6/18/17

c'thinker: oh no, the chat log is cleared

who is plotting to kill who

Endrite (GM): Mystical greetings gamers.

Shauncat (GM): Hello

Endrite (GM): The game doesn't start for half an hour.

dys: It's good to arrive early.

johns (GM): the chat log is on the wiki

dys: Minus the end part where we worked out how we'll kill Aristocritus, obviously.

johns (GM): no thats there too

Endrite (GM): Good.

I'd hate to forget it.

Is this everybody?

Shauncat (GM): I know DFD ducked out, don't know about beardbeard

dys: Cumthinker is online, and has 2 minutes to arrive, so I assume he'll be here.

Beardbeard definitely can't

Endrite (GM): He has 2 minutes to tell us he is not gay.

Shauncat (GM): cumthink'ers been chatting in discord

c'thinker: greet's

dys: Minus the end part where we worked out how we'll kill Aristocritus, obviously.

it probably wouldn't be that hard honestly.

Endrite (GM): Just throw him down the well.

Anyway, everyone go into player mode.

I use the GM layer for things.

Shauncat: Done

Beatrice Orsini : using the gm layer is degenerate

Endrite (GM): It's convenient.

Fuck you.

Shauncat: I guess this is a red wedding then

Better pick which PC I'm less attached to

Beatrice Orsini : i use it so i don't forget color coding

Endrite (GM): A what?

c'thinker: so which npc will be realizing the final secret of alchemy and attaining true immortality today

Shauncat: Napolino

Endrite (GM): Ok, fair warning: it's very hot here today so either I or my computer might die.

If that happens talk amongst yourselves about what you'd like to do at the Tribunal.

Shauncat: Could be both, since computers make heat

johns: if endrite dies we're raiding his lab

Zita of Mercere: Endrite's cooling system should be more advanced than his PC.

c'thinker: if that happens we will just assume everyone who went on the wedding adventure died too

endrite's final tpk

Shauncat: If Procius isn't being played we'll have to join a covenant with an aegis

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well we HAD a casting tablet for it until we decided to spend the points on something else

Endrite (GM): If I die then I bequeath Proclus to the most worthy among you.

Zita of Mercere: Congratulations, Ferris.

Darvin I mean. Ferris was the PC.

Shauncat: If I die then i'll just say Jorn got stuck in Arcadia forever like Sevrin did

Endrite (GM): Lavinia gets a letter!

In fact, she gets two!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lucky

johns: Yeah I Read Letters

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i only ever get letters off-camera

(From Endrite (GM)): Both Monsignor Ordelaffi and Monsignor Malatesta have invited you to be their guest at the wedding between Gaetano Malatesta and Bella Ordelaffi.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Both Monsignor Ordelaffi and Monsignor Malatesta have invited you to be their guest at the wedding between Gaetano Malatesta and Bella Ordelaffi.

invited me.

(From Endrite (GM)): Both men say they are sure that this will bring peace between their two families.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "They feel that this wedding will bring peace between the two families."

can the GM recap who gaetano and bella are

Zita of Mercere: We saved Bella's life

From dogs! We turned them into vis

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The swamp vicars?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Hmph. Well, have fun with that nonsense."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What a pickle! Both want me to be their guest but I will have to choose one."

Endrite (GM): Gaetano is the kid, now a young adult, who has Second Sight and showed you the mound.

Shauncat: Not even Kifaaya would have known them so I'll find out everything by proxy

Lavinia of Jerbiton: was Gaetano the one whose blood got harvested

Endrite (GM): He ALSO was mercilessly tortured by Bonfilia.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: nice, nice

Archibald of Guernicus: Ah. The child that Bonfilia attacked, mutilated, then messed with his memory.

Shauncat: The only one

Lavinia of Jerbiton: and you all sat by and let it happen

Archibald of Guernicus: audience: which one? ha ha

I didn't

Endrite (GM): Bella does not have second sight, as far as you know, but she did tell you about the demons' plot to fan the fires of war.

Archibald of Guernicus: I turned off our only light source and told her to stop being a psychopath.

Shauncat: Vardian's Tomb Necromancer: wow, that person is sick

Lavinia of Jerbiton: do the two families have guelph/ghibelline allegiances

Endrite (GM): Wow, what a hard line to take.

Yes.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: look i was GOING to stop her at the next regio entrance

but then there wasn't another

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i will ask Ildebrando for a lore check if thats what youre waiting for

Endrite (GM): The Ordelaffi are Ghiblines and the Malatesta are Guelphs.

No, I had to check which is which.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I've got more important things tae do. If ye need me I'll be in my lab." I walk off and sit in my lab until winter

Endrite (GM): This right here is why you're the best, Boss.

Jørn of Merinita: I hear the French have a new architectural style taking the world by storm. Perhaps amicability towards them would allow for learning opportunities.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: man who makes children cry and dogs howl in his presence: i didnt want to go to a stinkin party anyway

Endrite (GM): Heh.

But maybe, Jorn.

I guess we know where to put you.

Archibald of Guernicus: Parties are terrible. The music stops when you walk in and everyone stares at you until you leave.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I consider it would be best to accept the Ordelaffi invite and then send a letter to the Maltesta politely explaining I had already received and replied to the Ordelaffis by the time I received their note

Beatrice Orsini : i have enough imaginem to make my own music

Jørn of Merinita: I was already assigned to this side by not being invested in either faction

Might as well make the best of it.

Endrite (GM): Ok, Lavinia.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "So who wishes to come out on this joyous occasion?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: sfx: crickets

Lavinia of Jerbiton sighs

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You would be happier and healthier if you could learn to appreciate the joys of society and aesthetics."

Hypatia of Athens: "Sounds like a lovely occasion."

Beatrice Orsini : i'll go if you get the grogs to make me a new dress to show off

+2 vain personality

Zita of Mercere: "Ooh, I'll come."

Hypatia of Athens: Giacopo can make you a dress.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Why on Earth would I want to deal with either family?"

Endrite (GM): I should point out that these two families are not only temporal rulers but they also have ties to the Church.

Hypatia of Athens: Ok

Endrite (GM): Both patriarchs are also Vicars.

Hypatia of Athens: Hypatia definitely cares more than Jorn then

Endrite (GM): So befriending them further could prove valuable.

Zita of Mercere: "Always good to have friends in high places."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "They're rich, important, sophisticated, and believe that we have improved their lives by ridding them of a demonic menace."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: they live in a swamp!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "So do we!"

Zita of Mercere: "I'm sure it's a lovely swamp."

Endrite (GM): They live in Cesena.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: It's an awful swamp!

Endrite (GM): Drop your toke' on the map if you want to go.

There's also a nearby port.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Would several barrels of Roman Olive Oil be an acceptable wedding gift

Endrite (GM): Sure.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm. are you taking any grogs

Endrite (GM): Everyone loves Olive Oil.

Ack ack ack ack.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I'm bringing Sir Oak ofc

Endrite (GM): Sure.

Zita of Mercere: I'm going decked out in magic items.

Endrite (GM): Ok so we have three people and one fake person.

Zita of Mercere: I'll get a grog to put on the horse saddle to take me there.

Hypatia of Athens: I can't take mine off

Aristocritus Bonisagi: huh, ombra is still alive?

Zita of Mercere: Apparently.

I'm keeping the magic items Kifaaya left with me so I can give them as payment someday for whatever low crime I end up committing.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let's bring Napolino

he'd love a party

Endrite (GM): Sure.

Zita of Mercere: Sure. Would he love being a horse?

Endrite (GM): You can bring essentially unlimited grogs.

You're important people, so naturally you need a retinue that befits your status.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll just ride a normal horse

Beatrice Orsini : take all of them

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets leave the shutin nerds defenseless

Endrite (GM): Also we need some more player characters.

Hypatia of Athens: You probably don't want to take the minotaur to the noble wedding

Beatrice Orsini : it would be great entertainment

Aristocritus Bonisagi: your entourage wouldn't be complete without turb captain luca

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he doesnt have any stats afiak

Hypatia of Athens: Beatrice can ride on a mundane horse with me, my item keeps horses calm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's got uhhh

8 leadership

Lavinia of Jerbiton: neat

Aristocritus Bonisagi: so he has one stat

Beatrice Orsini : i'll ride with hypatia then so i don't have to walk

Endrite (GM): It's a bit of a trip.

Ordinary walking is going to be a real pain.

Zita of Mercere: I'll check what the bodice kifaaya left did mechanically, since I'm wearing it

Endrite (GM): Obviously magical walking would be fine, rpobably.

Beatrice Orsini : once out of dominion, i could wizard's leap 50 paces at a time

Lavinia of Jerbiton: walking is for peasants and mundanes and people without the gentle gift

Beatrice Orsini : but i'm not sure i'd be capable of taking my clothes with me

my animal is still not great

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bonfilia was the one with seasickness right

just take a boat now that she's marched

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you take your clothes and stuff you're holding when you do wizard's leap

you gotta make finesse checks every time you leap though cause you can botch the landing iirc

Beatrice Orsini : the book says you need requisites for things other than your talisman

Lavinia of Jerbiton: transforming mythic europe has some extra stuff about teleport spells

and making them more sensible

Hypatia of Athens: I think that's Seven League Stride that takes your items and requires Finesse

Beatrice Orsini : oh, i was going based on societates

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we're also going on the houserule that you can't teleport through solid matter anymore

Beatrice Orsini : that's fine

Lavinia of Jerbiton: anyway what's wrong with taking a boat or horses

Hypatia of Athens: I'm fine with either

Endrite (GM): Great question.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: have any of us offended Aeolus or Hera recently??

Hypatia of Athens: I have a portable house if we go over land

Endrite (GM): I really recommend you bring along more PCs.

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn can come then

He has Gentle Gift so he can't hurt much

Endrite (GM): One per player, please.

Hypatia of Athens: Oh

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm removing turb captain luca since he hasn't done anything at all since the time he poisoned his duel opponent

Zita of Mercere: Are you coming, archon.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's giancarlo's time to shine.

Endrite (GM): Ok I put all the PCs in Hungary.

Beatrice Orsini : cruel

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "This is an occasion for the Gently Gifted."

Hypatia of Athens: lol

Endrite (GM): Are you going Aristocritus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: n

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, it'll be fine. I'm sure no-one will notice."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well i can if you really want

Endrite (GM): Well, I mean just playing a grog isn't going to be very satisfying.

Zita of Mercere: You need to be there to make the rest of us look better. Also you were there when bella and the kid were rescued, each time.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: endrite is tricking you into getting aristocritus killed so proclus is the senior most wizard

Zita of Mercere: So the gift wont matter as much as what you have done

Lavinia of Jerbiton: giancarlo is a companion and not a grog

Endrite (GM): Venator is the most senior wizard.

Zita of Mercere: Right, we'll need to deal with that sometime.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the duties of my office weigh heavily upon me

Endrite (GM): Alright lookin' good.

So, are you riding out or are you going by ship?

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn dies in a stonemasonry accident while Hypatia survives the adventure

Endrite (GM): I also need not point on that it is polite to bring a gift.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we are

olive oil

Endrite (GM): Oh yeah!

I forgot.

How much does that cost?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: no clue

Hypatia of Athens: I thought about having Jorn craft something but then I realized he wouldn't know about the invite ahead of time

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's give them the reliquary

Zita of Mercere: I'll take a bottle of expensive wine as a gift.

Since I stole a bunch from proclus' girlfriend.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "I've traveled across Italy four times to visit this place already! We'll take a ship this time."

Endrite (GM): Good idea, Zita.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: city & guild says 1 ton of superior quality oil is 20 mp

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: idk how much is 1 barrel to 1 ton

Beatrice Orsini : just take a ton

Zita of Mercere: "I'll leave the saddle at home, then. Do we have a ship ready?"

Beatrice Orsini : enough to drown the entire party

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ale and wine are measured in gallons

and shipped in tuns. Eight pints

equal one gallon, which is about

1/120 of a pipe, or about 1/240 of

a tun. A tun defines the weight of a

ton.

