6/4/17

dys (GM): Did Johns push the start time forward permanently?

Endrite (GM): I don't know.

He did today though.

johns (GM): sorry

i wanted to go for a run

Shauncat: Hi

johns (GM): then watch the simpsons

so we'll start in 45 min

Endrite (GM): B'oh.

johns (GM): theres a couple things you might wanna discuss in the mean time

like

a) what to do about lavinia's letter

b) what are we doing about the poisoned field

c) when are we going to attack the saracen pirate

Shauncat: Kifaaya married the pirate and that's why she left

johns (GM): good gig if you can get it

dys (GM) licks lips at the prospect of killing a former PC potentially

johns (GM): 2 npcs! dont forget prudenzio

dys (GM): And Bonfilia, too. There's a lot to get done.

Shauncat: Yeah, that's another good hook

dys (GM): Hm. And malach, why not.

johns (GM): i got a proposal

since so many of the magi go rogue

let's have a vault of arcane connections to them that only venator can open, in case of Evilness

Shauncat: I'm sure Archibald can arrange a nice stone vault for him that no one can open

Endrite (GM): Who trusts Venator?

dys (GM): Yeah lemme just give an arcane connection to a necromancer.

johns (GM): i trust him

what's he done to not get our trust

dys (GM): Alright! Now that Venator can cast anything he wishes on us, at any distance he chooses, finally we are all safe.

Shauncat: Kifaaya sheds cat hair so she has reason to behave herself around the Order

Endrite (GM): He keeps allowing insane people to join the covenant.

dys (GM): That's true.

johns (GM): Well, you're also partially to blame for not telling him these people are insane

Endrite (GM): Arcane Connections are used by many different kinds of magicians, not just the Order of Hermes.

dys (GM): In fact, arguably he's been recruiting increasingly deranged people

There was an initial group of magi who showed up, and to bring them down he's been searching far and wide for the biggest psychopaths mythic europe has to offer

johns (GM): i admit

it is getting a bit hard to rationalize how terrible you all keep being

dys (GM): At this point it's quite probable that he has a deal in place to recruit "problem child" apprentices who finish their gauntlet

Shauncat: To be fair,, Vardian's Tomb sounds like a bunch of crazies in the lore too

Endrite (GM): That was a hundred years ago.

dys (GM): I'm not terrible.

Endrite (GM): Also they're the only covenant who aren't secretly Satanists, because they're open Satanists.

dys (GM): Zita spends 2 seasons a year in constant service to the Order of Hermes, and all she asks in return is they overlook a few acts of petty theft.

And Archibald is the law

johns (GM): Proclus isn't evil I think

Aristocritus seems pretty cool

Endrite (GM): He's really awful at it.

johns (GM): Lavinia is a paragon of virtue, ofc

Endrite (GM): He's very laid back.

Almost terminally so, in fact.

dys (GM): Well thats how wizard law usually works. You wait until tribunal to prosecute.

johns (GM): why rely on tribunal

I'd think working together to inflict justice would be a good team building exercise

Endrite (GM): I mean, the Tribunal is just a bunch of other wizards.

dys (GM): Well, moreso than that, for a while I was new and didn't want to play a character who joins and ruins everyone elses fun.

And when I did take a stand against blatant evil, the jeers fromthe crowd were deafening

No Archibald, don't harvest blood from the tremere. He needs it for his blood rituals.

johns (GM): let's split into two factions

evil and non evil

dys (GM): as it turns out you cant elect a champion to fight certamen on your behalf, though

if challenged and you go 'no this guy will do it for me' you concede then and there

johns (GM): really?

where's it say that

dys (GM): Well it says if challenged you must accept the challenge, and refusal counts as a loss.

There's absolutely nothing about being able to elect a champion to fight for you

It'd be a gentleman's agreement if you did so. Legally, you were challenged, and if you don't fight then you surrendered and lost.

Shauncat (GM): I don't see any reason Tremere would want champions to be allowable

dys (GM): Well, I do. It means Tremere's can side with whoever they want to win and influence events this way.

Endrite (GM): The law is a joke.

dys (GM): House Tremere convincing the order to settle disputes by a game that they invented and have unique mastery of is horrifying

johns (GM): AGreed. Let's set up a binding internal code for our covenant, that we accept champions in our certamen

Endrite (GM): It's better than what Flambeau wanted, which was to settle disputes by combat.

dys (GM): Get this: Flambeau was right

Shauncat (GM): We could make the code law at Tribunal

dys (GM): Mechanical cat places its paw on your hand. It's time to stop writing laws.

johns (GM): whoa i just found this googling about zannone island

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/travel/italy-zannone-orgy-isle/index.html

Shauncat (GM): Let's move the covenant there

Shauncat (GM) starts inventing a Conjuring the Mystic Tower for sex palaces

dys (GM): im looking for adventure xp and these recaps are great

Proclus goes missing after meeting his former beloved. The other magi investigate the Farnese castle in an inept manner and come to suspect Hannelore of supernatural wrongdoing.

Endrite (GM): It was SHOCKINGLY inept.

dys (GM): The session that gave Johns severe depression

Endrite (GM): Like, why did Malachiasz keep murdering people?

What was the point of that?

Shauncat (GM): My favorite part was going into Twilight doing a completely unnecessary spont that wouldn't have worked better than a formula I knew

dys (GM): What happened to the PC who kept commiting acts of petty violence? he was destroyed!

Shauncat (GM): Turns out Magi of Hermes has bats and they indeed work the damn same as cats as far as Ars cares

dys (GM): what was the adventure xp for: the magical house assault, and the prudenzio betrayal

Endrite (GM): 9XP

Then 7, I believe.

johns (GM): is beardbeard the new prinny

Endrite (GM): MMmmmaybe.

What year is it?

dys (GM): 1335 I believe

Spring 1335

Endrite (GM): Yikes.

Shauncat (GM): Gave me time for new magi to build his lab

dys (GM): Hm. If you have enough lab activity to invent multiple spells, but one has a requisite, do they all need the same requisite?

Shauncat (GM): That's how I interpreted it on Kifaaya, that's why I learned the spider spells when learning to turn into a camel

dys (GM): Well I'm stumped at what else MuTe (Re) can cover thats also level 5.

Shauncat (GM): An unseen arm that reduces the target a size level

dys (GM): im going to just do a level 5 MuTe spell. is this alright, johns and endrite

Endrite (GM): Wait we skipped forward 3 years?

Yes they do, Dys.

dys (GM): our last adventure was autumn 1335

er

1333

johns (GM): ok by me

dys (GM): so 1334 is the only year being skipped

johns (GM): in the year 1334 uhhh

Beardbeard (GM): arse badgay poo

Shauncat (GM): That's the title of the game, what about it?

dys (GM): Alright, I made a MuTe (Re) effect after all

Beardbeard: johns did my investigation of the staff yield anything

dys (GM): A spell to turn dirt into sand, and throw it into someones eyes

johns (GM): i forgot to think of what its effects are

oh

Shauncat (GM): Does it use an aiming roll so you don't have to penetrate MR with your sand?

johns (GM): whoever touches it gets leprosy

aristide is now a leper

Endrite (GM): If you turn dirt into sand with MuTe then it is resisted by MR.

Beardbeard: damn. alright venator, here you go

thatd make it a powerful weapon

Endrite (GM): Would it?

Beardbeard: pretend to be a blind man feeling around and tapping people in the city

Shauncat (GM): If you drop a boulder on someone and release the effect before the boulder hits its not resisted by MR but you need Perception + Finesse to not miss

dys (GM): It doesn't have an aiming roll, as it's based off of Crystal Dart

Giraldo of Milan: oh yeah what is archibalds verdict on my request for the infernal lore book

Shauncat (GM): You're supposed to be rolling that with stuf like Pit of the Gaping earth too

dys (GM): It's in fact just crystal dart but with a level 2 base instead of a level 3 base effect

Shauncat (GM): Pit of the Gaping Earth gives like a -10 to the defense roll for being so huge, however

c'thinker (GM): yo

johns (GM): oh nice

I was hoping aristocritus would show up

dys (GM): You can read the infernal lore book if you submit to having an arcane connection kept of you, in case you are an undercover infernalist. The covenant has enough psychopaths.

johns (GM): so we can get some decisions made

c'thinker (GM): i'm here but gimme a few minutes

Giraldo of Milan: im always hoping the archon is here

when the archons not here im thinking, wheres the archon

Endrite (GM): Proclus has no opinion about the letter Lavinia got.

Giraldo of Milan: alright, Giraldo submits a blood sample to Archibald's growing collection

dys (GM): It's asking us to meddle, it really depends how much we think we can get out of these people. The fields are probably a better and more urgent use of our time.

Giraldo of Milan: also giraldos going on whatever adventure happens

hes been reading books for too long

and is running out of ones that are useful

on the positive side i think things are almost ready for Sir Doak to be made

oh wait i already had bronze to Damascus Steel

what else did lavinia need johns

Shauncat (GM): I will reread Lavinia's letter

johns (GM): im a little worried that the big infernal mean guy got away and could cause trouble if the two vicars keep squabbling

just steel I think, but it's a matter of turning a human sized statue into steel

Giraldo of Milan: hm

i dont know if formulae have magnitudes or anything

Jørn of Merinita: I could turn a statue into steel if you give me a season to invent a reagent

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "We obviously do not want to meddle in mundane affairs-- we all value the code-- but the forces that slew our beloved comrade Ferris still roam free.."

Giraldo of Milan: back off buddy i already got the formula made

Jørn of Merinita: Reagents have Potency

Improving the potency of stone is 3

Giraldo of Milan: you think your hermetic garbage is better than good old fashioned mythic alchemy??

dys (GM): Jorn lmao

Jørn of Merinita: I cry out for magic, I feel it dancing in the light

Giraldo of Milan: is jorn the new kafaaya

Lavinia of Jerbiton: jome

Archibald of Guernicus: JOme Ex Misc

Jørn of Merinita: Yes

Proclus of Rome: "Have you not been able to find the culprit, Lavinia? I thought divination was your specialty.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The nature of devils being deceit, it is hard to tell how reliable the forecasts are."

Giraldo of Milan: oh right for actually getting the statue made i have another formula for preparing the metal

so we can get a higher quality sir doak base

c'thinker (GM): got some cereal (anachronism) and leaf water (anachronism)

Proclus of Rome: "Hmm, I recommend you continue your inquiries, in that case. After all, there is no pressing matter to attend to and it is quite a journey."

Jørn of Merinita: I can help with the statue

Lavinia of Jerbiton: mmm leaf water

Giraldo of Milan: lets make monks hood leaf water and serve it to lavinia

Proclus of Rome: Rolling Aging.

Jørn of Merinita: I have Craft: STonemason

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! -4

(

2

)

-4

=

-2

Aristocritus Bonisagi: can you believe trees just throw these things into puddles

Proclus of Rome: Breddy gud.

Jørn of Merinita: And Rock of Viscid Clay

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I will report if I learn anything pressing, Proclus."

Giraldo of Milan: i dont think craft (stonemason) is very usefulf or making a bronze statue

Jørn of Merinita: Okay

Giraldo of Milan: neither is rock of viscid clay

Proclus of Rome: Rolling Aging again.

rolling 1d10! - 4

(

2

)

-4

=

-2

Giraldo of Milan: im sorry shaun. that was rude

Jørn of Merinita: It's the truth

Giraldo of Milan: you can make sir soak

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You look so young Proclus. I'm glad you're keeping your humors in balance."

Jørn of Merinita: I have Metalsmith but at a lower level

Giraldo of Milan: he will be sir doaks somewhat retarded brother

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, ye'd hardly think ye were" I squint "40?"

Proclus of Rome: If only everyone could be so fortunate as to have a personal physician.

johns (GM): If only!

So, we're tabling the Vicars' issue for now

Giraldo of Milan: is aging made at the beginning or end of the year

johns (GM): End

Giraldo of Milan: actually giraldo has strong faerie blood so i dont think he bothers

until 50?

johns (GM): Yeah

It's a great virtue

Jørn of Merinita returns to his lab forelornly to make statues of Dvergar instead

johns (GM): Next question-- what's up with the poisoned fields? It's got a magic aura, mining potential, and lots of weird supernatural things floating about

Archibald of Guernicus: In the new aging rules, having strong fairy blood is incredibly good.

Er, the new longevity ritual rules, where it was severely nerfed.

Giraldo of Milan: wow. just realized this magus is nordic and hes not even one of the cool pagan nord wizards

that are outlawed

and actively hunted

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's outlaw and hunt him anyway

Proclus of Rome: We should hire an army of mercenaries to help us subdue all the weirdos.

I mean the other weirdos.

johns (GM): there's two sets of pagan nord wizards

Archibald of Guernicus: "The fields are a problem we must finally deal with, sodales."

Giraldo of Milan: harsh, but  glances at house  more than fair

johns (GM): the viktir who are well intentioned fans of odin

and the muspelli who are goddamn psychos

Giraldo of Milan: i think viktir are hunted too

its the rune hedge wizards

johns (GM): yeah

Giraldo of Milan: that can make someone into a wizard, in theory, if they stab them with a spear and leave them hang for a couple weeks

Archibald of Guernicus: "There is nae question that our meddling in the area, most notably that of our former sodales, is responsible for this."

johns (GM): they get a real bad rap cause there's people who like using the "Order of Odin" as a scapegoat

Jørn of Merinita: Jorn didn't grow up with pagans anyway, he was raised by Dvergar

Archibald of Guernicus: "Given that the arsenic can fetch us money to keep our covenant afloat, and it being situated on so potent a magic aura, we should secure it for ourselves."

Giraldo of Milan: thats good. the righteous, god fearing dvergar raised jorn right

Proclus of Rome: Do you earn exposure XP when you study a lab text?

Giraldo of Milan: much better than those godless heathens in the north

johns (GM): yeah

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

johns (GM): basically you hsould get XP every season

Jørn of Merinita: Well, there's pagan gods where he lived but they aren't worshipped, they're just objective reality

Aristide of Tremere: While Aristide is in a state of flux based on whether or not his staff research succeeds and whether or not he is blown up in the process, he hands out more honey and cloths if people want to go back to the fields.

johns (GM): basically if you can deal with the faeries you can make use of the fields

Proclus of Rome: Also if you can deal with the arsenic.

Giraldo of Milan: Giraldo thinks about notable qualities of winter faeries.

rolling 1d10+8

(

3

)

+8

=

11

Proclus of Rome: Frisians love them.

Giraldo of Milan: did library access give bonuses to that

if so add whatever that is

johns (GM): Well, they tend to come around in winter, and play into stories about changings of the season

Archibald of Guernicus: We should wipe out the Frisians, thus canonically preventing Ronnie from existing.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The fields must be dealt with eventually. But it would be folly to charge in against a powerful faerie unprepared."

let's wipe out everyone except the frisians

Jørn of Merinita:

rolling 12+d10 Faerie Lore

12+

(

10

)

=

22

Giraldo of Milan: lerts kill jorn

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you gonna explode that

Giraldo of Milan: giraldo jealously guards his alchemy lab/covenant toolshed and the secrets within from this new invader

Jørn of Merinita: It doesn't seem like a stressful situation but if Giraldo is trying to kill me I guess it is

Archibald of Guernicus: "On that front, I have been researching and perfecting some spells of note to deal with the fae. A perdo vim effect, stripping away its very essence. On a powerful fae this will only weaken it, not destroy its precious vis, but it will make it easier for our spells to affect it."

Jørn of Merinita:

rolling d10

(

6

)

=

6

Proclus of Rome: "Faeries can't stand the taste of cold steel, we should just kill them all."

johns (GM): Okay, so the basic deal is that some faeries like to change their role a bunch, so unlocking the winter faeries means the local pixies/some other stuff can turn into winter faeries when appropriate and into pixies when its summers

The silver lady's story is more established so its not in her interest to change roles

Jørn of Merinita: "Ah, cognizance."

Giraldo of Milan: "Mm. Fairy expert, huh?"

johns (GM): The old Hag you unleashed is likewise just defined by being a jerk so doesn't change roles

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Cold steel is in short supply around here these days."

Giraldo of Milan: hm

i wonder if i could make a formula to make metal into cold steel

Jørn of Merinita: "The mysteries of Merinita explore the fay, aye."

Giraldo of Milan: that might be useful

Proclus of Rome: "There are plenty of mercenary companies."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: isn't Cold Iron a d&d invention

Giraldo of Milan: oh cold iron thats right

johns (GM): Cold Steel

Proclus of Rome: I'm sure the Company of the Dove is looking for work.

I mean stabbing them to death with swords.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: same

johns (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQiaurIiDM

Aristocritus Bonisagi: but let's not overlook spears, axes, etc

Archibald of Guernicus: My seasons are half-finished, I'll post my 1333 seasons while I finish my 1334 ones.

Giraldo of Milan: what about slashing them to death with greatswords

Proclus of Rome: Great plan.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: crossbows are cheap, right

johns (GM): yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: easy.

johns (GM): genoa has the best crossbowmen in the world

Archibald of Guernicus: "Mercenaries are a good start. Don't we have more grogs? We've had over a bloody year to get new ones."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: quantity has a quality all to its own - iosif of flambeau

johns (GM): youve got a few fighting grogs

Jørn of Merinita: What are the known facts about the Company of the Dove if I make one as a grog?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's mass untrained crossbowmen and drive everyone insane by rolling 100 dice per round

johns (GM): Napolitano, Tunde, Tanolfi, Ombra

Aristocritus Bonisagi bangs gavel

Giraldo of Milan: dont forget jorn

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's draft giancarlo into the turb.

Proclus of Rome: The Company of the Dove are a Free Company, so it wouldn't make sense to have one as a grog.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Giancarlo"

Proclus of Rome: He'd have to quit.

Jørn of Merinita: Oh

If it's just a bunch of NPCs we have have do a job, that works then

Proclus of Rome: Mercenary companies really blow up in Italy in about 4 years.

johns (GM): alright

it'll cost a bit but sure

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we're pretty low on money aren't we

Proclus of Rome: We're REALLY low on money.

Jørn of Merinita: Let's get some money

johns (GM): oh

yeah we're about to go broke

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's turn rome into a ghibelline city

johns (GM): let me update the sheet

Archibald of Guernicus: If only we had some sort of arsenic to sell.

Proclus of Rome: My idea is to just have some really heavy backup so we don't have to turn tail and run when some fairy with a knife shows up.

johns (GM): right

we're going to go bankrupt this year

unless we sell some vis

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll sell Lavinia into slavery before I sell a pawn of vis

Proclus of Rome: ILLEGAL

johns (GM): you can't sell lavinia into slavery. she's a christian.

Proclus of Rome: Christians can't be slaves!

johns (GM): the only valid slaves here are pagans and muslims.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: and Hell, id do it after selling a pawn of vis too

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm. And Kifaaya is leaving, too

Jørn of Merinita: I'll use Touch of Midas to make some jewelry if I can get a scrivener to make new some notes of ownership of the jewelry Then we can sell the notes.

Proclus of Rome: Say, isn't Archibald a pagan?

Oh smart, just use magic to create wealth.

This can't backfire.

Archibald of Guernicus: It cannot.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well, what does our resident wizard cop think

Jørn of Merinita: It will but being poor backfires sooner.

(From Proclus of Rome): If anyone tries to create wealth with magic I have a good adventure I can adapt.

Giraldo of Milan: how much longer until venator/aristides necromancer artifact research causes the black death

Proclus of Rome: The what?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The code permits a certain amount of magically created wealth per magus per year, does it not?"

Jørn of Merinita: Anyway now that I know that you take that rule about creating wealth seriously I don't have to waste a season learning Touch of Midas

Giraldo of Milan: oh, fall 1347

Aristocritus Bonisagi: does it actually. i'm pretty sure that's an optional rule

johns (GM): dont expect me to stick to exact history here

Giraldo of Milan: i expect you to johns

johns (GM): what I got is better than history

Proclus of Rome: Aliens!

