7/21/18

johns (GM): timestamp

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+1+5 int + infernal lore

(

7

)

+1+5

=

13

dys: youre running today after johns finishes up the regio right?

or is that next week

devil's fav demon (GM): yeah i'll do that this week, although i might end up cutting it early in a panic if i run out of material.

dys: oh are we starting with it?

devil's fav demon (GM): no, i'll do it after johns wraps and i think there's going to be at least a season of free time. i just forgot to talk to johns about when it's going to be scheduled in the timeline

but in game, whenever the bog adventure wraps, an event will happen later that sets goat girls 2 in motion

and also i just always feel unprepared to run even when im overprepared

dys: lets fuck some goats, and then actually fuck them

Endrite: What's our plan for today?

Invent a ritual to steal the giant octagonal stone dias?

Or, rather, liberate it from the swamp.

dys: spont a spell to hear stone for sun, spont effect to see through water as if it was air, then spend a day teleporting around the swamp until its found

Endrite: There are likely many stones in the swamp.

I guess different stones sound different, but how would you know which is which?

Shauncat: Less stone than other terrain

devil's fav demon (GM): Makes sense.

dys: well theres likely many stones, but a bigger stone will be a louder sound

so you can ignore pebbles

and go for larger ones

Shauncat: Since sponts are defined at casting, it might be possible to make it so you can only hear octogons

devil's fav demon (GM): You have to listen for

yeah

just need to limit it to octagonal sound

dys: it might be cracked or broken, thus making the spell fail, though

i think an effect that makes pebbles whisper-quiet and bigger rocks quite loud would be effective enough, as itd give far less false positives, but wouldnt risk losing out on the octagon altogether

with teleportation at-will unlimited uses per day, well, thats a lot of ground easily covered. its not unreasonable to say the whole swamp could be checke din a day this way

Shauncat: Octagons that are cracked should still have a quality of octagonness, due to octagons being platonic

Just not as octagonny as a perfect octagon

dys: i just think my method has less risk of being ruined by terrible luck (the octagon got split in half or something)

it seems more consistent, and for an idea thats basically off-screen searching for a day, consistency is more useful

Shauncat: You could possibly focus the spont on shape over material without a guideline shift, at least. Granite and basalt cubes sound the same, but don't sound like granite octagons.

dys: i just think its too susceptible to the cruel whims of time

its a neat idea, but in the context that this octagon is somethign that one guy thinks  might  be here, because he heard so, and its not been seen in over 1000 years...

id rather go with the thorough search that accounts for misinformation or the ravages of time

Endrite: Good idea.

c'thinker (GM): I guess different stones sound different, but how would you know which is which?

through intellego magic.

Shauncat: I believe it's an octagon since that's a good Discworld ref

dys: bigger stone = louder sound

besides the odd boulder, this octagon should be the biggest stone object in the swamp

Shauncat: Eighth child of an eighth child is also in Magi of Hermes

dys: itll be an octagon yeah. but this is just a safe way of going about it.

its not a terribly interesting part anyway. its just a puzzle. "find the octagon"

i think this would be a reliable way to do it, then we move onto the real advetnure where we have an octagon

johns (GM) laughs gmishly

Shauncat: Turns out the octagon wasn't real and you ignored the actual thing that moves the story forward

Endrite: It might be totally ruined by now.

dys: There should still be enough stone left, even if it is, that this method locates it.

That's my thinking with it

Shauncat: It's not about the octagon but the friends you make along the way

c'thinker: let's make the freemason guy look for it himself while we sit back and sip posca.

dys: If we do that he'll pave through our magic aura tho. Potentially.

c'thinker: let's kill him then.

Endrite: The magic aura isn't large enough to put a lab in.

Celeste: Then we have to deal with all the other freemasons.

Endrite: It's mostly just a vim source.

c'thinker: you can always use a vim source

Endrite: Wait, it's vim vis, right?

dys: yes

the vis source is the most important part

Guy of Bonisagus: ?

johns (GM): No moe



Archibald of Guernicus: He said he'd miss this week?

johns (GM): ah I see

Archibald of Guernicus: No I mean did he say that

I dont know if he did

it was a real question

johns (GM): >:|

Endrite: Who can say?

Since I have no ability to remember things, I can't.

johns (GM): Well anyway

Archibald what are the parameters on those spells

Archibald of Guernicus: Lemme check exactly, its sponting so let me roll to spont both first

rolling (1d10!+30)/2 InAq

(

(

6

)

+30)/2

=

18

oh i closed the ars corebook, that passes iirc, lemme just pull spell guidelines up to confirm

johns (GM): celeste your infernal lore roll is enough to determine the Demonic Weakness of the crows, which is Sea Wormwood

Mortis ex Verditus: Is that like sea cucumber where it's nothing like cucumber?

Archibald of Guernicus: Level 1 to make a sense unaffected, +4 vision, +2 sun

level 15

Celeste: Nice.

I'll ask Guli if he knows what Sea Wormwood looks like since I don't know anything about it other than it's good against demon crows.

Archibald of Guernicus: for terram, level 2 to learn one visible property of an object - its size - then +3 hearing and +2 sun, so a level 15 spell will be enough

rolling (1d10!+37)/2

(

(

6

)

+37)/2

=

21.5

c'thinker:

rolling 1d10!+2+6 do i know what sea wormwood looks like

(

7

)

+2+6

=

15

Archibald of Guernicus: Could go a level up here and extend the range or accuracy of it, if thats fine as a +1 increase

johns (GM): ok

Archibald of Guernicus: Anyway, with those effects, I can see through water and can hear stone, the bigger the stone, the louder it sounds. They sound like different dog breeds depending on the type and size of stone, of course.

johns (GM): of course

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't think of a good sigil effect for the aquam one sadly

Mortis ex Verditus: All dogs sound the same to me.

Archibald of Guernicus: With these in place, I can teleport once a turn up to 50 paces, and have +3 perception

So, is this enough to locate the Octagon?

johns (GM): About 6 miles due west of Subiaco Abbey you hit something

It is almost entirely buried under sediment and 3 feet of marsh water but two smooth stone edges still stick out.

Celeste: Nice work.

johns (GM): A stone octagon, about 8 meters in diameter. A caduceus is engraved on it. There are circle dimple impressions in each corner.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll check the aura near it, non-fatiguingly

johns (GM): Infernal 3

Archibald of Guernicus: Then -3 to my second sight. Rolling it

rolling 1d10!+3+3-3

(

5

)

+3+3-3

=

8

Shauncat: A chihuahua and a mastiff probably bark pretty differently even to someone who doesn't know a lot about dogs.

Archibald of Guernicus: Hm. Lemme check EFs, maybe I need to conf that

Celeste: I will also roll Per+Second Sight.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You see nothing out of place.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+2+3-3

(

10

+

1

)

+2+3-3

=

13

Archibald of Guernicus: EF is 5 + (2*difference in aura)

Celeste: Score.

c'thinker: archibald is sworn to secrecy on the octagon i think.

Celeste: Oh wait yeah.

Archibald of Guernicus: that might not be enough, given the infernal aura thats popped up.

Celeste: He's there by himself.

Guy of Bonisagus: i can be there with him

best for us to be looking together anyway in case of satans

Archibald of Guernicus: well. There's nothing stopping us exploring the regio. what was the exact conditions the guy wanted - no-one knowing about the octagon?

Guy of Bonisagus: he just wanted his involvement and exact purpose kept secret afaik

Archibald of Guernicus: Celeste is a grog, in fact it would make perfect sense to bring along every grog with second sight lol

Celeste: I'm a Mythic Companion.

Guy of Bonisagus: he said there was no problem bringing hired muscle along

Celeste: But more or less a super grog.

Guy of Bonisagus: when ia sked him

Mortis ex Verditus: Legally you're a grog, though.

c'thinker: any progress on the sea wormwood front

Archibald of Guernicus: Yes, but I mean, you're our guard. We hire you to protect us, which is what was specified.

that's the loophole by which we bring you along

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: legally celeste is probably a custos

Archibald of Guernicus: derfel had second sight too right?

johns (GM): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_maritima

Guy of Bonisagus: theyre our grogs so all we have to do is tell them to come while we fuck around in the swamp

Shauncat: There's a virtue for a custos

Archibald of Guernicus: Giraldo had it, if beard doesnt mind his companion being dragged along briefly for the IC reasoning that Archibald would take him along.

Not like he's been earning his keep much lately

johns (GM): lazy witchers

Guy of Bonisagus: giraldo is unavailable for play as he is 7 years or so out of date

Celeste: Hah

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is the pontine marsh salty

Archibald of Guernicus: thats

rolling 7*4*5

7*4*5

=

140

johns (GM): it is when you're in it

Archibald of Guernicus: 140xp in second sight

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Celeste: lmao

Shauncat: Poutine marsh

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Guy of Bonisagus: giraldo is unavailable for play as he is 7 years or so out of date

Archibald of Guernicus: lol johns

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this has never stopped me from playing derfel

Archibald of Guernicus: Derfel has never been updated and may not even have a sheet

and yet is a beloved theoretical member of the crew

Guy of Bonisagus: to be fair derfel could never be considered out of date

Celeste: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: because hes just a concept

Archibald of Guernicus: the concept of winning too much

johns (GM): i will say that Sea Wormwood is available in the pontine marsh because it is available in the marsh I adapted the crows from

Guy of Bonisagus: whenever derfel is asked to roll a skill, roll 1d10-2 to determine his modifiers

Mortis ex Verditus: Gasp!

Celeste: this is more evidence that Derfel is actually just a faerie NPC who we've been tricked into believing is a human

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: derfels sheet still has his abasar ability values, and i cut them in half

Archibald of Guernicus: We can use that to keep our guards safe then from the crows

johns (GM): jesus

Guy of Bonisagus: derfels sheet

Archibald of Guernicus: lmfao

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's not get crazy here.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ive been secretly halving my paladins rolls but nothing is working

johns (GM): Salve Moe!

Celeste: i left my sheet in "that" place

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: welcome moe

Celeste: welcome

Mortis ex Verditus: There's no proof that there is such a sheet.

moe: salve

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ive posted screenshots of the sheet

johns (GM): Derfel, using his 10,000 xp in Sophistry: There's no proof that there is NOT such a sheet

Guy of Bonisagus: derfel is such a complete copy of giraldo that his sheet hasnt been updated in the same span of time

an impressive feat

Shauncat: 10,000 XP in sapphism

Guy of Bonisagus: ohh

while the bad boys of having eyes are looking for a regio entrance i will examine the structure to determine if it has any magical purpose

rolling 1d10+10

(

2

)

+10

=

12

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: theres a page of the sheet that shows his rolls for using his spear, a description of his fearsome presence ability, and a description of his faerie magic powers

which is very funny in hindsight, as

(To Guy of Bonisagus): You are not familiar with the Mercurian cult but such a shape seems perfect for ceremony

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Ok I have a question: what's a meter?

johns (GM): 1 pace

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah.

Thank you.

Guy of Bonisagus: "I will admit I am unfamiliar with the Cult of Mercury, but this seems like it's used for ceremony. Perhaps that is the key to entering the regio, should there be one.

"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway ill try to find some wormwood

Giraldo of Milan: Some nearby swamp reeds rustle, and Giraldo emerges while on his regular walk.

johns (GM): if you believe there is a regio here, remember that the EF for seeing it with second sight is 5 + 2x(3 + [Regio Strength])

Giraldo of Milan: "Wind's howling."

Giraldo looks for a regio.

rolling 1d10+7

(

10

)

+7

=

17

Celeste: Nice.

johns (GM): Your SS is infernal based right?

are you including the +3 from aura

Giraldo of Milan: yes

no

add 3 then

Archibald of Guernicus: 20

conf it too. lets get this bad boy out onto a tray

Celeste: you should probably also add the exploding roll

Giraldo of Milan: maybe

rolling 1d10

(

2

)

=

2

Archibald of Guernicus: yes

that roll explodes

Giraldo of Milan: 22

Archibald of Guernicus: 22 is SURELY enough...

The bad boys of having magic eyes

johns (GM): Well, cool. Giraldo sees the otherworldly presence of a regio surrounding him when he stands in the octagon. He need merely focus on it and step through if he wishes to enter..

Celeste: Well done.

Giraldo of Milan: Giraldo explains the process and disappears back into the swamp.

johns (GM): Giraldo looks for more fae to fuck

Mortis ex Verditus: Got 'em.

moe: while i catch up on the chat log Dušan is lost in thought, but present

Mortis ex Verditus: Actually this is a secret affair and the only people there are the ones on the map.

moe: ah

Mortis ex Verditus: Plus however many grogs.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll have a quick discussion with Guy about including the other magi

moe: naruhodo, i'll finish reading and maybe eat a thing

Archibald of Guernicus: "Guy, now that we've found the regio, let's examine this deal ye made again."

devil's fav demon: thank you for reminding me to sign in as a player.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It was only about keeping our architect's involvement secret, aye?"

"He has no clue about the regio, and no way to even access it."

Guy of Bonisagus: "To my knowledge, yes. As long as we just say to the others that we found a regio out in the swamp, I don't see why it would be breaking the agreement."

Celeste: Guli should try to convince the swamp workers to keep wormwood with them on the job

and save tens of lives

Archibald of Guernicus: I nod "Then let's make a note of this place, and return with the others."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye."

Celeste: "We're not even going to check out what's inside first?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It may be dangerous, which is of little concern to us here, but it concerns the covenant as a whole that we've found it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i don't even know how using plants against demons works

Celeste: "Good point."

Mortis ex Verditus: You could throw apples at them and jeer.

Celeste: i don't know. rub it on yourself or eat it if you're afflicted by demons i guess.

Archibald of Guernicus: Then, with that, we return to the other magi, and I tell them the good news: "I searched the swamp tae see if anything else of relevance could be found, given the site we already saw. With the help of the guards we found a regio entrance in an auspicious location. It disnae appear tae be an infernal regio, despite the aura that's overwhelmed the swamp, so I propose we explore it, and anyone who wishes tae come should say so."

Mortis ex Verditus: You could hit the birds with sea wormwood fronds or burn the leaves to create a cloud of protective smoke.

Note: this may also poison the workers.

"Do you think the regio is connected to the temple?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Etruscan? Aye, might be."

"It could always be a coincedence, of course, but let's not look a gift horse in the mouth."

Celeste: "It's got the big Mercury symbol on it, so it's gotta be what you're looking for."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Was Mercury even an Etruscan god?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Etruscans lived around the time of the Romans, aye? They probably had some overlap, I don't know."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i appreciate that like 70% of the sea wormwood wiki article is herbalism

Archibald of Guernicus: "Does anyone here know enough of them tae say they did or didn't?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10+3+1 Magic Lore

(

8

)

+3+1

=

12

Guy of Bonisagus: archibald, mercurian cultist: look i dont really know much about mercury

Mortis ex Verditus: Woah, let's not throw around accusations here.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm getting closer and closer to the spell to summon Mercury for a conversation

Celeste: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Where's the proof Archibald is a Mercurian cultist?

