6/17/18

GM: Salve.

Endrite: What's up?

GM: Gritting my teeth and preparing for some extreme RP.

moe: salve

Endrite: Ciao amici.

GM: I guess this is the crew.

dys: hail

GM: Hails dys, johns, moe, endrite

dys: i like that other people when doing sessions use the little GM token i made

GM: It's cute.

johns: im a rebel

dys: its a habit when GMing my own stuff that i picked up from a friend so i did it here too

i think it makes things feel more uh, official? than tlaking as yourself.

a different voice to you as a person, to fit into the GM role better

GM: yeah

dys: and making GM tokens is fun

GM: Fall 1349 - A cold day in Rome brings the crowds off the street to drink and keep warm at Ildebrando's. One of the unfamiliar customers, an old round woman with deeply tanned skin and silver hair, spends nearly the entire day there, drinking and chatting with strangers from noon until evening. After the sun sets, she asks Ildebrando to let the magi know they have a visitor.

"Oma" Sophia : "If I can chit-chat with them somewhere without all these eavesdroppers around." She winks.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let us convene in our dank and dingy wine cellar

"Oma" Sophia : Nice stock.

Archibald of Guernicus: Kizuna of AI: Let's

Endrite: Ok I'm back.

"Oma" Sophia : "You got a letter from our Primus, oh, about two years ago? Nearly three, now? I know we kept it casual, but you could have the courtesy to respond."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Was that the one signed with a pawprint?"

"Oma" Sophia : "That'd be the one!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I will be honest. The only way to be sure it was something important was to wait for someone to show up in person about it."

moe: I'M BACK

"Oma" Sophia cracks up into a fit of chuckles

"Oma" Sophia : "I'd have done the same thing, sweetie."

"Well, I'm here!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Salve."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Mystical greetings."

"Oma" Sophia : "Sophia of Bjornaer, Chief of clan Arelie, and so on and so on, blah blah."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We've had quite a lot on our plate, I'm afraid. The herbam crisis began around then, as ye may recall."

"Oma" Sophia : "Mystical greetings."

Archibald of Guernicus: "But we really should have responded sooner, for that I can only apologise."

Dušan of Criamon: "Greetings. As this has preceded my arrival here at the Tomb, I shall defer to others on the issue of the letter."

"Oma" Sophia : "Yes, that's been an issue for us all. I would have loved to stop by sooner."

Archibald of Guernicus: "What brings you to us on this day? I imagine you've travelled far tae get here."

"Oma" Sophia : "And boy are my arms tired." She starts into laughing again.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Bird jokes.. Fiorella would have loved this"

Mortis ex Verditus: RIP someone who is still technically alive.

Dušan of Criamon: tentative rip

"Oma" Sophia : "Anyway, anyway, I'm here to bring you to visit Crintera. We're all eager for more details about, well, exactly what happened with the Garden and why all the lost priceless research was destroyed."

Beardbeard: i cant believe fiorella is dead

Archibald of Guernicus: Shaun hovers over the reroll button ominously

... I think I've forgotten something important, how was it destroyed

Mortis ex Verditus: "Hasn't the Rhine Tribunal made any efforts to discover the cause of the crisis?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: some stupid fucking bjoarner probabvly ate it

"Oma" Sophia : The three magical plants who had dominion over it were killed.

Only one is technically your fault.

Mortis ex Verditus: Kemeno Friends Funeral Episode

"Oma" Sophia : "Our mystic has done a fine job removing and containing the blight from Crintera, but we haven't figured out the cause yet."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Have they considered it Divine reprisal for the sin of Pride evinced by far too many Magi?"

"Oma" Sophia : "That's a good one."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Impossible, I am renowned for my humility."

"Oma" Sophia : OoH Lore, anyone?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1 s

rolling 1d10+2+@

(

6

)

=

6

excuse me that should be 8 total.

err 10.

"Oma" Sophia : Jeez.

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow!

Ilbrago: i have no lore ehehe

oops

Guy of Bonisagus: there

Archibald of Guernicus: I dont have any, sadly

Dušan of Criamon: i am a hermit

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Ah, I forgot, Crintera has renounced the light of God and the message of his Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ."

Mortis ex Verditus: The question I need to ask is: why doesn't everyone else have a Mortis Lore?

Gah!

What the heck?

Archibald of Guernicus: "The one responsible for the destruction of research there has been hunted down and dealt with."

"I handed his body into Magvillus personally, they will confirm it."

"Oma" Sophia : "The real threat of the Dominion is all the idiots from Pomerania and Mecklenburg invading the isle of Rugen in their stupid human territory wars."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Territoriality of course being an alien concept to the beasts."

Mortis ex Verditus: I nod knowingly. I definitely know where these place are.

"Oma" Sophia : "Well, it's our territory." She shrugs. "Nothing I can do."

Dušan of Criamon imagines the island of Rugen as very similar to the mediterranean isles of Dalmatia

"Oma" Sophia : "Yes, Strabo. He was sentenced for his murder and theft, but not what happened to the Garden. Our Primus is suspicious you may have other motives."

"Speaking of, I should get this off my chest now."

Mortis ex Verditus: "So you're here to deliver an ultimatum."

"Oma" Sophia : "Did you assassinate Bialas?"

Guy of Bonisagus: f

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I practice pacifist magic."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bialas of Bjornaer, by all accounts of surviving magi of that horrid incident, committed suicide."

Guy of Bonisagus: rest in peace bialas. your flagrant violations of the code of hermes for 60 some years will not be forgotten

Archibald of Guernicus: Rest in peace. 'Its Big Nigga Season' - Bialas, 1342

"Oma" Sophia : "Uh-huh."

Dušan of Criamon: gone but (crimes) not forgotten

"Oma" Sophia : "On purpose, you say?"

"I could believe him killing himself by accident, the stupid bear, but not that. God, how tragic."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ""God?""

Archibald of Guernicus: "There were growing tensions for some time, excacerbated by outside events. It led to an unlawful wizards war occurring on the spot. Bialas attempted to tackle the... offending magus, into a pit, and must not have realised how deep it was."

"Oma" Sophia : "It's an expression."

Mortis ex Verditus: "If only we could ask Bialas what happened this could be cleared up in an instant."

"Oma" Sophia : She listens to Archibald's account and laughs through a handful of tears.

Archibald of Guernicus: "He may have grown too accustomed to nigh invulnerability, or perhaps he had a spell that would have saved him that he failed to cast at the critical moment."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I don't think any of us need to worry about a Bjornaer going to Heaven."

"Oma" Sophia : "I believe you. That's exactly something the fool would do."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Whatever the cause, the former head of this covenant confirmed this account."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Perhaps by turning his back on humanity, he also turned his back on the capacity for rational thought which our Creator bestowed upon us."

"Oma" Sophia : "I'll miss him. Thank you, I was worried."

"He didn't give up any house secrets, I hope."

Archibald of Guernicus: "You mean besides the garden?"

"He was capable of magic that affects all those who look at the user or sense them by other means, this came up in some discussions, if this is a secret then I'm sorry to say we all heard it. Other than that, none come tae mind>"

Mortis ex Verditus: "I don't see how ordinary magery could be a secret."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh yes, he could turn into a bear made of solid marble. Cats out of the bag on that one, so tae speak."

"Oma" Sophia : "So he WAS the one who discovered the Garden!"

"Or at least got you all to do it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Well no, he was hibernating and left us with a letter."

"It did lead to the garden ultimately."

"Oma" Sophia : "It would be better for him to be remembered for this than as an exile and criminal."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "A criminal?"

"Oma" Sophia : "He was never really respectful of the code."

"Brought too much attention from mundanes, attacked fae without thinking about it, you know, I'm sure."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We had discussions about it, aye."

Lavinia of Jerbiton ponders who that description DOESN'T apply to around here

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm not of the opinion that sodales at the same covenant should be thrown to the tribunal and paraded in front of it for their actions, unless those actions are truly serious enough tae warrant it, so it never went past the covenant."

"Oma" Sophia : "He meant well."

"Well, we can leave whenever you're ready. Magi only, of course. We won't be bothering our covenfolk, I'll take you right to the chamber."

