5/14/17

johns (GM): welcome gamers

Shauncat: Oh yeah, Kifaaya has a reputation attached to her studio. Not that reputations do a whole lot, but that can be part of her getting the attention of a Verditius loremaster

johns (GM): send me a PM sometime with the long-term plans you're working on and it'll be easier for me to track it and work it into gameplay

Shauncat: Cool

devil's fav demon: i went back to see how many seasons i had to catch up on and it's been years. Prudenzio likely died in 1331 and has only been walking out of the disgusting laziness of his player.

Beardbeard: brembo

Aristide of Tremere: greetings

devil's fav demon: howedy

Shauncat: Tremere: How do you do, fellow non-evil wizards?

devil's fav demon: im going to make a catboy bjornaer

johns (GM): Hi Aristide

Shauncat: Teach me some Bjornaer mysteries involving animal transformations

johns (GM): can y'all tell me your scores in Order of Hermes Lore? im going to give you some lore straight up in advance of this adventure that presupposes you knew it all along

dys (GM): immediately after learning that tremere possibly orchestrated the false accusation and execution of diedne to gain status, a tremere just 'happens' to show up

my score is 0 as lore is for squares

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have 0 since I was barely aware that was a thing

johns (GM): any Italy Area Lore, assuming anyone has it, is useful too

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't have any of that, and only 3 in Code of Hermes

dys (GM): zita has that, hang on

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I am a Flambeau, and have spent most of my life not caring about that sort of thing.

johns (GM): fair enough

dys (GM): zita has 9 area lore rome

johns (GM): Hm, that's for the City

Aristide of Tremere: i have +2 to order of hermes lore, if aristide arrives before it happens

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh wait, i do have 3 lore: order of hermes

i must have studied at some point.

johns (GM): nice

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c'thinker (GM): hi

johns (GM): heya archon

Kifaaya of Verditius: When knowing something about Verditius or Araby is relevant, that'll be my time to shine

c'thinker: we're approaching the point where manuals on mining and stuff become widespread arent we

johns (GM): With a score of 0, you have all still heard of Averna of Tytalus, a Maga from the era of the Diedne Lore, infamous for streak of sadism and cruelty in her spells. Folk tales about her are a guilty pleasure especially those with a macabre bent

sorry, not Diedne lore

from the era of the SCHISM WAR

johns (GM) wakes up

c'thinker: dys (GM): damn, are the only remaining original magi of vardians tomb lavinia and proclus now

what the FUCK

Prudenzio of Flambeau: gasp!

c'thinker: my ooh lore is 4. hope this is still relevant by the time i finish scrolling down

johns (GM): Prudenzio you've read a few histories with conflicting stories about her exploits. The most popular tale tells of a major battle she had with a Diedne that was so powerful it poisoned the very earth beneath her lair.

Prudenzio and Aristo also know that Averna was a Corporal Necromancer.

c'thinker: nice

(To Aristocritus Bonisagi): You know that Seekers have occasionally been interested in finding this battlesite and recovering artifacts

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the power of terram magic...

johns (GM): We near the Summer solstice as Venator summons a council meeting, bringing along a new face, Aristide of Tremere

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Welcome, Aristide.

johns (GM): Beardbeard, do you have any preference on your character's background, why they came to Vardian's tomb?

Aristide of Tremere: hm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Salve.

aristide's background is that he is a secret Dao Clone of aristocritus

Aristide of Tremere: He wants to operate in Rome for his great Ghibelline cause, and there's a covenant conveniently located there

johns (GM): this is gonna get a little confusing cause i keep referring to aristocritus as aristo for short

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristo / aristi

Aristide of Tremere: I hadn't considered that when I chose the name, I just chose an Italian name that meant "the best"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): my magi's name is the sound of an italian chef kissing their fingers

Aristocritus Bonisagi: mine means "chosen by the best"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: my magi's name is meant to be ironic because i have very poor judgement

Aristide of Tremere: excellent, you can be my student

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

johns (GM): did Malach go back to poland

Kifaaya of Verditius: Mine was from an arabic name generator

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok, teach me how to be a vampire

Aristide of Tremere: Malach is traveling to points of high Terram power in Mythic Europe

johns (GM): Nice

probably the alps

good skiing

Aristide of Tremere: yeah

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Hole wizard becomes Peak wizard

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the grelps

Aristide of Tremere: "Hello, sodales!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: AS an aside how much did we learn about the neomercurians, again

Venator ex Misc: Not much

Aristide of Tremere: "I am Aristide, of House Tremere. A pleasure to meet you."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Salaam."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: just that they exist and the super powered wizardslayer hates them?

"Welcome to the Tomb, sodalis."

Venator ex Misc: You can reasonably know that they claim extension from the old Cult of Mercury and want to be rightful custodians of all the old Cult of Mercury sites and artifacts

Kifaaya of Verditius casts Notes of a Delightful Sound	as the council convenes to improve the acoustics.

Venator ex Misc: (anyone with a brain is skeptical of how good their claim is)

Proclus of Rome: Greetings.

I am a KNOWN brain-haver.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Even if it is a good claim, it sounds like a bad idea.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I worship a moon fairy and don't have a 5 in every technique, so don't count me as having a brain just yet

Aristocritus Bonisagi: recovering the heritage of bonisagus sounds like an excellent idea frankly

Venator ex Misc: "I have welcomed Aristide into this covenant as his skills in certamen and Gentle Gift will be of great use to you all in your dealings to come."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't want just anyone to have it.

Holy shit, Gentle Gift AND Certamen?

Venator ex Misc: "Alas that I can not be too optimistic. Frankly, I have been alarmed at your activities to date, sodales."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The gentle gift? Perhaps I can be of use to him as well."

Proclus of Rome: EXCUSE ME, but God is NOT a fairy!

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, yes, I was told of the disappointing lack of certamen prestige in your covenant."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: mmm haha

Aristide of Tremere: "But don't worry, I will ensure that our reputation grows."

Proclus of Rome: "At least we have activities."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Another magus with the Gentle Gift is always welcome. Let's go out drinking together and fuck unsuspecting young women."

Venator ex Misc: "It seems this covenant has been gathering a great deal of worrisome attention.."

Proclus of Rome: "There is no way to hide from the world in the heart of Rome."

Aristocritus Bonisagi nods.

Proclus of Rome: "Or on the edge of Rome, which is where we are technically."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Someone with a gentle Gift will be a tremendous asset"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau is just getting more and more red

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh right, YHWH and Allah are both of the Divine

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Venator ex Misc: "This covenant has existed for hundreds of years before you arrived Proclus, but it is only in the last decade it has had its members caught storming castles pretending to be Lancelot, or having the wrecks of houses piling up on our entryway."

Kifaaya of Verditius: It just seemed like if we're gonna use moon god as a pejorative we might as well call it fairy

Proclus of Rome: UhhHHHHHH, they're the font of all power in the universe!

The Divine is MERELY the direct manifestation of God's will!

Aristide of Tremere: i should probably peruse the giant post on certamen before i have to challenge someone

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I don't know, Venator, we heard it had quite the reputation in the past."

Venator ex Misc: the rules are good once you get the hang of it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: disputatio vs certamen - epic rap battles of mythic history

Proclus of Rome: Yeah.

Disputatio isn't quite where I want it but out of the box it's pretty much what new certamen is.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I would say it's better to be known as a meddler with houses on the doorstep than a Diabolist, after all."

Aristide of Tremere: Tremere often refer to the prima as "alba" and the secunda as "niger".

lmfao

Venator ex Misc: "What are you implying Prudenzio? Spit it out."

Proclus of Rome: "That's a very serious accusation."

dys (GM): Back

Proclus of Rome: "Especially now that Bonfillia has been exiled."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Accusation? It may have been before your time."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: like i said, it'll be good to have one member of the covenant with the gentle gift

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

his time.

i mean.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Intuition payin off

Venator ex Misc: "You are young, and ignorant, and in no place to speak that way to me."

Prudenzio of Flambeau prudenzio nods, as if this is obvious

Prudenzio of Flambeau: bleh

Proclus of Rome: TECHNICALLY it's true.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "If you wish to be fitted for magical clothing suited for diplomacy, please visit my studio some time."

Proclus of Rome: "Can you cease your peddler's patter for even a moment?"

Venator ex Misc: "All of you," and he looks around, "have yet to prove themselves worthy of the burden that will be yours, when I am not around to manage this covenant."

"I have a trial for you."

"If you fail, I will have to rethink the invitation I have extended to you all."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I hush myself at the dual sting of Procius's remark and of the seriousness of Venator's declaration.

Proclus of Rome: Too bad Malachiasz is gone or we could get a well to throw Venator down.

Venator ex Misc: "In my research, I have found what I believe to be the lost battlefield of Averna of Tytalus."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have full faith in myself and my sodales to trump any trial ye can imagine."

Do I have to roll guile for that

Aristide of Tremere: "That would be a remarkable find."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Some research!"

Venator ex Misc: "For those of you who are remiss in your lore, this was the site where Averna fought her final, greatest duel with Frell of Diedne."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The necromancer?"

Venator ex Misc: "The same."

Proclus of Rome: Speaking of necromancy, do ghosts react badly to the Gift?

Venator ex Misc: "Perhaps you've heard the tales of Agustin the Mercere? His version is the most popular recounting, though written a century after the fact."

sometimes proclus.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Hm. That's probably why I don't see my wife around much here.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is your wife even allowed inside the aegis

Venator ex Misc: "According to Agustin, Averna perished that day, but with her dying breath uttered a curse that blighted the lands, poisoning the very earth, and taking her Diedne foe with her."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I think she has to be, being bound to torment me for eternity or something.

Venator ex Misc: one weird trick to avoid your nagging wife

"There is a village to the east of her, known as Allumiere."

Prudenzio of Flambeau takes notes on this curse that blights the lands thing

Venator ex Misc: "Nestled at the edge of some rolling hills and valleys. My research and inceptions tell me this is the site of the battlefield, and likely Averna's sanctum when she was alive."

Proclus of Rome: "How could it have gone undiscovered for so long?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "A treasure trove if true."

Venator ex Misc: "I also found-- though I doubt this is related-- that it was the site of prosperous lead and silver mines in the days of the old Empire."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Within a ten day round trip of Rome, too, amazing."

Proclus of Rome: This is actually within about a day's travel.

Venator ex Misc: "Much of the schism war is lost to us, or mired in false history, Proclus."

Proclus of Rome: "But certainly some lord or other would have claimed the nearby mine."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can even make the trip as human within the ten day span, wow.

Archibald of Guernicus: Such as the false history that Diedne were infernalists. Wake up, sheeple.

Proclus of Rome: It's 17 miles.

Venator ex Misc: "You'll follow the Via Tiburtina some miles northeast, then ask around to find the village."

Aristide of Tremere: "Perhaps it's for the best. That makes it more difficult for less noble forces to repeat Diedne's crimes."

Proclus of Rome: An ordinary person could easily make that trip.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: No problem.

Proclus of Rome: In under 2 days.

Venator ex Misc: "Perhaps some Lord did. I do not know."

Aristide of Tremere: thats about an 8 hour journey if youre walking at a normal pace

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "If the curse is real, though, it may lie abandoned."

Aristide of Tremere: well maybe a bit more since it curves around

Archibald of Guernicus: "We should take care tae dispose of any infernalist ties, should any remain."

Venator ex Misc: "I want you to go to this site and bring back at least one artifact of the Necromancer's."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I didn't look at the map yet so I'll take it on good faith

Proclus of Rome: "Not a relic, certainly."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the road is highlighted in green

Prudenzio of Flambeau: A simple task.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I see now

johns (GM): "Perhaps you may wish to take some time to prepare in the lab, it is your choice. We are near the end of summer now, I would like to see results by the end of this year."

Venator ex Misc: "Aristide, you are new to this covenant, but perhaps you could be of help on this expedition."

"If you have any questions I will be around."

Aristide of Tremere: "It would be a pleasure to work with such great magi."

Venator ex Misc: (so, you have 2 seasons to play with here if you want to do labwork first/come back to lab later)

Proclus of Rome: Sounds good to me.

I don't see why we'd need it.

Venator ex Misc: beats me

Proclus of Rome: After all, we're all such well-rounded magi.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make sure I'm fully stocked on casting tools, which are a series of bespoke needles made from bone, and fetishes from my own cat hair.

Archibald of Guernicus: I was planning on doing all my 1333 seasons in one go to round myself out more.

Kifaaya of Verditius: And the raven feather cloaks, of course.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I will retcon my seasons later, for real this time.

Venator ex Misc: its okay lavinia hasn't updated her seasons for 4 years

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm at 3.

Kifaaya of Verditius: My current plan for Summer is a carpet for my lab

Prudenzio of Flambeau: So that makes me feel better.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll figure that out now

Archibald of Guernicus: Do we have any notes on useful spells like Crystal Dart, so I can just read it instead of inventing it myself

Proclus of Rome: Big plans, Kifaaya.

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's more abitious than it sounds

Proclus of Rome: Here are the texts we have:

Aegis of the Hearth L20 ReVi

Circle of Beast Warding (ReAn 5) - Written by Aleseta

Proclus of Rome: Soothe the Ferocious Beast (ReAn 10) - Written by Aleseta

Ward Against Beasts of Legend (ReAn L15) - Written by Aleseta

Shell of Opaque Mysteries, 5th Magnitude (CrVi 25) - Won at auction

Piercing the Faerie Veil (InVi 20) - Won at auction

Proclus of Rome:

Love's Unfaithful Witness (InTe 35) - Won at auction (from HoH:TL pg. 141-- lets you talk to jewelry)

The Beast Remade (MuAn 25) - Traded at Tribunal

Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie (InMe 20) - Traded at Tribunal

Proclus of Rome:

Charm Against Putrefaction (CrCo 10) - Recovered from Hafgan's lab

The Walking Corpse (ReCo 35) - Recovered from Hafgan's lab

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you could have someone write it up for you in exchange for your own spell

Venator ex Misc: weve got some lab texts on the library page too http://ars-badgame-ii.wikia.com/wiki/Library

Proclus of Rome: Plus the three we got from Severin.

Venator ex Misc: oh, thanks endrite

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do we have a dang artifact list yet

Venator ex Misc: no, sorry, I'm lazy and dumb

Aristocritus Bonisagi: who runs this covenant anyway

Archibald of Guernicus: I thought when you invented a spell, it produced a lab text automatically?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's written in your own shorthand, basically

Proclus of Rome: Pretty much all of our artifacts are dangerous in the extreme.

And shouldn't be used by anyone.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: so you have to take time to rewrite it in a way someone else will understand

Venator ex Misc: uhh I don't know where the card for Nunzio's Gauntlet went

Proclus of Rome: It's on the covenant page.

