decked in the colors of the Knights of St. John

c'thinker: just woke up, all

johns (GM): hell yeah

devil's fav demon: good morning cthonker

Father Hazm:

rolling d10+4+1 crisis

(

6

)

+4+1

=

11

He lives

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "More blood in the streets of Rome! God forgive our hearts. Hark, what has passed here?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton appear

Giraldo of Milan: "Devilry. The count Colonna has lost his mind."

oops

that was as guy

Guy of Bonisagus: h

Archibald of Guernicus: "Guy, would ye handle this as best ye can." I say, stepping away and keeping my stink from ruining things for us

Dušan of Criamon: I guess I observe the proceedings from the aviary

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I also step back, as a gift stinker

Celeste: "We were besieged by soldiers! After that, you know as much as I do, I think."

I've come downstairs, still wired from being able to kill people and have it sort of be justified.

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "So sayth the viaticarus who came rushing to our gates. The lords savor shedding blood with or without the great tempter's influence."

Dušan of Criamon: technically legal, the best kind

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "I see wounded. Will you let us tend to them?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Of course."

"Mind yourselves though. The count's men might be tainted with wickedness yet."

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: The sargeant issues quick orders to his men, who lay some of the incapacitated soldiers atop the horses and borrow one of your carts.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I scatter the ravens feasting on the wounded.

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: lol

Dušan of Criamon: good taunt

Celeste: lol

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "I do not think we've met, Brother Benedictine. I am Brother Sargeant Gilbert of the Knights of St. John. Pray, tell me of this matter of the infernal and why the duke's men lie dead on your doorstep."

Celeste: I notice the Oreads and start trying to herd them into the basement.

Camilla looks on wistfully as all those delicious bones get carted off

Dušan of Criamon: comedic sequence where Guy tries to steer the conversation so the Oreads are always behind the templar's back

Endrite (GM): Sorry for my tardiness, but I had to kill some elves.

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: good

Voda: Classic Oread.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Fiorella Zeno."

Guy of Bonisagus: did archibald and fiorella tell us about the christians being burned

yet

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll catch Guy up and the knights at the same time

Celeste: Women with goat horns look pretty infernal to the untrained eye. Don't want Gil here to get the wrong idea...

Voda: I mean, let's face it, when Guy is around Christians are always being burned.

Guy of Bonisagus: what in the

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: o O (i should hurl a pilum at voda)

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: Goat horns are the latest fashion.

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: It is a victimless crime. You can't be prosecuted for mudering someone who is already dead.

Guy of Bonisagus: fiorella explains the martyrs and blasphemers then

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "Chilling if true. I can scarce believe such depravity is occurring so close to our fair home. I must see it with my own eyes."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: She also has the second hand accounts from Hazm from the previous adventure

Fiorella of Jerbiton nods.

Brother Gilbert of Vitry: "Then I will be on my way to confirm this. Godspeed."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "The city is well-guarded, but you'll be able to see the touch of the infernal as soon as the city is visible."

Voda: Isernia isn't even that far from Rome.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "They're building... a monstrosity."

johns (GM): Ok.

What's the plan now, gang

Dušan of Criamon: catch me up

what's the sitrep

Fiorella of Jerbiton: How much armor do we have lying around?

Voda: My plan is to bask in the glory of a job well done.

Where I didn't get killed.

johns (GM): like 15 pieces, damaged

plus your regular gear for grogs

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I think we should bring Mortis some armor or clothing and some weapons so he can hide the nature of his troops from the knights.

johns (GM): okay Dusan here's my recap: there is a giant bronze colossus in the city of Isernia where previously you saw a guy get smashed apart by a statue

Dušan of Criamon: mountain village, not very inviting iirc

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Why would I want to hide my glorious army of martyrs?

johns (GM): also the duc who conquered that city a couple years back is now an insane wierdo who calls himself the emperor and wants the big bronze crown you got from the magic regio with the endless sea

Fiorella of Jerbiton: So the knights kill the bad guys and not your thralls

Dušan of Criamon: understandable, a huge crown for a huge statues

this seems in order

Rosario of Flambeau: also we're running away iirc because archibald attacked people without warning in the middle of a diplomatic meeting he initiated

iirc

Fiorella of Jerbiton: If you think you can pass it off as a holy miracle that the martyrs rose again, you can try :)

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I will try.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: But giving them some weapons should be welcome in either case.

Dušan of Criamon: so classic ttrpg situation + a weirdo wants something from us

got it

johns (GM): archibald set the Duc on fire but the Duc didn't seem to mind much, then the crew departed and reconvened back in Rome, where the covenant was attacked by ~40 bannerman from House Colonna

Rosario of Flambeau: oh, i thought we were going to cut back to the giant combat in isernia and they chased us

whew.

nice getaway.

Archibald of Guernicus: You're running away?

Dušan of Criamon: did the Colonna boys say why or just regualr stink eradication

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Anyway, Fiorella doesn't KNOW that Mortis will reject the disguises so she loads a cart up with spare clothing and weapons

johns (GM): ah Rosario had to run away on foot while Archibald teleported away and left him to the mob

Rosario of Flambeau: you immediately started teleporting away after leaving me alone in the middle of 20 pikemen + other soldier iirc

Archibald of Guernicus: I went back to the covenant to check on it with Fiorella and we defended the ancient

Rosario of Flambeau: so yes, i ran away.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Rosario is probably 100% fine.

johns (GM): but Isernia's full of twisty alleys so he got out.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I helped Rosario retreat

Dušan of Criamon: this all seems very un-Archiballike

Archibald of Guernicus: You were fine, I assumed you were meeting up with Mortis and co

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I used birds as suppressive fire

Archibald of Guernicus: thats what I meant

johns (GM): this was the situation as Archibald left it

oh yeah and the bad guy may or may not be Emperor Nero reborn and is burning christians on torches

Rosario of Flambeau: oh yeah, he's a real dick about that

Archibald of Guernicus: Nero, huh

johns (GM): he certainly seems to know a lot about the Cult of Mercury

Dušan of Criamon: not the choice I would make but I'm no history (roman) expert

Fiorella of Jerbiton: If it was really Nero reborn he would be reborn as a sexy girl

johns (GM): according to Thomas Berenger (the engineer you met in the swamp adventure) this whole gang is the Brotherhood of Zenodorus, Proclus' old gang and the gang of the wierdo you first met in Isernia.

basically Infernal Freemasons

Dušan of Criamon: hmm hmm. So from Dusan's POV this is a classic aberration situation

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Infernal masons huh? Galafre's back

Dušan of Criamon: those people are dicks and should be stopped from torching people

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: As opposed to the regular Freemasons, who are 100% devoted to God.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Or modern masons, who are hermetic

johns (GM): Dusan when they attacked they first delivered an ultimatum for the crown

Guy of Bonisagus: the bad guy is caesar

johns (GM): currently sitting in your warehouse.

then celeste shot their messenger through the head and negotiations broke down.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It appears as though the purpose of the crown was to be the final piece of Metal Gear Satan

Rosario of Flambeau: lol.

Guy of Bonisagus: we need to make sure this game goes another 200 years so we can meet sir francis drake

Dušan of Criamon: well, I think we have our work cut out for us

as much as it pains me, we should assassinate the impostor emperor

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh yeah that's right, we learned that they assembled the giant statue, they didn't build it. They recovered the pieces of it like we did the crown.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: salve

Dušan of Criamon: mystical greetings

Rosario of Flambeau: Yeah, the statue already existed. Spooky.

Dušan of Criamon: In a great twist, we are not looking for the final piece but HOLDING the final piece already

alright

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yeap

Dušan of Criamon: my question is: does anyone else hate the emperor

ideally someone wealthy/with troops

Guy of Bonisagus: my question is why they made a head piece that had a crown built into it, but then also made a separate crown

but im sure this will be revealed in the adventure

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I hate the Emperor.

And I have like 30 troops.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: He's the antichrist so I hate him by default.

johns (GM): umm Rome Lore or Nobility Lore would help

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Voda has good Rome Lore if anyone thinks to ask him.

Guy of Bonisagus: let me just spend experience on this non realm lore

johns (GM): kizuna Lets

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I should maybe respec Venice Lore into Nobility Lore

Well then again I thiNk I've rolled Venice Lore

Voda:

rolling 1d10+ 8

(

2

)

+8

=

10

Gah!

johns (GM): well basically, Duc Frensesco Colonna is current leading member of House Colonna, one of the two most powerful noble families in the city of Rome

they are in the Ghibelline faction

Celeste: Fuckin nobles...

johns (GM): and they have a lifelong rivalry with the guelph house Orsini

Archibald of Guernicus: Boy thats awkward

Celeste: Heh.

Voda: A little.

Archibald of Guernicus awkwardly points to sign saying IT HAS BEEN (9) YEARS SINCE OUR LAST ORSINI DEATH

Fiorella of Jerbiton: The infernal has claimed the city, evidence enough for me.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: the orsinis hated those guys anyway

Guy of Bonisagus: if we kill the duke then we make the orsinis happy

so we have to kill the orsinis too

life is about balance

johns (GM): you also spurned the orsinis last time you met their leader and he asked you to kill cola di rienzi

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: lol

Dušan of Criamon: we should just casually drop it

"hey, we're killing that guy, do you want anything"

Celeste: We should try to give the Orsinis something nice.

Voda: We should.

Like a giant statue.

Celeste: Or maybe just the giant crown.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's just wait for the Orsinis to die out as they have more kids like Aristide

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: let's appeal to our good friend, the lord dei Mancini

johns (GM): the Orsini family is still alive and well today in our real world

Archibald of Guernicus: Any moment now, Johns.

Dušan of Criamon: let's indirectly threaten them by implying the emperor wants to return rome to imperial ways

johns (GM): Well who knows how long this saga will last.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We still have a chance to shift this timeline into the good ending then

Dušan of Criamon: let's spread rumors of armies massing at the mountain village

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I think we have a good chance of being able to kill all the defenders of Isernia if we really want to try.

Guy of Bonisagus: we do

Celeste: Yeah.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We should soften the city up and then let the knights march in.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: we can seize the gate, probably

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I mean what do they really have?

Dušan of Criamon: are the knights interested in resolving this with us?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Some archers and footmen.

Nothing that we can't handle.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We don't necessarily need to cooperate with the knights

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: The Duc's magic is typical Infernal trickery that is of no use against powerful minds like ours.

johns (GM): You could join the Sargeant who is on his way there. You don't know what the Knights will do if the Sargeant sees the evil stuff and reports back to Rome.

Dušan of Criamon: kizuna let's

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We do need to do something to rescue Rosario.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

Rosario of Flambeau: ty

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: and Gulielmus.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That should be close to our top priority.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: dont forget poor old Gulielmus, who is trapped by an army of the dead

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gulielmus of Pure Raisins.

johns (GM): Okay. Rosario you are moving through the alleys of the town which is eerily devoid of life. The Colonna pikemen have fanned out to try and find you and Archibald.

Gulielmus is outside the city iirc?

Guy of Bonisagus: hes outside this mortal coil

poor guy

johns (GM): RIP

Rosario of Flambeau: He's going to be fine!

I'm following Fiorella as a bird or one of Fiorella's birds, iirc

If she's busy, I'm extremely lost.

johns (GM): No sense of direction?

Rosario of Flambeau: Yep.

johns (GM): lol

I think you're the only person whose PC actually has that flaw ever come into play

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's what I call luck!

Rosario of Flambeau: it seems like it would naturally come up all the time!

and it has, i guess.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: it came up for derfel

Archibald of Guernicus: It's a great flaw

Dušan of Criamon: i'm going to suffer penalties from now on for nocturnal, in solidarity

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Usually you're hanging around with minders who can gently prevent you from getting lost.

johns (GM): Haha.

Archibald of Guernicus: Nocturnal penalties are only for morning time at least

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: dusan used his mystical wisdom to point the party toward rome, even though derfel was navigating.

Archibald of Guernicus: Rosario, trapped in the middle of Isernia, running in circles

the magi need to go save him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Rosario gets so lost he wanders into Hell.

Archibald of Guernicus: thus begins the real doom 4

johns (GM): Okay Rosario, give me a Per + Awareness check

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh good news, I just realized Hazm didn't actually suffer any characteristic loss or even a month of bedridden sickness due to Unaging

johns (GM): Heck yeah.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+1+3

(

6

)

+1+3

=

10

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Noice.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5

(

8

)

+5

=

13

Rosario of Flambeau: the actual text of the flaw is really good, to illustrate exactly how bad his sense of direction is

You are completely unable to follow

directions. North, south, east, and west have

no meaning to you, and you often confuse right

and left. You frequently get lost while traveling

unfamiliar paths by yourself, or with others following

Rosario of Flambeau: your lead, and often have to reason

your way home or to your destination from

first principles. This Flaw is incompatible with

the Well-Traveled Virtue.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: You still need to keep track of all his aging points because when he hits age level 5 he drops dead.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10

(

5

)

+10

=

15

Rosario of Flambeau: Having a giant brass statue on the horizon probably helps, but not much.

because Rosario will forget which way he's going around it

Fiorella of Jerbiton: You should hide inside the statue

Dušan of Criamon: accidentally triggering the boss fight

johns (GM): What's Rosario's MR vs. Aquam?

Rosario of Flambeau: 28

one of his worst forms

Guy of Bonisagus: rosario accidentally going down the futa only alley

johns (GM): oh no!

Actually, he feels a horrible sharp pain his in leg. Looking down he sees a small emerald green snake, no longer than a hand's length, has sunk its fangs into his shin.

He also feels an effect resisted by his Parma.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Aquam is cool if you get creative

Archibald of Guernicus: That's some high parma

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Like Animal

Rosario of Flambeau: "Gah!"

johns (GM): You take a Medium wound.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oh no!

Guy of Bonisagus: does his animal form bonus offer no resistance

to an animal biting him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: This is why the serpents all got kicked out of Eden.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Animal MR gives you soak

johns (GM): It doesn't, because the bite is a natural attack.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: huh

johns (GM): Ah! good point. What's your Animal Form Bonus?

Guy of Bonisagus: yeah but the form bonuses give you protection

Rosario of Flambeau: I still have my scabbard effect up, so I will ignore this for now, while tracking the total penalty in case I pass out or die.

My animal form bonus is 2.

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: whys dys taking my staff

Archibald of Guernicus: To test my abilities

Guy of Bonisagus: what staff

why does derfel have a staff

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Don't you know?

Green Snake: That knocks the injury down to a Light Wound (15 attack, 0 defense, +9 damage, -13 soak, -2 animal form soak)

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: He's a famous staff fighter.

Green Snake:

rolling 1d10!+5 Init

(

2

)

+5

=

7

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It says so right on his character sheet.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: thats true. i had forgotten

oh no. ive rules lawyered rosario into a better position

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10! init

(

7

)

=

7

Green Snake: Hmmm.......... reroll!!!

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!

(

3

)

=

3

Green Snake:

rolling 1d10!+5

(

1

)

+5

=

6

rolling 1d10 botch?

(

6

)

=

6

Alright Rosario. You're in a 1v1 struggle against a tiny little snake that packs a mean punch.

It bites.

rolling 1d10!+10 Fangs

(

5

)

+10

=

15

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+13 defense

(

2

)

+13

=

15

Green Snake: You defend!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ruthless snake.

Rosario of Flambeau: I chop at the snake.

rolling 1d10!+20

(

7

)

+20

=

27

Green Snake:

rolling 1d10!+9 Dfn

(

10

+

8

)

+9

=

27

Rosario of Flambeau: holy shit.,

Green Snake: It defends!

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Classic exploding dice.

Green Snake:

rolling 1d10!+10 Attack

(

3

)

+10

=

13

Rosario of Flambeau: "What kind of snake is this?!"

rolling 1d10!+13

(

8

)

+13

=

21

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+1, additional +1 specific types of demons

(

7

)

+1

=

8

Green Snake: I have also misread my notes and the earlier light wound was actually No Damage at all.

Anyway, your turn.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+20 chop!

(

9

)

+20

=

29

Green Snake:

rolling 1d10!+9

(

6

)

+9

=

15

You chop the snake in twain! It is dead.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Some kind of devil, surely!" I keep running in random directions.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea applauds.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: How much might did that snake have?

Or, rather, how much might can Rosario claim the snake had?

Green Snake: 10.

Rosario of Flambeau: if you chop a snake down in an empty alley with no witnesses, do you really get famous?

ty

Green Snake: hard to say

Any plan while you're in town or shall we let the clock run?

Guy of Bonisagus: it inflates your pride and people just assume your more important

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: You should try and find non-infernalists.

Rosario of Flambeau: I actually have to leave for the moment, for one of maybe two times during todays game. Sorry about that. So you can just move on.

johns (GM): Okay.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gah!

johns (GM): Well now its up to the rest of you.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wow you should really take this game more seriously.

Rosario of Flambeau: gah

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Anyway, I totally toasted Annymouse at Bloodbowl.

3-1 as Dwarfs vs Elves.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good work.

johns (GM): archibald and fiorella have an A/C to the foot of the hill and can teleport here at any time

Archibald of Guernicus: Sure. Since some time passed though I'll let you decide when it's chronologically correct for us to appear while they're starting the assault

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Same

johns (GM): when who is starting?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Well Mortis is presumably capable of acting independently

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I am, but I need some signal to make my assault on the gates.

Archibald of Guernicus: Our necromancer with an army of the dead

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Just a bunch of corpses can't knock it down.

So I need someone to open it from the inside or some artillery to smash it apart.

Dušan of Criamon: that's the signal then

Fiorella of Jerbiton: If only there was some sort of magic that could animate wood

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can conjure a small amount of oil and set it on fire

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Are the gates wooden or metal?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Good question

Archibald of Guernicus: Gulielmus of Pure Treason

johns (GM): It is a stone construction with a metal portcullis.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oooh.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're gonna need a lot of oil.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Well, my Terram score is 4.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hmmmm

Giraldo of Milan: alright. lets determine how much oil is needed to melt the portcullis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: So the gate is probably Group size, right?

johns (GM): Burning Oil cannot melt Steel Beams.

Giraldo of Milan: its a portcullis, so its a group of beams

johns (GM): The portcullis itself is probably a single unit of Metal

The gatehouse is a Terram Structure

Dušan of Criamon: ReTe 17 here, unless Archibald is with us and fielding this question

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Metal is one cubic foot.

You'd want Perdo Terram here, surely.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: A pace is 3 feet so you'd need a 10x multiplier

johns (GM): A cubic foot goes a long when when it's formed into bars.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: True.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it would probably be at least an extra size magnitude

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's a level 10 spell.

Dušan of Criamon: oil might not melt steel beams but ReTe might bend them

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but not Group.

Dušan of Criamon: that's how you collapse a tower

or even three

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's more difficult to bend metal bars than it is to weaken them enough to smash through.

Dušan of Criamon: ReTe is also like, just regular movement, right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yeah.

I guess you could just open the gate with magic.

That could work.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: use MuTe to give them the property of "bent"

Dušan of Criamon: I know it's the boring variant, we're all looking forward to the massacre, but I'm a criamon

Fiorella of Jerbiton: You can give metal the properties of mud with MuTe too

Dušan of Criamon: so at +17 is there any chance of getting that thing to raise

Archibald of Guernicus: If you spend so long stumped by this problem, I appear and have Supple Iron and Rigid Rope. Or Archibald's Unwelcome Entrance for sneaking an army in through the side, if you want.

johns (GM): concept art of a gatehouse

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll follow along with Archibald and drop crows on archers where necessary to get the thralls inside.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can scry on the other side of the gatehouse

assuming there is a spot where i can see through.

johns (GM): you would be spotted getting near it

Dušan of Criamon: ReTe guidelines don't give me good enough of a idea how much i can lift so I go along with the Archibald plan

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yeah that's why I'm thinking some crows on archers is gonna be necessary no matter what

johns (GM): Very well

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can make myself glow

johns (GM): Dusan, do you want to be on scene at Isernia?