Archibald of Guernicus: "In my opinion he was on the up and up, but perhaps his end implied otherwise. He did mean well, though."

"Oma" Sophia : "Oh, before you go, you gave me what I wanted."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "We're to go right into a foreign aegis with no covenfolk?"

"Oma" Sophia : "Any questions about who you'll be talking to?"

"We won't have covenfolk present either."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why not just report back yourself?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What assurances do we have you'll even accommodate the return trip?"

Dušan of Criamon: do we have magical communication ready to contact covenfolk in case of an issue

Mortis ex Verditus: We sure don't.

"Oma" Sophia : "It would be more inconvenient for us to let foreign magi stumble out through the Stubnitz and across battle lines from Pomerania and Mecklenburg. The cease-fire isn't very stable."

Mortis ex Verditus: Magical communication is hard!

"Oma" Sophia : "Than it would be for us to just take you home."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who would dare to attack us?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Why not have them come here?"

I look to my sodales to see if I am being out of line.

Guy of Bonisagus: I nod at the reasonable question.

lets make dfd cruy

"Oma" Sophia : "Some wouldn't leave Crintera. Personally, I wouldn't want to impose on you to host the Primus of a house.

"

Dušan of Criamon: @Mortis: "Men with sharp blades!"

"Oma" Sophia : "Getting the Bjornaer Council into the middle of Rome would be a real feat."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Regarding travel, I do wonder one thing, and that's how we will be reaching somewhere as distant as the Rhine. Last time we visitted, we had someone capable of traversing great distances and bringing others. While some of us know the leap of homecoming, others do not."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "It needn't be in the city, there are magical forests nearby."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Certainly no one needs an excuse to visit the Center of the World."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "The  caput mundi  is only recognized as such by the civilized world, Mortis."

"Oma" Sophia : "I've got a nice spell of my own invention to take us. You'll want it for yourself, I bet."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye, I would prefer that a meeting occur in neutral ground. I would not think the primus of a house such as Bjornaer would ever fear danger from other magi, especially not with their entire council alongside them, but a civil discussion should occur free of the hostilities of the aegis."

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's kill the Prima and blame it on the Mongolians.

"Oma" Sophia : "It's not that the Primus fears danger, but that our Mystic refuses to leave Crintera and we must vote on issues together."

Guy of Bonisagus: lets kill the prima and blame it on the augustans

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I would respect them more if they could pull it off

"Oma" Sophia : lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

"Oma" Sophia : Would you be willing to go if you were allowed to bring grogs?

It seems like bringing grogs is a threatening gesture, but if it makes you feel better it's fine.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I think it may put my sodales minds at ease, aye."

Mortis ex Verditus: Why should it be threatening?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: servants are what civilized people have

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not going to clean my own shoes!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: yeah thank you mortis.

Archibald of Guernicus: "In Rome, it is normal and expected tae have servants follow ye about, attending tae yer needs."

"Quite the culture shock when I first arrived, I assure you!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it's also customary to exchange hostages imo.

"Are there any members of Cintera who are not part of this inquisition we're to face?"

* crintera

Archibald of Guernicus: "My sodales, many of them have lived their whole lives in this city, travelling without grogs is like travelling without shoes tae them. I hope you and yer fellow council members can understand and accomodate this."

"Oma" Sophia : "The domus magna of house Bjornaer only houses six magi, the Council itself. A number of covenfolk maintain it and guard the forest, though."

"We have one of the largest turbs in the Rhine!"

Guy of Bonisagus: must have been really shocking for archibald, as normally the scots are servants to the english

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Roll initiative

Dušan of Criamon quietly contemplates how he's gotten used to wearing sandals and not walking barefoot through the hills

"Oma" Sophia : "But, like I said, we don't want rumors to spread. You would be bypassing all of this and meeting us directly in the Council chamber."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "No apprentices?"

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmmmmmm.

"Oma" Sophia : "None at the moment. We're all old parens of several."

"We help each other in the lab now."

Mortis ex Verditus: This does sound a lot like she's trying to trick us into getting murdered.

"Oma" Sophia : Does it?

Dušan of Criamon: Can we counter-offer, stating as much?

not out loud: "We'd like to come over, but you'll have to admit this sounds like a plot to get us murdere"

"Ease our minds, at your leisure, with a hostage or somesuch"

"Oma" Sophia : "Hmm."

"Want a lock of my hair, you rosy-cheeked youngster?"

"Maybe a spell text?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Surely more than that if we're to be at the mercy of a pack of wild animals."

Dušan of Criamon: "Oh for myself a word is good enough, I merely wish to ease the heavy burdens of my sodales."

"Then again, I am barely involved in the issue, before my time, you understand."

"Frankly, I don't know if there's grounds for a murder attempt here."

"Oma" Sophia : "We're active in the Grand Tribunal. I know the reputation we have, but imagine if you were killed."

"What happens next?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It was before the time of many here, perhaps why they're so hesitant."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Nothing. You could use your superior political connections in the Rhine to suppress any knowledge that a meeting took place at all."

"Oma" Sophia : "House Bjornaer is implicated in Roman political war? We have to deal with invasions from Magi and Italians on top of what we've already got?"

"What's to gain?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "To put my sodales minds at ease, I'll leave word with Magvillus I'm travelling for a civil discussion at Cintera, along with ye all."

"Does that settle some worries?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i believe bjoarner are just like dogs and do things arbitarily

"Oma" Sophia : Some do.

TY

You're not w rong.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I whisper something to Archibald.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have good standing within the house, they'd scarcely believe we all suddenly attacked ye all and were slaughtered in self-defence, if such a tale were spun at grand tribunal."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I need more concrete assurances of my own personal safety. Why are you so unwilling to exchange a hostage?"

Heh.

Do you think Vardian's Tomb would really do that? Just attack someone for no reason?

"Oma" Sophia : "Who would I give you to hold? A turb captain we can replace in a season? Surely not one of the Council."

"I can give you Arcane Connections to myself. That should be plenty."

Archibald of Guernicus: I say something back to Lavinia quietly

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "With a bit of time for some preparation I am satisfied and willing to go."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It shall be. Though I assume such a thing will be returned after we leave, as is only polite."

Mortis ex Verditus: "What use would we have for an arcane connection if we all die?"

"Oma" Sophia : "You can leave it here with the Magi who aren't coming, sweetheart."

"And tell them where you've gone."

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

"Oma" Sophia : Sounds good. Anyone who is going is going to have to let Sophia cast a spell on you.

Mortis ex Verditus: Sheesh.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I whisper something to Mortis.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm cognizant of all the whispers, but do not pry as these are my sodales

I also refrain from silent-subtlecasting magical surveillance

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Alright, I'll go.

Dušan of Criamon: I shall join this embassy1

Guy of Bonisagus: ok

lets all go and get killed

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Kizuna AI Lets

"Oma" Sophia : Alrighty.

Mortis ex Verditus: Of course I'm going to need my bodyguard to accompany me.

"Oma" Sophia : That's fine.

Your bodyguard would be a corpse in full armor and a helmet covering its face, right?

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow that's so sexist.

Archibald of Guernicus: They prefer the term differently alive

Lavinia of Jerbiton: the bjoarner should be down with necromancy since they love all things that offend God

"Oma" Sophia : Sophia reaches under her breast and pulls out a bag of salt, then directs the magi to stand together. She stands with them and pours a circle around the group while speaking incantations and gesturing.

Guy of Bonisagus: they should be down with a plague

"Oma" Sophia : Ring of Homecoming ReCo 45 - R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ring - The maga traces out a ring (ArM 112) with whatever materials she has handy and transports every person inside to any location to which she has an Arcane Connection. Muto req squashes and stretches bodies past small gaps, so it can be cast indoors. (Base 35 +1 Touch +1 Muto Req)

Archibald of Guernicus: This is the part where we all die and reroll, all

Oh nice, this stupid bitch gave us all a warping point instead of just handing us an AC to the place to teleport there on our own!

Lavinia of Jerbiton: warping ftw

"Oma" Sophia : Yeah she'll give you an AC to herself, but not to Crintera.

Archibald of Guernicus: please remember and record that, everyone. you just gained a warping point.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I have recorded it.