Giraldo of Milan: once we skip or delay the black death, whats next? selling potatoes in the markets of rome???

johns (GM): uhhh, no

johns (GM) crumples up paper and throws it out

Jørn of Merinita: The timelines are already split anyway. It's too late for John Titor to save us

johns (GM): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q_NeiFfQU-Ag-zhETS7XuQuApeLysf0lbKAab8__3qs/edit#gid=2127815149

Currently Perdo vis is selling at a premium

if we sell a couple pawns we can cover our expenses for the next few years

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's start charging an admission fee to see the bonisagus hole

Giraldo of Milan: what if we sell some grogs

how much does a slave go for these days

Proclus of Rome: They're pretty much all Christians.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: our turb captain is a Cathar

it's legal to sell him

Giraldo of Milan: the archon is prostituting himself, dark times for vardians tomb

Jørn of Merinita: Let's build a teleporter to Durenmar and charge people to use it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Plus we don't even have a turb.

johns (GM): according to city & build you can buy a slave for 1 mythic pound

city & guild

Proclus of Rome: Oh sure, let me just get on learning that level 75 spell jealously guarded by House Mercere.

Giraldo of Milan: thats strange, jorn. i dont think people would pay too much for a device that makes you walk really fast to durenmar

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's a really good slave though

Jørn of Merinita: Yes

Let's steal Mercere's secrets

Giraldo of Milan: we have the perfect person for the job

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's promise zita that we'll use the gift-creation ritual

easy

Giraldo of Milan: lets promise zita a lot of money

Archibald of Guernicus: img-redcap-rubbing-hands

Giraldo of Milan: a lot of magically created money, arguably breaking a law

Aristocritus Bonisagi: zita, age 80: Finally I can learn magic.

Archibald of Guernicus: She isn't interested in wealth. She's just a kleptomaniac.

Giraldo of Milan: lets promise zita we wont look if she walks into venators lab

Archibald of Guernicus: That's fine as she's unaging and will be just as smart at 80 as now.

Proclus of Rome: She mostly just steals the silverware.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: until she keels over dead

Archibald of Guernicus: Well yes, but there's ways to slow down decrepitude building up. Mythic alchemy can, I believe.

Proclus of Rome: Anyway, we might be able to find some money lying around in today's adventure.

Archibald of Guernicus: So you wont live forever but you can live a really, really long time

Proclus of Rome: Did you know: the Order of Mercury had a spell that removes all your Aging Points.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: What the

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh that's something to spend my seasons on sometime. I should start turning their spells into real ones.

I want to chat with Mercury

Proclus of Rome: Oh just 5.

(From Proclus of Rome): If anyone looks for the Aegis of the Hearth book they won't find it, I gave it to Klybutes at some point in the last two years.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Wasn't the monastery at Zannone supposed to be full of treasure?"

johns (GM): Hey fancy that

Proclus of Rome: "But would it belong to us?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Does co-operating with another magus make it easier to convert ancient mercurian spells into real ones

johns (GM): Do we have a loremaster in the house?

Proclus of Rome: What kind of lore?

johns (GM): area lore

Aristocritus Bonisagi: are we supposed to roll int or perception for lore

Proclus of Rome: I'm an expert on Roman Lore.

rolling 1d10 + 7 + 2

(

1

)

+7+2

=

10

johns (GM): smooth move exlax

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the book says perception but i've been rolling int

Jørn of Merinita: That's canon law if it's from a monastery, right?

Proclus of Rome: It would be Church Lore.

Jørn of Merinita: Okay

Proclus of Rome: Canon Law is about exactly that.

Canon Law.

So you'd use it in the unlikely event that there is a trial or legal dispute.

johns (GM): how old is Ildebrando now

Archibald of Guernicus: He died 2 years ago and no-one noticed.

Proclus of Rome: Probably pretty old.

Jørn of Merinita: Let's steal it and then lawyer up

johns (GM): alright loredump time

Proclus of Rome: 58.

Ildebrando: "I heard the monks were rich. They sold leatherwork you know. Fine crafts."

Proclus of Rome: "Wouldn't the pirates have plundered it by now?"

Ildebrando: "Then that pirate came in and put the place to the sword! A terrible tragedy. Only one survivor, apparently. A miracle by St. Sylvester himself for sure."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Perhaps we can deal with this pirate, thus obtaining money."

"A foolproof plan."

Proclus of Rome: "Nonsense, he's a pirate."

Ildebrando: "Oh, certainly. I hear there's a few who've put a bounty on his head."

Giraldo of Milan: "If he's a good pirate, he'll have a lot of money."

"And if we killed him, we would get the money and be considered lawgivers."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, I meant kill him."

Jørn of Merinita: "Collecting a bounty would not be a major interference in the mundane economy."

Giraldo of Milan: "Oh right, pirates have bounties too."

Jørn of Merinita: "At any rate, if this monastery was a place of rich monks, I would like to study its architecture."

Ildebrando: "Only Father Guthrie survived that pirate's wrath and it took a saint to do it. What can you do?"

Proclus of Rome: "If pirates sacked it then there isn't much left to study."

Ildebrando: "I hear they missed the real treasure though."

Archibald of Guernicus: "That said, we should make plans for dealing with the fields soon enough. We have a merinita once more in our midst, knowledge of the fae will be especially useful."

Proclus of Rome: "Naturally, they're still Muslims."

Jørn of Merinita: "Would they have taken it apart brick by brick? Interesting pirates, then."

Proclus of Rome: "They would have burnt it down."

Giraldo of Milan: "The monks had faith, we have swords. I think we're a bit better equipped for pirates."

Jørn of Merinita: "A wooden monastery? Pathetic."

Proclus of Rome: "They repulsed us the last time we visited."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, they have a bound djinn that assaults all who come near."

"He'll be the first obstacle."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We're prepared to deal with a spirit this time."

Proclus of Rome: "He only attacked people travelling to the secret pirate hideout."

Ildebrando: are you planning to go straight to the pirate now

Proclus of Rome: "He showed no interest in us just sailing around."

"We should probably talk to Father Guthrie."

"I'm sure he'll be easy to find with a name like that."

Jørn of Merinita: A burnt down husk of a monastery doesn't seem very useful.

An already plundered one at that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "If there's any insight to be had about the pirates, he's the one to have it."

there are two islands, one had the monastery and the other is the pirate's lair

Giraldo of Milan: father woody guthrie

Jørn of Merinita: "Oh right, the church man. Yes, let's meet him."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: in a shocking twist, the sole survivor of the attack was sir boak

Giraldo of Milan: that is very shocking, as sir boak is made of wood

Proclus of Rome: "There are actually five islands."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye. We had a plan about approaching from a northern isle to reach their lair, I believe."

Ildebrando: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pontine+Islands/@40.9095666,13.1186515,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x1324f25bad54e805:0xb27e7895d95a3973!8m2!3d42.6734!4d11.7448868

Archibald of Guernicus: "Though it was some years ago, who knows if they still have that thing bound to guard them."

Proclus of Rome: "Zannone is that selfsame island."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "If it comes down to it, I can bind the spirit for some time."

Jørn of Merinita: If there are sahir in Rome to join, that might be where Kifaaya went

Err, Italy

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's a covenant full of hermetic sahirs in north africa, i think

they're weirdos.

Proclus of Rome: Who can say?

Ildebrando: there's a sahir in the court of Hugo di Capocci

Jørn of Merinita: Yeah

Proclus of Rome: Those fucking clowns.

Jørn of Merinita: She's an NPC now, only fate can dictate where she went

Ildebrando: alright

Orsu and Kifiyaa are now in the capocci court

Proclus of Rome: Damn!

Ildebrando: they're having loads of fun without you

Archibald of Guernicus: [wistfully] being an npc sounds great

Aristocritus Bonisagi: they're playing pathfinder in the capocci court

Ildebrando: lol

Father Guthrie is a canon in the Cathedral S Maria de Populo, last you heard

Giraldo of Milan: nihnoz of capocci runs the greatest pathfinder game mythic europe has ever known

Jørn of Merinita: Being an NPC is really good, all your plots and plans come to fruition if they don't interfere with a PC's intentions

Proclus of Rome: I THINK we can probably fine our way there.

Jørn of Merinita: Just stay inside your Schrodinger's box and nothing can go wrong.

Proclus of Rome: It'll be tough.

We're going to have to make our way through more than a mile of urban terrain.

Ildebrando: yeah

Lots of random encounters on the way

Who's going on this adventures

Proclus of Rome: I'll go.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll go

Giraldo of Milan: giraldo go

Proclus of Rome: I don't trust any of these pagans.

Jørn of Merinita: I will go

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "You go and interrogate the man. I'll make the necessary arrangements with our agent."

let's get some dotted lines on this map.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, to meet with the father? I won't go along for that, I'm useless there.

Proclus of Rome: We probably shouldn't go past the Jewish slum.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll go but stand outside at a safe distance, in case my sodales need me

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what if he needs his head cut off

Giraldo of Milan: if only we had a perdo terram specialist to make us a straight path there

Jørn of Merinita: I'll be on team Gentle Gift

Aristocritus Bonisagi: can you believe the jews get an entire bridge to themselves

Jørn of Merinita: Oh

Do you need a tunnel dug?

Proclus of Rome: No.

Jørn of Merinita: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we STILL haven't mapped the catacombs

Jørn of Merinita: Let me know when you're not joking about that.

Giraldo of Milan: aristide can map the catacombs after he figures out the staff and becomes a necromancer

Aristocritus Bonisagi: maybe the catacombs are full of gold and we don't know it

Ildebrando: There's all sorts of cool adventures just WAITING beneath your feet

Giraldo of Milan: what skill would mapping be tied to

just cartography?

johns (GM): artes liberales

Jørn of Merinita: I want to have the underground adventures

Giraldo of Milan: oh ok

johns (GM): cartography is more art than science

exampe: http://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/TabulaRogeriana-650x294.jpg

Giraldo of Milan: science is philosophiae

Proclus of Rome: Hey wait a minute.

Jørn of Merinita: Can I chisel a map with AL as a bonus to the Aesthetic Quality?

johns (GM): yeah but math and geography is artes liberales

Proclus of Rome: This is an English cathedral!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: just underneath your nose, the catacombs are swarming with giancarlo's network of spies

Giraldo of Milan: what if venator is the spy

johns (GM): hmm

by the way speaking of spies

this is Bishop Savelli's cathedral

Giraldo of Milan: uh oh

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what if there's a very powerful angel inside the aegis watching us

Proclus of Rome: There is.

johns (GM): who was in contact with the guy spying on the order of hermes and asked you to check out anzio some time ago

Giraldo of Milan: then wed have a good source of vis

johns (GM): anyway

the bishop isn't here right now but Father Guthrie's around being a canon and all that

Proclus of Rome: Wow our trip to Anzio went so well!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: note to self: buy a bunch of orthodox icons and throw the local dominion aura into schism

Proclus of Rome: "Hello, I am Proclus of Rome."

johns (GM): "Hello Pruclass of Rome"

Jørn of Merinita: Doing a relief of a map of Vardian's Tomb is a good season's project

Father Guthrie: (there are a lot of Father ___ int he character pool now)

"Pax vobiscum" he crosses in front of you

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you."

Jørn of Merinita: "Back at you."

Father Guthrie: "Do you wish to confess?"

Proclus of Rome: "Oh, that's a good idea."

"Yes I do."

Father Guthrie: "Take a seat."

Jørn of Merinita: What's the AQ of the church?

Proclus of Rome: I'll take a seat.

What?

Father Guthrie: The AQ is very good

Jørn of Merinita: Nice

Father Guthrie: A mason with at least 12 ability in Stonemasonry must've designed it

Jørn of Merinita: I'll go take it all in while Procius is confessing.

Father Guthrie: plus the glassworkers etc.

Okay, you take a seat by the apse with Father Guthrie. "Bare your soul."

Proclus of Rome: I'll do so.

"I have had wrathful thoughts towards my fellows."

Father Guthrie: "Oh dear"

"Are you planning to hurt them?"

Proclus of Rome: "No, but I find myself wanting to, more and more."

Father Guthrie: "That IS serious"

"Penance will clear your spirit of its sin."

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you, Father."

Father Guthrie: "Each day, say a prayer to Saint Mary, and wash the feet of those you would harm."

Giraldo of Milan: if i dowsed for blood would it point me towards people

Father Guthrie: "Do not touch metal, lest your thoughts go to wielding swords."

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you, Father."

"I will."

Jørn of Merinita: Dad would love this place, if those huge windows letting sunlight in wouldn't turn him to stone.

Father Guthrie: "Go and you will be absolved"

Proclus of Rome: So, who wants their feet washed?

Jørn of Merinita: And the Dominion didn't repel him immediately

Giraldo of Milan: well, the people who you want to hurt, obviously

(To Proclus of Rome): If this penance seems odd, it is

Proclus of Rome: Jorm.

(To Proclus of Rome): certainly no other priest has asked you to do stuff like this

(From Proclus of Rome): Hmm, let's see.

Giraldo of Milan: I look around the church with my second sight.

rolling 1d10+11

(

3

)

+11

=

14

Proclus of Rome:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+ 5 + 2 Theology

(

4

)

+5+2

=

11

Proclus of Rome: What realm is your Second Sight from?

Jørn of Merinita: Well having another man wash my feet is a bit odd, but if it'll ease the tension between us, fine.

Proclus of Rome: You can take penalties in the wrong aura.

Father Guthrie: it's infernal I thought

Giraldo of Milan: it is

Father Guthrie: lol nice

Unfortunately there's nothing out of the ordinary here

Giraldo of Milan: would i get bonuses in infernal aura

Father Guthrie: Yeah

Proclus of Rome: Just the blinding light of God, as per usual.

Giraldo of Milan: nice

Father Guthrie: You get + the aura in infernal, and -5 times the aura in dominion

Jørn of Merinita: The blinding light of god fucking SUCKS!

Father Guthrie: its pretty bright

Jørn of Merinita: It's keeping out all the cool dwarves

Proclus of Rome: "Father Guthrie, we have also come to ask you about what happened on the island of Zannone when you were attacked by pirates."

Father Guthrie: "O-- oh??" He is startled.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: beavis of merinita

Jørn of Merinita: Ah, story time

Father Guthrie: "You wish to hear that terrible story?"

Jørn of Merinita returns to hear this tragic tale

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, we have clashed with those terrible pirates before, our hearts are ready."

Father Guthrie: "My poor brothers! Oh, woe!"

"I should have perished with them... But fate had another course for me that day."

"The pirates came with fire and steel and slaughtered all in their path! I alone was not in the monastery and saved from their villainy."

Proclus of Rome: "I have heard it was a miracle."

Jørn of Merinita: Oh, Christianity has already settled in Norway by the 11th century, so I don't have to take the Pagan flaw

Proclus of Rome: You can still do it if you want.

Jørn of Merinita: Yeah

Proclus of Rome: Since you're a damn dirty dwarf.

Father Guthrie: "Some say.. I can't speak for the saints."

"I took my fallen brothers and gave them burial as best I could."

"They died piously. Perhaps that is the only reason the pirates did not steal everything."

Jørn of Merinita: I don't have any particular desire to flaunt my dwarfishness around the mundanes though.

Father Guthrie: "I then found a fishing boat to take me back to Naples."

"I thank the Lord that I have lived every day."

Proclus of Rome: "It is truly a miracle that a fishing boat would have been able to slip past the pirate fleet."

Father Guthrie: He bows his head and smiles but says nothing.

Giraldo of Milan: i want to folk ken him

Proclus of Rome: Do that on your own time.

Yuck.

Giraldo of Milan: what the

Jørn of Merinita: "If they don't fish they won't have the food to rebuild. If they don't rebuild, the raiders can't come back to pillage them again."

Father Guthrie:

rolling 1d10+10

(

6

)

+10

=

16

(To Giraldo of Milan): roll per + ken

Archibald of Guernicus: brb

Giraldo of Milan:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+11

(

4

)

+11

=

15

Proclus of Rome: "The pirates have never left the Pontine Islands, Jorm."

Jørn of Merinita: "Ah."

(To Giraldo of Milan): The guy is weird but in a way you can't quite pinpoint. Kinda like all the weirdos at the covenant you hang out with.

Proclus of Rome: "They use it as a base to raid all of Christendom, but mostly just Italian trade routes."

Giraldo of Milan: To my sodales I say, "Something seems a little strange about that story, or at least the man telling it."

Jørm of Merinita: I'll just adopt the m since I'd rather not go around correcting Procius, he has enough wrath to deal with

Proclus of Rome: "Of course it's strange, the hand of God was at work"

Giraldo of Milan: "I don't know. I think there's more to it."

Jørm of Merinita: "How would you have him tell his story?"

Giraldo of Milan: "I'm not sure if he's outright lying, but I can't shake the feeling that there's something else."

Jørm of Merinita: "You can't hav ea good story without exaggeration."

Proclus of Rome: "I don't think a canon would lie."

"What could he be leaving out?"

Jørm of Merinita: "The ending. He survived, but for what end did the norns spare him?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Something about his escape. Maybe he was doing something else."

Proclus of Rome: "The what?"

Jørm of Merinita: :Nevermind."

Proclus of Rome: "Like what? Fishing?"

Giraldo of Milan: "He might have been expecting that fishing boat."

Proclus of Rome: "It doesn't seem too unusual for fishermen to make regular trips."

"After all, it is their livelihood."

Giraldo of Milan: "Yes, but to the monastery? Especially one that appears sacked, in an area where pirates roam?"

"The fisherman would have to have a good reason to risk meeting the pirates."

Jørm of Merinita: "Maybe the fishermen and the pirates have an understanding?"

Proclus of Rome: "Maybe he was guided there by Saint Sylvester."

Giraldo of Milan: "Hm. It might be nothing, but if we go to the monastery we should take a look around the island."

Jørm of Merinita: "Aye."

Proclus of Rome: "Sounds like an excellent plan."

Father Guthrie: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristocritus here

Father Guthrie: Who wants to go on this expedition

feel free to drop tokens

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll

Father Guthrie: im going to get some anacrhonistic bean water

Archibald of Guernicus: I slam my token with a booming thud

Jørm of Merinita: I love anachronistic bean water

Giraldo of Milan: ive never had coffee

cheers

Father Guthrie: any grogs?

Giraldo of Milan: giraldos right there

Jørm of Merinita: As am I

I'm a simple dilettante here to study the masonry on the island, don't mind me sailors.

Giraldo of Milan: ah, a fellow philosopher

Father Guthrie: Sick

alright

Are you using Aristocritus' agent to get to Zannone?

Archibald of Guernicus: I trust Aristocritus. So yes.

Jørm of Merinita: Same

Proclus of Rome: Why not?

Jørm of Merinita: Well I don't trust him but my magus no longer turns into a bird

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh no. What if this Trianoma writes a note in the margin of a book about me

Jørm of Merinita: So it's the best way to go

Father Guthrie: Alright

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what kind of person wouldn't trust aristocritus

Captain Cavaleri: Ahoy.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Salve, captain.

Captain Cavaleri: "Zannone, why'd you want to go to a little nowhere island like that?"

Proclus of Rome: "There's an old monastery on that island."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We're investigating our old friends, the Pontine pirates."

Proclus of Rome: "Didn't you know?"

Captain Cavaleri: "Sounds familiar I guess"

You get into a small galley. Just the 5 of you, the captain, and some oarsmen.

The oarsmen don't look happy being in your presence

Proclus of Rome: I'm sure he'll get his big ship back in no time.

Jørm of Merinita: How do you do, fellow mundanes?

Captain Cavaleri: I'm feeling at a loss here cause I don't have a cool map of the island to decorate

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm, er, normal.

