24/4/2016

Endrite: What's up homies?

Prinny D.: been playing dark souls all day

Endrite: Cheers,

Armagan

I've decided that I'm going to spend the remainder of my Apprenticeship spell XP on Binding the Mystical Structure.

Ok, I'm gonna go eat.

cthinker: hello

Prinny D.: greetings

johns (GM): Salve

Boy R. (GM): hail

we'll start up in a few minutes, just pulling some stuff together

johns (GM): who has a good name for our Loremaster teacher

Endrite: Ok, here I am.

Proclus of Rome: So I get 5 XP for my season working on my lab?

+9 XP from the adventure?

johns (GM): It's either or, if you take adventure XP you cna't take exposure or practicfe XP

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Well, I'll take 9 XP then.

What year is it again?

johns (GM): 1314

Proclus of Rome: I spent 9 XP on Intelligo.

cthinker: it's the first year of the yányòu era, i think

Prinny D.: you can only spend 5 xp in one ability/art from adventure xp

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Prinny D.: so 5 in one, and 4 in another

dont know why but thats ars

Proclus of Rome: Seems fair to me.

johns (GM): i was reading the blog of one of the main ars developers and he angrily shot down any idea of china in the ars setting :(

cthinker: the only thing i really did was get a porter. what ability would that count as

Proclus of Rome: What like hiring a guy?

johns (GM): bargain charm or leadership

Boy R. (GM): bargain imo

cthinker: what about india

Proclus of Rome: Yeah bargain.

Damn, I need to botch more spells.

johns (GM): the accessible world ends at the edge of alexander's empire/the sudan, everything past that is a regio where faeries create fantastic spots to feed of the vitality of travelers

cthinker: maybe i should just take the lab-building xp then

johns (GM): i dont like that interpretation personally

Proclus of Rome: Maybe.

I mean it's obvious that that isn't true, or where did all that Geometry come from?

johns (GM): especially since they use marco polo as source material for some splat

Proclus of Rome: Faeries can't do math.

Ok, what are we doing today?

It's summer right?

We should probably do something about the stench from the Tiber.

Boy R. (GM): Right, sorry about the delay

I expect Darvin will show up at some point

Proclus of Rome: No problemo.

Boy R. (GM): It's been a couple of months and you've all been left to your own devices, getting a little bit of lab prep done here and there, devising desperate plans to fend off the stench from the river

actually one of the easiest ways is to stay in your cozy cellar

Proclus of Rome: Ah, bone smell.

cthinker: i have chamber of spring breezes

Proclus of Rome: Oh yeah, I cut Haunted from my Lab.

Since I guess I can't see the ghosts.

johns (GM): My home smells of Piss & Blood

Bonfilia of Verditius: My home is always permeated by the smell of fresh bread.

Boy R. (GM): cool spell

Bonfilia of Verditius: It's no spell, except the magic of a good day's labour.

Boy R. (GM): thanks to staying in your air freshened chambers you're all in whne Venator calls an impromptu council

cthinker: "always be prepared" - trianoma motto

Venator ex Misc: "Welcome to the council chamber"

"A bit showy, I know, but sometimes you have to impress the guests"

Bonfilia of Verditius: Someone left a giant sheet in the council chamber.

Proclus of Rome: What guests?

Venator ex Misc: I'm keeping this sheet bc for now it's the only records we have

johns: I put a screenshot of it in the thread, we can delete it now

Proclus of Rome: You can just put it on the GM layer.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: uhh

Proclus of Rome: Sloppy work.

Venator ex Misc: incredible

Aristocritus of Trianoma: was that me. i think that was me

Venator ex Misc: "Anyway, just two purposes here today. Aristocritus, Lavinia, welcome to Vardian's Tomb. Everyone get a good look at your sodales so you know whose sanctum not to violate

johns: "Hail, sodales."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: says I.

Proclus of Rome: Where did you come from?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I am from Naples, the greatest city in the world."

Venator ex Misc waves a hand dismissively

Venator ex Misc: "I cast a wide net to bring the Order's best and brightest here, of course"

Bonfilia of Verditius: I tap my nose Neapolitanishly.

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Venator ex Misc: "The other thing is, I thought you young folk might enjoy trying to track down some of our old vis sources. They were never really my area of responsibility - what we have here is sufficient to my needs, but I expect you'll want the extra income"

he lays a battered looking ledger on the table

Proclus of Rome: This is a good chance to update my map of Rome.

Venator ex Misc: "I've identified four we can reasonably count on"

Proclus of Rome: All I have is a copy from that notorious dissembler Marco of Mercere.

Venator ex Misc: There's a house on a piazza near here - I'm not sure who it belongs to now, but a piece of glass placed where the light of two windows falls on it will become charged with Intellego, left undisturbed for a year"

"Then there's the church of saint mary and the martyrs - vim vis forms like frost when the first full moon of summer falls on its flagstones"

Proclus of Rome: Who else knows about these vis pawns?

Venator ex Misc: "A day's walk from these walls, there's an abandoned well. I'm sure one of the grogs knows the village I mean. The water there can be sifted for Creo vis"

"and at last there's a distinctive looking mountain where you can gather a pawn of Auram from a magpie's nest - or could, fairly reliably. That one's a bit of a hike"

"Well, they were closely guarded secrets ten years ago. I suppose someone may have stumbled on them by accident"

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The well is outside the walls of Rome?"

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I need me some herbam vis, for my crafts."

Proclus of Rome: Is it possible that these places generate more than a single pawn of vis a year and that someone else has been taking it?

Venator ex Misc: "It is, yes. These fell into disuse because for one reason or another, I didn't care to take the trouble needed to collect them"

"Herbam we do have, in some supply. You're welcome to this year's harvest."

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Bonfilia of Verditius: I rub my hands greedily.

Proclus of Rome: This doesn't seem like much trouble to me.

Venator ex Misc: "As our needs grow more pressing, I may impose some restriction on our supplies, of course

he shrugs his shoulders. "I tend not to stray far from my haunts"

Proclus of Rome: The Intelligo vis and the Vim vis shouldn't take more than a day each.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I suggest we take arcane connections to the farthest sources to let us watch them from afar."

Proclus of Rome: A solid plan.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: I love a good scavenger hunt.

Venator ex Misc: whether because of a twilight scar, or a persistent magic effect, Venator has this oddity about his presence: the ghosts that attend him, and there seem to be a lot, are always flickering faintly into view as they dart near to whisper something in his ear. It gives him an abstracted air, as if he lives in another world entirely

"hmm? Yes, certainly. Well. I leave it in your hands. Good hunting, all"

Proclus of Rome: We could simply purchase the building with the Intelligo vis.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: one day we can hope to be warped as hell too

Proclus of Rome: That would prevent casual disruption.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Let's see who is the current owner, then."

Bonfilia of Verditius: "I bet that old man would be sent tumbling into twilight forever by even a simple vim spell."

Boy R. (GM): hmm. the covenant is doing ok financially but that doesn't necessarily mean you can just up and purchase valuable urban real estate

Proclus of Rome: We could always negotiate.

Boy R. (GM): Venator's ledger describes the street and building in some detail. does anyone have Area Lore?

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Or we just leave some glass around and then come pick it up. Who's going to move a piece of glass?"

Aristocritus of Trianoma: Negotiate Marcus Crassus style?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Are we allowed to draw on our professional Loremaster?

Boy R. (GM): sure, you can ask him

he says "ah, the piazza dei -, I know it well"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: He'/she has got Rome Lore 10, Com 3, Teaching 10, and no other defined character sheet right now

Bonfilia of Verditius: I have rome lore 5

Boy R. (GM): "that's an upmarket address, magi. I think the current owner is a Signor Benedetti, a merchant adventurer. There's a man who's coming up in the world"

Proclus of Rome: I think we should upgrade our map markers to something better than a scribble.

Maybe this week.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ill make good map markers soon

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Boy R. (GM): I could put down a marker, but I'm not sure it would convey anything meaningful

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i hope we completely fill in this map as the campaign goes on so i want it to look nice

Proclus of Rome: The relation of two points in space is always meaningful.

Venator, did anyone prevent you from acquiring the vis in the past?

Venator ex Misc: "I was turned away from the Church and townhouse both, and I didn't care to press the issue"

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Is it possible that another covenant has taken control of them since the last time you were there?

Venator ex Misc: "My old sodalis Crion of Jerbiton, whose spirit is sadly passed beyond my knowledge, used to handle the mundanes"

Aristocritus of Trianoma: Does this Tribunal have laws about vis ownership?

Venator ex Misc: "I've not yet heard rumour of another covenant active in Rome - but vis is costly and they may well have sent discreet agents"

to my knowledge, it doesn't have anything like the regulated system of Normandy

Proclus of Rome: I would be very surprised if this was the only covenant in Rome, one of the jewels of the world.

Venator ex Misc: you hold on to your vis by keeping it secret and collecting it assiduosly

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Deprivation is a serious crime. Benedetti ought to know if other agents were around, assuming he isn't in another covenant's employ himself. But let's talk to the man before jumping to conclusions.."

Venator ex Misc: "A jewel it might be, but also the stronghold of the Dominion. Most magi do not find great cities congenial"

Boy R. (GM): Certainly. How do you want to approach him?

