11/25/18

devil's fav demon (GM): howdy.

Endrite: Mystical greetings.

Shauncat (GM): Hello

moe: Salve

Shauncat (GM): While we wait for johns and dys, I'll try to fill cumthinker in on events so far

The covenant was visited upon by some magi from the Thebes tribunal, who travel Europe investigating sinfernal phenomena. They came to Rome on rumors of the walking dead which, upon inspection by the PCs, turned out to NOT be Mortis's doing, though whether he'd deny it is questionable.

c'thinker (GM): balve

dys: I arrived before the start time, as mystically determined

devil's fav demon (GM): i just realized there isn't a convenient mundane cat statblock, or can't find one, so i will be slightly inattentive as i throw one together real quick.

Endrite: I bet the stats of a mundane cat never matter.

c'thinker: theres one in uhh hoh mysteries?

also ty shaun

Shauncat (GM): They have a big section in two splats on Jerbiton magic cats and don't give stats for them in either one.

devil's fav demon (GM): they might, because Bakir has a mundane cat i'll be controlling on some adventures.

Endrite: If it's a mundane cat then shouldn't it just wander around trying to eat rats and lie in the sun?

devil's fav demon (GM): but i will not do this now, nvm

johns: there are no rats for it to eat.

devil's fav demon (GM): it might, but bakir has high animal handling with a cat specialization

it will eat birds. its a story flaw after all.

Shauncat (GM): One clue in the investigation led to the faerie-warped tower in Allumiere, currently held by what claims to be a necromancer who captured it from the Frenchman who moved in after the Cappocis fled/died, the other is currently ongoing, looking into a hideout of necromancers in the Jewish slums that has until now evaded Venator's attention.

Giraldo of Milan: salve

i may be slow to respond for the next 2 hours, as the witcher 3 download eats up all of my bandwidth

devil's fav demon: lol.

GM: Fiorella has tripe for the cat. She has birds of prey after all.

Bakir the Grappler: That's very nice of her.

johns: did beardbeard make a geralt charcter without ever playing witcher 3

wtf

Domitia meows fatly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Makes you think.

Giraldo of Milan: ive played it

i have it on ps4

Bakir the Grappler: a console gamer too...

wtf...

Giraldo of Milan: i never finished 3 because its too much work to start my console and turn the tv on

so now ill get it on pc

GM: Was Witcher 3 out when Giraldo was rolled?

Giraldo of Milan: yues

Bakir the Grappler: you never finished 3 because it was too hard and you nede to use cheatengine rofl.

gottem

Giraldo of Milan: what the heck

fight me in chivalry fucker

Bakir the Grappler: ok. is that a video game.

geahahah

GM: Anyway, when we broke last time, the party of went to the Jewish slums to investigate the secret cellar hideout. Let's get a roll call for who's here

Lavinia: hail.

Giraldo of Milan: im not there

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I am here.

Giraldo of Milan: good luck lavinia

wait no

i was there

Bakir the Grappler: oh shit it s five bucks i might buy this.

Giraldo of Milan: for the followup

Lavinia: we went back to the covenant and shared notes.

chivalry is about to be obsoleted by Mordhau dfd

Bakir the Grappler: gah!

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

just wait for mordhau

Archibald of Guernicus: morthau

moe: I was there and spying on people

c'thinker: read that as "christianity is about to be obsoleted"

GM: Christianity was already obsoleted, by modernity

Alright

Cthinker, want to retroactively send Gul along on this?

He was here all along

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: As I recall, our guests wanted to negotiate with the necromancers.

c'thinker: sounds good but also im going to get a cup of coffee

GM: When we left off, Archibald was using Prying Eyes and Dusan something similar to spy on the necromancer

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Especially as it seems like they aren't responsible for the dead attacking people along the road.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason is present

GM: A scene we'll now return to.

Archibald and Dusan, you see the turb of men with cheap wooden heater shields and chipper axes heading to the door carrying boxes, led by the robed man

Sho'elim'ov Summoner begins to unbar the door

Dušan of Criamon: not the door to us I assume

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: Yes the door nearest you

Dušan of Criamon: the one we're spying throguh?