Hypatia of Athens: I could give them a lewd Greek song.

AQ9

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1 oil barrel = 42 us gallons

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do we have any relics. a relic would make a sick wedding gift i bet

Endrite (GM): A song is a perfectly nice gift, but obviously a very cheap one.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: idk endrite you figure out a price here

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Hypatia of Athens: I'm a laywoman, I can't give lavish gifts

Endrite (GM): So three barrels would probably be much less than a tun.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: how about 6

Endrite (GM): Let's call it 10 mythic pounds worth of olive oil.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok!

that's less than a pawn of vis. easy gift

Zita of Mercere: Dying for Lavinia's oil profits

Lavinia of Jerbiton: if we're bringing a bunch of cargo would a ship be easier

Aristocritus Bonisagi: where can a guy get a byzantine icon on short notice

Zita of Mercere: Well to get to Hungary we probably will need a ship, yeah.

Endrite (GM): Ok, so going by ship will cost one pound for you and your goods.

Hypatia of Athens: Not bad.

Lavinia of Jerbiton updates my financial journal

Aristocritus Bonisagi: That's good value.

Endrite (GM): It'll take two weeks, plus you can bring a lot of baggage.

Zita of Mercere: In that case I'll bring the saddle anyway, just in case it's needed.

Endrite (GM): Never know when you'll need to be a horse.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how much for a bolt of Byzantine silk

Endrite (GM): Alright, you're taking oil, a bunch of grogs, and a magical saddle.

Anything else?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: some vis

always good to have a stash

Endrite (GM): Silk cloth or raw silk?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: cloth

Lavinia of Jerbiton: silk????? look at mr. fancy pants over here

Endrite (GM): Ok, write down what vis you're bringing and of what type?

Hypatia of Athens: You might be able to raid Kifaaya's lab for fancy Animal cloth

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do we process our vis into a standard form or is it all dead bugs and hound eyeballs

Endrite (GM): Ok, silk cloth is sold by the roll.

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn can make you some iron chess pieces for terram

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i'll bring 2 pawns each of auram terram and aquam

Hypatia of Athens: Well, stone pawns would be faster for him

Aristocritus Bonisagi: how about five pounds worth

Lavinia of Jerbiton: to date i envision our vis as stuff that can fit into a small capped test tube

Endrite (GM): Hmm, one tun of Byzantine Silk cloth is 50,000 Mythic Pounds.

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn will provide high quality crystal pawns for the terram

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Lavinia of Jerbiton: time to take out a loan I guess

you could give them a library book, aristocritus

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn mostly keeps a personal stock of limestone and volcanic ash, anything else would have to be provisioned

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we have this great Area Lore: Canaan book called The Bible

only read by proclus

Hypatia of Athens: Give them Kifaaya's bodice

Endrite (GM): We probably have a lot of bibles.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: bibles are expensive

Endrite (GM): A magical item would be a nice gift.

But you make the final decision.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: give them the Rod of Kabshiel

Endrite (GM): One weird trick.

Hypatia of Athens: Very well, I'll bring the bodice

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what about the carmina burana

Beatrice Orsini : i'll eventually want to read it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: if we have enough time we can just have our scribe make a copy of it

and our illuminator to illuminate it

Beatrice Orsini : but in that case a new copy can be bought

Zita of Mercere: We can't give that away, Hypatia.

For one, I'm wearing it

I'm bringing wine as a gift

Hypatia of Athens: Oh well

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets give them Zita as a gift

Hypatia of Athens: Ooo

Beatrice Orsini : hello, we brought you a stripper

Endrite (GM): Unfortunately she is a Hermetic Maga and is therefore not technically your property.

Zita of Mercere: That seems like the kind of gift that would lead to hurt feelings down the road.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we can settle this through certamen

Endrite (GM): Can we though?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: which book are the prices in

Endrite (GM): Neither of you can do it.

Beatrice Orsini : settle it through certamen and never get any mail again

Lavinia of Jerbiton: city & guild

Endrite (GM): City and Guild.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll give the gift of holy song

Beatrice Orsini : win/win

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets finalize our gifts within the next 9 irl minutes

Endrite (GM): They probably already hired minstrels.

Yes.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll grab a random item like Zita then

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well i guess

do you think a small fraction of a tun is a useable amount of silk

Hypatia of Athens: Like the wine she grabbed, that is

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's light stuff.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll give them one of GIacopo's cloaks

Endrite (GM): Probably.

Zita of Mercere: I settled my gift half an hour ago, because I care.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: five mp of silk then!

Beatrice Orsini : i don't have any treasures, but i'll grab something. i'll have two dresses made and give one away as a gift

Lavinia of Jerbiton: aristocritus shows up with a single silk handerkerchief

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the finest in all of Europe

Endrite (GM): Yeah that's probably not too much.

Actually the finest silk in Europe is found in Damascus.

Beatrice Orsini : enchant silk handkerchief with PeAq to perfectly remove smoke

sweat

Endrite (GM): And all the greatest courts, of course.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the finest silk is from Khanbaliq

Hypatia of Athens: Screw this, I'm a laywoman, I'm supposed to be the recipient of noblesse oblige, not the provisioner.

Endrite (GM): That isn't in Europe.

Hypatia of Athens: My presence is enough

Endrite (GM): But then neither is Byzantium.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: neither is damascus

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right i'll just grab the carmina burana

Endrite (GM): Isn't it though?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: no.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's go

Endrite (GM): Ok, sounds good.

A silk hankie and a half-tun of olive oil.

Pretty good stuff.

Alright to the seas!

Who here has the regular Gift?

Beatrice Orsini : i do

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Well, fortunately you're a woman, so sailors already don't appreciate having you on the ship.

Hypatia of Athens: girl stink

Endrite (GM): There's a little tension, but women have to travel by sea sometimes too.

Beatrice Orsini : it's unfortunate

Lavinia of Jerbiton: its okay we have a big strong greek guy to keep us safe

by having sex with the sailors

Hypatia of Athens: So brave~

Zita of Mercere: A proud, ancient tradition

Aristocritus Bonisagi: everyone is very weirded out by the wizards but nobody really minds the animated wooden statue

Endrite (GM): You get some leers and rude comments, but your money is good enough that you get to Cesena without issue.

He's wearing armor.

You can't tell he's made of wood.

Zita of Mercere: It's a wooden statue of a guy, what's the problem?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: who wears armor 24/7

Zita of Mercere: He's just shy.

Beatrice Orsini : this guy

Endrite (GM): You've arrived a week before the wedding starts.

Hypatia of Athens: The statue is a wedding gift

Beatrice Orsini : no one examines him closely because he wears armor 24/7 and therefore stinks

Zita of Mercere: Oh, I've started carrying a knife around, since brawl applies to them too. Not openly though.

Endrite (GM): No one is there to meet you at the docks, but you have a pretty good idea of the lay of the land.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: he's my sworn protector. also he's under an oath of silence while the bishop of Rome is under the babylonian captivity

Endrite (GM): Probably 100% of Mythic Europeans carry knives around.

Zita of Mercere: I can relate to that.

Hypatia of Athens: I probably carry a knife even though I can't use it. I'm showing a token effort to defend myself.

I just do my deliveries with a turb

Endrite (GM): How else are you going to cut your food?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we don't have a turb

just a captain

Hypatia of Athens: I borrow one from Mercere then

I mean, Harco

Lavinia of Jerbiton: old polish trick, always carry a small sword like object to cut your food

Zita of Mercere: I meant a proper dagger, unless knives for food are functionally identical.

Beatrice Orsini : the only advantage dagger has over a knife is that it's better for stabbing maps

Hypatia of Athens: We need a system where we just have a quantum turb that contains an indeterminate amount of guys who all have different names but the same stats

Aristocritus Bonisagi: old polish trick: always carry a small amount of bread with you to appease the pagan spirits

Endrite (GM): There's no difference between a dagger and a knife and I won't hear otherwise.

Hypatia of Athens: And can just name one when we need a bodyguard

Zita of Mercere: Now, not that I would suggest that Ars Magica has an incredibly overly detailed weapons list.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what are we going to do, pay an indeterminate amount of gold

Endrite (GM): Anyway, you're here early, do you want to do anything?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: rent a horse and cart

Zita of Mercere: "Wow. It really is a swamp."

Hypatia of Athens: Barely any commerce is done with actual coins anyway

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i gaze across the sea, far to the southeast, and sigh

Hypatia of Athens: Or done to the exact value of things

Endrite (GM): You could go visit the Ordelaffis, the Malatestas, or catch up with your priest buddies.

You can also try to contract the bride and groom separately from their families.

Arranging transportation was done as soon as you got off the docks.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll go hang out with the priests

Zita of Mercere: Checking the rulebook, daggers and knives do in fact have seperate combat stats. The superior dagger is what I carry.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll go with hypatia, since i don't know these people

Hypatia of Athens: I don't know any of these people but I have ties to the church

Lavinia of Jerbiton: maybe the priests have some gossip

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Zita of Mercere: I'm following my sodales around, probably Lavinia since she's a schemer and should know who's the best to talk to.

Beatrice Orsini : i need an opportunity to use charm skill, but priests probably aren't appropriate

Aristocritus Bonisagi: why not

Hypatia of Athens: Lavinia probably has the best idea of what would actually accomplish something, yes

Beatrice Orsini : not in front of hypatia

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's mythic europe baby

Beatrice Orsini : my social skills are good enough that i'm on the level of someone without social skills after gift penalty

Hypatia of Athens: As an ex-Goliard I probably don't mind a bit of bawdiness on Beatrice's part.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you're going to the monastery i will wait outside, since i have definitely yelled at those guys in the past

i'll just find some nice swamp to relax in

Beatrice Orsini : i don't know if they let women into the monastery, unless it's a nunnery

Endrite (GM): Do you want to go to the monastery or the church being built on Ops' mound, where you fought the demons?

Hypatia of Athens: Swamp wizards, headpunchers, spergs and virgs

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ooh

lets go to the infernal regio and die

Endrite (GM): Well, it's been built.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is that where the wedding is happening?

Zita of Mercere: The demon church sounds like a blast.

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lmao

Endrite (GM): Well it isn't in the Infernal Regio.

Hypatia of Athens: Did you hear about the covenant who went to the wedding at the demon church? It was destroyed.

Beatrice Orsini : lol

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets visit the monastery

and leave Demon Church From Beyond Hell for last

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Beatrice Orsini : all the best churches have infernal regio at the altar. for example, hagia sophia

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that was there cause crusaders killed 1000 innocents at the altar

Aristocritus Bonisagi: grove streat

Endrite (GM): Unlike the last time you were here, the gates of the monastery are open. Indeed, there seems to be a great deal of productive hustle and bustle.

Many monks are coming and going, it would be easy to just walk inside.

Zita of Mercere: Easy for normal people. We'll find a way to bungle it though.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let's not steal everything zita

Beatrice Orsini : just things that can be easily carried

Endrite (GM): The most valuable thing in this monastery is probably it's extensive library.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I ask a monk if the guest-master is about.

Zita of Mercere: I would never think of carefully examining wedding gifts for things to take home.

Monk: "Ah, you mean Fra Contizo?"

"He is quite busy with the preparations for the wedding."

Hypatia of Athens: I examine the aesthetic quality of the chanters

Lavinia of Jerbiton: who were the monks here we dealt with last time? it was the abbot and prior iirc?

Monk: Yes, Father Patrizio and Father Uallachan.

Zita of Mercere: Contizo's kid was the one getting married, right

(From Monk): Fra Contizo is your pen pal.

Monk: No.

He's a monk and has never known the touch of a woman.

As far as you know.

Hypatia of Athens: Hmmm

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I shan't disturb him for long-- in fact we are here for the wedding ourselves and need to be sure our gifts arrive to the right place."

Monk: But then you wouldn't expect to vicars to have children.

I mean "two vicars".