Proclus of Rome: So if I'm reading this map correctly, on the line between Vardian's Tomb and Benedetti's is a lake, some buildings and what looks like a ruined palace.

Bonfilia of Verditius: "Cities often hold their own treasured auras, only true hermits would deny the gains to be had here!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I could talk to him as a doctor looking for a client

Boy R. (GM): I'm not sure if that's a lake

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oops did I forget to level up guile? oh well

Proclus of Rome: Farms?

Boy R. (GM): well, more likely than waste land i guess

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, interesting.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: half the city is basically rural land enclosed by the city walls

Bonfilia of Verditius: Just like home

Lavinia of Jerbiton: alright I will go to Benedetti's and size up the place then knock on the door

anyone else coming with?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i gotta find that book that mentioned the riots

Proclus of Rome: I'll come with.

Which riots?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: I'll tag along.

Boy R. (GM): alright

it's a short walk to the appointed place, along the broad avenue that leads to the Circus Maximus

The house you're looking for is a more recent construction, and easily identified from the description you're given. Alarmingly, it's overrun with people, with a constant stream of tradesmen and servants coming and going

pictured: the interior

this place has a Divine aura of 2 fwiw

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: the windows should be obvious when we see them, right?

Boy R. (GM): nobody takes much notice of you.

well, the instructions are fairly specific. The light from two windows on the top floor needs to fall on your vessel at all hours of the day

Proclus of Rome: Why does an ordinary villa have such a high Dominion rating?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Do the tradesmen wear or act in anyway distinct that would keep an outsider impersonating one and just walking in?

Boy R. (GM): Because it's in a city

this isn't all that high really

Proclus of Rome: So the whole city has a Dominion aura of 2?

Boy R. (GM): at least

Proclus of Rome: Other than certain regions which have some other aura.

Alright.

Boy R. (GM): save  lacunae  aligned with other realms

Proclus of Rome: I believe I already mentioned that.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: heya darvin

Proclus of Rome: So the house is in good repair, then.

Darvin's Magus: Heya

Boy R. (GM): regarding the tradespeople, you see all sorts and many appear to be strangers. it looks like they're receiving a lot of deliveries for a feast or something

and yes, it's in good repair. looks as if it's been recently painted

greetings darvin

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I ask one of the laborers what's the occasion

Boy R. (GM): He looks you up and down, gives Proclus a suspicious scowl, but answers readily enough. The eldest daughter of the house is getting married within the week, apparently.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: We're golden.

Italians cannot refuse a request made on their daughter's wedding day. It's canon

Boy R. (GM): lol

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is the groom someone important?

Boy R. (GM): this guy doesn't know but you can try to gossip with the staff

Proclus of Rome: How many days away is the critical event?

Boy R. (GM): give me a charm or intrigue roll

+comm, I think

pre+charm or com+intrigue

it's in 2 days' time

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Who does Benedetti have paint his house?

Boy R. (GM): that requires one of the same rolls, with ease factor 20

you can find a house painter without any trouble if you want though

btw welcome Darvin, I forgot to get you caught up

we're hunting down various vis sources that have lapsed

Ferris of Trinoma: I'll catch up through the chat

I'll try talking to some of the servants

Proclus of Rome: I'm interested in finding out who maintains his home overall.

Boy R. (GM): Well, probably a variety of people

I guess a household like this might have a steward

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling 1d10!+6

(

5

)

+6

=

11

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Alright.

Well, I can't pass an ease factor of 20.

Boy R. (GM): are you normally Gifted Ferris?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: my plan is we present ourselves as a team, medicus, elementalist master of humors, and master of geometry who specialize in providing healthy living spaces and cook up a story about measuring the light from those windows as part of stabilizing the house's humors

Boy R. (GM): that is, no gentle gift?

Proclus of Rome: There's just one problem with that: it would be true.

Ferris of Trinoma: I do not have Gentle Gift.

Proclus of Rome: I am also an architect.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i was thinking we could just pose as experimental philosophers and ask about the window and glass setup directly

Proclus of Rome: We are experimental philosophers.

Boy R. (GM): Well, the servants aren't all that forthcoming. You gather that the groom is the son of one of the master's business partners and it was a long anticipated union, and then someone asks who you are and why you're being so nosy

Proclus of Rome: I recommend you tell the truth.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I look at Proclus funnily.

Ferris of Trinoma: (not sure what the truth is, are we simply looking for vis sources?)

Lavinia of Jerbiton: There's a vis source that to be harvested we need to catch the light from two specific windows for a day

Proclus of Rome: We're philosophers who are interested in the properties of light from the windows on the second floor of this house.

Boy R. (GM): worse than that - for a year

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Oh jeez

It needs to be a piece of glass that captures the light?

Boy R. (GM): it's possible any crystal will do

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: oh, creating gold in a ritual is illegal right

Proclus of Rome: What about a mirror?

Boy R. (GM): weeeelll

Proclus of Rome: Who is going to stop us?

The cops?

Boy R. (GM): only when someone tells you to top

Ferris of Trinoma: Creating coin is illegal, not gold right?

Proclus of Rome: Pshaw.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: kind of unrelated to the vis hunt but

Lavinia of Jerbiton: What if we could buy a statue that has a crystal in the right place, gift it as a wedding gift, then later spring the BS about proper locations and geomancy etc.

Boy R. (GM): creating coin is illegal by mundane law, sure

Proclus of Rome: So is talking to ghosts but I don't see any of you trying to blow the whistle on all of our grogs.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: well, we have a day to do that

Bonfilia of Verditius: you could just tell him your wizards and bribe him with some cheap magic

Proclus of Rome: Can the light be reflected?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: noooo

also i'm thinking of long-term collection plan even if we can't get it for this year

Proclus of Rome: Or is the specific location in the room also important?

Boy R. (GM): I'm going to say, probably

Proclus of Rome: Is this a Magic Theory roll?

Bonfilia of Verditius: theres no masquerade to uphold, if the guy accepts magic as real then youre set

Boy R. (GM): I mean your instructions don't say but I'd call it good enough

alright, are you trying to secure an interview with this guy then?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Who here can do a magic trick to impress the guy

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i figured he would be happier to deal with weirdo philosophers than with wizards

Proclus of Rome: Talking directly to the head of the household is a good idea.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: I can levitate.

Boy R. (GM): try com+etiquette, anyone who wants to go for it

remember the gift gives you -5 on most social rolls

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh h*c kyeah

rolling 1d10!+2+8 com etiquette

(

2

)

+2+8

=

12

Proclus of Rome: Unless he's secretly a magus, of course.

Well, a Hermetic magus anyway.

Boy R. (GM): Alright, you manage to talk to a reasonably high-ranking servant!

He tells you, Signor Benedetti absolutely has no time for you this week. If you care to call in here or at his place of business some time after that then he may have time for you

But of course the signor has many important and lucrative concerns, he can guarantee nothing

roll per+folk ken

Proclus of Rome: How much cash do we have to flash around?

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2+6

(

6

)

+2+6

=

14

50 Mythic Pounds in storage

Boy R. (GM): This guy is definitely angling for a bribe

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! +0 + 4

(

10

+

8

)

+0+4

=

22

Boy R. (GM): you have the power to give him one but it comes out of covenant funds now

woah

was that also folk ken?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Proclus can determine the necessary bribe down to the shilling

Boy R. (GM): this guy is determined to milk you because you look wealthy, but 5 shillings would probably get you a timely audience

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 0.020833333333333332

Aristocritus of Trianoma: surely proclus only bribes in triangular numbers

Ferris of Trinoma: Ha

Boy R. (GM): I'm not sure what maths you're doing but 5 shillings is a quarter pound

Proclus of Rome: 5 is a very regular number.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh

i was thinking of pennies

Okay let's give him a half pound cause I don't want to go into any smaller fractions

Boy R. (GM): idk what the local currency is like anyway

Proclus of Rome: That isn't what he asked for.

He asked for 5 shillings.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Maybe we can turn this guy into an Agent for us down the line

so no harm in being generous

Ferris of Trinoma: Downpayment on a future bribe

Boy R. (GM): nice. ok you produce a hefty bag of silver and he struggles to maintain his composure

Proclus of Rome: I don't approve of this.

Boy R. (GM): shortly you are ushered into a a classy private study, where the master joins you. he looks slightly flushed.

Benedetti: "Well. Travelling philosophers is it? To what do I owe this pleasure"

actually he's not that blunt, he greets you formally and politely before indulging in such interrogation

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Chalk it up to upkeep, Proclus

Proclus of Rome: We have determined that the second floor of your home is of an optimal configuration for the study of light.

Ferris of Trinoma: It is quite a remarkable estate.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I introduce myself as a mundane doctor and the others honestly

Benedetti: he looks like he's about to ask lavinia to leave, but clearly finds the others more unnerving

"of light? why?"

Proclus of Rome: As you can see, light surrounds us at all times.

Benedetti: "Well it doesn't matter, I'm sure it's very interesting but the fact is I can't give you the use of my house"

Proclus of Rome: We only need one part of your house.

A single spot on your second story to store a single glass jar.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: An apparatus.

Proclus of Rome: It isn't a jar?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: Well, a jar apparatus.