You know, the map.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if i delete crass's stuff from my hand will it go back to the equipment deck

or will i have fucked up

Venator ex Misc: i seem to only have the version that reveals what the effect is instead of having a big ol question mark

try dropping it on the table cthinker

Archibald of Guernicus: Since I can invent it casually, without doing my full seasons I'm going to give myself Crystal Dart and then do the actual seasons post-session.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip crass...

Proclus of Rome: Well, suffice to say Nunzio had a brass gauntlet that let him throw fireballs.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i was going to research that at some point

Proclus of Rome: He ALMOST used it to kill me.

Or he used it to almost kill me.

Archibald of Guernicus: You then blew his head up with a crystal dart, so fair's fair.

A shame that after all that effort your girlfriend was insanely murdered by a fellow PC.

Who, indeed, only showed up after a decade absence just to headshot her

Kifaaya of Verditius: Persian Carpet of Enlightened Operations

ReAn 20

R: Touch, D: Conc, T: Room

Pen 0, unlimited uses per day

Items made of animal products — like most of Kifaaya's custom-built laboratory equipment — are supported in the air wherever they are released, and maintained there until plucked free. If left floating, Kifaaya's tools slowly move, aligning themselves into propitious arrangements that actually enhance the activity in question. This enchantment gives Kifaaya's laboratory a +1 General Quality.

(base 1, +1 Touch, +1 Conc, +2 Room; +10 unlimited/day, +5 item maintains concentration)

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make that in Summer

Venator ex Misc: I think those cards on the table are all of them, except for the stuff players have made for their own chars?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice gauntlet.

Venator ex Misc: unless I'm forgetting something from the HellSwamp

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wait what was the tonic of gold

Archibald of Guernicus: I enchanted a sword and have yet to put actual enchantments into it, which I was planning on rectifying soon

Proclus of Rome: I have a +4 Numerology book that most any magus would find worthless.

Venator ex Misc: they would find it very useful as an a/c to proclus of rome

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i need to find someone to make me a big ornamental mace

Kifaaya of Verditius: I would want the book if someone initiated me into Numerology

Proclus of Rome: Good news, we have one.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: NOT the rod of kabshiel

actually that would be sick.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Celeste has a big ornamental mace with a dried saint's penis inside. But you can't have that one.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyway, I'll spend 2 animal vis carpeting my laboratory with that

And that'll be a summer well spent

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok. are we going now or in the fall

johns (GM): lemme know if you're heading out now or spending a season first

heh

Proclus of Rome: We should go as soon as possible.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can catch up in bird form

Proclus of Rome: After all, there's a spy in the covenant.

We wouldn't want to lose time.

Aristide of Tremere: yes

lets go to the infernalist field

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Perfect.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: would infernal power be changed any by the season

johns (GM): Who could the spy be?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i do NOT have infernal lore

johns (GM): who's got inf lore

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bonfilia

Prudenzio of Flambeau: not me.

Archibald of Guernicus: If no-one else wishes to spend a season, I'll just say now that I spent one of my two free seasons on crystal dart.

Proclus of Rome: I have 2 XP in Fairy Lore for some reason.

Aristide of Tremere: giraldo has infernal lore

was there a question for such a character

Proclus of Rome: We aren't waiting around here, Archibald.

We need to set out right away.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: can you spend part of the season inventing crystal dart and then go on the adventure

Archibald of Guernicus: I mean spring and summer, Proclus.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that's legal, right

johns (GM): Do me a solid and drop your token on the board if you're going, and add any grogs or companions

Aristide of Tremere: you can invent multiple spells in a season? i think? if theyre low level

so i think that works

johns (GM): Yeah, and the same form and technique

You can't take Oak! :(

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

can we take napolino

johns (GM): Yeah

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess I won't send the hulking minotaur following along the guy trying to use gentle gift

johns (GM): Teschio has no stats atm

Proclus of Rome: I want to take Tanolfi and Teschio.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: where is the bonisagus regio on the map

Proclus of Rome: Well I'm not carrying anything heavy back to the covenant.

johns (GM): It's at the spot marked "Ancient Arch"

Proclus of Rome: I'm just not going to do it!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ah.

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't see it as much of a social adventure

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well, let's swing by and pick up the minotaur on the way

Archibald of Guernicus: Well. It was breaking into a mine to find relics

Prudenzio of Flambeau: who is mike stoklasa again

oh it says right there

Archibald of Guernicus: Gorvio, a grog I made

Proclus of Rome: Motion Sickness is like the GURPSiest flaw on here.

johns (GM): Can you tell me Gorvio's deal/gimmick in short?

Archibald of Guernicus: He can hear the voices of animals and is offensive to animals, making his life a constantly miserable experience.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: was gorvio the one who got yelled at by animals

Aristide of Tremere: mike stoklasa is a well known filmmaker

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hell yeah

Kifaaya of Verditius: I put down both Pacifico and Timotheos, so the minotaur can stay hidden while he's not needed

Archibald of Guernicus: He is severely depressed and hopes he'll be killed by a freak accident in his job

Aristide of Tremere: so say we all

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): If Timotheus goes along, how are you going to deal with the sight of a monstrous beast strolling through Rome with you

Archibald of Guernicus: As this is a test for the magi here, I'm playing as Archibald.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: doesn't he live in the regio

johns (GM): GM spoiler warning social characters aren't useless today either

Proclus of Rome: Oh, let's take Letta.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't think we need the minotaur.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what about characters who are really good at making wood sculptures and nothing else

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Put him in the hole!!

Proclus of Rome: Except Letta doesn't have a DAMN personality flaw!!!!!!

Archibald of Guernicus: I think our Tremere covers social problems enough. Hopefully.

Kifaaya of Verditius: The Cruciator adventure started in Spring, right?

I'll put the minotaur away

Aristocritus Bonisagi: farewell timotheos

johns (GM): Alright, so everyone's playing their wizard, and bringing 4 grogs along

Correct?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's bring along our least useful grog, lavinia, as a joke

Proclus of Rome: Sounds right.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll just use Kifaaya to cast Aura of Ennobled Presence on the gentle gift guy

And otherwise play a grog, Pacifico

Proclus of Rome: Oh yeah good idea.

Just lower your Parma so a muslim can cast a spell on you.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Yes.

johns (GM): im going to make a version of Virgil;s Vengeance that only targets aristocritus

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean, if he accepts it, of cours

If he refuses my saracen spellcraft, that's his choice.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: No thanks.

johns (GM): I've given Teschio the stats of a template character from the 5e rule book, you'll have to convert it to the new scale on the fly if he goes into combat.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Maybe the other Gentle Gift guy.

Aristocritus Bonisagi looks up virgil's vengeance

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean the Tremere, yes

johns (GM): 5 grogs, ok.

And we're heading out in the Summer?

Proclus of Rome: Teschio is a teamster, I just want him to carry my shit for me.

Pacifico: Pacifico wants to find cool stuff to paint

Archibald of Guernicus: How will Aristocritus and his parma magica ever defend against hedge magic.

Pacifico: "Meraviglioso, I am not to be a horse this time."

johns (GM): You depart in the Summer, heading along the old Via Tiburtina. The city and suburbs give way to rolling hills and grasslands, farms and vineyards, country estates..

Proclus of Rome: Well, the suburbs are also farms.

johns (GM): Your destination itself lies a bit off the main way. You need to ask for directions a few time.

2 days later, heading off the Via, onto dirt paths, and finally through paths only marked by the ruts of wagons, you come near a depressing, run down little village..

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "What a lovely little place."

Proclus of Rome: "Greetings, good churl, is this the town of Allumire?"

johns (GM): Proclus walks up to the first person he sees to talk to.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that guy has a sword... could be dangerous

Proclus of Rome: Oh no, I'm sure he's allowed to have it.

johns (GM): The person is a man of perhaps 18, sitting on the ground, wearing a filthy tunic. He plays with a lumpy metalic object, dancing it on the ground and on his legs, humming off key to himself.

Proclus of Rome: My Detect Churl ability has paid off today.

Otto looks up at Proclus and looks fearful.

Otto: "Ba, ba, ba, ba, baa."

Proclus of Rome: "Ah, I see."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It likely is, dinnae mind what mundanes do."

Proclus of Rome: "This is likely the place."

Pacifico: What sort of lump?

Otto: He holds up an arm to shield his face and waves the metal thing in front of him.

Proclus of Rome: What does the sign say?

Otto: It looks like a hunk of lead.

Do you read Italian vernacular?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

I'm from Rome!

Otto: "Allumiere"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: good thing you read italian vernacular

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Hey, we're here.

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you, I'll leave you to your daily labors, then."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: penalty for silent, gestureless casting is -10 right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: for that place name.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll head in

Otto: -15 prudenzio

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice.

Proclus of Rome: IF you don't have any spell mastery or the correct virtues.

Speaking of, what's the Aura?

Otto: You take a few steps forward when a dirty looking swineherd starts storming towards you.

Feels like Dominion

Proclus of Rome: I mean I'm checking it with my Numerology spells.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aristide, if ye wish to conduct negotiations, feel free to say so I can stand a good distance away. My gift's a wee bit much for mundanes."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i don't have the mastery or the virtues. but the spell I was thinking of using here, I can still probably cast with a -15.

Helga: "Who are you? What do you want? What you mean by tormenting a poor fool?" she barks in Italina.

Aristide of Tremere: "Oh, certainly."

Helga: Dom 2

Proclus of Rome: "Greetings, good woman."

Helga: (you are basically on the edge of the village as you measure that aura. like where sword guy is standing in this art)

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Salve."

Proclus of Rome: Good, good.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: brb

Proclus of Rome: "I was merely conversing with this young man to ascertain our current location."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "We did not know him to be a fool."

Aristide of Tremere: I look around to see if any angry mobs are forming.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Does he want some coins, or food?"

Helga: "What's it to you? If you're looking for a place to stay you'll find none here. If you're brigands we've nothing worth taking. Why don't you just go back the way you came?"

No mobs yet, Aristide

Archibald of Guernicus: They form automatically around me, prepare yourself.

Pacifico: "Could you direct us to the inn? My friend here is growing irritable here without his second lunch." I pat Napolino on the shoulder.

"I suppose that's a no on the inn."

Proclus of Rome: "My sodales and myself are philosophers. We're interested in ruins that our research has determined to be in the vicinity of Allumiere."

Helga: I assume everyone talking here talks italian cause she sure dont

Prudenzio of Flambeau: what does she talk

Proclus of Rome: She doesn't?

Helga: i mean

she dont talk latin

Pacifico: Kifaaya doesn't

Helga needs to take another nap

Proclus of Rome: Why would I speak Latin?

Pacifico: Part of why I'm leaving her in the background

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I speak Italian.

Proclus of Rome: I'm in Italy!

Helga: To Prudenzio: "We're no beggers but I wont say no to Christian charity"

Archibald of Guernicus: My italian is basic phrases so I'm speaking latin to my sodales and ignoring the peasant

Aristide of Tremere: i have 13 italian

Pacifico: Kifaaya thought she'd learn Italian via exposure but it turns out that sort of thing is way less passive than she thought.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I would be happy to share."

Helga: To Proclus: "You're clearly lost then, there's nothing around here except the herds." (you can roll folk ken if you wish)

Pacifico: So so far, nothing has sunk in

Aristide of Tremere: i would also like to folk ken

i have +4

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 5 Folk Ken

(

6

)

+5

=

11

Any stat bonuses?

Helga: naturally. also it's -5 for those with the gift

Perception

Aristide of Tremere: oh we get to roll openly

Proclus of Rome: Why would Folk Ken be at -5?

Helga: Information wants to be free.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+5-1

(

5

)

+5-1

=

9

Helga: Because it's hard to tell what people think of you when everyone treats you with disrespect and hostility

(imo)

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm actively ignoring her so I wont roll it

Proclus of Rome: Well OK FINE!

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10+4

(

7

)

+4

=

11

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i have the gentle gift.

Aristide of Tremere: same

Helga: Righto

(To Aristide of Tremere): She is surprised and a little concerned, she obviously knows there's something of interest around here

Pacifico: Pacifico has Second SIght

Can he see if he sees anything unusual about this place?

Helga: Ah thanks for reminding me. Anyone else got any passives I need to remember?

At the moment Pacifico sees nothing unusual

Pacifico: Second Sight has a roll attached you can call for

Prudenzio of Flambeau: wait speaking of passives

if helga is sexually compatible that roll was a +10

i forgot about my minor satyr blood.

Helga: ooooh

Pacifico: Oh, Gentle Gift. Nothing like that on Kifaaya

Prudenzio of Flambeau: not +10

total of 10

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): She's not just stammering and nervous from your potent Satyr blood, she's hiding something!!! Women.

Archibald of Guernicus: We have two PCs with venus' blessing and gentle gift now.

Incredible

Proclus of Rome: Incroyable.

Archibald of Guernicus: Mothers lock up your daughters

Proclus of Rome: As they say.

Pacifico: Kifaaya has Curse of Venus, which is passive but not beneficial

Helga: You are both going to have to battle to the death for the hearts of this old lady peasant

Archibald of Guernicus: At Certamen naturally

Aristide of Tremere: im trying to figure out what to say

Proclus of Rome: AFK a sec.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+23-15 spell level 10, Honeyed Whispers, ReMe the target feels as if they are my friend. silent and gestureless.

(

6

)

+23-15

=

14

Helga: She pulls Otto closer in a protective gesture, regarding Proclus and Aristocritus with fear (and not yet noticing the scots/saracen in back)

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): Success

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You can trust me, madam. I'm a good Christian and a traveling Samaritan."

Aristide of Tremere: "My fair lady, we seem to have gotten off to a rough start. We are philosophers seeking the wisdom that only proud, gentle folk like yourself might have. Pure wisdom, away from the noise of the city."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: back

Helga: "I.."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Kifaaya can turn into a bird if it'd keep her from bothering muggles

Helga: "Forgive me... Your companions are just so..."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean she'd still have The Gift but she could stay pretty far out of the way too

Helga: "We ain't used to visitors, much less visitors like those."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "They have stood by me through my trials, and are good men and women, despite their looks."

Helga: She gulps and nods, skeptically.

Aristide of Tremere: "Yes, they are simply more accustomed to their tomes. Around people they may become simple, especially women as captivating as yourself."

Helga: "Oh, my.." she blushes.

(she is old enough to be your grandma)

Aristide of Tremere: i know

dont worry i have guile

Helga: no, no

I'm just remembering this when it comes time to assign reputations

Aristide of Tremere: oh no

Prudenzio of Flambeau whispers to Aristide "Not my first thought, but I can see it. You dog."

Proclus of Rome: Ok I'm back.

Helga: "I wouldnt've thought anyone from the big city would know about the fae of the hills around here. If you feel like seeing them yourself just remember to treat them fair and they do the same."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Of course there's bloody fae." I mutter at the back

Proclus of Rome: "Never fear, I have never been mistreated by a fairy."