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Let's Seduce A monk

Zita of Mercere: Same ha ha. Let's find the lucky parents and congratulate them.

Hypatia of Athens: Yes, I shall find the cloister and, definitely not seduce anyone there

Zita of Mercere: "Are the vicars around? We want to congratulate them on the wedding."

Monk: "Of course, of course. Fra Contizo is in the library right now."

Beatrice Orsini : i'll go with hypatia to get in the way of her not seducing

Monk: He offers to escort you.

Zita of Mercere: Sure, that's polite of him.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I accept

Zita of Mercere: Thank you kindly monk.

brb 1 minute

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "He's preparing for the wedding in the library?"

Monk: "Oh no, the 'vicars' never come around here. They're too busy with their worldly concerns."

"One of Monsignor Malatesta's nephews accused Bella of being a blood relative to Gaetano, so Fra Contizo has been checking the marriage rolls for the last few days."

"It's always something with these people."

Hypatia of Athens: Just kidding, the temptations of the cloister are why I became a laywoman instead.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It sounds as though not everyone in these families is please with the marriage.. ?"

Monk: "I would never lower myself to gossip, but I must truthfully tell you that no one seems to support this marriage."

"Why do you think the arrangements have taken more than two years? Both Monsignor Malatesta and Monsignor Ordelaffi keep withdrawing their consent!"

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, so it's young love, and the families don't care for it?"

Monk: "Father Patrizio has run himself ragged trying to mediate their constant disputes."

Hypatia of Athens: "How poetic."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "How strange, the invitations I received from both families suggested this union would put an end to their strifes.."

Monk: "My dear girl, what has love ever had to do with a noble wedding?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: whats love but a second hand emotion.

Zita of Mercere: "Nothing at all, just thinking aloud."

Monk: "These men are so fractious it wouldn't surprise me if they changed their minds as soon as they sent the letters."

Hypatia of Athens: Love is for girls, marriage is for heteros

Monk: "That young Gaetano certainly seems happy about the marriage, but what young man wouldn't be? Bella is a true beauty, not that I'd know anything about that..."

Zita of Mercere: I don't mean to gossip, but [monks begins gossiping at incredible speed]

"It would put an end to the strife here though, would it not?"

Hypatia of Athens: I don't mean to gossip, but it's really fun and a way to let off steam about drama that's been a thorn in your side of late.

Monk: "Indubitably, marriage is a the bedrock of peace."

"That's why it's a sacrament, you know."

"What family would war against itself?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "An Italian one."

Hypatia of Athens smiles

Monk: He's escorting you pretty slowly, but he seems to be enjoying the conversation.

The monk gives you a sly smile.

AFK a sec.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I hope Fra Contizo does not find something that would disrupt the marriage."

and if he does, well, Zita can get married to Gaetano instead

Hypatia of Athens: Good luck Zita

I myself must keep myself pure for God

Zita of Mercere: It would be advantageous, though he might object to all children being handed over to the order of hermes.

That's why it's smarter to marry wizards, who can't complain.

Beatrice Orsini : not if you keep brainwash inghim to forget about the kid

Hypatia of Athens: Wizards might give you gifted Mercere kids, then you'll be loaded.

That's like marrying into the Rothchilds

Aristocritus Bonisagi: merceres are so weird.

Hypatia of Athens rolls one when Jorn dies

Zita of Mercere: House Mercere is the only good house

Monk: Ok I'm back.

Hypatia of Athens: I think with my obsession with logiistics I should've been Mercere

Beatrice Orsini : they already have the logistics figured out

Hypatia of Athens: Yeah

It was a problem they solved centuries ago

Monk: Well you know what they say, bad generals study tactics, while great generals study Virgil.

Hypatia of Athens: Nice

Monk: Anyway, do you have anymore gossip you want to talk about with this monk?

Hypatia of Athens: Nothing productive

Zita of Mercere: "Has there been any more trouble in the swamp? My sodales say they had a very hard time with the demons there before."

Monk: "Oh no, we haven't had any of that kind of business since they began building the new church.

"

Zita of Mercere: Nice, now they owe us for our help

Monk: How so?

Anyway, a more different looking monk is in the library, consulting some old documents. The gossipy monk allows you to make the introduction.

And leaves.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Salve, Fra Contizo."

Monk: "Oh," he looks up from his work and squints at you, "Is that Lavinia I see?"

"A true blessing to meet you today."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Likewise, as such an auspicious occasion is coming up."

Monk: "What brings you to the monastery, my child?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "My party was invited to the upcoming nuptials. However before making my presence known I wished to get the 'lay of the land,' as it were.. I understand matters between the two vicars are not as happy as they suggested to me in their letter."

"I was also concerned in my scholastic nature if there had been any more unsettling phenomena around the swamp."

Monk: He sighs, "Have guelphs and ghiblines ever managed to get along?"

"Sometimes I think they just picked opposing factions so they could have a reason to fight."

"Their hesitation on committing to these nuptials is widely known, but they've manage to keep their agreement for almost three months now, so the wedding is going on before they can change their minds."

"Honestly, it's held up work at the new church as well, Father Patrizio has insisted that this marriage be the ceremony that consecrates the grounds."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Naturally if there's anything my sodales and I can do to help you need only say the word. We all wish to see a peaceful resolution."

"Oh-- so it is not consecrated yet??"

Monk: "No, it's just a fancy pile of rocks until the wedding."

Beatrice Orsini : the church will get dedicated... to satan

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "To your knowledge is such a setup usual? Consecrating the ground with a wedding?"

Monk: "As far as unsettling phenomena, these blasted flagellants certainly qualify."

"They've been complaining about delays consecrating the church and I can't say that I blame them."

"Now that you mention it, it does seem a little strange to consecrate a church that way."

Zita of Mercere: "I'm not too familiar with these proceedings, but wouldn't that mean technically they're getting married in an infernal place?"

"If the church only becomes consecrated after the wedding."

Monk: "Still, Father Patrizio has been quite keen on 'traditional forms of worship' lately, so maybe he's trying to emulate the early Church."

"What are you saying?"

"It's just some old cave."

Zita of Mercere: Do we have anyone with Church Lore?

Monk: Great question.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: not I sadly

Zita of Mercere: Cave? Oh dear

Beatrice Orsini : maybe hypatia

Zita of Mercere: Oh true, she is quite religious

Hypatia of Athens: I do

Monk: "Well, it's built on the hill over a cave, of course."

"The cave is much too small to fit a church," he chuckles.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: which of the two vicars was held captive in the tower in the regio?

Hypatia of Athens:

rolling 5+3+d10 Church Lore

5+3+

(

6

)

=

14

Monk: Both of them.

Zita of Mercere: "Aristocritus, you were in that cave, weren't you?"

Monk: What do you want to know, Hypatia?

Hypatia of Athens: Never mind

Monk: Ok?

There were two regios, as you recall.

Hypatia of Athens: I didn't notice until now it was Zita calling for it, sorry

Lavinia of Jerbiton: was father Patrizio prisoner there too?

Monk: The tower and then the barrow mound.

Yes, both Father Patrizio and Father Uallachan were being tortured by demons.

Hypatia of Athens: If someone tells me what to ask I'll try again

Zita of Mercere: Oh, I was mentioning church lore since I wondered if we could check about consecrating a church with a wedding

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the barrow cave?

Zita of Mercere: Since he said it was unusual

Hypatia of Athens: Oh

I have Dominion Lore

That would probably pertain more to consecration

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the cave regio is where you spilled gaetano's blood and the tower regio entrace was located on the top of mound if I remember correct

Monk: Dominion Lore can be used but gives a quite different answer to church-y questions.

Correctamundo, Lavinia.

Hypatia of Athens: Oh

I can find regio borders for the party too if needed

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Is the church meant to be dedicated to a particular saint, or a relic?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The cave is indeed too small to house a church," Aristocritus says cautiously.

Zita of Mercere: "Thank you, Archon."

Monk: "Yes, Father Uallachan is dedicating it to Saint Patrick."

"He's a famous Irish saint, you know."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "He rid the isle of snakes if I remember correctly."

Hypatia of Athens: I wouldn't be inclined to believe a wedding would suffice to make a church consecrated

Generally, you need a congregation for that

And/or a relic

Lavinia of Jerbiton: How big a congregation is needed?

Monk: "Yes, Father Uallachan said that he could also rid the mound of demons."

Hypatia of Athens: Ok, that's a good question for Church Lore

How big would the congregation need to be?

Monk: A wedding party is congregation.

Hypatia of Athens: Ahhh

Monk: You know, if they're Christians.

Hypatia of Athens: Well there you go

Zita of Mercere tugs collar

Hypatia of Athens smiles true faithishly

Monk: Which, spoiler alert, the wedding guests all are.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Yes.. I hope so too. I'm just-- and you'll forgive me for fretting I hope-- concerned about this joyous wedding occurring  before  the demons have been driven off."

Monk: With some exceptions, clearly.

Hypatia of Athens: Dominion Lore would give you similar answers

Zita of Mercere: "It'll be fine. Right."

"Right?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Have a little faith, Zita."

Hypatia of Athens: Except the congregation is more regular due to the urban population.

Monk: "Well, we haven't seen them since they started building the church. It's just about the only thing the Monsignors could agree on."

"Everyone knows that's what you do to old pagan sites."

Beatrice Orsini : they both plan to massacre the wedding party and blame it on the other

Hypatia of Athens: I might be able to find some stuff out for you with Intervention

If you think anyone's possessed or w/e

Aristocritus Bonisagi: call down an angel to smite the wicked

Hypatia of Athens: That's a bit out of my wheelhouse

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's an easy solution!

Beatrice Orsini : i have blatant gift when it comes to divine beings, so i don't like that plan

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You mentioned this arrangement of using the wedding as consecration was a bit unusual-- do you know if Fra Ullachan had any concerns?"

Hypatia of Athens: Maybe if I prayed for a miracle and my roll exploded

Monk: Angel Summoner and the Hermetic Bandit.

Zita of Mercere: Greetings

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you put up a revi ward then they just can't see you. easy

Monk: "No, he seems to be going along with Father Patrizio. Ireland is still a little wild, maybe they do things this way all the time, there."

Hypatia of Athens: Be back in a bit

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hmmmmm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: patrizio...

Zita of Mercere: When are we expected to give wedding gifts, by the way?

I haven't been to a wedding since I was 4

Monk: Whenever it is convenient before the wedding, while still being good guests.

You know, not too early, but not too late.

Zita of Mercere: Ah

Monk: It's a delicate social situation.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: How much time do we have before the wedding? Days, weeks?

hours? minutes?

Monk: Perfect time for Etiquette.

Zita of Mercere: "Where are the bride and groom right now? We have some lovely gifts for them."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: +int?

Monk: About 6 days.

Yes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+2+9 etiquette

(

6

)

+2+9

=

17

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aren't the monks handling the gifts

Monk: "I'm not sure, Bella should be locked up tight, but she's quite fiery, so she is probably out riding somewhere."

"Gaetano is no doubt having a grand old time with his friends."

"If you wait around their homes, you'll probably run into them."

(From Monk): You should present the olive oil to the bride's parents now and the silk at the wedding.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Sodales, we should present the olive oil to the bride's parents now, and the silk at the wedding."

Zita of Mercere: "What about the wine I brought for them?"

(From Monk): Also at the wedding.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Also at the wedding."

Zita of Mercere: "Got it."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: if no one has any more questions for Contizo I bid him farewell for now and say I'll see him at the wedding

Zita of Mercere: Is this all we wanted to ask the monk? I wanted to ask Lavinia something in private.

Ah k

Well not necessarily in private from PCs but definitely from the monks

Monk: Sure.

"Go with God, Lavinia."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What's on your mind, Zita?"

Zita of Mercere: "Lavinia, now, this is just a thought, but if the families don't want this marriage, and it's between two people who our sodales rescued, you don't think they'll hold a grudge, will they?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: can i roll intrigue on that

Endrite (GM): Sure, but I'm not sure I totally get the question.