Benedetti: he passes an internal philosophiae check

"oh. You're empirici"

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Benedetti: "That's less demanding than I expected, but what will that tell you?"

Proclus of Rome: Well, I am also a mathematician of some skill.

We're mostly interested in seeing how light reacts to be trapped for a period of a year.

Of course, we would like to repeat this investigation again, to see if there is any change.

Benedetti strokes his beard contemplatively

Benedetti: "Well of course, but there is the intrusion into my family's privacy to consider... and who knows what effect it might have on our health, to trap light so near to us. No doubt there's risk of some... humoral imbalance"

"Of course I've always been a friend of learning, so I'd be prepared to grant you this privilege for, say, ten pounds a year?"

Proclus of Rome: Is there Lavinia? I apologize, but I am no physician.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "On the contrary, signore. Adequate lighting is essential for one's health. Our studies will not disrupt your lighting, but rather measure it to ensure you are receiving the correct amount for humoural balance."

Let's huddle. 10 pounds a year seems worth it to me

Benedetti: iirc the market rate of a pawn of vis is £20

Proclus of Rome: We could also provide him with services totally 10 pounds a year.

Wow, how does an ordinary merchant know that?

Ferris of Trinoma: Seems fine to me

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Our time is worth more than 10 pounds a year

is anyone here skilled at Bargain

Proclus of Rome: I think we should provide him with services totaling 10 pounds a year because it would give us more face time with a merchant adventurer.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets put it to a vote

Proclus of Rome: I imagine he hears all kinds of things.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i just dont want to feel obligated to spend time on years i got other stuff going on

Ferris of Trinoma: I vote just to pay him

Aristocritus of Trianoma: same

Benedetti: what kind of services would you provide

Proclus of Rome: Spending a day out of the year bleeding him wouldn't be too onerous.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: we might have to find an actual empiricus

Benedetti: if you're offering a physician's services for free he'll take that, and it probably won't require seasons

Proclus of Rome: And of course, once we get to know him better we could always convince him to be a little more accommodating.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Oh that's fine by me

Benedetti: I'm now completely unsure who's getting a good deal here

Proclus of Rome: Some merchant you are.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i get to improve my reputation and suck up to someone important, seems good to me

Ferris of Trinoma: Seems like a mutual benefit.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: it would be good to be friendly with a merchant adventurer

Benedetti: he's a little skeptical of your qualifications, because so far he thinks you're harmlessly mad

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i got a practical cap of how many people I can manage the regimen of so I'll start tracking this now

Benedetti: so give me a quick pre+bargain vs his int+folk ken

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "My qualifications? I am a Doctor of the University of Salerno, of which there is no finer medical academy in all the world."

if he is hip to academic reputations I have an academic rep of 3

Benedetti: is that with 6 experience?

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+3+0 presence+bargain

(

7

)

+3+0

=

10

Benedetti: actually I like the reputation idea better because I never used these rules properly

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it's with whatever level of experience gives +3 per the Doctor's virtue

bachelors get +1, magisters +2, doctors +3

Benedetti: well, that would 30, so it gives you a score of 7 now

Lavinia of Jerbiton: nice, I'll update my bad Hedge Wizard rep accordingly too

Benedetti:

rolling d10!+7

(

2

)

+7

=

9

Proclus of Rome: I have no idea how the reputations system works.

Benedetti: he has not heard of you

that roll would not be sufficient to identify a resident of the same town

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i'll conf my pre+bargain roll

Benedetti: "Salerno? They admit women, do they?"

rolling d10!+0+7 folk ken

(

2

)

+0+7

=

9

"Well, if there's one thing I pride myself on, it's being a good judge of character"

Proclus of Rome: With consistent rolls like that, I believe him.

Benedetti: "You can set up your apparatus, if it's as unintrusive as you claim, and it means you'll put your medicine at my disposal"

Boy R. (GM): It turned out something like honesty was the best policy. You can collect on this source starting next year, and secured a contact

Places left to investigate include - mount pietra di bismantova, the church of santa maria ad martyres, and a nameless wayside well

Proclus of Rome: I'd like to scribe a circle around the location we need to place the apparatus.

A perfect circle, of course.

Boy R. (GM): he's not keen on you drawing on his walls. if you can set up a tasteful table or plinth you can put a circle on that

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Sounds fine to me.

We should get his daughter a wedding present.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: are we gonna hit all of the vis sources this session

Boy R. (GM): well, hopefully

that's all I've got planned

Proclus of Rome: Famous last words.

Boy R. (GM): unless you have other projects you'd like to pursue, I'm open to adlibbing

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d3

(

1

)

=

1

The Mountain is next

Proclus of Rome: Shouldn't we investigate the Church of Santa Maria ad Martyres?

It's in the city.

Boy R. (GM): it will take a week's walk to get to your mountain source, unless you can contrive faster transport

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I rolled and the fates decided

Are you going to question the fates?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton scoffs

Boy R. (GM): Venator's ledger even includes a map, which is impressive for the time, but more typically for the time is not all that accurate

Proclus of Rome: I can't abide inaccurate maps.

Boy R. (GM): give me a per+survival roll to navigate

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I don't like hikes so I switch to a grog

Proclus of Rome: Which one?

Boy R. (GM): very good

what;s his/her name?

Masini the Grog: the only one we've got

Boy R. (GM): bon giorno, masini

Proclus of Rome: Doesn't the magical statue count as a grog?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i gotta run but i'll be back in like twenty minutes

Boy R. (GM): I haven't statted him as a grog yet

alright then, aristocritus can sit this scene out

who else is coming?

Proclus of Rome: I'll go.

I need to know where the mountain is in relation to Vardian's Tomb.

Boy R. (GM): if you have any skill at cartography you can try to map it as you go

Proclus of Rome: I don't.

Boy R. (GM): unfortunate

Proclus of Rome: If it's a day's walk I should still be able to see Rome from the mountain.

Boy R. (GM): yeah it's like seven days

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Then probably not.

Unless anyone can do anything about the weather.

Masini the Grog: ahh the lovely roman countryside

Boy R. (GM): unless you can get 10+ on a survival roll it takes you a good bit longer

Ferris of Trinoma: I can make someone feel a bit nippy, but otherwise no.

Boy R. (GM): but the better part of a month later, you're admiring this weird looking promontory of the appenines

Proclus of Rome: Who is making the Survival roll?

Boy R. (GM): anyone who's in the party

Proclus of Rome: Appropriately, I have 0 survival.

Boy R. (GM): I assume neither of oyu have it

Masini the Grog: same

Ferris of Trinoma: Same

Boy R. (GM): sick token

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i was wrong. i actually have half an hour

Boy R. (GM): alright, the instructions left by the presumably-deceased Crion are clear. At this point you have to scale a sheer crag to loot the nest of the magpie of virtue.

He notes, helpfully, it's easiest if you fly.

Proclus of Rome: Why don't we just walk up the other side of the promontory?

Ferris of Trinoma: I think a few of us can float

Boy R. (GM): you have already ascended as far as you can get on foot

(crag not pictured)

what sort of spell is that?

Ferris of Trinoma: Rise of the Feathery Body

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i can definitely float but i may or may not be there

Boy R. (GM): oh sure you can be there if you like

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Boy R. (GM): it's time for some CASTING ROLLS

the aura here is Magic 1

Proclus of Rome: Well, if you take a rope with you then we wouldn't need to fly next time.

Boy R. (GM): so to cast a formulaic spell, give me a roll of d10+1+sta+rego+corpus

that's "/roll" in this interface

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling d10 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 6

(

3

)

+1+3+5+6

=

18

Aristocritus of Trianoma: how many people have the spell

rolling 1d10! + 1 + 1 + 9 + 0

(

9

)

+1+1+9+0

=

20

Boy R. (GM): 2 of you, it looks like

Proclus of Rome: Not me.

Why would I want to float?

Boy R. (GM): it's level 10 or so right?

Proclus of Rome: I guess it would help me trace geometric solids.

However, that isn't strictly relevant.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: you can trace a vertical line straight up in the air

Ferris of Trinoma: Yeah, it's a level 10 spell

Boy R. (GM): that looks plenty adequate to float. you rise up the cliff face, which fortunately doesn't have much of an incline, and can pull yourselves into a little hollow wherein a solitary nest sits in a wizened little shrub

you've just taken in all this when there's a shimmering in the air and a figure appears and addresses you in latin

Aristocritus of Trianoma: trianoma crew rides again

Milo of Guernicus: "What are you doing here?"

Ferris of Trinoma: (uhh, quickly needs to scroll up to find out exactly what we are doing here)

Masini the Grog looks up from below

Milo of Guernicus: "Whatever your business, I must ask you do it elsewhere. You'll scare off the wildlife"

Proclus of Rome: We're trying to get the Auram vis, Ferris.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: We'll only be a moment.

Milo of Guernicus: indeed. supposedly, in or about this date, a bird should come along and deposit a pawn of vis here

milo doesn't say that

Proclus of Rome: What a strange person.

What form does the vis take?

Milo of Guernicus: "Look sodales, I'm engaged in delicate and private business here. Please remove yourselves, or I'll have to think you're scrying"

Ferris of Trinoma: "We are looking for a nest, apologies for making a problem"

"What, might I ask, brings you to this mountain?"