Thankfully, Giraldo has magical air so all of us come across as horrible

Jørm of Merinita: Draw one

Archibald of Guernicus: Not one of us is likable in any way!

Captain Cavaleri: Nearing the island, you see ruins of a little settlement near a beach. "I can let you off there. How long you planning to be here?"

Proclus of Rome: https://www.google.com/search?q=zannone&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYo9yug6XUAhUC8mMKHV3IAnsQ_AUIBygC&biw=1920&bih=1012#imgrc=UD6Pm3g9fBTajM:

Aristocritus Bonisagi: archibald is so normal that everyone feels uncomfortable around him

Giraldo of Milan: giraldo does not have magical air

Proclus of Rome: "A few days at most."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: some seriously intense normality

Jørm of Merinita: Oh good

I'll hang around the crew, gentle giftly

Giraldo of Milan: he does have red irises though

Captain Cavaleri: "Days?"

"How about I come back in a week?"

Proclus of Rome: "That should be quite alright."

Captain Cavaleri: Good shit. You get dropped off on the beach.

There's a few old rotting shacks here and rotted canoes.

Jørm of Merinita: Any paths?

Captain Cavaleri: Sure, you move on

Proclus of Rome: Anything in the shacks?

Archibald of Guernicus: Get monastery

Proclus of Rome: Any barrels with 3 gold in them?

Captain Cavaleri: Nets.

Jørm of Merinita: "Nets? A fine salvage."

Captain Cavaleri: ok

check out this sick dynamic lighting effect

Proclus of Rome: Spooky.

It would be even spookier if you had drawn the walls on the lighting map.

Archibald of Guernicus: Dynamic lighting with walls drawn is cool but a pain in the arse to set up

Jørm of Merinita: "Ah, so it stands after all."

"Enough of it to study, anyway."

johns (GM): Okay.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

johns (GM): You're standing outside a crumbling stone complex.

It feels quiet and ominous

Proclus of Rome: What's the Aura?

johns (GM): Infernal 3

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast Eyes of the Cat upon myself

johns (GM): alright screw the light

Proclus of Rome: lol

Jørm of Merinita: I'll cast Bright Fire of a Winter's Night on the torch

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Slype

Jørm of Merinita: So it'll last for the entire adventure

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, do any of ye wish for eyes of the cat, to better see our way in this place?"

Proclus of Rome: I'll cast Ward Against Rain on myself.

Archibald of Guernicus: I also activate wizard's sidestep as a precaution, and offer the same to any who want it too

Jørm of Merinita: I'll take a Sidestep

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Yes, please."

Jørm of Merinita: Is the monastery burnt down?

johns (GM): Large parts of it, but the stonework remains

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 7 + 5 + 2 - 3

(

10

)

+7+5+2-3

=

21

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay. I cast clenching grasp of the crushed heart on aristocritus while his parma is down, killing him instantly

Jørm of Merinita: I'll cast Tales of the Ashes so I can appreciate its pre-pillaging AQ

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes!

johns (GM): Okay, aristocritus is dead

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah, sorry, haven't invented that yet.

Sorry! My mistake. I cast wizard's sidestep on him.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Thank you.

Jørm of Merinita: Oh yeah I forgot I had to lower parma to get buffed

Good reminder

Archibald of Guernicus: Yep.

johns (GM): I guess you're just pacing around randomly

Archibald of Guernicus: Paranoid magi can't be buffed by friends.

We can head into the cloister first.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm

Proclus of Rome: Well, I'd like to head to the Nave.

johns (GM): Ah, ok

Proclus of Rome: That's probably where all the prayer went on.

I mean, some of it.

All the really good prayer, anyway.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hmm. If ye were a monk hiding treasure, where would ye stow it?"

Jørm of Merinita: That's some mighty fine prayer

johns (GM): Okay, Proclus enters the church

Jørm of Merinita: "I'd use Rock of Viscid Clay to seal it up."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll take a look around the cloister

Proclus of Rome: Is the aura in here any different?

johns (GM): Yes, it's Infernal 5

Proclus of Rome: Yikes!

johns (GM): Towards the nave one of the columns has collapsed, creating a large pile of rubble obstructing one of the stairwells

Jørm of Merinita: Hm

johns (GM): Aristocritus scopes out the cloisters. It's thick with weeds.

Proclus of Rome: How is the altar doing?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Interesting.

Jørm of Merinita: I think I can clear the rubble

johns (GM): It's completely bare, nothing on it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the lavatory a fountain

Giraldo of Milan: hm

infernal huh

Jørm of Merinita: I'll cast rock of viscid clay on the rubble and push it out of the way of the stairs.

johns (GM): You can pee in it if you like, Aristocritus

Giraldo of Milan: i take a look with second sight as we walk around

rolling 1d10+11

(

5

)

+11

=

16

Proclus of Rome: I'll cast The Brushstrokes Revealed around it, to see if there's anything unusual.

Giraldo of Milan: plus whatever infernal bonus there is

johns (GM): Good eye.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well there's a latrine over by the bowling alley so i assume it's for washing and not for peeing.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aristocritus, Giraldo, fancy checking out the crypts?"

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 8 + 9 + 2 -5

(

7

)

+8+9+2-5

=

21

Made it.

johns (GM): Giraldo, something seems strange to you about the entrance to the church. Looking through the doorway you don't see the church interior but instead a cold, dark, shadowy room

Jørm of Merinita: I have just enough MuTe to do that despite teh aura

(To Giraldo of Milan): Possibly a regio entrance

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

Giraldo of Milan: "Sure, but... I think there's a regio here."

johns (GM): Proclus finds a tipped over stone cross inscribed with nonsense latin phrases.

Giraldo of Milan: "I see some sort of shadowy room."

Jørm of Merinita: "And you've spotted the trod? I mean, the route between levels?"

Giraldo of Milan: I step through the boundary.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, I have second sight as well.

johns (GM): Okay, Giraldo disappears

Archibald of Guernicus: Do I also see it?

johns (GM): If you look for it actively, you may see it too

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll peer at the spot he disappeared then

Jørm of Merinita: Do I want to go into a deeper Infernal regio?

Hmmm

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+5

(

8

)

+3+5

=

16

johns (GM): It's a regio entrance. It looks dark.

Jørm of Merinita: Does being Melancholy in a metaphysical sense make you brave?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, a regio. Though we should wait and see for a moment if he emerges from it."

Giraldo of Milan: oh. do you use perception with second sight

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes

Giraldo of Milan: that seems like something i should be doing

do i find anything interesting in the shadow realm?

johns (GM): First

Aristocritus, you see a black cockeral dart out from the kitchen towards the church

Jørm of Merinita: "If these monks were wicked knew how to navigate the regio, they would probably hide their treasure where those not familiar with the infernal ways could tread."

Proclus of Rome: Ok I'm back.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Did you see that?"

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, a chicken."

Proclus of Rome: Anything worth seeing on the Altar?

Jørm of Merinita: An imp

Giraldo of Milan:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+11

(

4

)

+11

=

15

Proclus of Rome: Yikes!

johns (GM): The cockeral darts into the church and disappears.

Jørm of Merinita: Did these infernal monks have good taste in architecture?

johns (GM): johns (GM): Proclus finds a tipped over stone cross inscribed with nonsense latin phrases.

Proclus of Rome: I never got that whisper.

johns (GM): The architecture is classic Benedictine style of about 300 years ago

Jørm of Merinita: Nice

johns (GM): Did someone go into the crypt?

Jørm of Merinita: I was digging the stairs open

Proclus of Rome: Oh what? Right ok.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: no, we got distracted by giraldo walking into hell

johns (GM): Ok. You clear the obstruction

Proclus of Rome: Hmmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: I suggested it, but then we found the regio and now we're wondering if he walked into hell or not

Proclus of Rome: How big is the cross?

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

Proclus of Rome: I want to show it to my sodales.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Just a chicken... you're probably right."

Jørm of Merinita: He's either in Hell, or found something cool to use agains tus

johns (GM): Giancarlo, brawl check vs. the cockerel

Giraldo of Milan: is that strength

Archibald of Guernicus: "We should be safe enough against any initial strike, Aristocritus. Can ye inform the others I'll be entering the regio t- is that chicken running inside?"

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+2

(

3

)

+2

=

5

theres the roll if so

Proclus of Rome: How is your brawl this bad?

Giraldo of Milan: well for starters i havent learned it

Proclus of Rome: Yikes.

Jørm of Merinita: I should study some brawl

johns (GM): I am at a loss. I do not have the combat stats for a chicken on hand

rolling 1d10

(

3

)

=

3

Jørm of Merinita: Lesson learned

johns (GM): Alright, you choke the chicken.

Giraldo of Milan: I grab it and walk back out.

Proclus of Rome: Just make them up with the handy guide from House of Hermes: Mystery Cults.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Proclus of Rome: Spoilers: it isn't handy.

Jørm of Merinita: There's also a standalone PDF of mundane animal stats someone made from it

Archibald of Guernicus: "Right. Now that this chicken incident is out of the way, I'm heading in. Let the others know about the regio."

I head into the regio

johns (GM): Excellent

Giraldo of Milan: "It's some sort of hellish nightmare in there."

Jørm of Merinita: But yeah, you generally have to make up animals by hand using other blocks as a baseline

johns (GM): Now I'll tell Dys what I told beardbeard

Proclus of Rome: I'll go looking for my sodales, to tell them about this unusual cross I found.

Jørm of Merinita: There'sa Cockerel of Virtue in Realms of Magic, possibly

Giraldo of Milan: "The church is still standing, but it's on fire and there's ghost monks running about."

johns (GM): yeah no need for whispers now

Jørm of Merinita: And a few birds of virtue of similar size if not

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Alarming!"

johns (GM): In the regio, the church is intact. It is surrounded by fierce black fire.

Sinister shadows flicker on the stained glass window. The lead is melting and dripping silvery hot rain.

The spirits of monks run around frantically screaming.

Giraldo of Milan: "This thing seemed fine with running in though, I wonder if that means anything."

Proclus of Rome: I think a black cockerel is the opposite of a Beast of Virtue.

johns (GM): Giancarlo is here, wrestling with a black chicken.

Jørm of Merinita: "Maybe the father knew his fellows were wicked sorts."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hmph. I don't think we'll find much treasure in there! Let us explore elsewhere, sodales."

Giraldo of Milan: stop calling me giancarlo!

Jørm of Merinita: "And that's why he didn't tell the whole story."

johns (GM): Giraldo.

Geralt.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice dolls, giraldo

Giraldo of Milan: i shouldve been giraldo of rivera

im stupid

Aristocritus Bonisagi: giraldo de la ria

Giraldo of Milan: I take a look at the chicken with my spirit eyes.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll accept Jorm but not Jome

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+13

(

1

)

+13

=

14

oh no!

johns (GM): nice, nice

Proclus of Rome: Juume

johns (GM): well I mean you're using an infernal power in an infernal regio so it's actually safe

1 sec while I look something up

Proclus of Rome: (((safe)))

Jørm of Merinita: It's still stressed

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll go into the church, and inform my sodales of the discovery

Jørm of Merinita: I'm not sure why it's stressed though

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Sodales! There's been a discovery!"

Jørm of Merinita: "Ya?"

johns (GM): Okay, you see nothing unusual about the chicken

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, there is a very unusual cross behind the altar!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: |

Proclus of Rome: "See?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hang on there's leaf water everywhere

Jørm of Merinita: I'll take a look at this cross.

rolling 0 Ability Block: Church Lore

0

=

0

johns (GM): Any infernal lore?

Jørm of Merinita: "That's a weird cross for sure."

Archibald of Guernicus: "This regio is awful." I leave it immediately

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll take a look

johns (GM): Yeah

Archibald tries the door

It doesn't budge

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "An unusual cross?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, so no-one outside the regio knows about it

Jørm of Merinita: What's wrong with the door?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's in Hell

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bloody thing isn't opening. Give me a hand, will ye?"

Proclus of Rome: It should be obviously strange if you can read Latin, since it's covered in nonsense.

Jørm of Merinita: Let's shoot crystal darts at it at the same time

Proclus of Rome: You can read Latin, right?

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

Proclus of Rome: Well, there you go.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "That is strange."

johns (GM): So, Archibald and Giraldo have gone missing, if you choose to notice

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+25-5 casting Eyes of the Eons on the cross

(

2

)

+25-5

=

22

success!

Proclus of Rome: Did they?

Jørm of Merinita: "Oh, you can't read it either? I guess that's odd then."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how old is this baby

Archibald of Guernicus: I told aristocrtius I was inspecting the regio and walked into it in front of him

So he knows where we both are

Aristocritus Bonisagi: allowing a 10% margin of error

johns (GM): It takes to the early 12th century

Aristocritus Bonisagi: gerald exited the regio before you entered it

johns (GM): Gerald did not exit the regio

Neither has

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh i thought he did

Proclus of Rome: "What regio?"

Jørm of Merinita: Oh

I think I'll learn Eyes of the Eons, that looks good

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i think it's been useful once

Jørm of Merinita: If I have fun with it, it's useful to me

Giraldo of Milan: uh

i wanted to

Proclus of Rome: It's useful every time you cast it.

Giraldo of Milan: did it not let me out

Proclus of Rome: Because then the GM has to think up how old something is.

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

Giraldo of Milan: lets all take spells that make the gm think about things he didnt have written down

Jørm of Merinita: Same with asking the aesthetic quality of things

Archibald of Guernicus: "Right. Let's assess this door sensibly."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Interesting... but I came in here to tell you, Giraldo discovered a regio."

johns (GM): just remember if i dont answer your question send me it in a pm or I'll probably forget it

Proclus of Rome: "What? Where?"

Jørm of Merinita: What'd be the Intellego Terram level to get a perfect estimate of AQ?

Giraldo of Milan: i assumed i was just allowed out

johns (GM): The door feels bolted and barred.

Giraldo of Milan: as i was explaining what was in the regio

oh

Jørm of Merinita: I guess AQ is Imaginem

But still

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The entrance is by the other door, he and Archibald entered it."

Archibald of Guernicus: Is it a wooden door?

Aristocritus Bonisagi indicates the other door

Giraldo of Milan: "Hm. This isn't good."

johns (GM): Note: horrible flames only exist in the regio

Yes Archibald

Proclus of Rome: You can't use Hermetic Magic to tell how old something is.

I mean how beautiful it is.

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

Giraldo of Milan: "I've got an idea."

I set the chicken down.

Archibald of Guernicus: You were holding a chicken this entire time

johns (GM): The chicken runs towards the crypt.

Giraldo of Milan: I follow it.

Proclus of Rome: I'll chase that chicken.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the chicken is in Hell

Giraldo of Milan: "Let's see where this thing takes us."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll follow the chicken with Giraldo

"Aye. Nothing can go wrong with this plan."

Proclus of Rome: "If they really were Satanic Monks, we may be able to communicate with their spirits."

johns (GM): First, because 1 diameter has passed, archibald and giraldo must make a stamina check

Proclus, the chicken is int he regio

Proclus of Rome: Oh.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

3

)

+3

=

6

Jørm of Merinita: Maybe I could combine Intellego Terram and Stonemason Craft Magic Mastery into eidetic memory for pieces

Proclus of Rome: Well then I'll just head to the crypt, regular style.

johns (GM): Okay. The mundane crypt is dark and cool. Notches line the walls where monks have been intombed for centuries.

Proclus of Rome: Building a Memory Palace is an unusual, yet mundane ability.

Hmm.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll follow Procius to the crypt, he seems more cautious than the guys in the regio

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll split the party further and start investigating the rooms around the cloister starting from the top left

Proclus of Rome: No corpses just sort of hanging from chains or anything?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: coincidentially, the treasury

johns (GM): Nope!

Proclus of Rome: Darn.

Jørm of Merinita: He hates me, which is bad, but he's careful, which is good

Giraldo of Milan: oh stamina

Jørm of Merinita: It balances out

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+2

(

10

)

+2

=

12

johns (GM): Nice, nice, you avoid choking on the thick smoke

Giraldo and Archibald enter the Regio crypt. It's cooler and quieter here and the air less choking you.

Giraldo of Milan: I keep following the chicken and look out for the ghost monk as I do.

Jørm of Merinita: Time to spont a Perdo Ignem with Duration Fire

Archibald of Guernicus: What would be a spell to keep smoke away from yourself. Rego Aurum?

johns (GM): The cockerel disappears into a shadow, out of which a monk in red robes holding a sword emerges.

(perception check optional)

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+5

(

8

)

+3+5

=

16

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+2

(

6

)

+2

=

8

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm perceptive

Giraldo of Milan: wow, 8 perception on archibald?

nice virtues, friend

Aristocritus Bonisagi: smoke would probably be reau but i'll look it up in the big table of wards

Giraldo of Milan: "Well met, monk."

add 5 to mine if it was awareness too

oh wow. 9 actually

for 17 total

johns (GM): A character who makes a Perception + Awareness roll against an Ease Factor of 6 notices that the monk has cloven hoofs instead of feet. He otherwise appears to be a normal middleaged man.

Proclus of Rome: Anything in the cellars?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll regard him with suspicion then

johns (GM): Proclus, you see that the crypts have been disturbed, ashes spread onto the ground. There's nothing here but a few broken bits of skeletons.

Giraldo of Milan: im going to do an infernal lore

Archibald of Guernicus: "What do ye want?"

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

4

)

+6

=

10

Proclus of Rome: Darn, just skeletons.

Monk: "You came here with others. Why don't they follow?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the big table of warding only addresses natural weather phenomena.

Giraldo of Milan: "Don't know, but it's probably for the best since the door doesn't work."

Proclus of Rome: It would be a ReAu spell, though.

For sure.

Monk passes a note to a player

Proclus of Rome: Anything in the disturbed tombs besides skeletons?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do I see anything as I make my way through these roome

s

roomes

(To Archibald of Guernicus): "I am abbot and priest of this profane church. Pledge your immortal soul to me, and I will save you from fiery death."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I see."

(To Giraldo of Milan): "I am abbot and priest of this profane church. Pledge your immortal soul to me, and I will save you from fiery death."

Giraldo of Milan: "Judging by your appearance, I assume you're not an apparition of the past like the other monks."

Jørm of Merinita: I'll check out the chapel

Archibald of Guernicus: I whisper to Giraldo "He a demon or just an infernalist, ye reckon?"

Monk: Aristocritus, you find that there's nothing of value here. No treasure, no relics, no books.

There's a bevy of hens in the kitchen.

Jørm of Merinita: Any statues?

Giraldo of Milan: I whisper to Archibald, "He's telling me to pledge my soul to him, so the former seems more likely."

Monk: No statues!

Jørm of Merinita: Damn, the pirates were thorough.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hold him off for a moment, then."

I join battle

I cast Demon's Minor Oblivion on the monk

Strip 5 might from a demon, voice range

Monk: Okay, roll it

Archibald of Guernicus: -5 to casting in this aura right?

Monk: Yes

Giraldo of Milan: I bring out my sword.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+28-10 level 5 effect

(

6

)

+28-10

=

24

Monk: Penetration?

Proclus of Rome: I huff in irritation and try to put the skeletons back in their tombs.

Archibald of Guernicus: 29 penetration iirc

yes

29

Monk: Proclus:

Giraldo of Milan: thats a large number i think

Monk: Looters have already entered

the crypt. The bones of the dead

monks are strewn about the crypt

and the sarcophagi have been

pried open, although the bones

older than the mid-12th century

Monk: are already dust. Everything of

value has been taken.

Very nice!

Aristocritus Bonisagi makes his way through the song school, the vestry, the crypt under the new dormitory, the "covey," etc

Proclus of Rome: Well the bones.

Whatever!

Jørm of Merinita: I can help restore teh sarcophagi with Unseen Porter

Monk: The monk hisses and his shoulder melts into caustic red smoke.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: describe the Covey to me.

Monk: it's very covish

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how old is the Covey?