+ INT

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I feel that at least some of the families must want the marriage or else it'd never have been arranged."

Hypatia of Athens: Back, sorry

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Also, who could hold a grudge for us rescuing their own kin?"

Zita of Mercere: "Italians?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Okay, a fair point."

Endrite (GM): You also rescued both Monsignors from the toer.

Tower.

Hypatia of Athens: Could someone with infernal motives be helping to drive this division?

Endrite (GM): Who ever heard of a demon agitating for peace?

Zita of Mercere: "Well, I think there's two things to consider, though I'm not really very good at plotting. Either we aid this marriage, and throw our full support behind it, so that the lovely couple consider us friends. Or we help the heads of the family break it up to get favours from them."

"I think the former is better, though. Better in the long run. The vicars will be dead eventually, and we've got a long, long life ahead of us to enjoy friendship with the young couple."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Oh, I wasn't really thinking in terms like that.. I was more concerned about infernal powers disrupting the wedding when the two families are gathered together on unconsecreated ground."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh. Er, right, yes. That too."

Hypatia of Athens: "We should do what brings holiness to this place, and a petty squabble won't do that."

Zita of Mercere: "I got the impression you got rid of the demons the last time you were here, aha. Oops."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i got sidetracked by silk napkin math

Endrite (GM): Ooo hee hee.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I did not venture into the regio but I thought I heard that the Red Lords disappeared."

"Which is to say they simply went into the immaterial demon forms."

Zita of Mercere: "Oh, right, whose invitiation did you respond to?"

* invitation

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The Ordelaffi's, the bride's family."

Zita of Mercere: "Won't the other family get the better end of the deal, since he's the groom?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 5 mp of silk is half a square yard. good thing i brought this book instead

Endrite (GM): Nice.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Endrite (GM): Thank you for doing the math so I don't have to.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh the resolution to the red lords thing was where ferris died, right

Zita of Mercere: No he died to mercenaries.

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Zita of Mercere: Well, yes, in that it was that adventure, but the resolution was in the infernal regio after 2 PCs died.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Bella strikes me as a rather independent woman. I'm sure she'll be important in the family she enters."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh yeah we went into the tower

i remember now.

Zita of Mercere: "Right. Aristocritus saved her life, that'll help us a lot. I'll say hello to the groom."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok

split party time

Endrite (GM): Great, I love it.

What's the split?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: im going to the bride's family

Beatrice Orsini : i'll go to the bride too

Hypatia of Athens: I'll go with Beatrice

Zita of Mercere: I was going to meet up with the groom and use my high carouse score to make a good impression while he's celebrating.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: homewrecker

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Zita of Mercere: As a minor side effect, if a demon kills his fiancee, I'm in there.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll visit the bride

Hypatia of Athens: I'll console the bride in that case

Endrite (GM): It isn't too difficult to find Gaetano, he's on a drinking tour of the countryside.

That is to say, he and his friends get drunk and try to start fights with other young noblemen.

Hypatia of Athens: Good times

Zita of Mercere: I'll join him at the pub and wish him well, mentioning that my sodales are the ones who saved him from the mound. They definitely found and saved him and didn't mutilate his body and mind.

Endrite (GM): You find him after a couple of days, while he's drinking by a crossroad with his friends.

Young Gaetano: "Whoa, my lady, I like your hot bod," he shouts at you as soon as he sees you.

His friends laugh at this tremendous joke.

He's wearing some quite fine clothing and is carrying a dueling sword at his side, like the rest of his friends.

Of course, he's the best dressed.

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, I'm sure Bella would love to hear that one."

"I'm a guest at your wedding, my sodales helped you as a boy."

Young Gaetano: "Yeah, she's a real babe."

"Huh? Oh yeah, those wizards."

"That was awesome, did you hear about the time I beat up those swamp monsters?"

Zita of Mercere: "I heard. Aristocritus tells me you did a great job of it."

Young Gaetano: "Yeah, I'm pretty much the best knight on life."

"Like, I'm a modern Lancelot."

Zita of Mercere: "I also heard you're out celebrating your wedding for the next few days, mind if I join you and your companions?"

Young Gaetano: "Oh yeah sure babe, but I gotta keep my sword in my sheath, you know what I mean?"

"Bella is really hot and rich, I don't want to ruin the wedding."

Hypatia of Athens: Smart kid

Zita of Mercere: "Of course, I wouldn't dream of stealing you from her. Got a drink?"

Young Gaetano: "Yeah sure, Ignazzio give her some wine."

Young Ignazzio does so.

It isn't very good BUT there's a lot of it.

Zita of Mercere: It's a bunch of noblemen isn't it?

Young Gaetano: Yeah.

Zita of Mercere: I'll make a note of their names, to ask Lavinia about them later.

As for the next few days, I join in the fun. I've got my amulet with me, so I show off what it can do.

Young Gaetano: What about?

Zita of Mercere: If any of them are incredibly rich and looking to marry, basically

Young Gaetano: Well, they're all pretty boastful about how strong and rich they are.

They don't like it when you turn into a man though.

Zita of Mercere: They can't appreciate a good party trick

Young Gaetano: A pall is cast over the proceedings after that.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Zita of Mercere: Oops.

I was right. Best stick to wizards.

Regardless, I'll drink them under the table. A carouse roll for that?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Young Gaetano: Yes.

Go for it.

Zita of Mercere: I've no idea what stat it uses. Stamina?

Young Gaetano: Yes.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10+1+6

(

5

)

+1+6

=

12

Hypatia of Athens: Yes, make us some gifted merceres

Zita of Mercere: Oh, we're in town aren't we?

Or is it just small villages

Young Gaetano:

rolling 1d10 + 2 + 8

(

10

)

+2+8

=

20

They totally crush you.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: RIP/

Zita of Mercere: Jesus.

Young Gaetano: You're in the country, but near a town.

Zita of Mercere: I have 17 if it's in town, but that still loses, oh well.

Young Gaetano: Technically that should be a stress roll.

Hypatia of Athens: Good thing they think you're a transvestite

So they leave your clothes on

Young Gaetano: No, they know it's magic.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: :|

Young Gaetano: It's just gross.

Zita of Mercere: Wow I managed to completely screw up everything and end up worse than where I started.

Young Gaetano: Congrats.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: welcome to vardian's tomb

Zita of Mercere: Another Vardian's Tomb classic

Good luck Team A

Hypatia of Athens: Well you earned Carouse XP

Zita of Mercere: At least it taught me a lesson about the perils of pursuing mundanes

Hypatia of Athens: Learning is the best adventure

Aristocritus Bonisagi: today, on ars magica: zita figures out how mirrors work

Young Gaetano: Practice your drinking, I guess.

Anyway, what is everyone else doing while Zita is hanging out with a bunch of jocks?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: giving a gift to the Ordelaffi

Young Gaetano: Ok.

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: You find Monsignor Ordelaffi sitting in his solar, enjoying a little rest.

The herald introduces you and politely leaves.

"Ah, is all this for me?" He chuckles.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "A gift in honor of the wedding, Monsignor."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "It is a pleasure to see you again, Lavinia," he only briefly pauses before saying your name.

What a memory!

(To Endrite): My name to mundanes is Dr. Celestina Zoboli

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Ah, the wedding."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hello, Monsignor."

(From Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi): Oh, ok.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I was truly gladdened to receive your letter and hear the delightful news. It seems as though a new era will dawn with this wedding."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "This damned wedding!"

"I never should have agreed to it."

Lavinia of Jerbiton gasps in shock

Aristocritus Bonisagi raises an eyebrow

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I'll be stuck with that oaf Malatestino for a brother for the rest of my life!"

Beatrice Orsini : "Or his life."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "But I agreed to it, so I have to go through with it."

"If getting shot in his eye with an arrow wasn't enough to kill him, I don't know what is."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Troublesome in-laws-- a pain known by many. But don't you stand to gain a good deal of peace, and prosperity from the end of fighting?"

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I suppose, that's what Father Patrizio always says."

Hypatia of Athens: "He sounds wise."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I always feel better about the wedding when he explains it to me."

"It's been a confusing time."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "And it was his idea to hold the wedding in the chapel in the swamp?"

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: Lavinia please, electrical generators don't exist.

"Yes, Dr. Zoboli, he's been very insistent."

Hypatia of Athens: Drain the swamp! Drain the swamp!

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: Dr. Zoboli is, of course, Lavinia's name.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Ah. A bit strange when there is already a perfectly functional monastery with a chapel on neutral ground, and not inside a swamp."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Well, we all want to clear up that bad mess with the demons."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I say this only considering Monsignor's health and the health of his family, of course. The humors of a swamp are terrible to the body."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Everyone knows that building a church over it will banish their power forever."

"Are you saying I'm not strong enough to handle one day in the swamp?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I mean no disrespect Monsignor, but in the annals of history many great men have been felled by that most nefarious enemy, disease."

Hypatia of Athens: "Will a single wedding serve to purify the land? It seems like it would take several, bringing sanctity over time."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: For instance, the Pope who died of heatstroke in Rome just a few decades ago (slightly hastened by an Augustan plot)

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I'm as healthy as a horse! I'm not going to run from some swamp."

"Everyone knows that if you consecrate a church on a pagan site, all the pagan magic gets destroyed."

"We've been doing it for a thousand years, I should think we know what we're doing."

Hypatia of Athens: "Aye."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "It does seem wise. In a thousand years none will remember the name of Ops, but locals will no doubt still celebrate the wedding that drove the evil from the land."

"And brought a lasting peace, of course."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Yes, of course."

"Who is Ops?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "She is queen of the Demons who held you captive, Monsignor."

"I have taken to researching the matter after your rescue, it being unresolved and all."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I don't concern myself with such things. One demon is just as bad as the next, I'm sure."

"They're all afraid of a little steel."

Zita of Mercere: Disease isn't a problem at all, don't be silly.

Just take Greater Immunity (Disease) like I did.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: just take death prophecy (disease) like- hmm

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Forgive me lord-- I am perhaps too eager to share my scholarly research-- but I've learned that Ops is a demon who embraces steel and violence. She is seldom seen but in the company of armed men ready to do battle."

"Hers is a type that sews strife between nations and men."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Bah, pagan superstitions. No real man would serve a demon."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I am sure in my heart that the Ordelaffis are immune to such corruption."

".... is it possible that the Malatesta... no, forgive me, I say too much."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "I always suspected that rat of being in league with those demons."

"He probably just faked his own kidnapping so he could watch me suffer!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "If he faked his own kidnapping in that infernal realm... Is it safe to have the wedding so close to it?"

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Wedding? If he's a servant of the Devil as you claim, then he and his entire corrupt family will face the fires of Hell, and I'll bring it!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I hold up a hand. "M'lord, I've made no such claim-- only you have."

"We all lost much the last time the Demons of Ops turned you against Malatesta-- my own friends included. I urge you prudence."

Monsignor Francesco I Ordelaffi: "Then you should be more careful in your accusations!"

"I'll be glad when this damn wedding is over with!"

Zita of Mercere: Lavinia, watching Zita ruin all negotiations with one family: You are like little baby. Watch this.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: welp it seems i cant convince him to relocate

here are some possible plans:

1) we destroy the church.

2) we kill the priests.

Hypatia of Athens: I should inspect the minstrels to make sure they're sufficiently holy

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 3) we do nothing

Beatrice Orsini : let's kidnap the bride and groom and have them marry elsewhere

Endrite (GM): Amaaazing.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i like that one beatrice

we'd need a sympathetic priest

Hypatia of Athens: We need a wedding to make this a proper Church of Satan

Beatrice Orsini : you can't hold a wedding for someone already married and their parents have already given permission to the wedding

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Alternatively, if Zita marries one of the drunk noblemen before the main event, that can consecrete the church in advance

Endrite (GM): I only have one question.

Hypatia of Athens: Too bad I can't be ordained as a laywoman

Endrite (GM): Why don't you want them to be married at the church?

