9/23/16

Joshua S. (GM): ariam should be all set up. i used attack / block / soak for his token stats in that order

johns (GM): excellent

devil's fav demon: howdy

johns (GM): Heya!

everyone's early today, guess we're just waiting on Endrite & Prinny

devil's fav demon: cool. im gonna make a grog or two before it gets going then

Darvin: I believe Crass is all setup and ready to go as well.

devil's fav demon: oh also how do i get a profile and import my token?

its been a little while since i've used this program or played a game.

johns (GM): boyrep needs to give you GM access

I'll make a blank char sheet you can edit though

Skidofai Iidreb

we have what looks like a real turb now

Joshua S. (GM): :kelly: real turd

devil's fav demon: thx. i cant move it under magi, but ther eit is.

johns (GM): lemme start off with a bit of lore recap

This is the story as every Hermetic magi knows it: Back in the 8th century, Bonisagus lived in the city of Rome along with his wealthy uncle, who owned a tower on the Aventine Hill

Nearby was a dried well which he explored, and found a cache of scrolls from the ancient roman Cult of Mercury that started him on his studies in Magic Theory

No one knows where that was and whether he left anything behind. That was 600 years ago, the landscape of the city has shifted, and Bonisagus' mundane family name is long forgotten

Joshua S.: bonisagus caesar

johns (GM): Fast forward, year 1325, Autumn

devil's fav demon: cool.

johns (GM): One of the covenant's Magi

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d5

(

4

)

=

4

johns (GM): Aleseta

devil's fav demon: i wonder if his uncle didnt believe him at first.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: . o O ( Yes?)

johns (GM): Is in her lab, reaching for a piece of parchment to jot down some notes

Frustratingly, Silvano has done a piss-poor job of scraping the original contents clear.

Such things are common when you recycle parchment. But the contents of this page are notable: It's part of the catalogue of the library of the Monastery of St. Scholastica

Aleseta of Bonisagus: mmm

Aleseta of Bonisagus Ecos Piedmontishly.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta will try to decipher what it is.

johns (GM): This particular page lists correspondences and missives, including "Municipal report of City of Rome and its domiciles in the 5th year of his eminence Pope Constantine"

johns (GM): Which would be around.. 713 AD

Endrite (GM): Hello, sorry I am late.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfnoORaC2c

who is our other bonisagus??

johns (GM): Aristocritus

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Aleseta will hustle to find Aristocritus ASAP.

Silvano the Scrivener: sup

whoops, that's not the right character

Aristocritus Bonisagi: sup

Darvin: heh

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "I have found something potentially extraordinary!"

Aleseta of Bonisagus shows.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Municipal report of the city of Rome?"

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "It could help us learn the Founder's family name!"

‼

oh, ferris is also a bonisagus/trianoma

Darvin: Yeah, Trin

Aleseta of Bonisagus also informs Ferris.

johns (GM): Trin ftwin

Proclus of Rome: Psssh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm still a trianoma, but i switched my character name for nerd reasons.

Proclus of Rome: They've clearly done such a DAMN great job!

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "We need to see what this paper contains and if Silvano has any more pages from the original text!"

johns (GM): the Trianoma let the Guernicus run Normandy and look what happened there

Ferris of Trianoma: "Agreed."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: presumably some extremely good shit happened there

Archibald of Guernicus: Everything worked out great, I assume.

Proclus of Rome: What DID happen there?

Sir Oak: Silvano toils in the library, stocking and restocking your 12 books

Proclus of Rome: Gasp, a talking Animation?!

johns (GM): The Normandy tribunal effectively dissolved and part of the tribunal seceded to its own tribunal

Aleseta of Bonisagus: Anacron sings in a deep voice, "THIS IS FUCK-ING AWE-SOMMMMMME"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "Silvano! Where did you get this parchment?"

johns (GM): Also at some point the Domus Magnus of house Tytalus blew up and killed both Primae

but that's neither here nor there

Aristocritus Bonisagi: they probably had it coming

Proclus of Rome: Nothing to see here folks.

Endrite: It really bugs me that they moved the re-join as player/GM button.

Silvano the Scrivener: He looks at it. "We get old parchment in bulk from the stationary seller, m'lords. Where he gets his supply I don't know but there's always parchment coming and going to be scraped clean anew."

"I'd guess it comes from the monastery, originally."

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Hmm. I could use some Intellego Animal to help track down the other parts... perhaps... "

Silvano the Scrivener: To be clear

This is not part of the missive itself, it's a list of books within the library

Aleseta of Bonisagus: oooo i c

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh

Proclus of Rome: Wouldn't that be even more valuable?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Then we should go to the library!"

Silvano the Scrivener: Righto. well getting the book is the bulk of today's adventure and its up to you how you do it.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: where's the monastery

johns (GM): St. Scholastica at Subiaco, also known as Subiaco Abbey, is a well known Benedictine abbey north of the city

Aleseta of Bonisagus: oic

johns (GM): Aleseta's time as a nun should mean she's familiar with the rules of the Benedictine order

Aleseta of Bonisagus: mmm mm yes.

what's the rules

johns (GM): In brief

Hospitality, austerity, communal property, silence

The abbot is the supreme head of the monastery but takes input from other monks

Proclus of Rome: Hospitality eh?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: if it's your first night in a benedictine monastery, you have to fight.

yeah i bet he takes input (this is a monastic homosexuality joke)

Proclus of Rome: I see.

Orsu Paganacci wanders in, eating an apple.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: they also have a really elaborate sign language for talking about meals, different kinds of food, how good the food is, etc.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm going to have to wear my cotehardie and good tights.

Proclus of Rome: What if some people went there posing as benedictine monks?

Orsu Paganacci: "Any nuns up by this monastery? Tertiary orders?"

johns (GM): The gates of the monastery are locked between Vespers (5 pm) and Prime (7 am)

Proclus of Rome: How communal is the property?

johns (GM): The books would likely be in a library and seldom leave the library/scriptorium area, and they are the responsibility of the Chancellor (one of the officer monks)

Proclus of Rome: Is it every Benedictine Monk or just the ones from the monastery?

johns (GM): Just the ones from the monastery

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm going to out-proclus proclus here:

Proclus of Rome: Oh?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what if we just went and asked to see their old records

Orsu Paganacci: hell yeah

johns (GM): Sure, choose your party for a Diplomatic approach, bearing in mind gift penalty and all that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ha ha ha. ha

Proclus of Rome: Sounds like we need a Party Select Screen.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm sure they'll be happy to see me.

Orsu Paganacci: "Seriously are there any nuns up there or just the boring monks?"

Proclus of Rome: In any case, I'm much too busy to go.

I have an important project that I just can't take time away from.

johns (GM): No nuns, sorry ORsu

Ferris of Trianoma: I'll send out old man Potom, he loves books after all.

Orsu Paganacci sighs.

Orsu Paganacci: "Well, if we could grab a few books it might be worthwhile even without nuns."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'll send my most trusted companion: aristocritus

Proclus of Rome: "Great idea Orsu, I'm sure you'll profit greatly by going."

Orsu Paganacci nods.

Potom Flos: So, the plan is to just stroll up and ask them for the books?

johns (GM): Now that you've seen this picture of what it actually looks like, let's see a map of what I'm pretending it looks like

Orsu Paganacci: mmm haha

Archibald of Guernicus: Sorry about that, my internet cut out completely there.

Voda: Let's see Paul Allen's rendition of a monastery.