Guy of Bonisagus: summoning mercury to ask if the etruscans worshipped him

johns (GM): roman empire lore is the most applicable for questions of ancient political history

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Mercury appears in other forms in other pantheons. Like Hermes in the Greek pantheon."

Archibald of Guernicus quickly puts away jar of mercurian olives in the fridge

Mortis ex Verditus: 2 AM: Going back for more forbidden lore.

Celeste: I have Rome lore but not Empire Lore

What a shame.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It may be they worshipped him by another name, then."

Mortis ex Verditus: Area Lore: Rome covers modern Rome.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Or, perhaps, this is unrelated entirely."

"Whatever the case, it appears magical, and I'll be exploring it. I invite any who wish tae come, tae come."

"It could prove tae be a good resource for us. Perhaps even another vis source. Or a strong magical aura, despite the conditions outside, could always be useful."

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll go, even though it means trudging through another six miles of misamatic swamp.

I mean "miasmatic swamp."

Archibald of Guernicus: This is why I invested a 50 pace teleport with unlimited uses into my talisman. Walking is sooo 1340

johns (GM): dfd is Rosario or Celeste going

Archibald of Guernicus: With Rosario we could justifiably bring less grogs and leave Celeste, so his call ultimately

Guy of Bonisagus: lets enter the regio

johns (GM): Cumthinker will Gulielmus go

i just want to know who is going first

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sure

moe: wider

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll summon horses to do the trudging for us

johns (GM): Hazm or Fiorella, shaun

and any grogs?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll have Tunde guardme

Mortis ex Verditus: Tunde vendor bank guards

johns (GM): Okay, then the party is as indicated on this sheet

Preparing for transport in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Celeste: I am probably going to go because I don't want to play Rosario rn

Thanks.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright getting coffee

moe: Locking in

Mortis ex Verditus: Spells that change a person's size also work on a person's corpse, right?

johns (GM): You all step in the octagon and picture the image of the regio as described by Giraldo.

Correct.

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok.

johns (GM): Around you, the hot miasmatic swamp turns blurry and begins to fade away.

Celeste: "Ooooh."

johns (GM): You find yourself still standing on the Octagon, but in a much different place.

Mortis ex Verditus: A Myst island.

johns (GM): The muggy air is now cool and refreshingly clear.

moe: "Ah, much nicer weather."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Mercury's winged sandals...!" I mutter quietly in awe

Celeste takes a big inhale

johns (GM): The land around you is smooth stone, slicked by mist, with little vegetation -- just bits of grass here and there.

Guy of Bonisagus: "It's beautiful."

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll head over to the stone structure.

Archibald of Guernicus: The first thing I'll do is confirm the aura non-fatiguingly

Mortis ex Verditus: What's it all about?

johns (GM): To the northeast, an endless ocean sprawls into the distance. To the south and west you see thick curtains of fog.

Celeste: I'll cup some water in my hands and take a sip

Mortis ex Verditus: Stone? We know that implicitly. Structure? Perhaps there is more to learn here.

johns (GM): Directly east the inlet slopes up into a hill, atop which is a stone structure of some kind. You can see boats bobbing in the bay nearby.

The air feels magical. You also feel an effect perpetually hitting your Parma.

Celeste: "I didn't expect to see anyone else here."

Do the boats look like Italian boats?

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Dušan of Criamon: Classic Venetian

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1+7 Tunde

(

6

)

+1+7

=

14

Mortis ex Verditus: Is Tunde acting strangely?

Or dead?

johns (GM): Tunde does not contract the black death, for now.

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah well.

Maybe next time.

johns (GM): Assuming she bathes.

Celeste: Well done Tunde.

johns (GM): The boats are long wooden rowboats of no modern design.

The aura is Magic 4, Archibald.

Guy of Bonisagus: I cast The Invisible Eye Revealed. Are we being scried on by a level 20 or lower effect?

johns (GM): No.

Guy of Bonisagus: Alright.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll pass along the aura effect, then cast Archibald's Unveiling the Sigil to see what this effect pinging our parma is

Mortis ex Verditus: I (L)ook at the the stone structure.

Is it square?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: as usual, gulielmus will begin investigating the plant life.

Mortis ex Verditus: Is it in good condition?

johns (GM): It's a PeCo effect you have seen before, the Great Corpus Blight.

Mortis ex Verditus: Is it actually a dragon?

johns (GM): Gulielmus finds the plant life sparse and uninspiring. Nothing but grass and tough weeds.

Celeste: I guess we're in a magic regio.

Or...

Maybe.....?

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh right. Magic aura lol.

Uh

johns (GM): Mortis examines the stone structure. Does Mortis have SS?

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

No.

Archibald of Guernicus: We probably should not bring in mundane grogs lmfao

Dušan of Criamon: Here's a man with SS

johns (GM): Too late! haha.

Mortis ex Verditus: Just the two peepers God gave me.

Celeste: Gahaha.

I also look at the thing with Second Sight!!!!

Archibald of Guernicus: "The corpus blight affects even here, get the damn grogs out of here before it gets tae them."

johns (GM): It's okay. We powergamed our health bonuses long ago.

Mortis ex Verditus: This makes us smart.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll go ahead of my bodyguard to clear fog with the bellows

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+1+3

(

8

)

+1+3

=

12

plus one if its ghosts

Mortis ex Verditus: Do I recognize the stone faces?

Guy of Bonisagus: I will cast Cloak of the Duck's Feathers in case it starts raining on us.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm going to be honest, this stone structure is way more impressive than a few rowboats.

johns (GM): Mortis. The building looks old and worn, but there are signs of upkeep. The stones are clear of sand and no weeds poke up from underneath.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

johns (GM): What's your score in M Lore?

Dušan of Criamon: We should investigate

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll examine the stone thing with second sight as well, just to be safe

(To Fiorella the Raven): The Fog is not the blight, but an innate part of the Regio

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2+2

(

5

)

+3+2+2

=

12

fairy aligned, so +2 from aura

Mortis ex Verditus: None.

Archibald of Guernicus: i think thats +2 to celestes as well

Celeste: Yep.

johns (GM): Mortis does not recognize the face.

Celeste: One of us should conf.

johns (GM): No need

The EF for seeing ghosts is 9 iirc?

Celeste: Oh, cool.

Dušan of Criamon: ooh

johns (GM): Still outside the structure, those of you with Second Sight see ghostly activity. Weary looking spirits clad in toga carrying out mundane upkeep: Polishing stone, brushing sand off the stairs, pulling weeds

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Best not to obstruct laymen from doing their jobs

Celeste: "Magi, there are a bunch of ghosts over there, but they seem harmless."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): The faces on the arches are immediately recognizable to you as Mercury

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks.

Dušan of Criamon: "Ah, the ultimate sacrifice. No rest even in death. Some philosophers consider this commendable."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, I see them. Tending the grounds, a simple life."

Mortis ex Verditus: "What a waste."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Hopefully they are simple spirits of magic, and not trapped souls."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ho there, spirits, I coming seeking the secrets of this place."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: do i see sand being brushed, weeds being pulled, etc

Mortis ex Verditus: I shout at the wind.

johns (GM): Indeed Gulielmus

The spirits ignore Mortis entirely

Archibald of Guernicus: Even if addressed in Latin?

johns (GM): Yup.

Mortis ex Verditus: I don't notice this because I can't see them.

Anyway, I stride boldly into the building.

johns (GM): Ok.

Mortis ex Verditus: Right behind Carina.

Fiorella of Jerbiton sends her familiar to keep eyes on the regio entrance

Dušan of Criamon: I will also walk up, careful not to interfere in the tending

johns (GM): The interior is lit by candles and iron braziers filled with burning coals, giving the temple a smoky odor.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Celeste: "This place seems VERY important."

Mortis ex Verditus: The ALLEGED temple.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Odour

Archibald of Guernicus: Oudour

johns (GM): The temple -- for indeed it has an altar at the other end -- is abuzz in activity. From Mortis' perspective he sees a large table setting itself, utensils doling out nothingness from empty pots, dull rusted silverware being put into position.

Mortis ex Verditus: I think it's very important that we take control of the dredging project.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: o'dour

Celeste: "Some kind of feast for ghosts?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

johns (GM): Around the walls are frescoes of the God Mercury and scenes from his myths.

Celeste enters too?

Celeste: Sure.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll enter the so-called temple

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll enter last, so I can trap the entrance with a bird circle.

johns (GM): Those with Magic Eyes see the ghosts tending the preparation of this feast in strange pantomine (because there is no food). They see a ghost at the altar who is reciting prayers in Latin to the God Mercury.

Mortis ex Verditus: AFK a sec.

johns (GM): i need a moment too, brb

Dušan of Criamon: I want to talk to the important character, but I don't want to be impolite and interrupt his reciting

(From Archibald of Guernicus): A temple of Mercury being Consecrated is a magical effect, as confirmed by the rituals we recovered. I'll check the temple for ongoing magical effects. Is this effect detected?

Celeste takes note of the odd similarities between the Birth of Hermes narrative and Birth of Christ narrative

Archibald of Guernicus: brb 1 min too

Celeste: ok im going to get a drink myself then

Dušan of Criamon: alright, i'll bio as well then

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok, I'm back.

Hmm/

(To Archibald of Guernicus): I need a minute to look up the deets on that spell

Mortis ex Verditus: "What do your elf eyes see?"

(To Archibald of Guernicus): [Neomercurian lore] The feast is one of the ceremonies of the Mercurian temple, second in important to the sacrifice. The man leading prayer would be the  Flamens, the priest.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Greetings magi. Have you come seeking the light?

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Yes, it is Consecrated.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Molto Bene

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, let's let him finish if possible, Dusan. Though do remember that as a spirit, he may be in a routine that never ends, and we may be waiting some time."

Dušan of Criamon: back in action

-3 com baby

Dusan probably never talks to anyone at parties

"Perhaps one of you know what he's chanting, and could interject at an opportune moment, say at the end of a paragraph."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I inform the party that the entrance is trapped in case something corporeal follows us in, but the spirits shouldn't disturb the trap.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It's quite an important ceremony he's leading, so he may take poorly tae interruption. Perhaps we could blend intae the proceedings and interact with him thus."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I fail to see how important some dusty old prayers could be."

johns (GM): Those of you with Second Sight make Per + Awareness checks

Dušan of Criamon: "Ah, blending in with the locals! I trust your plan Archibald."

rolling 1d10!+4

(

1

)

+4

=

5

hoho

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2

(

7

)

+3+2

=

12

(To Archibald of Guernicus): There are only half as many spirits as there are places at the table

Archibald of Guernicus: "There's empty spaces, sodales, follow my lead."

I'll use what I know of these proceedings to try and blend into the ceremony, and go along with the feast, letting the other magi know what to do so they can too

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+1+5

(

5

)

+1+5

=

11

actually 12

Dušan of Criamon enters the proceedings and briefly regrets never having learned to dance

Celeste: my per is 2, not 1.

back.

I will do that as well then.

Since I just read what I was rolling for.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I follow behind Archibald and Tunde

Celeste: Actually wait.

(To Celeste): You notice as well that there are only half as many spirits as there are places at the table.

Celeste: No I won't, because I'm not about to commit heresy. But I'll take a seat if everyone is taking a seat.

johns (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Smart.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: One man's heresy is another man's biblical amendment

Dušan of Criamon: another man's cowardice

gimme the heresy

johns (GM): The preparations for the ghostly feast end and the ghosts take their seat. Lead by the  Flamens, they hold their cups up high. The spirits silently mouth their ceremonial chants as the priest vocalizes them.

Celeste: Hermes and Jesus are basically the same but that doesn't mean I should be praying to Hermes.

Guy of Bonisagus: I will avoid heresies.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not going to let a ghost tell me what to do.

Especially a ghost who isn't my mama.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will follow archibald's suggestion

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I won't be rude to a host, as a proper Jerbiton

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: maybe it'll be fun.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: When in Ghost Rome, do as the Ghost Romans do

johns (GM): The ghosts drink from their empty bowls.

They hold up plates and repeat the process anon..

This goes on for about an hour

Mortis ex Verditus: That's ghosts for you.

Dušan of Criamon: "Well this is not a very good bacchanalia"

johns (GM): The "meal" seems to be wrapping up, some ghosts are going back to upkeep work and some are clearing the table, moving the benches aside, and so on

Mortis ex Verditus: Is this building just the hall and altar?

johns (GM): No -- you can see side passages and stairways down that the ghosts clearing the table move the dinnerware into

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Celeste: "Should we follow them?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Well, let's check those out.

johns (GM): A party of 6 ghosts assemble on their knees in front of the altar. The priest continues his prayers as normal

Archibald of Guernicus: "Let's see about talking to the Flamens."

Dušan of Criamon: I stretch my legs and walk towards the important ghost and extend a greeting

Guy of Bonisagus: i follow along as people talk to nothign

Dušan of Criamon: "Salve!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Spirits of this place, show yourselves!"

Fiorella of Jerbiton curtseys

Archibald of Guernicus: "They may not have a way tae manifest. Do ye have no way to see ghosts, Mortis?"

The Flamen: "Speak softly in the Temple of Mercury"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It seems inconvenient to yer profession, so to speak."

"Salvete, Flamen."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ghosts should do what their told, in my opinion."

The Flamen: "Blessings of Mercury unto you, citizen"

Mortis ex Verditus: I mean "they're".

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Do we all hear him?

The Flamen: Thou don's't'v'e.

Dušan of Criamon: "And to you. We are travelers, would you know where we arrived?"

going 'you too' to a priest is absolutely how i picture Dusan

Celeste: lol

The Flamen: He stares straight ahead, not making eye contact or acknowledging your presence as he replies in perfect classical latin: "You are in the halls of the God Mercury"

Guy of Bonisagus: wait is the flamen invisible too

The Flamen: 'Tis.

Guy of Bonisagus: gah

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who has bound you to this place?"

The Flamen: "We are the devoted of the Cult of Mercury, sworn in our lives and beyond to serve"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Forgive my sodales, he comes from outwith Roman lands and has little experience with such temples."

* sodalis

Mortis ex Verditus: "Yes yes, of course, but who bound your spirit to this crumbling ruin?"

The Flamen: "We are the devoted of the Cult of Mercury, sworn in our lives and beyond to serve"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, that's a ghost for you."

"Why speak the empty rites of a dead god to an empty hall?"

Celeste: "I think this is just how some undead work."

Dušan of Criamon: "Very apt, very commendable dedication to duty."

Celeste: "You don't get the whole person left over as a ghost."

Guy of Bonisagus: mortis is gonna get killed

Mortis ex Verditus: Pshaw.