Dušan of Criamon: big t-shirt that says CRIAMON HEART WARPING

Mortis ex Verditus: Wouldn't this have an Arcane Connection range?

GM: You emerge in a secluded clearing with six large stones around a bonfire of logs and bones. One other Magi is visible.

Archibald of Guernicus: no?

its the base 35 ReCo effect

teleport any distance whatsoever

GM: A large beech tree gives shade to one of the stones.

Archibald of Guernicus: i think what the guidelines dont really make clear is that you can always teleport to AC range on teleport spells. the thing is that you have a distance limiter. the leap of homecoming has no distance limit at all.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: are the bones human

"Oma" Sophia : "What, no one's here yet? Lazy animals."

"Talk to the fox, I'll go get the rest."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I start praying to myself as hard as possible to infect this shithole with dominion

"Oma" Sophia : roll Chirurgy, Medicine, Survival, or, uh, i guess maybe just Per+Awareness.

Mortis ex Verditus: We're in an Aegis, right?

"Oma" Sophia : to identify the bones.

You are in an Aegis of 50.

Mortis ex Verditus: Great.

Archibald of Guernicus: What's the penetration on it?

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+2+8 per medicine

(

10

)

+2+8

=

20

Mortis ex Verditus: Wow!

Archibald of Guernicus: I have a Vim MR of 36+aura

Guy of Bonisagus: i will also pray for dominion

Archibald of Guernicus: So I could genuinely have a good enough MR to resist the aegis

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i am now researching a saint I can invoke to help us when we get betrayed by this savage pagans

I cross myself.

Dušan of Criamon: I shall put my trust in Wiz Sidestep

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Maneaters!"

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10!+16

(

8

)

+16

=

24

"Oma" Sophia : Sophia teleports away, to get the other magi.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm going to have Carina lie on the ground so I can sit on her like a chair.

"No doubt."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Welcome! Welcome! The seats are for the Council, I'm afraid, but there's plenty of space on the ground."

"We'll try not to keep you long."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Thanks, but I brought my own."

Dušan of Criamon: "It's pleasant being in nature once more."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Nice."

"Loyal!"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Those are human bones in that pit!"

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh my god! It's Fuchs Friedrich!

Fuchs Friedrich: "Well, yes, we're being invaded by Pomeranians and soldiers from Mecklenburg."

"They may have a ceasefire with each other, but they still try to hunt in the Stubnitz."

"It's self defense!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "What a senseless waste of life."

I shake my head.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: what sort of sick weirdo magus would disrespect the dead so.

Fuchs Friedrich: Fuchs is not standing up to approach you because he is, as you can see, a severely crippled man.

His right eye is missing, his right arm is atrophied, and his right leg is also missing.

Mortis ex Verditus: Have the bones been gnawed on?

Fuchs Friedrich: Still, he's a smiling and friendly face.

Mortis: Yes.

Mortis ex Verditus: Nice.

They might be not dead enough to cast Whispers from Beyond the Black Gate on.

Dušan of Criamon: These things happen in the wilderness.

Fuchs Friedrich: "I thought the others would be here already, but me and Sophia are the real sticklers when it comes to keeping a mutual respect with the rest of the order."

"I apologize for the wait."

"Fuchs Friedrich the Uncatchable, Spokesperson to the Order of Hermes."

"Nice to meet you all."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Ciao."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: catch these hands

Archibald of Guernicus: I nod "Archibald of Guernicus, consul of Vardian's Tomb."

Dušan of Criamon: "Zdravo."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Heard some interesting things through the grapevine about you all. Now that Tasso's gone, our claws are in Etna no longer. How are you finding the place?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Rustic."

Dušan of Criamon: "Thoroughly pleasant. Glorious nature, potential for healing baths."

Archibald of Guernicus: "A lovely place. My sincere condolences about Tasso, he was a good man."

"Bringing his killer to justice was little replacement for the loss of such a man."

Fuchs Friedrich: "I've heard you're taking an interest in building it back up. Perhaps we can keep in contact after this meeting and I'll see about sending some young cubs over to help out."

"Tasso was one of the finest, yes."

"A mighty lineage."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Were it not against the policies of my house, I'd send my own apprentice out there when he finishes his gauntlet."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I suppose Italy can always handle a few more German invaders."

Archibald of Guernicus: [ooooing in latin]

Fuchs Friedrich: "If you have any questions about the meeting or the house, I'll be happy to take them while we wait."

otherwise the next guy will show up.

Dušan of Criamon: "The Mediterranean climate soothes invaders choleric natures, as history has usually proven."

Guy of Bonisagus: I continue staring at the burning human remains and wonder which life choices brought me here.

Fuchs Friedrich: It was self defense!

Mortis ex Verditus: "Why was one elderly magus so important as to demand the attention of the entire council of his house?"

Archibald of Guernicus: im getting into the bjornaer spirit by putting an animal on my lap for this adventure

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I can't help but think how much better this place would look if the forest were burnt into charcoal and a city built in its place.

Fuchs Friedrich: "Elderly magus?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Bialan or whatever his name was."

Fuchs Friedrich: "You've been invited to explain yourselves before the Council and Primus and settle the outstanding issue of our Garden and its state of desecration."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Bialas."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Did Sophia ask about that fat idiot?"

"Softie."

"She's like a mother to us. Especially those in her clan."

"You seem like good, on the ball people. Have you any insights into the Herbam Blight?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "If a magus' lab didn't want to be desecrated, he should have been alive to stop it."

Fuchs Friedrich: "We can't be the only ones studying it."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Of course, I believe our consul has more information on such a particular subject. He certainly spends enough time in his lab, after all."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I have a theory, but it's quite unlikely, so it's gathered little attention in the order at large sadly."

Fuchs Friedrich: "You have a theory! He has a theory." he raises his good arm into the air. "Praise the ancestors."

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

Archibald of Guernicus: I frown

Guy of Bonisagus: lets kill this guy

Mortis ex Verditus: I have Carina give him a thumbs up.

Dušan of Criamon: I like his style

Archibald of Guernicus: "I apologise, I thought this was a civil discussion amongst scholars looking to solve a dire threat to us all. I see I was mistaken."

Fuchs Friedrich: "I was, honestly, worried. The Primus has little faith."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Lighten up, Archibald."

Fuchs Friedrich: "This makes things more fun."

Dušan of Criamon: "Premature! The civil discussion is scheduled for when the coven is assembled in full."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets make contact with the mundane nobles warring in this land and tell them there is a magic treasure guarded by demons deep in the forest, and the best way to get it out is to destroy the forest

Dušan of Criamon: No!

Fuchs Friedrich: "I won't spoil things, but your being able to actually contribute throws a wrench into his blind charge for justice."

Guma: Another magus swings down from the branches and perches on a rock.

Dušan of Criamon: Gah!

Mortis ex Verditus: I need to find a dead child so I can have an ottoman.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Throws a what? Huh?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What right do you claim to have to judge us? This is not a tribunal, and we aren't even members of the Rhine."

Guma: shit

caught with an out of place idiom

get him boys! hes a faerie!

Mortis ex Verditus: The sentence is death.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you take 1 point of Anachronism damage

Archibald of Guernicus: the NPC immediately takes 1d10!+69 anachronism damage

Mortis ex Verditus: "I'm sure he's just being colorful."

Archibald of Guernicus: you gain 1 point of soak for every historical event htat occurs in this year you name without looking it up

Guma: "Yeah, I thought this was all gonna be about us growling and barin' our teeth and laughin'. Spymaster Sophia brought them here to get tossed on the fire, no?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: 1349 ad Corsair is born

Archibald of Guernicus: "I fail tae see what throwing a wench into matters would even mean."

Guma cackles like a lunatic

Guma: "She's a sweet old lady, she wants you to think! Hyahahaha!"

"Oma" Sophia : "Tricksters. Can't live with them, can't live without them."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Even she wouldn't be foolish enough to make an enemy out of me."

"Not to mention my sodales."

Fuchs Friedrich: Actually, that was me who said that.

I selected the wrong character.

Sophia is not back yet.

Dušan of Criamon: all is forgiven

Mortis ex Verditus: "Such is life."

Fuchs Friedrich: Oh my god.

Also, I forgot the most important part of this whole session.