Orsu Paganacci: lol

let's see umberto eco's rendition of a monastery

Voda: Frankly going to a monastery is just safer than being in a tomb.

johns (GM): starring Sean Connery as Archibald

Orsu Paganacci: yess

Prudenzio of Flambeau: this is funny.

Archibald of Guernicus: Has Prudenzio introduced himself and joined in Summer then

johns (GM):

rolling 1d7 Archon

(

4

)

=

4

Aristocritus is taking the lead

I didn't have an intro adventure for Prudenzio in mind, apologies

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hell yeah

Voda: Is Prudenzio even eligible?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I have no idea. I could be here for an unrelated reason. I could also play a grog.

johns (GM): Eligible for what?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: archonship, i think

johns (GM): I just added him for the legendary 8th planet

Voda: Planet X.

johns (GM): Anyway I assume Prinny will catch up eventually. Dys any preference here?

Archibald of Guernicus: For who to take? I forgot to make a companion still and I'm paying the price for it

johns (GM): mmhaha

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: I could play a grog, Rope Kid's stuff for making one fast was finished right?

johns (GM): Yeah and we got a few kicking around already

Potom Flos: Yeah, it's pretty fast.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: think of all the adventure xp you could get by sending your magus, though.

Voda: 7-8!

Archibald of Guernicus: Think of all the much higher book xp I could get at home

johns (GM): damn straight

Voda: You just spend the adventure XP when you're working on a project.

Archibald of Guernicus: I don't have the Adventure Learner trait, pal.

Virtue, rather

Potom Flos: Adventurer sounds like it should be a virtue.

Voda: What kind of maniac would want to go on adventures?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: adventurer is definitely a personality flaw

Voda: Do we just knock or what?

johns (GM): Sure. It's midday, and this is the main gate.

Orsu Paganacci: "Let's make a plan, first. What are we looking for and what's our play?"

johns (GM): a plan? sounds crazy. have a conf token

Voda: Here the Learned Magician, have a token.

johns (GM): and one for endrite who is below 3

Voda: Well Aristocritus?

What's the plan?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: We're looking for some records from the city of Rome, dating to AD 713.

Probably in the library.

Orsu Paganacci: "These Benedictines are real sticklers for rules. How are we going to get in?"

Voda: "We could pretend to be monks."

Orsu Paganacci: "But we don't know their handsigns or whatever that lady said."

"I guess we could pretend to be from another order, but they would limit our access to the library."

Voda: "They don't talk right? We we just need to not say anything."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "I can turn invisible for up to a day. I have no idea what I'm looking for."

Aristocritus Bonisagi recites

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "The municipal report of the City of Rome and its domiciles in the 5th year of his eminence Pope Constantine."

johns (GM): Going back to the map here, we can see it's a walled monastery atop a steep hill, the Library/scriptorium is the big building on the north end

Orsu Paganacci: "Well, we have this scrap of parchment that's an index of some sort... "

johns what does the parchment indicate

Voda: "If the book is in a library, how hard can it be to find?"

"There should only be around 20 books, right?"

Orsu Paganacci: "Depends on how many books it has, I suppose."

johns (GM): It's a list of books within the Library's collection. It lists several bound correspondences between various religion figures from the 8th century, reports to the Pope (including the one you're looking for), and dry internal monastery documentation

Orsu Paganacci: "Maybe, but this is a scriptorium."

Voda: "What like a tomb for books?"

Orsu Paganacci: "It's where they copy books, so they may have a great number on hand."

Archibald of Guernicus: On reflection my only grog idea would be better as a companion so I'll spend the session observing and making their sheet.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh nice

i have +1 stealth

Voda: Oh pshaw.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: easy.

Voda: I have +9.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: get this. i have +2.

Potom Flos: Basically guaranteed.

johns (GM): if you want to skim the benedictine rules I'm just working off The Church book, p53

Voda: What if we pretended to be Franciscans?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: If we can get around the the outside of the library, we could just levitate up.

to the

Orsu Paganacci: "We could pretend to be from another order as long as these clowns don't know much about them."

"Of course we're not exactly dressed for it."

Voda: "We could just go back to Rome and get the right clothes."

johns (GM): Sure

Voda: Only 23 feet away, this won't take any time at all.

Mere moments.

Orsu Paganacci: lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: The library will still be here tomorrow.

Potom Flos: Fair enough

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is it actually possible to get around to that side of the wall, though

johns (GM): No prob getting some Monk's robes in the Big City

Voda: Especially when we know a tailor.

johns (GM): It's a pretty steep climb, would be difficult by mundane means

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm no bad liar, but I think we might be found out in those costumes.

Potom Flos: But, there is always the option to float.

Voda: "At least I can still get tired out."

Potom Flos: Who is guilely?

Orsu Paganacci: "Well, then can't we use magic to scale the walls or something?"

orsu is

Voda: I have a very high guile.

rolling 1d10 + 5 +1

(

7

)

+5+1

=

13

Incredibly high.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i have a +7 in guile.

Orsu Paganacci: i'm a very guiley baby

Voda: You wouldn't even believe it if I told you.

Orsu Paganacci: also has 7 in guile + 4 presence (5 with magic)

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i don't think i have The Church

oh there it is

Voda: In The Name of the C. Viper

Potom Flos: We should be fine with this band of untrustworthy fellows.

Orsu Paganacci: "Didn't someone say something about levitating?"

Voda: I'll just start walking.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Levitating does sound nice.

You know, I've never levitated before?

Voda: "If we all show up at different times, then we can pretend we don't know one another."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: (prudenzio has a vocal fry)

Orsu Paganacci: "Hmm."

johns (GM): vocal fries dog

Potom Flos: Okay, how about Aristocritus pokes up to float us up, and we have enough liars in this group to pretend we were let in if we get caught.

Orsu Paganacci: "Sounds good."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I've been here for three days.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: sure

Voda: Ok time to split the party.

Orsu Paganacci: hell yeah

johns (GM): Let me see if I understand, you're all floating into the Aedificium, dressed as monks?

Orsu Paganacci: foolproof

Voda: No, I'm going to walk up to the gate and ask to be let in while dressed as a monk.

Orsu Paganacci: http://movie.info/movie/We're_No_Angels_1989_0.jpeg

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I might be invisible, so I can grab what they point to before getting caught and start stumbling away.

johns (GM): Ok, I can manage both scenarios with a bit of scene swapping

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aleseta would have told us about the monastic schedule, right

johns (GM): Voda you want to approach when the gates are normally open or not?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: actually, no. I can't resist the attention.

Voda: When they're open.

How are they going to let me in if the gates are closed?

Come on!

johns (GM): Okay, so that would be during the day. Party A, when do you want to make your magical assault?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: (be right back, im going to put my stuff in the drier. totally forgot about it.)

Voda: V for Very Likely Still Alive

Prudenzio of Flambeau: if we're sneaking in, we could do it the night before.

Potom Flos: Makes sense

Voda: I need to be invited in anyway.

johns (GM): Aha

Voda: Well, if they have any wards around the place.

Which they might, I don't know.

johns (GM): Just walls

Alright, so Potom, Aristocritus, and Prudenzio are going to levitate, Orsu too?

Orsu Paganacci: Orsu is going to hang back.

Actually nah

he'll go with

Potom Flos: Party C

Aristocritus Bonisagi: timeline b

johns (GM): what's the levitate spell

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rise of the feathery body

johns (GM): Excellent

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do i need to check for botches?