Dušan of Criamon: i respect mortis for never backing down

Guy of Bonisagus: flamen have some pretty good paths

he can at the VERY least throw a pilum

maybe he can even cast swarm

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll check the aura inside the temple at some point, not right now but after this conversation

The Flamen: "Citizens you may observe our ceremony and enjoy the Blessing of Mercury. The inner chambers are not permitted to the uninitiated. While you are here you will mind the laws of Mercury."

Archibald of Guernicus: to see if this is similar to the last temple we found

Celeste: "How would one become initiated?"

(To Archibald of Guernicus): It is the same proportions and general layout as the last temple you found, but without the huge city complex surrounding it. The aura is Magic 4, same as the rest of the regio. Similar to the previous temple there are chambers underground.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It would be a pagan affair, Celeste, ye needn't worry about such a thing."

The Flamen: "Seekest thou to serve the God Mercury and His devotion on earth?"

Celeste: "Oh, not for me, uh, just out of curiosity."

Mortis ex Verditus: "We're already initiates, of the Order of Hermes."

"Though I suppose we're fully fledged, by now."

"How about a little ecumenical respect, eh?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Is Mortis hearing him or shouting at empty space?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye. Outside this temple, things have changed somewhat, but the cult of Mercury has been inherited by the Order of Hermes, of which all of us are sworn members."

Celeste: "I'm pretty locked in with another God at the moment."

The Flamen: The man says some cryptic phrase in latin and makes strange gestures. Though he is staring right through you and not looking at you, his face suggests he is looking for a certain response.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): What's your level in Neomerc lore

Dušan of Criamon: I offer myself as interpreter for Mortis if he has no grog with SS

(From Archibald of Guernicus): 2 iirc, spec in history

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Oh, 1, but a spec in history

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I'll put adventure xp from this into it

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Ehh fair enough, He's made a cult sign and is looking for a counter-sign to prove Mortis' membership

Mortis ex Verditus: "I would say it's more been 'surpassed' than 'inherited.'"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hm. This may be a matter for another day, sodales. We've discovered quite a place, but the practical value does seem low at the moment."

Celeste: "Oh, someone join the cult of Mercury."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I'm a syncretic sort of Christian, so my main question is how long this initiation takes. I have labwork to do."

Archibald of Guernicus whistles and tugs collar

Celeste: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

The Flamen: "The initiation demands a service and a sacrifice"

Dušan of Criamon: lol

"What order of magnitude are you hinting at, dear priest?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "What kind of sacrifice?"

"Do you need a human sacrifice? I've got a good line on where I can get a bunch of of them."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Their rituals listed a number of old cult practices, coded within the texts, sodales." I say aside "I may be able tae bluff us in, as shocking as this may sound."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Do not initiate yourself into paganism."

The Flamen: "Thy arrival has been preceded by spirits of malevolence whose presence offends the God Mercury"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Preceded? Who arrived here before us?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Oh, demons. Yes, let's get rid of them."

Dušan of Criamon: is he saying this to the group plural or mortis singular

Celeste: "Oh, this is more our thing."

Mortis ex Verditus: "What does it matter?"

The royal "thy."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: *thine

The Flamen: checking someone 1 sec

Dušan of Criamon: thinest

The Flamen: "Those who seek the guarded item"

"They who cloak themselves in darkness and illusion and prowl these grounds"

"If thy wouldst be initiated, thou shalt bring forth the power of the malevolence to be sacrificed upon the flames of Mercury"

Archibald of Guernicus: "How horrid!"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Sahirs. I knew it."

Archibald of Guernicus: At the first part

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

"Are you sure I can't tempt you with a human sacrifice?"

I indicate Carina, "One hundred percent alive, guaranteed."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sahirs? During the corpus blight, this far from the Levant, in this part of Rome, localised entirely within this regio?"

The Flamen: "Thou mockest the glory of Mercury"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Yes."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Have you seen them?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "No."

"If Mercury was so powerful couldn't he dispel these evildoers with a snap of his godly fingers?"

Dušan of Criamon: christ alive

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye, I suppose you're right."

Celeste: "God is a lot more powerful than Mercury and we still had to personally help him get demons out of a church before."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: You can always creatively interpret your translations of what Mortis says

Guy of Bonisagus: "It would be like proposing that vikings had raided an area several miles inland, in the middle of Italy."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, I have a request. Could ye investigate if there are any others with us in this regio? I will see about getting us into the lower levels in the meantime."

Mortis ex Verditus: "God helps those who help themselves."

The Flamen: "They are in our presence as we speak, Initiate."

Celeste: "Of course."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll go see if the bird trap is disturbed

The Flamen: Ok, one moment.

Dušan of Criamon: [worry]

The Flamen: You walk to the main entrance of the temple. Your birds are still circling about cawing away.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright

Mortis ex Verditus: Caw.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll inform the party that nothing with feet has broken the circle

The Flamen: Okay, hold up

(From Archibald of Guernicus): With some peace, I make the appropriate signs to show I am a true initiate of Mercury "My apologies, Flamen, they are not initiated, but would they be permitted to enter with me?"

Celeste: "There could be another entrance."

The Flamen: As Fiorella turns around something happens.

Mortis ex Verditus: Gasp!

The Flamen: I did not note anyone specifying the use of Sidestep, by the way.

Dušan of Criamon: I was naive

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yikes

Dušan of Criamon: and for that i shall pay

Celeste: Nope.

Guy of Bonisagus: pc death. pc death. pc death.

johns (GM): One of the birds suddenly shoots out a 3 foot long black tentacle, slick and murky like dark water, that attacks Fiorella.

Celeste: Oh shit.

johns (GM): As a surprise attack.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: [echoing through the temple, chanted in unison by the spirits]

Mortis ex Verditus: That is surprising.

Dušan of Criamon: No!

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+11

(

2

)

+11

=

13

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll order Carina to try to free Fiorella.

johns (GM): The slithering monster grapples Fiorella!

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10! defense

(

10

+

4

)

=

14

Celeste: sick grapple fiorella

johns (GM): No defense as it was a sneak attack.

Celeste: oh no

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: MAGUS: The black door begins to revolve...

Guy of Bonisagus: its ok

i have a plan

Archibald of Guernicus: Shaun's tiny girl magus is getting grabbed by tentacles, transporting us to an eastern magic regio

johns (GM): Well, let's drop some tokens and try to resolve this.

Guy of Bonisagus: gotta say, johns really putting in effort to increase the appeal of his encounters

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright, this isn't hopeless as I have subtle magic

johns (GM): i dont know what you mean beardbeard but you hurt my feelings nayway

devil's fav demon: i have a possible combat later that is going to make everyone extremely mad at me and im excited.

Celeste: this is cool

Dušan of Criamon: clue me in, the aura here gives +2 to hermetic magic?

Guy of Bonisagus: your feelings should not be hurt

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+2 monster

(

3

)

+2

=

5

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wheres the table

it's magic so you get +4 to your casting totals.

johns (GM): It has been cleared away.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10! initiative

(

7

)

=

7

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and +4 to your parma, i think

Dušan of Criamon: neat

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Guy of Bonisagus: whats the initiative stat

johns (GM): Your initiative for unarmed Magi is just rolling Quickness + Finesse

Archibald of Guernicus: oh, +1 to that then

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+2-2

(

10

+

9

)

+2-2

=

19

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+0+2

(

8

)

+0+2

=

10

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10!-2

(

2

)

-2

=

0

Celeste: hily shit

nice init

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Is a demon possessing a bird inside a CIrcle of Beast Warding technically a bird?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lets see what actions i have available  tabs over to list of corpus and herbam spells

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 1d10! + 0 + 4 + 2

(

2

)

+0+4+2

=

8

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I suppose the tentacle is not an animal

Archibald of Guernicus: a tentacle is part of an animal

Dušan of Criamon: hahah yeah (opens list of quality of life and investigation spells)

Archibald of Guernicus: if you think about it

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Well

Circle of Beast Warding doesn't work on things with Might

johns (GM): You still see the bird, Fiorella, but now it just hangs in midair while a 3 foot inky tentacle shoots out of its location.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can attack the tentacle with a knife.

johns (GM): Celeste is up, also Carina can roll init

Celeste: Nice.

I will attempt to hit the crow with an arrow.

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+4+4+8+2

(

3

)

+4+4+8+2

=

21

johns (GM): Ok ive finished futzing with the map.

Carina:

rolling 1d10! + 3

(

3

)

+3

=

6

Celeste: Incredible low roll. Good luck not getting shot by my arrow.

Fio.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+8 Dfn

(

6

)

+8

=

14

You hit!

Celeste: 11 damage!

+

Mortis ex Verditus: So let me get the picture straight here, a crow has shot a shadowy tentacle at Fiorella?

johns (GM):

rolling 21-14+11-3

21-14+11-3

=

15

Mortis ex Verditus: Or is it just a tentacle now?

johns (GM): It is a tentacle with an illusion of a crow at one end.

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok.

johns (GM): The thingy takes a Medium Wound.

Gulielmus?

Celeste: "Fiorella, keep your head down!" I say after the arrow clips her hair.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are there any rocks available

johns (GM): There are burning coals in the braziers but otherwise no

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: alas.

johns (GM): Also I miscalculated. This thing is size +3 so that was a light wound by Celeste

Dušan of Criamon: bonus +1 fire damage

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will  pass

johns (GM): Cheers. Dusan?

Dušan of Criamon: I would like to try sponting ReAn on the tentacle in hopes of calming it

I have no idea what the required roll on that would even be

Guy of Bonisagus: its not an animal

Dušan of Criamon: ah crdu

Guy of Bonisagus: itd be vim

i think

Dušan of Criamon: actually

that may be one point better

oh wow

exactly

Guy of Bonisagus: calming a demon wont really work though

if you make it let go of fiorella thatll be good enough

Celeste: rego vim is pretty effective on demons.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: CrUd

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it will mark you as an infernalist

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Demons have forms corresponding to hermetic ones

A demon pot can be Terram

Guy of Bonisagus: demon pot

Fiorella of Jerbiton: That's an actual statblock

Guy of Bonisagus: we smoke this weed in your honor satan

johns (GM): the demon pot gets you stoned.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can command the demon pot with a vim spell

johns (GM): the demon pot is funny. its gimmick is it makes you think there is wealth inside, so you stick your hand in, and then it traps you.

Dušan of Criamon: let's get high! and deny christ!

Mortis ex Verditus: Classic.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: don't we have a demon pot

Mortis ex Verditus: Also it lets you draw two cards.

Dušan of Criamon: will ReVi actually mark me as an infernalist or is that just churchgoer talk

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: or did we give it to venator

johns (GM): If you don't have a good idea what to do for now Moe, you could  Delay  til the end of the combat round.

You gave it to Venator but he left it behind when he disappeared

It was a magical variant, not demonic

Made by a sadistic Tytalan

Dušan of Criamon: I accept the delay, in the name of fluidity of combat, but I do need an answer on the infernalist issue

Celeste: tytalans are so cool.

it's just churchgoer talk.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you will not actually be tainted by it.

Celeste: unles you start summoning and trapping demons in your lab for power

johns (GM): Does Dusan have any Infernal Lore?

Celeste: with rego vim

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i think.

johns (GM): Also Mortis you're up

Dušan of Criamon: even better, I have susceptibility to infernal power

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

Celeste: you could ask celeste any infernal questions because I think she has the highest infernal lore in the covenant

johns (GM): oh lol i wish I knew. you're supposed to make sta rolls anytime you go in an infernal aura not to get sick

Mortis ex Verditus: Alright, I'll try to spontaneously cast the Crystal Dart.

Dušan of Criamon: Oh shit, well I'll roll now

Guy of Bonisagus: pot enchanted to be pitch black but with something sparkling in it and an effect that destroys peoples hands when they reach into it

johns (GM): Okay, Aura is +4 to Magic. Please calc your penetration after you cast.

Celeste: and is about to crack into the human skin book to really go for it

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling (1d10! + 4 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1)/2

(

(

10

+

4

)

+4+4+2+4+1+1)/2

=

15

Celeste: Hell yeah.

Mortis ex Verditus: Penetration is 5.

johns (GM): Your dart simply pings off the monster to no effect!

Mortis ex Verditus: Gasp!

Dušan of Criamon: Nani!

johns (GM):  Fiorella  is up, and you are being grappled.

Celeste: "Maybe I can teach you to shoot a bow sometime!"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I use Subtle Magic to get around the fact that my arms are grappled, and cast Penetrating Murder of Crows on the tentacle

johns (GM): Roll it, calc pen, and tell me the damage since I'm pretty sure you'll hit

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10!+55+4

(

1

)

+55+4

=

60

Confirm botch

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10 Botch check

(

2

+

1

)

=

3

Archibald of Guernicus: Curb Your Enthusiam Theme

Celeste: This is a dilemma because that makes sense but I'm pretty sure grappling is meant to be a flat "you can take no actions other than resisting the grapple" for some reason.

anyway im not going to press since im not running atm

johns (GM): You take a point of warping, Fiorella

Mortis ex Verditus: Shouldn't it be 4 more botch dice?

Archibald of Guernicus: From what?

johns (GM): No, it's a Magic aura.

Mortis ex Verditus: AH well.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Too bad I can't enter twilight on purpose

johns (GM): One moment while I check the spell

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm not sure why it's 2 actually, unless that's a product of being grappled

doesnt fiorella have a gold cord

to reduce botch dice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: mold cord

Archibald of Guernicus: she does have a familier

er

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It's murder of crows but loweered to Diameter

Archibald of Guernicus: familliar

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh yeah golden cord

johns (GM): I added one for the stress of being grappled yeah. But do you have a cord?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Should remove that last die

johns (GM): Nice!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Phew

Guy of Bonisagus: well done, shrencrat

johns (GM): Okay, tell me the penetration and damage please

Celeste: iok i am wrong

you can 100 percent still cast while being grappled.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling 60-35+3 Penetration

60-35+3

=

28

28 pen

Celeste: you just cant make attacks or take actions that involve moving

johns (GM): Success

Celeste: nice

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling 15+d10! damage

15+

(

4

)

=

19

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3 Soak

(

6

)

+3

=

9

It takes a light wound, and we'll roll damage each round as the crows continue

Archibald is up

Fiorella of Jerbiton: The flock attacking the tentacle lasts for 2 minutes instead of Sun as the original spell

dfd saved me here by telling me I had an extra season to finish this spell

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll cast demons eternal oblivion, since I think information gathering is important and we should check it truly is a demon

The 10 might version

rolling 1d10!+36 vs level 10

(

10

+

3

)

+36

=

49

johns (GM): Nice!