Jørm of Merinita: Very Covetous

Giraldo of Milan: "Begone, demon."

Monk: The monk retaliates by dissipating into his spiritual form.

Per + Second Sight from both of yall

Proclus of Rome: Pretty smooth move.

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+13

(

4

)

+13

=

17

Monk quickly looks up rules on seeing spirits

Giraldo of Milan: plus infernal bonus

actually its probably just 1 per aura isnt it

so 22 then

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+5

(

10

)

+3+5

=

18

Nice

(From Proclus of Rome): Demons in spirit form can't be hurt at all except by spiritual means.

Jørm of Merinita: Any skeletons in the prison?

Monk: Archibald your Second Sight is magical?

Archibald of Guernicus: Fairy-based

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the Covey must be where they kept birds?

Monk: sorry I have been distracted mundane explorers

Archibald of Guernicus: It's from my fairy bloodline

Proclus of Rome: Probably?

Birds are good.

Archibald of Guernicus: So I can only assume it's fairy-based

Giraldo of Milan: archibalds fairy bloodline

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes. He has padfoot blood.

That's why he's so hairy

Monk: 15

Jørm of Merinita: Please don't malign my fairy bro

Monk: Archibald, you lose sight of him

Giraldo of Milan: padfoot, referring to the pads his people place on their feet so they dont hurt during the pride parade

do i keep sight of him

Monk: But Giraldo, you can see him in his natural form, a demonic spirit

Archibald of Guernicus: Wait. Is the difficult to see him still as high now that he's lost 5 might

Giraldo of Milan: "I see him, let's follow him instead of the chicken."

Monk: OH

SNAP

Archibald you can see him too!

Giraldo of Milan: wow johns

Archibald of Guernicus: GA HA HA

Giraldo of Milan: get it together

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast Demon's Major Oblivion, FFM to make it voice range

Giraldo of Milan: archie can keep blasting him with spells then

Archibald of Guernicus: this one strips 10 might from him

rolling 1d10+18 level 10

(

5

)

+18

=

23

Monk: Penetration?

Archibald of Guernicus: 23 penetration

Monk: Nice, nice

Archibald of Guernicus: his MR is of course 5 lower from the last one, ehehe

Monk: All that's left is a floating head of a demon with a long hissing tongue and curled horns

When he de-coagulated he dropped a book and a sword btw

(From Proclus of Rome): In spirit form it could just move through a wall or something, you know.

Monk: Hmm

Jørm of Merinita: Hope it's a summae on infernal magic

Monk: The demon flees through the ceiling.

Archibald of Guernicus: Now to try and figure out how to kill this thing for good. I wonder what you're meant to do when you cant stack PeVi effects on em

Jørm of Merinita: Giraldo, grab the book before Archibald can lock it up

Giraldo of Milan: I grab both.

while archies slinging spells

can a magic sword hurt a spirit form demon

Monk: Okay. The book is bound in human flesh

Proclus of Rome: Gross.

Giraldo of Milan: "Gruesome."

Monk: It's got a face on it

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah, a classic bible

Giraldo of Milan: I take a look at the first page.

Proclus of Rome: Is it like a human face or a face stitched together out of human skin?

Jørm of Merinita: Why does this monastery have two jails?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the sword needs to be specially enchanted i think

Monk: I got a picture of the monk and book, one sec

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "You keep searching the grounds, sodales, I'm going to see if there's a more favorable aura nearby."

Monk: there we go

Jørm of Merinita: cool

Giraldo of Milan: hey look

its giacopo

Proclus of Rome: Owned.

Monk: Alright. The demon has fled.

Giraldo and Archibald are still in a regio.

Aristocritus Bonisagi wanders off to do that

Jørm of Merinita: I'm going to get out of the aura and go rebuild the roads between here and the landing site

Monk: The rest of you are poking around and finding nothing resembling a treasure here.

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Jørm of Merinita: Faeries like roads

Proclus of Rome: What's a road going to do?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Right. We should take a look around this place while that bloody demon's distracted."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: imagine how rich we'll be once we sell all these bricks

Giraldo of Milan: I briefly look over the sword then quickly flip through the book to see what I'm dealing with here.

Proclus of Rome: Seems like a good reason not to do it, then.

Monk: Infernal Lore

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

10

)

+6

=

16

Monk: Ah I mean, the book is Infernal Lore

Giraldo of Milan: oh

well maybe the infernal lore roll will tell me something about it

Monk: The Book of the Morning Star, a Summa of quality 10, Level 4 (before adjusted to Art scale)

Proclus of Rome: Wow!

Giraldo of Milan: "Hmph. A novice's manual."

Jørm of Merinita: I have no ideas on how to get treasure out of this treasureless monastery so I'm going to go amuse myself with the roads

Giraldo of Milan: I hand the book over to Archie.

Monk: This adventure sure goes a little differently when the party splits up

Giraldo of Milan: i assume the sword is just a one hander

but ill hang on to it

for now

Aristocritus Bonisagi: seems like building a road would take a while

Proclus of Rome: Is there a second story or has that all collapsed by now?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Novice? Ye aught to be careful with remarks like that. We might get some use out of it, but I want it inspected for dangerous enchantments before anyone studies from it."

Monk: The church has a bell tower, in both the mundane and regio world

Giraldo of Milan: "You know what I mean. It would be a good introduction for anyone who wants to learn about killing demons."

Monk: The bell fell to the ground long ago in the real world.

Archibald of Guernicus: Maybe our sodales should join us in the regio

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Is the bell unusual?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hm. Aye, I see yer point. My apologies."

Monk: It's shiny

Bellshaped

Jørm of Merinita: How about infernal vis?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: any more favorable auras nearby

Giraldo of Milan: "We should finish looking around the crypt. If there's no exits here, let's try the belfry."

Proclus of Rome: I'll try hitting it.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll go harvest some infernal terram vis

Archibald of Guernicus: "Let's investigate that bell, they often have significant meaning in places like this."

Monk: Archibald and Giraldo. As long as you're in the crypt you don't have to make deprivation checks. However the regio church is surrounded by flames going almost 20 feet high.

Ah okay you go to the belltower in the regio?

Giraldo of Milan: yeah if theres really nothing here

belfry seems like a good choice

Monk: Not much besides the monks running around, leaving ask and fluttering torn pages in their wake

Giraldo of Milan: does the fire really seem to be progressing?

Monk: No

In fact, as you reach the bellfry, you see that the fire only expands about 20 feet wide all around

Giraldo of Milan: "At least we're not in danger of burning or having the structure collapse on us."

Monk: and past it is nothing, just darkness

The bell itself is warped and bubbled from heat

Proclus of Rome: How heavy is a church bell?

Giraldo of Milan: "Damnit."

Monk: Pretty dang heavy

Giraldo of Milan: I try to ring the bell.

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Oh well.

Monk: You look for a rope, and find none

Jørm of Merinita: We could have several of us cast Unseen Porter on it

Archibald of Guernicus: "Try kicking it?"

Proclus of Rome: I'll go look for Aristocritus.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: unfortunately both of our unseen porter casters are wandering around in the woods

Giraldo of Milan: I'll swing the demon's sword at the bell.

Proclus of Rome: I don't think that lets you carry more heavy things.

johns (GM):  bong

Giraldo of Milan: "Well, I thought that might accomplish something."

johns (GM): https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/gregorianChoirGenerator.php

Jørm of Merinita: Dwarves hate church bells anway

Aristocritus Bonisagi: :2bong:

johns (GM): just turn up the bell and reverb effects imo

any ideas regio guys?

Proclus of Rome: I have an idea.

Jørm of Merinita: It plays a high quality rip of Tubular Bells

Proclus of Rome: But it'll have to wait until I find Aristocritus.

johns (GM): Ok, how are you looking for him

Giraldo of Milan: uhhh

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to walk around shouting his name.

Until I find him.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that's a pretty good plan.

Giraldo of Milan: Standing atop the belfry, I look around with my second sight.

rolling 1d10+18

(

7

)

+18

=

25

(To Giraldo of Milan): The fires mark the "edge" of this regio. Anything past them is an exit.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Jørm of Merinita: I'll return when I hear Procius shout, he didn't ask for me but I assume there's an important discovery.

Giraldo of Milan: "If we could get past those fires, we'd arrive back in the proper world."

"Any ideas?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: have I found what I'm looking for

Archibald of Guernicus: When the archon is not visible, all other PCs should be screaming his name loudly and in panicked tones

Aristocritus Bonisagi: when the archon is not visible that's a good sign someone is about to get someone else killed, based on the last adventure

johns (GM): didnt he go missing when ferris died too

and masini

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yes and yes

johns (GM): hmm.

interesting stuff.

Archibald of Guernicus: It's possible to make yourself unharmed by fire using ReIg right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Important Trianoma business.

Giraldo of Milan: the archon is a great token of life

johns (GM): Yes you can ward yourself

Proclus of Rome: It depends on how strong the fire is.

Giraldo of Milan: can you ward your good friend giraldo

Proclus of Rome: You are also protected from fire with your Ignem Art bonus.

Jørm of Merinita: I should invent some wards with Fire duration

johns (GM): The intensity of a fire also affects the

difficulty of controlling it. For every five

points by which the fire’s damage exceeds

+5, add one magnitude to the level of the

spell.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how does a ward against fire +5 work, does it do anything at all against a +10 fire or does it soak 5 points of the damage

Jørm of Merinita: Oh wait, that's moon level

johns (GM): ill say it soaks +5

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

Jørm of Merinita: Better to just use Diameter or Sun based on need

Proclus of Rome: Fire is pretty good if you have a fire you can keep lit.

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's reinstate the vestal cult

Jørm of Merinita: I use it to keep my lab lit up nicely without using extra candles and kindling

Proclus of Rome: Anyway, I have a great idea Jorn, we should try tunneling under the monastery.

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

Where should I start?

Proclus of Rome: In the crypts.

Of course.

Archibald of Guernicus: I could attempt to spont ReIg but my ignem is terrible. I keep saying we need a proper ignem book! Gah

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i guess i wander back, having failed to find a neutral aura

Jørm of Merinita: I'll start with Rock of Viscid clay until I get beneath the floor

Aristocritus Bonisagi: plus, Proclus is shouting for me.

johns (GM): alright

Proclus of Rome: I stopped when I ran into Jorn.

johns (GM): let's just end the adventure now and say giraldo and archibald are lost forever

gg all

Proclus of Rome: Makes sense.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: It's a shame.

Jørm of Merinita: GG

Proclus of Rome: Oh here's an idea: you could ask the demon how to get out.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Tunneling under the monastery?"

Giraldo of Milan: simple. we just need to pay our souls

how much distance is there between the flames and the church

Jørm of Merinita: "I like tunnels."

johns (GM): They're right up against the walls

Giraldo of Milan: wait a minute

waaaait a minute

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, it stands to reason that, if these monks were truly corrupt, they would hide their treasures out of sight."

Giraldo of Milan: "Can your magic do anything to slow our fall?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what if you had a levitation specialist

Proclus of Rome: If only!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Excellent point."

Jørm of Merinita: I have Rise of the Feathery Body but I decided not to go to Hell

Archibald of Guernicus: I could spont ReCo to float over them and then gently down

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We can't enter the regio without magical aid."

Jørm of Merinita: Does Eyes of the Treacherous Terrain work to see whether tunneling under a monastery is a terrible idea?

Giraldo of Milan: thatd work

Jørm of Merinita: Ot

Aristocritus Bonisagi: floating in more than one direction is a higher level effect

Giraldo of Milan: all we have to do is get over the flames and were out

johns (GM): Seems so Jome

Giraldo of Milan: then its just fall damage

i think were above the flames right now

Aristocritus Bonisagi: so you could float horizontally over them and then plummet to the earth

Jørm of Merinita: It's a Vision spell, but if it's a spont it could be Touch

Giraldo of Milan: i assume the church roof is more than 20 feet high

johns (GM): Correct

Giraldo of Milan: we could float diagonally down

Proclus of Rome: It seems like you'd be in different territory with a touch spell.

What's the target?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Rise of the Feathery Body is touch

Jørm of Merinita: I might not be able to spont it in Infernal 5

Archibald of Guernicus: What if I made myself float across horizontally, and Giraldo got on my back, which makes us slowly fall and thus make it to the other side safely

Proclus of Rome: The monastery grounds are only Infernal 3.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is giraldo 50 pounds or lighter

Jørm of Merinita: Ok

Archibald of Guernicus: I do not think so

Giraldo of Milan: just float down diagonally after we jump

Jørm of Merinita: How far does a tunnel need to extend before it constitutes a Road?

Giraldo of Milan: the flames are below us, clearing them isnt a problem

(From Proclus of Rome): Have they been making deprivation checks while in the burning church?

johns (GM): sta checks from giraldo and archibald

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+2

(

4

)

+2

=

6

Jørm of Merinita: Oh

I can just connect the tunnel to the road outside

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3

(

4

)

+3

=

7

johns (GM): Okay

Proclus of Rome: I guess?

johns (GM): You're okay for another 2 minutes

Jørm of Merinita: Then I can construct structural supports with rego terram

Aristocritus Bonisagi: make them roll every 2 minutes in real time

Proclus of Rome: You could just dig a hole.

Archibald of Guernicus: NO

johns (GM): ok

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

johns (GM): the archon has decided

timer starting now

Proclus of Rome: lol

Giraldo of Milan: "Whatever we decide on, we need to do it quickly. The only problem we have here is falling to our death."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Proclus of Rome: Ok but wait a second, if you start at the road then you'll have farther to dig.

Giraldo of Milan: actually can i do anything with athletics to survive a fall

Jørm of Merinita: I know you'd enjoy it if the monastery fell on me but I can't go that far to amuse you

Archibald of Guernicus: I spont Rego Corpus. I dont know what for yet but I'm doing it

Proclus of Rome: Since I believe that the monks would have kept their treasure close to hand.

johns (GM): You might be able to jump more horizontally with athletics

Giraldo of Milan: thatd work

just float me down after i hop over the flames

then do the same thing for yourself

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+22-5)/2

(

(

5

)

+22-5)/2

=

11

Giraldo of Milan: or reig yourself

i hope 11 is enough for the effect

Jørm of Merinita: Okay, whatever, I'll start casting pits of the gaping earth to start a tunnel from the crypts

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling (1d10!+25-3+2)/2 sponting InTe for a Probe For Pure Silver like effect

(

(

10

+

1

)

+25-3+2)/2

=

17.5

Proclus of Rome: Hey, we're trying to talk about tunneling here!

Jørm of Merinita: I've already made a bunch of magi, I'm used to it it

johns (GM): hey im tunnelin here

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright, it's a level 10 effect so

SO

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice, that's a lot of magnitudes to throw into this level 4 spell

Jørm of Merinita: 'ey

Giraldo of Milan: excellent

johns (GM): Which direction are you tunneling, Jorm?

Archibald of Guernicus: giraldo is touched and is now floating forward, diagonally down, over the fire

as long as I concentrate

Jørm of Merinita: Hmmm

Giraldo of Milan: oh okay

even better

johns (GM): Okay, make an Athletics check Giraldo

Archibald of Guernicus: when he nears the ground I stop concentrating

Giraldo of Milan: dex too?

johns (GM): Yup

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

3

)

+6

=

9

(From Proclus of Rome): It's been 2 minutes.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll start from the crypt I'm standing in, and go north under the cloister

johns (GM): You leap from the roof of the church like an eagle.

You are falling forward and downward..

Proclus of Rome: Eagles don't leap.

johns (GM): Flames lick at your boots.

Jørm of Merinita: It makes an eagle sound like in AC though

Aristocritus Bonisagi: base 2 +2 smell +3 moon

johns (GM): Okay, proclus raises a good point

let's stop and debate it

Giraldo of Milan: eagles are birds and birds hop around instead of walking

Jørm of Merinita: I love Disputatio

(To Giraldo of Milan): What's your stamina?

Proclus of Rome: I mean, they soar.

(From Giraldo of Milan): 2

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5

(

4

)

+5

=

9

rolling 1d10!+2

(

3

)

+2

=

5

Giraldo of Milan: so i think saying you leap like a bird is bad

Jørm of Merinita: Just put in the oxford comma

Proclus of Rome: Quick, have I seen any birds on the island?

johns (GM): You are singed to the tune of a light wound.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: If it's perching on a branch and hops off to start soaring, that's a leap

Jørm of Merinita: You leap, soaring downwards like a diving eagle

johns (GM): You clear the edge of the flames and Archibald sees you disappear.

Proclus of Rome: We could make a study of any of the birds here!

Giraldo of Milan: light is -2 right?

johns (GM): -1

Giraldo of Milan: even better

johns (GM): Err -3

Giraldo of Milan: even worse

Proclus of Rome: Any other numbers close to 2 you want to try, Johns?

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright, now I spont the same thing and try it on myself to get across

Aristocritus Bonisagi: I wander around the monastery grounds, sniffing for precious metals.

johns (GM): You gain a conf for clear thinking and a conf for braving the fires of hell

Roll it, Archibald

Giraldo of Milan: excellent

johns (GM): Aristocritus, you smell something about 100 paces to the south of the monastery. There's a lump in the ground here

Archibald of Guernicus: Wait, did Giraldo jump instead of accepting the spell I gave him?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Over here, sodales!"

Proclus of Rome: How can you smell a shape?

Excelsior!

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont need to roll it then, I can just use my previous spont on myself.

Giraldo of Milan: i think i jumped and you floated me

johns (GM): The lump is not the smell.

Giraldo of Milan: because i fell over 20 feet

Jørm of Merinita: It's 15 minutes per +1 to Ceremonial, right?

Proclus of Rome: I'll hurry over to Aristocritus.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well it's touch range so

Giraldo of Milan: and that would probably have killed me on its own

johns (GM): Yeah he needed your spell's help to make the leap

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 15 minutes per 5 levels isn't it

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: In that case, I'll spont on myself this time

rolling (1d10!+22-5)/2

(

(

2

)

+22-5)/2

=

9.5

[crying angry feels man]

johns (GM): great

Giraldo of Milan: I brush the ash from my pants and wince as I touch my burns.

johns (GM): also you're at -2 from sponting twice

Giraldo of Milan: And I search for my party.

johns (GM): now what

Giraldo of Milan: Putting blockades in front of the regio entrance as I do so

johns (GM): Okay, Giraldo emerges right outside the church's mundane location corresponding to where he jumped off in the regio

Giraldo of Milan: itd be really cool if archibald was stuck in hell after ensuring giraldos escape

johns (GM): it WOULD be cool!

Proclus of Rome: Didn't he jump out of the bell tower?

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

i guess we could say i land in the cloister

johns (GM): Archibald's token is where the bell tower is

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright. I do the same thing I did to Giraldo, but to myself, pushing myself forward slowly and diagonally down over the flames

johns (GM): Aristocritus' token is by the silver smelling lump to teh south

Jørm of Merinita: Silver smell, you say?

johns (GM): Was your spell sponting high enough for that Archibald?

Proclus of Rome: That silver stank.

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes, because I can do it at personal range rather tahn touch

johns (GM): Okay

Jørm of Merinita: I climb out of of my crypt hole

Proclus of Rome: What, at level 5?

johns (GM): Roll Stamina, and add your Ignem form bonus

Jørm of Merinita: And go see where the silver is

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+1

(

8

)

+3+1

=

12

Giraldo of Milan: When I touch down in the cloister, I first head back to the regio entrance and blockade it with furniture or rubble or really anything

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "This mound must be where they buried their treasure."

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5

(

9

)

+5

=

14

You are slightly singed.

Archibald of Guernicus: Do I also get a conf along with giraldo for being the one to enable his plan

johns (GM): And then you emerge next to Giraldo.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: roll concentration

johns (GM): yes

Aristocritus Bonisagi: roll concentration!

johns (GM): enjoy

Proclus of Rome: Do you fall on Giraldo?