Milo of Guernicus: It's a twig of laburnum, the leaves of which move in air currents nobody else can feel"

he grimaces

"Yes, I thought as much.

"Well look I don't know how you came by this knowledge but this source is mine by virtue of long tenancy, and attempting to harvest it in my presence can only be termed Deprivation of Magical Power - a high crime, I'm sure you'll appreciate"

Ferris of Trinoma: "Our apologies, we did not know of your claim."

Milo of Guernicus: if you possess any knowledge of the code of hermes, you may roll it now

+ int

Proclus of Rome: Don't be such a pushover!

Aristocritus of Trianoma:

rolling 1d10! + 1 + 3

(

6

)

+1+3

=

10

Ferris of Trinoma: (I feel like I should have it, but I don't see it anywhere)

Aristocritus of Trianoma: what's the name of the head of our covenant, vernator?

Proclus of Rome: Venator.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: venator

Milo of Guernicus: he's trying to bully you, this case isn;t all that clear cut. still though, a tribunal might find against you if it was thought important enough to bring before it

Proclus of Rome: Is there a Tribunal in Rome?

I have no idea.

Milo of Guernicus: there is a tribunal of rome

it probably doesn't meet in rome

Aristocritus of Trianoma: do they meet in ravenna

Masini the Grog: venice iirc

Proclus of Rome: Is he floating up there?

Masini the Grog: every covenant has a chapter house in venice

(including us but we'll get there in time)

Milo of Guernicus: as is customary with hermetic tribunals, it convenes every seven years and unless it escalates seriously nobody is really likely to bring a squabble over a pawn of vis before it

Aristocritus of Trianoma: thank you, masini

Masini the Grog: what? huh? I don't know anything about super secret socieites. ignore me.

Milo of Guernicus: no he's standing atop the rock, which is fairly wide

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aristocritus of Trianoma shouts down the cliff

Aristocritus of Trianoma: THANKS MASINI

Milo of Guernicus: "quiet, please! And leave! this chance comes once a year!"

Masini the Grog: times like this make you wish you had an absurdly overspecialized certamen champion in the covenant..

Ferris of Trinoma: "Why don't we stay and wait with you instead." and I float down to him.

Proclus of Rome: Does he have any rope?

Milo of Guernicus: none is in evidence

if you want, you guys can have a rope

Proclus of Rome: Well, it behooves us to develop this source of vis for our own use.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: what kind of spider mage doesn't have a rope.

Ferris of Trinoma: Alright, I poop out some silk and throw it down (I'll throw down a rope)

Milo of Guernicus: "You can wait, if you're silent, and do not interfere"

Are you capable of concealing yourselves?

Ferris of Trinoma: I'll cast Veil of Invisibility

Proclus of Rome: You could always push him off the rock.

Milo of Guernicus: That WOULD be a high crime

Masini the Grog: It's only a crime if you get caught

Aristocritus of Trianoma: I feel like Venator ex Miscellanea would be surprised to learn that this vis source is yours by virtue of long tenancy.

i invested heavily in the namedrop ability during childhood

Milo of Guernicus: He makes a reputation roll, and passes

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling 1d10! + 3 +6 + 6

(

2

)

+3+6+6

=

17

Proclus of Rome: You should get a Secret Roll macro that tells us when you roll so you don't have to say the outcome.

Ferris of Trinoma: Veil of Invisibility is a SL 20

Milo of Guernicus: "Oh? well. I consider eight years a considerable tenancy, and in that time I've never had my right to harvest contested"

I only say that when I'm not actually rolling

Ferris is invisible, and slightly fatigued

Aristocritus of Trianoma: do you have to make a concentration roll to keep feathery body going

Milo of Guernicus: is it conc duration?

then yes, if you want to do anything else

you can just land and talk to him freely here, there's room for people to stand up here

stam+conc 10+ if you just want to speak and keep the spell going

Ferris of Trinoma: I've already gone down

To the rock with him.

I've tried to tie a rope and toss it down, do I need to roll anything?

Milo of Guernicus: "Venator invokes a prior claim, then? And you are acting as his agents?"

Proclus of Rome: Talk about the perfect opportunity to cast Rope Control.

Ferris of Trinoma: "I don't think either of us need to have a sole claim on this source"

Milo of Guernicus: there's no use rope skill so sure, you can do that

"Oh? The harvest is only one pawn. What are you proposing?"

Aristocritus of Trianoma: is anyone going to climb up the rope

Proclus of Rome: I don't see any reason to come up.

Masini the Grog climbs up

Milo of Guernicus: it's dex+athletics 5+ if oyu want to try

Masini the Grog:

rolling 1d10+2+6

(

6

)

+2+6

=

14

Milo of Guernicus: "what's this, intimidation?"

Ferris of Trinoma: "We simply have friends"

Masini the Grog bows curtly

Milo of Guernicus: "You are indeed blessed"

"Very well I see only one way to resolve this in timely manner. Which of you will duel?"

Ferris of Trinoma: Aristocritus, are you up for a duel? I'm not particularly combat heavy

Milo of Guernicus: He's referring to certamen, the wizard's duel

It doesn't depend on conventional combat ability, but your facility with all the arts

Masini the Grog: this seems like bullying

I assume this guy is way older and more powerful than us

Milo of Guernicus: It's likely

Proclus of Rome: Well, he's more hatted.

Masini the Grog: make him duel Venator then

Aristocritus of Trianoma: we have a combined hermetic age of: two, i think

Milo of Guernicus: That is in fact how the order operates though

Aristocritus of Trianoma: maybe zero.

Masini the Grog: or bully him back with an epic jojo's style bluff

Proclus of Rome: Or do certamen and then push him off when he's distracted.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: grab the vis from the nest and use it during certamen

Masini the Grog: loll

Milo of Guernicus: he's willing to duel venator, if he issues the challenge

Ferris of Trinoma: "Very well, we will notify Venator of your challenge"

Proclus of Rome: I don't know if Venator is going to like this BUT he'll probably like it more than murdering Milo of Guernicus.

Milo of Guernicus: "Ah... good. Excellent. Be on your way then."

Aristocritus of Trianoma: ok NOW i have to go

Proclus of Rome: Farewell.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: but, if you can save the well for last i'd like to be in that scene when i get back

Milo of Guernicus: Vis: not secured, yet!

well sure, if you like

back to the church then?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: it shouldn't be too long

Milo of Guernicus: Venator isn't totally eager to duel this guy, but says that if you can bring him to rome then sure, he'll fight

Masini the Grog wagers this guy just steals the vis the second we turn around

Milo of Guernicus: mm, haha

you made no specific agreement on that point

Ferris of Trinoma: I'd be down for stealing, but not sure how we would get past him since he is doing nothing but bird watching

Proclus of Rome: We could always leave someone here.

Masini the Grog: i think we should just suck it up and plan to get even in 10 years when we're more buff

Milo of Guernicus: that's fair

Proclus of Rome: That's a good attitude for a quitter to have.

Milo of Guernicus: sorry to make it a pain in the ass to get sources you've technically already paid for

Masini the Grog: its a good introduction to how the Roman tribunal actually works!

Proclus of Rome: The shortest distance between two points is a line, Masin.

i

Milo of Guernicus: but in any case if you're not harvesting it this year then he's certainly going to take it or it goes to waste

or maybe some magical miracle happens, as is often the case with the natural wonders magi loot

the church of santa maria ad martyres is an old building, allegedly once used to worship the demons of imperial rome until pope boniface consecrated it

its vis can only be collected by night, but that might in fact make things easier

Ferris of Trinoma: Yeah, I just can't think of a way to get him out of the way other than waiting around for a while and seeing what we could exploit, probably not worth our time.

Proclus of Rome: Vis is vis.

Milo of Guernicus: your options are essentialy stealth theft, murder and certamen

or just leaving it for now

Masini the Grog: again professing my love of age of decadence i'm happy to acknowledge some battles cannot be won

Ferris of Trinoma: yeah, sorry, we've moved on, just thinking outloud

Masini the Grog: who is allowed in a church at night

rolling 1d10+4 church lore

(

1

)

+4

=

5

Proclus of Rome: Is it in the church or outside the church?

Milo of Guernicus: uhh... priests, you guess?

it's within the church

Masini the Grog: yeah that's the t icket

Milo of Guernicus: also, in some churches, the dead

Proclus of Rome: What style of Church is it?

Milo of Guernicus: it's in the church. apparently the vis is a kind of rime that forms where the light of the full moon forms on the floor

the pagan style

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Well if there's a hole in the ceiling you can just float up to the roof and climb down.

Masini the Grog: the pantheon rules

Milo of Guernicus: that's a fair point, and might be a good move because the doors are certainly closed at night

Masini the Grog: proclus should be salivating at the sight of such a mighty unsupported dome

Milo of Guernicus: first things first: what characters are on this expedition?

Proclus of Rome: I am.

Love a good dome.

johns: im abstaining entirely

Milo of Guernicus: just proclus and ferris?

Proclus of Rome: Hmm, I can't float, unfortunately.

Well, we could always try the truth again.

Milo of Guernicus: you're discussing hte best approach as you cross the city, which is fair walk

Proclus of Rome: You got your Vis, Milo, leave me alone!