Aristide of Tremere: I nod. "What is the best way to meet them? We wouldn't want to frighten or offend them."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I thought ye despised their very existence, Proclus?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should see if Kifaaya got any Hubris reputation from turning Cruciator into a pig

Helga: "Come with me, I'll need to.. " she regards Archibald, Proclus, etc. "No, just stay here, I'll be right back."

She heads into the village

Proclus of Rome: "What's your point, Archibald?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau sits on a rock and tries to look cool and intellectual

Proclus of Rome: "I simply don't appreciate what they do to other people."

Helga: Otto babbles at you in his simpleton way.

Aristide of Tremere: "I see you too are skilled with words, Prudenzio."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I thought ye had a run-in with Cupid?"

Helga: He plays with his chunk of lead.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i show otto how to draw boobs in the dirt.

Proclus of Rome: "Yes, I almost got married."

"Ah well, it was not to be."

Helga: Helga returns with a little wooden figuirine, that she gives to Prudenzio. "St. Joan the Torch. This will keep you safe if they decide to play tricks on you."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I led a much more conventional, courtly life before becoming one of the magi of Vardian's Tomb."

BEFORE she said that

jesus.

to aristide.

"Thank you, madam. May the Lord be with you."

Proclus of Rome: Have I ever heard of St. Joan the Torch?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: back again.

Helga: In a whisper to Prudenzio and Aristi, "There's a Silver Lady just past the river south of here, who takes care of us well."

Do you have Church Lore, Divine Lore, or Roman Area Lore

Pacifico: What quality is the figurine?

Helga: Low

Prudenzio of Flambeau: area lore rome 4

Pacifico: Mama mia

Proclus of Rome: I have those first two.

Aristide of Tremere: i do not

Prudenzio of Flambeau: int?

Helga: Also, Faerie Lore

Proclus of Rome: And I guess the third one if Area Lore: Rome counts.

Helga: Yeah, Int

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+3+4

(

10

)

+3+4

=

17

score

Helga: Which ability is that, Prud?

Aristide of Tremere: anything i could get with ooh lore since silver ladies were friends of diedne

Prudenzio of Flambeau: area lore (rome)

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 11 + 2

(

3

)

+11+2

=

16

Curses.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: crudenzio

Helga: i meant more area rome italy than rome sorry

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ahhh

Helga: durr! im a stupid peasant!!!

Pacifico:

rolling d10+2 Pious to not comment on the figurine's low quality

(

9

)

+2

=

11

"Lovely figurine."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: well, that's still a 13 with no lore.

Proclus of Rome: Oh then I'll use Divine Lore, which I have at 9.

Helga: "If'n you need something else, you go to the headman, Tancred, tell him Helga sent you. I got to tend to my flock now. Come along, Otto."

Proclus of Rome: For 14.

Archibald of Guernicus: Bye Otto

Pacifico: "Farewell Otto."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Goodbye, both of you."

Proclus of Rome: "Farewell."

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): Joan the Torch sounds like one of those faerie creatures all the ignorant peasants of some backwater or another care about

Aristide of Tremere: "Farewell my friends. God bless you once again."

Proclus of Rome: Ha ha ha.

Pacifico: Since there's no inn, I suppose Napolino bullies me out of my lunch ration again.

Helga: Alright, how would you like to proceed? Head towards the south, hang around village, or give up and go home?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: what are the details of the figurine? just a regular lady?

Helga: brb 5 min

Proclus of Rome: The grand adventure of wandering around a 2 square mile valley.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: orthodox god be with you

Helga: hm, one sec

Kifaaya of Verditius: Moon god be with you

Helga: it looks sorta like this

http://imgur.com/3DAlP3e

Proclus of Rome: I think we should try to stick around the village and see if anyone else has shown up.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I've never heard of this Joan the Torch in any orthodox religious sense. Probably a fae creature or something tricking these poor churls."

Aristide of Tremere: Joan The .wad

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice

she seems happy.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I can go have a look around as a winged creature while you explore the village. I doubt I'll make may friends here."

Proclus of Rome: "Joan the Torch is probably just some local hero or other."

Aristide of Tremere: "Or an invention of the clergy."

Proclus of Rome: "Isolated villages like this often take it upon themselves to canonize local notables."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, probably linked to local pests and keeps them away."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Kifaaya, if you don't mind going out of your way, take a look past the river south, and tell us what you can about this Silver Lady."

Aristide of Tremere: "They do love to invent saints to trick simple folk."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: a simple laborer by day - but Joan the Torch, defender of traditional village rights, by night

Proclus of Rome: "What do you mean by that Aristide?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I'd like to know something before I just walk into a hedge wizard's house."

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, nothing."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I shall do so. I have little to do here but offend the peasants."

Helga: hedge wizard??

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i thought it was a fairy

Kifaaya of Verditius turns into a corvid and flies towards the area Prudenzio spoke of

Aristocritus Bonisagi: thats out of character of course. aristocritus doesn't even know what a fairy is

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm just talking shit.

Proclus of Rome: THIS TRACK DOESN'T LOOP SO GOOD!

johns (GM): one sec

im fixing up the map with kifaaya's scouting info

Aristide of Tremere: that is a very silly faunt

font

Proclus of Rome: Hmmmm.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: with my incredible 4 ooh lore do i know anything more specific about where the battle was

Proclus of Rome: I say we investigate Gorgo.

johns (GM): It was in this Tribunal

Nothing more specific

Proclus of Rome: We should investigate the quarry.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I thought it was Corgo.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we should investigate

Aristocritus Bonisagi squints

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Giubana

Aristide of Tremere: personally i vote for Quarny

johns (GM): :|

Aristide of Tremere: sorry

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Aristide of Tremere: Quarnj

johns (GM): you have hurt me feelings, and for that, I must die

i forget what this map was originally

Proclus of Rome: Well, it's all up to the Archon.

For now.

Archibald of Guernicus: Quarby

Aristocritus Bonisagi drinks a bottle of Quarby

Aristide of Tremere: how does that look like a b you STUPID fucki

Archibald of Guernicus: It doesnt.

Did I say it did?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: IN my opinion we should go left to right.

Pacifico: Blain

Aristide of Tremere: the archon desires the leftmost ruins

johns (GM): Alright

Aristide of Tremere: so shall it be

Archibald of Guernicus: The 'Ruins' seem like a good spot to start

johns (GM): Aristo, can you start drawing your route in dotted lines on the map

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Other Ruins

Proclus of Rome: Another incredible decision.

johns (GM): like so

Pacifico: The ruins sound like a good place to make charcoal drawings.

johns (GM): suddenly

the screen jumps around as you hti the river!!! random encounter!!!!!

Proclus of Rome: Oh no!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh god, it's the awful waffle walker!

johns (GM): Anyway, you come to the north bank of the river

(it's not very wide)

Archibald of Guernicus: No random encounter music...

Proclus of Rome: This sounds more like a sub-map than a random encounter.

johns (GM):  bear with me folks

Prudenzio of Flambeau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UPN6km0jA

Aristocritus Bonisagi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPoOtOcuRqw

johns (GM): Anyway, there's some light shrubbery and trees on the opposite side of the river. They rustle strangely as you approach the river, and you hear what sound like hoofbeats.

Aristide of Tremere: lets all ruthlessly troll johns so he stops gming for another 3 months

Pacifico: Mario Paint - We Are Number One

Proclus of Rome: Hoofbeats eh?

johns (GM): mm

Any preparations?

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to cast Ward Against Rain on myself.

Aristide of Tremere: Wizard's Sidestep

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm not going to do anything.

Kifaaya of Verditius casts Doublet of Impenetrable Silk on herself and anyone else wearing leather or silk

Archibald of Guernicus: Wizard's Sidestep. Break the Oncoming Wave, ffm to make it sun duration. Bless of magic caster.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'll take a doublet, sure.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i cast Clear SIght of the Naiad and look in the river

johns (GM): (note: river is not this big)

Proclus of Rome: Oh hey it's that river.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, thank ye for the doublet of impenetrable silk, kifaaya."

johns (GM): Ok.

Aristide of Tremere: "Yes, thank you."

johns (GM): A party approaches from out of the shrubbery on the opposite bank. In consists of a pale, silvery skinned lady riding a large boar as though it were a mount

Proclus of Rome: Great.

johns (GM): And she is attended by several spearmen who appear to be pigs, made of iron, standing on their hind legs.

Proclus of Rome: Fabulous.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Great.

Aristide of Tremere: "Mystical greetings, my lady."

Proclus of Rome: Can't wait to see what stupid bullshit they're going to try to pull.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I hold up my statue of the Lady of the Torch.

johns (GM): they shoot a trillion billion bullets into proclus skull

Aristide of Tremere: theyre here to send kifaaya to hell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Hail, fine lady."

Proclus of Rome: Greater Immunity: Symmetrical Objects

Pacifico: "Is that normal in this part of world?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hedge wizard, huh?"

Tanolfi: Tanolfi is going to run away from the river at this point.

Silver Lady: She gazes across, sizing each of you up.

Archibald of Guernicus: "No, not really."

Silver Lady: "The Silver Lady greets you mortals with a warning: The lands across are rife with danger for your ilk! Turn back for your own sake!"

Aristide of Tremere: "Thank you for the warning, my lady, but we must venture forth."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "What ilk?"

Pacifico:

rolling d10+2 loyal

(

2

)

+2

=

4

"Okay."

Pacifico thinks that advice sounds reasonable and does so

Proclus of Rome: "Why should we listen to some woman riding an overgrown pig?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, cheers for the warning and all, but we'll be heading across."

Proclus of Rome: What's the Aura?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Bye, Pacifico."

"Say hi to Otto and Helga for me."

Pacifico: "Si."

Silver Lady: One of the pigs slams his spear butt into the ground. "Show respect knave!" he oinks.

The Silver Lady says, "I am the queen of these lands you would trespass on, my powers great, and my wrath severe!"

Proclus of Rome: "A queen? In Italy?"

"What foolishness is this?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Proclus, must you try to get us killed every time you exit your laboratory?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Then we beseech you, your majesty, for passage into your lands."

I kneel.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Your servants are quite... interesting."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Proclus, just let Prudenzio and our new sodales do their thing."

Proclus of Rome: "You can tell a ruler by the quality of their londes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ach, we came here for something important, don't start a fight over her bloody londes."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We must find the wizards' battlefield!"

Proclus of Rome: "And judging by the ramshackle village we just left, this queen has no respect for her subjects."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "You faeries like quests, right?"

Silver Lady: hmm

what's everyone's MR against Auram

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aside, to sodales: "Right?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

10

Aristide of Tremere: 6

Proclus of Rome: 12

Kifaaya of Verditius: 1

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is it just parma + form bonus

Archibald of Guernicus: 15

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or is parma halved, or something

Aristide of Tremere: wait that seems wrong

Archibald of Guernicus: The sheet should do it automatically

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean 2

Tanolfi: Tanolfi fled the scene. He's afraid of drowning in the river.

Silver Lady: It is your Parma * 2, plus your Auram score

Aristide of Tremere: i think my sheets incorrect

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the sheet is messed up though

Silver Lady: smart lad

Aristide of Tremere: 11

Archibald of Guernicus: These are some miserable aurum MRs, hopefully our archon can do better

Silver Lady: anyway this is what the river looks like now. it'ls a little less imrpessive

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh 17 in that case

Archibald of Guernicus: :blessed:

We need a good aurum and ignem book, iirc

We should start bartering for them

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i need to read our faerie lore tract.

Silver Lady: Right. Let me just make sure I got the specifics of this effect down

Aristide of Tremere: wait no, 10

Aristocritus Bonisagi: form bonus is score/5 right

Aristide of Tremere: wait no, 11

Silver Lady: The Silver Lady holds up a silver boar spear, aimed at the heavens

Aristide of Tremere: i figured it out

Silver Lady: Yeah.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i should just fix that part of my sheet while i'm looking at it

Silver Lady: But for MR you add your full form, not Form Bonus.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: brb

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ya

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i gotta feed the dog.

Silver Lady: The breeze shifts, and starts blowing against you.

It smells bad.

Anyway, you have one combat round to react.

Archibald of Guernicus Initiative: 27

Teschio the Teamster Initiative: 44

Aristide of Tremere Initiative: 78

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Silver Lady: Kifaaya of Verditius Initiative: 48

Archibald of Guernicus: I shoot her with a crystal dart.

Silver Lady: Aristocritus Bonisagi Initiative: 89

Prudenzio of Flambeau Initiative: 1

Gorvio Initiative: 47

Napolino Initiative: 78

Proclus of Rome Initiative: 36

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok, my Bs have been changed to Ds

Archibald of Guernicus: What was the aura here?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lunar 4

Silver Lady: Mundane (0) where you're standin

g

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i duck.

Silver Lady: Archibald is casting Magic Missile

Aristocritus ducks

Kifaaya of Verditius: Cool song

Silver Lady: Kifaaya? Aristi?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh

Aristide of Tremere: I continue kneeling and speaking. "Please forgive the crude one, your majesty. We only seek to investigate the affliction of the land."

Silver Lady: Pooclus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: harsh

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Danger danger, queen's about to kill. Ride like the wing

Become as bird

Silver Lady: Ok, you flying away?

Proclus of Rome: I'll try grabbing her boar's legs with Hands of the Grasping Earth.

Aristide of Tremere: ah yes, flying away in an ill breeze

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the sickest initiative

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll roll my crystal dart casting now then. I hoot, holler and exaggerate my gestures.

Kifaaya of Verditius: AH nah

Aristide of Tremere: prudenzio botches his initiative

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hooting and hollering should add extra pen vs faeries

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll just try making this woman look like her escort

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+25 (Spell Level: 10)

(

5

)

+25

=

30

Kifaaya of Verditius: Curse of Circe

Archibald of Guernicus: 29 penetration

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 21

(

2

)

+21

=

23

Archibald of Guernicus: Targetting the silver lady

Silver Lady: Is that an Aimed spell requiring Finesse, endrite?

Proclus of Rome: That should be 22.

No.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hands of the grasping earth is not aimed

Silver Lady: Ok, penetration on it?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't actually want to be in this fight, though!

Good luck, sodales.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right  slams hands on table  how is everyone's sigil manifesting

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): You can run away.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling 44+d10 Curse of Circe, spell level 30

44+

(

4

)

=

48

Silver Lady: Yes! Cthinker remembers what's important

Kifaaya of Verditius: 18 pen

Proclus of Rome: So I beat it by 7 and I have a pen skill of 5

So round down and we have Pen 10.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: round up

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah. As the crystal dart flies at her, it makes a sound like a dog howling

That's my sigil.

Kifaaya of Verditius: My sigil is catpig

Aristide of Tremere: My Wizard's Sidestep is causing a warm, gentle breeze in an area around me.

Silver Lady: Interesting

(From Prudenzio of Flambeau): Prudenzio isn't really going to run away so much as he is distance himself from this.

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): Physically at all?