Archibald of Guernicus: The intenetion was to find out what they're up to, but as I see it there's no good reason to start a fight with the canaanites. They've been subtle enough that no-one in Rome knew about them for decades or more, which is more than I can say for most PCs.

Lavinia: Hmmmmmmmmmm

Archibald of Guernicus: The fairy at Allumiere we should dispatch, though. Chase it off.

It's just dangerous to have around

Bakir the Grappler: I forget where Bakir was, but I don't think he's here at the moment.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Let's all convert to Judaism.

Bakir the Grappler: The Jews probably hate looking at him, anyway.

Sho'elim'ov Summoner opens the door

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: He takes a look at Archibald and Dusan, as if he might have been expecting something ike this, finally saying, "Shalom, salve."

Dušan of Criamon: "Salve, wizard."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Salve. We havenae met before now, but perhaps ye have heard of us."

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "Wizard?"

Bakir the Grappler hangs out in the inn praying towards Mecca and freaking out the few customers making it past the plague

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I'm no mere wizard, I am a magus of the Order of Hermes."

Lavinia: A Fagus.

Giraldo of Milan: fagus ex misc

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Yo, why don't you try slapping some penetration on that insult.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm going to read the backlog from last time, I don't remember what exactly was brought to light by the slums crew

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: Should I count Mortis as with Archibald and Dusan?

Lavinia: glad we agreed to diplomacy and let our two stinkiest most abrasive wizards do the talking

Dušan of Criamon: I guess I'm getting alzheimers

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: ftw

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "I'm afraid I don't get out much."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I get out all the time."

"Why just last season I was told to get out of the Tribunal."

Archibald of Guernicus: "My name is Archibald, consul of Vardian's Tomb in Rome."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Surely no introductions are needed on my part."

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "But the carpenter said he was getting some odd gentiles poking around, as if looking for my abode. So I was expecting I might get some visitors if I didn't find new accommodations soon enough." He gestures to the boxes being carried by his bodyguards.

Archibald of Guernicus: what level of effect is it to detect the Gift in someone?

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "As for my name, Yusef Saltzmann."

Lavinia: invi 1 iirc

plus range etc

Archibald of Guernicus: Johns, does the restriction on sponting for mercurians also apply to fatigueless?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What have you been doing all these years to have missed hearing about Vardian's Tomb, Yusef."

Lavinia: i presume so

Giraldo of Milan: going to church, probably

well

jew church

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "Vardian's Tomb? Doesn't sound like any of my business."

Lavinia: Temple.

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "I study languages, Canaanite lore, and so on."

"Strange business. I rent out this cellar as to not disturb the common Jew with it."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You know what would make sure this doesn't happen in the future? A yearly parade that we pay for.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: giraldo specializes in infernal lore instead of dominion so its understandable that he would be familiar with the catholic church but not with judaism

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: "Mmm. I suspect you're here because of my colleague. But he's not here any more."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Why should you hide yourself? Who would dare oppose someone with this many guards?"

Lavinia: just saying that it is traditional for various guilds to fund parades and celebrations on the feast days of their patron saints

Archibald of Guernicus: good old St. Mercury

Giraldo of Milan: alright. we just have to find a holy man that properly represents the good folk of vardians tomb

Lavinia: Time for Hazm to shine.

Giraldo of Milan: shine, from the muslims' pyres that martyr him and elevate him to sainthood

GM: My dad is messing with the router so if I disappear that's why

Archibald of Guernicus: "I should be blunt and ask. Was he a necromancer?"

Yusef Saltzmann gets more and more confused as Mortis keeps talking

Giraldo of Milan: we should keep mortis in a cage

Yusef Saltzmann: Okay, that's more like it, he gets less confused.

"...Yes."

Lavinia: hazm is fated to die a martyr ergo if he dies he automatically becomes a saint

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Lucky...

Dušan of Criamon: win/win

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What if he's a martyr to back pain?

Yusef Saltzmann: "Perhaps we should discuss this inside. My helpers will stand down, I assure you."

He turns to move back down the cramped stairway.