Dušan of Criamon: nightmare mode

Archibald of Guernicus: 44 pen I think

johns (GM): The monster shrinks slightly as part of it peels away and dissolves into nothingness.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah, 4 penetration ability and a spec in vim

johns (GM): Carina?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have Subtle Magic so even if it was grabbing my fingers that doesn't give a gestureless penalty

To be clear

Archibald of Guernicus: "It weakens, sodales, its magical resistance is lessened!"

"It is a demon, I have confirmed it by my spell."

johns (GM): It was my interpretation off RAW that you can't use spellcasting gestures when grappled

Also last time this came up the people being grappled were underwater so they couldn't vocalize spells either

Celeste: you cant, but subtle magic gets around that

johns (GM): right right.

Mortis ex Verditus: Carina lurches towards Fiorella and tries to free her from the tentacle.

Carina:

rolling 1d10! + 3 + 1

(

4

)

+3+1

=

8

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+8 dfn

(

4

)

+8

=

12

The tentacle writhes slimily out of the way of Carina's blade.

Carina: She uses Brawl.

johns (GM): bladehand.

Two things happen on the Monster's turn

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not sure any reanimated corpses can use weapons.

Well I guess they can.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can i turn my pass into a delay. i will wait for the monsters turn to resolve

johns (GM): First, an effect fills the temple akin to the hermetic spell  Gloom of Evening, shrouding everything in dark shadows and making it harder to see. Mechanically this is a light cover bonus

Yeah cthinker

Celeste: they use weapons with your Finesse score as their weapon ability if you're actively animating them

johns (GM): Second, the brazier nearest to Celeste shoots out a tentacle that tries to bash her.

Celeste: and their own skill if its a raised dead or whatever

oh shit

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12 Bludgeon

(

10

+

9

)

+12

=

31

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm.

Celeste: lmao.

nice.

Dušan of Criamon: oh boy

Archibald of Guernicus: Hmmmm

Dušan of Criamon: the evening of good shit

Celeste: im going to exert defense

johns (GM): q_q

Celeste: unless this was a surprise and im just boned.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh no. Not darkness [said in the voice of someone who can see in darkness]

johns (GM): i'll put it to a vote

Guy of Bonisagus: i vote no

Mortis ex Verditus: Seems like we're prepared for combat.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Everyone is fleet footed

johns (GM): Mechanically what is happening is that these creatures can create illusions similar to Hermetic Imaginem so one cloaked itself as a bird and another as the out of place brazier

Mortis ex Verditus: Since we just had a combat round.

johns (GM): Ok.

Celeste: seems fair mortis

johns (GM): Also it would be gay to kill off Celeste without an opposed roll.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+2+1+8+2+10 rolling defense + exertion

(

10

+

8

)

+2+1+8+2+10

=

41

Dušan of Criamon: Half-surprise

johns (GM): Nice, nice.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Nice!

Celeste: Wow, I didn't even need to exert.

Mortis ex Verditus: I mean obviously this is an unexpected attack so I would give the monster a bonus or Celeste a penalty.

johns (GM): Celeste takes 1 fatigue from exertion unless she's got that Long-Winded virtue

Archibald of Guernicus: What weapon does Celeste use

Celeste: She does have long-winded.

Archibald of Guernicus: I need to picture this in my mind

johns (GM): Oh, nice!

Then you're at 0 fatigue penalty.

Celeste: Her bow. She does a dark souls dodge roll and fires while rising to parry the tentacle away with an arrow.

>_>

johns (GM):  Guy of Bonisagus  is up

Guy of Bonisagus: alright

this is what weve all been waiting for

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm excited.

Guy of Bonisagus: i scream and shout as i hurl a pilum at the wounded one

rolling 1d10!+25

(

3

)

+25

=

28

Mortis ex Verditus: Uh.

Celeste: actually long winded is just a +3 to fatigue rolls.

i checked.

I do have -1 fatigue now.

johns (GM): Penetration?

Guy of Bonisagus: thats 8 penetration. if i conf do i hurt it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah the virtue to reduce fatigue penalty is uhhh

Mortis ex Verditus: For me, personally, I would cast a fireball at the one NOT grappling my friend.

johns (GM): I can't really tell you that before you put down the conf token.

Ok, it penetrates!

Guy of Bonisagus: magic is 100% accurate unless it requires a finesse roll

johns (GM): Roll damage, please.

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

6

)

+15

=

21

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3 Soak

(

9

)

+3

=

12

Archibald of Guernicus: Celebrate pillum come on

johns (GM): Another light wound

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: enduring constitution

johns (GM): Dusan or Guliemus, you delayed and can act now

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Luckily pillums are not AoEs and don't last long enough to spread

Celeste: yeah, rosario has the reduce fatigue penalty one, i get his and celeste's loadouts confused sometimes

Dušan of Criamon: ReVi spont or level 5 Demon's eternal oblivion

Celeste: celeste has the +3 to fatigue rolls one because shes got another virtue that doubles her strength score for one action but you need to make 2 fatigue rolls afterwards.

Archibald of Guernicus: level 5 stacks with the level 10 one

Dušan of Criamon: also the susceptibility roll, that's just straight Sta right?

Archibald of Guernicus: its always worth a shot

it lets Guy and co land spells more easily

PeVi is always helpful

johns (GM): Yeah Dusan

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+1

(

8

)

+1

=

9

susceptibility ^

johns (GM): You retroactively do not become sick.

Dušan of Criamon: OK, I roll Demon's eternal oblivion

johns (GM): Which demon do you target, the one attacking Celeste or the one grappling Fiorella?

Dušan of Criamon: I will hit the one closer, Celeste

rolling 1d10!+2+4

(

3

)

+2+4

=

9

Archibald of Guernicus: Weakening the one attacking Fiorella is probably better, since it lets Pillum land more reliably

(To Celeste): Does Celeste have a relic?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what's the exertion bonus

johns (GM): Ok, is that Formulaic or Spont casted moe?

Dušan of Criamon: Formul

Archibald of Guernicus: Did you add the bonus from shouting and screaming? And from the aura (4)

(From Celeste): she does but i need to spend a round dropping my bow and equipping my mace to hit the nearby demon with it

(To Celeste): How strong is it?

Dušan of Criamon: I added +2 from arts and +4 from aura

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and stamina

Dušan of Criamon: 10 then

is screaming and shouting important

(From Celeste): its the weakest possible relic. whatever gives 10 mr and 1 fp. I forget if that's might 1 or 10.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yes, it adds +2 to your roll

Dušan of Criamon: subtle/silent

but if so yeah

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Take this, my love my anger and allof my sorrow!

Archibald of Guernicus: It's exaggerated gestures and exaggerated voice

so it depends if you want to or not

but generally, if casting openly, its never a bad idea

Dušan of Criamon: oh hey i read the virtue wrong

i guess i do get that benefit

sure, I get loud

Celeste: yeah you still benefit if you go loud you just don't get any benefit to casting normally

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+10 Celeste's Relic

(

5

)

+10

=

15

rolling 1d10!+3

(

8

)

+3

=

11

Unrelated to Dusan, sparks of holy fire shoot out from Celeste's holstered mace and singe the monster attacking her.

Celeste: lmao

johns (GM): (i forgot about it til just now)

Celeste: sick!!!!

johns (GM): Dusan your casting total is then 12 I think?

Celeste: I always forget she's carrying a relic too.

Dušan of Criamon: correct johns

johns (GM): The magic aura inhibits the demons' MR so that is enough to penetrate

Archibald of Guernicus: 12, minus the spell level (5) means your penetration is 7 + your penetration ability

johns (GM): Another 5 might destroyed

Gulielmus, did you have anything in mind for this round?

Archibald of Guernicus: 5 might destroyed on the one on Celeste huh. time to find out if they have low enough might to squash that way.

johns (GM): Oh shit wait

I forgot which one he was targeting.

Uh.... The spell has no effect lol.

Soz

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah, so it fails, I worried that was the case

Dušan of Criamon: Ouch

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Well you know Might now

Dušan of Criamon: at least we're triangulating how strong they are

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: uhhh i was going to stab the brazier demon with my knife

Dušan of Criamon: i'm recond

Archibald of Guernicus: Don't worry about a perdo vim strategy unless you have really high pen on it, sorry. Harsh to find out this way I suppose.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but since it isn't currently occupied i should probably just run

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll weaken it and you might be able to land it

Mortis ex Verditus: You could try casting a spell.

Archibald of Guernicus: PeVi is good for supporting your fellow magi

johns (GM): Also I realize now I goofed a bit on calcing MR before so Beardbeard can keep his conf token and still have pilum'd the other demon

Archibald of Guernicus: you conf before you know the result

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: dont troll, endrite.

Archibald of Guernicus: so he shouldnt take it back

johns (GM): the rules say you can do it either way honestly

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you can conf after you know the result

Archibald of Guernicus: well, your call then, as gm

johns (GM): Round 2. Celeste you're up

You are at -1 from Fatigue and are fighting Melee with a monster.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will go stand by the  altar

Celeste: what is the penalty for shooting out of melee.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: *cower

i will go cower by the  altar

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+4+4+8+2-1 shoot bow at demon by Fiorella

(

10

+

1

)

+4+4+8+2-1

=

28

big 10s today

god is with us

johns (GM): The demon gets +6 cover from a swarm of crows and deep shadows

Mortis ex Verditus: Makes sense.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+8+6

(

9

)

+8+6

=

23

Not good enough!

Damage?

Celeste:

rolling 28-23+11-3

28-23+11-3

=

13

johns (GM): Oops, demon has 3 light wounds so his dfn total is actually 17

Celeste: ohhh

johns (GM):

rolling 28-17+11-3

28-17+11-3

=

19

19 damage

Archibald of Guernicus: Did we skip a turn? We're back 19 init now

johns (GM): A medium wound.

Celeste: Nice.

johns (GM): No archibald we've finished a round

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh. Oh christ.

Wait, but Dusan is before me, how did I act before him last ah fucking whatever

Dušan of Criamon: i delayed

Celeste: he Delayed his turn

Archibald of Guernicus: right

thats what confused me, sorry

johns (GM):  Guleilmus  is up

Archibald of Guernicus: carry on

johns (GM): And assuming  Gulielmus  is cowering,  Dusan  should also act

Archibald of Guernicus: Try stripping 5 might from the demon that lost 10 might already, Dusan. You'll find it easier with its MR harmed like that.

Dušan of Criamon: I think I'll do that

this time having waited to hear Archibald out

Archibald of Guernicus: PeVi's main usage is removing MR so dont be afraid to take advantage of the openings Archibald makes for his sodales with it

Dušan of Criamon: classic wargaming

OK, Demon's eternal oblivion	at the weakened demon

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, your arts are still baby arts right now, penetrating in combat is tough.

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10!+2+4+2

(

8

)

+2+4+2

=

16

oh and sta, +1

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm a vim specialist so I can dive right in on even high might creatures to open them up to us.

Dušan of Criamon: sorry

johns (GM): Pretty sure that penetrates, but just for practice, can you calculate by adding your Penetration score and subtracting the Spell Level?

Dušan of Criamon: I have no penetration, spell level is 5 so 11?

johns (GM): Right.

That's good enough -- you ablate more dark matter off the beast and it screeches awfully.

Archibald of Guernicus: Congrats, Dusan!

Dušan of Criamon: I halt not to rejoice and continue to focus until the beast is slain!

johns (GM): Mortis?

(To c'thinker): I counted you as being "Delayed", so let me know if you do anything this round

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll try to light one of the braziers with Creo Ignem.

johns (GM): They are lit already, in fact!

They are full of hot coals.

Mortis ex Verditus: They are?

Hmm.

Well in that case I'll try and create a burst of light centered on my body.

rolling (1d10! + 4 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1)/2

(

(

2

)

+4+0+4+1+1)/2

=

6

johns (GM): Trying to light up the temple?

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok, that's enough to make my body glow like sunlight for Diameter.

johns (GM): Cool.

Mortis ex Verditus: Not like the sun, but like sunlight.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Nice

johns (GM):  Shaun  Fiorella is up, and you can roll damage on your crows again.

Mortis ex Verditus: So feel free to look directly at me.

Indeed, I encourage you to.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10!+15 damage on active flock

(

4

)

+15

=

19

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3-10

(

5

)

+3-10

=

-2

Another medium wound

Celeste: rackin up wounds.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Ok, I'll try to summon a second flock on the eastern tentacle

Archibald of Guernicus: If you go after me, I can ensure the other one has less MR

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): can i uhhh

Archibald of Guernicus: we're on the same turn after all

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Ok I'll delay

Archibald of Guernicus: probably wont matter but you never know

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): analyze it with my infernal lore, or something.

Archibald of Guernicus: I cast DEO, to remove 10 might, on the one on Celeste

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): Yes

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+36

(

5

)

+36

=

41

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): sick.

Archibald of Guernicus: For 36 penetration

johns (GM): Success

Archibald of Guernicus: 10 might vanishes

johns (GM): Carina is up

Archibald of Guernicus: Fiorella first!

Dušan of Criamon: music in its more upbeat sequence

johns (GM): Oh I thought she was Delaying til end of round

I guess it doesn't matter too much

Mortis ex Verditus: She tries to pry the tentacle of Fiorella.

Again.

Archibald of Guernicus: We act at the same instant

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll go after Mortis

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 1d10! + 3 + 1

(

1

)

+3+1

=

5

johns (GM): You had the same init scores

ok ok

Archibald of Guernicus: so she was just acting after me

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 2d10

(

9

+

1

)

=

10

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

2

+

5

)

=

7

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah.

johns (GM): No botch

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I mean Carina

johns (GM): What's Carina's brawl damage?

rolling 1d10!+8-14 dfn

(

7

)

+8-14

=

1

Mortis ex Verditus: It should be + 1.

So total damage is 6.

johns (GM): You scuff the monster, slightly fatiguing it.

Fiorella

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling d10+55+4+1 penetrating murder of crows on eastern tentacle, shouting bonus

(

5

)

+55+4+1

=

65

Celeste: rip

johns (GM): Damage?

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont think I even needed to harm its MR actually, hot damn

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling 15+d10!

15+

(

7

)

=

22

Archibald of Guernicus: Well, it helps Guy

and Dusan

so its still helpful

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-3 soak

(

4

)

-3

=

1

er

rolling 1d10!+3-1 soak

(

6

)

+3-1

=

8

rolling 22-8

22-8

=

14

light wound on the Red marked monster

Monsters' turns

johns (GM): The one grappling Fiorella fades into oblivion!

Mortis ex Verditus: Huzzah!

Dušan of Criamon: exactly as it says on the tin

Celeste: Nice!

johns (GM): The one attacking Celeste recoils back into the brazier.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Second Sight to see if it just decoagulated

johns (GM): With a loud bang, you hear several things drop from the ceiling.

Dušan of Criamon: oh hell yes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: criminy

Celeste: Oh, for cryin' out loud.

johns (GM): 13 demons surround you.