Giraldo of Milan: useful in a stealth mission

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can make someone else glow as well

Dušan of Criamon: sure, I'll also take my bodyguard

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what if we set some rocks aglow and then throw them over the wall

inflicting severe morale damage on the defenders

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I don't think you can really sneak around in this situation.

There's a single bridge into town.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It's a city on a plateau

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's very defensible.

Dušan of Criamon: A challenge

johns (GM): if you refer to the picture of the city on the bottom half you can see it has steep drops all around

Dušan of Criamon: ideal for an asscreed type thief

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Of which we have none.

Dušan of Criamon: One grog with athletics

I think I'll make a companion asscreed thief this week

johns (GM): Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah, remember when we had a mythic thief? Ah, those days.

johns (GM): You could make him a literal assassin using the rules in Cradle & Crescent

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That would be cool.

Love some people of the book.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: was zita a brawl specialist

Dušan of Criamon: I'm still leaning toward having him be a Thief Geralt

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We already have a Geralt.

Two would be seriously pushing it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: *three

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Sheesh.

Dušan of Criamon: Parkour it is

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hazm would probably get along iwth an assassin

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I know I'm cool but I wouldn't say I'm Geralt.

Dušan of Criamon: wait geralt is witcher, right

Fiorella of Jerbiton: A relic of the time before teh mamluks went ape on his homeland

Dušan of Criamon: who's the guy from the Thief series

johns (GM): Garret

Dušan of Criamon: there we are

that guy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: instead of gloria la riva model your character after carl "cj" johnson

johns (GM): John DArk Souls from the game, Dark Souls

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I like CJ

He's good in a shootout AND he can pilot a fighter jet

johns (GM): Weakness (Following Trains)

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Voda is already the guy from Dark Souls in every way except for temperament and general competence.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: vardian's tomb. Rome.

At least it was before I fucked everything up.

Dušan of Criamon: lmao

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: lol

Anyway let's get back on track here.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: How are we gonna get through the gate?

johns (GM): fiorella has suggsted just attacking it magically

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gulielmus can you get us through the gate?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Fiorella is just my attempt to make a JoJo's character with some weird power that they take to the logical extreme of varied applications

Dušan of Criamon: I thought Archibald was going to make a hole

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can enough corpses lift it up

i cannot get us through the gate

johns (GM): idk who here knows physics

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Probably not.

Corpses aren't very strong.

Giraldo of Milan: i know physics

or rather

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: And in any case it's a matter of leverage.

Giraldo of Milan: natural philosophy!!

johns (GM): Hell yeah.

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+7

(

3

)

+7

=

10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus is just sitting here practicing the gestures for his blinding spell

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I've mostly suggested that we'll need to kill archers on the ramparts no matter what

johns (GM): https://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-28862.html

615 kg

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Can Rosario throw boulders?

Archibald of Guernicus: Austere Peasant is one hell of a username

johns (GM): Strongmen like Bolton are perhaps five or six times stronger than the average man, who will often struggle to lift 45 kilograms over his head, says Dan Wathen, an athletics trainer at Youngstown State University, Ohio. The record for an overhead lift is 263.5 kilograms.

factor in these corpses are rotted, and medival people are weaker in general,

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: If ONLY this game had a bend bars/lift gate percentile stat.

johns (GM): I say, Nah.

Dušan of Criamon: you know what

Archibald of Guernicus: If only this was Exalted Third Edition, which has specific rules for lifting a portcullis up by hand.

Dušan of Criamon: my PeTe is also 17

Giraldo of Milan: if only we had some kind of force to magically lift it

johns (GM): Exalted sounds like a good ttrpg, why aren't we playing that

Giraldo of Milan: maybe like, an invisible porter?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: There's spells for throwing boulders in Societates

From the Vilano scohol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Because SOME people think Exalted is "gay".

Dušan of Criamon: i could use porter but that's about bringing things to me iirc

Giraldo of Milan: lets play pathfinder

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm not going to name names here.

johns (GM): Name names coward.

Rosario of Flambeau: pathfinder isnt until octoberish.

Dušan of Criamon: hmm, porter is a str+5 person

Rosario of Flambeau: let me catch up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: here's a hint though: it's the same people who think pacifist magic is the best type of magic

Dušan of Criamon: can be used to lift

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: You could cast the Invisible Porter on the wheels they use to lift the gate.

johns (GM): You would need to sense the wheel,

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: If you could see them.

johns (GM): which is behind the gate, as shown in the picture.

Dušan of Criamon: I can proabbyl do that with my In spells

could a single +5 person operate the wheel alone

johns (GM): Sure.

+5 is Mythical Strength.

Dušan of Criamon: that's sort of impressive for a beginner spell

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's a good spell.

Just because it's low level doesn't make it bad.

Dušan of Criamon: OK, prying eyes should autosucceed, I'm just rolling for fumbles

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wait.

How are you going to get to the gate?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: ominous.levitation.oF.tHe.WeigHty.stone

ReTe 15

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: They have archers.

Dušan of Criamon: oh right

Fiorella of Jerbiton: How's your ReTe Archibald?

Dušan of Criamon: this is the dark souls cathedral

the archer on the roof

Archibald of Guernicus: Incredible

I can spont some ReTe if you wish

But it has to be sponted ceremonially, so it takes a few minutes

Dušan of Criamon: can't we be invisible

this seems like it should be in our repertoire

johns (GM): i am a little surprised it isnt

Rosario of Flambeau: ok, im caught up.

Archibald of Guernicus: Infernal 1, right? I don't have veil of invisibility sadly.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: If you can hit level 15 you can throw a massive boulder at the gate

johns (GM): Inf 3

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's level 20 PeIm.

Archibald of Guernicus: We used to rely on someone else casting it

ah right

beatrice

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: RIP.

johns (GM): RIP...........

Rosario of Flambeau: i can be invisible. im actually so good at being invisible i have two separate spells, with one that removes my shadow

Archibald of Guernicus: imaginem specialist

Fiorella of Jerbiton: RIP

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Also stop posting Questionable Content you fucker.

Dušan of Criamon: alas, i never knew her

can the skellingtons do a testudo

i'd duck under it

johns (GM): they can shield you like a regular grog

which in Ars makes you impervious as long as they're standing

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yes.

Dušan of Criamon: this sounds like a plan

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I can definitely help you with that.

Dušan of Criamon: OK, I'm with strike force Mortis

I assume you others have more creative infil methods like teleporting and birds

johns (GM): how many corpses you got guarding him, Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

I have 30 martyrs, right?

Let's say 8.

johns (GM): Okay.

Dušan of Criamon: i thought we go all in

and you immediately enter

Archibald of Guernicus: whats the aura?

Dušan of Criamon: i thought that's the plan, open gate, go it

johns (GM): Infernal 3

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i made an invisibility potion, once

those were the days

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I need to keep some back as a reserve.

Dušan of Criamon: smart

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: This is tactics 101.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+30)/2

(

(

5

)

+30)/2

=

17.5

Gate... open!!!

johns (GM): What spell is that?

Giraldo of Milan: making an army of skeletons to be your shield grogs is a powerful tactic

Archibald of Guernicus: the rete effect shaun mentioned earlier

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh

That assumes we have a massive boulder to throw at it

Archibald of Guernicus: ...

johns (GM): lol.

Archibald of Guernicus: I was just opening the gate with rego terram

alright now to see if i can

Dušan of Criamon: oh one more question: is our assault during day or night

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i bet theres one around here

lots of rocks.

johns (GM): Idk if ReTe can move 1 1/2 tons of metal?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Day makes the Infernal weaker.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: ReTe 15 to open the gate might work

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: So that's my vote.

johns (GM): It's currently a little past Midday, Dusan

Dušan of Criamon: acceptable

Archibald of Guernicus: level 3, move it in an unnatural way? +2 voice, +2 affect metal, i dont think its enough

johns (GM): At Noon Archibald dispelled the rooftop archers, and then right after Colonna's party arrived in Rome

that's the strength of the Porter's spell which can't move something so big

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Level 5, control metal in a very unnatural fashion, +2 voice

That should bend the bards into a big hole you can walk thorugh

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I would say that moving up isn't VERY unnatural for a gate.

Archibald of Guernicus: hm

if its natural, thats base 1

and gets 2 mags added on for the size

and might work

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Making it slightly unnatural would be up to johns

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably not quite as natural as opening a lock

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Or natural

Rosario of Flambeau: Against all odds, I got called away for the second time as soon as i got back. I think I'm good now, I just need to catch up again.

Archibald of Guernicus: depends whats 'natural'

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Noice.

Archibald of Guernicus: as a gate isnt a natural object, but opening it is natural to do

Giraldo of Milan: it is natural for a gate to open and close

johns (GM): the gate's natural movement, as a piece of Terram, is toward the earth

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'd read you into our plan to open the gate but there's no chance you could ever find the gatehouse in a town this size.

Giraldo of Milan: i challenge johns to disputatio

johns (GM): Ok

Archibald of Guernicus: right. slightly unnatural is arguable, but unless that works, hm

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I mean there are two streets and like 30 buildings.

It's impossible!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Unseen Porter is level 15

johns (GM): Per The Unseen Porter, the heavier the object, the slower is moves

How long can you sustain the spell?

Archibald of Guernicus: If its base 2, then conc duration

johns (GM): it does feel strange to me that there would be an effective weight cap on ReTe so i'll be flexible

Rosario of Flambeau: Rosario is busy looking under barrels and baskets checking for more snakes.

Archibald of Guernicus: So I cant follow them in

but I have my own way i

in

so I just need to hold it open for everyone

johns (GM): Okay, and this is voice range

Dušan of Criamon: a team player

Archibald of Guernicus: Aye

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i would assume that an unseen porter with a size magnitude would have a higher effective strength

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Once we're inside the gatehouse we can lock it open

johns (GM): So you are visible but out of shooting range?

Archibald of Guernicus: seems so, I messed with the archers on the walls earlier anyway so there shouldnt be many

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Unseeen Porter can target large objects it looks like

Archibald of Guernicus: they're how we have weapons ready for the skeletons

johns (GM): optimal shortbow range is 45 feet so ok

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll kill the archers

That's my contribution

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: England wins again.

johns (GM): While the gate is lifting, who moves in?

Fiorella the Raven goes battle mode

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: 8 of my corpses will take the lead.

Giraldo of Milan: fight time

johns (GM): Excellent.

This doesn't even need to be rolled out.

Unless you really want to.

Dušan of Criamon: No.

Fiorella the Raven: I do not

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Woooow.

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3+9

(

8

)

+3+9

=

20

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-3

(

5

)

-3

=

2

(To GM) rolling 1d4+4

(

3

)

+4

=

7

johns (GM): Alright. The corpses begin their slow rotting shamble. Archibald loudly orders the gate to open. The metal portcullis groans loudly as it begins to lift slowly.

Within the gatehouse is a clamor of activity and a ringing bell. Some of the archers attempt to stomp down on the portcullis as it raises. Others shoot at Mortis' shambling corpses, incapacitating 7 of them.

Then the birds arrive.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: RIP.

johns (GM): By the time you have entered the gatehouse, the archers are in no shape to fight back effectively.

Cut them down where they stand Y/N ?

Dušan of Criamon: I vote nay, we all make mistakes. Sometimes you just go with the flow and end up joining a death cult

these things happen

Archibald of Guernicus: Weapons for the corpses are inside, ready to use, waiting near the gate

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I vote yes because I can animate their corpses.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i agree

with dusan.

Giraldo of Milan: theyre infernalists but also im a grog so my opinion doesnt matter

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: This is a stab in the back, Gulielmus.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sometimes these things just happen and you spend the next two years of your life in prison learning arabic

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I have to tell you, it hurts.

johns (GM): these are Colonna bannermen and not the masons fwiw

Dušan of Criamon: I think whoever bleeds to death due to consequences of this battle and lack of medical care are fair game for reanimating

Fiorella the Raven: I let the crows feast until Mortis can animate them

johns (GM): Done.

Dušan of Criamon: to the crows their own, and to Mortis his own

johns (GM): Mortis you obtain several archers with an average of -12 in wound penalties.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how much strength does the infernal aura gain

johns (GM): Say, 8 of them.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Huzzah!

8 of them.

Ha ha.

johns (GM): Rosario in town you hear the bells and commotion and squawking at the gatehouse.

Good question Cumthinker -- will quickly consult the rules

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: :blessed:

Dušan of Criamon: oh I need to roll because of susceptible to infernal

straight sta, right

johns (GM): Yeah

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

4

)

+3

=

7

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

8

)

+3

=

11

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok here's a side question: if you use a kill spell on someone, do they have any wounds?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

5

)

+3

=

8

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

9

)

+3

=

12

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

7

)

+3

=

10

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

2

)

+3

=

5

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

6

)

+3

=

9

rolling 1d10!+3>9

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think they shouldn't

Rosario of Flambeau: I will run towards the noise, hoping that it's someone I know.

johns (GM): The Aura is now Infernal 5

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: win

Fiorella the Raven: How much warping did I gain from infernal botches?

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+1

(

3

)

+1

=

4

johns (GM): Huh. In practice it is incredibly easy to spread Infernal Aura. Ho hum

Dušan of Criamon: entering the danger zone

johns (GM): 0

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Weird.

johns (GM): I kid. The aura is still Infernal 3. You killed soldiers in the heat of battle.

Giraldo of Milan: lets keep murdering until the infernal aura gets so high that it collapses in on itself

Fiorella the Raven: Infernal auras are really easy to create yeah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gah.

johns (GM): if every murder was a major sin there would be no non infernal aura left in europe

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are there any good vantage points within voice range for my scrying spell

Fiorella the Raven: Any mundane can do it without any XP invested in anything

johns (GM): Scrying on the Plaza?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: any kind of view of the town from a high place really

johns (GM): The top of the colossus

Fiorella the Raven: There's no real rules for creating a corruption rite but why would you need them? Infernal is the worst aura for 99% of Ars PCs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is it in range

johns (GM): its better than dominion

Dušan of Criamon: recant

johns (GM): Infernal 4 is better for magi than Dominion 3

just saying.............

Can Gulielmus teleport?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Makes you think.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he can not.

Fiorella the Raven: Dominion is worse mechanically I guess but its evil

johns (GM): Then he would be hard pressed to get to the top of the colossus.

Fiorella the Raven: NOT evil, I mean

Archibald of Guernicus: The aura that makes spellcasting worse is the most evil aura of all

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gentlemen, we must destroy the moon.

Fiorella the Raven: I think the thing that concerns me about Infernal is that it trolls Intellego

Dominion has harsher mechanical penalties but has some transparency to it

Rosario of Flambeau: We had an opportunity to integrate holy magic with the order at large, but instead he was driven out of rome. RIP

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Anyway we've got past the gate and now Isernia is ours for the taking.

johns (GM): It is.

Full steam ahead?

Giraldo of Milan: archibald personally put a death sentence on that mans head

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: How much of the Hermetic Code do I breach if I declare myself the Duke of Isernia?

Giraldo of Milan: prosecuted him and everything

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Let's do it.

johns (GM): Much

Fiorella the Raven: Holy Magic was already integrated into the Order before 1220 when the Karaites were found.

Dušan of Criamon: Get a figurehead to be duke for you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: house ex misc wins again

Dušan of Criamon: Trust The Process

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I mean let's continue invading, not let's crown Mortis in jubilation for his valiant crusade.

Giraldo of Milan: kill the duke and raise his corpse

and have him keep being duke

Fiorella the Raven: I'm going to fly around and look for Rosario

johns (GM): Right.

Rosario, there is a lot of activity on the main street that you can hear nearby.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will sigh and wish my spell was Sight instead of Voice

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm following the source of the noise and will hopefully stumble onto the gatehouse

johns (GM): Nice!

Rosario has joined the party

Fiorella the Raven: Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: "Rosario, there you are! When ye werenae outside with the others, I began to worry."

johns (GM): You wind through the main street. You encounter some of Colonna's pikemen and archers, scattered, and disorganized, none capable of putting up any worthy fight.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ave, Rosario."

Fiorella the Raven: Okay I'm going to get some coffee, if a combat starts assume I drop a massive murder of crows onto something with shitty or no MR

Rosario of Flambeau: "You know, I'm flattered that Archibald thought I could handle ten pikemen and some other soldiers on my own."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Surrender or die, mercenary."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Who knows, if I had stayed, maybe I could have! Ha ha!"

johns (GM): The plaza is much quiet and emptier than before. The Duc -- burn scars across his face -- seems to be napping in his gilded palanquin, statues nearby.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I order one of my corpses to say, "Graagh."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Graagh."

johns (GM): lol

Rosario of Flambeau: "I was bitten by a snake on the way over here. Not sure what was special about it, but it dodged the first cut of my greatsword like I was swinging through honey."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Classic.

Dušan of Criamon: lovingly, referring to my friends: "my corpses"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Magic serpent, huh?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Is honey really that quick?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Did you save the body?"

Rosario of Flambeau: if it didn't disintegrate, I did.

Fiorella the Raven: "Honey isn't fast. Just not particularly viscous."

johns (GM): Ok, while you are chatting

Rosario of Flambeau: I pry the snake's head off of my calf, noticing the wound for the first time.

"Here it is."

johns (GM): A flurry of arrows shoot from the arrowslits in the colossus, cutting down Mortis' corpses.

Rosario of Flambeau: Whoa!

Giraldo of Milan: hm.

Dušan of Criamon: Oh no!

Archibald of Guernicus: That seems like a bad thing

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Sheesh.

No respect for craftsmanship.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus shouts as he ducks. "You should really get that looked at, Rosario!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Carina stays right next to me at all times.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gotta say this one seems bad

Fiorella the Raven: "Perhaps they've noticed their soldiers won't be returning soon if they've hunkered down."

Rosario of Flambeau: I brush some rose petals out of the wound. "Nothing to worry about. I'll be fine until we're home."

Dušan of Criamon: that guy as a standin for my bodyguard until i make him a proper chit

Mason:

rolling 1d10!-2 Init

(

10

+

4

)

-2

=

12

Mason Initiative: 61

(the masons are the ones shooting)

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are all of the arrow slits on one level

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wow, good initiative, Masons.

Giraldo of Milan: nice work masons

Fiorella the Raven: Prebuff with Wizard's Sidestep

Dušan of Criamon: they do have the drop on us

Mason: They're all around the Waist

That was their surprise round.

Nothing stirring from the Duc or the statues though.

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10 Initiative

(

6

)

=

6

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2 gulielmus init

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10! init

(

1

)

=

1

lol

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10!+1

(

3

)

+1

=

4

Rosario of Flambeau: how many botch dice? 3?

Mason:

rolling 1d10

(

9

)

=

9

Nobotch

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer:

rolling 1d10!

(

5

)

=

5

Rosario of Flambeau: noice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how would you botch initiative

Rosario of Flambeau: go last

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lose a round?

Rosario of Flambeau: idk

Carina:

rolling 1d10! + 3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Fiorella the Raven: You just go last

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well you already rolled a 1

Rosario of Flambeau: ive had negative init before

Fiorella the Raven: It's an effective roll of 0

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i guess.

Mason: Who's Grog Vanguard?

Fiorella the Raven: Tunde

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Let's say Napolino.

Fiorella the Raven: I believe she has the best defense

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Tunde is on horseback, she needs to stay mobile.