Orsu Paganacci: what's the aura btw

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh yeah

Orsu Paganacci: infernal 7

johns (GM): Dominion 1 outside voice range of the walls, Dominion 2 around the walls, Dominion 3 inside the walls

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hmm.

is that 24/7, or at night

johns (GM): At night it decreases by 1

Orsu Paganacci: "Oh yeah, and be careful around the times that the bells ring for prayers. Really messes with certain charms."

johns (GM): good call

Aristocritus Bonisagi: so 0/1/2

"The bell shouldn't ring until midnight, so we have plenty of time."

johns (GM): The roll is non-stressed so if you can pull it off you pull it off

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lemme check

should be good in dominion 1

All right, we have to go one at a time. Who's first?

Potom Flos: If I'm caught by myself I'm a terrible liar, so it shouldn't be me.

Orsu Paganacci: "I'll go."

"I look like a supple young acolyte anyway."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'll go next, then. Such an old man. I just can't compete anymore.

cthinker: really good description incoming

Aristocritus Bonisagi casts the spell.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: "All right. Up you go."

johns (GM): Orsu floats up. There is only windows on one level of the Aedificium so you can peer in

Orsu Paganacci clasps his hands together next to his face like an angel as he floats up.

johns (GM): Pretty dark.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Orsu Paganacci: No light inside?

johns (GM): A lone dim candle near the end of its life

No sounds nearby

Orsu Paganacci: how wide is this window? could someone fit through it?

johns (GM): Easily

Orsu Paganacci: assuming it were open/broken, i mean.

johns (GM): It's not a glass window, it's just.. a hole in the wall with an arch on it, basically

Orsu Paganacci: oh, nice.

don't mind if i do.

Orsu Paganacci creeps in.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we didn't arrange any kind of signal or anything, so i guess i'll send the next guy up

Prudenzio of Flambeau wiggles around as he floats up.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I don't like levitating. New experiences are a blessing.

johns (GM): here we go

dynamic lighting activated

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice

Voda: Wow!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: this is high tech!!

Voda: Johns is pretty "high tech" for an old guy.

Orsu Paganacci: We can't read chat logs but we have dynamic lighting for fog of war. #blessed

johns (GM): lol

Anyway I assume the rest come up

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ye

Potom Flos: This lighting thing is really neat.

johns (GM): This would be cool for a dungeon crawl

Orsu Paganacci: this is giving me good name of th rose feels tho

Voda: A dungeon crawl sounds miserable.

johns (GM): Alright, Dominion 2 now that you're inside

Voda: Shackeled to the ground and forced to crawl everywhere!

What a misery!

johns (GM): hoh hoh hoh

Orsu Paganacci begins slowly moving toward the candle.

johns (GM): You feel writing desks and chairs around you.

Orsu Paganacci picks up the candle and looks around for a fresh one to light.

johns (GM): You can see the outline of a candelabra in the corner..

Orsu Paganacci: head that way slowly

Prudenzio of Flambeau almost starts whistling, but stops in time.

johns (GM): You approach the candelabra, then

A bit Northeast of you, and higher than you, you hear the sound of a door opening

And footsteps on stone

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im extremely impressed by the lighting



Orsu Paganacci makes hand motions for people to scatter!

Orsu Paganacci: he extinguishes the candle

Prudenzio of Flambeau hides behind this desk

johns (GM): Everyone's hiding?

Make stealth rolls, with a +9 bonus for darkness

Potom Flos: Seems like it

Orsu Paganacci: dex or qik?

johns (GM): Dex

Orsu Paganacci:

rolling d10!-2+3+9 Stealth

(

1

)

-2+3+9

=

11

good shit

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+1-2+9

(

4

)

+1-2+9

=

12

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+2+9

(

5

)

+2+9

=

16

johns (GM): Oh no..

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

rolling 2d10

(

8

+

9

)

=

17

Prudenzio of Flambeau: wait with dex that'

Potom Flos:

rolling 1d10! + 0 + 9

(

9

)

+0+9

=

18

Prudenzio of Flambeau: s a 13.

johns (GM): All rolled well enough

Aristocritus Bonisagi: clumsy wizard crew

johns (GM): From the stairwell comes flickering light as a monk holding a candle comes down..

He pauses and looks around, like he's looking for something

Orsu Paganacci: he's looking for... a sword!! stabs this fucken dude  (j/k)

johns (GM): hey if you really want name of the rose feel we need some dead monks

He crosses the room and exits out into the monastery grounds.

Prudenzio of Flambeau exhales hard

Prudenzio of Flambeau: (quiet) This is so exciting.

johns (GM): All is still once more.

Orsu Paganacci: (quietly) "We should move to another room. He may come back through this way."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Mm-hm."

johns (GM): There's the stairway leading up he came from, and the door leading out to the grounds that he left through, any other exits you'll have to find in the dark

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Up?

Orsu Paganacci shrugs and nods.

Potom Flos: Up!

johns (GM): You make your way in the dark to the stone steps

Aristocritus Bonisagi: would moonbeam illuminate the room or just the target circle

johns (GM): The room

This is a but weird but magic spells can create "real" species (light, sound, color etc.)

Voda: That isn't that weird.

johns (GM): Well fine

Anyway at the top of the stairs you encounter something wooden and solid

Voda: Magic can create all kinds of real things.

Orsu Paganacci replicates the power of god at the dawn of cretion.

Orsu Paganacci: "This is normal."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: this is funny

Orsu Paganacci: wood... top of the stairs... my training says this may be a door.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: no holes in this door?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do we have any door experts here

i guess a flambeau is a kind of door expert

Orsu Paganacci: PeHe is a door expert mm haha

Prudenzio of Flambeau: a door... to the gra ve

Aristocritus Bonisagi: anyway. i'm going to open the door

johns (GM): You tug on the metal latch. The door appears to be locked.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: that's fucked up.

Potom Flos: He locked the door behind him?

Must be important

Orsu Paganacci looks directly in the camera and points at a wall calendar which is as anachronistic as a fucking lock on a door!! FUFCKCKK!K!!

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+10

(

4

)

+10

=

14

Aristocritus Bonisagi: there's an entire chapter on locks in one of the supplements

Prudenzio of Flambeau: to touch the door, to see if anything's behind it

johns (GM): Ok hang on

Prudenzio of Flambeau: with the lights on

Orsu Paganacci: (quietly) "We could jump him and take the key..."

johns (GM): It's not a keyhole lock, it's a padlock sort of thing like you might put on a strongbox in this era

Prudenzio of Flambeau: with "Prying Eyes"

Potom Flos: I believe Pyring Eyes doesn't light anything up.

johns (GM): And the lock is on your side of the door

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah i'm hoping someone is there with candles lit

it might not work.

johns (GM): Does this pass the history test

Voda: Looks like these four people got to the locked door via magic, which did not historically exist.

johns (GM): Ah sorry Prudenzio, missed you were casting a spell

Orsu Paganacci: the good news is olde tyme locks are pretty easy to pick

johns (GM): It's -6 due to aura but that's formulaic right?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah.

johns (GM): You can't see anything in the next room, there's no light

Prudenzio of Flambeau: drat.

Let's jump him.

Hopefully there's still time.

johns (GM): If that's the plan, take your positions

Prudenzio of Flambeau: No one's practiced legerdemain?