Archibald of Guernicus: Of course I do

Jørm of Merinita: "Shall I dig?"

johns (GM): Roll Puissance

Archibald of Guernicus: I land on him. I'm tall and fat

Puissance?

johns (GM): Roll Lunar Lore

Proclus of Rome: Uh, you don't have any Puissance?

johns (GM): Roll Realm of Reason Theory

Shake Rattle and Roll

Jørm of Merinita: What's Lunar? What's Realm of Reason?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: roll Language (Chinese)

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+5+69

(

7

)

+5+69

=

81

That passes the EF 80 roll to prove that magic isn't real, thus ending this silly campaign once and for all

Giraldo of Milan: I see the archon with his nose to the ground chasing the scent of money.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Dig away, sodalis, let's see what we've got."

Jørm of Merinita: I cast Pit of the Gaping Earth on the mound

"I think I will spend some time learning to smell silver if we make it back."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: excuse me, i'm standing perfectly upright and looking dignified.

Giraldo of Milan: I start to run, then walk along leisurely as my legs hurt.

johns (GM): You unearth a pile of bones. A few clutch crosses of gold and silver.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oof."

Proclus of Rome: We did it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hmm."

Proclus of Rome: I'll inspect the crosses.

Archibald of Guernicus: "There ye are, Giraldo. Glad tae see ye made it out safely as well."

Proclus of Rome: WITH MAGIC

Giraldo of Milan: "Aye. We should warn them about the regio."

Archibald of Guernicus: I sit down on a rock to catch my breath wh- god DAMNIT

Jørm of Merinita: What's the AQ on the crosses? I have Metalsmith at 11

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how old are these things

Proclus of Rome: I cast the Brushstrokes Revealed around the hole.

johns (GM): They were made by an accomplished, and likely well paid, silver/goldsmith.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 7 +9 + 2 - 3

(

8

)

+7+9+2-3

=

23

Giraldo of Milan: if archibald wants to rest while his more capable companion walks onwards then let him

Jørm of Merinita: Nice

Proclus of Rome: Anything unusual about them?

Like are they upside-down?

Jørm of Merinita: This adventure will improve my reputation as a craftsman nicely

Giraldo of Milan: why?

what are you crafting?

johns (GM): They seem buried properly.

Arms are folded.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Jørm of Merinita: My laboratory

Proclus of Rome: Well we shouldn't rob corpses.

Jørm of Merinita: Also, charms

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's going to pass them off as his own work

Giraldo of Milan: "Hey. Don't go into the regio."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm resting a few minutes to let my fatigue wear off

Proclus of Rome: "What?"

"Where?"

Jørm of Merinita: I could do that, but the crosses are more valuable having already been made

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Ah, you're back. I was starting to worry."

Giraldo of Milan: "The regio, back in the church."

johns (GM): Jorm can study architecture and the metalwork here, the metalwork is more useful because it's not damaged

Giraldo of Milan: "It's some manner of infernal trap."

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

johns (GM): There's rules for books having damage, so I think they should apply to studying Aesthetic works too

Giraldo of Milan: "A nightmare vision of the church as it was burned."

Jørm of Merinita: Well I can study the monastery as it was with Tales of the Ashes.

johns (GM): Giraldo carries a book bound in flesh with him.

Proclus of Rome: "Why would that be here?"

"Shouldn't it be in hell?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I believe he handed the book to me

Giraldo of Milan: "I'm really not sure, but there were ghostly monks running about inside."

"As well as a demon that tried to make me sell my soul."

Proclus of Rome: "And you didn't think to talk to the ghosts?"

"You need to go back in there!"

johns (GM): brb 2 minutes, gotta sweep up some glass

Giraldo of Milan: "I was more concerned with the demon and the thick smoke."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: glass (anachronism)

Giraldo of Milan: "But based on the evidence, I believe the surviving monk took the demon's deal."

Proclus of Rome: Uh, we make most of our money selling glass.

"What evidence?"

Archibald of Guernicus: When my fatigue recovers, I walk over "The smoke is enough tae choke ye, and teh entrance closes behind ye after entering."

"There's little chance for interrogating a ghost."

Jørm of Merinita: I should help optimize the glass income

Giraldo of Milan: "The ghostly monks were almost certainly the monks who perished in the fire."

Proclus of Rome: "Sure there are, we used to have an expert in it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I dealt the demon a significant blow, and it fled with what little of its body remained."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "What if we warded ourselves against the smoke?"

Giraldo of Milan: "And with a demon offering salvation in exchange for your soul, there's very little question in how the monk really survived."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Then the second problem, Aristocritus, comes tae mind. The entrance seals behind ye. We had to jump from the tower top to get out."

Proclus of Rome: "That doesn't make any sense, why would only one monk take the deal?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Weak of faith."

Proclus of Rome: "Especially if the rest are, as you say, burning in Hell?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Well, you made it out fine, it

's obviously not a problem for a magus."

Proclus of Rome: "If the other monks were corrupted then naturally they would naturally have bargained away their souls as well."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It was a dangerous jump, regardless."

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

Giraldo of Milan: "Hm. Maybe there's more we're not finding here."

"For starters, why is there some hellish regio in this monastery?"

Jørm of Merinita: "Maybe the monks were simonists."

johns (GM): infernal lore

Jørm of Merinita:

rolling 0

0

=

0

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "How would they practice simony on a remote island, selling offices to each other?"

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

4

)

+6

=

10

Jørm of Merinita: "A poor guess on my part, I will admit."

(To Giraldo of Milan): Infernal aura are common anywhere great crimes have been committed, regios are places consigned to the Infernal by God (for whatever reason)

Giraldo of Milan: I sit down and think.

Proclus of Rome: Ok I'm back.

Giraldo of Milan: "Infernal presence is common where crimes have been committed."

"And a regio is generally formed in places that God has condemned to hell."

Proclus of Rome: "It sounds like the only thing to do is to head back into the regio."

Giraldo of Milan: "So these monks did something to bring about their fate.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll nod to that

Archibald of Guernicus: "A ward against smoke before we head in, then."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "No, no, you're already learning the ways of the Roman church. Maybe we'll make a good Christian out of you some day."

Proclus of Rome: "Surely you mean the Avignon church."

Aristocritus Bonisagi shrugs

Jørm of Merinita: "Haha, I welcome you to try."

Proclus of Rome: "It's an important distinction!"

Giraldo of Milan: "I have no desire to go back there. I'll search the area outside."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The Frankish church, then."

johns (GM): This is a Ghibbeline covenant tyvm

Proclus of Rome: "Those French fuckers are just making another power grab!"

"They've gone too far this time!"

"And you just shrug it off?!"

johns (GM): those avignon bastards are gonna pay for messing up my ride

Archibald of Guernicus: "Wow. Calm down, Proclus, ye're succumbing to the sin of wrath." I chuckle

Proclus of Rome: "It is no sin to oppose pagans and false Christians, like the Capets."

Archibald of Guernicus: I shrug "So, how about the wards against smoke, Aristocritus?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "That may be the truth, we should get out of this aura before we wind up killing each other."

Proclus of Rome: "How would leaving the aura do anything to repatriate the papacy?"

Jørm of Merinita: "You should figure out which is the right denomination, then convert me, perhaps."

"Then it can be a team effort."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: field trip to Greece

Proclus of Rome: "There's no discussion, there's only one Church."

johns (GM): yeah.. the church of bogomil

Proclus of Rome: "Anyway, we're stuck on this island for another week."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The Avignon church, yes."

Jørm of Merinita: The Church of Mammon

Archibald of Guernicus: "So, if ye're planning tae walk back into hell, ye might wish to prepare wards against smoke. Or we'll choke to death."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice map

"Right, right. Let's take a moment and rest and I'll come up with something."

but seriously is the entire island covered in the infernal aura

Proclus of Rome: Sounds right to me.

johns (GM): nah

Jørm of Merinita: "A covered passageway would deflect smoke"

johns (GM): just the monastery grounds

Aristocritus Bonisagi: because i've been trying to find a place outside the infernal aura for like 3 real-time hours

johns (GM): i missed that

I was dealing with the people in the regio

send a steam chat if im missing somethign repeatedly

Jørm of Merinita: Split parties are  Hell

Aristocritus Bonisagi: split parties ftw

Archibald of Guernicus: Ha ha ha. Maybe you should have just followed us into hell?

Wow, nothing is going on right now. If only there was a cool place to go where our covenant belongs.

johns (GM): split parties would be cool if there was potential for a farce but there honestly wasn't much going in these ruins besides the Regio To Hell

I will plan better in the future

Proclus of Rome: Uh, there were some dead bodies.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: meta farce where nothing happens

Proclus of Rome: Anyway we should go back into the regio.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wait there's a village here?

Proclus of Rome: My Auram isn't very high, unfortunately.

Jørm of Merinita: Anyway, we should return these crosses to their rightful owners for a modest finder's fee

Aristocritus Bonisagi: We should rebury them.

johns (GM): it's just a couple abandoned huts from a fishing village

Proclus of Rome: Uh, their rightful owners already have them.

Jørm of Merinita: Let's bury some rock crosses in their place

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ah

Jørm of Merinita: The skeletons won't know the difference

Proclus of Rome: That would be stealing.

Those skeletons are going be to resurrected bodily, you know.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what magnitude would you say a ward against smoke should be

Proclus of Rome: If we steal their crosses they're going to be angry.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's not in the big list of wards

Jørm of Merinita: Oh

Better Perdo Corpus the skeletons first then

Proclus of Rome: That is absolutely forbidden.

Giraldo of Milan: lets perdo vim their eternal souls

johns (GM): You should certamen for the right to the corpses

Proclus of Rome: That's impossible.

Giraldo of Milan: hm. certamen sounds good to me

Jørm of Merinita: "Well, if we're not to disturb the belongings of the dead, what should we attempt to achieve here, then?"

Proclus of Rome: As it would require entering heaven while still alive and then overcoming the protection of God Himself.

Giraldo of Milan: "We should try to find out what these monks did."

Archibald of Guernicus: Sounds like a good goal

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right lemme figure out these wards while you certamen each other

Giraldo of Milan: "And if the survivor took part in their heinous deeds."

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bah. We should focus on obtaining this treasure left behind. Maybe a ghost can be forced to tell us."

Jørm of Merinita: I'm going to go back in and cast Tales of the Ashes and fight out if the pirates were the culprit behind the burning.

Proclus of Rome: "Maybe the records are still intact in the regio."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Are we all going into the regio?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Once the ward is in place, aye."

"The demon inside should not be a problem anymore. I've thoroughly declawed the bastard."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: assuming a neutral aura

Proclus of Rome: "What's a demon to you, anyway?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling (1d10!+22+2)/2

(

(

10

+

1

)

+22+2)/2

=

17.5

Proclus of Rome: "Your soul is already damned for renouncing God."

Jørm of Merinita: I haven't renounced God, by all accounts he's a very powerful fairy, he even gets his own kind of super powerful aura other fairies aren't allowed to touch

johns (GM): this is canon

god is a faerie

Giraldo of Milan: whats satan then

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bah, attitudes like that are why no proper study has been made of God."

Proclus of Rome: "You don't even go to Church, how would you know?!"

johns (GM): also a fairy

Jørm of Merinita: The villain faerie of of the bible story

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd rather hear a scholar's thoughts, not a preacher's."

Proclus of Rome: "You never even listen to me when I tell you to go to Church!"

(To Shauncat): Pirates were the ones who did this in response to your query

Archibald of Guernicus: "I did. My feet were nailed to the floor, as ye recall."

Proclus of Rome: "No wonder you were so troubled by your experiences in the regio, it was an omen of your future!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hands in, everyone --"

Base 4 (Ward someone against a type of normal weather phenomenon) +0 (Touch) +1 (Moon) +2 (Group) = 15

Proclus of Rome: Fine!

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh, smacking demons around with hermetic power? Sounds delightful!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: boy i hope this smoke doesn't have penetration.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bastards need to be put in their place."

"What kind of worthless magi would work in service to something they can kill with actual effort. The order's right to sentence them to death."

(From Jørm of Merinita): Thank you

Proclus of Rome: "I work with you, after all."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well, everyone who participated is warded against smoke for a very long time

johns (GM): good shit

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ward guidelines are silly

Giraldo of Milan: I stroll around the ruined grounds of the monastery, searching for clues.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm warded against smoke but the burns are mounting on either side

johns (GM): Who wants to go into Hell

Proclus of Rome: I'll go.

Archibald of Guernicus: Assume that I'm walking forward and proceeding with the party while I continue this circular argument

Proclus of Rome: I'm sure I have nothing to worry about.

johns (GM): Okay

Proclus of Rome: It's only a circular argument because you won't admit you are wrong!

johns (GM): Are you able to sense the regio entrance, Proclus?

Jørm of Merinita: My wife would be very upset if I was stuck in Hell forever

Giraldo of Milan: i am not reentering hell

Proclus of Rome: Nope.

johns (GM): hmm

Jørm of Merinita: But I need to provide for her so I shall help complete this adventure

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The chicken walked into Hell just fine, didn't it?"

"What if you entered the door while holding a chicken?"

johns (GM): Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: "Yer theories are based upon a single  summa, but where is the independent hermetic research into this God?"

johns (GM): You realize you've been arguing with each other for awhile and it's now dark out and the moon is up

Anyway, Proclus goes into the church?

Proclus of Rome: "Where do you think the Limit of the Divine is from?"

Sure.

johns (GM): Okay

You enter the Regio

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the bible isn't even a high-quality summa.

johns (GM): It's a hellish version of the church, full of smoke, heat, and about 50 months running around

Giraldo of Milan: excellent, infernal auras grow stronger

Proclus of Rome: That's a long time.

Giraldo of Milan: is the regio infernal 6 now

johns (GM): The screaming, burned monks rush backwards and forth, leaving a taste of ash and fluttering town pages from the bible in their wage.

They are transparent and colored in smoke, orange sepia tones

Jørm of Merinita: Hmmm

Proclus of Rome: What do the pages say?

* pagies

johns (GM): They're bible pages, and they burn into embers in your hands.

Archibald of Guernicus: Who set them free?

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

johns (GM): Did anyone follow Proclus into the regio

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll

Archibald of Guernicus: We all went in I thought

I can't argue with him outside the regio

johns (GM): Alright

Aristocritus Bonisagi: except giraldo, the coward

Jørm of Merinita: I have nothing to gain by refusing

Proclus of Rome: What's in the choir area?

johns (GM): Chairs of hot, charred wood

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Does the door swing shut behind us?

Jørm of Merinita: "If we're not all going, better make sure those crosses stayed put when we get back."

johns (GM): Oh yeah, you're locked in

Proclus of Rome: What about the chapel of the nine altars?

Jørm of Merinita: "If I hadn't come, they'd be mine."

Proclus of Rome: An old fashioned church lock-in.

johns (GM): Hot boiling lead is dripping from the ceiling into the nine altars.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do I smell any loot

johns (GM): Stamina check from everyone in hell

Archibald of Guernicus: "The exit is by the belltower, through the fire."

johns (GM): You smell sulfur and smoke

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought we warded against smoke

Giraldo of Milan: I examine the strange cross covered in latin that proclus found earlier

johns (GM): You can still smell it

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

10

)

+6

=

16

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 2

(

5

)

+2

=

7

johns (GM): Infernal lore, Giraldo?

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

Jørm of Merinita:

rolling d10!+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

rolling d10

(

3

)

=

3

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip

johns (GM): The phrases are mockeries of the typical phrases uttered in consecrating the dead, and are evocative of corrupt infernal rituals

rolling 2d10

(

2

+

1

)

=

3

Proclus of Rome: What happens to the lead once it drips onto the floor?

johns (GM): It forms a bubbling pool.

Archibald of Guernicus: tThe wards do nothing. I'm calm. I don't want to kill Aristocritus.

Giraldo of Milan: rip jorm

johns (GM): Jorm takes 1 fatigue, everyone else passes

Proclus of Rome: What happens to the pool?

johns (GM): Nothing

It's a pool

Proclus of Rome: Does is dissipate?

Giraldo of Milan: I make a rubbing of the Latin.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the wards are flawless

Proclus of Rome: Shouldn't it be growing if there is lead raining down on it?

Giraldo of Milan: the cross was turned upside down or something right?

johns (GM): It was knocked on the floor

Jørm of Merinita: Wait, didn't we make a ward for this?

Giraldo of Milan: I put it back wherever it was meant to go and continue on, looking for Infernal activity.

Jørm of Merinita: I guess that's just fire

johns (GM): Oh

You['re right

Carry on, no fatigue loss

sorry im sleepy

Jørm of Merinita: Phew

I might need that fatigue later

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do i sense any new silver, i meant

Jørm of Merinita: Good question

johns (GM): Ah

No.

Proclus of Rome: Intriguing.

Hmm.

johns (GM): Per + Second Sight check from anyone who's got it

Proclus of Rome: So the fire surrounds the church or the entire grounds?

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+5

(

2

)

+3+5

=

10

Jørm of Merinita: Pass

johns (GM): THe church. The rest of the grounds don't exist in the regio

Archibald of Guernicus: No-one else has it here since Giraldo is a coward

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You don't spot the invisible thing here

johns (GM): Well

Everyone spends eternity in hell

GG

Aristocritus Bonisagi: giraldo is the new archon

Proclus of Rome: Wait, how did you get to the crypt then?

johns (GM): They went down the stairs

Proclus of Rome: Oh is that how it works?

I was confused.

Jørm of Merinita: They were destroyed

Proclus of Rome: Let's check out the crypt.

Jørm of Merinita: We've been tricked by demonic dopplegangers into thinking they survived

To the crypt

johns (GM): It's a crypt

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Didn't you want to talk to the monks, Proclus?"

Giraldo of Milan: excuse me archibald

Jørm of Merinita: "Perhaps they're not showing themselves to us."

Giraldo of Milan: was that second sight check with your wound penalty

of -3

Proclus of Rome: "Well, perhaps. They're here forever, so there is no rush."

johns (GM): . o O (what if you could talk to the monsters)

Proclus of Rome: Have the tombs been opened?

Archibald of Guernicus: It wasnt, Giraldo

johns (GM): The tombs are all empty, just niches in the wall

Jørm of Merinita: I will annoy the party by wanting to parlay with faeries someday

johns (GM): The stone is cool to the touch.

Proclus of Rome: Interesting.

Jørm of Merinita: But today its just ghosts and demons, who I don't care about

Proclus of Rome: Can I get to the cellars from here?

johns (GM): There's no cellar, sorry

Proclus of Rome: Oh, can we dig our way to where the silver smell was?

johns (GM): Archibald, did you go into the crypt too?

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

johns (GM): Okay.

Well Proclus you can try

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm sticking with the party as it makes sense to stick together in Hell

Proclus of Rome: I can't.

But perhaps Jorn can!

Jørm of Merinita: I can try

Aristocritus Bonisagi: have we been to the spot west of the collapsed masonry

Jørm of Merinita: Rock of Viscid Clay to get through stone, Pit of the Gaping Earth to get through dirt

johns (GM): oh it's just more church

sorry there's really nothing more here

going by the book

Aristocritus Bonisagi: dang

johns (GM): you all just really wanted to go back to hell

Jørm of Merinita: Those two spells work at -5

johns (GM): and the demon isn't going to show himself while archibald's around

so.

Proclus of Rome: I did want to go back to Hell.

Archibald of Guernicus: so there's no treasure at all? what the FUCK

Aristocritus Bonisagi: excellent, let's set up camp here for the week

johns (GM): The real treasure is friendship

Jørm of Merinita: There's treasure but you have to be willing to rob a grave

Archibald of Guernicus: ill wander off and sulk in a corner so Proclus can be tempted into selling his immortal soul

johns (GM): Okay

A voice speaks from the shadows

Proclus of Rome: Spooky.

johns (GM): "I am abbot and priest of this profane church. Pledge your soul to me and I will save you from fiery death and show you the treasure."