Dušan of Criamon: I accept his invitation and am first to be ambushed

Giraldo of Milan: ill help dusan not be ambushed

Lavinia: they have a cool ritual room

Archibald of Guernicus: "Thank ye. I'll join ye in a minute, I have a friend better versed in eastern history that would be good to join us."

I head over to fetch Gulielmus

Giraldo of Milan: i was expecting bolad

Lavinia: lol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Classic ritual symbol.

Yusef Saltzmann: You can see where some barrels have been moved to reveal his house. Everything else is normal carpenter stock.

Lavinia: far eastern history

Giraldo of Milan: we need to go easter

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Naturally, I send Ethelreda in ahead of me.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Gulielmus, we're going tae chat with him. I'm going to prepare something tae see if he has the Gift, but I'd like ye tae join us, with yer knowledge of the eastern lands and cultures."

Bakir the Grappler: oh i'm in the shop apparently.

nice.

Yusef Saltzmann: "It's true, we call upon the spirits of the dead to guide our people. But Alijah called... something else."

Giraldo of Milan: "Devils?"

Archibald of Guernicus: I fatiguelessly spont an effect thats Base 1, +2 smell, +2 sun that lets me actually smell gift stink

then rejoin Yusef

Giraldo of Milan: roll stamina to not be overwhelmed by your own odor

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Gulielmus of Pure Reason prepares his +1 magic lore and +2 OoS lore

Yusef Saltzmann: "A devil? Could be. All I know is the whisper that was in our head shortly before Alijah performed the ritual. Rholgez the Archlich."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Salaam."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I cross my arms.

Giraldo of Milan: "Oh, him."

Dušan of Criamon: "Was your friend human? Did he have any unsavory blood in his veins?"

Yusef Saltzmann: The figure at the tower did not claim to be Rholgez but rather to serve him.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "This damnable fairy is an affront to my personal dignity."

Bakir the Grappler: "Wa-alaikum salaam, Gulielmus of Pure Reason. These Jews say they are engaging in witchcraft and devil summoning."

Yusef Saltzmann: "A normal Jew aside from being in our odd trade. At least, he was. Ever since that being led him and some of our laborers away, I'm not so sure."

Bakir the Grappler: "I am not shocked."

Yusef Saltzmann: As Mortis says that, those of you with Faerie Lore might receive an insight

Archibald of Guernicus eyes glow with power as he does not receive any insight

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Oh, don't they forbid that kind of thing?"

Dušan of Criamon: interesting proposition; a man becoming a fairy later in life

Lavinia:

rolling 1d10+2+3 fae lore

(

7

)

+2+3

=

12

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10!+2 faerie lore

(

2

)

+2

=

4

Bakir the Grappler: "Do they?"

Archibald of Guernicus: Gulielmus was replaced with a fairy by the order of suleimann and we still haven't noticed

Bakir the Grappler: "Huh."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thats a 5 if Rholgez the Archlich is a village faerie

Giraldo of Milan: oops i forgot to open my character sheet

hold on

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: same haha

Bakir the Grappler: haha.

Giraldo of Milan: haha

rolling 1d10+4

(

6

)

+4

=

10

Domitia meows with the tone of someone who has a character sheet

Lavinia: bakir's cat is Derfel

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Vardian's Tomb: haha

Derfel ap Cadwaladr: gah

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Got 'em.

Lavinia: I have determined how to solve the Fairy problem.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Don't they?"

Lavinia: I will communicate it to others once we reconvene.

Bakir the Grappler: i did finish the sheet though and i have an obese cat with a hatred of birds and the greedy flaw so shes still a problem despite being fed.

Giraldo of Milan: "It's probably a faerie that arose from and feeds on the vitality of Mortis's stories."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "How do you reconcile your art with your faith, necromancer?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Once we've dealt with this outrageous imposter, I look forward to a new era of cooperation between us, Yusef."

Giraldo of Milan: ive determined a solution too lavinia

Gulielmus of Pure Reason turns to face a point somewhere between Mortis and Yusef.

Yusef Saltzmann: "This... thing calling itself Rholgez the Undying," he rattles off some more titles, "appeared in the ritual circle. Commanded he gather some laborers and begin harvesting bodies for a great army to wreak vengeance upon the gentiles." He gives a physical description of the creature.