Beatrice Orsini : paranoia

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Well a few things

One it's an unusual setup, and dangerous, what with it being an infernal regio and all

Hypatia of Athens: Time to become an ordained buddhist nun instead

Beatrice Orsini : and a suspicious priest is pushing for it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Two the abbot is acting weird with his adherance to "the old ways" as Fra Contizo put it

Three the red lords are still unaccounted for

Four nothing wrong with me

Endrite (GM): Have you visited the church yet?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: No

Let's do that

and check the aura (check the hands)

Beatrice Orsini : marco polo¨s book is fairy lore, so buddhism is fairy religion

Aristocritus Bonisagi: he's blessing the church in his own name, but i guess in character that isn't suspicious at all

he's just a guy who happens to be named after a saint

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ALSO we saw the gm layer on teh chapel page so there's that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Endrite (GM): What?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: nothing.

Endrite (GM): Lots of people are named after saints.

Well, NORMAL people.

Hypatia of Athens: I was on the sanctum tab when I was GM logged

Endrite (GM): Alright.

Beatrice Orsini : the church has satanic wall decorations

Endrite (GM): The swamp isn't as oppressive and dangerous as it used to be.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Aristocritus, can you measure the aura here?"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Just give me a second..."

Endrite (GM): Farmers have cleared fields around it and you get there by travelling along a nice, dry road.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh, is the church empty

Hypatia of Athens: Infernal should raise my hackles since its a penalty to Holy Music

Endrite (GM): They have successfully Drained the Swamp.

Beatrice Orsini : with satan's help

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if there are people around i'm not going to hoot and holler

Endrite (GM): The drained bog is currently Mundane 0, while the mound is Infernal 1 (during the day).

Pretty low, given what has happened here.

Hypatia of Athens: Phew

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Oh, alright

Let the wedding go as planned then

Endrite (GM): The cleared fields around the church are dotted with colorful pavilions, temporary residences and feasting halls.

Some of the wedding guests are camping here, so there is a steady drone of activity.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll go listen to the minstrels practtice

Endrite (GM): The finishing touches are being put on the church (constructed in the classic, some would say stodgy, Roman Catholic style), so workmen are coming and going.

Ok.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll look it up later, but A&A has some stuff about learning from people who perform a different style of music than you

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "We should've had Fabius's wise men come along."

Endrite (GM): My guess is that it takes more than an afternoon.

Hypatia of Athens: I think it's a one time XP bonus to the craft/profession

Possibly

If it's a whole season then that's how it is

Endrite (GM): Do you want to talk to anyone here or investigate the Church?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i investigate the church

Endrite (GM): Built like many

western churches, the church has two

large rooms, the nave for the laity and

the sanctuary for the clergy. An ornate

wooden partition, called a rood screen,

separates the sanctuary from the nave.

Endrite (GM): The nave does not have pews, an addition

that starts to appear in Mythic Europe

later in the century. A porch sits outside

the nave, useful for open-air events and

informal congregational gatherings. The

building runs west to east, porch-navesanctuary,

Endrite (GM): with the main doors in the

west end and the sanctuary facing east.

Zita of Mercere: Nice image of that funny jesus painting where they fixed it badly.

Endrite (GM): Of course, there are pews.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: phew

Endrite (GM): Also the rood screen is called a "tramezzo" in Italy.

Beatrice Orsini : i'll get back and see if i can see the bride once lavinia's gone. it might be useful to see what's her take on this.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the church is built on top of the cave?

Endrite (GM): Kind of.

You can still check it out if you want.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'd like to inspect the cave

Endrite (GM): You were there 10 years ago, right?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yes

Endrite (GM): All you find is a long, narrow corridor, with a small room at the end.

No bog monsters, no bloody altars, no nothing.

Hypatia of Athens: Okay, studying a music style does take a season, so adventuring it is

Lavinia of Jerbiton: spill some blood in there and see what happens

thats what the grogs are for

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the aura any stronger

Endrite (GM): Nope.

Infernal 1.

Do you want to try spilling some blood?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmmm

i'll pass, it didn't work last time

Endrite (GM): Ok, good decision Archon.

(To Endrite): can I get any general insight by rolling inf lore

Endrite (GM): Very wise.

(From Endrite (GM)): Sure.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i could set up a ward in the hallway though...

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2+9

(

4

)

+2+9

=

15

Endrite (GM): Go for it.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: this will NOT backfire when someone finds the weird symbols in satan's corridor

(From Endrite (GM)): Maybe it only opens during a certain time of the year or phase of the moon.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right lemme see here

(From Endrite (GM)): It might have also been closed when the demons left it.

(From Endrite (GM)): Or maybe it moved.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is there a quiet place around here where I can consult the sortes

Endrite (GM): You could set up a tent and do it in there.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: cool

inf 1 aura on the tent grounds?

Hypatia of Athens: I could try to find a place to sing where I won't disturb the minstrels and see if there's any particularly remarkable signs of sin on people.

Endrite (GM): Mundane 0.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling (1d10!+24+2-1)/2 sponting ReVi

(

(

4

)

+24+2-1)/2

=

14.5

Endrite (GM): The mound is where the Infernal Aura is.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the regio that you guys spilled blood in many many years ago, that was Ops Barrow?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: yes, but then when we came back later the regio had moved

Hypatia of Athens: Whoops, should've told Jorn there was a cool barrow

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I ask the sortes, "Where is the entrance to the regio of Ops' Barrow"

rolling 1d10!+2+14 >= 20

(

5

)

+2+14

=

21

Endrite (GM): Roll that beautiful bean footage.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok i think i can muster a level 9 ward here, which is not a lot but

level 9, 10 points of penetration

(From Endrite (GM)): The entrance to the regio is at the end of the hallway in the mound.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The regio is still here, at the end of the hallway in the mound."

Hypatia of Athens gasps

Hypatia of Athens: "How does one get in or out?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the guidelines for sortes says "Detect the entrance to a regio, allowing access." did I learn the way in or out?

Hypatia of Athens: I might be able to find out if you didn't

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "If it's the same as before, the way opens up with a blood offering."

(From Endrite (GM)): Spill blood in the room at the end of the hallway.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "That seems to be the case.."

"In that room at the end of the hallway, in particular."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "I've warded the hallway, but it won't hold against anything strong."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Can we find out what spot in the church is above that room

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Or against anything weak, if the power of the Infernal grows strong enough."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Could you ward it against human blood?"

Hypatia of Athens: That's an idea

Lavinia of Jerbiton: (this is presuming the regio has to be opened from this side, i have no idea if the demons can just come and go from their side as they please)

Endrite (GM): CAN you ward it against human blood?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm lookin' it up

Hypatia of Athens: It's a pretty low level rego

Aristocritus Bonisagi: uh i mean

Endrite (GM): It's probably a Rego Corpus spell.

Hypatia of Athens: Ward against mundane human product

Beatrice Orsini : 21 reco base

Endrite (GM): There's no such thing as a level 21 spell.

Beatrice Orsini : no, i have it as base spell total

Endrite (GM): Oh.

(To Endrite): Did I find a spot in the church that is over that room

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i need to download an actual pdf reader instead of using edge i think

(From Endrite (GM)): No, the barrow isn't near the church.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: this things a huge piece of shit

Beatrice Orsini : http://i.imgur.com/BizxWBW.png

Lavinia of Jerbiton: im confused. is the mound different from the barrow?

Endrite (GM): The mound is the hill in which the barrow is located.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ah I see, it's a large hill then?

Endrite (GM): Yes.

Largeish.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: would reaq not work

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it has to be corpus for blood

Aristocritus Bonisagi: makes sense

Hypatia of Athens: The barrow is the tomb inside the hill, IIRC

Endrite (GM): Looks like warding against blood is very difficult.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I could position a rite to ring an alarm if someone enters the hallway. My other rites are only useful if someone passing through this hallway is carrying metal."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what about ReAq(Co) 25, ward against liquids + corpus requisite

Endrite (GM): I'm not sure if that would work, since it would also function as a ward against a human, since humans have blood in their bodies.

And warding against humans is base 30.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it could mean if they cut themself the blood just doesn't come out

Hypatia of Athens: I don't think blood inside of a human is the same thing

Endrite (GM): That seems bizarre.

Hypatia of Athens: It's partof their humors

A human with blood inside of them is just a sanguineous human

Lavinia of Jerbiton: could you conjure up a shitload of sand to fill up the room?

Hypatia of Athens: It's not aquam until they bleed

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that would be better probably

Endrite (GM): Recall that permanent creation of matter requires a ritual, which cannot be cast with spontaneous casting.

Unless you're a Diedne.

Beatrice Orsini : it has to be there just for a day

Lavinia of Jerbiton: A moon duration would work though, or sun if we time it before the wedding

Are there workmen or such folk around? I want to ask if anyone has been going in/out of the cave

Endrite (GM): Sure, there are plenty of carpenters and masons about.

Beatrice Orsini : you could fill it with sand and i could cast an illusion to make it seem like the cave has collapsed

Hypatia of Athens: You could actually collapse it even easier

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm. why is the default Seal The Earth spell Group target

Man: "Naw, my lady, I haven't seen anyone go in there."

"Why would you? It's dark."

"It's liable to collapse at any minute, to my way of thinking."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hm

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling (1d10!+2-1+23)/2 spont crte

(

(

10

+

3

)

+2-1+23)/2

=

18.5

Man: Wowwie!

Hypatia of Athens: Good thinking, the sand will keep it from collapsing while the wedding is goign on

Man: So helpful.

"What're you interested in that old cave for, anyway?"

Beatrice Orsini : where is the cave entrance in relation to the church?

Man: It's on the other side of the hill.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It's haunted, I hear."

Man: "Spooky!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well that's enough to create an individual of earth at voice range for moon duration (1+0+2+3)

brb though

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "By the way, my horse's collar has lost of its bells. Do you know where I could find some new ones?"

Man: "Good thing we built a church on it, that'll scare away any kobolds."

He's German, I guess.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: . o O ( what's a kobold )

Beatrice Orsini : i'll try making the illusion, once the place is filled

Hypatia of Athens: I should do laywoman work while I'm here, distribute alms or something

Man: "Bells? Well, you could ask around. The Ordelaffi knights like to put bells on their horses."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: an individual of dirt is 10 cubic paces

okay ill look for bells

Man: Ok, you can find some, if you want.

No trouble at all.

Do you want to buy, borrow, or steal them?

AFK a sec.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: borrow

actually i guess there's no real need for em

we can just post a grog to keep an eye on the cave entrance and start hooting and hollering if someone suspicious goes in

Hypatia of Athens: I can put up shelter for a grog after sunset

Beatrice Orsini : 3 base (sight, touch, hearing) + 1 touch (4) + 3 moon (15) for the illusion of the entrance being caved in

Hypatia of Athens: For watching the cave

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling (1d10!+10+10+13-1-1)/2 vs 15

(

(

6

)

+10+10+13-1-1)/2

=

18.5

i can give the grog eyes of a cat

a demon will probably see through it, since they're too accustomed to deception, but it should fool a mundane for at least a moment

Hypatia of Athens: Hmm

Are demons wont to hang around invisibly in places?

Beatrice Orsini : and i could create a really loud sound to make it seem like the cave just collapsed

Lavinia of Jerbiton: there's a perfect rite for this that was on my to-do list but alas

Zita of Mercere: Just to check, this is still the days before the wedding right

Hypatia of Athens: Yeah

Zita of Mercere: Continue having fun, I'll join you later

Hypatia of Athens: I should busy myself too

Lavinia of Jerbiton: aristocritus should give me a sample of his blood in case we need to open the regio.

Hypatia of Athens: Meditation - Intervention is good for making apparitions seeing regio borders, and seeing sinners and demons, I need targets for the third thing and Aristocritus has regios covered

Man: Ok I'm back.

So how much sand did you make, Aristocritus?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 10 cubic paces

Hypatia of Athens: Are there any laity on the campgrounds that I could work for?

Man: Ok.

Uh, yes.

Most of the people here are laymen.