Boy R. (GM): proclus of course is familiar with the building

at this point, roll per+awareness both of you

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! +0 +0

(

1

)

+0+0

=

1

Boy R. (GM): unfortunate

give me 2 botch dice

Proclus of Rome: Those are d10s, right?

Boy R. (GM): aye

Proclus of Rome: Are they exploding?

Boy R. (GM): nay. the only effect is that each 1 counts as a confirmed botch

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 2d10

(

9

+

6

)

=

15

Boy R. (GM): a bad roll, but not a disastrous one

you're taking a shortcut down a dark alley, when someone steps deliberately in front and blocks your path

you become aware of a couple more youths who apparently have been following you

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Rabble: "Alright pater, whatever valuables you've got you can hand them over"

Proclus of Rome: What valuable do I got?

I could give them my protractor.

Rabble: let's say you have half a pound in implements and petty cash

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Rabble: apiece, that is

Proclus of Rome: Are these no good teens armed?

Rabble: they carry cudgels!

Proclus of Rome: Oh no!

What kind of cudgels?

Rabble: well tbh one has a stout cudgel and the others just have fists

but you're two nerds in robes, so they fancy their chances

you think it would grant a +3 damage bonus

Proclus of Rome: Well, they aren't wrong.

Rabble: he takes your coins and protractor gratefully

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Rabble: "now, those fine robes. we'll be taking them either way, but you can save yourselves some pain"

Ferris of Trinoma: (Apologies, someone came to the door)

Rabble: love that spiderweb motif, cloth like that is worth a few penny

Proclus of Rome: Have you ever seen a dead body?

Rabble: you're in time to be mugged

"plenty. would you like me to see yours?"

Masini the Grog: sorry I didnt tag along but im not hip to burglarizing a church

Proclus of Rome: It isn't like they use moonrime.

Well, I think we should kill these toughs.

Masini the Grog: also being arrested by an ecclesiastical court would be really bad for me

Rabble: i'll keep that on the list of potential threats

Proclus of Rome: You know, turning a blind eye to a crime is the same as committing it.

Rabble: do you want to kill these toughs? how do you go about it?

Proclus of Rome: Well, what do you have, Ferris?

Rabble: ferris, are you handing over your possessions?

Ferris of Trinoma: Crystal Dart, Icy Touch, and make a spider big

No, I'm not handing over anything

I can make some fog around us

Making it very hard for them to see us

Proclus of Rome: You probably should have done that before we were mugged.

Ferris of Trinoma: Fair enough

Proclus of Rome: Which is the guy with the club?

Rabble: that will aid retreat but they're almost in striking range now

the one in front by himself

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Ferris of Trinoma: I'll Crystal Dart him

Rabble: Well, what's it going to be?

ok, are you capable of fast-casting?

if not, we go to initiative order

Proclus of Rome: I have no idea how combat works.

Ferris of Trinoma: Subtle + Quiet magic if possible

Rabble: oh wait actually, can you still and silent cast?

NICE

combat I have rewritten completley and may rewrite further, but I promise it is simpler than RAW

Proclus of Rome: Do fists count as symmetrical objects?

Rabble: nay

Proclus of Rome: I'd imagine they do, if they have two of them.

Rabble: two fists at once might

Ferris give me a casting roll

Ferris of Trinoma: stam + form I assume?

Rabble: your aura here is Infernal 1`, which imposes a -1 penalty

and technique

Proclus of Rome: right.

Ferris of Trinoma: 1d10 + 3 + 8 + 5 -1

Proclus of Rome: Crystal Dart has a Rego requisite, so you use the lower of your Muto and Rego values.

Rabble: ok

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling 1d10 +3 + 8 + 5 -1

(

8

)

+3+8+5-1

=

23

Proclus of Rome: You need /roll.

Rabble: I trust that beats the spell level

Proclus of Rome: ALSO, you need to roll a 1d10!, which makes it roll again if you get a 10.

Ferris of Trinoma: SL 10

Rabble: how much damage does it do?

roll a d10! and add its damage bonus

Ferris of Trinoma: +10 damage

rolling 1d10! + 3 + 8 + 5 -1

(

3

)

+3+8+5-1

=

18

Rabble: this guy has no armour so his soak is a mere 5+stam, or 7

Proclus of Rome: Wrong roll.

The damage bonus is +10.

Ferris of Trinoma: Ph

Rabble: yeah, that's 3+10

Ferris of Trinoma: Oh

Apologies, I'll get better at this.

Proclus of Rome: I gotta say, this Rabble knows its way around the combat rules.

Rabble: they're well accustomed

Ferris of Trinoma: So yeah, 13 for damage

Rabble: so 13-7 is 6, which is the second degree on the damage table for a size 0 character - that is, he sustains a Wound and has -5 to all actions

he also screams in pain, and his allies jump into action, though they';re not quite sure what just happened

Ferris of Trinoma: If they are confused for a second, I'd like to try to cast another spell subtly (Silk armor basically)

Proclus of Rome: Wait a minute, why is there a lens flare if we're looking straight down on this map?

Rabble: unfortunately now we're in combat turns where the order of action is decreed by the whim of fat

of fate

Proclus of Rome: Whim of Fats.

Rabble: of me (I'm fat)

Proclus of Rome: You know, the pool player.

Ferris of Trinoma: Fat Rabble it is

Boy R. (GM): Actually it's Proclus.

Proclus of Rome: You should have tried a flashier spell.

Boy R. (GM): now, if you want to cast a spell, that takes up pretty much your whole turn

you can make a concentration roll to mvoe as well

johns: give it enough time and you'll be exploding people's heads with a snap of the fingers

Boy R. (GM): you can also take multiple simple actions, like moving normally, legging it, and shoving a guy

these icons represent that that guy is Shaken and Wounded

Proclus of Rome: Well, I will cast the Crystal Dart at wounded ruffian.

Boy R. (GM): ie he's off balance and may not get to act this turn

ok casting roll please

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Boy R. (GM): as with pretty much all rolls in a combat situation, use a stress die

Proclus of Rome: Which one is that?

Minus 1d10?

Ferris of Trinoma: 1d10!

Boy R. (GM): yes

a simple die is the one that doesn't explode

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

rolling 1d10+ 2 + 6 +6

(

3

)

+2+6+6

=

17

That beats the spell level.

Boy R. (GM): if you can't fail, just check for a botch, though if you're facing enemies with magic resistance then i need to know the exact total

cool, roll damage

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! +10

(

9

)

+10

=

19

The isosceles is the deadliest triangle.

Boy R. (GM): 12! which is shaken + 2 wounds, which upgrades to 3 wounds because he's already shaken

he's dead

Ferris of Trinoma: Damage is a simple die, so no "!", you rolled them backwards

johns: First Blood

Boy R. (GM): actually damage is a stress die

Proclus of Rome: Oh is it?

Boy R. (GM): but it can't botch

Ferris of Trinoma: Oh, neat, my mistake

Proclus of Rome: Yeah I'd assume that it explodes, for maximum excitement.

Boy R. (GM): ok ferris, you get to act again

Proclus of Rome: Please make a note in the covenant that I am the first person to murder another.

Ferris of Trinoma: I'll try to Crystal Dart the guy next to me

Boy R. (GM): the remaining rabble are hesitating, because they definitely noticed the arcane incantations and weird flying matter this time

go for it

Ferris of Trinoma: Checking for botch

rolling 1d10!

(

5

)

=

5

Proclus of Rome: Also the guy just died!

Come on!

Ferris of Trinoma: Damage

rolling 1d10! + 10

(

2

)

+10

=

12

Boy R. (GM): he's shaken, but takes no lasting damage

on the enemy turn he rolls to recover

rolling d10!+1>6

(

1

)

+1

=

2

and fails, cowering in pain

Proclus of Rome: Ouch.

Boy R. (GM): his buddy looks frantically around, and legs it

Proclus of Rome: What's with the sound effects?

Boy R. (GM): Combat end!

Proclus of Rome: Nobody has a sword.

I'll take back my money and tools.

Boy R. (GM): very good

Ferris of Trinoma: What should we do with the cowering guy?

Boy R. (GM): you have one dead thug and one cowed thug. just proceed on your way?

Proclus of Rome: We could ask him if he knows anything about the church.

Boy R. (GM): well I guess you could

johns: draft him

we need muscle for our turb

Proclus of Rome: Why would I?

He couldn't even mug an unarmed man.

Boy R. (GM): for this sort of interrogation, roll presence+leadership

Proclus of Rome: -5, right?

Boy R. (GM): actually no, it doesn't matter if he likes you

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

rolling 1d10! +1 + 0

(

3

)

+1+0

=

4

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling 1d10! + 2 + 1

(

5

)

+2+1

=

8

cthinker: cthinker chere

Ferris of Trinoma: "If you wish to remain alive, what can you tell us about the church here?"

Boy R. (GM): "I don't know man, it's a church. what do you want from me?"

Proclus of Rome: Thinkin' about thos cs.

Ok.

Sounds good to me.

Ferris of Trinoma: "Who goes in at night? I assume you're out at that time as well."

Boy R. (GM): "Okay, okay, they say you can speak to the saints if you creep in at night! I've seen people do it and they say they come out in the morning all beat to shit"

"a sinner like me, I don't go in for that.

"Is that why you've done this? Are you demons?"