Mortis ex Verditus: Yikes!

Dušan of Criamon: this is getting tasty

Mortis ex Verditus: That's a lot of demons!

Celeste: That's a lot of demons.

johns (GM): Guy of Bonisagus, you are up!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is too many demons!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Whatever happened to Tunde anyway?

Mortis ex Verditus: How long is a combat round?

6 seconds?

johns (GM): Archibald sent Tunde away because of Plague.

Guy of Bonisagus: i will hurl a pilum at uhhh

johns (GM): Yes Endrite

Guy of Bonisagus: uyhhhh

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh right

Guy of Bonisagus: the weakened tentacle

rolling 1d10!+25

(

7

)

+25

=

32

johns (GM): Pen?

Guy of Bonisagus: 12 pen

johns (GM): Damage?

Mortis ex Verditus: I wonder why games always pick 6 seconds as the length of a combat round.

Dušan of Criamon: 10 to a minute

Fiorella of Jerbiton: You get 10 of them per minute

Celeste: That's a lot of combat rounds per minute imo.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Also 6 seconds is a good amount of dramatic action

(To Guy of Bonisagus): Roll dam please

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): Did you roll Inf Lore or anything

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): oh, not yet

Archibald of Guernicus: 10 per minute is convenient ot remember, and its a good lenght of time for running then swinging a sword

is my guess

johns (GM):  Beardbeard, please roll damage

Guy of Bonisagus: oops

Mortis ex Verditus: 21 meter rule.

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

4

)

+15

=

19

johns (GM) cries

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3-3 soak

(

6

)

+3-3

=

6

light wound

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Archibald of Guernicus: "Egads! Get behind me sodales!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will get behind archibald.

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): You wager this is a Spirit of Fraud. You do not know its weakness.

johns (GM): Round 3

Celeste?

Celeste: I will...

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): the tentacle? or the brutes

Celeste: Drop my bow on the ground.

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): The Tentacle.

Celeste: And equip my holy mace.

johns (GM): Oh shit I forgot relic damage.

hehe.

rolling 1d10!+10

(

1

)

+10

=

11

Mortis ex Verditus: Gu hu hu hu.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!

(

10

+

3

)

=

13

Celeste: nice defense

johns (GM): Ok, no damage from relic last round.

Now rolling for this round

rolling 1d10!+10

(

1

)

+10

=

11

Celeste: lol.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-1

(

5

)

-1

=

4

Dušan of Criamon: these are good

Celeste: :blessed:

johns (GM):

rolling 11-4

11-4

=

7

Your relic fatigues the demon slightly.

(To Celeste): Switching weaps is your whole turn?

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice.

Celeste: is it a full turn action to equip a weapon

johns (GM): no.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: 21 foot rule divides nice into a Pace, I just realized

Celeste: oh

well then im also going to hit the brute nearest me and dusan with my mace.

johns (GM): Roll attack, please.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+4+4+6

(

2

)

+4+4+6

=

16

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

Your mace passes right through it without meeting any substance.

Dušan of Criamon: powerviolence

johns (GM):  Gulielmus  and  Dusan  are up.

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh no!

Do these demons cast shadows?

Archibald of Guernicus: OH I see

Dušan of Criamon: "I knew it! Illusion!"

Celeste: "They aren't all real!"

Archibald of Guernicus: It's an illusion

johns (GM): You can't tell Mortis because another demon has already filled the place with shadows.

Dušan of Criamon: I yell that as I cast wizard's sidestep anyway

rolling 1d10!+4+16+2

(

2

)

+4+16+2

=

24

Mortis ex Verditus: But I'm constantly emitting light.

Dušan of Criamon: i deserve a 1 for my cowardice

Celeste: johns conveniently mortis is glowing with sunlight.

Mortis ex Verditus: Like a thing that gives off sunlight.

johns (GM): What is the Magnitude of that effect, Mortis?

Mortis ex Verditus: A really big candle?

Celeste: 2 iirc.

Mortis ex Verditus: Magnitude 5.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "A spirit of Fraud!"

"Renard told me about these!"

Celeste: it's not a level 25 spell mortis

johns (GM): We need to suss this out later -- it doesn't now -- but for the moment I'd like to say that when two spells directly act against each other, the higher magnitude effect prevails

Mortis ex Verditus: Right, I mean level 5.

johns (GM):  Mortis, do you wish to attack or cast a spell?

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Celeste: it would have to be at least level 10 iirc since it's base 5 to create daylight.

base 4 for light as if on a cloudy day.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I would say it depends on whehter we're talking about an active PeIg, momentary PeIg, or active CrIg

Mortis ex Verditus: I will cast Wizard's Brief Sidestep on myself.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: CrIg to fill a room with shadows wouldn't care about illumination

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus moves back into the group and brandishes his knife.

johns (GM): This demon's power to cast Gloom of Evening is listed as "constant effect" in the statblock.

Mortis ex Verditus:

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

(

3

)

+9+6+4+1+1

=

24

Celeste: Nice.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: *Cr Im

Mortis ex Verditus: That's a level 5 spell so it's no trouble.

johns (GM):  Fiorella  and  Archibald  are up, and another damage check from the crows

Mortis ex Verditus: I am glowing though so it might not be effective.

Since my image is not.

Fiorella of Jerbiton:

rolling 15+d10!

15+

(

10

+

1

)

=

26

Archibald of Guernicus: So Celeste passed through one with no effect, right?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3-6 Soak

(

9

)

+3-6

=

6

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I sidestep meself

rolling d10 botch check

(

4

)

=

4

johns (GM): A medium wound

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: constant effect means the demon is compelled to dump might into it at dawn and sunset, and i think if the effect is dispelled.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll cast Wizard's Sidestep to avoid whatever sneaky trick is being employed

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i dont know if that helps.

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10 botch check

(

9

)

=

9

johns (GM): Not sure about that. Here's the full description: "Incorporeal Darkness, 0 points, Init constant,

Vim. As the Incorporeal Power,

but creates shadows as the spell

Gloom of Evening. See ArM5, page 142."

Surely a demon's Incorporealness is truly constant

Mortis ex Verditus: It depends.

johns (GM): Carina is up

Mortis ex Verditus: She shuffles back over to me.

johns (GM): The monster furiously howls and darts out of the illusionary brazier once more, towards Celeste.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'd say if its vim then the shadows are made of the demon's atoms and fill the room with visual species

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+12-10

(

9

)

+12-10

=

11

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh sick

johns (GM): Attack

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: theres a muvi(ig) spell in here that dispels effects by turning them into flame, dealing damage based on the magnitude of the spell.

(To Celeste): Defense roll, please

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Nice!

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+2+1+6

(

9

)

+2+1+6

=

18

-1

sorry

johns (GM): ez peezy.

Guy, you're up!

Guy of Bonisagus: alright

I administer a Pilum

Celeste: brb im sorry. delaying my round

Guy of Bonisagus: to the tentacle

rolling 1d10!+25

(

9

)

+25

=

34

14 pen

rolling 1d10!+15

(

10

+

9

)

+15

=

34

johns (GM): yowch

Archibald of Guernicus: :pepe:

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+3-10 soak

(

2

)

+3-10

=

-5

The tentacle writhes as it burns, sending off thick foul acrid smoke

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Who ordered the risotto calamari?

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

johns (GM): The scream pitches ear-splitting loud, then ceases. The monster collapses to the ground, sticking out of the illusionary brazier.

The "demons" surrounding you continue to growl and make darting motions as if to attack for another Diameter.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm spooped.

Dušan of Criamon: New round?

johns (GM): Well, not really.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Good shot, Guy!"

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll try dispelling the illusions.

Dušan of Criamon: Wanted to try the same.

Mortis ex Verditus:

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

(

(

1

)

+4+6+1+1+4)/2

=

8.5

Gah!

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll get rid of the bird trap

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10

(

8

)

=

8

Dušan of Criamon: THAT WAS MY 1

johns (GM): No botch

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, what incredible magic."

johns (GM): The illusions are 3rd magnitude

Does that suffice, Mortis?

(the brazier is 1st magnitude)

Dušan of Criamon: Ah well. The twilight chooses its own way.

Mortis ex Verditus: Lemme check the ol' stress die.

rolling 1d10!

(

5

)

=

5

johns (GM): Those of you with Second Sight can make a check here as well -- not a difficult one

Archibald of Guernicus: "Just don't go too far down the road of pillum. I've seen too many magi lost to it..."

Dušan of Criamon: Sure, SS

rolling 1d10!+4

(

8

)

+4

=

12

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2+2

(

7

)

+3+2+2

=

14

second sight

Mortis ex Verditus: So I could hit a level 5 spell or lower.

johns (GM): The demon that was tangling Fiorella earlier slipped away into spiritual form, shrinking into a tiny black blob about the size of a footprint, and whisking very quickly out of the temple door and out of sight.

Okay, the false brazier disappears.

Archibald of Guernicus: "We did it, sodales!"

Mortis ex Verditus: AFK a minute.

johns (GM): The tentacle lies bare on the floor, pecked at by crows.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is everyone alright? Fiorella, you aren't hurt, are ye?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: The crows disappear shortly after the goblins do

johns (GM): Cool.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I don't think so."

"Luckily it didn't squeeze."

johns (GM): A pool of shiny black fluid, the size and shape of a handprint, oozes out from the wounded demon onto the floor.

Dušan of Criamon: "Thank goodness!"

turning to the altar; "Did we do our part to your satisfaction?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye. It was a perilous situation for sure, though, to a magus not trained in casting without gesture."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Archibald, you can cast the Wizard's Sidestep at Touch, correct? We should prepare for another ambush."

The Flamen: The priest gestures to one of the burning braziers. "Bring force the essence of power from the beast and sacrifice it to the honor of Mercury."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Too true."

I'll cast Sidestep on everyone, with their permission

"It pays to know such a spell at Touch instead of Personal."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Or at least to know the trick to varying it." I tap my nose and smile

Dušan of Criamon politely declines, having already cast during the battle

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea rolls his eyes.

Mortis ex Verditus: If this works we should dump all our infernal vis on the altar.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I don't know much of the Cult of Mercury. Would it be safe to let them use infernal vis in their ritual?"

Celeste: "Couldn't hurt. They're already pagans."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll roll infernal lore again.

Celeste: same.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Dušan of Criamon: "To tell the truth, I was going to volunteer for the assignment, but now? I am reconsidering my participation."

Celeste:

rolling 1d10!+1+5

(

6

)

+1+5

=

12

Dušan of Criamon shudders at the infernal vis

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Ancient magicians were less aware of the divide between infernal and magic."

Celeste: johns (GM): A pool of shiny black fluid, the size and shape of a handprint, oozes out from the wounded demon onto the floor.

death stranding ftw

The Flamen: >:(

Archibald of Guernicus: "Infernal vis is dangerous, but in a ritual like this it may work out. Though the risk of a botch becomes very dangerous."

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh heh heh.

The Flamen: I cast PeCo on all Kojimatards.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this

Mortis ex Verditus: You evaporate.

Dušan of Criamon: "I will hope that regardless of ritual and religion, they burn the stuff."

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): If they are using the vis to cast something, and depending on the type of infernal vis, there is a chance the spell could be corrupted.

(To Celeste): If they are using the vis to cast something, and depending on the type of infernal vis, there is a chance the spell could be corrupted.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Well it'll get rid of the demon's essence at any rate and send it to its eternal damnation."

Dušan of Criamon: "Good riddance.

Celeste: "If this 'sacrifice' is actually a ritual spell, using infernal vis could corrupt it."

"Depending on the kind of infernal vis. We might still be fine."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It's risky."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Mm. Could this be part of the devil's plan?"

Dušan of Criamon: "Master of ceremonies!" I shout at the priest "Precisely how will this be sacrificed?"

Mortis ex Verditus: The Notorious Flamen.

The Flamen: "A burnt offering"

Mortis ex Verditus: Big MC.

Wor d.

Dušan of Criamon: "Burnt for good, completely and irrevocably, yes?"

The Flamen: "A burnt offering"

Guy of Bonisagus: i think its been burnt enough

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Omnia secundum keikaku

Archibald of Guernicus: br

b

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ask if we can substitute a different kind of power, Dusan."

Dušan of Criamon: "I'll be perfectly honest sodales, I would raise no issue if we were to leave and not return until it's incinerated. But I shall ask."

Mortis ex Verditus: "It isn't like we're going to use that vis."

Dušan of Criamon: "Say, priest, would you accept a substitute offering?"

Celeste: "Do you guys just carry vis around with you all the time?"

Dušan of Criamon: What is Gulielmus planning anyway

The Flamen: "Thou shalt sacrifice the essence of the malevolence or turn they backs to this temple"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I should carry some animal vis so next time a tentacle grabs me I can turn to a tiny bird."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: idk.

if it were just a regular ritual we could maybe substitute real vis

Archibald of Guernicus: "In lieu of a better option to dispose of it, it may be worth taking the risk."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this guy seems pretty insistent though.

Celeste: i have 4 dex and 2 legerdemain. it never comes up because Celeste would never, you know, steal.

But if you want me to try to pull a switcheroo.

Dušan of Criamon: "Sodales, I wash my hands of this monstruous substance. You decide its fate."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "It's possible to use infernal vis without ill effect. Just risky."

Dušan of Criamon: "Ha! Famous last words."

Celeste: I don't see any reason we need to keep this infernal vis, so we might as well use it now.

Or, let the Flamen use it.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Famous? Who exactly said it?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Don't you want to get rid of this stuff? A pagan ceremony seems like the best way to get rid of it."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: theres a very excellent reason to keep infernal vis: to avoid using it

Celeste: "Mortis has a point."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Let's be rid of it. I doubt whatever plan the infernalists planned was so complex as to involve someone like Archibald coming along to incapacitate the demons.'

Dušan of Criamon: "If we're debating whether to take it to the Tomb with us, I return to cast my vote in favor of leaving it here"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye, no sense bringing it with us."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Let the ritual render the demon forever without corporeal form."

Dušan of Criamon fails to properly pronounce "unequivocally"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "It takes more vis than this just to put up our aegis."

johns (GM) takes a nap while you debate this

Mortis ex Verditus: Sleepy GM Syndrome.

Dušan of Criamon: He's giving us a hint

Celeste: I will go scoop up the vis with something.

Dušan of Criamon: "It's all yours, keeper!" I shout at the priest

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what do the consuls think.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I say give it to them

Archibald of Guernicus: "If it goes wrong here, it could damage the aura, and the temple itself."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "If the ghosts actually perform an infernal ritual we didn't want them as allies anyway."

Dušan of Criamon: "In a strange way, I sense if that is what they're summoning, they deserve it."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Let them play their hand fi they are wicked."

Celeste: "And if we leave without finding out what this temple is for, we might not be able to come back. I don't trust that Englishman to not come tear through the stone."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Let us sink this place into the Styx if it is in truth wicked."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I believe this area is outside his path, but we'll cross that bridge when we come tae it."