Hypatia of Athens: I will refine that quesiton.

Man: Ok.

Hypatia of Athens: By divine institution, there are among the Christian faithful in the Church sacred ministers who in law are also called clerics; the other members of the Christian faithful are called lay persons.

There are members of the Christian faithful from both these groups who, through the profession of the evangelical counsels by means of vows or other sacred bonds recognized and sanctioned by the Church, are consecrated to God in their own special way and contribute to the salvific mission of the Church; although their state does not belong to the hierarchical structure of the Church, it nevertheless belongs to its life and holiness.

That kind of laity

Man: Oh.

What do you have in mind?

Hypatia of Athens: I'll google some more

Man: Most of the work going on right now is construction.

Hypatia of Athens: Let's move on to more pertinent activity in the meantime

Man: With a little hospitality.

Alright.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Lavinia of Jerbiton: an individual of dirt is 10 cubic paces

Endrite (GM): Anyone have any other plans to defend the barrow?

Hypatia of Athens: I have some education but it was mostly Goliard tutoring

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i figure it's enough to cover up the altar

did you want the entire tunnel filled in

Beatrice Orsini : i made the illusion to make it look like it collapsed

for moon duration, just the entrance

Endrite (GM): So we're going to bury the ritual room, put an illusion on it, and have a grog outside watch it?

Beatrice Orsini : i have another idea

make everyone invisible near the entrance

and then i make a loud sound like it just collapsed

and we watch who comes by

it will be a lot of people, but someone suspicious might come too

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i dont think that helps us narrow things down at all

Beatrice Orsini : it would still make the sudden collapsed appearance less suspicious

Lavinia of Jerbiton: alright

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do demons even see illusions?

Beatrice Orsini : adding size modifiers is appropriate for making loud sounds, i assume

Endrite (GM): Ok, so who is going to hide invisibly?

Beatrice Orsini : they don't, but humans do

Endrite (GM): Great question Aristocritus.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i know angels don't since they just comprehend the world around them instead of taking in species

Beatrice Orsini : demons are made of deception

Hypatia of Athens: Hospitality sounds good, I need to AFK for a while anyway

Beatrice Orsini : we don't have to hide invisibly, i should just make the sound to make the illusion more believable

base 1 (sound) + 1 touch (2) + 3 size (5)

rolling (1d10!+10+13+1-1-1)/2

(

(

9

)

+10+13+1-1-1)/2

=

15.5

Endrite (GM): Ok.

You create a rumbling crash noise.

Some masons (and one carpenter) hear it and run over.

Man: "What happened?"

"Did you see that?"

Beatrice Orsini : "I did. If I went in a moment sooner, I would have been crushed. This way, I was still outside."

Man: "Thank God!"

"Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later."

"Good thing we didn't build the church on top of it."

Beatrice Orsini : "Will this endanger the church? Its foundation must be close."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we did it team

now nothing bad can happen

time to kick back and rela

x

Man: "Don't worry, we thought this might happen, that's why we built the church so far away."

Beatrice Orsini : "I should go back to the camp and have something to drink. I'm still a bit shaken."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: time to enjoy this wedding between two families of psychos

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i wonder if the regio to the basalt tower is still there

Endrite (GM): So you want to just wait for the wedding?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: and we just wasted an hour on a red herring

Beatrice Orsini : we could post a guard here

two, rather

Endrite (GM): Speaking of wasting an hour, I'd like to go for another hour then finish up next week, assuming we haven't finished by then.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok

Endrite (GM): Then if we finish early we could do some Tribunal stuff.

Beatrice Orsini : ok

Lavinia of Jerbiton: by the way demons can go immaterial so this really only stops human conspirators

Endrite (GM): Hail, gamer.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i might as well ask about the tower regio too

on the next day

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Go for it.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+14+2 >=20

(

9

)

+14+2

=

25

Endrite (GM): You set the pavilion up, so everyone assumes you're guests.

(From Endrite (GM)): Is that a success?

(To Endrite): Endrite

(To Endrite): Endrite yes

Muzio the Bastard rots.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rip.

Endrite (GM): People who AREN'T nerds, notice that there are two distinct camps of wedding guests.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: It sure is impressive that there is only one distinct camp of wedding guests here.

Muzio the Bastard: how did the wedding go

is proclus married to a fairy yet

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yes

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we spent an hour chasing a red herring

Lavinia of Jerbiton: and that fairy's name is Aristocritus

Endrite (GM): The Ordelaffi and Malatesta guests don't mix, though violence hasn't broken out yet, thanks to plenty of free booze.

Muzio the Bastard: ah, at least hes married into a superior bloodline

Endrite (GM): Thank God for booze.

Beardbeard, if you want to bring a player character here you are free to.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: if it is possible for me to get into the church and cast a rite unobserved, I could put up my rite that destroys people's weapons in case a riot breaks out

Muzio the Bastard: i would think the booze would increase the chance of violence

Lavinia of Jerbiton: downside: if demons appear they have no weapons

Beatrice Orsini : thank god for booze preventing violence

Endrite (GM): No, Lavinia.

Ilbrago: are grogs invited

Beatrice Orsini : all grogs are invited

Endrite (GM): People are in and out all the time, since construction work is still going on.

Sure.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok

Zita of Mercere: I'lll show up after ruining everything I set out to do.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: what did my sortes roll tell me

Endrite (GM): But you might want to bring a real boy.

(From Endrite (GM)): There is no entrance to the tower regio.

Zita of Mercere: "Hail, sodales."

Aristide of Tremere: excellent, a noble occasion deserves a noble soul

Zita of Mercere: "I have good news and bad news."

Aristide of Tremere arrives fashionably late.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: there is no entrance to the tower regio

phew

Zita of Mercere: "The good news is that I met with the groom successfully. The bad news is that I ruined all good relations with him. Good luck."

Aristide of Tremere: "Mystical greetings, sodales. It seems you forgot to tell me about the wedding before you left."

Endrite (GM): Well, just with his friends.

Aristide of Tremere: "Who's getting married?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I thought I left a note"

Hypatia of Athens: I'll do my best to not run into any Curse of Venus problems during downtime

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The vicar's daughter and the other vicar's son."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Gaetano of Malatesta-- a young lad who Bonfilia once carved up to enter an infernal regio-- and Bella of Ordelaffi, whom my sodales saved from swamp mercenaries"

Beatrice Orsini : my job is done, so i can keep an eye on hypatia and maybe learn some little greek

Aristide of Tremere: "V-Vicar, you say."

I look around the building.

What sort of building is it

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Hey now!"

"Your sodales also saved the lad from swamp demons."

Endrite (GM): It is a church building.

Aristide of Tremere: I go pale.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: your sodalis (me)

Endrite (GM): The wedding circumstances are also strange, since no on seems to be in favor of it, but it's happening anyway.

Aristide of Tremere: "That's truly excellent. I wish them the best. I won't be meeting them or their relatives or any of their official friends."

Endrite (GM): Like when Hillary Clinton won the democratic primary.

Bazinga.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: the church is built on top of a demonic regio

Aristide of Tremere: there was one who wanted that to happen

my god

this wedding is being set up by infernalists

Endrite (GM): It's the best way to get rid of an Infernal regio.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: probably.

Endrite (GM): Everyone knows that.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it's possible that the abbot & priory have been replaced by demons and are orchestrating the whole thing.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: worse:

this wedding is being set up by the Irish

Beatrice Orsini : there's a suspicious priest who insist that a wedding is the best way to consecrate a church

and we didn't investigate him

(To Endrite): Inf lore, is it actually the best way to get rid of a regio

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2+9

(

5

)

+2+9

=

16

Aristide of Tremere: I look around for any Orsini faces other than Beatrice.

Zita of Mercere: I got drunk and ruined things instead.

(From Endrite (GM)): It's one way, to be sure.

(To Endrite): do I know any other ways

Aristide of Tremere: I grab a bottle of wine and retreat to the least holy corner.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the church has an infernal aura

Beatrice Orsini : don't go into the infernal cave

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we've got a tent i think

(From Endrite (GM)): Sure. You can kill the demon creating it, end the spell creating it, or use magic to close the entrance.

(From Endrite (GM)): Which functionally destroys the regio.

Hypatia of Athens: I could roll Church Lore to see if a wedding is a bad way to consecreate a church, but their reasoning seems in line with everything in RoP Divine

Lavinia of Jerbiton: is magic to destroy a regio within regular hermetic paremeters

Endrite (GM): Yeah, the church hasn't been consecrated yet.

Aristide of Tremere: I retreat to the tent with my wine and cast Wizard's Sidestep and Aura of Ennobled Presence.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: sorry, close the entrance, not destroy the regio

Endrite (GM): I know you can do it with Hermetic Architecture by shrinking the size of the entrance.

Beatrice Orsini : wizard's sidesetp is a good spell to keep up in place where everyone's drunk

Endrite (GM): There might be other ways, I don't know.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ok

Zita of Mercere: I'm sitting with the party, on the bride's side

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Unless anyone has anything else to suggest I think we're just waiting?

Zita of Mercere: "How'd it go for you lot, then?"

Beatrice Orsini : we could talk to the priest or the priest

bride, i mean

Lavinia of Jerbiton: idk what to ask the priest that we haven't learned already

Beatrice Orsini : true

Endrite (GM): You also haven't talked to the groom's father.

Zita of Mercere: I'm looking to avoid that.

Beatrice Orsini : he'll just tell us the bride's father is possibly a satanist

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's ask Ops what she thinks

Lavinia of Jerbiton: im hesitant to get into another long conversation scene

the only question I have of the bride's father is why he suggested the pairing in the first place

Endrite (GM): I love 'em.

Aristide of Tremere: With the calming effects of the wine and Wizard's Sidestep, I also cast Disguise of the New Visage and transform my face into something that I believe would be less offensive to the other attendees.

Endrite (GM): Are you ugly?

Aristide of Tremere: someone might know me

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Aristide of Tremere: and if someone here knows me they probably hate me

Endrite (GM): Go for it.

Keep in mind that it can't disguise the stench of the Gift.

Aristide of Tremere: i have gentle gift

Hypatia of Athens: I should go back to school and become a full clerk so I have some recognition outside of my redcap identity

Beatrice Orsini : i can change you for a moon with touch range

it's the least i can do for family

Aristide of Tremere: I think on it and, of the faces I know, I assume that Zita is the least likely to have deeply upset anyone.

Hypatia of Athens: Educated was more XP than clerk

Aristide of Tremere: And give myself a face resembling a masculine Zita.

Endrite (GM): Heh heh.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ill ask around if theres anyone who can tell me why malatesta suggested the marriage

Aristide of Tremere: I return to the party.

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Zita of Mercere: "Oh no."

Endrite (GM): Roll Intrigue + Presence, Lavinia.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+3+3

(

1

)

+3+3

=

7

Endrite (GM): Bueno.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hrmph

(From Endrite (GM)): You hear a lot of gossip about palace intrigue.

(From Endrite (GM)): Salacious rumors about murders, adultery, and theft.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Lots of rumors, nothing substantial

Aristide of Tremere: I mingle and attempt to find anyone from a Ghibelline-affiliated family in attendance.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: we;re in the ghibelline wedding party

Hypatia of Athens: Yeah

Aristide of Tremere: what the

Endrite (GM): Owned.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's resolve the guelph-ghibelline wars by installing the pope as holy roman emperor

Zita of Mercere: The guelphs are in the groom's side

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or vice versa

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yes! yes!!

Endrite (GM): Didn't think I'd know which family was the Guelphs and which were the Ghiblines, di you?!

Aristide of Tremere: I chat happily with the fellow attendees about how awful the Orsinis are.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you have my axe, aristo

Beatrice Orsini : let's wait until the next pope, though

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's resolve the guelph-ghibelline wars by installing the current roman emperor as the bishop of rome and as the holy roman emperor

Zita of Mercere: I sit quietly and try to pretend I'm a good christian who knows what's going on

Aristide of Tremere: lets make the pope the holy roman emperor but he still rules from france

Hypatia of Athens: If I'm loyal to the Church itself what side is that

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let's create the grand unification of Europe by installing a wizard as pope emperor

guelph

Hypatia of Athens: Okay

Endrite (GM): Let's avoid ruining a wedding.