Everyone, you have the option to resist a Penetration 11 Corpus effect.

Archibald of Guernicus: The vis site for 69 untyped vis we just found?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I shall

Dušan of Criamon: i was about to repeat "all is forgiven" but now i shan't

Archibald of Guernicus: I know what effect you mean, but I shall

Mortis ex Verditus: I, as well.

Fuchs Friedrich: Nice.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: When does the effect happen?

Archibald of Guernicus: I cant imagine any magus that isnt fresh out of gauntlet failing to resist that

Fuchs Friedrich: When you enter the regio.

I just forgot.

Guy of Bonisagus: ill also resist it

Fuchs Friedrich: Because I am an IRL moron.

Dušan of Criamon: remind me what to roll

Fuchs Friedrich: You don't need to roll, but if your Corpus MR is higher than 11 you can choose to resist an effect.

Or let it hit you.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: your mr is 5 x your Parma Magica ability score, + your score in the relevant Form

Mortis ex Verditus: In this case, Corpus.

Dušan of Criamon: only 6!

terrible

Fuchs Friedrich: "Guma's role is to say and do provocative things and keep emotion and impulsivity high. Try not to take him so seriously."

Mortis ex Verditus: "When he is so transparently foolish, I would need to be very thin skinned to be offended."

Fuchs Friedrich: Dusan's face and body morph slightly. You now have the snout and ears of a bat, webbed fingers and armpits, and the temporary personality trait Bat +1.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: its batboy

Archibald of Guernicus: bats off to ya

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

Classic Dusan.

Guma: "Hyahaha! Watch out folks, we got an undercover Tremere!"

Dušan of Criamon: "I will admit, this is unusual for me. I always saw myself more as a nightowl"

Fuchs Friedrich: brb.

I'm sorry. afk 5m

Dušan of Criamon: no worries

Lavinia of Jerbiton: time to plan how we murder everyone here

Mortis ex Verditus: "No reason to feel bad for being tricked by a trickster."

Demand a casting token and then attack everyone with flaming skeletons.

Dušan of Criamon: Dušan shall reconnect with nature and I shall make myself a little hot chocolate

Fuchs Friedrich: alright

Mortis ex Verditus: Would a spell like Lift the Dangling Puppet work on a corpse just as well as on an alive person?

Fuchs Friedrich: I think so, but other Corpus guidelines imply you need separate spells for living bodies and corpses.

Dušan of Criamon: back

Mortis ex Verditus: Too bad.

Fuchs Friedrich: "Fred, I wouldn't make fun of the lad's heartbeast when your own is just growing hair on the top of your head."

Mortis ex Verditus: Classic Guma.

Guy of Bonisagus: got them

Guma: I meant to say Guma there. That's Fred talking to Guma. This is stupid, I'm sorry.

Guma leaps to Fred's rock and kicks him in the good shin. "Don't humiliate me in front of them, you useless old cripple!"

Mortis ex Verditus: I think these guys are doing a good enough job on their own.

Brigitte Vouivre: Another maga arrives.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "His 'heartbeast'? Have you been a Bjoarner this whole time in secret, Dusan?"

Dušan of Criamon: i just caught a moth in my hand and still living released it out the window

look at me

i'm the bjornaer now

Brigitte Vouivre: "Everyone has a heartbeast, miss."

Dušan of Criamon: "I'm sure I have a heart, and I've spent time in the wild enough to qualify as beast I believe."

Brigitte Vouivre: "Wonderful to see you all. Sincere apologies for being so late."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Typical Guernicus propaganda."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Everyone? I did feel something ping against my parma..."

"You mean Bjornaer, Mortis."

Guma: "Everyone. Unless you have no ancestors! Hyahaha!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sure, of course."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Are you asserting Dusan's ancestor was a bat?"

Brigitte Vouivre: "It's plain on his face, after all."

Per + Awareness roll please.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "I've heard a lot of nonsense in my time but the notion a beast can beget a human really ranks up there."

Mortis ex Verditus:

rolling 1d10

(

7

)

=

7

"Maybe they do things differently this far north."

Lavinia of Jerbiton:

rolling 1d10+2

(

2

)

+2

=

4

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10!+2+2

(

4

)

+2+2

=

8

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2

(

3

)

+3+2

=

8

+1 for alertness spec, if relevant

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+1

(

6

)

+1

=

7

Brigitte Vouivre: "I won't reveal too much of the mysteries, but we've all got animal ancestors, Lavinia. It is known."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I scoff.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'll chuckle.

Brigitte Vouivre: "You're from Vardian's Tomb, yes? Small, small world."

"How is Venator?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Who knows?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Old, yet still with every bit of his wits about him."

Brigitte Vouivre: "Indeed. Hard to know that man when he doesn't want to be known."

"Good to hear he's still alive and ignoring my letters."

Archibald of Guernicus: "He was always a recluse, to the younger magi of our covenant he's faded into the mists of an era before their time."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Assuming he hasn't faded even further than that, of course."

Dušan of Criamon makes a mental note to investigate this "Venator" person

Archibald of Guernicus: "You'd get along quite well with the man, Mortis, he was a genuine expert on necromancy. Hopefully one day this storm in his life passes and he can return."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Almost all here. Sophia should be back with Broen soon. The man probably wants to make an intimidating entrance."

Mortis ex Verditus: "I'm sure we can still have a chat if his life passes before the storm."

Guma: "And then we can vote to Wizard War them next month!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I doubt he'd appreciate that, he grew very adamant that the spirits of magi should be left alone after their death."

Dušan of Criamon: "It is good that we at VT always make backup plans!"

Archibald of Guernicus: I take a sip of anachronistic coffee, and spit it out

"Wizards war?"

"Some jokes are too far, don't you think?"

Brigitte Vouivre smiles at Archibald discussing spirits. "Yes, we had our arguments."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Isn't the long wait irritating?"

"Just think how much more efficiently we could solve our problems if you could declare Wizard War in the morning, slay your foe at noon, and retire in the evening, sure in your righteous action."

Fuchs Friedrich: "This fire pit would be a lot bigger if that were the case."

"The Primus is very.... Hot blooded."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Scorching hot, from the looks of it."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Yes, well, hopefully I get the votes next time.

"

Mortis ex Verditus: Fingers crossed.

Fuchs Friedrich: the last of the magi arrive.

Schildbär Broen: "Welcome, welcome! Congratulations on surviving the tumult in Rome. Religion is a blight on civilization."

"You've met the Council and spoke with them all, I'm sure."

Dušan of Criamon: "And yet so often its catalyst! So nice of you to join us."

Schildbär Broen: "I've given you all plenty of time to state your case and gather information."

Mortis ex Verditus: "What case? By what authority would you seek to charge us?"

AFK a sec.

Schildbär Broen: "I'm sure you've been told how I feel. Without your intervention we would have found the Garden ourselves one day and kept Herisson's priceless research from destruction. I'd like to personally Wizard War each of the magi involved and bring them to justice."

devil's fav demon (GM): at his words, the other Council members all start talking at the same time.

Fuchs Friedrich: "Broen can't make this decision on his own. We have to vote. And I say these magi from Rome have given us a boon. They could have kept the Garden to themselves and never let us know."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "If you'd been honest from the outset you could have saved me the time and warping you've given me. I've never stepped foot in that forest, let alone the garden."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Would you? Strabo had already located it - indeed, the only thing that kept him from pouncing in it immediately was our own discovery of it."

Brigitte Vouivre: "It's better that we let you know early, before the papers are filed. Also, I'm with Fuchs. If Broen goes to War, he goes to war alone. I'll give him no shelter.

"

Guma: "You know I've got your back, boss!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "It was to be presented to ye all here, even. Bialas' passing interfered with this."

"I was far more pre-occupied with keeping a covenant together in the wake of an unimaginable tragedy than with a garden out in the Rhine."

"And when ye say wizards war, against who? All of us? The majority of the magi here werenae part of the covenant when this occurred!"

"Oma" Sophia : "Archibald is an honest man. I can't back your decision, Primus."

Schildbär Broen growls and roars

Dušan of Criamon: "It would almost seem as though a one man army means to declare war on an army of dead men."