"It's not an infernal ritual. It is a magical ritual using infernal vis, such as even we in the order may perform."

Celeste: I've got the oily handprint scooped onto one of my wax tablets.

"If you want to hand this to the Flamen, go for it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Vis is vis. The infernal carries dangerous risks with it."

Mortis ex Verditus: "It's far more likely that someone else has summoned this demon to vex us than that it has been waiting here for thousands of years just to get killed."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "No risk no reward."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I estimate that there is about a 1 in 10 chance that it goes horribly wrong."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Those odds prove strangely constant."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Maybe Mercury knows how to purify infernal vis."

"You never know!"

Dušan of Criamon: I cross myself a couple of times and maintain my distance to the substance

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll have Carina scoop up the demon goo and drop it on the altar.

Archibald of Guernicus: "The infernal was a far lesser problem in those days, from what we can gather."

johns (GM): Ok.

The priest tosses it onto the hot coals and it evaporates.

Mortis ex Verditus: Tada!

Celeste: Hooray!

Archibald of Guernicus: "I suppose this risk is one we must take, but I do hope it goes well."

johns (GM): An intensely foul scent of sulfur overpowers you for a moment, enough to make your eyes water.

A moment later the air is pure once more.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus ducks.

Dušan of Criamon: Dusan keeps looking aroudn frantically expecting the next ambush

The Flamen: "You have completed the sacrificed, Initiates. One among you may claim the honored rank of Corax. Let he among you who would do so speak now."

(From Archibald of Guernicus): I outrank this, dont I

Dušan of Criamon: "I stake no claim in this but will accept if all others decline."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): You've never heard of this rank, actually.

Mortis ex Verditus: I remain as mute as my bodyguard.

The Flamen: "Corax" is latin for Crow, just fyi.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Did he react to me doing the correct hand signs to show I'm a cool mercury boy

Celeste: Cool.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hmmm

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Ah -- yes, he nodded knowingly.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It should be one of the consuls. Fiorella, should you or I accept this honour?"

Dušan of Criamon: :thinking emoji:

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Archibald, you're the Mercurian among us. Though the title is avian in nature. Difficult to say."

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm dubious about the prospect of both consuls being cultists.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Very well. I accept the title of Corax."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its a secret!!

Celeste: lol.

The Flamen: "Step forth. Repeat after me and follow my gestures"

Celeste: rip fiorella.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think Archibald has managed to keep his cult activities pretty secret thus far, though if he slips you are free to pounce on it.

Dušan of Criamon: brb there's a grasshoper on the printer and i feel it my duty to get him outdoor

The Flamen: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Celeste: Good luck my friend

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Archibald is a birdman in his own way

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Will you comply with the Initiation?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: So no biggie

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll go ahead with the initiation here

The Flamen: Okay.

Dušan of Criamon: he absconded before i returned with a glass

The Flamen: The Initiation script goes off fine. Archibald gains a completely worthless new virtue.

Dušan of Criamon: okay he's on the monitor

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Also retcon w/e about me knowing he's a Mercurian

Mortis ex Verditus: Congratulations!

The Flamen: By spending 2 herbam/creo vis -- normally this could be done with just fatigue but, alas -- he can achieve the following effect:

Restore the Carpenter’s Efforts, Returns a damaged or rotted area of a wooden structure to its pristine state.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: sick

The Flamen: "Corax, and Initiates, come with me."

The Flamen passes through the altar and starts walking outside.

Mortis ex Verditus: Sounds good to me.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will hurry after the ghost

johns (GM): The 6 ghosts who were kneeling in front of the altar also follow.

Archibald of Guernicus: I did it! I gain something totally useless!

johns (GM): No guts no glory.

Dušan of Criamon: grasshopper encounter resolved, i'm back

The Flamen: The priest heads down to the rowboats on the beach.

Dušan of Criamon: Frankly, I prefer this to the indoors

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

The Flamen: "It is the duty of the temple to safeguard the treasure upon the  Itius ."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll follow along

"Of course."

The Flamen: "The Corax shall lead the repairs."

Celeste: "Ooh, treasure."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Salt is a great treasure

The Flamen: "Corax Archibaldius, you shall follow the Corax before you" -- he gestures to the other ghosts -- "and learn the path."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: We can use it to pay our ghosts

The Flamen: The other ghosts board two of the rowboats.

leaving seats vacant for the rest of you...

Dušan of Criamon: salt is half of a traditional slavic welcoming meal

I'll get in a boat

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll step onto the rowboat

The Flamen: I shall just ask, who here will  not  accompany the ghost boats?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hmm

Mortis ex Verditus: I will not miss this exciting opportunity for adventure.

And I'll have Carina row.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'm a bit wary about getting on a boat without being able to turn into a bird

Celeste: I feel obligated to protect Archibald, the venerable guy who pays me.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I guess I'll get in

Archibald of Guernicus: He looks 50 years old, but he's as fit as a man in his 20s

The Flamen: Oh durr I forgot to mention one thing

In the boat are some carpentry tools, hammers, nails (all old and rusted), and buckets of tar

Archibald of Guernicus: He's never slowed an inch in the 30 years hes been at the tomb, even as he grew grey and wrinkled

Dušan of Criamon: ohhhh

i see where this is going

free labor

well i'm not one to shirk duty

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will get in the boat

The Flamen: Ok I'm figuring you're all going.

Mortis ex Verditus: I will NEVER do corpse work.

johns (GM): You set off into the wild blue yonder.

Celeste: Well, we're all lost at sea in a magic regio forever. Good saga.

johns (GM): Soon you have lost sight of the shore. The ghosts seem to know where they are going, though.

Hours pass

johns (GM): You are beginning to feel thirsty.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Is this salt water?

Dušan of Criamon: we should have brought a deck of cards

johns (GM): 'Tis

Mortis ex Verditus: Well, this could be a problem.

Dušan of Criamon: MuAq imho

Celeste: I have at least one wineskin at all times.

So you can turn wine into water. A ha ha ha.

johns (GM): heh

Fiorella of Jerbiton: MuAq for sun should be long enough to piss it out before it becomes salty again

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, we have some options available to us. A high enough magnitude creo aquam could last for moon duration, enough that no ill effects are felt when it neds."

* ends

"An alternative is perdo terram to destroy the salt in the water."

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll just lay back and take a nap.

Wouldn't it be perdo aquam to destroy a quality of water?

johns (GM): Anyone who does not find a source of drink must make........................ A Deprivation check!

Mortis ex Verditus: Gah!

johns (GM): which is just a Stamina roll.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll go for it.

Archibald of Guernicus: Perdo Terram to destroy salt in water, is this applicable, johns?

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 1d10! + 2

(

7

)

+2

=

9

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Level 2: Change a natural liquid into another natural liquid.

johns (GM): Yeah Archibald

Celeste: I am just drinking wine and getting even more dehydrated so

rolling 1d10+2

(

9

)

+2

=

11

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll let Archibald try to desalinate the water first

Dušan of Criamon: by that logic, could I use ReAq to just move the salt out of the water?

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+1

(

1

)

+1

=

2

uh oh!

Archibald of Guernicus: does it add 1 magnitude, like sand/mud/clay or 2 like metal/gemstones

johns (GM): You take a fatigue.

gahahahaha.

No, it's just base terram

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright

I attempt to spont PeTe on a big pool of water enough to sustain us all

rolling 1d10!+36

(

5

)

+36

=

41

divide by 2

so 20

johns (GM): Okay, okay.

Archibald of Guernicus: I think thats enough

johns (GM): Scratch the fatigue, Guy.

Dušan of Criamon: I lap it up before it dissolves with the other water

More hours pass. The sun does not move, staying high in the sky. The crisp air keeps you cool.

Slowly, though the sun does not move, the sky darkens.

Mortis ex Verditus: Who ordered the crisp air?

johns (GM): The sky is bright with Aurora Borealis.

In the distance you see another vessel -- a Roman trireme. Your rowboats are closing in.

The air feels more magically potent here.

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow, Aurora Borealis.

Dušan of Criamon: Impressive, but not as impressive as the REAL SKY

Mortis ex Verditus: Does it make any recognizable shapes?

Guy of Bonisagus: at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of mythic europe, localized entirely within your regio?

Mortis ex Verditus: Yes.

Guy of Bonisagus: may i harvest vis from it?

johns (GM): You reach the Trireme. It is moving, slowly. 170 sets of oars jut out of its sides, but only a few pairs are actively rowing.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea admires the aurora.

Mortis ex Verditus: Maybe.

Guy of Bonisagus: aurora borealis of mercere

johns (GM): Those with second sight see ghosts aboard. Some on the top deck wearing scowling, hateful faces, those on the bottom deck rowing endlessly.

With a  thunk, your rowboats come aside the trireme, and your ghost friends start transfering the carpentry equipment aboard the trireme.

Mortis ex Verditus: All this pagan mysticism to hire a work gang.

Celeste: "Anyone have any idea what the heck we're doing?"

"Helping a secret ghost shipping lane?

"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "No."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Seems this is our destination, or perhaps a faster way tae reach it."

Celeste: "I think we're just delivering tools."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "But perhaps we've found our route into the Magic Realm

Dušan of Criamon: "I for one feel for the plight of these poor souls."

Celeste: Let's just climb onto the big boat.

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's

Dušan of Criamon: oh yeah

Mortis ex Verditus: We don't have anywhere else to go.

johns (GM): Okay.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Perhaps if we sailed off the edge of the world in a place like this, we'd navigate into Twilight."

Mortis ex Verditus: AFK a minute.

johns (GM): Your ghost pals get to work doing routine maintenance. The mean looking ghosts on board regard you with hate and malice but simple loll about.

Dušan of Criamon excitedly begins to ponder such a scenario

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Is the aura still magical?

Archibald of Guernicus: Based on what I was told earlier, I'll see about helping with the maintenance

johns (GM): Yes.

Roll uh... Dex + Profession: Carpentry, I guess.

Dušan of Criamon: I'll see if the spiteful ghosts have anything to say to me, and then look for a captain

Larvae: "You're not of the manes. Tell us who you are!"

Celeste: imagine if archibald happened to have some herbam and creo vis.

Dušan of Criamon: "But travellers. Where are we going?"

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+2

(

4

)

+2

=

6

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll send my familiar to VT to tell those who stayed behind that we went off to a weird magical oceanic place and if we don't come back in a few days we're stuck in it

Archibald of Guernicus: thats my dex+profession carpentry

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Isn't this exciting?"

Larvae: "Fools caught in an endless circle... Lead us to shore and end this. Our Glory awaits."

Dušan of Criamon: "Glory I know not about, but shore is what we all hope for."

"Who leads this vessel?"

(To Dušan of Criamon): What is your MR vs Mentem?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Fiorella Zeno of Venice, follower of Jerbiton, at your service."

Guy of Bonisagus: i twiddle my thumbs as invisible voices speak

(From Dušan of Criamon): that's just mentem right

Larvae: Mentem MR is your score in Mentem, + your Parma Magica*5, plus the Magic Aura.

Archibald's repairs take him below deck.

Archibald of Guernicus: My mentem MR is 40

Larvae: He finds most of the sets of oars unmanned. Spirits like those back at the temple row some of them. There is something strange on the bottom deck as well.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have 27 Mentem MR

(From Dušan of Criamon): 1+1*5+aura

Mortis ex Verditus: I have 25.

Larvae: Ah, well Dusan is safe.

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh shit, a yanny.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whats the aura.

my mentem mr is 17+aura

Larvae: The ghosts lock eyes with him and hiss "The shore, the shore" and when Dusan doesn't seem to react the way they like they hiss and march off spitefully.

Magic 6.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, is it just for dusan

Mortis ex Verditus: "Another band of ghostly marauders."

Archibald of Guernicus: 42 in this aura then

Larvae: On the bottom deck, surrounded by a painted blue circle with strange figures interlacing it, is a grass crown made of bronze, a Roman military decoration.

The crown is about 7 paces in diameter.

Mortis ex Verditus: "It's a wonder that every army doesn't leave them trailing in its wake."

Archibald of Guernicus: Is anyone guarding it?

Larvae: It is half a meter thick and tall.

No.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Dusan, a boat adrift in uncharted waters, crewed by ghosts, at the border of twilight. As good of enigma as any, I say."

Celeste: this is some weird shit.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will make my way to the bow.

Gulielmus is having a great time!

johns (GM): It might also occur to you that the uneven number of rowers means this ship is sailing in circles.

Dušan of Criamon: "Is it? It seems like straightforward damnation of some lost souls. Not that I have experience, merely what I heard bards sing."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Dušan of Criamon: Say

should I roll enigmatic wisdom

and ponder the issue

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll order Carina to start rowing.

Dušan of Criamon: while

johns (GM): Ok.

Dušan of Criamon: WHILE

WALKING IN CIRCLES

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll examine the crown with Archibald's Unveiling the Sigil while we go

Mortis ex Verditus: The best part about undead slaves is they don't complain about rowing.

johns (GM): The circle inscribed around the Gigantic Grass Crown bears symbols somewhat like the hermetic signs for Rego.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: These undead seem to complain a lot

Dušan of Criamon: I begin to walk in circles

pondering this puzzle

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Though they're Mentem undead, not Corpus

johns (GM): mechanically how does that work moe

Mortis ex Verditus: Ghosts are such whiners.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Sorry to always have to ask this -- what's the level of detail on that spell

Dušan of Criamon: entangling a single conundrum

Mortis ex Verditus: Should've gone to heaven, idiots.

johns (GM): Do you roll Enigmatic Wisdom and anything else, are there ease factors, etc

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Being a ghost is pretty cool if yo udon't get stuck in a mental rut

Dušan of Criamon: let me check

(From Archibald of Guernicus): All detail that can possibly be interpreted based on your magical knowledge. So if its totally non-hermetic, but seems 'like' corpus or whatnot, it just pings as like corpus and thats it

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Stuck in a physical rut, now that's living

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is moe doing a labyrinth meditation

Characters with an Enigmatic

Wisdom score of three or more don’t

need a physical labyrinth; they can walk

in a circle for the same effect. Those

with a score of six or more don’t even

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: need to walk — they can imagine the

circle. Labyrinth rituals take sixteen hours

for characters with a score of one in

Enigmatic Wisdom. The time required

halves for each level they gain.

(From Archibald of Guernicus): also the magus who cast it's sigil, if hermetic

Dušan of Criamon: 2 hours I spend walking in a circle

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: The magus’s mental state remains

focused for an hour after he completes

the labyrinth. This allows a bonus on a

single roll. This can be used to untangle a

single conundrum (an Enigmatic Wisdom

roll), recall a single fact (a Lore roll), or

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: perform a single physical action. Physical

actions must take no longer than one

minute (ten combat rounds). The bonus

is equal to half the magus’s Enigmatic

Wisdom score.