Archibald of Guernicus: Mine makes a noise like a small dog yapping when someone misses me by hitting my illusion.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

Aristide of Tremere: ah. a fine creature of mythic europe

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Prudenzio is going to transport himself 500 paces away from you all, leaving his sodales with the tantalizing aroma of a nice salami

Silver Lady: Tanolfi was your only archer grog and he ran off, so what do the melee grogs do?

Archibald of Guernicus: Defend us in case of porcine advancement, I imagine.

Silver Lady: k

Aristocritus Bonisagi: could roll loyalty or something

Proclus of Rome: Teschio is a little drunk so he charges across the river.

Silver Lady: Alright

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh. Did my spell penetrate with 29 pen, johns?

Silver Lady: Now I need Stamina rolls from EVERYONE except: Tanolfi and Prudenzio

Prudenzio of Flambeau: 500 paces away, I'll pretend to pray to my figure of the lady of the torch.

Silver Lady: It did not.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 2

(

4

)

+2

=

6

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh for fucks s

rolling 1d10+3

(

5

)

+3

=

8

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+1

(

8

)

+1

=

9

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh wait botch check

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

ah

Proclus of Rome: That feel.

Aristide of Tremere: well

Proclus of Rome: That feel when you've got a thief.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+24

(

10

+

2

)

+24

=

36

no botch.

i DEFINITELY run away.

Aristide of Tremere: do i roll a botch

Proclus of Rome: What?

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Silver Lady: No botch.

These are Debilitation rolls.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i was rolling my teleport spell.

Silver Lady: Shall I roll for the grogs?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: but you know already I'm not making the stam roll.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10+1 game rule lore

(

3

)

+1

=

4

Archibald of Guernicus: Roll for the grogs

Silver Lady:

rolling 1d10!+3 napolino

(

3

)

+3

=

6

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what is a debilitation roll.

Silver Lady: page 180

Proclus of Rome: They did NOT have steel guitars in 1333!

Silver Lady:

rolling 1d10!+2 gorvio

(

9

)

+2

=

11

rolling 1d10+3 teschio

(

10

)

+3

=

13

Prudenzio of Flambeau: nice

Silver Lady: Ok.

Kifaaya of Verditius: GJ grogs

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ah.

Proclus of Rome: He's got this.

Silver Lady: Everyone who rolled less than 9-- so everyone but Aristocritus, Teschio, and Gorvio-- takes a Medium wound.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Youch

Proclus of Rome: Ow.

Silver Lady: You all get a faceful of a foul, debilitating odor. You feel nauseous and uneasy.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: good thing i ducked

Aristide of Tremere: whats a medium wound do

Silver Lady: The spells cast against the Silver Lady & her Mount fail to penetrate

DAMN GOOD QUESTION BEARDBEARD

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Silver Lady: I think it's -6?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: isnt it -3

Kifaaya of Verditius: So much haram

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

Proclus of Rome: It is.

Aristide of Tremere: -6 to everything?

what the fuck

Silver Lady: Light wound -3, Medium -6, Heavy -9?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah

that sounds right.

try not to get hit next time, idiots!

Silver Lady: Anyway, for her turn, the Silver Lady turns around to ride off, and her footmen waddle with her

You've got another turn where she's in Magic range, if you wish

Archibald of Guernicus: I deeply regret ever raising penetration or parma as I think they've benefitted me exactly once

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't they be trotting?

Archibald of Guernicus: Thanks for starting a fight with this thing, Proclus!!!

Kifaaya of Verditius: If she's just leaving I don't do anything.

Silver Lady: reviewing this stat sheet this is a pretty impressive faerie

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't, or more accurately can't, do anything

Silver Lady: i don't think the publishers expected you to to be jerks

Aristide of Tremere: I cough violently.

Proclus of Rome: I'm not going to bow down to any damn fairy.

Silver Lady: Heh. Fools.

Archibald of Guernicus: The publishers expected you to respect their NPCs and bow down to them at all times or be punished for going against them

Proclus of Rome: You can see how violent they are.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Well, they've got another think coming

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Archibald of Guernicus: The publishers expected you to respect their NPCs and bow down to them at all times or be punished for going against them

Kifaaya of Verditius: Bow down to pigs?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: thats feudalism for you

Kifaaya of Verditius: No thanks, i want to go to heaven when I die

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Please, no martyrdom today."

Silver Lady: anyway you're still sitting in a mire of foul air

Proclus of Rome: If ONLY we had someone who was good at digging holes with magic.

We should leave.

Silver Lady: sure, which way-- over the river or back away?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I want to not be here

Proclus of Rome: Back away.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Smart.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ow."

Aristide of Tremere: I crawl away.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: going over the river seems like a good way to die

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'll stop roleplaying as a swamp peasant.

Aristide of Tremere: "Where's the... The figurine?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "This figurine?"

Silver Lady: the guy who had it ran 500 meters away XD

Prudenzio of Flambeau: SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED ME

Aristocritus Bonisagi: xd.

Proclus of Rome: Thanks Prudenzio.

In the future I think we should all agree to not trust Prudenzio.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Proclus, the Medium wounds are one hundred percent your fault.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he did try presenting the figurine though

Proclus of Rome: He just doesn't have any team spirit.

johns (GM): Anyway, you've taken no physical wounds, but your symptoms may include headaches, confusion, diarrhea, drowsiness, vomiting, muscle cramps, hair loss, stomach pain, convulsions, and changes in fingernail pigmentation

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aristide of Tremere: oh dear. an excess of phlegm

Proclus of Rome: Well I think we know what the curse turned into.

A poisonous fairy.

Blighting the countryside with her wicked ways.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well I'm cursed. I'm going to go on a quest to the holy land once Venator kicks me out.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: join the weird covenant full of arabs that nobody in the tribunal likes

johns (GM): yeah..... VARDIANS TOMB

Aristocritus Bonisagi: holy shit!!

Proclus of Rome: Nice one.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lolll

Aristide of Tremere: ah, the  thinks desperately  greek covenant

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm just gonna go tot a Forge of Hephaestus probably

Archibald of Guernicus: "A fine bloody start."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: We have an entire tribunal to ourselves.

Proclus of Rome: Ok, let's try the gorge.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Next time let's try not casting hostile magic at every sexy woman on a hog we run across.

Aristide of Tremere: the gorge is ALSO across the river

Proclus of Rome: She started it.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Proclus, ye're tae keep yer damn mouth shut next fairy we see."

Proclus of Rome: She conjured a miasma.

johns (GM): the gorge is technically part of the river branch judging by this map

Proclus of Rome: "I'm endowed with faculties given to me by God and to reject them would be a sin."

Aristide of Tremere: I attempt to locate Prudenzio.

Kifaaya of Verditius: My first instinct is to offload the blame for hostilities, but really those pigs were bothering me

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm right here.

Proclus of Rome: "One of these faculties is the ability to tell right from wrong."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Salve.

Aristide of Tremere: "Prudenzio, the figurine. Please."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I believe it was entrusted to me."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well ye're going to be joining God very soon if ye keep that up."

Aristide of Tremere: "Then see if you can invoke its power. It might expel this affliction."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I've never acted aggressively but when a pig sorceress starts conjuring wind I have to react."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "You should go on a pilgrimage to Constantinople beforehand, to get everything in order."

Aristide of Tremere: can you perdo a disease

Proclus of Rome: "We're already joined with God by virtue of Christ's sacrifice and the Mother Church."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ah, I thought you meant to carry it with you in the future. Here, see what you can make if it."

Proclus of Rome: Usually you cure disease with Creo Corpus.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i'll hand it over and watch intently.

Aristide of Tremere: gay. let me perdo my phlegm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Such afflictions cause wounds, but these wounds are treated with the Medicine Ability, rather than Chirurgy. The rules for recovery are otherwise the same as for injuries inflicted in combat.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I still have to work on my Creo.

Archibald of Guernicus: "We have half a year to accomplish this. We should rest and heal these accursed illnesses before we proceed further."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Did the woman say anything about how they deal with the silver lady?"

Proclus of Rome: "We shouldn't waste any time."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Or did she just hand you a figurine?"

Proclus of Rome: "Who knows how many of our enemies are prowling around Allumiere as we speak?"

johns (GM): Medium wounds can be treated in 1 month according to the table on injuries

Aristide of Tremere: I hold the figurine and attempt to discern if it holds any magic.

Archibald of Guernicus: "If we meet something of that ilk again, I'd rather be able to speak my spells without coughing."

Aristide of Tremere: i think thats intellego vim 5?

thats listed as detect active magic

johns (GM): If you're sponting InVi, roll it first and we can figure out how much it detects based off the roll

Aristide of Tremere: alright

still mundane aura?

johns (GM): yup

Prudenzio of Flambeau: alright, i'll do it too since im right near him watching

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10+15

(

9

)

+15

=

24

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

2

)

+15

=

17

nice

johns (GM): at +1 for touch I think you can get base 4 (4, +1 touch = l 10, and you roll 24) ... am I figuring this out right?

no, sorry, base 5, +1 touch

which is any active magic

(To Aristide of Tremere): Do you have a sigil?

Archibald of Guernicus: My goal now is to be strong enough to kill NPCs that the fucktard designers intended to be smug, annoying unkillable monsters.

(From Aristide of Tremere): yes, its hot air

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh you mean God?

(To Aristide of Tremere): It feels completely mundane, no magic at all.

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Archibald of Guernicus: :weebey:

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm going to do a Creo Corpus ceremony to treat myself

Proclus of Rome: You can't spont ritual magic.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I know

johns (GM): she's a diedne!

kill her!

Aristide of Tremere: "Nothing. No magic."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean....

Proclus of Rome: It is with a heavy heart that we need to insanely murder you.

Aristide of Tremere: "No power beyond what it might mean to someone."

I return Prudenzio's wooden bauble.

johns (GM): I think I've heard one vote for Gorge, and one for returning to Rome for a month to heal up.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Trying for something like PURIFICATION OF THE FESTERING WOUNDS

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Thanks."

johns (GM): What does Archon say?

Archibald of Guernicus: "To be expected, really."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Which takes until the next moon phase

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's try Gorge

Kifaaya of Verditius: But is better than leaving it alone

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's right over there

Proclus of Rome: Yeah I think we should check out the gorge.

johns (GM): alright, draw them dots if you please cthinker

Prudenzio of Flambeau: You and this gorge!

Gorge time.

johns (GM): You reach the river and..

Cross just fine

Aristocritus Bonisagi: here we are at Gorge

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Ooo

Proclus of Rome: Gorge my ass, this is a lake!

johns (GM): As soon as you cross the river, you feel a bit stronger. The aura is more lively, more colorful, more real...

Magic 5!

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: whoa.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Look at that."

johns (GM): Here, at the gorge, the hills slope up dramatically. In their shade, vegetation is thick. Trees and colorful flowers growing on either side of the river.

Aristide of Tremere: nice, now its like we only have a -1 penalty

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The majesty of the four elements."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay Ceremonial Creo Corpus to speed my recovery (not a ritual, so just a recovery bonus)

Proclus of Rome: I THINK we found the site of the old covenant.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah... Though the cough remains, I feel lightened."

Archibald of Guernicus: The 4 elements of wood, air, fire and heart

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling (d10+20)/2+12

(

(

10

)

+20)/2+12

=

27

Proclus of Rome: "There must a very grave curse here if an aura of this magnitude has been left to lie fallow."

Archibald of Guernicus: That d10 explodes

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10!/2

(

1

)

/2

=

0.5

Proclus of Rome: RIP

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's an 11

johns (GM): After Proclus speaks, there are faint, tinny titters of laughter about you. Little sparkles of light waft from the flowers and trees and dance about like will o wisps.

Proclus of Rome: Great more faieries.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, mystical greetings faeries!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Doubt they care about a conversation."

johns (GM): Who has the figuirine?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Without the explosion even that's enough for Purification o fthe Festering Wounds

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I do.

Aristide of Tremere: prudenzio

Pixie: They flit about Prudenzio. "Hie, hie, no maidens here! Tee hee"

Proclus of Rome: It'll take you 300 minutes to perform that spell, Kifaaya.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ha, you know me already, pixies. I'm here for no maidens."

Kifaaya of Verditius: It can wait if we had no downtime

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Not today."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make a note of its success

Proclus of Rome: "Why would there be maidens in a wooded gorge?"

Pixie: One of them says, "Never see menfolk around here! Are you lost? Haha."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I remember I'm carrying the statue.

"Oh yeah, haha"

Proclus of Rome: "No, we're philosophers."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Salaam."

Pixie: Anyone with Fae Lore feel free to roll

Proclus of Rome: "We're never lost."

rolling 1d10 +1 -6

(

2

)

+1-6

=

-3

Pixie: Proclus remembers he is mentally retarded.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Lol.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Pixie: I think he played with lead too much as a child

anyway wound penalties don't apply to knowledge checks says I

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Archibald of Guernicus: We're going to have this penalyt to every single roll hells yes

Proclus of Rome: Then FLIP that number.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: thats fucked

Proclus of Rome: To 3.

Pixie: You still don't remember much about Pixies.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Are you djinn?"

Pixie: They burst into laughter at that question.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't have to roll to be ignorant

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You know Otto?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, kind faeries" I cough. "Do you have anything that might help my affliction? I was exposed to an ill wind."

Pixie: They look at each other. One responds to Prudenzio glumly, "Helga's boy, oh poor Helga, she wishes the best for her child."

Proclus of Rome: "If wishes were horses then beggars would ride."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "She does. A good woman indeed."

Pixie: Another Pixie flits about Aristide, and whispers something to him.

(To Aristide of Tremere): Poor child! Dip a kerchief in scents most sweet and put it afore your face!

Pixie: "Don't be like Otto, stay here where it's safe and play with us!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Safe?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Oh, thank you. I shall try it."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Safe from the silver lady?"

Pixie: They laugh.

"She's not as strong as she pretends!"

Aristide of Tremere: "I don't think that Silver Lady would wish us any ill if Proclus had not insulted her."

Proclus of Rome: "I'm already safe in the arms of the Lord."

Aristide of Tremere: "Helga said she was a kind soul."

Proclus of Rome: "Tyrants always seem that way."

Aristide of Tremere: "Perhaps if we apologize the next time we see her she will forgive us."

Proclus of Rome: "What is there to apologize for?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "She surely will."

Pixie: what anachronism??? I don't see anything wrong.

Archibald of Guernicus: "So we can cross the river and complete this task for Venator, ye daft fool."

Aristide of Tremere: "It is hardly fair to accuse her of anything, she only warned us that this land was dangerous."

Proclus of Rome: How is a lake an anachronism?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Don't molest the faeries, Proclus, there's a law against it."

Proclus of Rome: "Clearly a veiled threat."

Pixie: also it's gross

Archibald of Guernicus: "My lungs are burning from yer petty insults, if ye wish to stand up to tyrants don't drag us into it."

"We have business here, that should come first."

Proclus of Rome: "Have some self-respect, Archibald."