Rosario of Flambeau: tunde or mariu, id say

mariu is insanely old and arthritic though

Fiorella the Raven: You can be vanguard and also mobile

Rosario of Flambeau: and iirc could just spontaneously fall over crippled at any tim

e

Fiorella the Raven: In fact it makes you better at incercepting attacks

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+2

(

7

)

+2

=

9

johns (GM): Roll an init for one of 'em

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Who wants to run the grogs?

I will.

Tünde:

rolling d10+4

(

7

)

+4

=

11

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3

(

4

)

+3

=

7

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Or you can.

Fine!

johns (GM): Ok.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Sheesh.

johns (GM): I have consulted my ap

map

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Can you put the masons on the Colossus tiles, for reference?

johns (GM): there are 4 arrowslits on the front, the back, and 2 on the side, with the angles of the side ones 6 archers can see your group at one time

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Thank you.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are the arrow slits in voice range

johns (GM): Yeap.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

johns (GM): This map is TO SCALE.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: normal voice or hooting voice

johns (GM): Normal voice, that's 150'

Morgana: Morgana takes lead, Tunde takes vanguard

Rosario of Flambeau: i think im going to invent a spell called Rosario's Unwelcome Entrance that opens a door in metal.

Archibald of Guernicus: Fiorella should bird the archers then, our best bet of handling them.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: pretty good

Morgana: Napoliono has crap stats IIRC so should not be vanguard

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: invent a cr(in)te spell that drops a wall in front of you, transparent only to you

johns (GM): i am starting to wonder if the house group combat rules are functional in practice. we'll see I guess

Giraldo of Milan: invent a crig spell thgats like pilum but for multiple

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3+18+1 Shortbow x6

(

8

)

+3+18+1

=

30

Morgana: The houserules are a nerf over RAW, arne't they?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Let's simulate combat using Disputatio.

Rosario of Flambeau: they are, iirc

Archibald of Guernicus: an aurum spell to deflect arrows would be great but no-one is an aurum boy

johns (GM): Oh rihgt you also get a Defense Group bonus so its fine

Well the Grogs are in the front line so they gotta defend against another hail of arrows.

Morgana: Yeah its a buff in that you don't have to commit to attack or defense fo ryour obnus

Ok

Rosario of Flambeau: who took the jewelry from the owl tower? iirc someone has it and one of the effects is a swirling windstorm around yourself that blocks arrows iirc.

Morgana: Morgana might be better at defending form arrows

johns (GM): Lavinia was borrowing it last......

Rosario of Flambeau: rip...

Morgana: Oh right she has a heater shield

Morgana takes vanguard

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: great, the duc has it

johns (GM): >:D

I didn't set this track to loop but it sure seems to go on forever

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Heh.

johns (GM): while the shield grogs are doing math

Morgana:

rolling d10!+13+12

(

3

)

+13+12

=

28

johns (GM): have the rest of you thought about your options here

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yes.

johns (GM):

rolling 30-28+6 damage before soak

30-28+6

=

8

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have, in great detail

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm going to use my magic wand to do +4 damage to an archer.

Giraldo of Milan: i think my only option is not being shot

Morgana: Morgana soaks her hit

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: should of gone single weapon and shield

Morgana: And the 6th hit

Rosario of Flambeau: im going to turn invisible and chop the duc in half.

johns (GM): how do you get such high defense without weapon bonus?

Morgana: Nap takes a fatigue

Tower shield

johns (GM): ok

Shield grogs have a turn to act

Rosario of Flambeau: possibly i could turn invisible and then walk up to the arrow slots and start jamming my sword into them

Morgana: fatigue on Mario

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: youd have to climb up the statue

Rosario of Flambeau: oh they're waist high on the STATUE

johns (GM): The Colossus, to be clear

Rosario of Flambeau: gotcha.

johns (GM): There are regular, Human Sized statues on the stage

Morgana: Okay everyone but Morgana soaked it I guess

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my plan is to cast my scrying spell through an arrow slot and then start doublecasting the blind spell on the archers

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Absolutely ordinary statues.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gm, please refill my conf pool so i can pass the concentration rolls

johns (GM): I refilled it at the start of this adventure.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ive got 1.

johns (GM): You used one.

Morgana: Grogs advance towards the colossus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: did i

Archibald of Guernicus: derfel probably did to avoid death

johns (GM): Well everyone had 2, and now you have 1, so

I must conclude you did

Morgana: Unless Morgana can throw a javelin thorugh the arrow slit I assume all we can do is move

Giraldo of Milan: gm, please take 1 conf point from cumthinker for his clear display of self doubt

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gah.

johns (GM): It would be quite a feat to do that, Morgana

Okay Hustle Speed is 22ft for the grogs.

Guuuuliemus!

Giraldo of Milan: theyre shooting arrows out of the slit. is it such a feat to shoot one into it??

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Good hustle.

johns (GM): im checking lords of men rules on cover

Dušan of Criamon: i'm worried we now have none

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Percentile damage reduction, IMO.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll cast Gulielmus's Glimpsing Orb through an arrow slit

johns (GM): You can take cover behind the scenery on the screen, or behind your grogs

Giraldo of Milan: we have won by making the gm read lords of men

Morgana: Maybe the grogs should adavnce at the rate of the slowest magi so they can continue guarding them

johns (GM): Refresh my memory on that spell plz

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's just an inim use a sense at a distance

the flavor is he produces a bubble and gazes through it

johns (GM): Okay, I have a pic, one sec

Morgana: Who has the worst Quick+Athletics?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: aura still -3?

johns (GM): Yeah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+3+6+2-3

(

6

)

+2+3+6+2-3

=

16

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I have 0 Quick + Athletics.

johns (GM): Don't stress the movement stuff Shaun

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: spell level is...

Four

Rosario of Flambeau: oh do you add your athletics to movement?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 13 pen

Dušan of Criamon: i think i'll put on some coffee

brb

Rosario of Flambeau: in that case i have normal 10ft movement instead of encumbered and negative quickness 8ft movement.

whew.

johns (GM): you do not.

Rosario of Flambeau: Gah!

Morgana: 0 Quick + Athletics is a 10 foot walk

johns (GM): Gulielmus, you see the image I just put up in the top left?

Morgana: Which I think you can do while casting

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, yeah

i was actually scrolled down the page but i see it now.

johns (GM): The cultists are all masons wearing thick leather aprons. They all have short bows and workman's hammers.

Carina/Archibald

Morgana: Does everyone who wants a shield grog think they can keep up with 10 feet per turn

johns (GM): Magi cannot cast and run in the same turn.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Carina protects me.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have an idea regarding the statues.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can i walk

johns (GM): By default, 1 Walk Movement & 1 Standard Action (Attack, Run, Draw Weapon, Fast-cast Spell, Use Enchanted Items, Stand from Prone)

Complex Actions like Total Defense/Spellcasting cannot be combined with other actions

Morgana: 10 feet is a walk

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: id like to find some cover

johns (GM): there is cover like 2 feet away so OK.

Morgana: Oh okay

johns (GM): I have moved you behind a canopy.

Morgana: The grogs will hustle then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 

johns (GM): You now have.... One-Quarter (+3) cover.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably it would be safer behind a grog.

oh well

johns (GM): No, let's make it Three-Quarters, which is defined as "Standing behind a chest-high wall)

Morgana: I'm moving the grogs back in front o fthe magi, since I think they want to hold their position

Archibald of Guernicus: I use my existing tunnel to the Duc and cast Panic of the Trembling Heart on him at touch with FFM, creating a fear... of the giant golden statue!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's truly amazing how many chest high walls there are in the world.

Archibald of Guernicus: aura?

johns (GM): Roll it & calc penetration

Archibald of Guernicus: infernal 3 still?

johns (GM): Inf 3

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+27 vs 15

(

5

)

+27

=

32

21 pen

johns (GM): Ok

Btw, I lied about the statues. They rolled a 7 init.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

Archibald of Guernicus: I knew you did, but I wanted to see if it was a trick before attacking them

johns (GM): psych!!!!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm shocked!

johns (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: like, 4 are real statues

and 2 are demons

or something

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm shocked and appalled!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: same, at dys reading the adventure

johns (GM): All 6 of them form a shield wall and walk 12 feet forward.

Fiorella's up!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Did I have time to reapply Wizard's Sidestep before teh battle?

johns (GM): Gah............. if you must

Archibald of Guernicus: Surely Johns won't deny us our sidesteps

well

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

Archibald of Guernicus: mines sun anyway

so its up

johns (GM): If I were going to be a pain I would have said "Okay, any FINAL preparations???" or something like that

So I'm assuming sidestep & rosario's berserker buffs

Fiorella the Raven: Can I see any holes a bird could fit inside on the colossus?

Rosario of Flambeau: I was going with not having sidestep up because Rosario is an idiot.

johns (GM): When you scouted earlier, you saw little holes in the sides of the feet, wide enough for someone to reach their arm into. A bird couldn't fly but could woodle in.

Dušan of Criamon: back

Rosario of Flambeau: He's still got the scabbard buff up and is ignoring a total of 1 fatigue level, since you said the snake did no damage.

Fiorella the Raven: Ok, I'll fly towards the hole

johns (GM): mORTIS?

Fiorella the Raven: 8 quick, 4 athletics, 1 specialty in flying

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I will cast the Wizard's Brief Sidestep.

rolling 1d10! + 17 -5 - 6 - 3

(

2

)

+17-5-6-3

=

5

Phew, that just makes it.

johns (GM): I told this to shaun before but in this position all of you would see it, there are "doors" in the shins of the colossus but no handles or external visible ways to open them

Fiorella the Raven: 26 pace hustle

johns (GM): Brilliant!

Giraldo!

Giraldo of Milan: i guard my friend gulielmus

dusan

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Dušan of Criamon: Assuming sidestep is already up I go hide north behind cover

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should really only be under fire from 4 archers here i think.

but i wont dwell on it if you have already said 6

Rosario of Flambeau: whats the penalty? -6 to casting?

johns (GM): -3

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+15-3

(

8

)

+15-3

=

20

Dušan of Criamon: 4 archers too many for my skin!

Fiorella the Raven: If there's 4 then Tunde is uninjured

Rosario of Flambeau: Rosario's image flutters away like petals in the wind as he turns invisible.

johns (GM): There's 6

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: 6 it is

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-2 Duc

(

8

)

-2

=

6

The archers open fire!

also,

last round I forgot their weapon skill. haha.

Morgana: 1sec

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3+4+18+1 Short Bow

(

2

)

+3+4+18+1

=

28

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ku ku ku.

Morgana:

rolling 12+13+d10!

12+13+

(

5

)

=

30

Ping

johns (GM): Excellent!

Grogs up!

Morgana: Hmm

I could send Tunde to try to open the door

Too risky for our best fighter

We'll stay here protecting the magi

Dušan of Criamon: I kind of want to porter the door

infernal aura be damned

Morgana: Can you hit the door with porter from your position?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's just a -3.

johns (GM): He can

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: unless you botch

Morgana: Anyway, grogs remain bunkered down over the magi

Dušan of Criamon: which to a criamon, win/win

johns (GM): Archibald?

Archibald of Guernicus: What was the effect of my spell last turn?

johns (GM): Nothing visible happened, though it landed

The Duc is stirring to life

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright

johns (GM): He has a Medium Wound from your prior burnings

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll launch a crystal dart at the duc then

johns (GM): Roll it

and calc pen

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+25 vs level 10

(

2

)

+25

=

27

21 pen as before

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: To be clear, the only action Carina will take is to strangle the Duc to death if the opportunity arises.

johns (GM): It lands, damage

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+10 damage

(

10

+

2

)

+10

=

22

Rosario of Flambeau: Hell yeah.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12-4 Soak

(

10

+

5

)

+12-4

=

23

Rosario of Flambeau: lfmao.

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

naturally

johns (GM): You've got his attention!

Gulielmus?

Rosario of Flambeau: Remind me to take Archibald's text for armor weight.

After this adventure.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm

Archibald of Guernicus: It's touch, so I could cast it on Rosario

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are you going to insist on a concentration roll against 15 if i carry out my plan

Archibald of Guernicus: and really should have, oops

johns (GM): No

I won't

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sick

johns (GM): I haven't to date

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: aided by my bubble, i will cast flash of the scarlet flames on two of the archers facing us

johns (GM): Roll away

They get Sta vs 9 to negate iirc?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ye

rolling 1d10!+3-3+16

(

2

)

+3-3+16

=

18

rolling 1d10!+3-3+16

(

5

)

+3-3+16

=

21

spell level 15

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-1

(

5

)

-1

=

4

rolling 1d10!-1

(

10

+

10

+

6

)

-1

=

25

Rosario of Flambeau: jesus.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

johns (GM): You've blinded an archer

The Praetorian statues close 24 feet to the grogs!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yikes

johns (GM): The Duc whips his cloak aside and bolts into a full on run! 40 feet!

Rosario of Flambeau: jesus!

I'll never catch him! oh he went this way.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yikes!

johns (GM): Fiorella, you are in position to walk into the statue's holes

Giraldo of Milan: m-masaka! hes fast!

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10

(

7

)

=

7

Dušan of Criamon: he's running at us

i'm reminded of Get Out

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you should slay him.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Can I see any archers clearly through the holes?

johns (GM): The footholes? No, but you do see something moving inside

Unless you have nightvision, in which case you see what exactly that is

Rosario of Flambeau: rofl

Fiorella of Jerbiton: So the insides isn't illuminated?

johns (GM): Nope

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can anyone stop the phalanx of unkillable statues

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I could but SOMEBODY killed my army of corpses.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright, seeing the inside of the statue as being a bit dangerous, I'll try to drop a flock of birds on the Duc

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: pretty impressive for only six archers

johns (GM): That's the spirit

The corpses are all at like -10 to everything at least with no in tact armor

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10!+53

(

3

)

+53

=

56

johns (GM): I assume it penetrates

Damage?

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 56-35+3+2 pen

56-35+3+2

=

26

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.

This works better when you say it outloud.

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 15+d10!

15+

(

9

)

=

24

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12-4-1 soak

(

4

)

+12-4-1

=

11

another medium

Mortis?

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+5

(

9

)

+5

=

14

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I will use the Magnificent Wand of Alacrity on one of the archer's bows, causing it to thrash wildly and deal + 4 damage.

rolling 1d10! + 4

(

2

)

+4

=

6

Hmmm.

I think I need a better magical weapon.

johns (GM): You have to roll for the spell, too.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: No I don't.

johns (GM): Even a formulaic can botch in combat.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's a wand.

johns (GM): Aha!

You win this one.

rolling 1d10!+2 Soak

(

1

)

+2

=

3

rolling 1d10

(

3

)

=

3

You fatigue an archer!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gah hah hah.

johns (GM): Giraldo?

Giraldo of Milan: hmm

in this situation, there is only one thing to do

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Nice one, Mortis."

Giraldo of Milan: ill continue guarding gulielmus until the statue and shield line actually meet

johns (GM) salutes

johns (GM): Dusan (& Rosario on deck) ?

Dušan of Criamon: I porter a door!

Fiorella the Raven: GL Dusan

Rosario of Flambeau: I will run past the line, parallel to the statues.

johns (GM): Roll it!

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+17-3

(

3

)

+17-3

=

17

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+3-1 Fatigue roll vs 6.

(

3

)

+3-1

=

5

I take, and ignore, another Fatigue level.

ok.

Dušan of Criamon: no, difference between result and spell level?

that would be 7

johns (GM): Yeah, + your score in Penetration ability

Dušan of Criamon: oh that's a none

johns (GM): Okay -- Dusan casts successfully but the spell doesn't seem to hit!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

Dušan of Criamon: Drat!

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5 New Init

(

9

)

+5

=

14

Dušan of Criamon: the shins themselves have MR!

johns (GM): Hordes of green snakes slither out of the holes on both feet!

Rosario of Flambeau: "Fuck!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?

Archibald of Guernicus: I've had it with these motherfucking snakes in this motherfucking plain

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea prepares a new magus character sheet.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's a plateau.

Archibald of Guernicus: Listen cunt,

johns (GM): They move

johns (GM) does the math

johns (GM): 30 feet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus

Dušan of Criamon: they beatin' feet

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Slippery.

johns (GM): The group near Fiorella attempts to attack

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: SURELY they can't climb the platform.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10

(

8

)

+10

=

18

vs your sidestep so they miss

They are moving Under it!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gah!

Devil tricknology strikes again!

johns (GM): 5 archers fire. The blinded archer falls backwards and is replaced by another fresh mason.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: aleseta would know how to deal with these snakes.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Smooch them.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+7-3+15+1 Attk vs grogs

(

1

)

+7-3+15+1

=

21

rolling 2d10

(

3

+

5

)

=

8

Nobotch

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 4+8+d10! Dodge

4+8+

(

9

)

=

21

Sidestep perfect defense still up

Giraldo of Milan: thats a lotta snakes

Rosario of Flambeau: i feel like 16 feet is close enough.

for a Charging Attack.

I will kill the Duc on my next turn.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Someone had better have a good idea for dealing with these statues.

Rosario of Flambeau: I could try chopping them.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: As I can't, yet.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: once the enemy Lord is slain they will begin to crumble

Archibald of Guernicus: What if we had a pit magus who specialised in dropping enemies into 90ft deep pits

when we destroy the ancient we'll win

Rosario of Flambeau: But I will wait until I chop the Duc.

Fiorella the Raven: I'm sure the Giant Slayer has something up his sleeve for dealing with statues

johns (GM): Morgana's defense?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we could have just performed a ritual to drop the entire hill into a pit

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I do.

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10!+12+13

(

4

)

+12+13

=

29

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is the plan to raise the grogs when they die

Ping!

Rosario of Flambeau: I hope he doesn't continue running away, because I really want to roll 1d10+20+10+9 and make him instantly explode.

johns (GM): What if I told you the under the hill is the secret extra boss lair

Grogs are up

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's a secret plan.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: then we would have easy access to the secret extra boss lair

Morgana: Are we in melee range of the statues?

johns (GM): Yes

Morgana:

rolling d10!+10+13

(

4

)

+10+13

=

27

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+10 dfn

(

2

)

+10

=

12

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM): You land blows on the statues -- as trained fighters you can quickly spot a group that is not trained

You see no damage on the statues!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

johns (GM): Carina, Gulielmus, and Archibald?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That makes sense, as they are made of stone.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll do the same as before

the spell can only fail on a botch, so

rolling 2d10

(

2

+

1

)

=

3

johns (GM): True. Also I will drop one hint here. You had a book once that mentioned some of what this group does.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: -2 dice from mastery

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10 botch (1+3 aura-2 mastery)

(

2

+

5

)

=

7

rolling 1d10!-1 vs 9

(

8

)

-1

=

7

rolling 1d10!-1 vs 9

(

3

)

-1

=

2

2 more dazed

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10 weird magic

(

8

)

=

8

whew.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We also have a non-hermetic maga with SUSPICIOUSLY SIMILAR MAGIC.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-1 Recovery (guy who was blinded last round)

(

6

)

-1

=

5

Rosario of Flambeau: Weird!

johns (GM): Weird!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sad!

johns (GM): What's Carina & Archibald up to?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Carina will defend me.

johns (GM): Aye.

Morgana: Chisels can damage stone

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll launch another dart at the Duc

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the recovery roll should really only happen after 10 rounds

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+25 vs 10

(

6

)

+25

=

31

penetrates

rolling 1d10!+10

(

7

)

+10

=

17

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12-8-1 soa

(

5

)

+12-8-1

=

8

Another medium

he's at -13

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

johns (GM): The Praetorians return the attack, as an untrained group

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i suppose you can read it as allowing immediate recovery but thats kind of a silly outcome

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12 vs Grogs

(

10

+

2

)

+12

=

24

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+13

(

7

)

+12+13

=

32

johns (GM): You're right cumthinker I missed the end of the sentence

The grogs deflect the blows of stone weapons.