The magus must have a score of at

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: least one in the required Ability before it

can be assisted by labyrinth meditations.

Mortis ex Verditus: I've got it.

Dušan of Criamon: then I roll enigmatic wisdom with a bonus of +2 to solve it

Mortis ex Verditus: What's the laurel made of?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bronze

Mortis ex Verditus: Brnze, huh?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I think this qualifies as a conondrum, we don't know whhy we're here or how to solve this curse

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Magic only right?

Mortis ex Verditus: Try casting Rego Terram to straighten it out.

johns (GM): excuse me

Brass

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh that's different.

Still, worth trying.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Also roll the spell + MR

(To Archibald of Guernicus): I mean roll the spell + aura and tell me the penetration. haha.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Is zinc a precious metal?

Don't blame me, I wished to live in a world without zinc

johns (GM): The base Terram individual for Base Metal is 1 cubic foot

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zinc is not canon.

johns (GM): This object is about 21' in diameter and weights 2,000 pounds.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: How can you have brass without zinc?

Archibald of Guernicus:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+40 vs spell level 30, +5 penetration

(

3

)

+40

=

43

(To moe): You can make the Enigmatic Wisdom check whenever you like

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: very carefully

(From Dušan of Criamon): alright, speeding past the 2h time

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Your spell works only on Magic, or is enough to detect the other realms too?

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+4+2

(

4

)

+4+2

=

10

solving a conundrum

(From Archibald of Guernicus): the houserules allow InVi to affect more than magic with the same spell, including the realm in the details given, since the default is overly harsh on InVi mgic

(To moe): This vessel is safeguarding the "treasure" (the crown) in a second level of the regio. The treasure has been safeguarded for centuries, possibly millenia, and some of the spirits who have been rowing it have passed on. You don't know what's up with the jerks on the top deck.

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Right

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Okay, it's a very powerful, non-magical, non-Hermetic effect, too complicated to boil down to a Hermetic form.

(From Dušan of Criamon): but I suspect they're no do-gooders

(To Archibald of Guernicus): That's the crown, that is. The circle is something else.

Dušan of Criamon: "Hmm."

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Archibald of Guernicus: I furrow my brow and pace around the crown and circle

Dušan of Criamon: "Friends, a proposal for a course of action: let us commandeer the vessel and bring it home."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Great idea!"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Suits me."

Mortis ex Verditus: "We just need to correct the course."

How many more rowers do we need to balance it out?

Dušan of Criamon: "I knew I could count on your support. Now, which one of you knows how to drive slaves?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: How's the wind?

Archibald of Guernicus: "Not I."

johns (GM): The wind is good. This didn't come up before but this regio is aligned to Auram.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Well the wind isn't dead, so I know these idiots didn't mistreat an albatross."

johns (GM): You have enough people -- and could even try ordering the ghosts around if you have magic -- to move the boat as you please. It is simply a matter of knowing where to go.

Dušan of Criamon: Do the ghosts from the temple have anything to contribute?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Hmmm

johns (GM): No, they are going about their repairs, ignoring everything around them.

Mortis ex Verditus: If ONLY we had someone who could fly and find land.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I could try sending a messenger pigeon to Vardian's Tomb."

"It should know the way back to land."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the only landmark we have is the sun, right

which is not moving

Dušan of Criamon: and it's fake

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the fake sun

johns (GM): whats the rules on regio travel

if you've gone the path once you can automatically follow it again?

Dušan of Criamon: i never found out

Mortis ex Verditus: There's also the Aurora Borealis.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's zita's virtue

Dušan of Criamon: The second way of entering involves fol-

lowing a particular path or ritual. Sometimes, fol-

lowing the path is enough by itself, and no rolls

are needed. In other cases, the rolls specified for

seeing into a regio must still be made, but unless

the path is followed there is no chance of suc-

Dušan of Criamon: cess. The path can be as simple as walking seven

times clockwise around a hill, or as complex as

desired, possibly only being available on a par-

ticular day, or to a particular kind of person.

Some regiones are all but impossible to enter.\

johns (GM): The second way of entering involves following a particular path or ritual. Sometimes, following the path is enough by itself, and no rolls are needed.

Right

Okay, then go back the way you came? The corax will eventually get back in their boats too

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: fairly difficult to follow a path on a featureless sea.

Dušan of Criamon: same thought

actuALLY

since the sun never moves

can we use its position to guide us?

Guy of Bonisagus: lets get rosario to guide s

Dušan of Criamon: set a course I mean

johns (GM): I did not intend the route to be difficult once you were shown the way so it's fine by me

Dušan of Criamon: nice

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yeah

Also a homing pigeon should know when its getting closer to its destination

johns (GM): Neat.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Dušan of Criamon: gonna buff my astrology and write a summa titled "On navigating under a illusory sky"

Mortis ex Verditus: HMMMmmmm.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll summon pigeons so we can follow along

Mortis ex Verditus: I wonder if there's a nearby Etruscan regio.

johns (GM): Perhaps another day passes while you row back.

As you pass the invisible regio boundary, the jerk ghosts on the top deck slowly lift into the air, then dissipate.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I wonder if we could take that glass whale Lavinia always talks about building here."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Stone whale, it's been built recently."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Oh? I need to see it some time."

johns (GM): You pull aground on the bay. The rows fall still as their rowers also dissipate.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I made a ritual tae summon it, and she's damn near bankrupted our vis animating it. But ye should see the result!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: let's mount the archon's sword in the whale

johns (GM): like a narwhal?

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's not travel to sea at all.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I recommend you keep an arcane connection to this place, in case you ever invent a spell to teleport the whale."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

johns (GM): The trireme has landed, and the octagon is in sight. There is no one else around but you now. What next?

Dušan of Criamon: "Sodales, we went to oblivion and made it back. I'm pleased with our performance here so far."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye, good work."

Dušan of Criamon: I think we could check on the temple, leaving someone behind to guard the crown?

johns (GM): The temple is empty.

Dušan of Criamon: Hmmm

johns (GM): You see no ghosts anymore.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmmm.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Let's secure the crown in our vault."

Celeste: Spooky.

Dušan of Criamon: "Archibald, you're initiated. Check on the side rooms where we didn't have access before, will you?"

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll go explore the temple thoroughly.

Dušan of Criamon: ahh

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sounds like a plan."

Celeste: "Smart thinking, Dusan."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I want to go home and finish my labwork.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll investigate the temple in full

johns (GM): Getting the crown into Rome -- and underground -- would require some creative magic. But that can be settled later.

Celeste: I missed the entire sailing portion but that was neato.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm hoping for at least one juicy ghost-book

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll let Archibald and Mortis claim spoils from the temple

johns (GM): The temple is similar to the one you found before (but without the whole city complex). It is larger but the proportions are the same.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: BRB

Mortis ex Verditus: I think we should leave it in the regio and then use it to sail to the REALM OF MAGIC.

johns (GM): In the bottom levels are rooms for sleeping and preparing meals. The baskets and pots are all long empty.

Guy of Bonisagus: seems like a good plan mortis

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Oh right we have a ship to get to the realm of magic now, let's make sure we keep it secure

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll check the aura throughout the temple, just in case any part is different

johns (GM): No change..

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll take some splinters from the ship so I can teleport back to it

Dušan of Criamon: good thinking

(To Archibald of Guernicus): And the consecration is still there for now. I think you will need cult members to come in and keep up the rituals or else it eventually wears off

Dušan of Criamon: is there any way of detecting if/what kind of vis is in the crown?

or was that settled before and i missed it

johns (GM): InVi spells

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Why would anyone want to find this regio?

johns (GM): InVi Base 1, +1 touch is enough to sense any sort of vis

(From Archibald of Guernicus): Oh yes, I'm reporting on the regio to the cult when we're done here, particularly the part about it being consecrated. The first season I get I'm inventing the spell to commune with Mercury and learning it.

Mortis ex Verditus: It seems like it doesn't have anything valuable in it.

Guy of Bonisagus: i can use scales of the magical weight to tell how much vis is in it

Dušan of Criamon: i'm just reading about that

wouldn't you have to one arm lift that thing

Muscle Wizard

Archibald of Guernicus: I checked the crown and it has a very powerful non-magical effect that conformed to no known forms

Guy of Bonisagus: true

Celeste: Ooh

Gotta steal that crown.

Mortis ex Verditus: For example, it has the power to float.

Dušan of Criamon: Mysterious, I like it

johns (GM): It was in a boat.

Guy, there is no Vis in this crown.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: non-magical as in faerie

or just non-hermetic

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll check with johns

Mortis ex Verditus: The astounding power of only being in ONE place at a time!

Archibald of Guernicus: what aura was it aligned with?

johns (GM): Perception + Awareness

Dušan of Criamon: Temporally so perfectly aligned that it ages by one second every second

johns (GM): I thought our houserules needed extra levels on a spell to determine what aura it was aligned with

Archibald of Guernicus: The InVi effect Archibald has is the highest possible level of detail that is possible on InVi

its a level 30 spell after all

Theres a version thats vision targetted that House Guernicus has, that I'll need to learn sometime

but casting it might be tough

johns (GM): What is its Base Level, not including modifiers for touch/whatever?

Oh n/m I see

(To Archibald of Guernicus): It is... Infernal >:D

johns (GM) passes a note to a player

Archibald of Guernicus: base 10 and +3 for details

its the highest possible details you can get from InVi is the big deal with it

johns (GM): right right

well you know its deal now.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll pass along the bad news

"The crown is infernal, sodales."

Mortis ex Verditus: Gasp!

Dušan of Criamon: "I like it less, now."

Guy of Bonisagus: "We should rid ourselves of it."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ok, but what does it do?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Perhaps the source of this corruption, perhaps corrupted itself, who knows."

Dušan of Criamon: "I motion for destruction."

Archibald of Guernicus: "That I dinnae know. Intellego can only reveals details that ye can interpret, I have no idea about infernal magic."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): I just remembered something.. You have seen something similar to the effect it has before, on the statue that killed the corrupt magister back in Isernia

Archibald of Guernicus: "And frankly, I don't want to."

(To Archibald of Guernicus): Then as now you couldn't figure out what the effect was though.

Mortis ex Verditus: "What if it kills demons?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It has a similar feeling tae the statue back in Isernia, though, if ye remember that. The statue that came tae life and attacked the magister."

Celeste: "Huh."

"Imagine the size of the statue this crown goes to."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I highly doubt it does.Ye must understand, to get a proper grasp of what it does would require a proper knowledge of infernal techniques. Dangerous techniques that lead tae infernalism - ARE infernalism."

Celeste: "How much knowledge of Infernal techniques?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Working knowledge, I imagine. I worry too much for my own soul tae research it at all."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Don't be paranoid, Archibald. Who amongst us would be tempted to evil just because we knew a few bits of trivia about demons>"

That should be a question mark.

Archibald of Guernicus: That said, if I work with Celeste and her high infernal lore, does this help understand it at all?

"Trivia is one thing. But when one knows the full techniques tae summon a demon... what step remains but tae do it?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: maybe the crown is merely chthonic

johns (GM): depends

Archibald of Guernicus: "The soul should not be taken so lightly."

johns (GM): did anyone read On Isometric Figures

Mortis ex Verditus: "Just retain a priest if you're so afraid for your soul."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I more worry about a reputation for that kind of knowledge. Good way to antagonize a magus you don't like but don't want to wizard war, accuse her of infernalism."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: was that tethys's book

johns (GM): No, the corrupted Magister had it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh

Guy of Bonisagus: "That's a horrible idea."

Celeste: ui didnt no

but i was going to to get more artes liberales eventually.

johns (GM): ill say now that the adventure is basically done, you could try talking to Berenger if you want to get information from him but nothing happens immediately after this point, so you can discuss your next steps as much as you want. i know dfd is ready to go to something else whenever you like

Archibald of Guernicus: "Some of hte highest records of infernalism stem from those who aimed tae fight it, originally."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i am going to go and buy a hamburger sandwich

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "The Trianoma forgo training in hermetic virtues to make sure their apprentices are good at spreading rumors. I wouldn't put it past one of them. Or the Tytalus."

johns (GM): good call cumthinker

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

devil's fav demon (GM): nice

Dušan of Criamon: I shall get more bread

(To devil's fav demon): Sorry this went on long

(From devil's fav demon (GM)): thats fine dude. it was fun

Mortis ex Verditus: Maybe next time we find a cultist we should just pay him off so we can get someone with high infernal lore on the payroll.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I myself have spent more than half my lifetime on studying Vim. Tae invent a rego vim spell that commands a demon, why that'd be a useful effect, no? They'd be defused as a threat."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "And I can't imagine it's hard to spread rumors about someone who spends their time reading a book bound in human flesh."

Archibald of Guernicus: "But that path leads tae infernalism. Thinking you're in control of demons, when we all know that the enemy of mankind is greater than any magic we wield."

"Arrogance regarding demons is the most dangerous of all."

"I'll learn magic tae slay them and no more."

"Better still that perdo vim annhilates their vis, leaves them useless for further rituals."

Dušan of Criamon: As usual, the voice of reason

Mortis ex Verditus: "Simple paranoia. Demons can't take your soul if you refuse to give it. Just don't agree to go to Hell in exchange for power and what are they going to do? Steal your soul?"

Celeste: "Yes?"

"Maybe."

Mortis ex Verditus: "How?"

johns (GM): Uhh Roger Bacon and Vergil and Solomon all controlled demons and they turned out fine

Mortis ex Verditus: For real.

Celeste: "By coaxing you into a snafu."

Mortis ex Verditus: "If demons were so smart they wouldn't have betrayed God."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Trickery is the domain of the infernal. For instance, say one of your bound demons give you a piece of advice."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Mortis is right."

"Well, about the most recent part."

"Not about devilry."

Archibald of Guernicus: "You cannot tell if they are lying. Are they tricking you to make you perform a sinful act, or making you THINK theyre tricking you, in order to move you to sinful acts?"

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Demons don't have to be smarter than God's ineffable plan. They just have to outsmart you."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Of course I can tell if a demon's lying. A demon lies about everything."

Archibald of Guernicus: "So it merely needs to say the truth. Then you, treating it as a liar, will do the opposite."

(From Dušan of Criamon): is there more adventure ahead or could i realistically retire

Celeste: "See how insidious demons are? They've even got Archibald vouching for their ability to tell the truth."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Let's not mess with demons."

Mortis ex Verditus: "A demon could no more tell the truth than it could take communion."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nothing at all in hermetic theory can compel a demon to be truthful. Their every word is dangerous, and binding the service of one means a considerable deal of listening tae them."