Pixie: Another Pixie speaks up, "I know a way you can ruffle her feathers real good."

There's a flurry of speech back and forth between them all, arguing whether or not that pixie should be sharing this with you.

Proclus of Rome: Harvest her vis.

That'd really get her goat.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, I don't think aggravating her any further would be good."

Proclus of Rome: "Cowardice, plain and simple."

Aristide of Tremere: I gather some fragrant flowers.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'd like to know what would really ruffle her feathers, absolutely"

Pixie: She tugs at your sleeve. "Trust me, it'd be fun!!"

It flips around in joy.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You can tell me."

Pixie: It whispers to Prudenzio..

Aristide of Tremere: "Does anyone have a mortar or a handerkchief?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "My spleen is immensely aggravated from the last time her feathers were ruffled."

(From Proclus of Rome): Don't forget that Prudenzio has a possessive ghost wife.

Pixie: 1 sec sorry!!!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ok.

Aristide of Tremere: "No? Hm."

Proclus of Rome: "Do I look like an apothecary?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Do you know where I can take a rest for a few hours?"

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): "There's a cavern deep down in the mines with an inscription on the wall. This inscription gives the Lady her power. Erase it and she will have to kneel to  you !"

Pixie passes a note to a player

Proclus of Rome: "No, I'm a person, not a building."

Pixie: "Rest here among the flowers by the river!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Oooh."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Ah... lovely, thank you."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "That does sound like a good prank."

Aristide of Tremere: I grab a rock and dig a small hole

Then drop the flowers in and begin crushing them.

Proclus of Rome: "That prank is terrible."

"What is wrong with you?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I thank you, pixies. You have a wonderful sense of mirth."

Pixie: Aristide, you uncover a little nugget of lead in the ground that you've dug up.

About the size of a fingernail.

Proclus of Rome: "I thought fairies were supposed to have good senses of humor, but this is mere buffoonery."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go relax by the river, if we're here for 5 hours I'll CrCo my disease recovery

Aristide of Tremere: ah, good thing lead is a safe material

Pixie: it tastes delicious

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's soft and easy on the teeth

Prudenzio of Flambeau: What's our next destination, sodales?

Aristide of Tremere: I toss the lead nugget aside and scoop some of the river water into the hole.

Then mix it up with the crushed flowers.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Perhaps the old quarry, or those nearby ruins.

Pixie: Kifaaya you find the ground comfortable and the flowers pleasant, only disturbed by pixies trying to get you to tell them stories or play in their games.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "It depends. What's the prank?"

Aristide of Tremere: "I hope this works." I dip the sleeve of my robe into the flower water and place it over my nose, inhaling deeply.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll talk to the pixies about djinn and magic garments.

(To Aristide of Tremere): Nothing happens, for now. but keep in mind you have it as an option

Pixie passes a note to a player

Pixie: Oh funny you mention it

Archibald of Guernicus: "A scholar of herbam are ye, Aristide?"

Pixie: One of them says they are the grower of teasels and they have a magic one that blesses the handiworkers of the village

She'll trade it for a good story!

Proclus of Rome: I have a great story.

Kifaaya of Verditius: "And the Sultan's daughter pulled at the drawstrings of the bodice, becoming as gifted in the bosom and hips as Venus herself."

Pixie: oooh

That'll work

You get a teasel. It has two properties

A person using one of these teasels

while creating something with or from

thread has a +2 on all totals concerning the

Pixie: quality of their handiwork.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, I know something of it. I was simply seeing if I could work a cure for this affliction."

Pixie: it's also a point of Herbam vis if you distill it

Aristide of Tremere: "I believe I'll need sugar, though."

"Or perhaps honey."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll keep the teasel intact since I'm a Verditius tailor.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i am gonna be afk again so i'll draw the dotted line towards the Plain

Pixie: Ok.

Proclus of Rome: OR you could turn it into vis so you can make something that is actually useful.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: instead of back towards the murderous faerie

johns (GM): You leave the pixies and their gorge behind.

Aristide of Tremere: "If anyone should see a beehive, say so."

johns (GM): Moving away, the river narrows, then dries up. The vegetation becomes less sparse, until you are standing in a rolling field of grassland and nothing else...

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sure, if you can think of something useful with MuHe

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "This may be the battlefield."

Aristide of Tremere: I keep an eye out for beehives while we travel.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Otherwise I get a better lab total out of the teasel

Proclus of Rome: You could craft a magical item that gives you a bonus to a craft ability.

johns (GM): In the midst of this plain, you see a large dirt mount, atop which is a young tree, only about 3 feet high, the only such tree for quite a distance.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's true

Aristide of Tremere: "Oh, how curious."

Proclus of Rome: Dirt-E Mound ft. Yung Tree

Kifaaya of Verditius: Also Voda is my venditore so I'll listen to his advice.

johns (GM): the tree has no fruits or leaves on it.

Proclus of Rome: What does he know?

He's just a mundane.

Aristide of Tremere: I approach the tree.

Kifaaya of Verditius: He should know what mundanes want to buy that they'll pay Verditius prices for

Proclus of Rome: Well, let's check it out.

What's the aura by the tree?

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll approach this evil tree with my sodales

johns (GM): Magic 5

Proclus of Rome: Dang.

That's pretty good.

Aristide of Tremere: its the same as the pixie field, im guessing the entire area has it

Kifaaya of Verditius: Let's start a covenant here.

Aristide of Tremere: dont you get poisoned by high magic auras

if youre in them too long

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh no, I might develop The Gift

Proclus of Rome: Higher than 5 only.

And you need to live in them.

Aristide of Tremere: oh

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

You get warping from living in them for a year

Kifaaya of Verditius: If only there was someone here who could dig us a covenant.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: A magus? Good at digging?

Proclus of Rome: I have an idea!

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't picture it.

If only we had a noble pole to help us

johns (GM): Perception + Awareness rolls from any and all

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+3+5-6

(

9

)

+3+5-6

=

11

Proclus of Rome: I'll draw a Circle around the tree and use The Brushstrokes Revealed to magnify the species emitted by the tree.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+4-1

(

9

)

+4-1

=

12

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10-1

(

3

)

-1

=

2

johns (GM): Alright Proclus

Proclus of Rome: Making any details plainly obvious.

rolling 1d10 + 7 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 -6

(

2

)

+7+4+1+1+3-6

=

12

(To Prudenzio of Flambeau): The dirt underneath the tree looks like it has been disturbed within the past year or so-- the grass is patchier than elsewhere

Proclus of Rome: Alright, it's level 10.

Aristide of Tremere: I'll use Sight of the True Form, revealing mundane disguises or magical ones of level 10 or lower

Proclus of Rome: So that's enough.

Pen 5.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll use my eyes

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10

(

4

)

=

4

johns (GM): everyone roll infernal lore to NOT die.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh shit.

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling 0

0

=

0

RIP

Proclus of Rome: Unfortunately I do NOT have Infernal Lore.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10

(

6

)

=

6

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10-3

(

7

)

-3

=

4

johns (GM): that was a lie, I was stalling for time

Anyway, Proclus starts tracing a circle in the dirt

Proclus of Rome: Wow.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+2-6

(

3

)

+2-6

=

-1

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Teschio, go dig in the dirt.

Aristide of Tremere: oh no

my gm has tricked me

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Around this tree.

Proclus of Rome: How can I ever trust you again?

johns (GM): You barely scratch the surface of the ground before bumping into something buried in the dirt.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

I'll ignore it while I finish the circle.

And the spell.

johns (GM): Great.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Good thinking Procius

johns (GM): What does the spell do?

Proclus of Rome: It makes the species (the things emitted by objects that make them visible) more vivid.

So you can see it more easily.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: So it's definitely a tree.

johns (GM): the tree looks vivid

vividly dead

Proclus of Rome: It's mostly used on paintings and stuff but you can use it on anything.

Aristide of Tremere: did i reveal a disguise with the sight thing

Proclus of Rome: Any unusual qualities?

johns (GM): You revealed nothing unusual Aristide

Aristide of Tremere: oh no

Proclus of Rome: Oh well.

johns (GM): Hmm

Proclus of Rome: I'll check out that thing that was buried then.

Aristide of Tremere: its a magical disguise higher than level 10

johns (GM): Actually

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Keep digging this thing up, Teschio! Good work!"

johns (GM): It seems to be growing, very slowly, almost imperceptively, before your eyes.

What's Teschio digging up?

Proclus of Rome: Wow.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't know.

The dirt under the tree, and this thing.

johns (GM): Ok.

Proclus of Rome: Truly God's wonders are made manifest even in dead trees.

johns (GM): a few things happen

Aristide of Tremere: we should harvest this trees tainted herbam vis

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh cool Pacifico's back

johns (GM): Teschio unearths a big lump of dirt. Underneath of it is a grayish powdery substance. As he digs, Teschio kicks some of it up into his face.

rolling 1d10!+3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

Pacifico turns on Second Sight to see if tehre's anything cool to draw here.

johns (GM): It smells bad.

(To Pacifico): As Teschio sinks his shovel into the earth, you see spectral forms starting to rise from the mound.

johns (GM): Next, a skeletal hand reaches from the ground and grabs Teschio's shovel.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Interesting.

If only you could talk to the dead.

Pacifico draws a picture of some cool ghosts emerging from the hole and attacking Teschio

johns (GM): Kifaaya of Verditius Initiative: 15

Gorvio Initiative: 65

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Oh, looks like we found what Venator was looking for!"

johns (GM): Tanolfi Initiative: 40

Napolino Initiative: 23

Aristide of Tremere Initiative: 90

Pacifico Initiative: 38

Aristocritus Bonisagi Initiative: 61

Teschio the Teamster Initiative: 18

johns (GM): Archibald of Guernicus Initiative: 15

Prudenzio of Flambeau Initiative: 69

Proclus of Rome Initiative: 47

Archibald of Guernicus: holy shit.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: christ

johns (GM): more arms jut out from around the mound

those with second sight see the ghosts

Prudenzio of Flambeau: The only ghost I can see is my wife.

johns (GM): Okay.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: But if someone can help me verbally threaten one of these ghosts, I can help you.

Archibald of Guernicus: I have second sight, so I suppose I should focus on the ghosts

johns (GM): Well, possibly of note, these Ghosts are black instead of white, like all the ghosts Pacifico knows. Some Magic Lore might shed why.

Their features are distended and grotesque, though definitely human. The eyes of the skeletons and ghosts alike glow with pinpricks of light.

Pacifico: "So many ghosts! Black as midnight!"

johns (GM): You've got a free round before the skeletons unearth themselves.

Go wild

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 5 + 2 Magic Lore

(

3

)

+5+2

=

10

Pacifico: Timotheos could have rolled Magic Lore, instead I brought Owlcat

Aristide of Tremere: "Oh no! Moors!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ghosts?"

(To Proclus of Rome): Old Roman ghosts used to be Black, but allegedly Criamon the founder was responsible for turning them White.

Pacifico: "Si!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye're good at dealing with them, right?"

(From Proclus of Rome): Classic Criamon.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I can tell ye where to aim at them."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Any ghosts out there, how long's it been since you got fucked in the ass! Because that's what's about to happen! Bitch!"

Aristide of Tremere: I run away.

Proclus of Rome: "Sodales, I think we're in the wrong place."

Pacifico also points towards them, having no other means to help here

Archibald of Guernicus: "Actualy, just get Pacifico tae do it, I've got restless dead to deal with."

Proclus of Rome: "These are Roman ghosts, not Christian ghosts."

AFK a sec.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+29 Coerce the Spirits of the Night

(

9

)

+29

=

38

johns (GM): prudenzio sodomizes the ghosts, ensuring his place in hell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Make a ghost obey you as long as you can coerce it with threats. If the spell penetrates the ghost's MagRes, roll Communication + Leadership to see how effective the threats were.

Pacifico: Kifaaya will go perch in the tree

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast dust to dust on one of the skellytons

johns (GM): Can you see the ghost to cast on it, though?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Nope!

Archibald of Guernicus: If it's voice range, we have people who can see them to say where to aim, which presumably works

Prudenzio of Flambeau: it's voice range, ReMe20

yeah

that probably doesn't work though.

i don't know, really.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess I could try to make a skelepig

Archibald of Guernicus: anyway

rolling 1d10!+27-6

(

7

)

+27-6

=

28

johns (GM): I'll say a spotter can spend a turn helping you aim in this case

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i could shout and wave to get +2 and get a full 20 on that

Archibald of Guernicus: 22 pen to dust a skeleton

Prudenzio of Flambeau: if the pen needs to be high

+5 pen skill

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Ping the skeleton you wanna dust

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh right, I thought pings werent working then realised it pings with your colour and mine is set to clear.

johns (GM): lol

Pacifico: I'll help Prudenzio then

Proclus of Rome: You need to be able to sense an object in order to cast a spell on it.

johns (GM): yeah

sorry but I think in this case you can't cast on an intangible invisible ghost without a spell to Intelligo it, or second sight

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Shucks.

johns (GM) cackles he is WROST gm

Prudenzio of Flambeau: what would it be to spont a spell to see ghosts, InVi?

Pacifico: "Hello ghosts? Could we just talk for a moment?"

johns (GM): What language, Pacifico

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristocritus here

Pacifico: Italian

johns (GM): I think it'd have to be InVi, yeah

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+20 InVi fatiguing spont

(

7

)

+20

=

27

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't it be Mentem?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: mentem, maybe.

johns (GM): I'm not seeing a guideline for it in mentem though

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah.

if it's mentem i can get a higher roll.

Proclus of Rome: Level 4: Sense the state of consciousness of one intelligent being (for example,

asleep, awake, meditating, dead, drugged, insane, or comatose).

johns (GM): let me look it up

Meantime: Aristocritus, Proclus, Aristide, grogs?

Proclus of Rome: I plan to use Whispers Through the Black Gate on one of the skeletons to talk to it.

Archibald of Guernicus: Gorvio moves up and attacks a skeleton probably

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what's the situation

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah, whatever it is, i'll try to make my first turn about seeing these ghosts

Aristocritus Bonisagi: skeletons? invisible skeletons?

Pacifico: Pacifico sticks by Prudenzio and tries to point out where the ghosts are.

johns (GM): Oh!

Gorvio: "It would be just awful if a skeleton killed me. I'd hate that."

johns (GM): Gorvio didn't take a wound last time iirc?

back at the river

Gorvio: He did not

Aristocritus Bonisagi: short-term fatigue is going to expire between locations right

Proclus of Rome: Teschio also did not.

johns (GM): yeah cthinker

Proclus of Rome: As he rolled a 13.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

johns (GM): Alright, make an attack roll Gorvio

Gorvio:

rolling 1d10!+1+6+4

(

2

)

+1+6+4

=

13

Aristocritus Bonisagi: OH theres actually a spell to see invisible spirits

a guideline

ill find it

johns (GM): ty

Pacifico: Hmm

Proclus of Rome: What's the roll to Touch someone to cast a spell?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1+4+2

(

1

)

+1+4+2

=

8

Brawl

rolling 2d10

(

5

+

5

)

=

10

(To Gorvio): Damage on your weapon?