Speaking of ruining a wedding...

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's resolve the guelph-ghibelline wars by installing the archon as the byzantine emperor, then as the holy roman emperor, then as the pope

Zita of Mercere: Imagine some sort of holy wizard. Then imagine they were the emperor of europe.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: and that wizard's name, was Frederick II

Aristide of Tremere: oh no

the baby birds of europe will never be safe

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Endrite (GM): The Saturday before the wedding (on Sunday, of course) a large procession of flagellants arrives.

Hypatia of Athens: Cool!

Endrite (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cke5L2szj6U

Hypatia of Athens: Finally, some holy laypeople

Beatrice Orsini : enchant the flaggelants with creo corpus to ruin their fun

Aristide of Tremere: whats the casting penalty for being silent

Beatrice Orsini : -10

Endrite (GM): Their filthy garments and bloody whips definitely bring the tone of the place down.

Beatrice Orsini : -5 quiet

Aristide of Tremere: is it -10 or -5

Beatrice Orsini : -10 silent, -5 just quiet voice

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Let's join these guys and purify ourselves.

Aristide of Tremere: ah

Hypatia of Athens: Okay

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if it's a voice spell the range also drops

Hypatia of Athens: Will that upgrade my Faith score?

Endrite (GM): When confronted, their exhort the wedding guests to abandon this materialistic piety and truly purify their spirits with whipping.

Not immediately, Hypatia.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-lpMHfeWug

Aristide of Tremere: i recast wizards sidestep and aura of ennobled presence for the day

Endrite (GM): They don't have electric guitars, Lavinia.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Pathetic.

Endrite (GM): Ok, that makes it difficult to talk to people, Aristide.

Aristide of Tremere: hm

no sidestep

thats a good point

Beatrice Orsini : CrIm(Au) to make the sound of an electric guitar

Endrite (GM): You can only create things you can imagine.

Anyway!

Beatrice Orsini : lute that makes thunder sounds

Hypatia of Athens: Create a platonic guitar

Endrite (GM): They arrive before either the bride or the groom's party.

Who arrive later in the day.

Aristide of Tremere: I lack trust in the flagellants. I cast Sight of the True Form.

Zita of Mercere: "This looks like it should be a fun wedding. I really hope demons don't attack."

Aristide of Tremere: if its a mundane disguise or a magical one level 10 or lower i see through it

Endrite (GM): Father Patrizio arrives in the afternoon and immediately sets about calming down both the Vicars, who are incensed about the flagellants ruining the wedding.

Father Uallachan also shows up later, with a few workmen.

Does Sight of the True Form let you see through masks?

Aristide of Tremere: yes

Endrite (GM): Because most of the flagellants wear hoods.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i hope he's not going to reopen the cave!!!

Beatrice Orsini : did we post someone at the cave?

Endrite (GM): You did.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we posted our favorite grog, Covenfolk, at the entrance

Endrite (GM): No one has gone near it, except a couple people trying to answer the call of nature.

Aristide of Tremere: Satisfied, I leave the flagellants be and go back to drinking and talking about how awful the Orsinis are.

Endrite (GM): So who is going to whip themselves?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: BOLDLY: I am not going to whip myself.

Beatrice Orsini : i have major compassionate, so i'll do it for a bit

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i pass

this is not sanitary

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Hypatia of Athens: I'd rather purify myself through attending the needs of the parish

Endrite (GM): Beatrice you gain a Light Wound.

Aristide of Tremere: I continue avoiding any obvious church officials though.

Endrite (GM): Unless you want to chicken out.

Beatrice Orsini : as expected

no, i have to

Endrite (GM): Why?

Beatrice Orsini : i'm pretty sure my flaw compels me here

Endrite (GM): Which one?

Beatrice Orsini : compassionate, major personality

Endrite (GM): Why would compassion compel you to whip your sin away?

Beatrice Orsini : i whip myself for sins of myself and others

Endrite (GM): Good.

That's what I like to hear.

Zita of Mercere: I don't whip myself at all, and try to avoid getting near these guys.

Aristide of Tremere: "Ah, you set a good example for the family, Beatrice."

"Would that the others would do as you do."

Hypatia of Athens: i already achieved True Faith without doing this so it doesn't interest me

Endrite (GM): Few of the other wedding guests join in, but those that do are welcomed by a wild looking man named Ignacio.

Beatrice Orsini : "That would be nice, but you can't expect cardinals to do this."

Endrite (GM): He seems to be in charge of this motley crue.

Aristide of Tremere: I drink deeply of a wine bottle. "Maybe we should assist them."

Beatrice Orsini : "That's not exactly my ambition."

Zita of Mercere: I hide myself amongst the brides guests

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Pretty much everyone is here now, do you want to talk to anyone?

Zita of Mercere: No-one comes to mind, I'm trying to avoid messing things up any further

Aristocritus Bonisagi: go drink with the bride

Aristide of Tremere: oh, i keep disguise of the new visage on too

Zita of Mercere: I think the bride is hidden away to prevent things like that

Aristide of Tremere: alas, if only orsu were here

Endrite (GM): She is.

Aristide of Tremere: he could get around such an obstacle

Zita of Mercere: I could break into her room easily, but she'd be upset at me doing so, I imagine.

Endrite (GM): Eh, maybe.

Beatrice Orsini : they won't let even unmarried women to see her?

Endrite (GM): She's a real spitfire.

Beatrice Orsini : just don't change into a man when you break in

Endrite (GM): The vicar's men aren't letting anyone see her.

Especially since there are rumors that there's a man who can turn into a woman skulking around.

Zita of Mercere: What if I gave her the amulet and ruined her wedding

Beatrice Orsini : makes sense

Aristide of Tremere: is the bride happy about the wedding

Beatrice Orsini : we don't know, since we haven't talked to her

Endrite (GM): Nobody has asked her.

Aristide of Tremere: what the

Zita of Mercere: We have absolutely nothing to gain from an act like this, and would be pointless to do so

Beatrice Orsini : if you do, that i can spont a spell to change the groom into a woman for the day

Aristide of Tremere: ohh

Beatrice Orsini : everything's saved

Zita of Mercere: So naturally, I walk away when no-one is looking and try to break into her room to give her a nice bottle of wine

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Roll Stealth.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: why does it matter if she's happy

she's a noblewoman marrying a nobleman

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+17

(

2

)

+4+17

=

23

Endrite (GM): It's a tent so you don't need to worry about barred doors or anything.

Beatrice Orsini : you should be happy in marriage, if just because it's for money

Endrite (GM): Breddy good.

Aristide of Tremere: does zita say anything about doing this

Zita of Mercere: I say "Be right back"

Aristide of Tremere: damn!!

Zita of Mercere: I'll wait for a gap in the incredible security, and sneak under a tent flap to hand her a bottle of wine

Bella: Do you all want to do anything while Zita is talking to/being murdered by Bella?

johns: im good

Hypatia of Athens: My conection is terrible so it's not a good idea

Beatrice Orsini : if only we knew where she went, we could take bets

Aristide of Tremere: we can bet as is

lets bet confidence points

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets play craps

rolling 2d6

(

1

+

1

)

=

2

Aristide of Tremere: we already are

bahaha

Bella: Wololo.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 2d6

(

1

+

1

)

=

2

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 2d6

(

2

+

1

)

=

3

Aristocritus Bonisagi: impressive

Beatrice Orsini :

rolling 2d6

(

4

+

2

)

=

6

i ruined it

Zita of Mercere: You sinfully won

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 69d420

(

118

+

80

+

354

+

61

+

330

+

313

+

286

+

104

+

228

+

91

+

5

+

249

+

125

+

238

+

415

+

147

+

153

+

115

+

205

+

226

+

390

+

5

+

96

+

317

+

244

+

88

+

230

+

205

+

186

+

360

+

253

+

277

+

282

+

96

+

253

+

358

+

5

+

249

+

104

+

252

+

47

+

116

+

416

+

334

+

69

+

151

+

242

+

8

+

7

+

51

+

417

+

265

+

76

+

151

+

413

+

229

+

63

+

306

+

11

+

161

+

114

+

157

+

327

+

245

+

324

+

380

+

39

+

362

+

83

)

=

13657

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 5

5

=

5

just five... lmao

Beatrice Orsini : what are the current chances of zita using her amulet and eloping with the bride?

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d100

(

8

)

=

8

8 percent.

Beatrice Orsini : pretty good

Aristide of Tremere: she should leave her tent so aristide can do it instead

Hypatia of Athens: If only we had a umerologist with us to help calculate the odds

Aristide of Tremere: odds huh

proclus would never have such anachronistic knowledge

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's cast the sortes

here's mine

Hypatia of Athens: Teach me math then, I'm not subject to the Hermetic Limit of Time

Endrite (GM): Ok, so Zita is dead now.

Zita of Mercere: Yeah that was one REALLY unlucky series of rolls

Hypatia of Athens: RIP

Beatrice Orsini : rip

Aristocritus Bonisagi: And yet the Carthaginians were not unacquainted with comfort and hygiene. Here again, progress came by way of Greek technique.

Zita of Mercere: To be fair, her malediction is really fucking strong

Aristide of Tremere: did zita actually die

Endrite (GM): No.

Zita of Mercere: No way anyone without high MR can

ah damn you ruined it

I rejoin the party

Endrite (GM): Fun's fun but the session is almost over.

Zita of Mercere: "Hey, did you know that the father patrizio is really suspicious?"

Aristide of Tremere: "Who?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i said that 4 hours ago

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Yes."

Beatrice Orsini : "A suspicious priest? Who would have thought?"

Zita of Mercere: "He's the one in charge of consecrating stuff, too. The important thing that needs to happen."

"Maybe we should try and replace him for it, somehow. So we don't uh, get attacked by demons. Just in case."

Beatrice Orsini : let's check the holy water font for goat's blood

Hypatia of Athens: If I can sing around him, perhaps I can see what his deal is

Zita of Mercere: brb

Endrite (GM): The wedding is tomorrow morning, BTW.

Beatrice Orsini : let's do it during the night then

there's enough priests to replace him if we make a mistake

Aristide of Tremere: "Well, don't look to me for any help with that."

Endrite (GM): Aristide the Huge Coward.

Hypatia of Athens: It's time to start ordaining women

Beatrice Orsini : "That priest likes cardinal Orsini."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bishop Zito

Aristide of Tremere: "Does he, now? Where does he sleep?"

Hypatia of Athens: Should I have an opinion on Orsini given my Church Lore?

Aristide of Tremere: "And does this Patrizio have any relation to the bride or groom?"

Endrite (GM): You have no idea.

Beatrice Orsini : i can make everyone invisible even with the wound

Endrite (GM): Hypatia, not really.

Beatrice Orsini : but i'll stay behind myself

is there anyone around who could treat it?

Endrite (GM): You could use it to get a read on what other people think and then come to your own conclusion.

You brought Nevio along.

Aristide of Tremere: I go look for the leader of those flagellants.

Endrite (GM): So he can.

Ok, to what end?

Hypatia of Athens: I need to learn Blessing so I can heal people with song

Aristide of Tremere: I stand some distance away and attempt to quietly cast Rising Ire on him.

Hypatia of Athens: It was a mistake to take Intervention but too late to respec now

Aristide of Tremere: whats the aura like here?

Endrite (GM): Mundane 0 in the fields, where the pavilions are.

Aristide of Tremere: excellent

Endrite (GM): Infernal 1 on the mound, where the church is.

Hypatia of Athens: Well it'd just be a Moon length recovery buff, not healing

Aristide of Tremere: wheres the flagellant leader at?

Endrite (GM): He's near the beer tent.

Aristide of Tremere: I stare intently at him and mutter under my breath.

Endrite (GM): Complaining about strong drink.