Proclus of Rome: "I'm already safe from fiery death, there is no fire here."

johns (GM): How long will Aristocritus' ward last?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Moon

johns (GM): Alright

"I'll be back in 30 days"

Proclus of Rome: OR until the moon blows up.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wards against mundane things are seriously silly

Jørm of Merinita: It's okay

Once the moon is gone we'll be free of Samsara forever

Aristocritus Bonisagi: unless i just totally fucked up reading the rules on them

Proclus of Rome: "Why would a demon wait in a regio in an abandoned monastery to claim souls?"

"Surely he can't get many takers."

johns (GM): "This is my church."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Well, there was one."

Proclus of Rome: "But no one has set foot in it in years, ever since the pirates burnt it down."

johns (GM): Voice laughs.

Jørm of Merinita: "Someone tell a joke?" I emerge from the tunnel

Proclus of Rome: Good one Jorn.

johns (GM): Unless you have a plan here I'm not seeing I don't see this going anywhere

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we're just hanging out with a demon

johns (GM): you should set a good example as an archon and make a deal with him

Proclus of Rome: Is there a library in the Regio?

johns (GM): No

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yeah, with my trusty short sword.

johns (GM): Just a church and a crypt

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

What about the altar?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is there anything good in the revestry

Jørm of Merinita: "I already got a bargain with Hel and the Dvergar king, can't take a third mortgage."

Proclus of Rome: Is the cross still standing there?

johns (GM): It's upside down.

Proclus of Rome: Still stone?

johns (GM): Aye

Proclus of Rome: We could try flipping it over.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: could be nice

Jørm of Merinita: Let's Unseen Porter it from both sides

Could save on the finesse necessary

Proclus of Rome: Is it covered with nonsense phrases?

johns (GM): Nope

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Well, I think we should try flipping the cross.

Jørm of Merinita: I cast unseen porter and avoid touching it

Proclus of Rome: This place isn't very dangerous for an Infernal Regio.

Jørm of Merinita: And try to flip it that way

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's no-clip through the regio until we find the treasure

johns (GM): ok you find a bunch of vis

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

Jørm of Merinita: We did it

Proclus of Rome: lol

Ok, let's try talking to the ghosts.

I mean we have found a way out.

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah, we're just trying to find the treasure now

Proclus of Rome: I'm a still a little suspicious of this whole setup.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's click on every interactable object until we figure out the adventure game logic Johns is employing

johns (GM): i thought i already said there's no treasure

Giraldo of Milan: you just said theres a bunch of vis

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's kill the demon

Archibald of Guernicus: We disagree with this notion, Johns, and won't rest until we find the treasure.

johns (GM): okay

you spend eternity in this regio

Proclus of Rome: Why would the demon have damned everyone besides one man?

Giraldo of Milan: i think vis counts as treasure

Proclus of Rome: I suppose the only way to find out is to ask him.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hey! Demon!"

Archibald of Guernicus: We need to interrogate the priest when we get back, of course

johns (GM): there's no going back

the campaign ends here with everyone dead

sorry

Jørm of Merinita: If there's terram vis here I don't mind it being infernal

johns (GM): that's what you get for trolling me with pathfinder

Proclus of Rome: There is probably no vis here.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the only vis here is in the demon

who is being a HUGE coward

Jørm of Merinita: Ooo

Now I see why he's the Archon

Aristocritus Bonisagi: and also we probably can't actually kill him.

Giraldo of Milan: theres a lot of vis here

it was under the cross

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not sure how you DO kill dematerialised demons with the PeVi changes. Learn a hundred PeVi spells of varying magnitude?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wow, and a new penetration tract

Jørm of Merinita: I'll keep digging a tunnel towards where Archibald said the exit was

Aristocritus Bonisagi: and five hundred mythic pounds!

Proclus of Rome: Is there anything over by where the collapsed masonry was?

johns (GM): the stairs to the crypt

Aristocritus Bonisagi: just more church

johns (GM): jorm digs out of the regio

Proclus of Rome: Oh I see.

It's just that easy.

I guess we'll leave.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh right. We came here since we needed money so we spend a ton of time searching, fruitlessly, for this treasure.

Proclus of Rome: I mean, I'll leave.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i think we can chalk this one up as a victory for the infernal

johns (GM): alright

it's not like one of you stole the treasure using whispers and no other PC saw it

Proclus of Rome: Is there anything in the bowling alley?

Giraldo of Milan: Do I find anything else Infernal in the monastery grounds?

johns (GM): little charms and hexes, baby infernalist stuff

like twigs woven into charms sort of thing

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if we're all exiting through the tunnel i'll hurry after everyone else

Proclus of Rome: Like the Blair Witch Project.

Archibald of Guernicus: [in pained sighs] Do we have another PC stealing everything not nailed down

Stealing from the covenant, in fact

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, you know what we should do?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: For the sake of the covenant we need to kill all of the PCs.

Proclus of Rome: We should try to close the regio entrance.

Jørm of Merinita: I can try to collapse it

Proclus of Rome: That might work.

Giraldo of Milan: well

the cross writings were in latin

Archibald of Guernicus: I think if we kill Giraldo and loot his corpse we can use his body to help block the entrance up

Giraldo of Milan: so im going to guess the infernalists were educated

and LIKELY not the pirates

johns (GM): A reasonable deduction

Proclus of Rome: The pirates are Muslim.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's lift the bell and see if there's any treasure under it.

Proclus of Rome: So they already worship the Devil openly.

Giraldo of Milan: we can presume that the surviving monk participated in these satanic rituals

johns (GM): im calling it a night youve all made me depressed again

Archibald of Guernicus: We should take their gold and silver

Jørm of Merinita: I'm sorry

Proclus of Rome: lol

Owned.

I had a grand old time.

Giraldo of Milan: im just confused

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's skip past one week and then sail back and interrogate the priest

Jørm of Merinita: Same

Giraldo of Milan: are those gold and silver crosses the treasures?

Jørm of Merinita: I dug a tunnel and annoyed people. A victory for me

Giraldo of Milan: we should throw proclus into the sea and take the crosses

Archibald of Guernicus: I attacked a demon and did a daring escape from a regio

I say take the damn crosses so we can pay our bills

The dead dont need them

Proclus of Rome: Yeah they do.

It's blasphemous to rob the dead.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: not on my watch pal

Jørm of Merinita: Now that I know smell of silver is useful I'm going to learn it

Aristocritus Bonisagi turns away to look at something else

Archibald of Guernicus starts blaspheming at  INCREDIBLE  speed

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's like

a level 4 spell

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

I can queue it up with other stuff

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you can just spont it. also i can smell silver for a full month

Giraldo of Milan: Having found nothing but minor infernalist pranks, Giraldo heads back to the mound while people are still in hell and begins gathering up the crosses into a pile.

Archibald of Guernicus: I smell out silver myself, as I know the spell, wander over to the pile of silver crosses and stuff all the valuables into a sack with Giraldo

Jørm of Merinita: Oh yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: "Why the hell didn't they even take this?"

Proclus of Rome: What the fuck?

Giraldo of Milan: "Superstitions."

Archibald of Guernicus: "They drag us into that regio tae look for petty change when this is lying right here. Shameful."

Proclus of Rome: Are you seriously grave-robbing?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Absolutely."

Jørm of Merinita: Would a direct route between Vardian's Tomb and Ostia be useful?

Archibald of Guernicus: "They were infernalists, I'm putting this gold to better use in keeping our covenant afloat."

Jørm of Merinita: For getting goods from port and such

Giraldo of Milan: would a direct route between vardians tomb and hell be useful (to the world)

Archibald of Guernicus: It would be unnoticable

Giraldo of Milan: "Yeah, if anything you should be concerned about them having these."

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh my god. Everyone here is a sinner, condemned to suffer for all eternity! And if you go furhter down theres a portal to hell

Giraldo of Milan: "Your icons are being profaned."

Proclus of Rome: "It is MORE likely that these are the only holy priests, who had to be buried in secret."

Giraldo of Milan: "They weren't very holy if they allowed their monastery to be completely covered in Infernal charms."

Jørm of Merinita: "They were outvoted."

johns (GM): yes jorm that's a good project

ambitious

Giraldo of Milan: "And I've never met a pirate who could write in Latin."

Jørm of Merinita: Cool

Once it counts as a road I can improve it

Giraldo of Milan: im gonna go i need to do something

Archibald of Guernicus: I JOIN BATTLE ON PRUDENZIO

Giraldo of Milan: archie can continue arguing for the loot

Aristocritus Bonisagi: die prudenzio die

Giraldo of Milan: if he begins certamen giraldo watches while stuffing more and more loot into the sack

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there isn't even that much loot

Proclus of Rome: Grave robbing is a serious sin.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's just a couple of crosses, which you should leave alone!!

johns (GM): lavinia has a graverobber on her payroll

Archibald of Guernicus: It's the only loot there is.

Proclus of Rome: I won't even consider including you in the Aegis of the Hearth ritual until you absolve yourself.

She does?

Jørm of Merinita: I'm a Norse retard but I can recognize the sanctity of grave goods

Proclus of Rome: These people!

johns (GM): you live in a catacomb. that's like robbing the graves of their home

Proclus of Rome: That's ok, they're pagan corpses.

johns (GM): yes boy reporter statted him up

he's Tim the Graverobber

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

But also I'm not going to stand for this, Archibald.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: It is pretty terrible.

Archibald of Guernicus: How do you, sodales, suggest we pay for the covenant that we cannot afford any longer?

Proclus of Rome: Sell some vis.

It isn't like we use any anyway.

Jørm of Merinita: Might I suggest a fast trade route to Ostia which we control?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's force the surviving priest to give us the treasure, which is real and exists

Archibald of Guernicus: That  does  sound promising, Jome

johns (GM): the real treasure is buried under a big W

Proclus of Rome: That's a great idea, Jorn.

Jørm of Merinita: WcDonalds, the most profane mockery of holiness there is

Proclus of Rome: Where's the road?

I mean who owns the current road?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the letter W only exists in faerie regios

johns (GM): its the via portuerisis on this map

Jørm of Merinita: I don't know who owns the overland roads

johns (GM): it passes through at least one village it might have a few owners

Proclus of Rome: Sir John Hawkwood (c. 1323–1394) was an English soldier and condottiere in the 14th century. As his name was claimed to be hard to pronounce by non-English contemporaries, there are many variations of it in the historical record. As a result, he often referred to himself as "Haukevvod", and others called him "Giovanni Acuto" meaning "John the Astute" or "John Sharp" referring to his "cleverness or cunning."

Jørm of Merinita: Any town is possible, though

Archibald of Guernicus: If Proclus is going to go into one of his moods then, to be the bigger man here, I will back down on getting us any loot from this adventure. We return penniless as God, that abominable fairy, intended.

Proclus of Rome: Good.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: It IS good.

johns (GM): Bad

Kill him

Jørm of Merinita: My wife is going to be mad I went off for a few days without getting anything.

johns (GM): or else you get the reputation +1 of Cuck

Proclus of Rome: It isn't against the Code to drown a fellow magus in the ocean.

Jørm of Merinita: I'll take her home some profane charms

Show her I was thinking of her

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip "Blind Man" Villani

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll remind him that the aegis of the hearth is not a tool to be wielded against sodales like a palm against a wayward child, though.

johns (GM): maybe you should use the aegis book and learn the spell yourself archibald

Aristocritus Bonisagi: blood collecting magus: you can't exclude me from the aegis!!

Archibald of Guernicus: The order exists to prevent the chaos and insanity that follows from wizards harming one another over petty grievances.

Proclus of Rome: I'll never understand why pagans are allowed in.

They simply have no moral compass.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's blackmail the priest

johns (GM): virgil was a pagan once

Archibald of Guernicus: If I'm excluded from the aegis that's effectively forcing me out of the covenant, which no law has granted Proclus right to do.

johns (GM): so was augustus

are you saying they were immoral?

Jørm of Merinita: I like taht idea, archon

Archibald of Guernicus: Virgil is a character in devil may cry

Proclus of Rome: Well that could work.

Perhaps the guilt will lead him to repent.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: spergils and vergils. head-punchers. queers

Proclus of Rome: On the other hand, we don't really have any proof.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's talk to him, at least

Proclus of Rome: You're welcome to try.

johns (GM): here's the real cathedral now

instead of that english one from before

Jørm of Merinita: Prudenzio is here, and he already blackmailed him!

Archibald of Guernicus: The prudenzio thing is more fitting than expected at the time

Aristocritus Bonisagi: scooped

Archibald of Guernicus: But seriously, let's kill him.

Proclus of Rome: But which one?!

Which is the real one?!

Archibald of Guernicus: For safety we should kill both

Proclus of Rome: Alright, what did you want to say, Aristocritus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hello fadda / hello fadda / just got back from / isla zannon

Father Guthrie: "Salve"

"Do you wish to confess?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Salve, father, not today. I wanted to talk to you about something else."

Father Guthrie: "I am a busy fellow with many parisioners to attend to.."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "My companions and I have just returned from a trip to Isola Zannone, you see..."

Father Guthrie: "O-oh"

"Gone seeking the treasure?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Yes... but, well, we found what there is to be found there."

Father Guthrie: "Pray, explain"

Jørm of Merinita: We don't have time to pray so we'll just explain

Proclus of Rome: Good one.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We met a gentleman who offered to show us where the treasure was."

"Naturally we did not accept the demon's offer."

Father Guthrie: "A demon you say??"

"You joke poorly.."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Come on, father, you know what I mean."

"Just what was going on at that monastery?"

Father Guthrie: "Faithful brothers in the service of Saint Sylvester"

"What else could you mean"

Proclus of Rome: He's got you there.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Faithful brothers producing these in the service of Saint Sylvester?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi produces one of the twiggy charms.

Father Guthrie: "These are euhm, these are wicked things you hold. I could tell the Bishop you have been peddling these sick charms and have you brought before trial for heresy."

Proclus of Rome: Uh oh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yikes

Archibald of Guernicus: You should kill him

Father Guthrie: "Maybe you are just deranged."

"You need help. You've been seeing horrible visions of things that aren't there."

Proclus of Rome: I recommend beatings.

Archibald of Guernicus: Aristocritus employs his most powerful technique

His dao of afk!"

Proclus of Rome: lol

But also, he needs to wake the FUCK up!

Aristocritus Bonisagi snaps Jorm's infernal souvenir in half.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "No need for that, Father, I don't bear you any ill will."

Archibald of Guernicus: All problems facing him immediately vanish! The GM is powerless to kill an afk PC!

Father Guthrie: "That is wise"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the great Dao of turn timer stalling could not just be used to win games of dominions four... it could also be used to win tabletop games!!

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Father Guthrie: "I mean, why would you. I am looking out for your spiritual welfare."

Proclus of Rome: Another impeccable argument.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Of course!"

"And may you continue to look out for everyone's spiritual welfare."

Proclus of Rome: Artistocritus tries to rob someone and gets convinced to hand them his wallet.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: amazing work archon

Aristocritus Bonisagi: thank you.

Archibald of Guernicus: we're all waiting outside for him to ask him how it went

"How did it go?"

Jørm of Merinita: You did try to warn him we had no proof

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Oh, all in all I think it went pretty well."

Proclus of Rome: "Did it?"

Jørm of Merinita: Who manages' the covenant's mundane affairs?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "He did threaten to have me burned, but he backed down."

Proclus of Rome: Sebaste the Steward.

johns (GM): you have a steward and chamberlain

Jørm of Merinita: I would like to ask the steward where the most money is hemorrhaged, aside from the laboratories.

Archibald of Guernicus: "So ye learned nothing, and had tae beg for yer life?"

Jørm of Merinita: Instead of a road to Ostia, I could improve things closer to home.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we have a big ol spreadsheet for finances

Jørm of Merinita: I'll open it up

Proclus of Rome: What's your plan, Jorn?

Jørm of Merinita: I don't have one yet, but I could put some seasons into improving our profit margin

Or creating a profit margin

Proclus of Rome: There's lots of ways to create money with magic.

Jørm of Merinita: True

We have income sources already though, that don't get us brought up at Tribunal

Archibald of Guernicus: Looks like this entire journey was a complete waste of time and we shouldn't listen to petty rumours after all.

johns (GM): i guess you're just dropping the affair here?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Well, who knows? Maybe our conversation will lead the man to repent for his actions."

Jørm of Merinita: I don't have any more ideas on how to profit from this misadventure

Archibald of Guernicus: "He's clearly involved in this if he's threatening to burn ye."

Proclus of Rome: We just don't have any proof.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm not involving myself with the church, but I'll support ye if ye do."

Proclus of Rome: Really, we only have suspicions.

Jørm of Merinita: Oh, I could just delete some of the grogs I made

I deleted the bog drake

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, if you want to let this blatant infernalist posing as a priest go, thats fine.

Jørm of Merinita: That's a few pounds

johns (GM): bog drake wasnt on the sheet actually

finance sheet

Proclus of Rome: It's fully possible that he was a pious priest who was saved by God.

Jørm of Merinita: Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought my sodales cared about this God stuff, but I guess its just for show after all.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: I'm sure that, under the pressure of this guilt, he'll see the light.

johns (GM): most of the expense is just that magi live like nobles

and then labs are expensive to keep equipped

Jørm of Merinita: I build my own tools

johns (GM): that actually gives cost savings

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should investigate the corruption in the house of hermes I uncovered in the village before, sometime.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lab flaw: low-quality tools

johns (GM): theres some way to factor it in that's really complex and annoying

Archibald of Guernicus: That is to say, a traitor spying on us

Jørm of Merinita: I'm still at +1 upkeep, I'll try to get it down later

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we have like 5 seperate traitors and spies

Jørm of Merinita: I might be able to invent something to get it to 0

johns (GM): lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: paranoia but with magic wands instead of laser guns

Archibald of Guernicus: To the point I wonder if Lavinia is just hiring 5 seperate groups to spy on us and making them compete against one another

johns (GM): i dont want to introduce any more hooks that can't be resolved in a season cause you never resolve em

okay thats unfair

sorry

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm saying right now that I want to resolve a hook that is left unresolved.

Proclus of Rome: No, it's true.

johns (GM): im a jerk

Jørm of Merinita: We solved a mystery regarding that monastery, we just have no way to benefit from doing so

Archibald of Guernicus: It's true we don't follow things up enough though, you do make a good point.

johns (GM): you tried to deal with the conti spy and I used it to side track you into the Mechanica adventure

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we can probably safely forget about this guy

johns (GM): honestly

this is from a book called "Hooks"

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh yeah we DID try to deal with the spy

Proclus of Rome: Basically the only way we resolve problems is by killing everyone and then wondering what's going on.

johns (GM): so if you dont want to follow up you dont have to follow up

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we didn't kill ANYONE today and look where it got us

Archibald of Guernicus: I tried to kill a demon

But it had more than 15 might

johns (GM): would you like me to just post the whole setup as it is published so you see all the background material

Jørm of Merinita: Okay, I can invent some items to count as substitute laborers

Aristocritus Bonisagi: anyway aristocritus is confident he has done a good deed by confronting the priest in the most Gifted manner possible

Jørm of Merinita: We have 0 laborers right now

johns (GM): you can change the # of laborers

Proclus of Rome: Yeah we basically just have personal servants.

johns (GM): but there's some stupid convoluted thing where laborers offset some teamsters or

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

johns (GM): idk i hate the way the finances are set up in the rulebook

Aristocritus Bonisagi: giancarlo produces some amount of income but i don't know how much

johns (GM): oh!

I haven't been factoring that in

Archibald of Guernicus: After checking the spreadsheet, shaun slowly realises we actually have a negative number of workers and that our finances not only dont exist, but cant possibly ever have existed

johns (GM): Is he working 2 seasons a year making statues for people?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yes

Jørm of Merinita: I could work two seasons a year

Proclus of Rome: When you work you die.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you shouldn't, though.