Archibald of Guernicus: Archibald now has +0 comm after spending a bunch of mentem vis and 2 seasons inventing a ritual so hes actually decent at explaining himself now

Schildbär Broen: "A conspiracy."

"I see."

Archibald of Guernicus: im trying to remember which magi actually went to the garden

i think the only dead one is proclus

Schildbär Broen: "What have these magi got to offer us? Why does the council shelter them from my justice?"

Archibald of Guernicus: jorn is alive somewhere

Mortis ex Verditus: Ok I'm back.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Offer you? If you're threatening war only tae have us serve your interests, the least ye could do is speak openly!"

Buohha the Steadfast: The branches rustle on the shade tree over the sixth rock.

Mortis ex Verditus: Gasp!

Buohha the Steadfast: "They have a theory."

Archibald of Guernicus: By god, that's a tree's music!

Buohha the Steadfast: lol

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Oh, a talking tree."

Dušan of Criamon: "Sure is Rhine tribunal"

Buohha the Steadfast more branches rustle. notes in the form of Latin inscribed into bark, bound in sheaves, fall onto the ground.

Buohha the Steadfast: "None of you in the Council have a theory."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lets smoke them

Mortis ex Verditus: We have a theory, right?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I pick up one of the notes.

Archibald of Guernicus: "I... do take it this is the sixth council member, aye?"

Buohha the Steadfast: They're spell texts on moving and containing Miasma.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Perhaps if you were more centrally located you wouldn't be so out of touch with the affairs of the wider Order."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Give it time, Mortis. We're tradition-bound, but now we have a safe place to go if we need to, thanks to you all. Right?"

"Worst case scenario, we move the domus magna. It could be done."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Sounds like they owe us, frankly."

Mortis ex Verditus: I nod in agreement.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Aye. It should be noted that the man who sabotaged the regio found it of his own accord. We didnae lead him there in any way."

"We hunted him and brought him to justice, our only crime was that we didn't do it fast enough tae stop him."

Dušan of Criamon: I join the nodding, unaware of the implications

Schildbär Broen grabs a blackened skull from the fire and dashes it against his stone seat

Mortis ex Verditus: "What a senseless waste of life."

Schildbär Broen: "Unity in this house is a childish dream, I see."

Dušan of Criamon: "A skull too."

Schildbär Broen: "What's this theory? Can they bring miracles and cure the blight? Do you wish to bring the Dominion to Crintera?"

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Yes.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Now now, I dinnae think any of us have any interest in that."

Guy of Bonisagus: yes

Schildbär Broen: he growls to himself more. "Conspiracy... In the Circle itself... I could have never guessed..."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Have you invented such things in the Rhine? A commendable achievement."

devil's fav demon (GM): The other five seem to be fine with you after your explanations and excuses.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You all could learn a lesson in covenant unity from Vardian's Tomb."

Dušan of Criamon: @Mortis: powerful burn

Schildbär Broen: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: Puissant Ignem getting a workout today.

Dušan of Criamon: why bother with a wizwar

the earth is already scroched here

Schildbär Broen: Broen is just a psycho isolationist Wilderist who thinks any contact with humans is destroying the House.

Mortis ex Verditus: Hmm.

Let's wizard war him.

Schildbär Broen: If you legitimately do have ideas to fix the blight, though, say them now, because all six of these guys consider it their top priority.

That's also an option because the other five clearly do not support him.

And Fuchs is angling to be the next Primus.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Yes, Human Sacrifice.

Starting with Broen

Archibald of Guernicus: "Let's be reasonable here. We're all magi, while individual preferences may differ, it would be outrageous tae think any of us would delight at or deliberately cause the destruction of so precious a regio."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Still, we understand that you may well hold us responsible for accidentally bring calamity onto an abandoned laboratory, but it hardly seems reasonable to react with violence."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Even that is an incorrect assumption, I argue. The man responsible found the regio before we even arrived. He was scared off by our presence, and we investigated it, and recovered a number of plants from within. It was after this that he assaulted it."

Fuchs Friedrich: "Those plants, have any survived?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I realise you would have loved to get yer hands - or paws - on him, but know that justice was served."

I shake my head "The blight caught us by surprise, by the time we realised the extent of its dangers, they were destroyed."

"We tried a number of measures, but none worked."

"The plants produced vis. They were destroyed before the miasma began showing itself in the aura. If things had gone differently, we would have rushed them out of the magical aura, but..."

"You must understand, to imagine an entire REALM was cursed, was unthinkable to us, as I imagine it was unthinkable to you at the time."

"In these early days of it, we only knew that some others were affected by damage to their vis, nothing more."

Schildbär Broen: "I think you're a silver-tongued liar."

"But my hands are tied."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Well, there you go then."

Schildbär Broen: "The Council agrees with you."

"And majority vote decides in this house."

Every sentence is accompanied by a full breath and exhale to steady his emotions.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: pwnd fag0t

Archibald of Guernicus: "Then I ask one thing."

"I'd like ye to return the arcane connection ye took to me on arrival."

Schildbär Broen: "What?"

the council explodes into chatter again.

Archibald of Guernicus: "You think a quaesitor doesn't prepare themselves against tricks like that? Blood was drawn from me. It's not a new trick, examples have occurred for centuries!"

Schildbär Broen: "You were meant to be unharmed and unmolested entirely. I eat my humans with full legal backing."

"There is a conspiracy!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I might not have the parma magica to defend against an archmage in his home covenant, but blood was drawn from me."

Schildbär Broen: "But not one I considered!"

Broen is not lying and was unaware of the AC being taken.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh yeah, I shoudl roll folk ken to figure that out, really

Mortis ex Verditus: "All in all, I think we have been treated quite shabbily on this trip."

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2

(

4

)

+3+2

=

9

Schildbär Broen: He is telling the truth, to confirm.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Rude manners are a simple fact of life. Have we magi not suffered a great deal from the Gift's influence on the weak minds of the mundane?"

"But drawing an arcane connection goes too far."

Schildbär Broen: Whodunit?

Archibald of Guernicus: "If a magus cannnae deal with a hostile attitude, he's lead a sheltered life for sure!"

Schildbär Broen: "Must I War my own co-councils? Who took blood from this man?"

Everyone, obviously, denies it.

Mortis ex Verditus: "I expect more from those who would consider themselves my peer."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm not a zealot, nor a maniac. A simple apology and returning the connection is enough, I will drop the matter and consider it nothing more than a mistake made in a situation of heightened nerves."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "A member of your own covenant collecting arcane connections to Magi behind the rest of your backs... Is there no limit to the Rhinish depravity?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "You have my word as a quaesitor of the order that if it's returned, I will press no charges and drop the matter entirely>"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Foreign magi can't be allowed to freely accost and assault law-abiding magi as they so please."

"This isn't Normandy, after all."

Schildbär Broen: "I agree. Our House's safety depends on us working within the Code."

Archibald of Guernicus: I nod "We came out here to settle disputes, not raise them. Have we not acted openly and honestly amongst you?"

"We stepped into your aegis to discuss this as magi."

devil's fav demon (GM): None of the Bjornaers are admitting to taking your AC.

Guma: "Just take one from us, and we're even. I want to get outta here."

Archibald of Guernicus: "What good do tensions and paranoia do us? We have enemies at our gates, the gauls - pardon the analogy - at the gates of Rome, as it were. A whole form, ravaged and ruined. Should we bicker and plot in such a time?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "We can't allow this to go unanswered. As Primus it is your duty to compensate us for this insult and provide justice to the afflicted party."

Archibald of Guernicus: "What good does it do us if things should decline further. What will House Bjornaer do if the form of Animal is next?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "There will be more trees wandering around the Rhine, in that case."

"Oma" Sophia : "Oh, just give it back, whoever it was. These poor boys aren't even in their fifties. You don't even need what you took!"

Guma: "What if we all close our eyes and whoever took it can throw it in the fire?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "I'd like some certainty that it was destroyed. An anonymous confession would do - I have no desire to point fingers, only tae clear the air and remove a dangerous act."

I look at my hand

"Thank you for your consideration."

I squash the mosquito

Mortis ex Verditus: "We were practically abducted and this is how our peaceful intentions have been repaid."