Voda: I have.

johns (GM): I feel like being unable to enter places uninvited cuts back on Voda's ledgerdemain ability

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Can you just, you know, steal the key?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm gonna spont some muco heah

Voda: Well it's only places that have wards on them.

Orsu Paganacci sponts some MuCo by expectorating w/ a sinus infection.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling (1d10!-6+14+1)/2

(

(

3

)

-6+14+1)/2

=

6

Voda: But it's really any ward with a Corpus or Mentem target.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: whew

Voda: Even folk wards like horseshoes.

johns (GM): What're you casting, Aristo?

Voda: The warder just needs one point in a realm lore.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: eyes of the cat

Potom Flos: Nice!

johns (GM): Excellent

Time passes, about 10 minutes

You can hear the main doors to the scriptorium creak open and the monk from before entering, holding a candle in one hand and a pitcher in another

He's moving towards the stairs. Any action?

Orsu Paganacci waits for this dude to get in the narrow stairwell

Prudenzio of Flambeau meows

Archibald of Guernicus: Remember sodales, an arcane takedown is always the most silent takedown.

Brother Ugo stops and looks towards Prudenzio

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's only the most silent takedown if you take -10 to your casting score

Orsu Paganacci: SA = silent arcanaist

Brother Ugo: "Who's pet got out.. " he wonders aloud in Latin.

Voda: Pets?

Hmm.

Orsu Paganacci: cats in monasteries ftw

Brother Ugo: He turns around and heads back up the stairs

Rounding out of sight to where the door is

Orsu Paganacci gestures wildly to the others to "get him"

Prudenzio of Flambeau gestures at his nails and shakes his head "no" while waving Orsu off

Aristocritus Bonisagi: good ambush, all

Brother Ugo: You hear Ugo set down his pitcher and fumble with the lock

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm very clumsy.

Aristocritus Bonisagi gestures at orsu to go get him yourself

Orsu Paganacci: does no one in this group have brawl

Brother Ugo: lmao

Potom Flos: nope

Voda: I do.

Potom Flos: Thanks Voda

Brother Ugo: again: lmao

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do i LOOK like i have brawl

Potom Flos: Someone atleast THREATEN him!

Voda: I have +9 Brawl (Silent Takedowns)

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Someone get him and I'll just make him forget the last few minutes before we close the door behind him, I say aloud

Prudenzio of Flambeau really hopes that spell works

Voda: +9 Brawl (Silent Takedowns on Monks)

Orsu Paganacci leans in to try to hear what Prudenzio is saying.

Potom Flos: This will go poorly. I will follow the Brother up the stairs.

Brother Ugo: Dex + Stealth if you please

Potom Flos:

rolling 1d10! + 0 + 0 + 9

(

3

)

+0+0+9

=

12

Brother Ugo:

rolling 1d10!+1+2

(

9

)

+1+2

=

12

rolling 1d2

(

2

)

=

2

Okay, you can catch him unaware

For reference, an attack on an unaware target, the target has 0 defense

Orsu Paganacci: nice

Potom Flos: I'll just try to old man club in the back of the head.

Brother Ugo: (going by boyar's rules)

Orsu Paganacci: classic monk braining

Brother Ugo: Roll attack just to see if you botch

Potom Flos:

rolling 1d10! +1 -5

(

7

)

+1-5

=

3

Brother Ugo: then roll damage

Potom Flos: does Strength add to damage?

Brother Ugo: yeah

Potom Flos:

rolling 1d10! -5

(

5

)

-5

=

0

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lol

Potom Flos: :D

Aristocritus Bonisagi: do you have -5 strength. what the hell

Brother Ugo grunts in pain

Potom Flos: Someone had to do something.

Voda: Or not.

Brother Ugo: damage is St + Brawl + 2

+ stress

Potom Flos: oh, than +3

So 3 damage

Orsu Paganacci: lol

Brother Ugo: "Madon!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: this is awesome.

Brother Ugo: Prudenzio of Flambeau Initiative: 19

Orsu Paganacci Initiative: 20

Brother Ugo Initiative: 92

Potom Flos Initiative: 23

Aristocritus Bonisagi Initiative: 17

Orsu Paganacci: jesu christo

Voda: 92 is pretty good.

Orsu Paganacci: ugo the swift is what they call him

Brother Ugo: He slips through the open door and slams it, throwing his weight against it to hold it closed

Prudenzio of Flambeau: damn.

Orsu Paganacci: time to stomp this fuckin monk

Potom Flos: "I thought you were a burgler or fowl demon! Sorry!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: among the gallant fraternity, he's known as sagacious ugo

Voda: Fowl Demon eh?

Brother Ugo: Does Potom have guile?

Potom Flos: Nope.

Brother Ugo: also lmao that Potom has -5 str

Well you can make an untrained Com+Guile roll and try to roll lucky if you like

Potom Flos: He likes books. Not punching. But he likes inaction less, so...

What do I do for untrained?

Orsu Paganacci: it just means you have a 0 in it

Brother Ugo: Same as normal roll but extra botch die if you roll a 1

Aristocritus Bonisagi: should have attacked with a book

Potom Flos:

rolling 1d10! +0 +5

(

7

)

+0+5

=

12

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if you have so much book skill.

Brother Ugo rolls some dice

Brother Ugo: "Who are you?" barks Ugo

Everyone else can move while this conversation ensues

Voda: AFK a sec.

Potom Flos: (motions for the others to get ready to break down the door and murder a monk)

Orsu Paganacci rushes up the stairs with a club in hand

Prudenzio of Flambeau: make up a common benedictine name

Aristocritus Bonisagi: proclus, of rome

Brother Ugo: lm a o.

Orsu Paganacci: lol

Potom Flos: "My name is Voda! I was looking for some books when you crept along and scared me!"

Orsu Paganacci: lol

Voda: I can't believe this!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lmao

Brother Ugo: "Shameless wretch! Scoundrel!"

Orsu Paganacci:  in knight from potion seller skit voice

Brother Ugo: wait

Potom Flos: "Word hurt more than my old hands, brother!"

Brother Ugo: hold up

okay, I was just confirming something

The monk says that and says "You've no right to be here Voda!"

Potom Flos: "My apologies! I'll leave you alone now!" And proceed to make bad fake footsteps like I'm going down the stairs.

Brother Ugo: Brilliant.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: this is definitely going to work.

Brother Ugo:

rolling 1d10!+1+2 Awareness

(

2

)

+1+2

=

5

Potom Flos: (I'll try to squeeze behind Orsu)

Archibald of Guernicus: Classic Potom Flos.

Brother Ugo: Cripes maybe he buys it. You don't hear anything else from him for the moment.

Wait or Action?

Potom Flos: I'm waiting around to see if he opens the door on his own, not sure what everyone else is doing.

Brother Ugo: The flickering light you can see from the crack under the door vanishes

Orsu Paganacci waits and holds up his arms like "what??"

Potom Flos: The door shouldn't be padlocked from this side, so does someone want to try just opening it up?

Voda: Making the Oswald of Carim face.

Orsu Paganacci: who is the strongest (0 str here)

Prudenzio of Flambeau: also 0

Potom Flos: Well, you know where I stand.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: and -3 dex

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh are we not on initiative anymore

johns (GM): Nah

Free movement

Voda: I have +1 strength.

Prudenzio of Flambeau squeezes Voda's bicep

johns (GM): It took 3 years but we finally found the opponent worthy to challenge Hermetic Magi: an unarmed monk and a door

Orsu Paganacci: yesss

whispers "Wait here..."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well it would be messed up to just kill a monk.