Fiorella is up!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sall good

Morgana: Do I need to disengage the snakes to fly away?

Fiorella the Raven: I mean, do I?

johns (GM): I'll say... No?

Fiorella the Raven: Okay

johns (GM): They can't reach out at all if you fly

Fiorella the Raven: I join my sodales in the air over the Duc then

ANd fast cast another set of crows on the Duc

johns (GM): Roll damage on the Duc's crows once more, if you please?

Fiorella the Raven: Oh right i don't need to

In that case I'll just hustle

rolling 15+d10!

15+

(

6

)

=

21

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12-13 soak

(

8

)

+12-13

=

7

another medium

The bloody, bruised Duc swings at the grogs

Rosario of Flambeau: "This guy's dedicated!" Rosario's disembodied voice exclaims

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+14+1-19 attack

(

10

+

9

)

+14+1-19

=

15

wow

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

Morgana:

rolling d10+12+13

(

10

)

+12+13

=

35

johns (GM): lol ok.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Got 'em.

Morgana:

rolling d10

(

3

)

=

3

johns (GM): was secretly wishing for a funny botch.

Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Morgana: It was still a funny roll

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll use the wand again.

rolling 1d10! + 4

(

10

+

4

)

+4

=

18

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 soak

(

2

)

+2

=

4

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Finally.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, i could be fast casting this spell for more blinds per round

johns (GM): I forgot to ask -- how long does the effect persist? Just 1 round?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Just momentary.

johns (GM): Okay

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: suppose it wouldnt actually work with a -16 penalty

johns (GM): Inside the colossus, one of the bows wraps it string around a cultist and begins choking him!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: This wand was sort of a lark but I haven't made another offensive weapon.

johns (GM): He takes a medium wound.

Giraldo?

Giraldo of Milan: I kill a statue.

johns (GM): Have at it!

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10!+14

(

1

)

+14

=

15

lol

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

4

)

=

4

No botch

rolling 1d10!+10 Defense

(

6

)

+10

=

16

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Using the silver sword might have been a mistake.

johns (GM): You whang into their stone tower shield!

Giraldo of Milan: whang

johns (GM): Dusan?

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): And Rosario may act too

Rosario of Flambeau: I run up on the Duc and chop at him.

rolling 1d10!+20+10+9

(

3

)

+20+10+9

=

42

johns (GM): that's quite a roll

exerting?

Rosario of Flambeau: Charging Attack.

johns (GM): k

Rosario of Flambeau: so, technically yes.

I am spending a third Fatigue that I will be ignoring.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+13-17 Defense

(

9

)

+13-17

=

5

Rosario of Flambeau: Also the Invisibility bonus.

Unless he can see through.

rolling 42-5+11

42-5+11

=

48

Morgana: I forget how we dealth with the last statue, DEO?

johns (GM): Oh i should have asked what the pen on your invis is

Morgana: The ol' DEO speedwagon

johns (GM): Can you humor me? This guy has a whopping.......... 4 Magic Resistance

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Shit!

Rosario of Flambeau: oh fuck, i forgot what my roll was. I think it was a 20 over a spell level of 15. I have 5 Perdo penetration anyway.

So we're good.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's unbeatable!

johns (GM): Ok, ok.

Dušan of Criamon: maybe spont a dash of dirt into the Duc's eyes and help

hopefully not failing in strange ways

johns (GM): You unlock the full power of the Zandatsu. You slice the Duke into many pieces.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Damnation!

Dušan of Criamon: then I don't

Morgana: Does invisibility need to penetrate?I thought it killed the sensible species at the source

johns (GM): Little bits of Duke slide to the ground. He has been slain.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Now how am I going to reanimate him!

Geez!

johns (GM): If your sword is invisible, it has to penetrate

Rosario of Flambeau: Those who can't see invisible things just see the Duc get sliced up like the resident evil movie laser hallway.

Morgana: Oh I see

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: a gout of blood sprays across the plaza, just like in dota 2, most popular game in the world.

Morgana: The good ol' pink dot

Rosario of Flambeau: its not a pink dot rule because the sword gains significant attack bonuses via being invisible

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Makes you think.

I'm glad the mystic and inviolate laws of magic are so well balanced.

Morgana: Oh

johns (GM): Anything from Dusan this round?

Dušan of Criamon: Do the statues helpfully disintegrate now without the duc?

johns (GM): They don't's've

Dušan of Criamon: hmm

Rosario of Flambeau: if not im going to start sponting fist of shattering on them next round

Dušan of Criamon: I'm going to try the door again

Morgana: Right, I was just thinking of the pink dot meme in general, you're right that it's not a pink dot in that its a meaningful buff.

johns (GM): Ok. You took 1 Fatigue from sponting last round.

unless that Porter was formulaic?

Dušan of Criamon: oh yeah

formulaic

Morgana: I wonder if rope kid is responsible for the Atlas Games forum saying pink dot too.

johns (GM): Okay, no fatigue.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+17-3

(

3

)

+17-3

=

17

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: pretty sure it came from there instead of vice versa

johns (GM): i think its an ancient Ars Meme

Dušan of Criamon: dangit

Morgana: Ahhhhh

I need to learn more about the Ars legacy

Rosario of Flambeau: i saw it in one of the issues of sub rosa iirc

so its been around

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: How do you know Rope Kid didn't write for Sub Rosa???

johns (GM): The Green snakes slither in

Giraldo of Milan: rope kid is responsible for many things. the pink dot rule, the deaths of 3 innocent women crossing the street, and the most vile of all, the official Pathfinder: The Card Game: The Video Game: Rise of the Runelords

Rosario of Flambeau: "If you don't have a strong Parma, these snakes might be dangerous."

johns (GM): 4 archers attack

rolling 1d10!+7-3+12+1

(

1

)

+7-3+12+1

=

18

rolling 1d10

(

5

)

=

5

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: These guys just have no luck.

johns (GM): THey suck

Morgana:

rolling d10+12+13

(

7

)

+12+13

=

32

Giraldo of Milan: theyve got some pretty good bonuses for a bunch of old craftsmen

johns (GM): And they're out of effective range

the two blinded guys cycle into the sideline

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have the fullest confidence in my parma."

johns (GM): Grogs!

Giraldo of Milan: nows the part where you ahve that 5 might bat demon reveal itself

and use its ability on archibald

Morgana: The statues have engaged us so I suppose we keep attacking them

Giraldo of Milan: immediately causing morgana to hurl a +99 pen pilum at him

Morgana:

rolling d10!+10+13

(

8

)

+10+13

=

31

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-1 new init

(

7

)

-1

=

6

rolling 1d10!+10 Defense

(

2

)

+10

=

12

Morgana: +6 damage from short spear, if it matters

johns (GM): You inflict.. no damage

Morgana: Incredible

johns (GM): Gulielmus and Archibald?

Morgana:

rolling 31-12+6 statue soak

31-12+6

=

25

johns (GM): That is more than a Hard Stone statue's soak would be, for reference.

Morgana: Right

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll continue blinding the archers

rolling 2d10

(

1

+

1

)

=

2

christ

Morgana: None of these grogs have Philosiphiae so they don't know how hard stone should be

johns (GM): mmmM HAHA

rolling 2d10 botch #1

(

4

+

9

)

=

13

rolling 2d10 botch #2

(

3

+

2

)

=

5

Morgana: But I'm getting a vague sense of how frustrated they should be

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: got em

johns (GM): shucks..

rolling 1d10!-1 vs 9

(

5

)

-1

=

4

rolling 1d10!-1 vs 9

(

4

)

-1

=

3

another 2 out of commission

Morgana: "Sh- should've scratched them at least by now. Something's wrong boss."

Archibald of Guernicus: Perdo Vim on the top praetorian statue, infernal version of it, 10 might

rolling 1d10!+30 vs 10

(

10

+

3

)

+30

=

43

Think that penetrates, it loses 10 might

johns (GM): What's the total penetration?

Archibald of Guernicus: 38

if every single one of these things has more than like, 15 might or w/e, we're already in considerable trouble

johns (GM): Your spell penetrates!

Giraldo of Milan: they must be transferring the damage to something

Archibald of Guernicus: The architects?

johns (GM): You have ablated 10 might from the statue.

Giraldo of Milan: maybe

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12 Attk Vs Grogs

(

3

)

+12

=

15

(statues attacking)

Morgana:

rolling d10!=12+13

(

4

)

+13

=

17

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll try perdoing the vim on a statue to see if thats enough

johns (GM): Fiorella?

Morgana: Defends before I even correct the typo

johns (GM): Ah, wait.

I rolled a 7 on my newcomer's init, I think

Fiorella the Raven: Yeah

johns (GM): Ok.

Fiorella the Raven: I got an idea once they act

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Lay it on me.

johns (GM): I'm thinking how to resolve part 1 of this

Fiorella the Raven: It's not a clever one

Just gonna attack snakes with their natural enemy, birds

johns (GM): The wooden scaffold that was in front of the colossus, allowing them to polish the wingwang, comes crashing down.

Archibald of Guernicus: Is the colossus itself joining battle

johns (GM): hmm actually that scaffold is only like 50 feet so it comes shy of you

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Phew!

What about the snakes?

johns (GM): Next, the colossus takes a step forward. The colossus moves 21 paces at a time.

Rosario of Flambeau: uh oh

rip

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+11 vs Fiorella

(

5

)

+11

=

16

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: uhhhh

Archibald of Guernicus: hecking flat bird

Giraldo of Milan: uh oh

here comes satan

Dušan of Criamon: two left feet, not a good sign

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10!+8+4

(

7

)

+8+4

=

19

I dodge

johns (GM): Whew

Dušan of Criamon: two regularly aligned feet, large enough to step on all of us, still not a good sign

johns (GM): Does Gulielmus still have vision into the interior?

rolling 1d10!+2

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Morgana: "Fall back everyone! Kite the feet onto those statues!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have no idea frankly.

Giraldo of Milan: the gang gets stomped to death

johns (GM): What was the duration on his spell?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: conc

johns (GM): Ah, I will say you dropped it

Anyway

Fiorella is up

Morgana: Ok

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i could roll concentration

johns (GM): its not super important

in fact, it's not even minorly important

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well the main priority here is probably getting out of the way.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Do you guys have any idea on how to win against a statue or should we beat a hasty retreat?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and the archers are probably having a bad time.

Dušan of Criamon: open the doors and rush in

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm going to climb onto the foot and try to pry open the door with a dagger or my sword.

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

johns (GM): Ok

Fiorella the Raven: Are there still snakes inside the hole?

johns (GM): You can't see any movement inside

Fiorella the Raven: I'm going to go inside then

johns (GM): Ok, 1 s

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Snakes out of a plane.

Rosario of Flambeau: This is badass.

Fiorella the Raven: Oh wait

johns (GM): You can see the new map ok?

Fiorella the Raven: My transformation has zero pen because its from an item

So if teh statue has MR I bounce off

Rosario of Flambeau: Dungeon Man ftw.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what if we pray

johns (GM): I think you can move into the statue regardless?

Fiorella the Raven: That's your choice

johns (GM): I will say the MR does not cover the open apertures

Giraldo of Milan: you can try

johns (GM): or else I would have had to roll pen for every attack against the archers

Fiorella the Raven: I will try regardless

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you just can't damage it

well. maybe

Fiorella the Raven: Cool map

johns (GM): Anyway Fiorella you can see up the ladder hole up a few levels

Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok.

Can I see the hatch on the right foot?

johns (GM): Yeah

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll try SPONTANEOUSLY casting Rusted Decay of Ten Score Years on it.

rolling (1d10! + 6 + 4 + 2 -6 -3)/2

(

(

1

)

+6+4+2-6-3)/2

=

2

Gah!

johns (GM): Oof

Any botch die mitigators?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Off owww.

Yes, I get an extra Weird Magic botch die.

johns (GM):

rolling 4d10 regular

(

3

+

8

+

9

+

8

)

=

28

rolling 1d10 weird magc

(

6

)

=

6

Rosario of Flambeau: nice.

johns (GM): Hallelujah

I am pretty confident it doesn't penetrate.

Giraldo of Milan: gah. mortis didnt die

johns (GM): Giraldo.

Everyone's relying on you.

Giraldo of Milan: uhh. hm

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I have 0 Penetration ability.

Or, rather, no Penetration ability.

I don't believe in it.

Giraldo of Milan: how feasible is it to hop up on the collosus's foot

johns (GM): Very

Say, Dex + Athletics vs 3

Rosario of Flambeau: Hell, I'm right behind you.

Giraldo of Milan: nice

lets baste this turkey

rolling 1d10+3

(

10

)

+3

=

13

johns (GM): Yeah boi

Giraldo of Milan: je suis monte!

johns (GM): Dusan, thoughts?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how feasible is it to remain on the colossus's foot when it takes another step

johns (GM): There's rules for that actually

Rosario of Flambeau: Fuck yeah.

This adventure owns.

johns (GM): Moving within the walking colossus

requires all corporeal beings to make balance checks every time the colossus attacks (Dexterity + Athletics + stress die against an Ease Factor of 9, –1 for every level above the ground). Failure results in a Light wound, botches result in a Medium wound.

Giraldo of Milan: shouldve saved rules of nature for this

johns (GM): Rules of Nature is a victory track.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm impressed there's a set of rules ready

Wish I had more dex, so my fail chances now are a clean 30%

oh, am i even close enough to try

johns (GM): Try boarding it?

Dušan of Criamon: yeah

johns (GM): If you run and make a fatigue check, yes

wait

No

Sorry.

Dušan of Criamon: i don't want the check, so i'll move in

prep to board

johns (GM): You will move closer to the colossus?

Dušan of Criamon: hell yes

johns (GM): Ok..

And Rosario?

devil's fav demon:

rolling 1d10!+3+2 to climb on the foot.

(

6

)

+3+2

=

11

johns (GM): Alley oop

Grogs, the snakes close in!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: have to say this one seems bad

Morgana: Defense roll?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10+6

(

2

)

+10+6

=

18

Rosario of Flambeau: It definitely does seem pretty bad.

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+12

(

4

)

+12+12

=

28

Rosario of Flambeau: But it's also VERY epic.

Archibald of Guernicus: at least the snakes are something the grogs can kill

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if i climb in the statue i will die, but the same is true if i do not

johns (GM): The masons inside the statue takes a turn picking themselves back up.

Grogs?

Morgana: Sadly I can't find anything in the rules about doing combat gambits aside from battlefield events in mass combat

Archibald of Guernicus: Was Rosario's turn just climbing onto the big foot

Rosario of Flambeau: Yeah I'm pretty sure that's all I could do in one round.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can brawl to disarm or grapple the snakes

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to get inside it

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm trying to get inside.

The door is up here, I thought.

Morgana: Grogs attack the snakes

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll come help

Actually

I know what I can do

Dušan of Criamon: pits

Archibald of Guernicus: supple iron and rigid rope should be enough

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+10

(

2

)

+12+10

=

24

Archibald of Guernicus: to make the door easy to cut open

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+9

(

5

)

+9

=

14

rolling 1d10!+9

(

4

)

+9

=

13

rolling 1d10!+9

(

4

)

+9

=

13

rolling 1d10!+9

(

7

)

+9

=

16

rolling 1d10!+9

(

4

)

+9

=

13

What's the damage on your sword?

Morgana: +6 short spear

johns (GM): You cleanly dice them to bits

Carina, Gulielmus, and Archibald?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wow, think of all the house acclaim they've won.

Carina defends me.

Rosario of Flambeau: RIP snakes.

Morgana: Morgana might have a reputation for being a capable merc captain after this

But she's a grog so no one cares

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast Supple Iron and Rigid Rope, FFM to voice, on the door to make it gooey and easy to slice open!

Rosario of Flambeau: VERY cool.

johns (GM): oops I forgot the snakes bonus for neighboring partners but w/e, they have 0 soak and die at 5 damage

Roll it and calc pen

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+25 vs 15

(

3

)

+25

=

28

17 pen

johns (GM): It works!

Archibald of Guernicus: oh wow. lower than i expected

"The door is hexed! Quick, cut it open! I'll join you inside!"

johns (GM): i will give you the full stats if you win this

Archibald of Guernicus: always a fun incentive

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: will you give us the full stats if the party wipes

johns (GM): also you live. but the stats are cool too

yes.

Morgana: "Should we join you or keep the statues engaged, boss?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sounds like... a win win?

Archibald of Guernicus: hm, i wanna grab a glass of water and some food but i might be getting stepped on very shortly so i need to see what guli does first

johns (GM): What's Gulielmus doing htis turn? The archers are out of sight atm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think the only option i have here is to run.

Archibald of Guernicus: also with 16 MR or less in an infernal 3 aura I think I can just uh

destroy its MR entirely

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Just go inside the statue.

Archibald of Guernicus: and get rid of the animating force

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Duh.

Archibald of Guernicus: ill focus on PeVi sodales, or Rosario can

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have an 80% chance to take a wound if it takes a step, i think

Archibald of Guernicus: we could one-two punch it

Rosario of Flambeau: my pevi has really shit pen because its a level 20 effect

Archibald of Guernicus: ah

johns (GM): may I ask an impromptu question

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will share my sudden insight though

Rosario of Flambeau: sort of depends on us having ACs to something

johns (GM): the sidestep moves your image 5 feet away

Archibald of Guernicus: get inside then, ill handle the perdoing of the vim

johns (GM): what if the attacking weapon is more than 5 feet in width

Dušan of Criamon: which direction though

Morgana: That's a good point

Rosario of Flambeau: if we can figure out a way to establish ACs to the statue I could probably get a decent multiplier with my 5 perdo pen

Morgana: Fiorella dodged foot without her sidestep though

johns (GM): Hm.

Right.

Morgana: She spent XP in learning how to dodge at as a raven

johns (GM): Then I say you get your bonus for being Invis, but not your first round ultra invul

and you have to make an Evade instead of Defense

Archibald of Guernicus: so, brawl and dex then

johns (GM): Archibald, do you want to keep your last action given that ruling

Archibald of Guernicus: invis bonus was what again

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Warded! All of the statues are warded against that which is natural and non-living!"

johns (GM): +9 for total invis

Archibald of Guernicus: ill keep my action

johns (GM): Evasi on Total on Foot: Quickness +

Brawl − Size − Encumbrance + Shield

Defense Modifier + stress die

Morgana: Defense is Quick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: also, to get on the foot, i would have to run by the praetorians

Archibald of Guernicus: quickness, right

i have 1 qik, 3 brawl (2 with a dodging spec), ill see how it goes

my soak is very high so even if im hit surely its not the end of the world... ha ha

johns (GM): The Ars Magica Fifth Edition combat

rules are oriented toward characters of human

size. Some special considerations apply

to combat between humans and giants

(or other very large creatures)

Gulielmus you called out, are you doing anything else?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: What is the Size of the statue?

johns (GM): +12

100' tall

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm still pondering whether to run and die, or climb on the foot and die

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Nice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they both seem like really bad options!

i will run.

johns (GM): Ok.

The Praetorians strike..

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2

(

2

)

+2

=

4

i am fatigued.

but i ignore the first fatigue level

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12+6 vs Grogs

(

10

+

7

)

+12+6

=

35

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yikes.