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could FFM tCurse of Circe to Part so it turns an arm into a useless cloven hoof..

Gorvio: Oh

+6 damage on the weapon

johns (GM): waiting on damage from Gorvio and any action from Aristo, Aristi, other grogs, Proclus

thanks

11

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: here are the invisible spirit detection guidelines http://i.imgur.com/8AXIwaK.png

Proclus of Rome: Well I was waiting for Aristocritus BUT he isn't going.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: go for it

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: so i guess ghosts are associated with mentem, as endrite said, since mentem affects ghosts elsewhere in the rules

johns (GM): Prudenzio could cast that spell at +3 Hearing range to sense the ghosts well enough to target them

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 1 -6

(

2

)

+7+8+5+1+1-6

=

18

johns (GM): Yes, mentem

Proclus of Rome: Level 15.

johns (GM): Spell/target/effect/penetration?

Proclus of Rome: Now I have to Brawl the skeleton to touch it?

johns (GM): Correcto

Proclus of Rome: Whispers Beyond the Black Gate.

rolling 1d10! + 4 -1 - 6

(

4

)

+4-1-6

=

1

Hmm.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Seems like the skeletons want to touch us

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+6

(

5

)

+6

=

11

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+24 InMe to try to spont this ghost-sight spell.

(

7

)

+24

=

31

Kifaaya of Verditius: If they DON"T want to touch us, we could just move on

Prudenzio of Flambeau: sigh.

johns (GM): Proclus, you think twice about touching the skeleton as its arm raised a chipped, rusty short sword out of the ground towards you.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh right the intellego guidelines are silly

Proclus of Rome: Oh shit!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: wait whats the might of these ghosts, that could still work, right

johns (GM): Yeah, tell me the penetration on it

Prudenzio of Flambeau: +5 pen skill, i don't know what the spell level is that im shooting for tbh.

johns (GM): Similarly, a skeleton tries to parry Gorvio's axe as it rises out of the ground, but Gorvio still cleaves several ribs off the skeleton.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's a little weird since you add magnitudes to lower the floor of the range you can see

Prudenzio of Flambeau: shout+wave which i always forget to mention for 33

johns (GM): Hmm

You can hear them for Momentary duration, but not for Diameter/Conc I think

Sorry m8.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Welp.

Next round i'll try to grab a skeleton and tell it to do something then.

johns (GM): Anyone still planning to act this turn?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok. i'll just metal-to-fire the sword of the skeleton menacing endrite

proclus i mean

johns (GM): Archibald, you blow up one skeleton that is free from the waste up from the gound already. It disintegrates into a plume of foul earth and metalic gray dust that hangs in the air.

Endrite: Thank you, I've never been menaced by a skeleton.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do i need pen? it's really easy to cast and is formulaic

johns (GM): No pen

Proclus of Rome: Sheesh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the sword goes up in four-colored flame then

johns (GM): You turn the sword into fire? But... HOW DOES THE SIGIL EXPRESS ITSELF

Proclus of Rome: "Don't desecrate the remains of the dead."

"Even if they were pagans."

"After all, you never know, they might have been early Christians."

johns (GM): Ok, not sure if Aristide was going to do anything but I'm considering this combat round finished

Gorvio: "Ah, a good point Proclus."

er

Archibald of Guernicus: as me. him. as

"A good point Proclus."

I cast Dust to Dust on a second skeleton

johns (GM): The skeletons finish freeing themselves. They are wearing tattered leather armor, wielding chipped short swords.

Okay, round 2, that's archi's action. Pick which one you're blasting.

ping again please

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+21

(

7

)

+21

=

28

johns (GM): kk

Proclus?

Aristocritus?

Prudenzio?

Gorvio?

Bueller?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: did hte de-sworded one take damage

i should have rolled that i guess

johns (GM): I forgot that was an element of the spell

Please roll the damage

Aristide of Tremere: I run to the other side of a small hill and shout words of encouragement to my sodales.

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to get behind Teschio.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+5

(

4

)

+5

=

9

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+8

(

5

)

+8

=

13

No damage

Aristocritus Bonisagi: alas

Proclus of Rome: I run so fast my glasses fall off.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: BUT that guy has no sword

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I should have grabbed a skeleton last round, before I had to use Brawl.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: so i'll do the same thing to the lower skeleton

rolling 1d10!+5

(

4

)

+5

=

9

johns (GM): ping the one you're targeting plz

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh yeah Pacifico gets in front of Prudenzio

johns (GM): Ok, and roll damage cthinker

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Thank you, Pacifico

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i just did

johns (GM): oh

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 9 (fire)

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+8

(

8

)

+8

=

16

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh, that should require penetration shouldn't it

johns (GM): (that was a soak roll)

Actually... No!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: whoa!!

johns (GM): No penetration needed! Puzzle that out.

Pacifico: Rego Corpus

johns (GM): Gorvio is next to a mean skeleton. Anyone else acting?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the skeletons are natural undead created by God

Archibald of Guernicus: Great chest ahead! Therefore, penetration needed.

Proclus of Rome: They're living magi and they dropped their Parma Magica.

Archibald of Guernicus: Dust to Dust has zero effect on the living, actually.

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+2 brawl i wanna see!

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Proclus of Rome: For all YOU know.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): what was that

johns (GM) rolls some dice

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i wanted to touch a skeleton and see how bad my roll was going to be

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3 teschio

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i think that's technically a 0 if you count my dex.

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+2 gorvio

(

7

)

+2

=

9

Pacifico: If any skellingtons are going for Prudenzio I'll try to slash it with my sword sword

johns (GM): The one who was next to Proclus is a valid target, hit away

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bonetoucher1333

Pacifico: Bonerdagon

Aristocritus Bonisagi: can you give your parma to a skeleton

or only to a living human

johns (GM): living

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what about to a faerie, or a horse

Archibald of Guernicus: Never give your parma to anyone.

johns (GM): Humans.

Pacifico: Do you need a heart to live?

johns (GM): Pacifico, make an attack roll

Pacifico: Okay

johns (GM): Anyone who hasn't made an action has 20 seconds before the round ends

Pacifico: I didn't tknow who you were talking to before

Aristocritus Bonisagi: remember the skeleton does not get defense from its sword

Pacifico:

rolling 13+d10

13+

(

6

)

=

19

johns (GM): Ok, Pacifico is at -6 from the earlier wound right?

Pacifico: He ran before teh spell went off

johns (GM): I thought that was Tanolfi

Pacifico: Oh

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Pacifico definitely ran.

Tanolfi: I did run away.

That's true.

Pacifico: Actually he left before she even started casting it

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Pacifico saw the lady and instantly ran away.

johns (GM): Also by BR's house rules that are in the wiki-- which are therefore CANON-- you get +3 for having a weapon and attacking someone who doesn't have a weapon

so, defense roll:

Pacifico: The Silver Queen said go away, Pacifico rolled low Loyalty, and left

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

rolling 2d10

(

5

+

4

)

=

9

Tanolfi: I consider my past, my heritage, and my whole life which has brought me here, to this place.

Searching for a father who never existed.

johns (GM): [19+3+5-2]

25

Tanolfi: I shoot a arrow at a skeleton.

johns (GM): The skeleton crumbles apart into broken and split bones.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: score

johns (GM): Sure, which one tane?

Tanolfi: The one next to Gorvio.

johns (GM): Skeleton gets one attack off before he dies due to simultaneous resolution..

Tanolfi:

rolling 1d10! + 16

(

7

)

+16

=

23

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2-3 attck vs pacifico

(

1

)

+2-3

=

0

rolling 2d10

(

10

+

7

)

=

17

well, no worry

Tanolfi: Hot rolls.

johns (GM): Skeleton defending against Tanolfi

rolling 1d10!+8+1

(

6

)

+8+1

=

15

Tanolfi: My damage is +7.

So 15 damage.

- Boak

I mean Soak.

johns (GM): 15

Archibald of Guernicus: lets subtract boak from the world

johns (GM): These guys get a soak bonus against ranged, which shows a shocking amount of actual thought

Anyway, you chip a large bit off the skeleton's arm

Tanolfi: Really, they soak catapults?

Amazing.

johns (GM): Skelly attacks gorvio

Prudenzio of Flambeau: they're hard to see from far away.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: with boak out of the way lavinia iwll be defenseless

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+9+4

(

6

)

+9+4

=

19

is anyone here operating gorvio or was that beardbeard who disappeared

Proclus of Rome: It's possible.

Likely, even.

johns (GM): I note that Gorvio has "Defense +0" on his sheet

good shit

Proclus of Rome: Since I don't have control of Gorvio.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 gorvio's defense

(

5

)

+2

=

7

Proclus of Rome: What the heck?

johns (GM): 17

Aristide of Tremere: i was not operating gorvio

Proclus of Rome: He has 6 in Single Weapon.

Archibald of Guernicus: +6 from his single weapon score

his weapon just adds no defence

johns (GM): Ahh

Proclus of Rome: Jesus CHRIST.

johns (GM): :(

Okay, his defense roll was 13 then!

11

Pacifico: RIP anyway

johns (GM): He takes a light wound. Also he is poisoned, so he's at -9

Prudenzio of Flambeau: He's so happy.

johns (GM): Gorvio is slightly scratched by the sword but feels a sharp pain in his head and stomach.

Another skeleton was nuked by Archibald, and the bottom one had his sword blow up, so he'll attack Gorvio with melee

rolling 1d10!+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Proclus of Rome: RIP Gorvio.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+6 gorvio dfn

(

10

+

6

)

+6

=

22

Prudenzio of Flambeau: holy shit.

johns (GM): Two of the ghosts materialize where they stand.

Proclus of Rome: Don't forget his Wound penalty.

Gorvio: "Please, God, stop guiding my sword and let me die."

johns (GM): Wound comes after the combat round

simultaneous resolve

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

(To Pacifico): You see the third ghost rush straight through your combat line to get behind you all

johns (GM): NEXT ROUND

Proclus of Rome: Ok cool.

johns (GM): The cloud of dust around the two vaporized skeletons spreads out a bit.

Players' turn

Let's try to get everyone's action in within the next 3 minutes

Pacifico: "A ghost just went behind us!"

Aristide of Tremere: "Good job! Keep destroying those skeleetons!"

Archibald of Guernicus: I back away from the approaching dust, just in case. That's all.

johns (GM): The two ghosts who have materialized are visible & targetable by all fyi

Prudenzio of Flambeau: oh

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh

I move over here and try and chop the ghost then

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm going to cast Commanding the Airy Spirit on one of the ghosts

not the one archibald is chopping

Prudenzio of Flambeau: well i'll yell at the ghost in front of me

Archibald of Guernicus: Which I will likely fail at, due to wounds, but I must soldier on

Pacifico: I'm going to chop this skeleton I'm standing near

johns (GM): and they are wielding

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "You're gonna wish you remained incorporeal!"

johns (GM): Meer Hammers

Aristide of Tremere: meer hammers sound week

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+2+9+4-6

(

7

)

+2+9+4-6

=

16

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+29 Coerce the Spirits of the Night

(

4

)

+29

=

33

johns (GM): Meer hammer: a miner in this area could

claim land equal to how far he could

toss his mining hammer. Mining hammers

are heavier than carpentry hammers,

but some miners have lighter

ones, used particularly for laying claims.

johns (GM): Penetration, Prudenzio?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: 18? i think?

johns (GM): and each of you tell me which one you're targeting (red dot or blue dot)

Pacifico:

rolling d10+8+3+3 Short Sword

(

7

)

+8+3+3

=

21

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+3+5 comm+leadership

(

9

)

+3+5

=

17

(To Pacifico): Who are you targeting?

Pacifico: to Yellow Dot skellington

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i was red dotting

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+2+5+24+2 Commanding the Airy Spirit (lvl 20)

(

2

)

+2+5+24+2

=

35

to Blue Dot

Archibald of Guernicus: I attacked the purple dot ghost with my sword

Proclus of Rome: I'll shoot a Crystal Dart at a skeleton.

johns (GM): Purple dot is invisible, sorry

Proclus of Rome: The green one.

Archibald of Guernicus: It's materialised, isn't it?

johns (GM): Roll it, Proclus

Only blue and red did

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh

Aristocritus Bonisagi: pen is...

johns (GM) laughs he is SO bad gm

Archibald of Guernicus: I have second sight but I assume it cant be cut up

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! + 8+ 9 + 5 + 1 +1 -6

(

1

)

+8+9+5+1+1-6

=

19

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh well

Proclus of Rome: Phew!

Archibald of Guernicus: I just move away from the dust, anyway

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

8

+

7

)

=

15

no botch

Proclus of Rome: It was formulaic so I shouldn't have rolled stressed anyway.

(To c'thinker): Does that work against Mentem?

johns (GM): in combat, all spells are stressed

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

10

+

10

+

3

)

+10

=

33

If you say so.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 24 pen. i think

15 surplus + 4 skill/2 + 5 from mastery

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+8 Green dot soak

(

3

)

+8

=

11

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): it works against any form, but fails against spirits that aren't from the realm of magic

johns (GM): It's a mentem spirit aristo, is your spell meant for that?

Okay.

Which one are you targeting?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: blue

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1 yellow dot dfn

(

1

)

+1

=

2

geep

rolling 1d10+0 red int

(

5

)

+0

=

5

rolling 1d10+0 blue int

(

9

)

+0

=

9

rolling 1d10!+2 yellow attk gorvio

(

5

)

+2

=

7

rolling 1d10!+9+4 green attk gorvio

(

8

)

+9+4

=

21

johns (GM): Anyone want to make 2 defense rolls for gorvio?

Proclus of Rome: I WOULD but I can't control him.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: same

Pacifico: Yeah

johns (GM): I've set him to controllable by all

He was dys before

Two rolls, -9 each

Gorvio:

rolling 1d10! + 6- 9

(

6

)

+6-9

=

3

rolling 1d10! + 6- 9

(

5

)

+6-9

=

2

Rest in peace, Gorvio.

johns (GM): Gooood shit.

Here's how the round resolves:

Aristocritus Bonisagi: +2 from quickness

Proclus of Rome: It doesn't matter.

johns (GM): One skeleton claws at the staggered Gorvio, while the other drives their sword through his belly.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: gorvio...

johns (GM): A crystal dart obliterates that skeleton, leaving only the sword still sticking in Gorvio. Pacifico cleaves the yellow skeleton into a heap of bones.

Aristide of Tremere: "Don't give up Gorvio!"

johns (GM): The two ghosts begin to thrash in place, uttering confused sentences in classical Latin, screaming rage at nothing in particular, but they do not attack.

Gorvio: "Finally... sweet death."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Gorvio... He's smiling."