Potom Flos: Hey, uh, I forget this usually with Potom but I have Second Sight. Would that be helpful here (sorry).

Orsu Paganacci gingerly climbs the stairs

johns (GM): You could see a ghost or angel if there were any

There's no angels here (lucky for you)

Aristocritus Bonisagi: can he see the hundreds of thousands of devils that surround monks at every moment, trying to tempt them

Orsu Paganacci: mm haha

johns (GM): I can see 4 devils right here

Voda: Heh.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: that would be chill.

Orsu Paganacci: :twisted:

Aristocritus Bonisagi: all right. someone go up there and tempt the monk

Orsu Paganacci: i will carefully try to open the door

johns (GM): Bearing in mind it's pitch black atm

Orsu Paganacci: tru

johns (GM): You reach for where the handle is and feel nothing

Orsu Paganacci: wtf

johns (GM): Do you reach further or step back

Orsu Paganacci: keep reachin

johns (GM): You feel skin

Voda: lol

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Mmm.

johns (GM): And there's a cry as the monk leaps back into his room

Orsu Paganacci: damn it's that kind of monastery

johns (GM): and tries to shut the door on you

Orsu Paganacci: (in Latin) "Brother, help me! "

"There is a madman stumbling around here who struck at me!"

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-1 Str

(

6

)

-1

=

5

Potom Flos: nice

Prudenzio of Flambeau: from a target’s memory, leaving a blank. You

time. With an Intelligence stress roll of 9+, the

target the loss of memory to a specific event or

target realizes that memories of a certain period

are missing. This Ease Factor can change,

depending on how important the missing memory

Prudenzio of Flambeau: is and what sort of circumstances surrounded

of time can allow reconstruction of much of

the event. Careful introspection over a period

memory, but some details are lost forever.

(Base 10, +1 Eye)

ffuruukfk

Prudenzio of Flambeau: whoops.

Brother Ugo: That's fine

"Begone devils!"

Orsu Paganacci: i am trying to trick this monk with my guileful account that is not true!!!

Brother Ugo: Roll some guile then

Orsu Paganacci:

rolling d10!+4+7

(

4

)

+4+7

=

15

16 actually

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i am gonna step up the stairs a little and see what there is to see

Orsu Paganacci: there's nothing because it's dark!!

Brother Ugo: he's got cat's eyes

Orsu Paganacci: oh yah

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im going to get closer and squeeze in past Potom.

Brother Ugo: Anyway you just see the door, the monk had it ajar earlier but is holding it shut after bumping into Orsu

Aristocritus Bonisagi: dang

Orsu Paganacci: does he not respond to my ruse

Brother Ugo:

rolling 1d10!+1+4+8 folk ken you already tried this before

(

5

)

+1+4+8

=

18

Orsu Paganacci: holy moly

Brother Ugo: He says nothing and just tries holding the door shut.

Orsu Paganacci: "Get up here!"

Aristocritus Bonisagi: let's pull this sucker open

Orsu Paganacci just starts shoving the door open

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or push it, or whatever

Brother Ugo: Strength rolls from everyone who wants to push

Orsu Paganacci:

rolling d10!

(

6

)

=

6

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I gotta help.

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling d10!

(

8

)

=

8

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10

(

9

)

=

9

Prudenzio of Flambeau flexes

Brother Ugo: "Oof!"

You push him off balance, he topples backwards into the room and the door flies open

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice statue

Brother Ugo: He feels around trying to get his bearings in the dark.

Orsu Paganacci looks at the marble bust Agent 47ishly.

Aristocritus Bonisagi forms a circle with his arms, not that anyone can see it, and casts Moonbeam

Brother Ugo: psycho hell yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi:

rolling 1d10!+6-6+1

(

7

)

+6-6+1

=

8

spell level 3

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Does anyone know how to do a choking hold?"

Brother Ugo: Moonlight fills the narrow room

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh, i've been adding the dramatic gestures bonus to my spells here

Brother Ugo: Maybe should've asked earlier: Are you wearing robes of the Benedictines or a different order?

Orsu Paganacci: good q

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is that fine or do you not want people throwing +1 in to their total just because

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I thought we were, indeed, all disguised as Benedictines

Brother Ugo: No, exageratted gestures is fine

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok

Voda: I'm disguised as a Franciscan.

Brother Ugo: It'd only be an issue if you were in a social situation

We're well past that right now

"Brothers... what violence is this!"

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Maybe you can help us, and you can leave this whole situation feeling better than ever!"

Orsu Paganacci: hah

Prudenzio of Flambeau: haha

Brother Ugo: "Who is that? I don't recognize your voice and can't see your face well.."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "Brother Proclus, of course."

Orsu Paganacci: next level

Brother Ugo: "There is no brother Proclus at this abbey. You.."

Words fail him.

Prudenzio of Flambeau keeps smiling

Potom Flos: Someone knock him out!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: life is just funny sometimes, you know?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 2 people need to hold him down if Prudenzio wants to cast an Eye spell, i think

Brother Ugo: We're not in combat, he's okay to cast now if he likes.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm going to cast a voice spell.

rolling 1d10-6+29

(

5

)

-6+29

=

28

Brother Ugo: aura is dom3 so -9, what spell?

Orsu Paganacci: is it dom 3 even at night? dang

Prudenzio of Flambeau: 25 peme, mind of a three year old for two minutes

damn

johns (GM): acgh, sorry orsu is right

Okay, he has no MR (or at least we haven't houseruled that monks enjoy MR yet) so the spell lands

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I go over to him and make sure his robes are wrapped around him and tell him to go to sleep.

Brother Ugo: d'aww

Well his mind is scrambled until sunrise so he won't put up any fight

johns (GM): Are you able to erase his memories too?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah but that's another spell.

Orsu Paganacci: he sleep

Potom Flos: Do it before we forget :D

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ok.

is this -6 or 9? because it's at night, 6?

johns (GM): -6

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10-6+29

(

8

)

-6+29

=

31

25 PeMe

johns (GM): Cool, cool.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: totally forgets everything that happened tonight. with an intelligence stress roll of 9+ he can notice that memories are missing

actually maybe a higher stress roll since it's a higher level memory loss spell

johns (GM): Is the range of erased memories the whole night? Won't he feel something's wrong when he comes out of the childlike bliss spell?

Prudenzio of Flambeau pats Brother Ugo on the head.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the original is a 15 and covers five minutes, this is a level 25 and covers, i guess, a much longer period of time. probably one that covers what just happened at least.

johns (GM): Sure

Prudenzio of Flambeau: he will notice something's wrong if he passes the stress roll

johns (GM): Alright

johns (GM) rolls some dice

Aristocritus Bonisagi: well, he also got hit on the head

Prudenzio of Flambeau: but he won't remember what happened, just that he doesn't remember something

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+3

(

5

)

+3

=

8

johns (GM): Right, right

Voda: Looks like Consignment of Oblivion only works on foundational memories.

Potom Flos: I'm going to start checking the books in the room to see if I can find any of the titles from that index Alesta found.

Voda: So marriage, childhood, and so forth.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: even if it was with -5 strength. so he'll probably notice that

johns (GM): The library is full of many texts, most copies, but lots of theological and AL texts you don't have, plus dusty boxes of old letters and records that include what you're looking for

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristocritus can just stand here for an hour and a half concentrating on moonbeams i guess

Voda: Also can you cast an Eye range spell on someone who is sleeping?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: like, important memories. can i cast a spell i don't know? if the level 15 one covers five minutes that still seems to cover the time spent incapacitating him.

johns (GM): Nope!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: damn.