Rosario of Flambeau: ouch.

johns (GM): 40' run can get you off the battlefield, guli

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+13

(

10

+

8

)

+12+13

=

43

Holy shit

Rosario of Flambeau: holy fuck

lmao

johns (GM): Bad

Ass

Archibald of Guernicus: the ultimate grogs

Giraldo of Milan: time for squish

johns (GM): You hear a loud groan of metal as the right leg of the Colossus bends and it slams a giant brozne fist at Archibald's location.

Morgana: Flaws: Driven (become a famous female mercenary)

Rosario of Flambeau: oh fuck

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+11 Fist Bash

(

6

)

+11

=

17

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Uh ok.

Archibald of Guernicus: I attempt to dodge the big bronze fist

Hm

I'll exert just in case

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: farewell Mortis

Morgana: GL

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Should all four of us have to dodge?

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+1+3+3+9

(

2

)

+1+3+3+9

=

18

Exertion Win

johns (GM): Yes, but i'll give you a bonus for not being the direct target

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer:

rolling 1d10!

(

6

)

=

6

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+12 grog dodge

(

1

)

+12+12

=

25

Roll botch

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: The grogs probably aren't in range.

johns (GM): +9 from invis, +6 from indirect strike

Morgana: Ok

johns (GM): the grogs aren't in range

thankfully

Morgana: Whew

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oh right.

johns (GM): The hand slams into the ground, cratering 2 feet deep.

Carina:

rolling 1d10! + 3

(

3

)

+3

=

6

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Sheesh.

johns (GM): Fiorella?

Fiorella the Raven: Hmm

johns (GM): Oh

Carina got hit

thats ummm

rolling 17+24-6

17+24-6

=

35

damage before soak

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmmm.

Rosario of Flambeau: oh shit.

RIP, again.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: She has 9 soak.

Fiorella the Raven: Do the arrow slits still have a good view of the PCs now that the colossus is moving?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: And also is Siz -1, for being a skeleton.

johns (GM): They do now that the colossus has stooped.

Fiorella the Raven: I'm wondering whether to kill the archers or explore further up

johns (GM): Which btw, Giraldo and Rosario, roll Dex + Athletics

I'll roll for the cultists

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh my god, everyone! Carina is dead!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how's the aura inside the statue

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2-2-5

(

9

)

+2-2-5

=

4

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: She knew the risks.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+3+2

(

4

)

+3+2

=

9

Fiorella the Raven: Good questoin on Gul's part

Rosario of Flambeau: whew.

Archibald of Guernicus: brb a min or 2

johns (GM): Every mason gets injured too

Fiorella the Raven: Are there two archers in each foot?

johns (GM): There are no archers in the feet

They're up in the waist

Fiorella the Raven: Okay I move up the ladderwholes until I find archers

Flap flap

johns (GM): You fly up to Level 5. You see several Masons reeling after slamming into walls or falling to the ground.

Fiorella the Raven: Done

johns (GM): you can see up to Level 7 one sec

Mortis! You have come very close to an abrupt end. What now?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll try and force my way into the foot, past the now supple hatch.

johns (GM): The Praetorians are in the way as I see it

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Wait where is the hatch exactly?

johns (GM): You can see it on Level 2 of the map

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oh, the arches.

johns (GM): and Level 1, it's where your Human Shins would have the bumpy bone thing

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: no wrist hatch?

johns (GM): Nay.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: looking more and more like gulielmus was right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll move to here then.

johns (GM): Alright.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That might be too far.

I don't know.

johns (GM): Giraldo, you are On The Foot.

Fiorella the Raven: 20 pace run

johns (GM): If you make a fatigue check you can

that's uhhh Sta - Encumbrance vs 6

if you fail you still make it but take 1 fatigue

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hang on, how far was my move

johns (GM): 40 ft

and you rolled it

Running is 4 x your walk speed

Giraldo of Milan: i run up and slice open the door

johns (GM): Okay... The door resists your blade!

Dusan

Giraldo of Milan: i thought uhh

archibald did the thing

johns (GM): He did.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll just put my token to the side.

i told you about the ward giraldo!!

Dušan of Criamon: I want to spont PeTe to make holes under the southernmost statues

Giraldo of Milan: oh

Dušan of Criamon: as many as feasible

johns (GM): Okay, that will require Finesse

Giraldo of Milan: is the entire thing warded or just the door

i could just hit it in the foot instead

Fiorella the Raven: It's possessed by a demon most likely

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the entire structure is warded against natural, non-living materials

and possessed by a demon

johns (GM): PeTe Base 3 +2 Voice can destroy a pit worth of dirt at range

Giraldo of Milan: hmm

Dušan of Criamon: it's taking extremely long to load my docs but i'll get there

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: youd have to add Part

Giraldo of Milan: itll take too long to get my armor off and shoulder tackle it

Dušan of Criamon: i have +2 finesse

what do i roll

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: since you're destroying Part of the entire earth

johns (GM): First you gotta roll for the spell. It's a L5 spell to make one hole, L15 to make several (group)

oh shit samog is right

so that's.. L10 for a basic hole

Fiorella the Raven: You're rolling against a very large foot so you get a bonus to your Finesse roll

Dušan of Criamon: I'm rolling against statues

johns (GM): this is the core spell exampel LEVEL 15

PIT OF THE GAPING EARTH

R: Voice, D: Mom, T: Part

The dirt in a circle 6 paces across recedes

into the ground, leaving a pit 9 feet deep. If the

target area contains material other than dirt,

johns (GM): that material is not affected.

(Base 3, +2 Voice, +1 Part, +1 size)

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+20 to attack it with my sword which technically has 10 penetration at the moment

(

4

)

+20

=

24

johns (GM): a 6' hole could hit two statues by my reckoning on this map

Rosario of Flambeau: ih shit sorry i didnt see that i was scrolled down on the turn tracker

Dušan of Criamon: sponting is /2 or /5

Rosario's sword bounces off the metal uselessly! Muda muda muda

Dušan of Criamon: either way, rolling

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you roll for it, it's /2

Archibald of Guernicus: its /2

johns (GM): tis /2 if you fatigue and roll, /5 if you dont

Rosario of Flambeau: Hmmm. That's not enough pen, huh?

Dušan of Criamon: i fatigue then

rolling 1d10+17-3

(

3

)

+17-3

=

17

Fiorella the Raven: Fatigue is usually worth it in these cases

Rosario of Flambeau: Wasted my turn, but I'll fucking get in there in 2 turns.

how long did Archibald's spell last?

Dušan of Criamon: ahhhh not even the 10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i TOLD you people about the ward

Rosario of Flambeau: *does

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah the /5 version of spontaneous magic is for extremely trivial magical tasks

Archibald of Guernicus: sun, aha

Rosario of Flambeau: I didn't know how much MR it had!

johns (GM): The next batch of Green Snakes attack the grogs.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the /2 version is for taking a meaningful action

Archibald of Guernicus: well

isnt giraldo up on the statue too

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10+6 vs Grogs

(

6

)

+10+6

=

22

Morgana:

rolling d10!+12+13

(

1

)

+12+13

=

26

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: in this case your sword would need MR, to bypass the ward.

Rosario of Flambeau: He is.

Archibald of Guernicus: didnt he cut the foot open?

Morgana: Roll botch

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10 Botch...

(

2

+

1

)

=

3

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oh noooo.

johns (GM):

rolling 22-7 Damage pre-soak

22-7

=

15

Morgana: Fatigue on Morga

Rosario of Flambeau: He didn't.

johns (GM): After applying the damage, each Grog has to make a Sta check vs 9

That's 6 snakes so do all grogs take 1 fatigue?

Rosario of Flambeau: So I guess if I set my sword on fire and get a larger penetration bonus it still won't work?

Napolino:

rolling 10-5

10-5

=

5

Rosario of Flambeau: Or will the fire do something

Giraldo of Milan: take your gauntlets off and start punching it

Rosario of Flambeau: You first.

Giraldo of Milan: the fire wont reach it because of the ward stopping the sword

Máriu Puddu:

rolling 15-10

15-10

=

5

Tünde:

rolling 15-6

15-6

=

9

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the fire would be sort of held against the metal

johns (GM): Nap's sheet says he only has 3 soak o_O

Giraldo of Milan: its supple so i guess punching isnt even needed

Ilbrago:

rolling 15-6

15-6

=

9

Giraldo of Milan: we just gotta deglove and pry it off

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: He's too fat to wear armor, I guess.

Ilbrago: It says soak +5 for me on Nap's sheet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Ilbrago: 6 hits so Morgana takes the extra one

johns (GM): Ilbrago takes 1 fatigue, Tunde/Mariu/Nap take Medium wounds

Morgana takes 2 fatigues from the snakes

does Morgana have MR?

Morgana:

rolling 3+10!

3+10

=

13

rolling 3+d10!

3+

(

5

)

=

8

Rosario of Flambeau: someone spont a PeVi to dispel Terram wards.

Archibald of Guernicus: I can get the door open

my sword has MR

Morgana:

rolling d10!=2 Napoliono stam

(

10

)

=

10

Archibald of Guernicus: as its my talisman

Rosario of Flambeau: Lucky fucker with the small sword with a reasonable enchanting level.

johns (GM): ohh ignore my earlier dam calc, I see what you're rolling now

Archibald of Guernicus: long sword, not small sword

Morgana:

rolling d10+2 Mariu stam

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Rosario of Flambeau: tfw you need 10 Magic Theory to enchant a greatsword

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 botch

(

7

)

=

7

Morgana:

rolling d10+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

johns (GM): Mariu is poisoned, 2 fatigue ( have updated him)

Rosario of Flambeau: rip

Morgana: Tunde stam

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 tunde botch

(

6

)

=

6

Tunde is poisoned likewise, 2 extra fatigue

Morgana:

rolling d10+3 Illbrago stam

(

4

)

+3

=

7

Rosario of Flambeau: but yeah, even if archibald is using an arming sword, 15 is reasonable. i could get a talisman now if i was a single weapon guy....smh...

johns (GM): Ilbrago is poisoned as well

So he and Tunde are almost unconscous

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

johns (GM): Does Morgana have MR or not? If not she is also poisned and with the attack damage that's 5 total sta, knocking her out

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Quite the swing in combat.

johns (GM): *5 total fatigue

Archibald of Guernicus: Hilarious Botch

johns (GM): It was pretty bad.

Morgana: Morgana is knocked out then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hilarius botsch

Rosario of Flambeau: rip

johns (GM): The Masons also open fire.

rolling 1d10!+7+18+1-4

(

8

)

+7+18+1-4

=

30

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: head shot.

johns (GM): They are -4 from injuries but no longer have the range penalty from earlier..

Morgana: Hmmm

I guess Tunde has best defense?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think at this point i should start looking for a horse

so i can book it to rome

johns (GM): Makes sense.. she is at -4

Tünde:

rolling 13+d10!-4

13+

(

8

)

-4

=

17

johns (GM):

rolling 30-17+5 damage pre soak

30-17+5

=

18

x 6 shots..

Tünde: RIP

johns (GM): Does that K.O. everyone?

Tünde: Tunde and Ill have best soak it looks like

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: 6 shots, more than enough to kill anything that moves.

Giraldo of Milan: alright. things arent looking great

Dušan of Criamon: jesus

Tünde: Mario has best soak

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We just need to get inside the statue, if you ask me.

johns (GM):

rolling 18-5 Mariu post soak

18-5

=

13

Tünde: So he takes extra hit #1

johns (GM): a medium

two mediums

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the double

Rosario of Flambeau: Ouch.

johns (GM): That puts him at -13 total, so he's incap

Tünde: Other extra hit on Illbrago

johns (GM):

rolling 13-3 Ilbrago soak

13-3

=

10

2 mediums on him

He's i ncap

sorry, I'm wrong

rolling 13-6

13-6

=

7

Tünde: One hit for 13 on Nap

johns (GM): two lights

Tünde: Is that two lights on Mario too?

johns (GM): and a light on tunde, ok

Tünde: ok

johns (GM): yes, sorry. that does not quit incap mariu then.

whew!

Okay, uh... Grogs, your turn

sorry for the hold up with the math folks.

have you plotted out your other actions this turn?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Math?

Bah.

Tünde: Hmmm

johns (GM): tunde is best vanguard i think

Tünde: I guess best hompe is to try to kill some snakes

rolling d10!+12

(

8

)

+12

=

20

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+9+6 dfn

(

7

)

+9+6

=

22

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yoikes.

johns (GM): The snakes dart viciously between your toes, shadows flickering unnaturally.

Gulielmus and Archibald....

Tünde: Can grogs conf?

johns (GM): It's time to save the day.

By nature no, they have no conf points

* by RAW

Tünde: Right

Dušan of Criamon: are the snakes even real

Tünde: Oh I forgot penalty anyway so a conf wouldn't help

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't afford to even enter the statue, for now I just need to stop it moving, hopefully that removes the door wards

PeVi, remove 10 infernal might, on the colossus

johns (GM): Roll it..

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+30 vs 10

(

10

+

7

)

+30

=

47

johns (GM): Pen?

Archibald of Guernicus: Think that penetrates

42 dude

johns (GM): lol.

You hit!

Archibald of Guernicus: it loses 10 might

johns (GM): You hear groaning metal. Its hard to say but the thing looks much more sluggish now!

Rosario of Flambeau: Interesting.

johns (GM): Gulielmus?

Archibald of Guernicus: Rosario you have 5 penetration right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That is hard to say if, for example, you have been crushed by a giant metal fist.

Giraldo of Milan: perdo its vim

Archibald of Guernicus: finish it off. it cant have more than 5 left

Rosario of Flambeau: I do.

I will try.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus is running and hiding

johns (GM): right.

Time for the badguys..

The Praetorians attack the beleagured grogs.

rolling 1d10!+12+6

(

7

)

+12+6

=

25

Rosario of Flambeau: Is it an AC to something if you're touching it at the time or is that only a faerie thing

yep

Tünde:

rolling d10!+13-4

(

4

)

+13-4

=

13

Rosario of Flambeau: just a faerie thing

johns (GM): The colossus straights itself up, lifting its hand, and bringing its other foot forward. Its leg moves slower but still crashes with a resounding thud, leaving cracked earth.

rolling 25+4-13 Damage pre soak, x 6 fighters

25+4-13

=

16

Tünde: Ok

johns (GM):

rolling 16-6 Illbrago

16-6

=

10

He's out

rolling 16-5 Napolino

16-5

=

11

Out

rolling 16-10 Mariu

16-10

=

6

Out

johns (GM):

rolling 16-6 Tunde

16-6

=

10

All grogs have fallen.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Uh oh.

Rosario of Flambeau: That's very bad.

johns (GM): Fiorella, you are inside the statue.

Tünde: I now have archers in range, correct?

johns (GM): Yes

Fiorella the Raven: Okay, I multicast a flock on two of them

johns (GM): They're all too occupied to notice you also

Fiorella the Raven: Aura the same in here?

johns (GM): Yeah, same aura

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: intredasting

johns (GM): Roll just to see if you botch

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10!+53-5 multicast murder of crows

(

10

+

2

)

+53-5

=

60

johns (GM): I know what cumthinker is thinking and the answer is the aura of 3 outside swamps the aura of 2 inside

Fiorella the Raven: Spell goes off

johns (GM): No need to fuss with damage -- 2 archers out of action

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 15+d10! archer 1 damage

15+

(

9

)

=

24

johns (GM): Mortis?

Fiorella the Raven: ok

johns (GM): They're all wearing the lighest armor possible so that probably kills them right out

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll try to open the hatch that has been weakened by magic.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 soak just cause

(

2

)

+2

=

4

Fiorella the Raven: Oneshot on a size 0 yea

johns (GM): Okay, what spell?

Oh, by hand?

Or with a weapon?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yes.

By hand.

If it's all supple it shouldn't be hard.

Fiorella the Raven: It's supple

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Mmm.

johns (GM): You peel the hatch open like stiff parchment.

Rosario of Flambeau: nice

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok, can I get in the foot like ringworm?

Giraldo of Milan: huh. i guess mortis doesnt wear gauntlets

thats weird

johns (GM): Ok, you're inside the foot on Level 1

Giraldo of Milan: what a weirdo

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Of course I don't.

I need to cast spells.

johns (GM): Gauntlets make it harder to do casting gestures.

Giraldo of Milan: not even gloves

his hands must get dirty

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Human-skin gloves.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: do they actually

Giraldo of Milan: then how did you open it??

Fiorella the Raven: THey do not

Rosario of Flambeau: I wear full plate and gauntlets but I also have Flawless Magic and most of my spells mastered to not require gestures.

Giraldo of Milan: its warded against natural, nonliving materials

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whew.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I wear the gloves over my meat and bones.

Fiorella the Raven: Sauron was casting spells in full armor before he was killed

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yes but he's an angel.

johns (GM): I've moved you onto the Leg Map, endrite

Giraldo of Milan: ok i guess ill go in through the cheater door

johns (GM): lol

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Dušan of Criamon: Archibald: were you casting PeVi at the door or the giant itself

johns (GM): Dusan and Rosario?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Speaking of, how many levels can we gain per turn?

johns (GM): 1 level by ladder

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok.

Rosario of Flambeau: I will cast Demon's Eternal Oblivion on the statue, as recommended.

johns (GM): I figure 10 levels, 100 ft, and moving up a ladder goes at Walk speed

Archibald of Guernicus: The giant itself

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Still, one level per turn is a lot of XP no matter how you slice it.

Dušan of Criamon: OK, I join the DEO effort

johns (GM): haha.

Archibald of Guernicus: All you need is to land a level 5 one

and itll die

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+19-3

(

9

)

+19-3

=

25

Archibald of Guernicus: it has less than 17 MR, in infernal 3 aura, meaning 14 or less might, meaning it has 4 currently

Rosario of Flambeau: 10 penetration.

20 mr gone.

might

i mean.

Fiorella the Raven: RIP

Archibald of Guernicus: meaning rosario just ended it and if the wards are gone, giraldo can now cut the door open

Giraldo of Milan: the door is already open

mortis just cheated

Archibald of Guernicus: oh

johns (GM): Etherial roses fly from Rosario's hand and envelop the statue, piercing through its metal flesh.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10!+11-3

(

3

)

+11-3

=

11

johns (GM): The mouth of the colossus droops agape, and the giant construct is still.

Rosario of Flambeau: The sigil is already listed and it's that the demon dries up and crumbles into dust like an old flower.

Dušan of Criamon: pen 6, 5L version

Rosario of Flambeau: But that doesn't apply I guess.

johns (GM): It does not, due to the unique nature of this construct.

Rosario of Flambeau: rip

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wow, now who's the cheater?

Dušan of Criamon: my only desire now is to not be under it when it breaks/falls

Fiorella the Raven: "I volunteer to run" is the ultimate cheat code

johns (GM): The Green Snakes attack Dusan!

Archibald of Guernicus: ssssss

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

johns (GM): I don't think anything has struck Dusan yet so they hit your Sidestep.

Archibald of Guernicus: Uh

I need to save Dusan, so I'll be down here for the moment, sodales

johns (GM): The.. 6 masons in the waist who are not dead or blind try to shoot Fiorella.

No, sorry, 5

Fiorella the Raven: 4

I hit two with crows

johns (GM): Yeah I X'd them out

And the "Cancel" sign on the others means blind

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

rolling d10!+8+4 defense

(

8

)

+8+4

=

20

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+7+15-4 Attk vs Fiorella

(

2

)

+7+15-4

=

20

Fiorella the Raven: I conf to beat tie

johns (GM): Arrows ping about wildly in the room!

No need

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

johns (GM): Gulielmus is running

Archibald?