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

magi aren't supposed to work

it's against the rules

johns (GM): working is so... mundane

Archibald of Guernicus: Redcaps have to work and don't even get paid. Ridiculous.

johns (GM): 7 adventure XP for the people who went to the island for successfully making me sad and tired

Proclus of Rome: Huzzah!

Archibald of Guernicus: Though they get to live like nobles for 2 seasons a year despite being mundane

johns (GM): next week should either be: endrite runs a wedding or pursuing the hook archibald suggested

one problem with archibald's suggestion is it's sorta more investigating/mystery which we've been doing a lot of

and i feel that it wears on you cause it's frustrating?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we could go slay the pirates

Endrite: Don't worry, the wedding doesn't involve any PCs.

Jørm of Merinita: BoyR's labor point houserules seem way more comvoluted than poor = work 3 seasons a year, normal = work 2 seasons a year, rich = work one season a year, magi = go on advnetures that don't solve anything and wonder where the money went

johns (GM): Yes, slay the pirates!!

Endrite: We tried to do that years ago, but we realized we had no idea how to do it.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not sure why what we did made you sad and tired, Johns. I am not entirely sure what we missed, or how we acted that upset you.

johns (GM): the labor points are for a different system than that shaun

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it kind of felt like we were going to spend 30 minutes on that island and then slay the pirates

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not trying to be rude I just genuinely dont understand

Aristocritus Bonisagi: but then we spent 300 minutes on the island

johns (GM): his is for the really messed up craftsmen rules in  City and Guild

Jørm of Merinita: I've looked at those

Archibald of Guernicus: If I'm playing ars entirely wrong and it's upsetting you I'd rather you say why so I can endeavour to upset the GM less

johns (GM): i kept saying there's nothing left to find here and you kept saying "ok what's on this part of the map though"

Jørm of Merinita: It seems liek you have to work all year to get the same output as the C&G rules tho

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we kind of solved the whole church really damn fast

It has 2 things in it

A regio with nothing and a grave thats illegal to steal from

I dont think anyone could accept or understand that we had found Both things and neither were what we were looking for

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you think about it i committed two good deeds by joining proclus in saying "uhhh thats wrong" until we reburied the loot, thus securing my place in heaven

Jørm of Merinita: I could retool Violante into an apothecary that makes money

Archibald of Guernicus: You're going to hell for being a greek though

Jørm of Merinita: But that would take understanding BoyR's labor points

johns (GM): you could ignore them

Endrite: That's just one good deed, Aristocritus.

johns (GM): since BoyR isn't here to explain them

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the second good deed was planting the seed of guilt in the priest's mind which will surely one day save him

Archibald of Guernicus: no good deed goes unpunished

johns (GM): ok

when is cumthinker gonna gm a sesh

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if i impress god enough then i can employ him as an agent per the rules in houses of hermes: true lineages

johns (GM): good idea

hire the infernally tainted guy

Archibald of Guernicus: id gm a sesh if it wasnt basically impossible for me and also im running my own game

Aristocritus Bonisagi: sorry i mean

Jørm of Merinita: I don't think Medicine lets you work a job so Violante's probably not a good income source

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if i impress God enough then i can employ Him etc etc

johns (GM): you can be a doctor

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's pick everyone's pocket during the wedding

johns (GM): You know, not a good one, like Lavinia but even non important people can pay for health care

Jørm of Merinita: Yeah

She had Apothecary and access to magic regios, she can be a good herbwife

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how much debt will we be in once giancarlo's sculpture is accounted for

Jørm of Merinita: And has enough medicine to do a grog regimin IIRC

johns (GM): idk how much moeny it makes

Endrite: No idea.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: also let's just sell some perdo

Jørm of Merinita: Probably loses money taking care of grog injuries

c'thinker: imo.

Jørm of Merinita: Agreed

johns (GM): how much

its got a premium price now

Jørn of Merinita: I'll work on getting my own Upkeep down

johns (GM): im gonna reroll the vis prices in a moment

c'thinker: do we even use perdo

Endrite: We don't use any vis.

johns (GM): if you look at the spendign chart

Jørn of Merinita: Kifaaya used too much vis so I got rid of her

johns (GM): the only one who uses vis is lavinia

Jørn of Merinita: Those are some good investments though, like the statue

c'thinker: we have a ton of perdo

Jørn of Merinita: I have some ideas for vis, like getting initiated into Animae and making faerie friends with it

johns (GM): unless other folks have been makign enchantments and I didn't notice

hey you do know some advance merinita in this tribunal

c'thinker: malach ate a bunch of terram vis

johns (GM): one of htem is a rapist

Jørn of Merinita: Kifaaya made two items and then I realized I had no idea what I was doing so I stopped

Endrite: Wow!

c'thinker: let's sell 5 pawns of perdo

johns (GM): done

Endrite: Huzzah!

Jørn of Merinita: We did it

johns (GM): thats $115 mp

c'thinker: that leaves us with a ton of money plus 20 pawns left over

Archibald of Guernicus: I've used a bunch of vim vis opening my sword for enchantment, then realising my lab total isnt high enough for the effects I want

Endrite: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: SELL the perdo? You fiends

Endrite: Here's the best thing you can do with a sword.

c'thinker: let's use half of the perdo vis to PeVi the other half

Endrite: Not enchant it so it doesn't bounce off monsters.

johns (GM): what type of vis did you use and how much

i gotta keep track of this stuff!!!

Archibald of Guernicus: It doesnt bounce off monsters at all. It only bounces off if the damage of the sword is affected by magic.

c'thinker: what is the benefit of putting an effect in a talisman vs just inventing it as a spell

Archibald of Guernicus: I asked about this at length before doing so

Jørn of Merinita: I might make a full fledged Apothecary to supply me and Giraldo with reagent supplies

johns (GM):

rolling 1d2 adjusting technique vis

(

2

)

=

2

rolling 2d5

(

2

+

2

)

=

4

rolling 1d5

(

5

)

=

5

Jørn of Merinita: Unlike Violante they need to be competent and stocking animal and terram bits too.

Archibald of Guernicus: The intention was to put a perdo vim effect onto it with insanely high penetration so I could stab a demon and damage it while I damage it

johns (GM): Intelligo

Endrite: Have you thought about promoting Violante to a Companion yet?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

8

)

=

8

rolling 1d10 rego

(

9

)

=

9

Jørn of Merinita: I made a sheet for it

Endrite: Did you know: demons take damage from mundane attacks.

Jørn of Merinita: Wow!

johns (GM): we can buy a bunch of cheap rego vis now

rolling 1d4 form fis

(

2

)

=

2

rolling 2d10

(

10

+

3

)

=

13

Giraldo of Milan: im back

Jørn of Merinita: Rego is good

Giraldo of Milan: why are people still here

Archibald of Guernicus: I do know that. The plan is that while they are taking mundane damage, they also take magical damage, at the same time.

johns (GM): vim & auram

rolling 1d10 vim

(

6

)

=

6

c'thinker: i stammered Giftedly at the priest for a while

Endrite: That seems like at awful lot of work.

Giraldo of Milan: what happened in the end

Endrite: But what do I know?

Giraldo of Milan: did we expose the infernalist priest

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10 auram

(

4

)

=

4

c'thinker: he is obviously insanely guilty but nothing happened

johns (GM): auram vis is expensive now if you want to sell more vis

c'thinker: we're good for a while

Jørn of Merinita: Oh, does it take a season to give your lab Superior Tools or Equipment via your own skills?

johns (GM): nope

Jørn of Merinita: Okay, I have two more seasons in 1334 to figure out

Giraldo of Milan: oh, i made a rubbing of the text from the infernalist cross

its too bad i wasnt here to show him that

and make him cry

Jørn of Merinita: I might use them to read the Intellego summae

Giraldo of Milan: johns have you figured out the staff yet

and whether ive figured out its mysteries

johns (GM): can you give everyone superior tools?

Jørn of Merinita: If they want them

Archibald of Guernicus: What did they add

Jørn of Merinita: A free outfitting virtue

johns (GM): asend me a pm

c'thinker: what was the guernicus villa

Jørn of Merinita: https://puu.sh/wb4nA/194c8963ca.png

Endrite: A guernicus villa.

They have a little office there.

Jørn of Merinita: I have 11 Metalsmith which divides into 6

c'thinker: nice

Archibald of Guernicus: +1 general quality and +2 safety is really good

Giraldo of Milan: giraldo is going to start reading the infernal tome

johns (GM): it's a house that looks like an abandoned ruin from the outside but has a functional nice place inside for traveling guernicus to stay in

ok

It's L20 Q8

I think we have a L10 Q12 book as well if your lore is less than 10

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, do we investigate the sword as well

It might be magical

johns (GM): Sure

Endrite: Wow, that's a pretty high quality book.

johns (GM): I'll have to stat it up

Jørn of Merinita: I'll PM you the stuff from Covenants Jorn is probably capable of making

johns (GM): It was mundane as published but well you're all so miserable about no treasure

It's a book that was carried by a literal Demon. should be good

Jørn of Merinita: At least, the Free Virtues that he can do

c'thinker: the sword is a thin veneer of iron over a core of solid gold

Giraldo of Milan: i think the previous form was fine

but ok

Endrite: Wait I thought it was Level 4.

johns (GM): I doubled it to account for Abilities = Arts

Giraldo of Milan: i think the treasure from the adventure as a whole was fine

well just have to throw proclus into a lake

Endrite: 4 times 2 is 8.

johns (GM): So a L10 Q4 book is now L20 Q8

Giraldo of Milan: and then go back

johns (GM): sorry im confusing level and quality a bit

Giraldo of Milan: yeah it should be like

level 8

c'thinker: let's focus on the real treasure here:

johns (GM): no no

It's L20

Q8

c'thinker: everyone who attended is immune to smoke for Moon duration

johns (GM): The higher the level, the lower the quality

Giraldo of Milan: the real treasure: i have rubbings from the island

im gonna go blackmail the priest

johns (GM): Oh yeah

Oh duhhhhh

where were you when everyone was bitching about no proof

Archibald of Guernicus: The real treasure here is the friends we made along the way (none) and the things we learned (nothing)

Giraldo of Milan: i was out buying a new watch

johns (GM): nice

Giraldo of Milan: because i figured we were done

c'thinker: the enemies we made along the way (every other person in the covenant)

Archibald of Guernicus: You left to buy a mickey mouse watch

Giraldo of Milan: what the heck

c'thinker: and the things we learned (the Avignon church is full of fuckers)

johns (GM): Let's at least establish right now

Archibald of Guernicus: Giraldo is not my enemy, as we had a fun adventure in Hell together

johns (GM): Is everyone in the covenant a Ghibelline?

Archibald of Guernicus: Sure, I like Studio Ghibli

c'thinker: was the chicken thing the actual way to get into the regio

johns (GM): The chicken was actually possessed by a demon

Giraldo of Milan: after everyones done, Giraldo goes back to the church with the guilty priest

Endrite: Shock!

johns (GM): It had to run back to the demon to report what it had seen though

c'thinker: wow!

Endrite: What was a chicken doing on the island?!

c'thinker: the kitchen was full of chickens!

johns (GM): Yeah

The demon amused itself by possessing the chicken and making it run into walls

If anyone tried talking to the chicken they would find it completely insane

c'thinker: Understandable.

Endrite: There are many secrets left to find on Zannone, clearly.

Giraldo of Milan: thats a powerful demon

c'thinker: let's return to zannone next week.

Giraldo of Milan: we should recruit it

Endrite: Agreed.

c'thinker: wait, no, if we do that they'll dig up the crosses

Giraldo of Milan: lets not tell proclus were leaving

c'thinker: let's never return to zannone

Giraldo of Milan: lets tell proclus were going to the jewish slums

and well bring him back a pencil

c'thinker: they get an ENTIRE bridge to themselves! ridiculous

Endrite: The problem is that many of the Jews of Rome mistrust you.

Giraldo of Milan: thats why were not actually going to the jewish slums

but proclus will not see through our clever deception

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay looking it up, I am not a ghibeline as I am a pagan.

Giraldo of Milan: anyone im going to be rude and make johns continue gming

as i go back to the church

anyway even

Endrite: Yikes.

c'thinker: i'm going to go eat a big bowl of chili and forget this adventure

johns (GM): You have to be a Ghibelline or a Guelph.

Giraldo of Milan: im gonna get us treasure

johns (GM): If you're a pagan you're definitely not a Guelph

Giraldo of Milan: guelph sounds like a pathfinder race

Endrite: Yeah.

Giraldo of Milan: lets all be guelphs

c'thinker: let's all be ghibellines.

johns (GM): yes

glory to the emperoer

c'thinker: let's turn the guelph/ghibelline feud into a new schism war

johns (GM): yes, yes

Giraldo of Milan: johns, im taking my hard evidence to the priest with the intent of getting us treasure

johns (GM): Are you going to blackmail him?

Giraldo of Milan: absolutely

Archibald of Guernicus: Gelf

Girl Elf

Giraldo of Milan: him. a woman and an elf, huh

johns (GM) checks father guthrie's powers

c'thinker: i softened up his defenses earlier no doubt

Giraldo of Milan: the sentence is clear

c'thinker: Archibald's Minor Molestation

Archibald of Guernicus: I needed a reliable way to tank Fae MR so we can kill them

johns (GM): He's not super wealthy but he says he can be a good ally to you if you don't spread any strange rumors about the monastery

Giraldo of Milan: I accept his offer.

who was the head of the church again?

johns (GM): Excellent

c'thinker: the pope

johns (GM): Bishop Savelli

Giraldo of Milan: the next day i pen a letter to bishop savelli revealing all of the information we found at the island

and including the rubbing i made

johns (GM): lol

Endrite: Pwnt.

Giraldo of Milan: shouldve given me money bitch

Endrite: Can you write?

johns (GM): he should have befriended a demon with the Wealth of Nations power

Giraldo of Milan: i can

Endrite: Phew!

c'thinker: he should of repented

Giraldo of Milan: i have latin +9

johns (GM): Settling this would call for a trial in which you'd have to testify

Giraldo of Milan: sure

johns (GM): I think it's something worth resolving in game

Endrite: You need Artes Liberales to be able to read and write.

Giraldo of Milan: i have that too

at +5

Jørn of Merinita: He reads better than the Norse fairy molester.

Endrite: We have some good Artes Liberales books.

Giraldo of Milan: maybe the bishop will reward me for my find after the shitty priest did not

Endrite: So are we doing the trial next week?

Jørn of Merinita: I'll consider doing some AL reading this year

So I can be a better architect

johns (GM): If it works for you all

Giraldo of Milan: i definitely do not work next week

Endrite: Fine by me.

Giraldo of Milan: so ill be there

Jørn of Merinita: That works for me

johns (GM): I'm not sure if it's worth a whole session so I'll either need to pad it with extra intrigue OR either Endrite/myself needs to prepare to run an adventure right afterwards

Endrite: I am prepared.

Jørn of Merinita: Artes Liberales is really hard to benefit from once you're literate though

Giraldo of Milan: you need to figure out the effects of the staff!

Archibald of Guernicus: Courtroom Trials are a good setting for ttrpgs

Jørn of Merinita: Well, it helps ceremonial casting

Archibald of Guernicus: everyone begin lying at incredible speed

Giraldo of Milan: i wonder who has the highest philosophiae and is thus the most correct when calling themselves a philosopher

Jørn of Merinita: The breakpoint as at artist is pretty high though once you're literate

Endrite: Proclus has the highest.

c'thinker: probably proclus

aristocritus has 0 philosophiae i think

Giraldo of Milan: ive got 11 after exhausting our books

johns (GM): hmm

Jørn of Merinita: I might gain some exposure to philosiphiae when I devise a reagent

I have a reagent I sold back for XP

johns (GM): we could tie this into Archibald's idea to follow up the traitor hook

Endrite: Could work.

johns (GM): as Bishop Savelli also happens to be the traitor's contact

Giraldo of Milan: oh yeah

johns (GM): so you're not sure what sort of biases, if any, he might have here

or what his deal in general is. it could be useful to find that out before trial.

Endrite: I mean potentially.

Giraldo of Milan: he may or may not be receptive to us helping get an infernalist out of his church

johns (GM): yeah

Who knows??

Giraldo of Milan: and might be willing to give up his contact as a reward

Jørn of Merinita: Bile of Ymir, Potency: 10. "A polish made of magnetite, zinc, mistletoe, and digestive acid that, when rubbed onto a stone surface, gives it the density of marble and an illustrious, shimmernig metallic hue. Jørn's formulae produces a quantity sufficient to treat 100 cubic paces of stone.

(base 3, +2 Substantial, +1 Size)

Endrite: Or, like all bishops, he might be a servant of the Devil.

johns (GM): *the faerie

Endrite: *Martians.

johns (GM): hey Shauncat

I don't think you need an extra season to install a grand entrance

Jørn of Merinita: I love you YHWH, my faerie friend

johns (GM): it can be part of the original lab design if you're building it from scratch

Jørn of Merinita: Okay

Giraldo of Milan: damn. mistletoe is native to europe

Jørn of Merinita: I could invent that formula then with an extra season

c'thinker: that's a lto of stone

lot

johns (GM): you should team up with giancarlo to make enchanted statues that look really cool and roman

Jørn of Merinita: If I'm not intruding on his niche

Giraldo of Milan: dont forget to team up with giraldo so he can explain to you the natural philosophy behind what youre doing

c'thinker: i need to crunch through several years of seasons for giancarlo

Giraldo of Milan: and the metaphysics of your amterials

c'thinker: he's just languishing and producing an unknown amount of income

johns (GM): when we do endrite's adventure lavinia is going to try to stick with mundanes & gentle gifted wizards

as I'm assuming its her call who goes with her to the wedding?

Jørn of Merinita: Jorn is gentle gifted

johns (GM): oh nice!

Endrite: Well you'll get the letters but yes.

Giraldo of Milan: so is our good pal aristide

johns (GM): nice, nice

we'll enjoy the buffet and talk about those nerds we hate

Endrite: But also there's no way for Lavinia to stop anyone from going to the wedding.

johns (GM) starts working on a ward that destroys the city of rome if proclus goes to a wedding

c'thinker: we'll enjoy the buffet and talk about how much we admire and respect the archon

ALSO aristocritus, naturally, gossips about the infernalist priest and his trip to Hell with his pen pals

Archibald of Guernicus: who is getting married

Endrite: You should think about promoting Violante to a Companion if you want to do complicated workshop and potion making stuff.

johns (GM): you are

surprise

Archibald of Guernicus: wow!

c'thinker: congratulations

johns (GM): We have arranged your marriage to an English woman

Archibald of Guernicus: I join battle against the GM

Jørn of Merinita: Okay here's 1334 then

1334	Spring	Constructed an empty space to be used as laboratory and living quarters in Vardian's tomb, utilizing Superior Construction and a Grand Entrance.

1334	Summer	Invented the Bile of Ymir formulae and used it to make his living quarters and lab space more dwarven.

1334	Fall	Opened laboratory, and started outfitting it with superior tools and equipment.

1334	Winter	Completed outfitting of laboratory.

Archibald of Guernicus: The GM is just a powerful fairy so you can overcome his MR with enough effort

Giraldo of Milan: thats very cruel johns

c'thinker: a devout Christian and a proud Ex Miscellanea

johns (GM): works for me, shaun

Giraldo of Milan: instead of being so cruel to dys, you should instead attempt to engage with his obvious interests, and begin including references to famed novel series harry potter

johns (GM): ok

archibald is going to gay marry dumbledore

Jørn of Merinita: I got to build brown bricks, I was engaged this session

Archibald of Guernicus: YOu should engage wtih 80 thousand bullets as they are fired from a minigun into you

Endrite: Wow.