Proclus of Rome: You shouldn't sin, you know.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: they are definitely demons.

not that i'm here.

johns: tell him you are demons and you will make him buff and strong if he swears his soul to you

Proclus of Rome: That wouldn't be true.

johns: it would be Truly Epic

Proclus of Rome: I'm a philosopher.

Boy R. (GM): "I swear I won't do any more bad things and give all my money to the poor or whatever you want, is that good enough?"

Proclus of Rome: If you want, that's fine by me.

Ferris of Trinoma: Let's just leave the guy, he's useless.

Boy R. (GM): He takes that as permission to leave

Proclus of Rome: I assume we have plenty of corpses.

Boy R. (GM): probably not many fresh ones

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Boy R. (GM): it would be a hassle to cart this guy around though

Proclus of Rome: It really would be.

johns: the necromancer's lament

Ferris of Trinoma: Have we tried knocking on the church doors yet?

Proclus of Rome: One of use would have to lug him back to the 'comb.

It's daytime, right?

Boy R. (GM): no, it's night

Proclus of Rome: Ah.

Boy R. (GM): that's why you're in this fix

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Boy R. (GM): sorry you can approach the church by day if you like

Proclus of Rome: Well, we could just try opening them.

Ferris of Trinoma: Let's just try walking in and see what happens.

Boy R. (GM): the doors... open to your touch!

Proclus of Rome: Wow!

Classic.

Boy R. (GM): the scene that meets your eyes is not exactly the one depicted

aside from all these guys in anachronistic dress not being here

Proclus of Rome: Well yeah, it's night time.

Boy R. (GM): something distinctly supernatural is going on

Ferris of Trinoma: In what way?

Boy R. (GM): chained to a post in the middle of hte floor, rising inexplicably out of the tiles, a young man in a loincloth writhes and moans, his flesh pierced by many wounds

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Well, that's pretty magical.

Boy R. (GM): in the alcoves around the chamber, where you would expect statues, are living human figures in similar states of distress

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

I'm surprised Venator didn't tell us about this.

Boy R. (GM): one woman boils in kettle. anotehr mans flesh is torn by lions that seem intent on him and nothing else. one carries his head tucked under his arm and another is on fire, and seems to have been for some time.

Ferris of Trinoma: Seems like a pretty bad sermon.

johns: did you wander into purgatory by mistake

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Ferris of Trinoma: Well, I don't see how this could go poorly.

Proclus of Rome: The young man in a loincloth doesn't have a crown of thorns, does he?

Saint Simon Zealot: "Enter, pilgrims," says the man chained to the post.

he does not

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Saint Simon Zealot: "Enter, give yourself to God and be cleansed of your sins"

roll church lore if you have it

Ferris of Trinoma: "And do we have to join them" pointing to the loin cloth men "to cleanse ourselves?"

Saint Simon Zealot: or theology

Proclus of Rome: Don't you mean Dominion Lore?

Ferris of Trinoma: I have neither :/

Saint Simon Zealot: Divine lore would be more appropriate actually, but organization lore would help

Proclus of Rome: I don't have any of those abilities.

Saint Simon Zealot: or other supernatural lores, by process of elimination

Proclus of Rome: I'm lore-less.

Ferris of Trinoma: I know Civil Law and Animal Ken, otherwise I can quite boring.

Saint Simon Zealot: "only the truest martyrs give all of themselves, but from each is demanded what they are willing to give"

Proclus of Rome: We're just here to watch the moon.

Ferris of Trinoma: "May we look around your fine church, to bask in the awe of your delegation?"

Saint Simon Zealot: "Salvation is found only through deeds. Keep your eyes from heaven while you dwell on earth. Come, offer us confession. Offer us penance"

the other sufferers from the alcoves chime in to emphasise his words, but don't seem so eloquent on the whole

johns: i believe in salvation through faith

johns smirks protestant hereticishly

Saint Simon Zealot: nice, nice  prepares heretic pyre

Proclus of Rome: Confession is only for people who are sorry.

Saint Simon Zealot: well, these apparitions don't at least seem to impeding you at all

Proclus of Rome: I think I'm just going to dust up all the moon goo.

Saint Simon Zealot: unfortunately, none is in evidence

Proclus of Rome: Great.

Well, someone else must have got here first.

Saint Simon Zealot: "What do you seek, my child? Avarice is a great sin"

Ferris of Trinoma: I'm going to try to touch one of the people to see if they are real

Saint Simon Zealot: you poke a man being stretched on a rack, who sits up suddenly and tries to seize you

roll dex+brawl

sorry quickness+brawl

Ferris of Trinoma: "Everything takes resources to build. This church would not have been built with penance alone"

rolling 1d10! + 0 + 0

(

4

)

+0+0

=

4

Proclus of Rome: Wow, talk about a sheltered childhood.

Saint Simon Zealot:

rolling d10!+6

(

9

)

+6

=

15

Proclus of Rome: Says the guy who has an area lore of 1 for this city he lives in.

Saint Simon Zealot: he feels entirely real. his flesh is slicked with blood and sweat and his eyes are frighteningly intense as he leans forward

what are ferris' major personality traits?

Ferris of Trinoma: I haven't done them yet :(

Saint Simon Zealot: it's a good time to decide! at least you have ones to match your personality flaws

cthinker: traits are just any adjective you can think of, right

not taken from a list

Saint Simon Zealot: yeah p much

grogs are expected to have brave and loyal scores but that's as far as it goes

johns: all our grogs are at -3 loyalty right now lol

using the  Covenants  rules

Saint Simon Zealot: heh

cthinker: nice

Saint Simon Zealot: coincidentally, the covenant is infested with spies

Ferris of Trinoma: Probably something: Curious, Entitled, Plotting, and "likes to give false compliments"

Saint Simon Zealot: he lets you go with some distaste

"You have nothing to offer the saints! Why do you trouble the house of God?"

Proclus of Rome: We're philosophers.

Saint Simon Zealot: "Philosophy will gain you nothing here. Come with a penitent heart to receive our blessings."

Proclus of Rome: We wanted to look for lunar residue, but it seems there isn't any here.

Ferris of Trinoma: I'm going to walk out of the Church and look for a place to float

Saint Simon Zealot: you can float anywhere you like pretty much

chances are the church has a divine aura that might make things awkward, but the streets are quiet

Ferris of Trinoma: Look for a place to float, without being seeing preferably

I'm not getting involved with whatever Saint Simon has to offer, so am going to try to get to the roof of the church and examine the moon door from the top instead.

Boy R. (GM): Well you notice one thing - the aura here is much more amenable to spell casting than you would have guessed

Proclus of Rome: I'm going to keep asking him if he knows anything about the moon.

Boy R. (GM): it gives you a +2 modifier, which presumably means you can't fail

Ferris of Trinoma: I auto-pass Feathery Body, checking for botch

rolling 1d10!

(

4

)

=

4

Boy R. (GM): no need, it's not a stressful situation

Simon says to Proclus "chasing the moon is a fool's errand! to find rewards on earth, you must give the saints their due!"

Ferris finds some impressive architecture, and has a bit of difficulty navigating the smooth dome, and ultimately finds no evidence of the vis

your guide says it should be within the church

Proclus of Rome: What kind of Earthly rewards?

Ferris of Trinoma: I want to pear down the opening to see what the light shines down on

peer* down...

Boy R. (GM): well where the light strikes will change as the night advances of course, but directly below the opening is where saint simon is chained to his post

Ferris of Trinoma: Hmm, maybe the Saint has the dust on him?

Boy R. (GM): "Rewards? Heart's ease, and promise of salvation. Perhaps even... a truly great act of contrition... that might merit a token of power"

johns: hmm

pretty sure these are demons or faeries

Boy R. (GM): I suspect you guys lack the formal knowledge to make any sense of this

johns: you should kill them and eat the vis either way

Proclus of Rome: Well, you kind of gave it away when you said there was an Infernal aura outside the church.

Boy R. (GM): in murder alley?

Proclus of Rome: Yes.

Boy R. (GM): that was a little way off, and not uncommon in a place that's seen a lot of sin

Proclus of Rome: Oh ok.

Never mind then.

Boy R. (GM): the aura IS anomalous though

it might be magic, faerie, or infernal

Ferris of Trinoma: What do you want to do Proclus?

Proclus of Rome: Well, I'm reliably informed that my superior has a claim on the lunar output of this church.

Do you know him?

Boy R. (GM): he indicates no. this line of conversation appears to bore him

johns: Do something creative.

Draw him a geometric picture or something.

Proclus of Rome: Oh yeah, if he's a saint he should love those.

Boy R. (GM): "You have no claims on anything in the house of God! I cast thee out, false Christian!"

Proclus of Rome: Actually, is there any geometric significance in the arrangement of Saint Simon and the penitents?

Ferris of Trinoma: I'm going to search around the roof for a spider or insect to make bigger

Proclus of Rome: I can't see it but what shape are they making?

Boy R. (GM): there are six of htem spaced evenly around the room. with the entrane and the altar they make 8 sides of a regular octagon with Simon at the exact center!

this could have all kinds of implications

Proclus of Rome: It could.

Boy R. (GM): ferris, roll per+animal ken

Ferris of Trinoma:

rolling 1d10 + 1 + 3

(

6

)

+1+3

=

10

Proclus of Rome: Oh if only I had some kind of knowledge of mystical geometry.