Archibald of Guernicus: I swing my sword at the first snake in reach

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll stop, if i notice the statue has halted

i might not though, with the running in the other direction

johns (GM): Ok.

rolling 1d10!+9 Dfn

(

2

)

+9

=

11

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+9

(

6

)

+9

=

15

johns (GM): A clean slice!

The Praetorians advance on Archibald.

rolling 1d10!+12+6 Attack

(

7

)

+12+6

=

25

Archibald of Guernicus: Sidestep, so I think that just misses

johns (GM): You used up the free miss on the hand dodge

So they have seen your image flicker

Dušan of Criamon: brb, if my turn comes up, I want to DEO snakes and ideally back away if that doesn't give me casting penalties

Archibald of Guernicus: gah!

Fiorella the Raven: DEO the statues, we can still damage the snakes normally

Dušan of Criamon: hmm, with what

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yeah, the statues seem more dangerous to me.

Archibald of Guernicus:

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

(

4

)

+1+4+9-1+1

=

18

Hits, 7 thresh

johns (GM): -7 damage

Dušan of Criamon: but OK, DEO statues if it comes to that

johns (GM): And I know you have enough Aquam MR to resist the poison

Fiorella!

Archibald of Guernicus: But this is the statues

johns (GM): oh,

erm.

haha.

right.

Fiorella the Raven: I bird two more archers

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Shouldn't animal poison be Animal MR?

Archibald of Guernicus: I might be able to just soak the damage into a fatigue, lets see it

johns (GM): what's your Terram soak?

err Terram MR?

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10 botch check

(

5

)

=

5

Spell lands

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it should be mentem mr as venom is concentrated hate

Archibald of Guernicus: 19 terram soak, 38 terram MR

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 15+d10! archer 1

15+

(

6

)

=

21

Archibald of Guernicus: 35 in this aura

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling 15+d10! archer 2

15+

(

4

)

=

19

johns (GM): Okay... Since these bad boys are actually stone constructs manipulated by demons and not entirely demons

They do not penetrate!

Archibald of Guernicus: rofl

johns (GM): Their swords bounce off you!

Wish I realized that before I took their action!

Another 2 archers gone, Fiorella

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its thematic

demons are very stupid

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3 New Init

(

5

)

+3

=

8

Archibald of Guernicus: Praetorians, swerve

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

johns (GM): Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm going to climb the ladder.

johns (GM): hup.

Giraldo?

Giraldo of Milan: climb the ladder

johns (GM): hup.

Dusan?

Dušan of Criamon: occurred to me i may have missed my exxagerated/loud bonus

been a bad week

I use DEO on the statues

or statue

johns (GM): If you try to run away from these guys they get a free attack basically

Ok, one of them was already DEO'd a bit by Archibald -- do you hit that or another?

Dušan of Criamon: can i target statues even though i'm engaged with the snakes

johns (GM): Yeah.

Dušan of Criamon: done

johns (GM): And because I'm a swell guy I won't even ask for a conc check!!!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gee mister, that's swell.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+11-3+4

(

10

)

+11-3+4

=

22

oh

johns (GM): Nice! Penetration?

Dušan of Criamon: i guess that explodes

rolling 1d10!

(

7

)

=

7

johns (GM): And are you targeting the one who was already hit, or the ones who are still fully powered?

Dušan of Criamon: well, if it survived a blast from Archibald, I guess it's strong

i'll focus the hurt one down

johns (GM): That's 5 Might you strip from it?

Dušan of Criamon: 24 pen

yep

johns (GM): The spell hits!

The Praetorian has lost 15 might total!

Rosario?

devil's fav demon: Damn these guys are pretty strong, huh.

Rosario of Flambeau: I will DEO the same one.

rolling 1d10!+19-3

(

6

)

+19-3

=

22

johns (GM): It's been hit by a L5 and L10 DEO, are you using L15?

Rosario of Flambeau: 20

johns (GM): Ah

Penetration?

Rosario of Flambeau: L20, 7 pen

i have really shit pen rip

johns (GM): Your spell fails to penetrate!

Rosario of Flambeau: i will spend a conf

and see if it does

johns (GM): 10 pen is not enough in this aura.

Archibald of Guernicus: oh. if its 20 might, then thats 8 MR currently with -15

Rosario of Flambeau: rip.

Archibald of Guernicus: oh

its more than 20 might. each.

Rosario of Flambeau: Jesus.

johns (GM): You can keep the conf.

Rosario of Flambeau: Ok.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wonder how the sword mages are doing

Rosario of Flambeau: Kind of wish I tried something else.

johns (GM): The green snakes attack Dusan!

Rosario of Flambeau: lol.

RIP!

Fiorella the Raven: 6 immune to metal statues with more than 20 might each FTW

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10+6

(

4

)

+10+6

=

20

Archibald of Guernicus: i need to develop better anti demon spells, this i have learned. in teh meantime i have to figure out my next moves.

dusan, how are you holding up?

Rosario of Flambeau: i need to develop some spells to get ACs.

Or just get a weaker demon spell.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm not sure, but neither am i optimistic

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you could teleport away

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Spells that directly damage Might should be nerfed.

johns (GM): Dusan, your defense is your Brawl + Quickness, plus +9 from the Sidestep.

Rosario of Flambeau: They already have been.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: They should be nerfed further or removed.

Fiorella the Raven: They're already nerfed, you can't stack them

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if they were removed there would be no realistic way to combat many enemies

Fiorella the Raven: And they're literally the only thing that's worked in this fight

Dušan of Criamon: 9+2

difference to attack is 9

johns (GM): Okay, roll it Plus a stress die.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+11

(

6

)

+11

=

17

Archibald of Guernicus: They're already nerfed and literally are not good enough to help here and this isn't good enough for you. I'm going to kill Mortis.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: They're too effective in too many situations, in my opinion.

Archibald of Guernicus: You need to invent different ones for every fucking realm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Good news though:

Fiorella the Raven: This is an odd time to complain about it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ten seconds ago the party destroyed Proclus's infernal ghost with pevi magic

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's just three spells though.

johns (GM): I think your Magic Resistance is calculated wrong on your sheet, Dusan

Archibald of Guernicus: i have 6 spells invented, sorry if these 6 spells cover a good amount of situations. i should have just invented something that didnt, like Pillum of Flame, which is 1 spell and works in more situations than my 6 do.

johns (GM): It's 5x your Parma score (2, so 10) plus the Art, so your total Aquam MR should be 11, but the sheet shows only 5

Dušan of Criamon: it might not be calculating them at all

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Direct damage spells need to deal with soak though.

Dušan of Criamon: i never got hit yet, so this is new ground

Fiorella the Raven: Demon's Eternal Oblivion exists because there's fuckall else you can do against the high soak demons this game throws at you, especially ones warded against metal

johns (GM): Ugh, it's probably not pulling from the abilities sheet because it's looking for a sheet called "Abilities" and your sheet is called "Abilities and Combat"

that's almost certainly my fault

Rosario of Flambeau: It's not really a big deal and there are a lot of ways to get around it.

johns (GM): Regardless, you feel the snakes barely scratch you, and an effect resisted by your Parma.

Rosario of Flambeau: You could build creatures who can recover Might, for example.

Dušan of Criamon: God bless that Bonisagus

Archibald of Guernicus: You could drop them in a pit, which is also 1 spell and also applies in more situations than any of my PeVi spells do

johns (GM): The last few masons desperately try to hit fiorella..

Rosario of Flambeau: The giant, if he had actually hit anyone in that volcano, recovered Might on any Medium Wound caused.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+7+4-4

(

8

)

+7+4-4

=

15

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10!+8+4

(

2

)

+8+4

=

14

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Dropping things in pits worked surprisingly few times, historically.

Fiorella the Raven: I'll conf and save my sidestep

johns (GM): Sure

Gulielmus can start moving back if he likes

Archibald?

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm

The praetorians wont go for me anymore now they know im safe, uh

Dusan you really should have just ran

get away from the statues my man

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: dusan's sheet is pulling the ability from the right spot, it's just multiplying it by 2

johns (GM): oh god

Archibald of Guernicus: ah

johns (GM): fucking.... ROPE KID

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Dušan of Criamon: lmao

Archibald of Guernicus: Wait, johns

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Roped again.

Archibald of Guernicus: did they simply take no damage or was it a ward against metal

that the statues have

johns (GM): They have a ward against all natural, non-living material.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: argh!!

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay. My sword is my talisman, which means it has my MR in full when holding it. I swing at a praetorian.

Giraldo of Milan: lets use mortis's corpse as a flail

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they are also made of stone

johns (GM): Sure, the one whose might is chipped or another?

Fiorella the Raven: I could hit them with birds but beaks aren't traditionally very effective against stone

Archibald of Guernicus: oh right

im not rosario, my damage isnt that high, i wont damage them anyway

uhhh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the effect is like 9th magnitude too so it's hard to dispel

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't think there's anything much I can do here to help Dusan, I'm thinking and looking at my list

johns (GM): we can come back to you

Archibald of Guernicus: oh shit

I know

Dušan of Criamon: remind me how fast those stone boys are

johns (GM): Qik +2

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: fulfill your destiny archibald

Dušan of Criamon: jesus

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: use ReVi to command the demons to halt

Archibald of Guernicus: FFM on Wizard's Sidestep to make it touch

and

Fiorella the Raven: Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: i can deliver spells through my talisman

johns (GM): Dusan already has Wizard's Sidestep.

Archibald of Guernicus: ill reach my sword out to tap hi- oh fuck

well then

oh

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: OHHHH

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can you produce a ward against stone

Archibald of Guernicus: I have a ward against metal that lasts a diameter!!!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice

Archibald of Guernicus: its metal swords on the statues right?

johns (GM): Okay, but these bad boys are using swords made of stone.

Archibald of Guernicus: motherF

johns (GM): That's why their damage is low.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I mean, that's what I figured.

johns (GM): If they were using metal swords seperate from their stone bodies you wouldn't have resisted it last turn.

Rosario of Flambeau: hey

Fiorella the Raven: Can you pit of the gaping earth them?

Rosario of Flambeau: im going to do something

if it works

Dušan of Criamon: Here's an opinion

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Rosario of Flambeau: how much MR do these guys have again? nevermind. it wont work.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: traditionally lower levels of terram are covered by spells that have magnitudes for higher levels of terram

Dušan of Criamon: make a huge hole while they're all dogpiled on me

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: But WOULD it be less than a metal sword?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: like. since adventure 1

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It wouldn't be as sharp but it would be heavier.

Dušan of Criamon: if you can, exfil me afterward

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont have pit of the gaping earth sadly

I used to have the ultimate escape tool

Dušan of Criamon: you have huge PeTe

Rosario of Flambeau: if theyre not specific thats true. i was going to use my spell that blunts and warps a group of blades on the statues but they have 25+ mr

so nevermind

Archibald of Guernicus: which was FFM with a teleport spell to make it touch

but i cant do that anymore since the corpus blight

johns (GM): I think I used the stats of a bludgeon when making these guys since a stone sword is blunt and heavy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, you have ceremonial sponting

johns (GM): i'll give Archibald a little more time to think since PC death is on the line

Rosario of Flambeau: the spells effects say that they halve the total damage including attack advantage.

Dušan of Criamon: ACTUALLY\

pete yourself

trap the statues

tele out

Fiorella the Raven: Something else interesting is that the statues are masterless but stlil attacking

Archibald of Guernicus: i cant even hand him my sword because the effects built into my talisman are personal range

Fiorella the Raven: So the Duc wasn't the real ringleader here

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: There are other demons possessing the statues.

johns (GM): Those of you inside the statue -- among the din of frantic shouts and arrows pinging against brass -- hear a high pitched, whining voice from the very top.

Dušan of Criamon: I was going to yell something at them at least

Rosario of Flambeau: "Guess they're busy"

johns (GM): It is screaming at someone. "Fight to the last!! Buy me time!!"

Fiorella the Raven: They're intelligent yes but more importantly they still hope to accomplish something

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can shield grog for dusan

Dušan of Criamon: "Your emperor is dead, the war is over!"

Archibald of Guernicus: I could teleport up to the top of the head, inside it, in 2 turns

but thats not fast enough i think

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: dusan could fast cast something and twilight himself

Archibald of Guernicus: oh

Fiorella the Raven: They could just decoagulate and avoid being sent back to Hell where they get tormented forever because they're Might 0 and the world of demons is dog-eat-dog

johns (GM): they can't

Dušan of Criamon: interesting proposition, but I don't have anything worth casti- DEO

OF COURSE

johns (GM): they're bound to the statues by the infernal rites described Zenodorus'  On Isometric Figures

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Makes you think.

Fiorella the Raven: Ahhhh

Giraldo of Milan: alright. lets ascend to the statues chest and kill caesars ghost

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you cannot fast cast a non-mastered formulaic spell.

ha, ha, ha.

Dušan of Criamon: i know it

hell, i learned it during apprenticeship

johns (GM): Fiorella, you can't see outside so you can act ahead of schedule as it wont affect others..

Fiorella the Raven: Ok

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Unless she blows up the statue.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: archibald could reach inside his pockets and discover a rook of rego vis

Fiorella the Raven: I'll bird two more archers

rolling d10 botch check

(

2

)

=

2

johns (GM): the map cuts off a little but the big gray spot in Level 6 is just an open gap, there's no ceiling on Level 5

That finishes them all off

Except the blind ones

No, sorry! There is 1 last unblind unbird archer

phew.

Rosario of Flambeau: the ladder is in the dick lol.

johns (GM): Mortis, ascend?

Fiorella the Raven: I can think about whether I can help outside when my turn comes back up

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Oui.

Archibald of Guernicus: im sorry dusan, unless theres a way to make them focus on me, i cant help

johns (GM): Giraldo, ascend?

Dušan of Criamon: if they focus me, you might have time to tele up

so no worries

Archibald of Guernicus: I

I have one idea

an aoe of slippery oil to make the statues slip up

Dušan of Criamon: holy shit

Fiorella the Raven: I can fly out and kill some snacks out of the statues range

Dušan of Criamon: would they be able to get up?

Archibald of Guernicus: This is all I can do for you Dusan but I hope its enough for you to escape alive

Giraldo of Milan: ascend

Dušan of Criamon: would it work on this terrain?

johns (GM): I said it was dirt earlier when you were thinking of making pits

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+22 vs 10

(

2

)

+22

=

24

18 penetration... no...

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: conf

Archibald of Guernicus: they have like 24 in this aura, i cant conf for it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: noo

Archibald of Guernicus: i can make one statue slip up but its not enough

Fiorella the Raven: They're watered against it anyway aren't they?

Rosario of Flambeau: oh, i could go over there and use my scabbard on Dusan. it has 2 uses a day. thats like too much of a distance to do in 1 round though.

Fiorella the Raven: The oil is pushed away from their feet

johns (GM): No, the oil wouldn't count as "natural"

since its magic

Fiorella the Raven: Ahhh

Archibald of Guernicus: well. its, wait

its touch range not voice

Rosario of Flambeau: :blessed:

Archibald of Guernicus: the touch range version is 5 more pen, i have my sword to deliver it

Fiorella the Raven: Ironically Guy could pillum the statues were he here then

johns (GM): 10 paces is still enough to cover the whole area around you

that's 30 feet

Archibald of Guernicus: ill conf that

for uhh

Dušan of Criamon: hmm

Archibald of Guernicus: 26 pen

johns (GM): that reaches as far as the duc's corpse

26 pen? ok

Dušan of Criamon: I have one last idea before casting "run away"

johns (GM): 3 statues turn around to attack Dusan

Archibald of Guernicus: 10 paces wide of slippery oil

wow

johns (GM): Dex checks...

rolling 1d10!+2 First

(

8

)

+2

=

10

rolling 1d10!+2 Second

(

10

+

7

)

+2

=

19

Dušan of Criamon: can someone check exactly what listening to the silent chorus does

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 Third

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: da fugg

it gives you a bonus to an astrology roll

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12+6 3 soldiers attack Dusan

(

3

)

+12+6

=

21

Rosario of Flambeau: gah

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+11

(

6

)

+11

=

17

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: exert your defense

Rosario of Flambeau: ^^^

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you even can

Dušan of Criamon: that's a fatigue rigbht

Archibald of Guernicus: wouldnt do much for him since i assume his brawl isnt that high

johns (GM): yes and it lets you add your Brawl again

Dušan of Criamon: Brawl 0

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Rosario of Flambeau: rip

well whatever your combat ability is

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can also use a confidence token

i assume he has none

Dušan of Criamon: yeah

johns (GM): Do you conf?

Dušan of Criamon: hmm

i suppose nothing to lose

johns (GM): Okay, drop a token

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: You could lose a Confidence Point.

I mean token.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what are the stakes

johns (GM): Alright.

The first statue fails to penetrate.

The next two do

rolling 21-20+4 Damage pre soak

21-20+4

=

5

You have +1 Stamina and +2 Terram form bonus so that's

2 Fatigues on you.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh. This isn't as dangerous as it seemed. Try making a run for it.

Rosario of Flambeau: I will cast a spell.

johns (GM): Your turn to act, Dusan.

Rosario of Flambeau: oh.

GFah!

johns (GM): Also Rosario can cast a spell but I will take it into effect after Dusan tries to do w/e

Rosario of Flambeau: I keep getting thrown off and scrolling down the turn timer and then getting tricked when it ticks up

Dušan of Criamon: OK so the stone soldiers are as fast as humans then

johns (GM): that one was my bad, soz

Giraldo of Milan: where is giraldo now

johns isnt moving him

johns (GM): The waist

Giraldo of Milan: there

johns (GM): You emerge into the scene of Fiorella's carnage

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: dusan is at risk of falling asleep

Dušan of Criamon: I was hoping the spell was the other one, the one that half-guarantees twilight

johns (GM): It's very loud with the sound of squawking birds everywhere and cultists crying in misery

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm going to have to check out for a little bit after this turn, as well, I'm sorry.

Dušan of Criamon: teleporting out of battle into twilight would be etremely criamon

johns (GM): Alright.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, yeah

Dušan of Criamon: OK, that's not an option, I try to make a run for it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hearing the silent chorus can warp you if you botch the comprehension roll

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's a tactic with a storied history of success.

Archibald of Guernicus: give yourself 2 warping points and enter twilight

johns (GM): If you run for it, you will have an attack made on you by the statues and snakes.

Dušan of Criamon: hold on

Fiorella the Raven: You can give yourself two warping points with CrVi

Dušan of Criamon: so silent chorus IS the spell i was thinking of?

Fiorella the Raven: I can also give you two CrVi if you let me touch you and lower your parma

johns (GM): As an option,

the storyguide can allow characters to

disregard self-preservation and simply move

away. As a consequence of this reckless act,

the character’s opponent gets a free attack

and the character gets no Defense roll: his

johns (GM): Defense Total is 0.

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao.

Archibald of Guernicus: what the fuk

johns (GM): (the RAW rule for disengaging doesn't even give you this option, you would have to brawl your way out which you cannot do)

Rosario of Flambeau: Just hunker down dude. You can do this.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Classic.

Archibald of Guernicus: dusan

Dušan of Criamon: I have faith, in somethign at least

Archibald of Guernicus: can you manage a level 10 crvi spont

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the silent chorus will PROBABLY not warp you

Dušan of Criamon: can't CrVi this

Archibald of Guernicus: level 10 is personal-range giving yourself 2 warping points

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: which sends you into twilight

Rosario of Flambeau: do it dude

Fiorella the Raven: I have a formulaic spell designed to send people I have a tunnel to into Twilight ofrever

Dušan of Criamon: I mean my CrVi is +3

Archibald of Guernicus: oh. oh no

Rosario of Flambeau: lmao

oh jeez.