(To moe): You can retire, Devil's Favorite Demon wanted to run something next but idk what people are thinking at this hour

johns (GM): do we want to dip our toes into DFD's adventure or save it til next week? I'm game to play

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Mm. I suggest we find an impartial observer, if Archibald and Mortis truly wish to debate this."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Why can't they be truthful? You forget, Mortis. They are not bound to lie. They are  capable  of lying."

"If telling the truth would tempt a man tae sin, why would they lie?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "I consider demons to be beneath my attention, but if you've just gone on a mystical quest for your patron deity, then you should certainly aim to find out what the prize was."

Dušan of Criamon: I'm fairly confident my contribution would be erratic and abortive, so I'll harbor no ill will if you all continue but I think I'll only observe for a few minutes before the sleep medication kicks in

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we can cross-reference what information InVi gives with those who have infernal lore to try and get some idea of what it does

devil's fav demon (GM): We could start it now if you'd like, but it's getting a little late so maybe just the first scene and we can do a cliffhanger.

Mortis ex Verditus: Yeah I mean we've already been playing for four and a half hours.

Archibald of Guernicus: perhaps. im feeling tired honestly.

johns (GM): gah, my bad folks

devil's fav demon (GM): Yeah.

It was fun!

Dušan of Criamon: I'm happy

johns (GM): Also I'll talk to Beardbeard directly about what he wants to do with the engineer

Dušan of Criamon: I cast my first productive combat spell

devil's fav demon (GM): Also what season was this

johns (GM): 10xp for recovering the Grass Crown

Spring 1351

devil's fav demon (GM): ok cool

Dušan of Criamon: the wikia should have a calendar

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow!

devil's fav demon (GM): the next adventure starts in Autumn of 1351 unless people would prefer a full year and to do it next Spring.

Mortis ex Verditus: 10 XP!

devil's fav demon (GM): I'm open either way if people want lab time or whatever.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Cool I can turn into a bird again

johns (GM): in fine doing autumn

the whale will be Fully Functional by then for transport to Sicily

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll see about a spell to creo animal vestiges after I finish my talisman transformation

devil's fav demon (GM): Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: I'll probably just read a bunch of books

I haven't used my seasons since the spring 1350 adventure

did we have any between then and now?

any adventure*

Mortis ex Verditus: Would a spell that throws someone bodily at someone else do damage to both the thrown and the throwee?

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yes

johns (GM): Yeah

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: let us consult the canonical reference: half life 2

Mortis ex Verditus: Would it be the same amount of damage?

johns (GM): Fall 1350 was the Great Tribunal in Germany, Moe

8 adventure xp if you prefer it

Mortis ex Verditus: UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT BECAUSE ACTIVE CREATURES CANNOT BE THROWN IN HALF LIFE 2!

devil's fav demon (GM): hah.

moe: nice

what game was i thinking then

messiah might & Magic?

Archibald of Guernicus: 10xp, wowsers

moe: thank johns

Mortis ex Verditus: Yes.

moe: i think i'll whip up the calendar when i get the time

johns (GM): that's the game where you kick people into spikes moe

or off ledges

or into each other

moe: that qualifies

dys: anyway gg. i need ot think of a companion at some point.

Mortis ex Verditus: An infernalist.

moe: No!

Mortis ex Verditus: The Ultimate Red Pilled Order of Hermes Destroyer

dys: my only idea for one is playing zita's redcap kid that gets to travel europe from her inherited disease immunity

moe: A virtuous demon slayer.

dys: but shes 13 currently i think

johns (GM): Not seeing a problem

dys: so it would be a question of whether playing a character below the normal PC age is acceptable or not

could wait 7 years but thats a bit annoying

johns (GM): ropekid did it!

dys: dope kid

Mortis ex Verditus: Play as a 13 year old.

There are rules for it.

johns (GM): its what Hafl would want you to do.

dys: i think at 13 you only get -1 to attributes. well, sure.

Mortis ex Verditus: RIP.

I wonder what he's going to do now that Pendragon is over.

moe: Traveller

devil's fav demon (GM): It's Autumn in 1351, about a week off from the equinox. The plague continues.

Fiorella receives a mental communication from Camilla.

"I can't breathe! Help!"

devil's fav demon (GM): Camilla crashes through the window of the inn. She's coughing and choking and flapping her wings wildly. This is a big surprise to any covenfolk inside.

johns (GM): Pathfinder.

dys: i wont just remake Zita but she will have some inherited aspects, being the closest real inheritor to Zita's redcap legacy.

Mortis ex Verditus: He doesn't want to play Traveller.

Bolad: I inspect the bird for clues

Mortis ex Verditus: Uh wait what now?

dys: hafl expressed interest in pathfinder when he was shown that theres a magical girl archetype

devil's fav demon (GM): The beginning of next week's session is to find out what's wrong with Fiorella's bird and save it before it dies of Deprivation rolls.

Or you can do that now.

Mortis ex Verditus:  Glowing Skull Brain  Discover what happened to it after it dies.

moe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLhDaDjQd5w&t=1075s

Bolad: Let us resolve it next week, and keep Shaun in pained suspence

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'd prefer not to have the seasons I spent on it arbitrarily removed, thank you

Guy of Bonisagus: i cant believe shauns familiar died

its a real shame but we all saw it

devil's fav demon (GM): It takes an insanely long time for anything to die of Deprivation Rolls so she'll be fine.

Hopefully.

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's eat Fiorella's familiar.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll already have to reroll when animal blight hits, let's not accelerate teh process

Let's eat Mortis

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10!+1>3

(

10

+

3

)

+1

=

14

Camilla is fine for the next 30 seconds.

johns (GM): whew.

Lavinia will use Medicine to diagnose the issue.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Alright

I have Chirurgy but not medicine so I'll defer to Lavinia

Camilla: "Khhhk! Hkaak!"

johns:

rolling 1d10+2+8 Int and Medicine

(

7

)

+2+8

=

17

Guy of Bonisagus: i will use Soothe the Ferocious Bear to calm the bird, and make it easier to treat it

Camilla: You have a mental connection to her, Fiorella, so you can just ask the bird questions.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets see if i can penetrate mr

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Mmm

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10!+21

(

5

)

+21

=

26

16 pen

maybe

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "You have Magic Might. How can you suffer deprivation?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Good question.

(From Camilla): the bird appears to be in good humours. it's not technically Medicine, but I'll let you know that there's something blocking the bird's throat.

moe: Spurred back to health by the sudden bout of logic the bird replies,

Camilla: That penetrates.

johns: "Something in its throat."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I will have to invent CPR.

(From Camilla): you probably have emetics.

Mortis ex Verditus: You just want to smooch a bird.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Hmmm."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Fiorella, I must give your bird emetics."

"Have no fear. I'm a trained doctor."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Very well."

Camilla:

rolling 1d10!+1>4

(

5

)

+1

=

6

The bird is still okay.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I heard a story once about how you can throw alka-seltzer to seagulls, and they'll eat it midair, then a minute later will barf everywhere

just thought I'd share

Camilla: Nice.

Mortis ex Verditus: Good bird poisoning story.

moe: news you can use

Camilla: Lavinia administers the emetic to the calmed bird.

Camilla vomits up the head, upper torso, and right foreleg of a freshly-killed dog. A metal tube is tied around the dog's neck.

Mortis ex Verditus: Yum, what's the restipe?

Camilla: "Gah. Yuck. Phew. Thanks."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: I pull the tube off the dog.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll take a look at the tube.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I'll pet my friend and let the others fight over who gets to investigate the tube

Guy of Bonisagus: congratulations on not losing your familiar, fiorella

dys: grats

Camilla: It's a tube with an opening on one side. Wax is stuffed into it, sealing it.

devil's fav demon (GM): The tube contains: 1 (One) letter.

Mortis ex Verditus: Ah, the secrets of the tube will be lost forever.

Guy of Bonisagus: I heat the wax over a candle.

I read the letter.

Mortis ex Verditus: I shake my head in sorrow.

devil's fav demon (GM): Magi of the Roman tombs -

Mt. Etna is active and smoking. Earthquakes, while minor, are becoming more frequent. I am afraid the volcano may erupt at any moment. We pray daily for our salvation, but as the great Sophocles wrote: "heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act". The guards who protect the wizard here tell me he is too busy to assist, that he is curing the plague and must have silence and solitude, but that he has close friends with awesome power across the Tyrrhenian Sea. So I write to you, wizards, and beg humbly that you help us quiet the earth.

May God bless you all,

- Vulcanal Parish Clerk

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sadly this is one adventure that can never be solved."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Don't go worrying me like that again. "

Mortis ex Verditus: Why do we even HAVE a volcano covenant if they can't do anything about volcanos!

Sheesh!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Stopping a volcano?"

Guy of Bonisagus: good job killing the messenger dog, bird

Mortis ex Verditus: WITH NO SURVIVORS

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "This sounds like a job for Vergillian magic. After several seasons of painstaking practice and theory, of course."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "What an odd messenger."

Guy of Bonisagus: dys is gay

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmmmmmmmmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: oops

Camilla: lol

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Lammargeirs are a common familiar among Jerbiton. This shouldn't have been unexpected."

Mortis ex Verditus: What if we were to instead evacuate the island?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: The island of Sicily?

Mortis ex Verditus: Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Too many people are fighting for the island to want to leave it."

Mortis ex Verditus: Most of the people on it are probably dead from the plague by now anyway.

Camilla: "It was barking and trying to dig its way into the catacombs. I did the right thing. Ate too fast though."

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "You have to be more careful. Judgements regarding familiars tend to be eye for an eye at Tribunal hearings."

devil's fav demon (GM): The dog corpse can be investigated if you wish, but it didn't seem like another familiar.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmmm.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Confirming it isn't a familiar is enough for me

Mortis ex Verditus: Let me use my powerful magic to speak with it.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "Next time warn me first if you see a suspicious animal."

Mortis ex Verditus: "It says, 'Bark bark woof bark.'"

devil's fav demon (GM): Camilla was just flying around the aerie and saw a dog barking at your place and trying to dig under the inn so she ate it.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I can't help but be a worrisome hen.

Camilla: "I'll try my best." the bird nuzzles against Fiorella and discreetly wipes some blood off its beak onto her.

johns: I investigate the dog corpse for medical anomalies.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+2+8

(

3

)

+2+8

=

13

Father Hazm: "So Vulcanis has a clerk now? That's good. Seemed a pagan place last I visited."

devil's fav demon (GM): The dog was in good health before it was bitten in half.

Father Hazm: "An odd choice of messenger, but less prone to catching a human disease, I suppose."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Perhaps some magic spell was used to compel the dog here but investigating that is not my purview."

devil's fav demon (GM): does anyone have Animal Handling or Hunt?

Mortis ex Verditus: No.

Well, maybe, but I don't.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: I have Animal Handling

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Our Kennel Master does!

devil's fav demon (GM): Sick!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Animal Handling 5+2 with a spec in Dogs, and Hunt 3

Fiorella of Jerbiton: A kennel master will have more so let him roll too

An appropriate spec too

Sabino:

rolling 1d10!+5+2+1+2 Per+Handling

(

2

)

+5+2+1+2

=

12

Fiorella of Jerbiton: There really needs to be an assist other mechanic

Sabino: "I weep to see a fine hound like this, cut down in the prime of life"

devil's fav demon (GM): Sabino identifies the corpse as that of a Segugio hunting dog, one of the premiere scent trackers of medieval europe.

Sabino blots his eyes with his sleeve

Sabino: "A scent tracker he was. God's mercy be with him now."

devil's fav demon (GM): Using a dog like this to send a letter is an expensive and risky undertaking.

RIP.

Fiorella of Jerbiton: "I'll arrange compensation for the owner."

Mortis ex Verditus: But heck, it worked.

Is fully raising an animal from the dead necromancy?

Sabino: yea

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Yes

Sabino: undead hounds are in Hermetic Projects

Fiorella of Jerbiton: It says under the description of Magical Focus even that you get a bunch of forms out of Necromancy

Sabino: they're a pretty good addition to the Necromancer's repertoire IMHO.

Mortis ex Verditus: Undead hounds are different.

devil's fav demon (GM): Yeah, you can legitimately resurrect animals because they don't have souls.

Mortis ex Verditus: You can straight up bring animals back from the dead at base level 75.

Guy of Bonisagus: does that include familiars

Archibald of Guernicus: yes

Mortis ex Verditus: Yes, but of course death severs the master/familiar bond.

Guy of Bonisagus: magus finds trick to commit extremely high crimes

without punishment

alternatively: get another magus punished with loss of familiar then resurrect his familiar and bind it to you

Sabino: i think a lot of Magi would pay good money for their familiar to be raised again, even if they have to rebuild the cords

Guy of Bonisagus: break the hold of the divine over human souls and create true resurrection spells

brb

Mortis ex Verditus: We should really call it soon.

johns: aye, my apologies DFD but the energy is very low here

devil's fav demon (GM): yeah its fine

Mortis ex Verditus: Sad!

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald never even left his lab during all this. He can leave it for the real adventure.

devil's fav demon (GM): I just wanted to get the hook done.

Which we did.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah its fine

im just suffering the results of insomnia

moe: nice

nice

devil's fav demon (GM): There is a crisis on Etna, and it's been at minimum three days since the letter was sent via dog.

So you might already be late!!!!

gahahaha.

We'll pick up next week and get to the PC death. Thanks for running johns.

Mortis ex Verditus: That would be good because then we could take over Sicily.

moe: Yeah props to the GM, ran a fine sesh

johns:, then give it to its rightful ruler, Joanna of Naples.

moe: even a combat nobody whined at

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Could be a good idea.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah that aas a cool regio

its also super, SUPER useful to those ancient mercurian rituals

which ill begin translating at a blistering pace now

devil's fav demon (GM): mercury ftw

Archibald of Guernicus: theres one to gain +3 casting and lab total for a year

moe: yeah the regio felt really otherworldly

good shit

i got jodorowsky vibes from the boats

Mortis ex Verditus: I got "I wish there were actual mentem guidelines for ghosts" vibes.

johns: oh

if you chose to build a lab in the first level of the regio, it's an extra +4 to auram

Mortis ex Verditus: The temple level?

johns: both regio levels are aligned to auram, the temple level is Magic 4, the ocean level is Magic 6

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok.

johns: the ocean level is harder to build in because it has no ground or surface or anything really

Mortis ex Verditus: Oh, let's take the glass whale to the ocean level and explore underwater.

Guy of Bonisagus: why is the ocean auram

what in the world

johns: the whale will be hard to get into the regio because it is larger than the regio entrance, and the regio entrance is several miles inland.

Mortis ex Verditus: What about a powerful magic effect to shrink it?

moe: OK boys

I'm stepping out

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have the hamburger sandwich

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Shrinking or teleporting it should both be viable

moe: y'all take it easy

again props for a solid game

Fiorella of Jerbiton: Peace

moe: looking forward to next time

peace out

Mortis ex Verditus: See ya