Archibald of Guernicus: "As I said, no hard feelings and no grudges held on my part."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "And how are we to be sure Archibald was the only one assaulted in this way?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I stroke my chin "Did any of ye feel a bug bite while ye were here?"

devil's fav demon (GM): They did not.

Archibald of Guernicus: "While I have my own protections, I didnae think tae do the same for others - a mistake I will try to avoid in future, sodales."

Dušan of Criamon: Hah! That would be an audacious move.

Letting one mosquito be squashed while 5 others get to work.

I do wonder if my sidestep image lost any blood.

Brigitte Vouivre: Archibald was singled out, for some reason.

Dušan of Criamon: Well he is the largest of us. Easiest target.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: are any of the councilmembers english

Mortis ex Verditus: "We will be sure to mention this monstrous breach of hospitality to all and sundry."

Archibald of Guernicus: "And let this be an important lesson, perhaps. The power that truth and conviction holds over secrecy and deceipt. The strength of unity, and the weakness of solitary plotting."

"The order will prevail over this crisis, that I am sure of, but only if we band together in this manner."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I try not to laugh.

Archibald of Guernicus: How are the Augustans doing these days?

Brigitte Vouivre: "Such strong convictions. What a respectable, willful magus. Ooh."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Who knows. Maybe they're still out there, invisible.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Mortis, let it rest, no permanent harm was done."

devil's fav demon (GM): Anyway, you're not getting Warred and you got some spell texts for anti-miasma spells in exchange for passing along any anti-blight research. I might not write up the spells until tomorrow though.

Dušan of Criamon: Ah, we're finishing?

Brigitte Vouivre: I'm just letting you know the current status.

Dušan of Criamon: Do I get warping or permanent damage from the bat thing

Brigitte Vouivre: We might wrap soonish though.

Mortis ex Verditus: "These Bjornaer think they can violate the most sacred of all traditions with impunity!"

Brigitte Vouivre: No, the bat thing is just a manifestation of your ancestor heartbeast.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: let's derail this and make dfd cry

Brigitte Vouivre: I have one written up for every magus in VT.

Dušan of Criamon: ah cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: can you tell us what they would have been

Mortis ex Verditus: "They invite us into their home and attack you! Not even the lowest of worms would behave this way!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "What will pursuing this bring us? Will it bring back the herbam vis we have lost?"

Brigitte Vouivre: Archibald - Skye Terrier, Lavinia - Cat, Gulielmus - Black sheep, Fiorella - Crow, Guy - Fish (Icythys), Mortis - Wolf, Dusan - Bat

Archibald of Guernicus: meow we're talking

Guy of Bonisagus: shouldve been a yorkshire terrier imo

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that would have been funny if guy turned into a fish then started suffocating

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Brigitte Vouivre: he would just look like an Innsmouth guy.

Dušan of Criamon: Icythis

Brigitte Vouivre: You don't actually gain any abilities or weaknesses of your heartbeast because you havent been initiated into the mystery.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Augustan has wares if you have coin

Dušan of Criamon: lmao

Archibald of Guernicus: "There is more tae be gained in forgiveness than spite."

Guy of Bonisagus: itd be much funnier to make fiorella a finch or something

so she could have an existential crisis

Archibald of Guernicus: fiorella - centipede

Brigitte Vouivre: lmao.

Archibald of Guernicus: fiorella not being a bird would be the bgigest burn on her possible

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "You're right Archibald, we could all learn to turn the other cheek."

Brigitte Vouivre: that would have been mean.

Mortis ex Verditus: "The first step to forgiveness is for those who have wronged you to acknowledge their sins."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The connection was returned, the act undone."

Mortis ex Verditus: "To put it another way, I didn't come all the way to the Rhine to be entangled in another foolish plot."

Schildbär Broen: "Sins? Alright, everybody out. It took you this long to stop being polite but I'll take it."

"Sophia, take them home."

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Schildbär Broen: Broen gets ready to leave.

Mortis ex Verditus: "If you won't put your house in order, who will?"

Schildbär Broen: "Plenty of people seem willing to try."

Dušan of Criamon: "Go with God, friend!" I quietly call at his turned back

Schildbär Broen: "We've stayed safe for this long."

lol dusan

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Mortis ex Verditus: TFW you go with God.

Archibald of Guernicus: [quietly[ actually i think god is pretty neat

Schildbär Broen dons fedora HES FAAAAKE

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Pax vobiscum"

"Oma" Sophia : "That went better than I expected."

Dušan of Criamon dramatically fumbles all reason checks: "I think this covenant is on the way to betterment, in no small part due to our large leader here. I feel we acted aptly today."

"Oma" Sophia : lol

Mortis ex Verditus: "We came here willingly, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Oma" Sophia : "Thank you for getting this over with."

Archibald of Guernicus: "I do have tae ask, it wisnae you, was it?"

Mortis ex Verditus: "Would she really confess?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "After handing us a connection to yerself."

"Seems a simple way to bargain for getting it back."

"Oma" Sophia : "It wasn't. When I take you back to the inn, I'll tell you who I think it was.

"

"Don't want to be overheard and pick up more grudges, yknow."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll meet ye back there, I carry a connection wherever I travel and know the leap of homecoming personally. I appreciate the transport, but could do without the warping, I'm growing too close to the age I'll need a longevity ritual.

er

"Oma" Sophia : "We already argue too much and don't get anything done."

Archibald of Guernicus: in quotes

"Oma" Sophia : Nice.

Mortis ex Verditus: "Sounds like you could use more than one leader."

Archibald of Guernicus: What if you had two? A plan with no possible downsides or drawbacks

"Oma" Sophia : "Normally the leader of the Council and the Primus are two different people. Things have been unbalanced since Broen was elected."

Mortis ex Verditus: I blame the voters.

How much warping is this again?

"Oma" Sophia : 2 points total for the round trip.

Mortis ex Verditus: Yikes!

Dušan of Criamon: Itchy tasty warping

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ah, good tae be home."

I'll return the AC we were given to her, as a show of good faith

"Oma" Sophia : "Anyway, Brigitte loves bug spells. It was probably her. She kept looking over your shoulder, anyway. Probably trying to aim."

"Thank you."

Mortis ex Verditus: "How is this behavior tolerated?"

"To break the sacred boundaries of hospitality is a sign of a diseased mind."

"Oma" Sophia : "She's a snake."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "What, literally?"

Dušan of Criamon: "I don't think it was tolerated. I think they're just waiting for someone to commit vigilantism."

"Oma" Sophia : "Both metaphorically and literally."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Paranoia runs rampant. I demonstrated the power that honesty holds over treachery, open action over skulking in the shadows."

Dušan of Criamon: "And most confusingly - it worked!"

Mortis ex Verditus: "You mean by making us look like spineless cowards?"

"Oma" Sophia : "I love an honest man!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Spineless? I told the primus of their house to his face to hand me my blood back, and got it."

Dušan of Criamon: "I have to concur, anyone get get down to fisticuffs, it takes respect to get respect."

* can get

Mortis ex Verditus: "You were cheated. We were owed far more recompense than a mere drop of blood."

Archibald of Guernicus: "This was a collection of magi who could destroy our covenant if they so chose, wizards war making it perfectly legal."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "Wow, and I thought the Order of Hermes prided itself on being better than Might makes Right."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Rome isn't about to fall to some scruffy beasts."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye'd be surprised."

"You never knew Bialas. He was younger than them and a monster in a fight."

Dušan of Criamon: "In fact, they showed disunion far stronger than any destructive ability they may have if united. I think it was them that showed weakness."

Archibald of Guernicus: "To stand up for yer convictions is never cowardice, to forgive is not tae show weakness."

"Oma" Sophia : "The Council's due for new leadership. Us Harmonists might take a majority of the house. Not since Falke died has that happened."

"Nature is a cycle. We'll be fine."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The harmonists, aye I heard of ye all. More accepting of civilisation."

Mortis ex Verditus: "Not much of a cycle if Animal is the next form to go."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Then let's work tae ensure it doesn't."

Dušan of Criamon: "I've not heard of you but if you're in opposition to the forest man, I wish you all the luck in the world."