Dušan of Criamon: hah

I'm going to risk the chorus

Archibald of Guernicus: dusan turns out to be a corpus and herbam specialist and welcomes death

Dušan of Criamon: it's the criamon way

johns (GM): That 0 Defense total I quoted above should be "9" from sidestep

Rosario of Flambeau: Good point.

That's not that bad!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Such a good point.

Rosario of Flambeau: You might not die.

Fiorella the Raven: Good luck

Rosario of Flambeau: Also wait a round because I'm going to try to lure the snakes.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10!+21

(

9

)

+21

=

30

also what's the fatigue penalty

-3 per fatigue?

Rosario of Flambeau: 1, i think.

Dušan of Criamon: oh well it works out anyway

johns (GM): -1 per fatigue

Fiorella the Raven: Archibald has teleport and Mortis can kill the blind archers with zombie archers

johns (GM): What's the spell?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the odds are extremely stacked against chorus sending you into twilight

Fiorella the Raven: I'm thinking I should og warn the knights there's ab unch of invincible statues here

Dušan of Criamon: Hearing the Silent chorus, InIm 15

johns (GM): Description?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the knights are thousands of combat rounds away

Fiorella the Raven: Oh right

Dušan of Criamon: I had it from someone here on the forum, and my computer is dying just doing a search

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: This spell allows the recipient to barely hear the unheard sounds of the planetary orbits. Interpreting the sounds depends upon the listener, whose player makes an Intelligence + Artes Liberales + stress die roll against an Ease Factor of 12.

johns (GM): I see

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: If the roll botches, the listener gains a Warping Point per zero on the botch dice.

johns (GM): So I roll a 1d10 to see if it botches?

Fiorella the Raven: It's from Arts & Academia I think

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hes aiming for at least a double botch

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 Did he botch?

(

10

)

=

10

No.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Still though.

johns (GM): Rosario?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats a success on the artes roll though!

Dušan of Criamon: Close.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+26-3

(

1

)

+26-3

=

24

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: dusan is presently comprehending the music of the spheres

Rosario of Flambeau: hell yeah.

johns (GM): Nice --- anything mitigating botches here?

Rosario of Flambeau: I don't think so.

johns (GM):

rolling 4d10

(

5

+

6

+

2

+

4

)

=

17

No botch.

Fiorella the Raven: Muda is appropriate here. Also acceptable: Silver the Hedgehog goign "It's no use"

Rosario of Flambeau: Okay. Thats, uh,

rolling 24-15+3+4

24-15+3+4

=

16

penetration

johns (GM): What's the spell?

Rosario of Flambeau: on a snake, as one of my daggers shoots out of my pocket and pins it to the ground.

johns (GM): (also it's formulaic? you have Spell Mastery so that's at least 1 less botch die)

Rosario of Flambeau: for

rolling 1d10!+5 damage

(

8

)

+5

=

13

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 soak

(

6

)

+2

=

8

Dead

Rosario of Flambeau: Hell yeah.

Ok brb.

johns (GM): Two green snakes peel off to attack Rosario

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: rip dusan

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10+3 vs rosario

(

6

)

+10+3

=

19

two attack dusan

rolling 1d10!+10+3 vs dusan

(

4

)

+10+3

=

17

Rosario of Flambeau: oh let me roll defense before i go then

rolling 1d10!+13

(

3

)

+13

=

16

conf this fuck it

ok

johns (GM):

rolling 19-7-3-16 dam pre soak

19-7-3-16

=

-7

Not a scratch.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+11

(

1

)

+11

=

12

hah

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 Botch?

(

7

)

=

7

Dušan of Criamon: there's that one

johns (GM): No botch

rolling 17-7-12 damage pre soak

17-7-12

=

-2

Fiorella the Raven: I suggest Dusan get a spell to give himself 2 warping points for 10 CrVi and turn himself into a statue whenever he's overwhelmed

johns (GM): It's the cultists' turn. A couple more, already banged up and bruised, start descending ladders from Level 7 down to Level 6.

The last one weakly swings his hammer at Giraldo.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: life is a catch. i suggest you warp yourself when you can

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+7-4 vs Giraldo

(

10

+

6

)

+7-4

=

19

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yikes.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm not going to call it yet, but if Dusan lives, he is spending a LOT of seasons studying

Fiorella the Raven: I believe in you Giraldo

Dušan of Criamon: my boy is NOT ready

Fiorella the Raven: You can exert

johns (GM): Gulielmus of pure reason, Archibald of pure scottishness --- an action?

Giraldo of Milan: oh right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Carina of Pure Being Dead.

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10!+11

(

5

)

+11

=

16

johns (GM): dead & loving it

Archibald of Guernicus: Johns, is it possible for me to run forward and push Dusan across the slippery oil at full force?

johns (GM): conf or no conf beardbeard?

I think you'd need to make a Dex roll yourself to pull off a tricky move?

Giraldo of Milan: do we know if the masons hammers are powerful magic items that destroy the soul

Archibald of Guernicus: Probably, yes

But, is that doable?

Giraldo of Milan: hm

token

Whiff!

johns (GM): A roll of 6+ is needed

for the average maneuver, with rolls of up to 15+

needed to (for example) make a right turn at full

speed on a smooth, greased surface.

Say, +9 to push Dusan?

Archibald of Guernicus: +2 dex

I'll go for it

I try to run forward and push Dusan away from the fight before he's killed

rolling 1d10!+2

(

10

+

9

)

+2

=

21

Well now

Dušan of Criamon: I'm touched

and shoved, apparently

johns (GM): 220 pounds of scottish menace piledrive into Dusan.

Dusan, make a dex check real quick

Archibald of Guernicus: "Run, Dusan! Go! They can't harm me, you're their target!"

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+1

(

4

)

+1

=

5

johns (GM): You fly 15 feet, and land on your bum.

Or should it have been more?

Fiorella the Raven: Do I hear the melee vs Giraldo BTW?

Dušan of Criamon: let's keep some bones intact for later

johns (GM): You're right next to him Fiorella

Fiorella the Raven: Nice

johns (GM): The Praetorians walk 13 feet towards Dusan

Fiorella?

Fiorella the Raven: How many unblinded guys can I target?

johns (GM): 3 in sight

2 on ladders coming down

Fiorella the Raven: Okay I target the one attacking Giraldo and one other

johns (GM): 1 swinging at giraldo

Ok

Fiorella the Raven:

rolling d10 botch check

(

7

)

=

7

rolling 15+d10! damage on guy fighting Giraldo

15+

(

5

)

=

20

johns (GM): Got'eem.

The guy on the ladder loses his grip and falls through the open floor of Level 6, hitting Level 5 loudly and painfully.

Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll climb up again.

johns (GM): Giraldo?

Fiorella the Raven: There should be another guy on a ladder he can stab

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

ill kill that guy

rolling 1d10!+14

(

10

+

1

)

+14

=

25

johns (GM): He can't defend so, just roll attack + Damage

Soak +2

Another one bites the dust

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 25+11+2-2

25+11+2-2

=

36

johns (GM): Dusan. Can you run?

Dušan of Criamon: It turns out the chorus I should have been listening to were my sodales all along!

I want to get off my ass and run west as fast as possible

johns (GM): Good lad

Roll Sta real quick

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+2

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Fiorella the Raven: Nice

Dušan of Criamon: there's that cosmic wisdom

johns (GM): You can hoof it 48 feet

with no fatigue

Dušan of Criamon: is this already accountign for my fatigues

johns (GM): Yeah

Ease FActor is 6

Dušan of Criamon: gold

johns (GM): Okay. I want to stop going in turns at this point

Dušan of Criamon: ooh

Archibald of Guernicus: I give a cheer to myself at this great success in saving Dusan

Giraldo of Milan: alright. i climb up the ladder and destroy caesar

johns (GM): The statues can't catch Dusan and can't hurt Archibald. The snakes almost certainly can't bite him for meaningful damage.

There's 4 more cultists making their way down but giraldo and fiorella easily dispatch them.

Fiorella the Raven: I'm going to ascent with Mortis and Giraldo and continue to slaughter masons.

Dušan of Criamon: I give the statues the fig sign

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: That's fair.

johns (GM): That leaves one last figure. On the very top floor, looking through the gap in the floor of L10 (and Mortis, you can catch up to the rest now)

You see at the top of the Colossos:

Archibald of Guernicus: Now that Dusan is safe, I teleport over to the statue foot, step in, and teleport up as high as I can go over and over until I catch up with the others

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Who is this fellow, anyway?

johns (GM): The ghost appears as he did upon his death: a frightened monarch in his early thirties. His death wound eternally weeps life-blood, leaving a stained trail wherever he wanders (the trail disappears once he is a pace away). He stands about 5 feet tall, marked with freckles, and stinks of the dead. His hair is sandy blond, and he has watery blue eyes. He has a thick neck, round belly, and thin legs.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Another giant slain."

The Emperor: He addresses you, in Latin.

"You idiots... Fools! Plebians!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Return to your grave, specter."

The Emperor: "I could have had it all! You could have come along for the ride!"

Fiorella the Raven: "You invited Lucifer into this fortified city with your ambitions."

Giraldo of Milan: "What is this crap?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "The dead should leave life to the living."

The Emperor: lol

Fiorella the Raven: Thank you Giraldo

The Emperor: The Emperor reels and reaches out to the side to balance himself as the third male wizard joins the fray.

I'm not making this one up

Weakness: Groups (3 or more) of united,

educated men within a Room.

Nero suffers from Confusion of the

Numbed Will for as long as the group

The Emperor: remains intact and in the area.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea climbs up from below.

Archibald of Guernicus: lmao

Dušan of Criamon: LMAO

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salvete."

The Emperor: "No.. Time! More time!"

Giraldo of Milan: alright, but what does that have to do with caesars ghost

The Emperor: He looks pleadingly up to the heavens and his sides.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Yer out of time."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Classic.

The Emperor: "Just.. Give me a little help... The plan was good!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It was a good plan.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he is not wrong

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I gotta give him credit.

Dušan of Criamon: ... but he didn't account for... Vardian's Tomba, baby

The Emperor: "They'll burn.. All of them... Oh yes.."

Fiorella the Raven: "Through Jesus there is life immortal."

"It is the wicked that will be purged."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Makes you think.

Fiorella the Raven caws

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Another successful exorcism."

The Emperor: Desperately, he bolts! He glides through the floor down to Level 9 and turns to jump out the mouth!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll stab him in the wound with my shovel.

The Emperor: Your shovel glides through his ghostly form without resistance.

Giraldo of Milan: lets perdo his vim

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Fair enough.

Fiorella the Raven: I'll assume my birds won't hurt him then

Giraldo of Milan: and by lets i mean archibald

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm, a ghostly form. Boy, if only there was a way to harm infernal spirits.

Perdo Vim, 10 might, on the emperor

Fiorella the Raven: "Let us hope the angels can find ten righteous men to make this city worth sparing."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "There he goes!"

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+30

(

5

)

+30

=

35

The Emperor: Pen?

Dušan of Criamon: Imperatricide

Archibald of Guernicus: 30 penetration

The Emperor: The Emperor shrieks like a girl as his right arm disintegrates into ethereal nothingness.

Fiorella the Raven: Archibald of Guernicus, Kingslayer, Giftstinker, Quaesitor

The Emperor: He casts himself out the mouth!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hey!

Fiorella the Raven: I'll follow him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Great now I have to climb ALL the way down!

Sheesh!

Archibald of Guernicus: "Mortis, don't ye have anything tae command ghosts? His form is fading! His resistance weakened!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Is there anything up in the head?

Dušan of Criamon: am I still running from the statues, can I see the guy fly

The Emperor: Nope

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Sheesh.

The Emperor: Well a nice throne at the top

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok I start the long climb down.

The Emperor: not magical or anything

The statues are engaged with Rosario

Archibald of Guernicus: also I wish I'd known the mouth was open because I'd have just teleported up there ages ago

The Emperor: So Dusan can double back

oh lol I mentioned it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is entrapment

Fiorella the Raven: I'll chase him but once he's out of sight of Archibald I assume he's gone for now

Dušan of Criamon: I do so, and I hope to see the Emperor

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll see if I can, hm

The Emperor: Do you have a higher level DEO to cast?

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont, but Rosario does

Dušan of Criamon: hell no, L5 baby

Archibald of Guernicus: he has the level 20 one

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wizard cop: oh, come on, not even a little demon-commanding spell?

Archibald of Guernicus: Ghosts are commanded with mentem and it doesnt care about realm

fucker

Fiorella the Raven: Mentem works on all realms

I mean, all kinds of ghosts

Demons choose a form to coagulate as

Rosario of Flambeau: ok sorry. im gonna catch up and see whats happening

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: There are only really two kinds of ghosts.

The Emperor: Int + Infernal Lore applicable

Dušan of Criamon: the wizard equivalent of not rolling down the window

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Demonic ghosts and Magic ghosts.

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmm

Fiorella the Raven: Faerie can be ghosts

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: They're just pretending to be ghosts.

Fiorella the Raven: And there are divine spirits too

Archibald of Guernicus: If we found Nero's remains, would they count as an AC to his ghost?

Rosario of Flambeau: Giraldo of Milan: "What is this crap?"

lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: a spell to command ghosts will work on a faerie ghost too

Fiorella the Raven: Faeries pretend hard enough that they manifest as Mentem

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Divine spirits are in Heaven, where they are protected from magic.

The Emperor: What if you already had an AC this whole time?

Archibald of Guernicus: ... the crown?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea leans against the wall of the statue.

Archibald of Guernicus: His descendant, Aristide Orsini?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: This is a tough one.

Dušan of Criamon: his body

The Emperor: anyway both dusan and rosario can act

Dušan of Criamon: in the tomb

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the city of Rome

The Emperor: they're on the ground level where Nero just landed

Archibald of Guernicus: try stripping 5 dusan

Dušan of Criamon: OK, Emperor buys a DEO

Archibald of Guernicus: then rosario tries for his 20

Giraldo of Milan: nero had no descendants

you fucking idiot

that was a big deal!!

Archibald of Guernicus: That we know of

Fiorella the Raven: The Divine can also assimilate magic ghosts

The Emperor: Spoilers. Dys hasn't made it that far.

Fiorella the Raven: As can the infernal

Rosario of Flambeau: ok yeah i guess i'll cast DEO on the fat ghost who just fell in front of me.

The Emperor: Roll it, Dusan

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah I'm going through the whole history of Rome nad I just reached Nero's reign lol

Giraldo of Milan: heres the infernal lore

rolling 1d10!+5

(

3

)

+5

=

8

Dušan of Criamon:

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

(

1

)

+11+4-3-3

=

10

hah

The Emperor: mm haha

Dušan of Criamon: finally

The Emperor: hey moe.

Dušan of Criamon: how many, level 3 aura

The Emperor: you're twilight prone. you could have twilighted yourself early with just 5 CrVi

Fiorella the Raven: The important thing to know about Nero is that you can find sexy pictures of him as a girl on danbooru

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes.

Giraldo of Milan: same with sir francis drake

Dušan of Criamon: it's finally all coming together

The Emperor:

rolling 4d10

(

3

+

10

+

5

+

2

)

=

20

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gah.

the crowd jeers VERY loud

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: lol

Sometimes you just don't botch.

Dušan of Criamon: I still get some good warping though right

i mean i don't roll 1's for nothing

The Emperor: Waiting for Rosario's DEO roll

Archibald of Guernicus: that feel hwen you meet nero_claudius_(fate)_(all) in-game

Fiorella the Raven: GL Rosario

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we need to kill our consuls

Fiorella the Raven: What did I do?

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+19-3

(

9

)

+19-3

=

25

10 pen

The Emperor: 1 sec

Rosario of Flambeau: oh wait.

durrr

im a retard

i have this mastered for penetration

so thats 13.

The Emperor: molte bene.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gj.

The Emperor: That does not penetrate,

Rosario of Flambeau: u will conf it as well.

The Emperor: is what I would say, if Nero hadn't used up some might possessing the duc.

Rosario of Flambeau: i will.

oh.

bwahaha.

The Emperor: Dusan, what's the penetration on your DEO?

Archibald of Guernicus: Molto

hes lost 30 might total now

Dušan of Criamon: 5 pen

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wow!

Dušan of Criamon: on my botched DEO?

Archibald of Guernicus: so i think hes dead

The Emperor: Great.

Dušan of Criamon: Is this real

The Emperor: The Emperor sinks to his knees, one hand bracing himself.

You are not sure your spell hit.

"Just.. a little.. more... time.."

Dušan of Criamon: I am unsure of many things, it is my nature to doubt

"Friend, you're about to have all the time you need."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Smart.

The Emperor: The ground beneath him begins to crack.

Rosario of Flambeau: "It's 1352! You've had plenty."

The Emperor: Blindingly bright jets of flame shoot out.

Rosario of Flambeau: oh shit.

Dušan of Criamon: ho boy

i shield myself with my arms

The Emperor: As the entire ground begins to shake, the Praetorians themselves begin to crumble.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can we see this from up top

The Emperor: Oh yes.

Dušan of Criamon: oh god

i need to run

i begin running

The Emperor: You hear a chorus of wicked laughter.

Archibald of Guernicus: I look out of the statue's mouth "What the-!"

Fiorella the Raven: "We should probably not be in the statue."

The Emperor: Dark, scaly hands burst from the ground and grab the fallen Emperor.

Fiorella the Raven: "I feel it may be going home soon."

Giraldo of Milan: "Yeah."

The Emperor: Any ideas for a quick escape?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will go down the ladder

Giraldo of Milan: i do the ladder slide maneuver introduced in Dark Souls 2

The Emperor: Ooooh

Fiorella the Raven: I fly out the mouth

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I've already started climbing down.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is that different from the ladder slide maneuver in dark souls 1

Rosario of Flambeau: :pepe2:

Giraldo of Milan: i dont think you could ladder slide in 1

Dušan of Criamon: you did iirc

Giraldo of Milan: oh

The Emperor: You hear metal groan and sag as the pins holding the colossus start to yield.

There is a creak and a SNAP as the head tumbles off its neck to the ground.

Giraldo of Milan: maybe it was the fast climb that was added in 2 then

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh fuck.

I should get off this foot.

The Emperor: Below, Nero continues to protest as he is torn at and grabbed.

Giraldo of Milan: anyway, i do the dark s ouls ladder slide

Archibald of Guernicus: I teleport down to the ground near Dusan

Dušan of Criamon: you should absolutely not teleport close to me close to ground zero

Fiorella the Raven: A trapdoor appears beneath him like in Faust

The Emperor: The statues lists to its right

Fiorella the Raven: Or Don GIovanni

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yikes

The Emperor: And as Giraldo flies out the door, it collapses backwards, leveling a quarter of Isernia. Its arm snaps and flies into the air, impaling the earth.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Which arm?

The Emperor: The right arm.

Thank you endrite.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ah.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: have i died

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm teleporting down to Dusan to make sure he gets out alive

The Emperor: Nero shrieks like a women as he is pulled into the cracks in the earth, tearing into dozens of pieces, and disappears from view.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We will never discover the secret of the orb.

Archibald of Guernicus: Isernia is no place for a scholar

Fiorella the Raven: RIP Gul of Pure Reason

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Heh.

Classic Nero.

The Emperor: With another blinding flash the flames converge, the dust from the levelled town fills everyone's view, and you can see nothing, only hear fading cries of anguish and a chorus of laughter.

When the dust settles, you are in a wrecked town surrounded by a wrecked colossus. A small sapling emerges from the spot where Nero received his last judgment.

GG all!

Rosario of Flambeau: Guli....