Potom Flos: Great! We found the texts we were looking for! Let's grab it and run right?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: well, let's move fast!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: you can spont a spell you don't know

johns (GM): We'll have to sort out exactly what your spell does another time heh

Potom Flos: And maybe some Tracts on Brawl. :D

Voda: It's much more difficult.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i could spont the regular 5 minute memory loss spell and then use it at touch range, then

Voda: There's a VERY clear ruling on fencing manuals!

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah

Aristocritus Bonisagi: ok i have some good news about this library

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i'd rathre it just cover a period of time then.

Orsu Paganacci: where the artes liberales tracts at

Aristocritus Bonisagi: rise of the feathery body lets you levitate while holding up to 50 pounds of stuff.

johns (GM): Lore update: These are the kind of monks who are good at unarmed combat too

Orsu Paganacci: lol

johns (GM): How much stuff do you want to steal

Orsu Paganacci: not so much that they make a big deal

but a few choice texts

if we rob this place blind, Someone Important might care

Aristocritus Bonisagi: namely, God

johns (GM): OK, let's say 2 AL Summa and 2 AL Tract

which I'll stat up after this session

Orsu Paganacci: cool cool

Potom Flos: Any Brawl Tracks or Summas?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm going to steal the chandelier mentioned earlier because it looks nice. Plain, but so elegant.

johns (GM): Only Brawling with Sin, as expressed by devotion to God

It's pretty nice, Prudenzio. The Benedictines are wealthy.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: aristocritus is probably not actually in favor of stealing more than we need

Prudenzio of Flambeau: (im a very poorly educated person when it comes to history.)

Orsu Paganacci: ive got a fever and the only prescription is more A.L.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i'm just standing here focusing on this circle though

Prudenzio of Flambeau: Thank you.

Orsu Paganacci: "Let's get out of this dump."

johns (GM): who needs to study history when you have the Ars Magica lore spelling it out for you

Okay, can you rise of the feathery body out in -6 aura?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i have to actually roll for it

actually, i don't if i get the +1 gesture bonus

johns (GM): nice!

Aristocritus Bonisagi: walkin' on the razor's edge

johns (GM): The next day, Voda hears from the gregarious Hospitaller that the Chancellor of the library has taken sick, making any talk of copying books impossible

Potom Flos: Poor thing

johns (GM): With no other business Voda takes his leave.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: alas, poor endrite

johns (GM): The perils of party splitting

Voda: It happens.

Pretty good adventure for me!

I didn't get killed by fairies!

johns (GM): Hmm

Does Proclus want to raise any objections to what has happened today

Potom Flos: Silver linings

Proclus of Rome: Do my sodales explain what happened?

Darvin: Potom wouldn't have.

Proclus of Rome: What about Aristocritus?

Archibald of Guernicus: Good work, everyone.

johns (GM): Keeping secrets from your sodales... scandalous

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we borrowed some books from the monks. they're of vital importance to the order of hermes.

pretty clear-cut if you ask me

Proclus of Rome: Ah, the census notes.

"Well, I'll write a letter thanking them for their assistance."

Potom Flos: "Sounds great."

johns (GM): The various reports collected, all addressed to the Pope, constitute a tract on Roman Lore. An intense montage of Library study ensues

Proclus of Rome: Do you mean Organization Lore: Roman Empire?

johns (GM): No, these are 8th century

Proclus of Rome: So which Lore is it then?

Area Lore: Rome?

Orsu Paganacci: "If you can find out information on this Bonisagus fellow and where he was born or when his home was built I can probably located it."

johns (GM): In the report Aleseta noticed earlier, it notes the completion of construction of the Torre dei Guilinandu on the Aventine Hill on July 7th, 1st year of the reign of Celestine, 708 AD

Of the buildings described within, this bets fits the Bonisagus timeline

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the torre dei guilinandu still around

johns (GM): You've never heard of it.

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Placing it on Aventine Hill narrows the search considerably.

Orsu Paganacci: "Hmm. I think that's enough."

rolling d10!+2+11 charts some shit

(

3

)

+2+11

=

16

johns (GM): Armed with the exact date of its creation, Orsu can use horoscopes to find its location, to a general degree

Proclus of Rome: Making some astrology charts?

johns (GM): His measurements lead him to this scenic plaza.

Proclus of Rome: Wow.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: nice plaza

johns (GM): The construction is very modern.

Proclus of Rome: Pretty tall buildings.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: And I thought it was just for getting people to sleep with you.

Orsu Paganacci shows you the chart that indicates the location and the lines form ( . ) ( . )

Proclus of Rome: >:(

johns (GM): There's certainly no tower here anymore, but it's not unusual for old buildings to get "recycled" over the ages.

Similarly the well is likely close but built over too (the only nearby wells still have water in them).

Proclus of Rome: Hmm.

Potom Flos: Time to start tearing up the ground.

johns (GM): Surrounding the plaza are residences, a tinker's shop, and a fish shop

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the aura uniform here

johns (GM): Dominion 2/day, 1/night

And if you can't excavate today, the well isn't going anywhere anytime soon

Voda: We could investigate the shops for basements.

Orsu Paganacci: mm hm.

Voda: And fish.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: orsu can go check to see if the fishmonger has anything downstairs

Potom Flos: Something is drawing my attention to that shop in particular.

johns (GM): the red herring?

Prudenzio of Flambeau: herring is delicious.

like, grilled? mm.

johns (GM): What is your cover story for poking around people's basements

Orsu Paganacci: hmm

Potom Flos: We are historians and heard that might be an interesting old well here.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: be right back.

Voda: I could just creep into the basements.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: Lives of Famous Wells

johns (GM): okay Voda, time to show them how breaking and entering is really done

Voda: Alright.

The key is to do it at night.

Spooky!

Alright, the door is probably not locked, but my guess is that there is some kind of defense.

johns (GM): Barred from the inside

Voda: Makes sense, makes sense.

What about the windows?

Any glass on them?

johns (GM): Wooden shutters

Voda: Hmm alright.

Can I pry them open with a knife?

johns (GM): Wooden windows, no locks, steampunk golden face surveillance cameras, you know, the usual

Sure

Voda: Well then I'll do so.

Archibald of Guernicus: For hunting for this well, I have The Miner's Keen Eye

So if we know the general location, that can help

Voda: You should have brought that up before I broke into this person's home.

Archibald of Guernicus: No, this is funnier.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what would you look for with the spell, though

johns (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: The stone of the well?

You see through natural rock but not unnatural rock.

johns (GM): Well you're in a dark empty store. You wonder when someone is going to invent some sort of mechanism to keep people from doing what you just did so easily.

Voda: Ah well!

johns (GM): What do you do about the darkness and all that

Voda: Alright I'll slowly move around, carefully feeling for stairs.

johns (GM): You step on something furry, and hear a yowl.

Voda: Alright, a cat.

I can deal with this.

Orsu Paganacci: it's actually a Furry

prepare to be yiffed

Voda: I will ignore the cat and continue my errands.

johns (GM): lol

well, the cat is scratching at you

it's a little upset about being stepped on

Voda: Hmm alright that is bad.

Well is it?

How much damage can cats do?