Uh, why?

Aristide of Tremere: to cast Rising Ire

Endrite (GM): But why?

Aristide of Tremere: i am going to make him angry at Father Patrizio

Endrite (GM): Also what do you want to make him angry at?

I mean, he probably already is angry.

Ok.

Anyway, go for it.

Aristide of Tremere:

rolling 1d10!+8

(

9

)

+8

=

17

Endrite (GM): How loud is this?

Aristide of Tremere: quietly casting

Endrite (GM): Also how many gestures are you doing?

Also you need eye contact for this spell to work.

Aristide of Tremere: oh

thats what eye means

right

nevermind

Endrite (GM): How do you get him to look into your eyes?

Ok.

Beatrice Orsini : there's a spell to do that

in societates

Endrite (GM): Sure.

But there's a lot of ways to get someone to look into your eyes.

Hypatia of Athens: It loses some subtlety

Aristide of Tremere: im not dedicated enough to the task to risk getting attention from the flagellants

Endrite (GM): Or the wedding guests.

Ok.

So we'll handle the infiltration of the church next week, if no one else has anything they want to do.

Hypatia of Athens: I'm good

Beatrice Orsini : i'll get the light wound treated even if it won't improve for a week

rolling 1d10!+1-3+14

(

7

)

+1-3+14

=

19

ack

Endrite (GM): Is that good?

Beatrice Orsini : i made it, actually

the EF for improvement is 10 in RAW

so i had to calculate the new one

i'll improve after a week

Endrite (GM): Ok.

Phew!

Aristide of Tremere: if we want to fuck up the wedding i can use tip of the tongue to make the groom forget his brides name

Zita of Mercere: Alright team. What's the plan?

Endrite (GM): Wait until next week.

Zita of Mercere: But I'm plotting now

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets just let the wedding go along as planned

Endrite (GM): The groom doesn't really need to remember her name.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: imho

we've done enough

what happens happens

Lavinia of Jerbiton quietly disappears

Beatrice Orsini : i could use captive voice to steal his voice

Endrite (GM): So what is everything thinking?

Aristide of Tremere: if shes a shrew it could cause a scene

Beatrice Orsini : i should manage it in neutral aura

we take a look at the priest

Endrite (GM): He doesn't have to do anything besides say "I do."

Beatrice Orsini : and decide from then, i'd say

so if i steal his voice, he should have trouble with that

Endrite (GM): It isn't like they wrote their own vows.

Or can write.

Aristide of Tremere: hm

i could make him fall asleep

Beatrice Orsini : but we don't know if we want to fuck up the wedding yet

Aristide of Tremere: or make him angry at his bride

Endrite (GM): So what do you guys think is going on?

And what do you intend to do about it?

Zita of Mercere: I think the priest is under demonic control, nad wont properly consecrate this place

Beatrice Orsini : satanist wants to fuck up the wedding and have the two parties slaughter each other

Zita of Mercere: Therefore the marriage will be infernal in nature

Aristide of Tremere: as all marriages are

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i think we need to kill endrite, the gm

Zita of Mercere: Dont we all?

Hypatia of Athens: Once we're dedicated to ruining it, I can do all sorts of singing

Aristide of Tremere: itd be cool if some pcs died during the wedding

Zita of Mercere: We need to ruin it without being blamed, unless a demon appears and we stop it, then we take full credit for it

Endrite (GM): I'm 90% sure that there's no such thing as an infernal wedding.

Hypatia of Athens: Jorn dies while rebuilding Beatrice's lab

Zita of Mercere: You havent met my ex-wife! ho ho

Aristide of Tremere: what if its two men

that would be pretty infernal

Beatrice Orsini : they can't get married

so they can¨t have infernal wedding

Endrite (GM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkE_Gv6ALM

Zita of Mercere: The infernal aura omnipresent in 2017 is so high that they can

Endrite (GM): It 1331.

Or 1333.

Or whatever.

Beatrice Orsini : unless there's something really wrong, i'll retreat, since teh wound is actually a pretty big handicap for me

Hypatia of Athens: faerie wedding

Endrite (GM): Retreat from what?

It's a wedding.

Beatrice Orsini : from the wedding

Aristide of Tremere: isnt it 1335

Beatrice Orsini : it is

Hypatia of Athens: I can take Beatrice home if we buy a horse

Endrite (GM): I guesssss you could.

Can everyone make it next week?

Beatrice Orsini : i can make it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok

Zita of Mercere: I can make it every week.

Hypatia of Athens: I can

Aristide of Tremere: i can

Endrite (GM): Bueno.

Ok, see ya'll next week.

Zita of Mercere: Will it take up an entire session, or will it be this + tribunal

Endrite (GM): This + Tribunal, if Johns is ok with that.

Hypatia of Athens: I'll figure out what a church recognized laywoman actually does by then

Beatrice Orsini : lives piously

Aristide of Tremere: produces children for her husband

Zita of Mercere: Mostly so I can spend Archibald's season producing some manner of magic item for us to sell at tribunal

Aristide of Tremere: you could sell nunzios gauntlet

Zita of Mercere: We need to get books and vis, good opportunity to

Aristide of Tremere: i dont think anyone wants it anymore

Zita of Mercere: You really did a number on that gauntlet.

Hypatia of Athens: Sell the bodice at tribunal

Endrite (GM): Well, you could always rob the monastery library.

Aristide of Tremere: thats a good idea

Beatrice Orsini : what are the effects again? it could be of some use in laboratory, i think

Aristide of Tremere: it projects light and protects your hand from fire

Beatrice Orsini : that could be of lab use

Aristide of Tremere: it used to throw fireballs

Zita of Mercere: I need to keep the bodice on for tribunal, to find a magus to marry for House Mercere.

Hypatia of Athens: If there's a book that teaches Blessing, I'll tak eit

Beatrice Orsini : what is the level of that effect now?

Aristide of Tremere: i dont know

level 15

Beatrice Orsini : that's +1 in a specialization by covenant rules

you could argue it can improve your ignem lab total

since you can work with fire more easily

Aristide of Tremere: maybe

Zita of Mercere: That should make it easier to sell it for a decent ignem book

Which we sorely lack

Aristide of Tremere: i know it can only be used on your dominant hand now

Hypatia of Athens: I was hoping to learn Blessingg from Fabius but that may or may not work out

Aristide of Tremere: i think i mightve given it another restriction or effect too

Beatrice Orsini : oh, i looked at the post-experimentation post

Zita of Mercere: It doesnt work if wet

Beatrice Orsini : it's level 22 effect though, which means it can also be argued to add +1 to Safety or similar

or +1 ignem for fire and +1 to imaginem for light

not a big bonus, but if there's something else to sell, it could be worth keeping

Zita of Mercere: The bodice provides zero mechanical benefit

So selling it could help us a lot

Aristide of Tremere: the bodice should improve your presence

Zita of Mercere: It's not like I even need it, I have blessing of venus.

Aristide of Tremere: so does aristide now that i think about it

wheres that bride at

Beatrice Orsini : ok, zita takes the groom, aristide takes the bride and we'll have a double wedding

Endrite (GM): She's guarded.

Zita of Mercere: The groom definitely doesn't want me.

Aristide of Tremere: that reminds me endrite, i discussed it with johns and we agreed that aristide has bastards all over italy if you ever want a hook

Endrite (GM): And Zita ruined her chances with the groom by turning into a man in front of him.

Zita of Mercere: However, with the amulet, I probably have a better shot with the bride.

Endrite (GM): Ok, Aristide.

Beatrice Orsini : convince the groom that he can make zita a woman

Zita of Mercere: Speaking of which, since I never inquired

Not that I'm going to, but if you use magic to become a man, can you have kids

Beatrice Orsini : i assume so

definitely if it's infernal power

Zita of Mercere: I'm just thinking about how longevity rituals render you infertile, so it makes me wonder

Seems like magic gets in the way of that stuff

Besides pagan fertility magic

Beatrice Orsini : no, longevitiy rituals preserve your vital force

Aristide of Tremere: we should rule that, having used the amulet zita is infertile

Beatrice Orsini : so you can't expend it on reproduction

Zita of Mercere: Huh. I see.

Endrite (GM): As far as I know, magic can't actually change your sex permanently.

It's the Limit of Essential Nature.

Beatrice Orsini : there is a way, but it's hidden behind two merinita major mysteries

Zita of Mercere: A problem for men becoming women, but women only need to become a man for 5 minutes.

Beatrice Orsini : and even then there's a way to cancel it

you can't become a man if you're pregnant. realms of power infernal explicitly states that

Endrite (GM): Amazing.

Zita of Mercere: Does any splatbook answer this all-important question.

This may ultimately be a great loophole in the whole mercere being expected to provide heirs thing, actually.

Beatrice Orsini : glamours should make it possible

Aristide of Tremere: does venus blessing still apply if youre under the effects of the amulet

Beatrice Orsini : A glamour seems to have all the

properties of an actual thing of the same

type, including substance. Thus, a glamour

bridge can support weight, a glamour

fi re can ignite parchment, and glamour

wine can quench thirst. They are essentially

Beatrice Orsini : real for the spell’s duration, which

means that they can have lasting effects

on their environment.

Zita of Mercere: I can't imagine why not.

This isn't a glamour, iirc, it's muto corpus

Aristide of Tremere: i cant see any reason it wouldnt work

Beatrice Orsini : yeah

Zita of Mercere: Well, besides that it is of course a sin against god

Beatrice Orsini : what does the bodice do?

Zita of Mercere: However, I'm functionally immortal with mythic alchemy, so I dont need to worry about god

Shaun's description of it says it makes the chest pliable and adjustable

Beatrice Orsini : nice

Zita of Mercere: To give the 'figure of venus'

He mentioned giving it to Celeste out of pity

Beatrice Orsini : nice

and now you have it or does celeste still have it?

Zita of Mercere: I have it, since I was the only redcap at the covenant at the time and she entrusted both magic items to me

I could sell both items to House Mercere for things we need

Beatrice Orsini : i could use the bodice for my vain personality

i'll still have 50 levels of lab texts left over after i pay jorn, so i could give those to mercere

Zita of Mercere: Good point, I need to pay him in lab texts sometime to get my lab done up

I was going to spend a season inventing something to sell for vis at tribunal

Assuming you invent that spell to help with salesmanship

Aristide of Tremere: aristide could be your salesman

Beatrice Orsini : my lab is getting renovated this season

but i could spont a modified aura of ennobled presence that works on bargaining

Zita of Mercere: then either jorn or someone else can sell it

come to think of it I might be our most social PC

2 communication, 9 charm

Beatrice Orsini : i tried to get an opportunity to get charm xp, but there was none

Zita of Mercere: and +5 to all rolls as long as I'm in a city

i think we should use this tribunal to get hold of books we need, if we can, and shore up on vis we might need going forward

archibald is going to be focussed on the case against the ex misc guy but zita can help out with deals we have going on

Beatrice Orsini : ring to improve bargaining would be only 1 pawn of vis as lesser enchantment and it would help with finances

since it's level 10

Endrite (GM): Which Ex Misc guy?

Oh right that one.

Zita of Mercere: yeah, the god botherer

Beatrice Orsini : well, see you next week

Zita of Mercere: speaking of magic items, can they confer intellego effects?

like an item with 'taste' range, lets the user taste whatever the spell confers?

Endrite (GM): Yes.

You can also build this into triggers by letting the magic item do something if it tastes a certain thing.

Zita of Mercere: yeah, thats what i knew about, with regard to linked triggers. i wasnt sure if they can also do intellego normally.

Aristide of Tremere: sword that tastes blood

Zita of Mercere: ill probably make some sort of useful intellego item to sell at tribunal, then.

Endrite (GM): Go for it.

Zita of Mercere: anyway, fun session even if i only made things worse, gg

Endrite (GM): See ya.

Jørn of Merinita:

rolling d10 Warping

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rolling d10 experimenting to add magnitude to Stone Palanquin

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rolling d10 simple die for experiment bonus

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7