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: What kind of sapling?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok but am i dead

The Emperor: Philosophae check

Rosario of Flambeau: We should steal the sapling and cultivate it.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer:

rolling 1d10 + 1 + 2

(

10

)

+1+2

=

13

Rosario of Flambeau: Sick.

The Emperor: 'Tis a Hawthorn.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Interesting.

Did my Servant's Mask break when Carina was crushed insanely?

Dušan of Criamon: are he bodies of our fallen grogs still around

The Emperor: I'll make a damaged good check

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ok.

The Emperor: They were thrown aside but look alive.

Amidst the wreckage you find:

Several broken statues

Several dead masons

A bunch of dead snakes

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: What a precious treasure this is.

The Emperor: The Duc's Noble Quality gear

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea thumps the metal wall of the colossus.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: SURELY that was cut to ribbons.

Giraldo of Milan: alright. but is gulielmus dead

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Sodales?"

The Emperor: A cache of documents and artifacts from the early Imperial era Cult of Mercury

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Is anyone alive out there?"

Giraldo of Milan: gulielmus of pure treason vs the emperor

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh, word?

The Emperor: All the copies of Zenodorus  On Isometric Figures  (corrupted) you could ever want

Rosario of Flambeau: "Guillaume!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: What kind of artifacts?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sic semper tyrannis."

Fiorella the Raven: Now we have to rescue cumthinker's magus from hell

Rosario of Flambeau: He's alive!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you have to admit that this would be some very pure treason

Fiorella the Raven: Since he's not dead

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we do. we have to rescue aristocritus from hell

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Like a sword with a hole in the blade and a crystal rotating in the hole?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Gulielmus! Yer alright!"

I run up and help him from the rubble

Rosario of Flambeau: any Ioun Stones?

Fiorella the Raven: Why isn't Aristocritus in heaven or the hall of heroes?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Makes you think.

Dušan of Criamon: I want an authoritative answer: besides Carina, how many dead do we have

The Emperor: Frankly -- to someone who is not a neomercurian -- it mostly looks like a bunch of ancient junk

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast detect magic on the duc's gear, is it at least +2 full plate

johns (GM): the armor uhh took a bit too much beating

the sword is a longsword of virtue that does +2 to attack/defense and another +1 if you are Duc Francesco Colonna

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We could have solved a lot of problems if I had gone to meet the Duc instead of Fiorella.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "None the worse for wear."

johns (GM): the dead snakes are worth a lot of infernal vis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Huzzah.

Rosario of Flambeau: Sweet.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Why, it's downright miraculous."

Rosario of Flambeau: Infernal vis ftw.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll move to secure the documents

Dušan of Criamon: Guli winks at the camera

I count the bodies

Archibald of Guernicus: "A veritable trove from the ancient mercurians...!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'll have a chat with the charred corpse.

johns (GM): I have one quick but important thing to cover that I would like to jump to, since this session has run so late

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hows the aura

now that weve got this tree and all

johns (GM): There's a small dominion aura right around the sapling and the rest is Infernal for now

Rosario of Flambeau: That's badass.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sick.

Fiorella the Raven: Sick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how sacrilegious would it be to take a cutting from the tree

johns (GM): the knights will eventually show up and find a dead city and a dead duc with clear signs something very bad was going on

Giraldo of Milan: so whens the adventure to go into hell and save gulielmus's soul?

Rosario of Flambeau: You are virtually obligated to take a cutting from the tree.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wait before we go any further, is my Servant's Mask broken?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i am. i really am

johns (GM): Smash cut to a couple weeks later.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+1 theology

(

3

)

+1

=

4

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10! checking on the mask

(

7

)

=

7

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but would it be disrespectful to the ultimate tree, God

Rosario of Flambeau: DEFINITELY.

Guy of Bonisagus: ah. i cant believe gulielmus is dead

Fiorella the Raven: Fiorella will go on vacatoin to Constantinople after this, to avoid the heat from killing a noble.

johns (GM): item is wondrous quality, what's the total level of enchantments on it?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: definitely obliged or definitely disrespectful

Guy of Bonisagus: both

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea sweats

johns (GM): On the last day of 1352, a violent year, news from France arrives.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Level 29.

johns (GM): Yeah, it's fine

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: The Papal Blight, destroying all Papal Vis.

johns (GM): 15 Ease Factor, -5 from wondrous, -6 from enchantments so its fine

First item.

The Pope has died.

Archibald of Guernicus: The grog blight

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Hell -- it is about time.

johns (GM): Clement VI has taken his final reward.

Second item.

A package from Tethys of Tytalus, to Gulielmus Ex Misc of Rome.

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh shit.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

Archibald of Guernicus: aw shit

Blimey

Tethys of Tytalus: It is a bundle of books with a letter attached, brought to you by a mundane Provencal merchant.

Do you mind if I share the contents with everyone, Gulielmus?

Archibald of Guernicus: Share his sexting with us all, yes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus hurries to open the letter.

go for it

Tethys of Tytalus: "Dearest Gulielmus,"

I write this with greatest trepidation.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I really need to make cards for all my devices.

Tethys of Tytalus: I have awoken to find that I have passed 7 years in twilight, and the world has greatly changed.

Know this: All is my fault.

Archibald of Guernicus: :pepe:

Tethys of Tytalus: I have always been rash in my labwork. I bore the cost of warping willingly, but now the world suffers for my latest and greatest failure.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmmm.

Well that's disturbing.

Tethys of Tytalus: I recall the accident vividly.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Especially as Gulielmus is dead.

Tethys of Tytalus: A sample of diseased wheat was on the lab bench.

My work as you of course recall is on plant related blight.

Something horrible occurred. A great explosion, and time itself seemed to warp.

I felt myself being pulled into twilight -- yet as I did -- I was aware that something had happened to that diseased sample.

Guy of Bonisagus: tytalus caused the blight

the ultimate plot

Dušan of Criamon: the shocking truth revealed

Archibald of Guernicus: Gulielmus' girlfriend caused the blight

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: win

Tethys of Tytalus: It has gained life, or something like it. As the barriers between this world and the twilight realm opened, it crawled from its bench and came with me.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Wheat?"

Tethys of Tytalus: The last thing I recall is vividly remembering a phrase I had read in a book the night before: "Arcana Centrum."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Of all the things..."

Archibald of Guernicus: Like many men, upon dating a woman he quickly found she set out to destroy everything he loved, specifically targetting his highest arts.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Seems unlikely."

Tethys of Tytalus: The next thing I know I am in my ruined lab. I began to fear but nothing could prepare me for what had truly happened.

Guy of Bonisagus: lmfao

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: women!!

Tethys of Tytalus: First, I found your note -- Thank you.

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Tethys of Tytalus: When I looked to the outside world I saw what the Blight had become and what it had done.

I cannot regard it as coincidence that my greatest form, Herbam, has fallen first, and my second greatest, Corpus, was next to fall.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "My guess is it is a mere coincidence."

Tethys of Tytalus: I cursed myself. I foreswore my magic. I had begun to cast my works into the flames when I remembered you.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: "Such cataclysmic power would be beyond any Hermetic maga."

Tethys of Tytalus: I will never work magic again. Perhaps you can pick up where I have left off. You must destroy the blight.

Fiorella the Raven: There are no coincidences, just harder to explain sets of circumstnaces

Guy of Bonisagus: the ultimate tytalan plot to... make gulielmus important?

Tethys of Tytalus: Do not look for me. I must suffer for what I have done. The cross is mine to bear alone.

Guy of Bonisagus: but also after brutally trolling him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Let's look for her.

Tethys of Tytalus: Farewell,"

Guy of Bonisagus: first he is owned, then the world is owned

Tethys of Tytalus: On the back is written some abbreviations.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Not tae completely doubt the poor woman, but those were also gulielmus' highest arts, and he wasn't responsible for it."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It will be really easy if she's forsworn magic.

Tethys of Tytalus: He.Co.Au?.Aq.Im.Te.Vi.An.Me.Ig

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Phew.

Guy of Bonisagus: i wonder what the plot would have been like if gulielmus was dead

Archibald of Guernicus: No Aurum!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it would have been sadder

Dušan of Criamon: oh no

if the plague now travels freely through bad air

it will spread even faster

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Well."

Tethys of Tytalus: 10 XP, reset your conf + one extra for epic battling. Loot writeup in thread anon.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Obviously Tethys is mistaken."

Archibald of Guernicus: hell yes

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: An Auram plague would only destroy air.

Which would have no major effect on humans.

Dušan of Criamon: I have a problem with a lack of air.

Fiorella the Raven: Same

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye have tae meet with her. We all do. Even if it turns out to be nothing related, we still have tae follow up this lead."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the auram blight will simply destroy itself

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Brilliant.

Dušan of Criamon: OK

gm: are the grogs all dead

Guy of Bonisagus: the auram plague is particularly dangerous

because it basically destroys covenants

no wind can push it around

Fiorella the Raven: Oh yeah that's true, the auram blight needs air to be carried

johns (GM): i was tempted to have the statues coup d'etat the grogs

really

but im weak

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It seems fiendishly demonic to do so.

Dušan of Criamon: i am asking because i was never in a combat

Guy of Bonisagus: it needs air to carry it, so it cant be carried, so it turns covenants into vacuums

Dušan of Criamon: i don't know if default is downed or dead status

or is it according to wounds

johns (GM): Our Houserule is that when a Grog or Mook has a total of 10 wound/fatigue penalty, they are downed

Incapacitated

Fiorella the Raven: If you want to write up 5 new grogs that's up to you

johns (GM): I don't

lol

Dušan of Criamon: I'll make a couple anyway

Guy of Bonisagus: coup d'etat huh johns

Dušan of Criamon: i hope!!!

Guy of Bonisagus: is that what thats called??

johns (GM): coup de grace

Guy of Bonisagus: you sure about that??

johns (GM): im tired.

bitch.

Dušan of Criamon: it's been a rough week and htere's at least two more rough weeks ahead of me

johns, you orchestrated the highlight of my week

props

everyone else, gg on an excellent time

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gg

johns (GM): one quick thing

Guy of Bonisagus: gg

Fiorella the Raven: I think honestly you could demand a route check when the leader of the grogs is downed

Archibald of Guernicus: we did it

johns (GM): should we do 1353 next or skip a year

we've had 5 sessions in 1352

i have no pref either way

Rosario of Flambeau: skip a year imo

Dušan of Criamon: i though 3 hours ago "maybe I'll call it early this time again" but i'm incredibly glad I stuck around, and at every turn it was amazing

Fiorella the Raven: No pref

Rosario of Flambeau: rosario needs to get back to grinding magic theory

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we were gonna meet with Tethys, so that'll be our big 1353 event I imagine.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Let's have a special Christmas adventure that lasts until actual Christmas.

johns (GM): do you have a way to find her?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: has anyone read tethys's book

johns (GM): you have an A/C to her lab but not her

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we have a letter penned by her

Dušan of Criamon: alright

johns (GM): oh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: or dictated by her

Dušan of Criamon: 2:30am

johns (GM): how long do those last as A/C?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We don't need an Arcane Connection to find people.

Archibald of Guernicus: That would be insanely illegal of course

Dušan of Criamon: thank you all, good night

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We can just ask Lavinia.

Rosario of Flambeau: good night moe

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: she's missing

Guy of Bonisagus: lets loot her lab

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i assume if tethys didn't want to be followed she dispelled the AC or allowed it to lapse before sending it

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm curious about the results of the cult of mercury stuff I found but that can wait till later, youre tired

johns (GM): i might as well just tell you now then

she's an anchoress in a nunnery

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Time to destroy a nunnery.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Weeks Lesser enchanted device, an item designed and made by the target, for example a letter composed and written by the target. An item designed by one person and made by another is an Arcane Connection lasting for days, to the person who made it.

johns (GM): What is an anchoress you may ask?

That is a nun who is literally walled up into their cell with only a hole for food

Archibald of Guernicus: its an anchor but a chick

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: She sits on a wheel.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: oh no, not a wall

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sounds bad

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: There is nothing to be done.

johns (GM): I mean if you want to blow up a nunnery

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald opens the wall like a door HELLO TETHYS HOWS IT GOING

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: We simply must slaughter an entire nunnery to protect the Order of Hermes.

johns (GM): Karmic balance for defeating an infernal False God is killing a bunch of nuns. I buy it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: It is what Tytalus would have wanted.

oh

Fiorella the Raven: Fiorella will become a nun if she's ever forced into retirement

Nonlethally

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is probably a good reason for gulielmus to shutter his potion shop

Guy of Bonisagus: the infernal false god with 15 might

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: It's a class of demons.

Or "order".

Archibald of Guernicus: oh yeah johns has to post the colossus' statblock now

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Or whatever.

Guy of Bonisagus: gulielmus boldly keeping his potion shop open for over 10 years without anything available for purchase

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my potions are too strong for the citizens of rome

johns (GM): 25 might

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are our teleporters going to go interrogate poor tethys

johns (GM): the preatorians were 24. the snakes were 10. the statue was 12 because it was incomplete.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what was the swamp thing about

johns (GM): the crown is an A/C to the spirit of Nero. if it were added to the colossus, the mights of the colossus and Nero would have merged into one being.

that was the cult trying to find the crown.

I will put a writeup of the whole thing including background info

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you brought it up when i asked about the infernal aura ritual

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: HMmmmmmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: indirectly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: So you can put your soul into an object, eh?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Infernally.

we have the texts for it!

johns (GM): yes. you have a How To book about it in your library.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I'm rubbing my chin thoughtfully.

johns (GM): its basically Proclus' Hermetic Architecture, but powered by Souls instead of Vis.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Hey, I have a soul!

johns (GM): If you kill yourself then you can be bound to a building.

or statue, or w/e

Archibald of Guernicus: Really, a plan with no drawbacks

johns (GM): This was adapted with some major changes from Thrice Told Tales

we actually only have 1 adventure left from that book and then I can share the whole thing with anyone who wants it

Archibald of Guernicus: what was it originally about? guessing not nero

Guy of Bonisagus: too late. im already taking it

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Wait, what were the other adventures?

There was the swamp and this one.

Guy of Bonisagus: and looking at the last adventure

johns (GM): it was about Nero and the Colossus, though originally it involved the Cult of Mithras, and the PCs were guided around by divine visions and bullshit, and had to explore a covenant that was full of infernal ghosts and dogs

Guy of Bonisagus: cult of mithras

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Gasp!

Guy of Bonisagus: ohh

johns (GM): the swamp was me adapting something entirely different

Guy of Bonisagus: mm

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ghosts!

No, I mean the swamp adventure I ran three times.

johns (GM): there was another very similar story in another adventure book

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Yeah I saw it.

johns (GM): about an infernal engineer who is trying to raise an infernal temple in a swamp

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: What a new idea!

johns (GM): lol.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Thank you genius Ars Magica adventure authors.

johns (GM): the other adventures are the ones about Fabius

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ah.

Fiorella the Raven: Swamps are full of good shit

Can't blame more than one perosn for trying

Archibald of Guernicus: rip fabius

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whats fabius have to do with it

johns (GM): The story about Fabius, the story about Galafre, and the last one is.... The Spider War

Which has not been concluded.

Fiorella the Raven: Oh hey

Rosario of Flambeau: Oooh.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, i see

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I like the one where Demons escape from a huge pit in the middle of a village that ALSO starts with a desecrated church in a swamp.

johns (GM): i think you'll get a blast of seeing how far we veered off the writers' expectations every time lol.

Archibald of Guernicus: i will

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Can we agree to a future ban on spooky swamp temples of all religions?

Archibald of Guernicus: I've ran a premade adventure before and it actually seemed to go fine, but that was pathfinder and I think the railroad tends to be more obvious there

rather than ars where we just genuinely do what we think is best and break everything

Shauncat: If there's demon swamp temples covering Mythic Europe then its not fair to say they're not there just because WE'RE bored of them

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's go to mesopotamia and uncover a spooky swamp mosque

Rosario of Flambeau: I feel like i might be retarded trying to prep original scenarios for that pathfinder game.

Archibald of Guernicus: johns whats the mythic africa book, and does it have stuff on carthage

johns (GM): there's a couple

there's Lands of the Nile about Egypt

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: there's one on north africa and one on egypt in particular

Endrite: You could try a swamp temple filled with goblins.

johns (GM): one about North AFrica which has carthage stuff (+ lots of other cool shit)

Endrite: That's always a good "intro" adventure.

Shauncat: I think the helpful part of Pathfinder adventures is that they give you a reason to go to every prepped dungoen

johns (GM): and an old edition book about Prestor John's kingdom south of the Sahara

Guy of Bonisagus: the fabius adventure, where the writers expect that you wont personally prosecute and sentence a man to death for being Incredibly Pious

johns (GM): the Northwest Africa book is "Between Sand & Sea", do you need a copy?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are we telling the order about the blight sequence

Shauncat: Sure

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Where will you say you found it?

Archibald of Guernicus: Might not, I promised to run an adventure to Troy sometime and I'd been putting it off because of my own campaign I run, but I should start properly prepping that

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I don't think we should get Tethys marched.

Rosario of Flambeau: the current intro adventure is that your band of adventurers is tasked with investigating why a salt mine isnt producing and shipping salt to the cities.

johns (GM): No more spooky swamp stories??? But....

Rosario of Flambeau: so it might involve goblins.

Archibald of Guernicus: and if you're retracing Aenaes' steps backwards, that means spending time at Carthage

Rosario of Flambeau: who knows.

johns (GM) sighs and throws out Ars Frisia crossover

Archibald of Guernicus: PF modules, the adventure paths at least, vary in quality but theres some cool ones

fleshwit started running the first and possibly best one and its been really good

Rosario of Flambeau: cool

Endrite: A political cartoon with the devil burning a pile of manuscripts labeled "Spooky Swamp Adventures" in front of a crying man labelled "Hard-Working Adventure Writers."

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Shauncat: The Ars Frisia crossover is finding dead magi and Conciatta's infernal ghost

That'd be in Iberia though

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh yeah, theres a bunch of adventures in the Legends of Hermes book

only one I've read through is the Conciatta one since i ran it

Shauncat: The source material in Ars for Mythic Frisia isn't great, all it talks about is pirates.

Maybe earlier editions have better stuff

Rosario of Flambeau: the Strabo/Garden one was from Legends of Hermes but i cut out most of the intro and we ended up heavily expanding the tail end

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the legends of hermes stuff is almost the kind of stuff you have to build your saga around isnt it

like theres the vis growing thing, or the series of adventures where you end up learning Permanent spell duration and forging items without spending vis

Archibald of Guernicus: theres one about a tremere but it seemed Gay

Shauncat: The focus in Ars Frisia has mostly become globetrotting ta this point due to being able to walk acually into Harco

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: Ah, time to burn all that research.

Rosario of Flambeau: yeah, i ended up having Strabo fuck up the garden because reading the mechanics for vis growing really annoyed me and it seemed like a huge waste of time and distraction.

Shauncat: casually

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

johns (GM): Globetrotting ftw

meeting all the cool 13th century cameos

Rosario of Flambeau: that sounds fun

Shauncat: They met the legendary XXX of Verditius

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: how does each individual blight proceed, again

Mortis ex Verditus, the Giant Slayer: I live for this shit.

Archibald of Guernicus: what if you played as wizards in Rome during the death of the republic and the rise of the empire

johns (GM): there are a couple cool irl mystics in the 14th century who fit the stuff in ROP:The Divine perfectly. dunno how to work them into the saga

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does vis rot come first?

johns (GM): yeah

the rules are on the wiki

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ah

im wondering about the specific sequence of events though

Endrite: Ok, see you guys later.

Shauncat: Bye

devil's fav demon: see you

i think the sequence is on the wiki as well isnt it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: maybe implicitly