Boy R. (GM): meanwhile the saints get bored of this interview, and the various penitents climb off their plinths and approach proclus

Proclus of Rome: Like if I belonged to a cult of some time.

I mean kind.

Should I roll my Mystery Cult Lore here?

Boy R. (GM): Well, I guess so

Ferris finds a spider living in a crack

what level is your animal ken btw?

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! + 4

(

4

)

+4

=

8

Ferris of Trinoma: 3

Boy R. (GM): you can communicate with it on a very basic level

Proclus of Rome: Wait am I supposed to divide by 2 when adding to a roll?

For abilities?

Boy R. (GM): nah, straight die+stat+ability

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

I have INT of +2, pushing me to 10 and I'd like to spend a Confidence Point.

Ferris of Trinoma: "Hey little spider, do you go inside this building?"

Proclus of Rome: So that's a total of 15.

Boy R. (GM): ok, Proclus, you absently note that the building's circular construction is typical of the pre-christian roman cult, and admire its many lines of symmetry. in ancient days lots of household shrines would be arranged in this fashion to attract beneficient spirits - the household  lares  could get very attached to such dwellings

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Boy R. (GM): the geometry is entirely wrong for a church however

Proclus of Rome: Well, no wonder things seem so strange!

Boy R. (GM): I mean a rite of consecration made it so, obviously, but you could hardly expect it to be as effective as in a purpose built chapel

Proclus of Rome: Well, I'll ask Saint Simon if he's a real saint.

Boy R. (GM): The spider says maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, what's it to you?

Proclus of Rome: Or if he's a pre-Christian Roman spirit.

Boy R. (GM): of course you can pick it up and drop it in if you like

Proclus of Rome: I feel like honesty is the best policy, here.

Boy R. (GM): "We are the honoured dead! We lead the doubting and the sufferers to new life, to greater virtue! Cast him out, he mocks us"

Proclus of Rome: I guess this is more being direct.

Ferris of Trinoma: "What to be bigger, little spider? I just need to know where the moon dust is inside of there"

Proclus of Rome: You know, the octagon is a very ancient and powerful shape.

Especially in Rome.

I'm not surprised you favor it.

Boy R. (GM): the spider isn't all that interested. it never enters the temple when the moon is out, because its full of noisy humans

Proclus of Rome: My personal theory is that it is easy to construct an octagon and, therefore, Romans tended to prefer them when designing their chapels.

Do you find that the octagonal arrangement produces more holy outcomes?

Boy R. (GM): as you reflect on this, you are dragged out of hte church and the doors closed behind you

Proclus of Rome: How rude!

Boy R. (GM): sad but true

Proclus of Rome: Well, I'll come back tomorrow night and ask them more questions.

Boy R. (GM): that's your prerogative

Ferris of Trinoma: I float on down from the roof

to meet up with Proclus

Boy R. (GM): it appears the vis has been sequestered by the spirits that dwell here

Proclus of Rome: That seems likely.

Boy R. (GM): unless you're prepared to face them down, or play their games, it's hard to know how you can gain

Proclus of Rome: You can learn a lot by talking to people.

Ferris of Trinoma: Want to burn down a church, Proclus?

Proclus of Rome: Or talking at them, to be precise.

Why?

Ferris of Trinoma: Joking of course

Proclus of Rome: That would ruin the dome and we wouldn't be able to collect any vis at all.

Do you know anyone who feels sorry for what they've done?

Ferris of Trinoma: Yes, yes. Should we try to remove them forcefully though?

johns: yes

the guy who mugged you

Proclus of Rome: He ran off.

Boy R. (GM): unfortunately you don;t know where he lives

you could obtain some of his blood probably

Proclus of Rome: I assume he lives in Rome.

Ferris of Trinoma: Ha! We should have kept him around.

johns: that's why I said you should have drafted him!

cthinker: well, he probably bled all over the ground

Ferris of Trinoma: You're right Johns.

Proclus of Rome: He said he isn't religious.

cthinker: thats an arcane connection, right there.

Proclus of Rome: Well, we could drag the corpse in here.

But I don't think corpses are ever sorry.

Ferris of Trinoma: We could ask the corpse.

Proclus of Rome: I don't know how to use magic to find specific people.

Ferris of Trinoma: Scrying I think

Boy R. (GM): it can be done but alas, it requires an accurate map

johns: do you have an arcane connection to him?

Boy R. (GM): actually that's not true, it requires some kind of medium that's all

Proclus of Rome: He left his blood all over the joint.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let me try then

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Boy R. (GM): when you injured him he bled on the ground, and you can take an arcane connection tht would let you find him with an intellego corpus or mentem spell

actually maybe not mentem, location doesn't seem to be a quality of minds

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Sortes Virgilianae Ease Factor 12: Locate a person to whom you have an Arcane Connection

Boy R. (GM): oh cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Doing this inside our magic aura

cthinker: maybe nice

* nice

Boy R. (GM): locate the exact passage in the aeneid that says he's over here idiot

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I am not sure if I add the bonus for asking a question about Rome

Boy R. (GM): I'll allow it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that's a generous interpretation you can feel free to retract later

Boy R. (GM): yeah

this guy has rome in his blood

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!+2+3+5+(6/2)

(

10

+

8

)

+2+3+5+(6/2)

=

31

lol

cthinker: nice

Proclus of Rome: Well, Rome ha his blood in it, to be precise.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: And takes a Trojan lord, Aeneas, to her throne.

“And now that Paris, tricked in Lydian guise,

With perfumed locks and bonnet, and his crew

"Well, that's obvious."

Boy R. (GM): sure

hje's in Paris

Proclus of Rome: Blast!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: damn he's fast

Boy R. (GM): alright you track him uncannily to his lodgings, which he shares with the guy you killed. the one who ran off is not in evidence

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that divination takes 36 minutes to do fwiw

Rabble: that;s fine. it's nearing morning by the time you get there, because it's summer, and you rouse this guy from his sleep

"what? no! what do you want? I promised to mend my ways just... give me at least a day!"

well, anyway, is it your intent to throw this guy on the mercy of some martyr-spirits?

Proclus of Rome: That wasn't MY idea.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Yes

It my idea, ergo it is a good idea

Proclus of Rome: Allowing something to happen when you could prevent it is the same as doing it yourself, of course.

Rabble: you'll need to leave it to the next night, but going to church and confessing was basically what he had in mind anyway so it works out

Proclus of Rome: So do you not botch when you're using Euclidean magic?

Rabble: Saint Simon is reasonably pleased with this, and admires how your poor pleb submits willingly to all the tortures they have

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is that directed at me

it's virgil not euclid

and yes you can botch

Proclus of Rome: Oh right.

Euclid was really great so sometimes I get confused.

Rabble: he gives you a little pearly nugget composed of the moon dust, which amounts to 1 pawn, though he insists you do not deserve it. Still, if you can convince further penitents to seek salvation, it may be for the best.

Proclus of Rome: I'll continue to pester him about octagons.

Boy R. (GM): He doesn't care at all, your passions do not resonate with his role so he can't feed on your vitality

which is to say, he ignores you, and you're kicked out once more

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hmm where can we find a replenishable source of torture victims

Proclus of Rome: We could advertise.

Boy R. (GM): I'm glad that worked out so neatly

Proclus of Rome: OR, we could get those guys exorcised or whatever.

Ferris of Trinoma: We could just walk around the streets and wait for muggers

Aristocritus of Trianoma: or you could just brutally slay them and process vis from their bodies

Ferris of Trinoma: ^

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Boy R. (GM): Your very last vis source isn't much trouble, it's in the possession of a folk witch who uses it for healing potions but she doesn't have the power to oppose you. It's up to you how you want to deprive her of this treasure

That too is possible

It may even be possible for you now

Proclus of Rome: I'd like to ask Venator if he knew about Saint Simon and the penitents.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: how do you get the vis out of the well, again

Venator ex Misc: "Sounds like fairies. Hm. No, they're new to me, but they may have been dormant in the temple. Such creatures can alter themselves, over time, to suit what people expect of them, but in most cases it's an unconscious process.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Can the folk witch make use of any of the resources in our library like arts books?

Proclus of Rome: Alright, that explanation satisfies me.

Did you know that they were using an octagonal configuration for their ritual?

Well, how could you?

Nevertheless, it was the case.

Venator ex Misc: She is illiterate. If she learned to read, she could use books on arcane abilities

Proclus of Rome: Ancient Rome had a real handle on how to deal with arcane geometries!

Boy R. (GM): The vis here is collected by sieving the water through a silver mesh

occasionally it will produce oddly coloured pebbles, which are fragments of creo vis

Lavinia of Jerbiton: folk witch potions are pretty rad, it might actually be better to let her use it and bargain for a share of what she brews

Proclus of Rome: I don't care about potions.

You can use potions to build a house.

Brunisenda: she is not a powerful witch, but she's heard of the order and she's open to most any offer that lets her keep her source of power

I actually haven't statted her potion making a bilities

if you want to take witch service in lieu of vis that's doable

Lavinia of Jerbiton: they can make potions that can cure fatigue

which is good shit for Magi

Proclus of Rome: You can cure fatigue by taking a nap.