"Oma" Sophia : "Yes, let's leave this place in better shape for our children. The ancestors smile on you, Vardian's Tomb."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Thank ye for yer visit, though it was under such unfortunate circumstances. I hope next time we meet is under nicer ones."

"Oma" Sophia : "Indeed."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye."

Dušan of Criamon: "To a greater tomorrow!"

we're at Ildebrando's now aren't we

devil's fav demon (GM): ok outstanding hooks: - you need to actually work on the blight now like you said you would.

Archibald of Guernicus: "A drink, sodales, to the success of diplomacy."

Dušan of Criamon: "To our audacious negotiator!"

Archibald of Guernicus: I've felt like Archibald should be working to set an example that murdering everyone you dislike isnt the best plan, so this was a step towards it

Mortis ex Verditus: It's possible.

devil's fav demon (GM): - Brigitte could see Beatrice, knew Venator, and attempted to steal an AC from you. This is likely related to something from the past.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: If we could, we should murder them.

I mean they're stronger than us so it'd be tough.

Archibald of Guernicus: i think them being much stronger than us makes this a silly idea overall

Lavinia of Jerbiton: But they are godless heathens who reject the fires of civilization. They're hardly any better than satanists.

Archibald of Guernicus: LOOK WHO CAME OUT OF HIS CAVE

devil's fav demon (GM): they're not ALL much stronger than you.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: How old were they hermetically?

devil's fav demon (GM): I haven't statted them out yet but they range from mid 50s to over 100 years old.

Archibald of Guernicus: maybe not all, but its a safe assumption that theyre all at least around archibald's hermetic age with some being much older

yes

meaning theyre a lot older then nearly all magi at the covenant

Dušan of Criamon: it feels close to irrelevant, since they don't have their own house in order

i mean hook, yes, threat, no

if they clean their own shop, they sound like trouble

devil's fav demon (GM): Yeah. They also mostly all hate each other and there is almost no situation where you would have to deal with all of them at once.

Fortunately.

Dušan of Criamon: VT should involve itself in CK2 style factional diplomacy

Archibald of Guernicus: speaking of their house being in disorder, i made them argue and accuse/suspect each other of hidden treachery by bringing up the AC thing

Mortis ex Verditus: Let's.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Guys, I feel like if we work together, we can murder them. We'd greatly increase our Hermetic prestige and learn valuable lessons about teamwork in the process.

Archibald of Guernicus: mostly an unintended side effect

but a welcome one

Guy of Bonisagus: we should kill every bjornaer

Dušan of Criamon: No! We must make them murder one another

devil's fav demon (GM): lmao





Archibald of Guernicus: if they were all united in the AC plan theyd just feign ignorance and send us away

c'thinker: salve

Dušan of Criamon: salve

Archibald of Guernicus: they werent, so now theyre less united than before

c'thinker: is the entire covenant being murdered by the bjornaer high council

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Let's secretly convert their covenfolk to Christianity, destroying their ancestral homeland with choking Dominion.

Mortis ex Verditus: It might have been a blind.

c'thinker: let's secretly introduce powerful faeries to all of their magic sites.

Archibald of Guernicus: they took an AC from me cumthinker and i tapped my foot and said im very cross and they returned it

Mortis ex Verditus: So they pretended to be caught with this scheme so they could succeed in another.

Dušan of Criamon: it's cool that probably the greatest loot we gained tonight is not in stats, but in cool plot advantages

devil's fav demon (GM): cthinker the cult of diana is already doing that iirc

c'thinker: gah

Archibald of Guernicus: the cult of diana ftw

pity beatrice died cause i remember hafl said he wanted to join them

devil's fav demon (GM): that would have been coo.l

c'thinker: house bjornaer ftw.

joining the cult of diana would mean beatrices death would be extremely justified, instead of merely justified

Archibald of Guernicus: 10 years ago we had beatrice ex merinita, bialas of bjornaer and lodewig of tytalus. now we have no merinita, no bjornaer and no tytalus.

Mortis ex Verditus: Everything went better than expected.

Archibald of Guernicus: please dont die, guy of bonisagus!

devil's fav demon (GM): If things went differently you could have potentially been openly brought in to assist an internal coup.

Where the other magi in the circle would have allowed Broen to War you and then cheated and given you help.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: it would have been cool to backstab the coup plotters and let the dumb stink moron stay in charge to keep his house irrelevant

c'thinker: if you kill one bonisagus two more will rise up to take his place

Mortis ex Verditus: Speaking of Beatrice, I formally challenge her to Certamen for her Consul seat.

Archibald of Guernicus: i realised after saying that, that lavinia is a tytalus, oops.

c'thinker: lets all run adventures where assorted tytali torment lavinia

Dušan of Criamon: seeing him fall on his own sword multiple times would have been AAA ending but preventing the coup and seeing him fail is AA tier

Mortis ex Verditus: Heh.

Dušan of Criamon: plus it still leaves that option open

i mean he may still decide to fall on the sword, repeatedly

Lavinia of Jerbiton: actually lets run adventures where the Augustan Order exists

devil's fav demon (GM): lets

Archibald of Guernicus laughs really hard

c'thinker: using hermetic dream magic to run an adventure inside lavinias imagination does sound cool

Archibald of Guernicus: lmao

Mortis ex Verditus: Brutal.

devil's fav demon (GM): jesus.

Guy of Bonisagus: holy shit

Dušan of Criamon: i don't have the details for ars down, but i remember reading the cthulhu horror dreamlands sourcebook

Guy of Bonisagus: you might as well delete lavinias character sheet now

Lavinia of Jerbiton: farewell sodales i am gone

Lavinia of Jerbiton perdos corpus

Mortis ex Verditus: You wish.

c'thinker: did you guys teleport to germany with an ac

Archibald of Guernicus: sorry, you waht? you dont have perdo or corpus, hedgie

Dušan of Criamon: Ah Lavinia, I hardly knew ye (I didn't know ye)

c'thinker: you should really admire lavinia, since most of her magic involves circles

Archibald of Guernicus: i was in a bookstore today, and saw a book called Lavinia, and chuckled. Well thats my story.

Mortis ex Verditus: Who cares about circles?

Dušan of Criamon: three exclamation marks

the MGS spotted sound

devil's fav demon (GM): circles are ftw.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you know whats cooler than circles? pentagrams

devil's fav demon (GM): i was trying to figure out how to get everyone to Crintera and getting annoyed at how many magnitudes Voice range Group target added

but it turns out you can teleport any number of people you want for way less cost with a circle.

Dušan of Criamon: circles are extremely ftw

you know what you can put around a pentagram?

Mortis ex Verditus: Candles?

c'thinker: scattered pieces of a redcap

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol

Dušan of Criamon: you're all missing the point here

Dušan of Criamon gestures a round shape with fingers while mouthing some word

c'thinker: can gulielmus teleport in separately to save on warping points

Archibald of Guernicus: He never came

Dušan of Criamon: anyway, i think i'll take a quick shower and collapse

it's been cool actually reaching the end of another sesh

Archibald of Guernicus: We all left and then Gulielmus ran into the scene going I JSUT FINISHED MAKING MY PREBUFF POTIONS FOR THE ADVENTURE!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh. is it over

Dušan of Criamon: @dfd: you advertised this as a low-effort faggot jollybottoms game and then you delivered a fun plot thing

Archibald of Guernicus: I had fun with that, overall.

Guy of Bonisagus: cool

Dušan of Criamon: from one bitter gm to a less bitter one: props

devil's fav demon (GM): thank you

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQT8ad7U-2o8_P91miTBgmvIBX3KlUC6oKM9rGIE5c/edit?usp=sharing

Archibald of Guernicus: I liked making the bjornaer feel bad and hand over the AC by being honest and forgiving.

devil's fav demon (GM): heres the insane prep i did for a 3 hour session.

so you can laugh.

Mortis ex Verditus: I'm not reading that.

devil's fav demon (GM): don't, there are spoilers.