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!+420

(

7

)

+420

=

427

Archibald of Guernicus: Kill a level 1 commoner reliably

Voda: Well you know what, I'll just pick up the cat and throw it out the window.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the cat will be destroyed.

Orsu Paganacci: "what are you going to do, scratch me for +30 damage?" - man scratched for +30 damage

johns (GM): Excellent

Voda: Is that a Brawl roll?

Archibald of Guernicus: The cat was in fact a demon, how horrid.

johns (GM): Sure

Voda: Brawl + what?

johns (GM): Dex

It's a grapple attack!

Voda: Oh boy!

Grapple rules!

rolling 1d10 + 8 + 1

(

2

)

+8+1

=

11

Weird cat noise, but whatever.

johns (GM): It dodges.

Voda: Hmm, I'll try one more time here.

Then I'm going to leap out the window if it doesn't work.

rolling 1d10 + 8 + 1

(

5

)

+8+1

=

14

johns (GM): its dodge is 16

Voda: Alrighty.

johns (GM): just going by the base cat stats

Voda: Hmm.

johns (GM): ebcause I'm a stickler for stats

Voda: I'll spend a confidence point then.

johns (GM): Alright, you confidently grab the cat

Aristocritus Bonisagi: [in peach time voice] conf time

Orsu Paganacci: lol

Voda: What do I roll to throw it out the window?

johns (GM): Thrown weapons

Voda: I see.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

johns (GM): Did you specialize in Throne Weapons (Cat) ?

Voda: No.

johns (GM): Hm, that'll cost you

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what are you going to do, miss the window

johns (GM): Well

He could botch,and it would be funny

Voda: In fact I didn't take any points in thrown weapon because I did not take a martial background.

rolling 1d10 + 0 + 1

(

1

)

+0+1

=

2

Orsu Paganacci: lo

johns (GM): 4 botch die for using an untrained skill

Prudenzio of Flambeau: thats amazing.

Voda:

rolling 4d10

(

9

+

5

+

2

+

10

)

=

26

johns (GM): Ok ok ok

Out it goes

Orsu Paganacci: things we have trouble beating up: unsuspecting monks, cats.

Voda: Can I unbar the door without making too much noise?

johns (GM): Yes

Your burglarly is unimpeded unless you go up to where the owners sleep

Voda: Ok I'll unbar the door.

Dang my fight with that cat took a long time!@

Prudenzio of Flambeau: it was a good fight.

johns (GM): Alright, so exploring the basement

You find one corner of the foundation is made of brick, and the rest is wooden beam and thick masonry

Voda: Brick eh?

johns (GM): It's that corner there

Voda: Does it look loose or anything?

johns (GM): It's sturdy

And it's holding up the house

Voda: Right right.

Well, that's something to make a note of then.

Alright, I'll leave through the front door.

johns (GM): You are assaulted by a cat on your way home

Voda: This happens to me all the time.

"Good news, I found the remains of the tower you were looking for."

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "That's fantastic. Was it eventful?"

Voda: "Nope, no problems to report."

I say as I am constantly scratched by a cat.

johns (GM): Alright

All that's left is excavating, I think. If you don't have a plan for it now we can always revisit this later

or even back in the thread.

It won't take a full session to explore a well.

Orsu Paganacci: cool

Proclus of Rome: It isn't close to any existing catacomb tunnels, is it?

johns (GM): None that you've mapped out

Archibald of Guernicus: I could work on a useful rego terram spell for that. Or we could just get some grogs to do it.

johns (GM): Does anyone have bargain?

Potom Flos: Grog slave miners sounds like a good solution.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: i have 4 bargain.

Proclus of Rome: I do.

Orsu Paganacci: Raffanio does

Voda: I have 7 Bargain.

johns (GM): Okay just askin'.

Proclus of Rome: Can we buy the land?

johns (GM): You can buy the fishmonger's house for 30 MP, or about 3 years covenant salary

66 MP in the bank at the moment.

Proclus of Rome: That's a lot of money.

johns (GM): It's a nice house

Proclus of Rome: It is.

Potom Flos: But, it could be another source of revenue

Proclus of Rome: I mean, could it?

Potom Flos: If idle clickers have taught me anything, build up that constant income.

johns (GM): lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: people like fish.

Proclus of Rome: Yeah but the fishmonger would be gone.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: we'd have to hire a fishmonger.

Proclus of Rome: Wait are you not counting the money I make from making glass?

johns (GM): I'm not

Orsu Paganacci: fishmonger grog ftw

johns (GM): Because I asked if you were starting that and you said you hadn't yet

Proclus of Rome: I said I was.

johns (GM): Ah

Proclus of Rome: It doesn't take me a season, right?

johns (GM): well now I have to actually stop and think about this

which I don't want to do at this very moment!

Proclus of Rome: HEH

johns (GM): lest I be trapped in some poor decision

Proclus of Rome: Well I think we should buy it in that case.

At the very least we'll have a place to put up all of our grogs.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: how much is that candelabra worth?

Proclus of Rome: Unless the building collapses.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: it's pretty far from the tomb

johns (GM): Less than a mythic pound

Prudenzio of Flambeau: darn. well, i'd pitch in to help, but i can't let something that beautiful go....

johns (GM): My current feeling was that few of your grogs actually live in the tomb, they maintain their own homes around the city

Proclus of Rome: Well this is perfect then.

johns (GM): That's pretty different than the "standard" Ars covenant where entire generations of families live and grow up within the same walls though

So it's up to you if it should be different

Proclus of Rome: It isn't that far.

The Rome map is like 2 miles across.

Maybe even less than that.

johns (GM): OK!

I'll mark that you've bought this real estate. Whose name is it going under?

Potom Flos: I've always thought of it more as a neighborhood anyways.

Orsu Paganacci: the neighborhood tomb

johns (GM): Okay, Endrite's Glassmaking business makes 20 MP a year

Potom Flos: Nice.

johns (GM): Also I just remembered to factor in the costs of labs for Orsu, Prudenzio, and Archibald

Proclus of Rome: I'd say Voda should do it but he can't own any property.

johns (GM): We make about 27 MP a year now, close to 2 pawns of vis worth

Potom Flos: I don't mind it being under Ferris's name if no one else wants/can take it.

Proclus of Rome: Sounds good!

johns (GM): just added in the cost of our new grogs & their gear and we're only making 16 MP in profit now

We can make 60 MP a year if we stop paying double wages but that lowers base loyalty to -2

Proclus of Rome: Yikes!

johns (GM): wait sorry

60 MP a year if we pay 0 wages. -2 loyalty

Proclus of Rome: So once we have the building what does it take to tunnel through the wall?

johns (GM): 36 MP a year for standard wages, -1 loyalty

Just manual labor

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

johns (GM): Punching through reveals it's a wellshaft, long dry

Aristocritus Bonisagi: anything to see

Proclus of Rome: Alright.

Potom Flos: Does someone want to float down? Preferably someone who can see in the dark...

johns (GM): Who wants to head down?

Proclus of Rome: I'm too busy.

Voda: I'm not, unfortunately.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: It's not really my scene.

Potom Flos: I'll go down.

Orsu Paganacci goes down.

Orsu Paganacci goes down with Raffanio

johns (GM): The greatest Hermetic find in the city of Rome and no wizards can be bothered to take part, cripes.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: if it's not a one-person thing i'll check it out

johns (GM): A few can go at once

Orsu Paganacci: oh okay aleseta will go instead of orsu

johns (GM): The well is about 6 feet in diameter.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "Greetings."