Proclus of Rome: What are they screaming?

Gorvio: "Ah... I can't hear any horses or squirrels. This is alright. This is fine."

johns (GM): "death dirt posion dig dig lady mines earth dig silver more"

Pacifico: Ooh

johns (GM): Pacifico sees...

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Hey, ssh"

(To Pacifico): Purple ghost attacks Red!

(To Pacifico): By throwing an ethereal hammer at it

Pacifico: "The ghosts, they're fighting each other?"

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+5+3

(

10

+

8

)

+5+3

=

26

rolling 1d10!+7+6

(

5

)

+7+6

=

18

Proclus of Rome: That is a weird thing to scream, honestly.

johns (GM): The red ghost suddenly reels backwards, screaming in agony, clutching its chest.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ah, your ghost wins, Aristocritus."

Pacifico: I point towards where Purple is. "THe ghost over there, it threw a hammer?"

"Mama mia."

johns (GM): How long can your spells control the ghosts, Aristo and Prudenzio?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: concentration

johns (GM): k

Pacifico goes to draw a picture of the Great Ghost Hammer Battle

johns (GM): Anything you want to accomplish while they're in your control?

Proclus of Rome: Yeah I want to talk to one of the skeletons.

johns (GM): You can speak through the barrier — the

dead and the living, to one corpse that has not

figurative “gate” — that stands between the

yet decayed into a skeleton.

these are definitely decayed

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Fine I GUESS.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you could talk to a ghost, though

Proclus of Rome: We should try digging under the tree.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah, mine is conc too, it has to obey me as long as i threaten it

johns (GM): Ok

It's clearly evident these ghosts are hardly sane

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Tell me more about the mines or I'll send you to hell!"

Aristide of Tremere: "Well done!" I return to my sodales and check on Gorvio.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: maybe i can get one more keyword.

to use in town.

lol

johns (GM): "taskmaster slave driver, silver guardian punisher, evil witch tormenter"

did anyone track how many hours that combat took

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Ok that's enough, go away from me, and never return"

Proclus of Rome: "It told you so."

Less than an hour.

A new record!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The Silver Lady! What do you know about the Silver Lady?"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Clearly these ghosts are insane."

johns (GM) updates kill tracker

Proclus of Rome: "What's sanity, for a ghost?"

johns (GM): "lair below / deep in mines/ all dead/ torment unending"

Archibald of Guernicus: Rest in peace, Gorvio.

You got what you wanted in the end.

Proclus of Rome: Oh no!

johns (GM): Painful death?

Proclus of Rome: Gorvio is dead?

johns (GM): yeah he's dead

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lucky

Pacifico: Goodbye friend

Archibald of Guernicus: He constantly wished for death

johns (GM): who's going to do the half in the bag reviews now

Proclus of Rome: Well we'll need to head back to Rome right away, to give him a proper burial.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, he's dead."

Pacifico: Pacifico was suicidal before but now he found cool ghosts to draw so he's happy

Aristide of Tremere: "He fought and died for a good cause."

Archibald of Guernicus: Which is understandable, as every single passing squirrel, housecat, horse, dog, etc called him a fat faggot.

johns (GM): lol

Pacifico: He's going to paint creepy ghost frescos in the tomb when he gets home.

Archibald of Guernicus: When I played him in the grog adventure Endrite had horses whisper 'faggot' at me all session

Proclus of Rome: Not if we bury him.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "I will need a few minutes to recover from this spell... please give me some space, sodales."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lmfaoo

Aristocritus Bonisagi wanders over the crest of a hill.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, we should give this man a proper burial for his valiant defence."

Proclus of Rome: Was there anything else under that tree?

johns (GM): Are you going to dig it up?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: specifically he needs two (2) minutes in-game time

Proclus of Rome: I think we should.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah

after all that, definitely.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I don't speak much italian, but it sounded like he wisnae afraid of death. A true warrior."

Proclus of Rome: Wait.

Wait!

Pacifico gets a shovel from the mule.

Proclus of Rome: First I'm going to try to spont a Creo Corpus spell to prevent Gorvio's body from spoiling.

johns (GM): good, that makes it better for necromancy

Proclus of Rome:

rolling (1d10! + 7 + 8 + 5 + 2 + 12 + 1 + 1)/2

(

(

7

)

+7+8+5+2+12+1+1)/2

=

21.5

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's bind his ghost.

Proclus of Rome: That's good enough.

Wow what is the matter with you?

That's enough for Charm Against Putrefaction with enough extra levels that I don't have to touch his dead body.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that's out of character, of course, in-character i'm busy going insane just off camera

Archibald of Guernicus: this does not bode well

johns (GM): Ok, who's digging?

Aristide of Tremere: why is the archon going insane

Proclus of Rome: The burden of command.

Pacifico: As one of the remaining grogs, I suppose that falls to me

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Possessed by a ghost?

(To c'thinker): Is someone strange going on with your char that I'm not aware of

Proclus of Rome: Really exciting digging music.

Aristide of Tremere: I cheer on the diggers.

Proclus of Rome: You and Teschio, probably.

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): as an experimentation flaw the spell makes the caster convinced he is a ghost for 2 minutes after it ends

Proclus of Rome: A moving tree?

(To Aristocritus Bonisagi): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Strike the earth

Proclus of Rome: That's unusual.

johns (GM): just tidying up the battlefield

(From Aristocritus Bonisagi): so instead of melting down around everyone he's doing the polite thing and going for a walk

Kifaaya of Verditius perches on Pacifico as he digs

johns (GM): Once your spell end the ghosts go immaterial again and wander off

Right.

Pacifico digs his shovel into the ground.

You uncover about 6 inches of soil, then a thick layer of gray dust that wafts into the air

Stam checks from Kifaaya, Pacifico, Teschio

Pacifico:

rolling d10+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

rolling d10

(

2

)

=

2

Teschio the Teamster:

rolling 1d10 + 3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10+1

(

9

)

+1

=

10

johns (GM): Pacifico starts coughing and hacking, and takes a Medium wound

Proclus of Rome: If ONLY we had someone who knew how to dig pits with magic!

Aristide of Tremere: mm corpse dust

Proclus of Rome: RIP Pacifico.

johns (GM): Who is controlling Pacifico?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Pacifico has Fragile Constitution

Me, shaun

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Pacifico can take some time off.

Aristocritus Bonisagi returns.

Proclus of Rome: Isn't he dead from being poisoned twice?

johns (GM): I thought he dodged the first poisoning at the river

Prudenzio of Flambeau: He did.

Proclus of Rome: Phew!

Kifaaya of Verditius: He's only dead once

johns (GM): Anyway Shaun, as Pacifico, you start to worry about the task you have been assigned and whether you are being paid enough as a grog

Keep digging? y/n

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i was only gone for two minutes and already you've killed pacifico

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10+2 Loyal

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Oops

Pacifico: I think that's a yes

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Someone should bottle up that dust for Venator.

johns (GM): Does anyone in this crew have Philosophiae?

Proclus of Rome: I do.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Very little.

johns (GM): How much, Proclus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i have... 0 philosophiae

Proclus of Rome: Not as high as I'd like.

11

johns (GM): That's pretty good

Proclus of Rome: Eh.

johns (GM): Kifaaya?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I have...

2.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should have taken more but I've already admitted I had no idea what I was doing

Since Verditius Runes lets me use it for lab ottals

johns (GM): It honestly doesn't come up much for most wizards, strangely

Oh, neat

Kifaaya of Verditius: Only for greater items, but it's still not bad

johns (GM): also apropos of nothing

anyone have any skills relating to Mining?

Proclus of Rome: Like what?

Kifaaya of Verditius: 5 Philosophae here

johns (GM): Profession: Miner

Aristocritus Bonisagi: athletics (1)

Proclus of Rome: Ha ha ha ha.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good one.

Proclus of Rome: Good one, Johns.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That dwarf companion I deleted did

johns (GM): lol

(To Proclus of Rome): You suspect this dust is Arsenic.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

johns (GM): Pacifico grits his teeth and goes into dig up some more

Proclus of Rome: "It's VERY likely that this is arsenic dust."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Pacifico, just put some of that dust in a bottle and come back."

Kifaaya of Verditius gets away from Pacifico

Pacifico coughs violently. "Okay."

johns (GM): Another Sta check from Pacific, at -6 please

Prudenzio of Flambeau: rip

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

who will collect our perdo fruit now

Proclus of Rome: We probably should have brought a doctor with us.

Pacifico:

rolling d10+1-6

(

1

)

+1-6

=

-4

rolling d10

(

1

)

=

1

Prudenzio of Flambeau: rip.

Archibald of Guernicus: "If the air has problems, perhaps our archon the elementalist might have a solution?"

Pacifico: NICE

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i SAID we should bring lavinia

johns (GM): Pacifico learns the hard way what happens you when you touch pure Arsenic. After bottling it, he falls over hacking and groaning, and is now  Incapacitated.

Proclus of Rome: "It was definitely wrong to order him to pick up pure arsenic."

"It's the King of Poisons, you know."

Pacifico: "Wow, I can see more ghosts!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "He wasn't going to harm himself more than he already would have."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "This is why you're not the archon, Prudenzio."

Aristide of Tremere: "Alas, another noble soul fallen in the line of duty."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "He's not dead yet, anyway."

johns (GM): he'll live, theoretically

Aristide of Tremere: "Poor Pacifico, he'll receive a grand funeral."

Proclus of Rome: Well I think we found the source of the blight.

Pacifico: He has Fragile Constitution

He's probably unplayable even if he lives

johns (GM): lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: it's a good thing grogs are so quick to make.

Pacifico: Yeah

That's why he's doing the digging

Proclus of Rome: Fragile Constitution is only -3 to recovery rolls.

-5 I guess.

johns (GM): You have a bottle of poison dust now

Aristide of Tremere: lets use it on our enemies

lets give it to venator and tell him its corpse dust

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Good idea.

Archibald of Guernicus: Venator, you wont believe how great it feels to huff this corpse dust

Pacifico: Maybe Lavinia can treat him

Archibald of Guernicus: Go on, inhale as much into your fragile, elderly lungs as you can

Proclus of Rome: This is actually pretty good.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's mail it to the pope

Proclus of Rome: Do you know how much pure arsenic is worth?

A lot.

Aristide of Tremere: here venator. i prepared some uh mind enhancing juice for you

(To Proclus of Rome): In fact there is potential for a good income source here

Archibald of Guernicus: oh no its lung hurting juice

hack wheeze my lungs

Pacifico: Phlegm hurting juice

johns (GM): Arsenic is of especial value to necromancers as it is a preservative

(From Proclus of Rome): Good thing I've invented a spell specifically for controlling dust.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I could totally use this.

Proclus of Rome: It's also worth a lot to murderers.

johns (GM): It's also used as a pesticide

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's have a flock of birds pour arsenic dust all over the tytalus covenant

Proclus of Rome: As it is a nearly undetectable poison.

johns (GM): and a poison, and an abortifecant

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Thanks for your sacrifice, Pacifico.

johns (GM): You've barely scratched the surface of this mound from which the skeletons arose.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we have a bottle of arsenic now

johns (GM): You have a dead grog and an incapacitated grog.

Aristide of Tremere: we have an entire pit full of arsenic

were rich

johns (GM): The rest of you are feeling a bit under the weather.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Without some form of protection, we need tae cease here."

Aristide of Tremere: "I can make us some protection if we find honey or sugar."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I still suggest we return and have Lavinia look at our illnesses before we press on further."

Pacifico: Is it sunset?

Proclus of Rome: "What are you talking about?"

johns (GM): Not yet, do you want to wait until sunset?

Aristide of Tremere: "The pixies, they told me of a cure for the Silver Lady's affliction.

"

Proclus of Rome: We should probably head back to Rome.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: That's a fine idea, Archibald.

Pacifico: I have to make my death rolls at Sunset and Sunrise

Aristide of Tremere: "I just need a handkerchief soaked in something that smells sweet."

Proclus of Rome: "Fairies never tell the truth."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We're running low on grogs, and in poor shape ourselves. It's only sensible."

Aristide of Tremere: "Well, can you think of any harm from a honey soaked handkerchief?"

Proclus of Rome: You know what smells sweet?

Lead.

johns (GM): Sounds like a one-liner before you shoot someone

Aristide of Tremere: lets invent gunpowder

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we just need to Perdo Vim a fellow magus until he has diabetes

* perdo corpus

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll try to Creo Corpus Pacifico

Archibald of Guernicus: he's doing a fine job of creating a corpse on his own

Kifaaya of Verditius: True

I better not touch him in case I get the arsenic on me

Anyway I can't do anything useful for him

Bind Wounds doesn't do anything for the incapacitated

Aristide of Tremere: hm

I will use Rising Ire on him to make him angry at the thought of dying.

this will help him fight

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you can help him on his dying roll at sunset right

johns (GM): Do we want to take a break here, spend a month healing up, and come back next session?

Kifaaya of Verditius:

rolling d10+2 Fey

(

7

)

+2

=

9

Archibald of Guernicus: Such virtue! House Tremere are the good guys.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: sounds cool to me.

Archibald of Guernicus: I want to heal up my -6 dice penalty.

Kifaaya of Verditius is not angry at the thought o fdying

Aristide of Tremere: i want to try the FUCKING honey or sugarwater cure

Proclus of Rome: Try lead.

It smells sweet.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I want to go to the mines.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lets do it. lets feed him some lead nuggets

Aristide of Tremere: hm

I will use Rising Ire on him to make him angry at the thought of dying.

this is a tytalus move

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should find a way to dig without dying of arsenic poisoning

I'm sure aurum can handle that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: im reporting you to the tremeres

Kifaaya of Verditius: Rego Herbam the shovel handle

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i feel like theres probably some symbolic significance to the lead and arsenic but i have no idea what

Proclus of Rome: Rego Terram, IMO.

Maybe you should try not being so uneducated.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cripes

johns (GM): You can research it back at base

Archibald of Guernicus: Lavinia, our loreslave, can do that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that's true

johns (GM): Lavinia is too busy putting arsenic in the covenant's drinking water atm

Proclus of Rome: Smart.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well if it's just a day's walk there's really no harm in retreating

Proclus of Rome: That will kill the demons that could poison us.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: You should probably just let me hold on to the arsenic.

Proclus of Rome: No.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll spend my time using InAq to find Lavinia's personal water source to drink from

Pacifico:

rolling d10+1-1 Recovery from Incapacitation roll

(

4

)

+1-1

=

4

Proclus of Rome: I'll hold onto it, I have a number of spells for controlling dust.

johns (GM): it's the job Proclus was born to do

Pacifico: That's sunset's roll

Aristocritus Bonisagi: at the very least we should switch out our grogs

Prudenzio of Flambeau: You're the least trustworthy person here!