Also half of that shit will nver happen

Mortis ex Verditus: It's important plot information that we, as players, need to learn through in-game effort.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: A sinister stag bjoarner eh

Archibald of Guernicus: thats actually pretty detailed

Lavinia of Jerbiton: its even color coded

Archibald of Guernicus: i just prep stuff in my head

i used to write down notes and mostly stopped

devil's fav demon (GM): i usually do but i consider myself a really bad roleplayer and this session was nothing but roleplaying

its really funny to me that the coup never actually naturally came up

Dušan of Criamon: see this

Archibald of Guernicus: the last session i ran was a traditional dnd adventure of killing kobolds and the players elected to seduce them instead

Dušan of Criamon: THIS is what i'm talking about

I'VE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP TO REAL LIFE GAMES

HAVING NOT READ RULES ONCE

NOT BRING EVEN A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER

devil's fav demon (GM): lmfao

Dušan of Criamon: TO SPEAK NOTHING OF A CHARSHEET

Archibald of Guernicus: you were polish werent you?

Dušan of Criamon: and here's a man who does 3 hours of prep and color codes his stuff

and feels impostor syndrome

Archibald of Guernicus: i know another polish guy who played irl games nd said he had nothing but great times and successes

Dušan of Criamon: i'm finally home

Mortis ex Verditus: How much XP do we get?

devil's fav demon (GM): lol

7.

Mortis ex Verditus: As a veteran GM I recommend 20.

Dušan of Criamon: archibald: slovak

Archibald of Guernicus: ah

devil's fav demon (GM): lol.

THUSANDS of xp.

Archibald of Guernicus: i played an irl game once and yeah, people would show up and havent read the rules

someone who would literally show up 4 hours late

Dušan of Criamon: jesus

Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol imagine if someone in our group would show up 4 hours late

Archibald of Guernicus: it was dnd 4e and i quickly learned that the system is a pile of shit

Dušan of Criamon: i've had people show up one every hour beginning one hour after the agreed upon time

devil's fav demon (GM): Lavinia of Jerbiton: lol imagine if someone in our group would show up 4 hours late

Dušan of Criamon: a trickle of players

Archibald of Guernicus: Lmao. Just imagine such a comically sickening figure, johns.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i cannot.

devil's fav demon (GM): :D

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't stop laughing, imagining this despicable man

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i cannot wrap my imagination around this horror

Dušan of Criamon: there's something profoundly different in americans and euros when it comes to board games and tabletop

Archibald of Guernicus: turnstalling an ars magica game

Dušan of Criamon: americans actually want good rules

euros want to get wasted and freeform

devil's fav demon (GM): lol

Archibald of Guernicus: cant say thats different to my irl experience, honestly

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: euros want to hit each other over the head with blunted swords iirc

Dušan of Criamon: hah

devil's fav demon (GM): most of the games ive played as an american have been people getting wasted and not knowing the rules

Dušan of Criamon: been to a larp once

kind of crashed it

devil's fav demon (GM): also i thought half of the people in this game are euros

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: isnt it just dys

Dušan of Criamon: incited the royal archers to start a proletarian revolution

Archibald of Guernicus: tho the europeans i game with online take games incredibly seriously, myself included

Dušan of Criamon: almost by accident

Archibald of Guernicus: moe is european

and uhhh. well just moe

hafl was

devil's fav demon (GM): i thought beardbeard was from the uk for some reason.

Archibald of Guernicus: holy shit

devil's fav demon (GM): lol.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Dušan of Criamon: uk is middle ground

Mortis ex Verditus: Jesus.

Dušan of Criamon: i buy used wargames from there sometimes

Archibald of Guernicus: im in the uk, moe, but im in scotland

Guy of Bonisagus: what in the fuck

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: beardbeard definitely has the spirit of the english within him.

Guy of Bonisagus: im going to kill you dfd

Archibald of Guernicus: we have more in common with eastern europe than america

Dušan of Criamon: but on the continent? wood for sheep and storygaming

Guy of Bonisagus: im going you extra kill you cumthinker

devil's fav demon (GM): i will martyr myself for the game.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: scotland is just an egyptian colony

Archibald of Guernicus: anyway the europeans i play with online take games very seriously, ive found

like ronnie and boat

devil's fav demon (GM): ronnie is a hell of a gamer

johns: europeans I have played with: hafl, prinnydood

Dušan of Criamon: maybe that's like me, people who can't find irl groups

Mortis ex Verditus: They're truly great gamers.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: rope kid is descended from europeans.

Dušan of Criamon: suffering for their art

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: very suspicious

Archibald of Guernicus: rope kid is no european no matter how much he pedals

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: boat cares about games so much that he took a laptop on holiday so he could avoid missing a session of something

devil's fav demon (GM): thats cool

Archibald of Guernicus: we went out for dinner and he stayed in the hotel eating ramen to make sure he didnt miss it

devil's fav demon (GM): lmao

powerful.

Archibald of Guernicus: it was a truly noble sight and im being genuine in my respect for him here

Dušan of Criamon: that's honor

an example to aspire to

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: semper games

devil's fav demon (GM): ive talked shit on him before but i respect true gamer spirit like that.

Archibald of Guernicus: i hope that people can set aside differences when it comes ot games

i at least try to

devil's fav demon (GM): yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: whatever opinions ill hold on people on the forums do not matter in-gmae

Dušan of Criamon: it's cool how i've not been on the forum long enough to know drama

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whats the status of the stargazy tower

Dušan of Criamon: i have bad memory too so i'll probably forget if i learn

undecided

i posted on the forum about it, could be something to do

Endrite: Just pay the cash and she's yours.

Dušan of Criamon: i have 6(?) seasons of time

devil's fav demon (GM): games are for everyone and i may be a retard dumbass who says mean stuff but i would never want to bring it into an rpg. god bless us gamers.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i picked up Planetary Magic recently

Endrite: There might be laws about building towers in Rome though.

johns: i doubt it since every family has built one

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: also we have a bird tower

devil's fav demon (GM): ye

Dušan of Criamon: i thought about placing it in the arthur regio

Endrite: Yeah but they have troops and we don't.

johns: in most of europe you would need special permission from the local nobility, a Writ of Crenellation

Endrite: That seems pretty pointless.

The King Arthur Regio doesn't have any real stars in it.

johns: but the urban areas have their own weirdness that is hard to generalize

Dušan of Criamon: this i also thought about, are they completely worthless fakes or like, otherworldly interesting fakes?

Endrite: I bet they're very interesting.

Wait maybe not.

Stars aren't very important in Arthurian Legends.

Dušan of Criamon: hmm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably the specific way in which they are completely worthless fakes is very otherworldly and interesting

Endrite: They might just be white circles.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you're into faerie stuff

Dušan of Criamon: Alright, not in the regio then

Maybe we could mask it

pretend it's just a very high graveyard church steeple

Endrite: Vardian's Tomb isn't a graveyard.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: invent the invi orrery to spite the people who think it should not function at all

Endrite: It's a cul-de-sac.

Dušan of Criamon: Curses!

Endrite: The catacombs are underground.

johns: unrelated, did you know italy is a hotbed for earthquakes

what happens to people who live underground during an earthquake

Endrite: It depends.

Dušan of Criamon: Hopefully our aegis intervenes!

Endrite: If the building is too weak it will collapse.

The Aegis doesn't work on mundane earthquakes.

Dušan of Criamon: Curses!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: isnt the area around the inn fairly sparse

Endrite: Sort of.

We have neighbors, but nothing too dense.

Dušan of Criamon: my eyes are doing the soft focus thing now

sleep meds kicking in

ok, see you all next time

good game

devil's fav demon (GM): peace

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm

we could just put a third floor on the inn (wizards only)

devil's fav demon (GM): We should just build a giant tower and dare people to stop us.

Endrite: Farewell.

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!-8 lavinia aging roll 1349

(

10

+

8

)

-8

=

10

rolling 1d10!+1 bolad aging 1347

(

4

)

+1

=

5

rolling 1d10!+1 bolad aging 1348

(

2

)

+1

=

3

rolling 1d10!+1 bolad aging 1349

(

2

)

+1

=

3

Beardbeard:

rolling 1d10!+8

(

6

)

+8

=

14

rolling 1d10!+4-10-6

(

7

)

+4-10-6

=

-5

rolling 1d10!-12

(

6

)

-12

=

-6

rolling 1d10!-12

(

9

)

-12

=

-3

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10!-3 aging rosario

(

1

)

-3

=

-2

nice.