I'd need to know how good she is at making potions before I agreed to this.

Brunisenda: Well, I'll say she's not gifted, and her witch abilities are potions and animal ken

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i was totally ready to cast voice of the lake, here

Brunisenda: ah shit sorry

Aristocritus of Trianoma: haha

Brunisenda: I wanted to speed through things because it's running late

Aristocritus of Trianoma: makes sense

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it's not too big a deal, I think I can make similar stuff through medical empirica

Proclus of Rome: Well you could still do that.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: so we could just kill her. or trade sessions of teaching.

Proclus of Rome: I spent a LOT of time hectoring fairies, to be fair.

I'm booked solid for the rest of the year.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: what kind of aura are we lookin at here

Brunisenda: True. The lake conveniently tells you if it has any vis remaing, and when it was last harvested

Aristocritus of Trianoma: that works

Brunisenda: uh, magic 2

Proclus of Rome: You need to cast a spell to sense auras!

Brunisenda: this well is magical for reasons that are lost to history

Proclus of Rome: I know this because I have that spell!

Brunisenda: yes but it;s very easy so we often gloss over it

Proclus of Rome: It's only level 2, anyway.

Proclus of Rome: But there's always the possibility of a botch.

Aristocritus of Trianoma:

rolling 1d10 + 13 + 1 + 2

(

5

)

+13+1+2

=

21

Boy R. (GM): in fact really it would be better practice to ask for a roll and then the GM applies the aura modifier

Aristocritus of Trianoma: so, i take a fatigue level, not that it really matters

Boy R. (GM): you are winded, but the lake speaks

can anyone hear it?

or is it in your mind

Aristocritus of Trianoma: the second, i think

Boy R. (GM): yeah looks like it

well, it's a cool spell so I'd like to think of a way for this to be useful

Aristocritus of Trianoma: hello, lake, seen any vis lately

Proclus of Rome: You could always ask the Tiber if it has seen any.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: yeah but the tiber is gross

Boy R. (GM): it customarily allows its vis to bubble to the top, where the witch who lives nearby scoops it off

Proclus of Rome: I guess that's a river and not a lake.

Boy R. (GM): any body of water is good

Aristocritus of Trianoma: can the well describe the witch for us

Proclus of Rome: Why?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: How much time would we have to dedicate to teaching the witch to make a deal with her

Proclus of Rome: We know what she looks like.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: heck

does anyone have any other questions for the well

Boy R. (GM): she looks like a peasant woman

Proclus of Rome: Who dug you?

Boy R. (GM): it was dug by the titans in the first age of the earth

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Too bad about the absolutely horrible shape.

Boy R. (GM): hm

Proclus of Rome: Unless it was supposed to be an arch.

Boy R. (GM): ok, the well would like to be more beautiful, and will agree to reserve its vis for you to collect if you'll perform some substantial building works

Proclus of Rome: I don't tell the well that last part, I don't want to give it a complex.

Boy R. (GM): it's the nature of magical things to strive for perfection

Proclus of Rome: I mean about it being an arch.

No well deserves to hear that.

Aristocritus of Trianoma: sick hat

Proclus of Rome: I could definitely dig it into a perfect circle.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you're not a real witch without a floppy hat imo

Proclus of Rome: But it would probably take a while because I would have to dig with a shovel.

Boy R. (GM): well basically, you can deal with either the witch or the well

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I think it'd be cool to befriend the witch and add her to a network of agents

Aristocritus of Trianoma: that would be cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i just want to know what it will cost in resources or time

Proclus of Rome: I don't see why we can't do both.

Boy R. (GM): the witch is prepared to split the vis income 50:50 for a non-aggression pact and maybe you'll help her with problems she can't deal with

pleasing the well would cost money and sidestep the witch altogether, possibly annoying her

major investment in the well may increase its vis output, or destroy it altogether

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets cast some votes

Boy R. (GM): she'd also give up all the vis for a season of teaching every couple of years

Lavinia of Jerbiton: id do that

Proclus of Rome: We could deal with the witch now and then I could improve the well later when I know more about digging.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1 season every 2 years?

Boy R. (GM): i guess that's less of a sacrifice under the new xp rules

Ferris of Trinoma: Seems good to me

Aristocritus of Trianoma: one season of parma teaching every two years. easy

Boy R. (GM): but sure, ok

really she's happy just not to be join-or-die'd

Proclus of Rome: Isn't it illegal to teach someone outside of the Order of Hermes Parma Magica?

Aristocritus of Trianoma: i think we should strike a bargain now, and then see if the output can be improved later by perfecting the architecture

Lavinia of Jerbiton: The witch can do the collecting and bring it to us when she drops by for tutoring, saving us any effort of dealing with this well

Boy R. (GM): it's extremely illegal

Lavinia of Jerbiton: good plan aristocritus

Aristocritus of Trianoma: it's the most illegal thing around

Proclus of Rome: It is NOT illegal to be nice to a well.

And is, in fact, a cornerstone of my improvement plans for Rome.

Boy R. (GM): alright, good shit

for a mostly successful session take 8experience, and the rest of 1314

actually those of you who joined today, take all four seasons

Proclus of Rome: Ok.

Ferris of Trinoma: sweet

Boy R. (GM): also I put up the library on the wiki to help with season planning

Aristocritus of Trianoma: does my elemental bonus kick in if i put some of the experience into an element

Boy R. (GM): please fill in book titles as you think of them

http://ars-badgame-ii.wikia.com/wiki/Library

Aristocritus of Trianoma: or do i have to actually study a book or vis to get that

johns (GM): is benedetti's study imaginem vis or intelligo vis

Proclus of Rome: You need to do Studying.

Boy R. (GM): it's intellego

Proclus of Rome: Intelligo.

Boy R. (GM): and yeah you get the bonus from studying, either a book or raw vis

Aristocritus of Trianoma: heck

Boy R. (GM): elemental magic is honestly kind of weak, I'd be open to a rewrite but I haven't heard a good one

Proclus of Rome: Just use the XP when you're using your lab.

Boy R. (GM): prinny put up with it for a few months

lab work strictly doesn't count as studying either

Lavinia of Jerbiton: boyar i'm going to start updating various characters in the jouirnal to be visible to all & track our interactions with them

since we're in one big city I expect we end up seeing the same people a lot

Boy R. (GM): good call

yeah we should probably keep things tidy from the outset

i wasn't expecting you to befriend these throwaway npcs, so good job

also remember btw: all exposure is now practice experience, so that means you can't gain experience in the arts from stuff like inventing spells. put it into random abilities

anyway good night, and thanks for playin

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1 sec

do we start getting the auram vis in 1315?

welp

Boy R. (GM): you didn't get the auram vis at all

Proclus of Rome: Do you roll anything to make an enchanted item?

Boy R. (GM): only if you experiment

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ah, so we have to make Milo come to Rome to do certamen first?

(and win I assume)

Boy R. (GM): yeah i guess so. he lives in magvillus and he's not nearly as old as venator

Proclus of Rome: So, I'm making a Numerologist Book this year.

Boy R. (GM): the issue is psyching venator up for it, he sees it as your problem

Proclus of Rome: How do I know how difficult is it?

Boy R. (GM): where are they described

Proclus of Rome: The Book of Mysteries.

It takes 8 pawns to open a +4 Numerology book and 8 Artes Liberales.

It gives +4 to Hermetic Arithmatic lab rolls and can be consulted to give a bonus to Rotes.

Boy R. (GM): ok, what youre doing there is creating an invested item, as described in the labs chapter of AM core

opening an item for enchantment takes a season, the only demand on your skill is that you need to have enough magic theory to use as much vis as it requires

so you need 8 pawns of vim vis, 8 AL, 8MT

Proclus of Rome: It should be half under the new system, right?

Boy R. (GM): and then you have an item you can put as much as 80 levels of effects in

Proclus of Rome: Oh no the book says twice.

Ok.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oh and I know ludewig already declined but do proclus or ferris want to be part of a health regimen adding to their Aging rolls

Proclus of Rome: So it does look like I can finish this in a single season.

Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: How do you feel about bloodletting and giving urine samples to a hedge wizard

Proclus of Rome: Fine.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: excellent

Proclus of Rome: Why would you want to hurt me?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: proclus reminds me of grerr in a way

Proclus of Rome: Oh?

How so?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Guileless to a fault

Boy R. (GM): he'll end up getting killed by being completely unfazed by a powerful magic spirit's threats

Proclus of Rome: Too bad Aegis of the Hearth isn't Hermetic Architecture.

I don't need to roll anything to complete the lab, right?

Boy R. (GM): nah

Proclus of Rome: What is the witch's name?

Boy R. (GM): Brunisenda

Brunisenda of Calcata

Proclus of Rome: Can I put points into my Mystery Cult lore if I don't have a teacher?

Hmm it says I can but it could lead to schismatic rituals.

Boy R. (GM): I'm not 100% certain

Proclus of Rome: Well, that's fine by me.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Thanks for running BR, this was a real good session

Boy R. (GM): I'm glad it worked out

Proclus of Rome: Yes, a real pleasure.

Boy R. (GM): well the nice thing about a new campaign is you can mine all the classic ars plots

anyway i should go to bed for real. peace

Proclus of Rome: Good night.