Pacifico: I'll think up a new guy

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Who else has been hypnotized and betrayed the covenant? smh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: like half of our surviving grogs have done that

Proclus of Rome: I've never been hypnotized.

johns (GM): You were hypnotized by an Infernalist, the worst of all

Proclus of Rome: It's called "love" idiots.

Archibald of Guernicus: You love the infernal all right

Proclus of Rome: You clods are the ones who murdered her!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: I love magic. I love the Order.

Archibald of Guernicus: Frankly, I think all this god stuff is a front for the covenants biggest infernalist since the bakery closed.

johns (GM): murdered her with love

Archibald of Guernicus: I never murdered her

Proclus of Rome: Also knives.

johns (GM): Yeah, Zita of Mercere

Archibald of Guernicus: Zita sins but has never formally welcomed satan into her heart

johns (GM): Mercury is just an avatar of Satan

the god of thieves and tricksters??? hello???

Proclus of Rome: So does Pacifico make it back to Rome or does he die?

johns (GM): uhh you tell me

Aristide of Tremere: when we return to the lab im going to research honey and sugar water for curing the phlegmatic imbalance

Pacifico: I'm still alive

johns (GM): Ok

Pacifico: At sunrise I make a Stam -2 roll

Aristocritus Bonisagi: would a ReTe ward against dirt, sand, mud, and clay keep the dust off

seems like it should.

Endrite: You know if you're REALLY interested in medicine I know someone you could talk to.

Pacifico: Oh wait I never applied the Fragile Constitution roll to the last one

johns (GM): You learn that this mixture does little after the fact but can block the dust from hurting you int he first place, Aristide

Pacifico: I'm dead

Sorry for the confusion

johns (GM): You learn this of course from your patron, Jeanne D'Ys

Endrite: RIP

Prudenzio of Flambeau: rip

johns (GM): lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip.

Archibald of Guernicus: lol, but rip

johns (GM): sorry

Shauncat: lol

johns (GM): i should have said "oh this is dangerous" or something

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ot

johns (GM): i got too carried away with everyone saying they would be happy to lose their character and reroll em

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's ok. they're just grogs

Shauncat: "Ghulas are not designed as player characters." says you, book

Proclus of Rome: I think we've all learned a valuable lesson today.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yeah, don't make decisions without the archon!!

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't think anyone here has learned any lesson at all.

Proclus of Rome: A valuable lesson about workplace safety.

johns (GM): Archibald of Guernicus: I don't think anyone here has learned any lesson at all.

that's our covenant in a nutshell

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I learned that it's easy to get pure arsenic if you don't mind regular people dying.

Archibald of Guernicus: Wanna know the definition of insanity? [montage of the covenant being beaten up by passing spirits and running away]

Kifaaya of Verditius: I learned that my first instinct to just turn into a bird and fly away from a confrontation is correct most of the time

johns (GM): cowardice ftw

Kifaaya of Verditius: I had a stake in taking down Cruciator but not this time

Proclus of Rome: Shameful.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: johns (GM): cowardice ftw

johns (GM): who wants to tell venator that you lost two grogs and have nothing to show for it yet

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm very upset that the adventure designers seemingly gave every single enemy with a name a penetration and MR value in the triple digits

Proclus of Rome: It would probably be pretty easy to make a big bottle that moves arsenic into itself.

Oh and hey, we just found the perfect way to kill people with magic resistance.

Aristide of Tremere: I prepare a bunch of cloths and honey for our next foray.

johns (GM): Why does everyone regard Lavinia suspiciously when you're the ones planning to murder wizards

Proclus of Rome: Just throw a bottle of arsenic in their faces.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I think I might wanna make a new magi, screwing this mission up might be a good reason to pack up and head to the forge of hephaestus

Proclus of Rome: I didn't say wizards.

Who said wizards?

Not me.

Archibald of Guernicus: Persons of Parma

Aristide of Tremere: Archibald of Guernicus: Persons of Parma

Proclus of Rome: How much is the bottle of arsenic worth?

Archibald of Guernicus: Democrats with magic resistance

johns (GM): less than a mythic pound

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right

Proclus of Rome: How much arsenic do you need for a mythic pound?

johns (GM): well let me think about it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: before we head out we need to get a lot of empty bottles

johns (GM): If you want to mine full time you can get economically viable amounts

but I think just scooping up pinches into bottle yields the same thing you can get from a apothecary shop anyway

Proclus of Rome: Well you'd need a spell that moves earth from the ground into a container and then ANOTHER spell to separate the arsenic from the earth.

Which is pretty doable, honestly.

The main issue is what kind of container could safely transport such a dangerous dust?

johns (GM): or you could just get a bunch of cheap laborers to do it

Proclus of Rome: Perish the thought!

johns (GM): capitalism!!!

maybe someone else has insight on mining this idk

Proclus of Rome: Fortunately Capitalism hasn't been invented yet.

johns (GM): Uh what do you call the republic of venice

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i think this is something you get slaves to mine

johns (GM): genoa

pisa

the bank of siena

bank of bardi

Proclus of Rome: Sinners?

johns (GM): :)

Aristide of Tremere: youd have to equip the slaves

or theyd just die like pacifico

immediately on messing with it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's raid north africa in our whale to get some cheap labor

Proclus of Rome: Slavery is illegal and immoral.

johns (GM): slavery is legal and moral

if it's pagans

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is it actually illegal

johns (GM): Italy is actually the busiest slave market in Mythic Europe

Archibald of Guernicus: We shouldn't let slavs anywhere near the covenant, good point.

Proclus of Rome: I GUESS.

johns (GM): according to city & guild, you can buy slaves for as cheap as 1 MP apiece

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 1 mythic pound in, 1 mythic pound out

free corpses for our necromancer

Kifaaya of Verditius: A slave is the same price as any other grog, it sounds like

Proclus of Rome: Slaves are one Mythic Pound once.

You don't have to pay them (they're slaves).

Kifaaya of Verditius: You still have to feed and shelter them

johns (GM): I'm really excited for this covenant to become a bunch of slavers

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't support slavery

Unless its the english

in which case I fully support it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: field trip

Proclus of Rome: You can't enslave the English, they're Christians!

johns (GM): right

enslave the irish pagans

your most common slaves are moors, slavs, and norsemen

and jews occasionally

Proclus of Rome: Anyway, making a box that digs and separates arsenic shouldn't be too tough.

Oh that tree is probably also interesting, since it was managing to grow in basically pure arsenic.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I think it's more that it was preserved in the arsenic. Something must have converted the earth to the poison. Like in the story.

Aristide of Tremere: it was growing

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Oh.

Archibald of Guernicus: A tremere touched the ground and it became arsenic to their touch, due to how evil they are

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I thought the image of it was growing and becoming more clear after Proclus cast a spell on it, I didn't catch it actually growing.

johns (GM): i like this track

Proclus of Rome: It was almost imperceptibly growing.

johns (GM): hey speaking of Satan, is Lavinia learning anything interesting from correspondence with the nobles of the Hellbog?

Aristide of Tremere: excuse me, if the tremere were evil would they have the diedne genocided?

Archibald of Guernicus: its a good track

I stole it and used it in my game, Johns, since its so good

Endrite: Oh yeah I was going to write a letter last night but I played video games all night.

I'll send you a letter by tomorrow at the latest.

johns (GM): you made a good decision imo

Videojuegos ftw

Shauncat: I'm gonna make a new magus, and this time, I'll really shoot for the moon.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: good game today

johns (GM): You're retiring Kifaaya?

Endrite: Breddy good game.

johns (GM): also, a Criamon?

Shauncat: She's not very fun

Endrite: Have you tried inventing more spells?

johns (GM): :( I'm sorry I haven't thought of more ways to bring in her craft abilities

Aristide of Tremere: all those formulae giraldo made

Shauncat: It's not your fault

Aristide of Tremere: at least we can still make uh

hm

sir doak

or sir ooak, if we do orichalcum

Endrite: Orichalcum isn't real.

Everyone knows that.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: let's make Sir Aoak, out of pure arsenic.

johns (GM): oh shit

Shauncat: I don't think I put her together very well, she's not a very good item maker even

johns (GM): by the way

Archibald of Guernicus: I just want to reach the level of parma and penetration that these insane adventure designers expect from PCs.

johns (GM): these skeletons did extra damage because they were coated in arsenic

Aristide of Tremere: pad sir oaks armor with a bunch of pouches of arsenic

so when he gets hit it sprays out and kills the attacker

Archibald of Guernicus: I have the highest of both in the entire covenant, I'm certain, and consistently dont have enough

Endrite: Atlantean pseudo-science didn't exist until the 18th century.

johns (GM): orichalchum is attested in the works of plato

ergo atlantis is real

and strong

archibald for what it's worth this is a faerie monarch you were dealing with

Endrite: Make an arsenic animo.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: pretty sure they expect you to not solve every problem with an instant death spell

Endrite: Oh that'd be a pretty good way to get rid of all the pests in Rome.

Aristide of Tremere: i cant wait to see what the pixies told prudenzio to do to the silver lady

so she just outright kills us

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: I haven't tried to use instant death spells, which is what worked anyway on the viator

Prudenzio of Flambeau: It'll actually work great, and be cool.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm just thinking on stuff like the red lord, viator, that silver queen

Aristide of Tremere: shaun you should make a perdo corpus flambeau with good brawl

that punches holes in people

Archibald of Guernicus: where I'm not sure what level of optimisation they imagine every PC has

Endrite: You should make a Criamon.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you know what REALLY annoys the silver queen? giving her a hundred pawns of vis and sacrificing 2 magi

johns (GM): Part of it is the problem of MR scaling up so powerfully and being a binary Can Affect/Cannot Affect

Aristide of Tremere: haha she would really hate that

johns (GM): which is why I suggested changing Magic Resistance to an armor pool isntead

Endrite: It's fine.

We just need to find her Sovereign Ward.

Aristide of Tremere: we just need to apologize to her

Shauncat: I'm gonna read the Houses of Hermes splats and study the Magi of Hermes better

Prudenzio of Flambeau: We should probably visit these mines.

Endrite: That'd be easy.

Just dig through all the arsenic.

Aristide of Tremere: i think im going to keep carrying the honeycloths with me after this adventure

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Exactly.

Endrite: Also who gives a DAMN about the mines when there's an ancient magical battlefield?

Aristide of Tremere: what if they fought in the mine

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's a lair at the bottom of the mine. the ghost said so

Endrite: And potentially a perfectly unplunderedwith covenant.

Aristide of Tremere: it would be highly illegal to plunder their covenant

johns (GM): did prudenzio reveal what he learned from the fae with all?

im just curious if I should include it in my recap

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I didn't.

johns (GM): kk

Archibald of Guernicus: I think an armour pool or somesuch might help with the fact it gives every fae, demon and magic monster of any note a penetration value stupidly high

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i even asked him and he was silent

Prudenzio of Flambeau: just that it would be a good idea.

Endrite: A fallen covenant is perfectly legal to plunder, as far as I know.

Aristide of Tremere: what if the magi are still alive

what if it was severins covenant

Aristocritus Bonisagi: they are very famously dead

Archibald of Guernicus: We found Severin's covenant

Endrite: Yeah.

It's filled with tricks 'n traps.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what if it's where they moved into after the old location

Endrite: They probably would have taken all the stuff out of their old covenant.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: but they knew severin was alive

Archibald of Guernicus: They moved there to found a Diedne covenant

Endrite: Did they know that?

How would they know he was alive?

He just disappeared one day.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: his familiar, remember

Endrite: So why didn't they take the familiar and all his stuff with them and leave a note?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: wizards, man

Archibald of Guernicus: Maybe they just didn't like him. He was a bit of a prick.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: did we ever get our texts

johns (GM): okay aristo im posting what you learned from Flavio ITT (in The Thread)

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hooray

johns (GM): I hope that clears everything up. gg all

Archibald of Guernicus: gg

Aristocritus Bonisagi: gg

Shauncat: GG

Aristide of Tremere: g

Shauncat: If I retire Kifaaya I'll have her spend a season writing down her spells for the covenant library first

Cloak of Raven Feathers at least should be preserved

Aristocritus Bonisagi: johns: make sure to include pacifico as a kill for Prudenzio

johns (GM): lol

this is the 4th grog in a row to die in a particularly gruesome way i think

Aristocritus Bonisagi: thats everyone who was on the journey to bat cave, right

Archibald of Guernicus: We all need to make new grogs to replace them with our insane turnover

Yeah gorvio and pacifico were bat cavers

rip

Aristocritus Bonisagi: and crass

Shauncat: I'll make a new favored grog after I figure out what I'm doing with my magus

Archibald of Guernicus: Our vis source is cursed

Shauncat: Kifaaya has a good reason to leave since she wants to learn Items of Virtue anyway

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip

Endrite: Items of Virtue?

Sounds like bullshit to me.

Shauncat: It's bullshit

Best to just not have her as a PC with such a useless goal

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what are you going to replace her with

Shauncat: I'm looking at the other mystery cults

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bjornaer is cool

imo.

Shauncat: That'd be better way to do the animal schtick

The moonrakers are neat too

Za Warudo

Aristocritus Bonisagi: join bonisagus crew

johns (GM): Might I suggest a fulfilling career in House Jerbiton?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: jerbiton magus with 0 in the arts but 20 levels of insulting people through flower arrangement

dys rubs hands court wizardishly

dys: Criamon are a good house and the most noble magi of all

Everyone else is just a selfish, deragned wizard of some description

While Criamon are selfless deranged wizards

c'thinker: my new magus's name is, uhhh, Biebme of ex miscellanea

dys: saga hook: what if criamon were completely right about how the universe works

Shauncat: I didn't realize how much insight there was to be had in making a character with cool goals and such in the Houses of Hermes + the Magi of Hermes. I was going mostly off the Verditius dwarfblooded in the core rules which was a bad idea.

The Magi of Hermes Verditius are cool, a numerologist and guy who put his lab inside a living tree that walks around.

dys: True Lineages is good for that stuff too

Mercere's cult of heroes is cool and I like being a technical member of it

c'thinker: make a kabbalist

Shauncat: Mercere is cool

I like the Le Happy Merchant Mercere in MoH

Endrite: In fact, do not make a kabbalist.

They kind of suck without buddies.

johns (GM): make a muspelli

dys: I have more fun as a redcap than my magus on adventures where its not You Must Have This Much MR To Enter

Not that MR ever seems to help me anyhow, gah.

Shauncat: I like being a minotaur or grog. They don't get XP though so I might make another labrat

c'thinker: make a golem and have the golem fight sir oak

Shauncat: The minotaur needs to eat 5 vis per adventure to get XP, technically

Endrite: That isn't really how it works.

c'thinker: we're not using this infernal vis for anything

Shauncat: I'll look it up later

I think it was subtract Might from all XP gained, you can reduce the penalty by two for every vis consumed while reflecting on your experiences.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: johns: make sure to include pacifico as a kill for Prudenzio

lol

Endrite: Alright see ya next week.

Shauncat: Bye

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10!+4-3

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