Dark stuff.

johns (GM): that would be anacrhonistic

no one has invented the minigun yet

Archibald of Guernicus: [thinking for some time] A hermetic minigun

c'thinker: 80 thousand arrows fired by a Saracen archer before the first hits the ground

Jørn of Merinita: It's hip to fuck bees

johns (GM): good night gamers

Giraldo of Milan: can i take my 7 adventure xp and read a book or one or the other

johns (GM): one or the other

Giraldo of Milan: damn

c'thinker: you can take the 7 adventure xp and still do lab work though right

Jørn of Merinita: Do your job on the same seasons you adventure, IMHO

Read on the off seasons

Giraldo of Milan: alright

Jørn of Merinita: Or yeah, do labwork

Giraldo of Milan: does jorn need anything to continue making pagan sculptures

a transmutation perhaps

material preparation

c'thinker: that actually never occurred to me until endrite said something about it

Archibald of Guernicus: but really, who is getting married

did proclus find another infernalist

Jørn of Merinita: I can probably use anything you throw at me to further a project

I could always use more rare minerals

Oh, if any of your reagent formulas are mundane, I could learn them from texts

Giraldo of Milan: oh wow

mythic herbalism creation times are one third of the ease factor

i can make a lot of potions

or poisons

er

one third of the ease factor in days

Archibald of Guernicus: You should poison the priest to speedrun the adventure.

Endrite: You'll find out who is getting married when the invitation arrives.

Giraldo of Milan: oh no, mythic herbalism rolls are just int + mythic herbalism

my philosophiae investment!!

Endrite: Pwnt.

Jørn of Merinita: I wish the Mythic Herbalism poisons had as much potential for creativity as mundane theriacs

Endrite: Wait what is Mythic Herbalism?

Giraldo of Milan: its part of hedge magic

along with mythic alchemy

its for making unguents, potions and poisons

c'thinker: make a gift of aqua vitae to the bishop before the trial

Jørn of Merinita: Mythic Herbalism is in Societates and Mythic Alchemy is in Hedge Magic, IIRC

Giraldo of Milan: at their most powerful the unguents can fix a terminal aging crisis

Archibald of Guernicus: They can remove uhhh

c'thinker: does mythic alchemy get the fatigue reducing potions

Archibald of Guernicus: Whatever it is that builds up and kills you at too many

Giraldo of Milan: yes cumthinker

c'thinker: nice

Archibald of Guernicus: The point is that mythic alchemy can make someone with the unaging virtue genuinely immortal

As long as they keep downing potions

Endrite: Ah I see.

Giraldo of Milan: ease factor 12 can ignore one fatigue

thats actually it for fatigue

except for uh

Endrite: How are you training that up?

Giraldo of Milan: getting +2 to fatigue rolls

i havent trained either mythic alchemy or herbalism up since chargen because we dont have anything for it

but mythic alchemy goes of philosophiaea

Endrite: Oh well...

Giraldo of Milan: and works like inventing spells

c'thinker: the rules as written make it so potions with creod ingredients bounce off a magus's form-bonus MR and fail but that's been houseruled away

Giraldo of Milan: so my lab total is pretty good on it

Endrite: I didn't know about this but Jeanne de Ys probably can teach this.

I didn't mention it because I've never heard of it, but it fits her character concept.

Giraldo of Milan: its taught at some italian university

Archibald of Guernicus: You can train it up through exposure and adventure xp, potentially, though the smartest thing would be to try and track down a teacher or book

Giraldo of Milan: same place one of the hedge magic traditions comes from

c'thinker: you can always practice for 5 xp

Endrite: She can teach it at 17 XP a season (if there's only one student).

Giraldo of Milan: yeah im out of useful books pretty much so getting taught would make sense

Endrite: She can't open it for anyone, though.

Giraldo of Milan: for this season uh

i could make some potions that let you ignore wound penalties up to medium

and take my adventure xp

then get taught next season

thats probably what ill do

as long as i dont botch i can definitely make thosep otions

Archibald of Guernicus: Hello potion seller

Giraldo of Milan: and it only takes 2 days per

hell, ill make 5 of them

rolling 1d10+6

(

9

)

+6

=

15

rolling 1d10+6

(

3

)

+6

=

9

rolling 1d10+6

(

7

)

+6

=

13

rolling 1d10+6

(

3

)

+6

=

9

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

8

)

+6

=

14

there we go

c'thinker: here we...

here we...

here we fucking go!!!!!

Endrite: Aww yeah.

Giraldo of Milan: actually that only matters if we adventure next season

hm

well, whatever, they only take 10 days total to brew

at the start of the next adventure ill say 5 are ready

oh fuck actually do we have an apothecary

it needs plants growing in a magic aura

Jørn of Merinita: Vilolante

Giraldo of Milan: alright

Jørn of Merinita: VIolante has Magic Sensitivity too, she can go between regios to get what you need

Giraldo of Milan: giraldo and violante can work on making a garden thats within the covenants aura

or alternatively in the temple of mercury regio

if plants can grow in that

Jørn of Merinita: She's a grog too so she's controllable by anyone

You could start a mushroom farm in Vardian's Tomb

c'thinker: are there any virtues that would help

Jørn of Merinita: Also any vis soucrce the covenant has the rights to is good for getting plants

Archibald of Guernicus: Affinity with Mushrooms

Jørn of Merinita: Puissant Survival

c'thinker: i ask because giancarlos only thing is granting people virtues for free

Jørn of Merinita: Careful with Magic Sensitivity

* Cautious

Endrite (GM): Ok, see ya.

c'thinker: gg

Jørn of Merinita: Giving Giraldo Cautious with Mythic Herbalism means he can't fuck up the batch

Giraldo of Milan: sure, cumthinker. giancarlo can give me the virtue The Gift

c'thinker: The Gift cannot be granted by figurine magic

Giraldo of Milan: that would actually be good, how long do the virtues last

c'thinker: either 2 or 4 seasons

Giraldo of Milan: the botch effect on mythic herbalism is poisoning yourself so uh

c'thinker: i really have to bring him up to date before he takes any requests but, on the other hand, if you make a request then i have an excellent reason to bring him up to date

Giraldo of Milan: nice, we can do 2 season ones whenever im becoming a potion factory

c'thinker: the limits arrrre

lemme check

Giraldo of Milan: are there any virtues that make me learn better that you can give

c'thinker: i want to say it's any general minor virtue and any supernatural minor virtue, except for ones that are based on your bloodline or upbringing

yeah i think there are ones that make you better at learning from books and teachers

and then ones that make you better at writing and teaching

Giraldo of Milan: the teacher one is what i want

do you know what its called

ok its apt student

whats advancement total

does 5 to the advancement total just mean 5 more xp

c'thinker: pretty sure

Giraldo of Milan: holy shit

i want a 4 season version of that

giraldos going to learn from jeanne

c'thinker: it might need to be adjusted for the new scale?

well probably not that one

some of them though

Giraldo of Milan: https://pics.onsizzle.com/where-do-you-work-out-at-the-library-9377715.png archibald and giraldo, in one year

im going to get 22 xp a season in mythic herbalism

c'thinker: just write a bunch of tracts back and forth with writing / reading bonuses

Giraldo of Milan: my comm is negative

c'thinker: the time to make a figurine is measured in weeks, i think

Giraldo of Milan: but i could do that when im very smart

c'thinker: so he can make a ton of statues

actually months i think

Giraldo of Milan: can you learn from your own tracts

Jørn of Merinita: Oh I should refine my lab while I have the room open

c'thinker: n

Giraldo of Milan: damn

well once giraldo gets ridiculous mythic alchemy and herbalism i can have him settle down and start cranking out potions and reagents

or writing books if none of those are needed

i can make an unguent that resolves major aging crises too so ill do some of those every winter, when i can

Jørn of Merinita: Oops, I forgot Rego is what we don't have a summae for, so I'll put my applicable XP gains there

rolling d10+1 Experimenting with inventing The Miner's Keen Eye

(

5

)

+1

=

6

rolling d10+1 Extraordinary Results

(

2

)

+1

=

3

rolling d10 Warping 1

(

5

)

=

5

johns (GM): Lavinia 1331 aging

rolling 1d10!-2

(

1

)

-2

=

-1

rolling 1d10!-2 1332 aging

(

9

)

-2

=

7

rolling 1d10!-2 1334 aging

(

9

)

-2

=

7

rolling 1d10!+3 Studying Aquam Vis

(

9

)

+3

=

12

rolling 1d10!+3 studying auram vis

(

3

)

+3

=

6

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-2 1334 aging

(

9

)

-2

=

7

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+6+9+2+3 Warding the Lab

(

2

)

+6+9+2+3

=

22

(22-21+4)x5 = 25 pen

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10+20+3

(

2

)

+20+3

=

25

rolling 1d10+3

(

10

)

+3

=

13

uh oh

Endrite (GM): Congratulations, gamer.

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10+3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

rolling 1d10+3

(

9

)

+3

=

12

oh no

does that stack

do i have to roll 2 more

Endrite (GM): "Watar" you doing?

Beardbeard: extraordinary results

johns (GM): you probably should have said what you were rolling for with each roll

Beardbeard: 12+ is roll 2 more times

i got a 13 so i rolled 2 more and now i have another 12

johns (GM): you're taking exceptional risk?

Beardbeard: yes

johns (GM): then roll 3 times

Beardbeard: its just +3 to the extraordinary results roll isnti t?

johns (GM): yeah

Beardbeard: alright

but that 12 triggers another 2 rolls, right?

Endrite (GM): Good luck, GM.

Yes.

Beardbeard: i guess it does since it doesnt say not to keep doing it whenever it happens

rolling 1d10+3

(

9

)

+3

=

12

rolling 1d10+3

(

10

)

+3

=

13

godd

damnit

rolling 1d10+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

Endrite (GM): lmao

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10+3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

rolling 1d10+3

(

3

)

+3

=

6

rolling 1d10+3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

what have i got here

johns (GM): what the hell have you done

Beardbeard: 3 modified effects

johns (GM): it's not even a gauntlet anymore

Beardbeard: 5 and 6 are both side effects

here we go

johns (GM): alright roll 3 modified effect rolls, but don't add the risk modifier

Beardbeard: time to roll on those tables

modified effect says add the risk modifier

johns (GM): WELP OK

Beardbeard: here we go

rolling 1d10+3

(

4

)

+3

=

7

rolling 1d10+3

(

6

)

+3

=

9

rolling 1d10+3

(

5

)

+3

=

8

7–8 The use of the spell or effect is restricted. For example,

it fails to work in certain circumstances, like when it is

Beardbeard: raining.

9–10 The actual effect of your experiment is modified. For

example, a spell like Curse of Circe (page 131) turns the

target into a goat instead of a pig

Endrite (GM): That doesn't seem correct to me, because there are no entries on the table above 10.

johns (GM): 2 restrictions and an effect change

there's an 11+ entry, endrite

Beardbeard: modified effects has an 11+

johns (GM): do you also need to roll for side effects?

Beardbeard: and it also says above it to add risk mod

yes i do

2 of those

Endrite (GM): Not on the side effect table.

Beardbeard: no risk mod on the side effects yeah

rolling 1d10

(

8

)

=

8

rolling 1d10

(

9

)

=

9

major side effect and major side benefit

johns (GM): good shit

Now I gotta think a bit on what you've done to this

Beardbeard: the gauntlet is permanently locked in a rude hand gesture

johns (GM): it can only be activated by flipping off the pope

Beardbeard: hm

if i do +3 risk and get a 9 or 10 i can unlock the sword too

Endrite (GM): That's probably a smart plan.

johns (GM): it's level 32

what's your InVi total

Beardbeard: 20

johns (GM): you might want to ask dys first since idk if archibald wnated the sword too

but yeah with +3 risk you could conceivably hit the target

Beardbeard: yeah ill hold off on that til he gets back

ill do the reliquary

johns (GM): hmm

Beardbeard: i can get the first effect anyway

johns (GM): you might want to wait until the archon signs off on that

Beardbeard: fair enough

johns (GM): if you're going to experiment, I mean

What's Aristide's sigil?

Beardbeard: wait a minute

can you investigate an item without experimenting

johns (GM): Yes

Beardbeard: aristide's sigil is hot air

oh

ohhh

johns (GM): lmao

Beardbeard: i figured it had to be experimentation so i just take max risks

for more fun items

whats the non experimentation method then

ill just do that for the reliquary

johns (GM): It's just your InVi lab total + a stress die

Beardbeard: ok

johns (GM): you can botch

Beardbeard: investigating the reliquary

Endrite (GM): Ask John Philosymeon.

johns (GM): which may be bad

but who cares

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10!+20

(

9

)

+20

=

29

incredible, lets see that level 4 effect

johns (GM): ReTe 4

Pen 0, 1/day

R: Per, D: Mom, T: Ind

This effect moves the metal of

the reliquary, as if worked by a metalsmith,

to seal the door shut. A Perception

johns (GM): + Finesse roll by the person

using the reliquary determines how

elegant the seal appears. Although

the magic is momentary, the metal

remains sealed after it ends. The seal

must be broken by mundane means,

johns (GM): but the magic can seal it again. It is

activated by closing the reliquary’s

door and closing the latch.

Beardbeard: neat

Endrite (GM): Nice, time to wrench it open.

johns (GM): you'll void the warranty if you do that

Beardbeard: how many seasons would you say it takes to fully investigate the catacombs

and what would be involved in that

johns (GM): it would be an adventure imo

Endrite (GM): At least one.

Beardbeard: ah

is the rod fully investigated then?

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Well, almost.

You've never used it to make sure it still works.

johns (GM): no one has investigated the demon hiding in side it

oh

Lavinia has been studying infernal lore, can she make checks to see if she knows abhorrent substances against Kabshiel and the Red Lord

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Go for it, gamerster.

johns (GM): do I get any bonuses for making lore checks in the comfort of the home library

Beardbeard: how did studying vis work again

johns (GM): You roll 1d10! + the aura

Beardbeard: and consume 1 vis pawn, right?

the aura in the temple mercury was 6, right?

johns (GM): 1 pawn per 5 score you have in that art

Beardbeard: tmeple of

johns (GM): so if you have Vim 6 you spend 2 pawns of vim

Endrite (GM): Well, perhaps.

johns (GM): yeah

Endrite (GM): How big is that demon book we got?

Beardbeard: alright, im eating 2 pawns of intellego vis

johns (GM): the one we just picked up is high level

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10!+6

(

7

)

+6

=

13

johns (GM): l20 q8

Endrite (GM): Hmm, how many other books do we got?

Just one other one?

johns (GM): nfernal Lore

De Operationes Daemonum Diologus, summa, L10 Q12 [Potom Flos, Winter 1323]

Book of the Morning Star, summa, L20 Q8

would it help if we bought some more inf lore books off the mundane book market

Beardbeard: i think that would be a great deal of help in multiple ways

Endrite (GM): I have no idea how to calculate library bonuses.

johns (GM): same, I've just been BSing it

Beardbeard: it takes infernal lore books off the streets and gets the church to investigate us for buying infernal lore books

Endrite (GM): Plus one per book?

johns (GM): idk

I'll just roll inf lore and you can do as you please

rolling 1d10!+2+9 Kabshiel

(

4

)

+2+9

=

15

rolling 1d10!+2+9 Teh Red Lord

(

1

)

+2+9

=

12

Endrite (GM): Wouldn't this just be an ordinary roll, not stressed?

johns (GM): Well, alright.

Beardbeard: johns curses as he is not allowed to botch his infernal lore

johns (GM): i gotta rack up some cool botches soon

and go into twilight

Endrite (GM): No info on the weaknesses of the demons, but you do get some info on the Red Lord.

The description of the Red Lord in the Book of the Morning Star is totally different than the one you've met (it's like a giant blood man).

HOWEVER, you do find this entry on the Order of the Red Knights:

The Red Knights are from the demonic order of the Vessels of Iniquity, inventors of malevolence and wickedness. Each Vessel is a physical manifestation of an abstract sin, a specific maleficence that pesters and ruins mankind. They are, as a group, commanded by the False God Ops.

johns (GM): May I make a lore check on Ops

Beardbeard: false god ops

Endrite (GM): Go for it.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+2+9 Lore!!!

(

9

)

+2+9

=

20

Endrite (GM): You already know that she's some old time pagan goddess.

johns (GM): what the hell

i'll conf too

for a nice 25

Beardbeard: can you conf on experimentation rolls

Endrite (GM): No.

Beardbeard: damn

Endrite (GM): You don't discover Ops' weakness.

However, you do know that she is known by many names (none of them her True Name, unfortunately).

She has been called the Dark One, the Queen of Slaughter, and Dis Pater.

johns (GM): she sounds like a metallica song

Endrite (GM): Like all False Gods, she has the power Wealth of Nations, which allows her to steal money from any treasury she so chooses.

She is typically depicted with a bloodthirsty lion.

She is also known as the Storm of War, because her appearance is heralded by dark, heavy clouds.

johns (GM): In 249 BC and 207 BC, the Roman Senate under senator Lucius Catellius ordained special festivals to appease Dīs Pater and Proserpina.

looks like we found the shadow senate boys!!!!

Endrite (GM): The Lore suggests that she is often found behind powerful armies of mortals.

Her traditional home is that burial mound you found, which I believe you already knew.

johns (GM): do you think an Animal based ward could affect a demon whose natural form is a lion

Endrite (GM): It could.

johns (GM): how positive can I be of that

Endrite (GM): But she is seen WITH the lion, she isn't the lion.

johns (GM): oh, oops

well maybe I should still invest in a ward against lions

Endrite (GM): Could work, but many demons who are associated with animals have those animals as part of their manifestation and so share their Infernal Form and Might Score.

johns (GM): id have to make a guess what level Might the lion has

blah!

Endrite (GM): Which isn't necessarily Animal, of course.

Finding out Demonic Weaknesses is hard.

It's 9 + (Might/5) raw.

johns (GM): mm

Endrite (GM): So 15 + (Might/3).

johns (GM): How about the lesser hellhounds we encountered

rolling 1d10+2+9 hellhounds

(

3

)

+2+9

=

14

Endrite (GM): Go for it.

johns (GM) makes fart noises with armpit

Endrite (GM): You have no clue.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+2+9 proclus' weakness

(

1

)

+2+9

=

12

damn!!

Endrite (GM): Women.

johns (GM): Sortes Roll: +14 skill, +2 Perception, +3 aura, +5 for Cities, +8 for Troy

rolling 1d10!+14+2+3+5+8

(

1

)

+14+2+3+5+8

=

33

rolling 3d10 botch die

(

8

+

5

+

10

)

=

23



Endrite (GM): Bah god he's done it.

He's avoided a botch!

What's the question?

johns (GM): "Where do I find the city of Troy?"

Endrite (GM): Ok.

You have an answer!

johns (GM): is it a useful one

Endrite (GM): You bet!

johns (GM): cool

now we need a storyguide to make it happen

Endrite (GM): It's here.

johns (GM): what map are you on

oh

thats convenient

Endrite (GM): Kind of!

johns (GM): why is troy on this map

why is the colossus of rhodes on this map

Endrite (GM): That's where the Turks believe Troy to be.

So it should more accurately be called "Truva".

Man I have no idea.

johns (GM): That's not what I asked, Virgil.

Fine, how about this

Endrite (GM): Why does it say "Kingdom of Poland" and not "Third Rome"?

johns (GM): "Where do I find the site of city of Troy from whence Aeneas came"

Endrite (GM): It's where the red dot is.

There's an island there.

johns (GM): oh

intredasting

Endrite (GM): The dot is larger than the island.

But it's near the historical troy.

johns (GM): great

do I take it you have some specific plans in mind then?

Endrite (GM): Kind of.

johns (GM): alright

well I'll try to see what other members of the sodales I can convince to join an expedition

but no rush ofc

Endrite (GM): Right.