Aristocritus Bonisagi: salve.

Potom Flos: And I'm going to switch out Potom for Ferris. He wants to see what's underneath his new estate.

johns (GM): It descends some 30 feet before reaching an uneven pile of loose dirt.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: bonisagus crew rides again

Ferris of Trianoma: What's the aura in here?

johns (GM): No aura.

Ferris of Trianoma: I'll feather body down the well.

johns (GM): Woosh

Voda: I can't really climb down.

I guess I'll throw a rope down.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: i can help everyone else down

Ferris of Trianoma: We have enough feathery pokers here to float everyone down.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i have to go in about 15 mins sorry :/

johns (GM): No worries, I can cut to the chase

Voda: Well we just need to dig up the bottom of the well, right?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: aleseta will have doubleted and wiz ss

johns (GM): Yeah, it's just dirt that's piled up over the years since the last person who was down here

Voda: What could even be down there?

CERTAINLY not some kind of ancient guardian or super ghost.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: geraldo

johns (GM): Alright alright, you can get the dirt out mundanely

Ferris of Trianoma: I'll hang out as a spider when I get to the bottom. (Spilio’s Transformation to the Creeping Spider)

johns (GM): The well's bottom is another 10 feet down, and there is a crack in the wall, just large enough for a man to crawl through, leading into an adjacent chamber

The chamber has wooden shelves like some sort of storehouse but the shelves are empty. Nothing is left here but little shards of pottery here and there. The only item of interest is at the far end, a fresco from antiquity with a bit of graffiti on it

Aleseta of Bonisagus: sick

johns (GM): The fresco depicts the dedication of a temple of Mercury by a figure labeled "AVGVSTVS"

Voda: What like the famous emperor?

johns (GM): That's the one

Aristocritus Bonisagi: does the key have any obvious meaning

johns (GM): The graffiti in the top right is a little key and "AVC DCCXVII"

Well, your house's insignia is two keys, crossed

Aristocritus Bonisagi: hm.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: "742 would be around the right time..."

oh wait

717.

johns (GM): bazinga

lines up with the date he had to flee to Rome

Aleseta of Bonisagus: noice

Voda: How large is this chamber?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: does magic theory suggest anything COOL we can do with this fresco

johns (GM): 6' x 12'

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is the aura still 0

Voda: Hmm.

johns (GM): Magic 2 down here.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: nice

johns (GM): It's a fresco, not much more to say. Would be neat to find the temple being dedicated here some day.

Archibald of Guernicus: Who is all gathered to go in

Voda: What's that thing behind the temple?

Aleseta of Bonisagus: is there anything in the fresco to indicate the time of year?

also yeah

maybe a river?

Voda: Next to the graffiti.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: ghost rails

johns (GM): Nothing to narrow it down except that it's during the term of Augustus. More research is needed.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: ok

johns (GM): Perhaps those with information on the ancient cult of mercury would make a good source... But that's for another time.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: also we have to remember that ad urbe condita is from the foundation of rome so that may make dating funny.

johns (GM): That's it basically! Bonisagus took anything portable with him centuries ago. If you were expecting a dramatic showdown, sorry to end anticlimactically.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: i was hoping we would fight bonisagus' lich and eat his power

Proclus of Rome: That does seem like the most likely outcome.

johns (GM): How would you like to exploit this finding?

Proclus of Rome: Is the house we bought nice enough that it would give a Health bonus?

Ferris of Trianoma: Track down some people with good Mercury knowledge and find out more about the fresco.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: 717 auc is something like 36 bc, isn't it

johns (GM): Same stats as any other house in Rome Endrite

Proclus of Rome: Shoot.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: mercurians ftw

Proclus of Rome: Uh, I bet there's other ways to do it.

Aleseta of Bonisagus: okay i gotta run. thx, johns.

Proclus of Rome: See ya.

johns (GM): thanks for playing and beating up monks

Prudenzio of Flambeau: bye

Ferris of Trianoma: Thanks for the session johns

Aristocritus Bonisagi: finding some graffiti that was probably written by the most famous wizard to ever live is pretty cool

johns (GM): you all get some reputation points in the order for fnding this

Maybe tourists too

Prudenzio of Flambeau: "3==D" - bonisagus

Proclus of Rome: Wow we could open up a second inn.

johns (GM): So next week is Endrite running the show

I think that brings us to the end of 1325?

Ferris of Trianoma: Yep

johns (GM): I'll post a little update of all the stuff you earned this session in the thread later but I gotta go pack now

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I'm very upset i didn't notice Proclus sending that letter until we'd moved on.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: weep, you girls. my penis has given you up. now it penetrates genies' behinds. goodbye, wondrous humanity!

johns (GM): Which letter was that

Aristocritus Bonisagi: we should return the books probably

Proclus of Rome: I'm writing a letter to the monastery.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: maybe send the monks some wine. monks love wine

johns (GM): oh shi

Prudenzio of Flambeau: the letter he sent to the monks thanking them for the books we stole.

Proclus of Rome: To thank them for lending us the books.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: borrowed.

i mean.

johns (GM): Signed "Proclus of Rome" I assume?

Proclus of Rome: Of course.

johns (GM): Excellent

Next week: Proclus' Excommunication

Aristocritus Bonisagi: lmao

Ferris of Trianoma: We can just say we talked to old sick monk who doesn't remember anything anyways.

johns (GM): That feels like something that merits repurcussions but we're already planning Endrite's session next, then I was going to do something about Proclus & Orsu's lady the next

Aristocritus Bonisagi: is endrite's session more rod-related stuff

Proclus of Rome: No.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: or is it the islands

Proclus of Rome: Unless you want it to be.

Endrite: I'm going to bring back a fan favorite character from the past.

johns (GM): satan?

Ferris of Trianoma: Jesus?

Aristocritus Bonisagi: milo of guernicus??

hm. my guess looks a little out of place now

johns (GM): lol

Endrite: Well, it's the closest.

But if anyone wants to follow up on any of the story hooks they should mention it by wednesday.

Ferris of Trianoma: Did you want to do the solo session on Friday?

Endrite: Yeah, around 8:30, right?

Ferris of Trianoma: Sounds good.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: what's the mystery solo session

Endrite: Wait what time zone are you?

Ferris of Trianoma: Same, PST.

Endrite: Alright.

8:30 it is!

Ferris of Trianoma: It's just Ferris getting his familiar.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: oh, nice

Ferris of Trianoma: Thanks for offering Endrite :D

Endrite: No problemo.

Ferris of Trianoma: I've had a hard time figuring out lab customization. Basically I just want to make Ferris's lab better for inventing spells.

Endrite: Oh is that it?

Ferris of Trianoma: (I don't know if that's sarcasm)

Endrite: It is.

That's basically most of what you use your lab for.

Ferris of Trianoma: Fair enough

I'm going to make my best effort and post how I did it on the forums, which I'm sure I'll get wrong at first.

Endrite: Good idea.

Ferris of Trianoma: See ya, thanks again for the session.

devil's fav demon: Bye.

Aristocritus Bonisagi: gg

devil's fav demon: I guess I'll head out too. Thanks everyone. That was a fun game.

johns (GM): gnight

devil's fav demon: Sorry I can only play two nights a month on average, my work schedule is just very bad.

Endrite: See ya.

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10!-2 Aging 1324

(

4

)

-2

=

2

rolling 1d10!-2 Aging 1325

(

3

)

-2

=

1