Bakir the Grappler: "Well... I'm afraid... You know I don't actually know much about their faith. Just what you hear. I should think on this."

Archibald of Guernicus: Now that the Record has been Corrected, I find myself quite agreeable with this faith.

Lavinia:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2+3+1 inf lore (demonology) on the description

(

2

)

+2+3+1

=

8

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: this guy sounds way cooler than mortis

Lavinia: yeah

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Giraldo of Milan: he is

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'm HIGHLY peeved at this cheap knockoff.

Giraldo of Milan: lets kil lmortis and invite him

Lavinia: can we get rid of mortis and have this guy instead?

Bakir the Grappler: its really funny

Archibald of Guernicus: How do we swap them?

Yusef Saltzmann: To Gul: "It's not an orthodox method. THus the underground abode."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: World of Warcraft looking motherfucker.

Dušan of Criamon: This jewish guy and the demon are like split advancement path options for mortis

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: proclus has come so far in these few years since his death

Bakir the Grappler: "A djinn pretending to be a demon, yes?"

if Giraldo is speaking Italian and I don't understand him, I don't agree.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Mama mia.

Bakir the Grappler: I'll need to learn that sooner or later.

Giraldo of Milan: im speaking latin

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Well, all right then."

"You do you."

Bakir the Grappler: I have the two languages of the scholars, Latin and Arabic, which should be enough for any civilized man.

Fucking Italians.

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Yusef Saltzmann: "I kept something of his around in case this affair ended up biting ME in the tuckus, as it seems to have." He opens a crate and pulls out a map. The notes are in hebrew, but you can tell its a map of Rome and the nearby countryside, wide scale enough to include Ponza and Sicily, since theyw ere also places where Mortis's army has been seen.

Bakir the Grappler: uh oh.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok, I think I have the solution here.

Yusef Saltzmann: Area Lore: Rome insight available, even without Hebrew

Giraldo of Milan: any knife marks?

Yusef Saltzmann: Jews aren't allowed to own daggers

Gulielmus of Pure Reason thinks.

Giraldo of Milan: then they arent allowed to own maps

lets confiscate this

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: The ONLY way to avoid molesting the fae here is for me to become even more famous, so people know how to tell the difference between myself and this cheap, gaudy imitation.

Yusef Saltzmann: You're allowed to molest fae that molested you first

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "It sounds right to me, Bakir. Renard never said anything about any demons named 'Rholgez.'"

Giraldo of Milan: alright. time to pass some turns

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "What's a Castilian archlich doing in Rome anyway?"

Yusef Saltzmann: Gul, as to the rules of faeries: they need to be invited to enter the dominion. Which it sounds like this summoner did

Lavinia: the best way to deal with the fae is to kill mortis who caused them

Yusef Saltzmann: "Castillian?"

Lavinia: killing him also solves our tribunal problems

There is literally no downside here

Giraldo of Milan: lets do it

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: The world would be essentially doomed without me to enrich it with my genius.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Only a joke."

Yusef Saltzmann: "Ah."

Yusef explains the Hebrew notes. They describe various places to harvest bodies across Rome, The places where Mortis's armies have been spotted seem to coincide with the notes for where towers linking to Sheol, the Land of the Dead can open up. The note centered on Rome reachs Arch of Drusus.

"Sounded like foolishness. I figured Alijah would be dead within a month and I'd hear no more of him."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i will pass my public faerie lore insight on

Bakir the Grappler twists his moustache

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmmm.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "If it is a faerie, it can't enter the Dominion unless invited... which our friend's friend has likely done."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "It makes sense that a fairy would seize on the opportunity to personify the grim specter of death in Rome. No one city should have to endure so much hardship."

Archibald of Guernicus: "So this Rholgez might be in the city of Rome?"

Bakir the Grappler: "Those skeletons did not seem so tough. I think it is acceptable to declare a jihad on this deceptive necromancer jinn."

Yusef Saltzmann: "Maybe. He seemed to be able to dis-incorporate at will."

He says to Archibald

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Bakir the Grappler starts doing Hindu pushups

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Is there any way we can trap it then?

I'm not an expert on Faeries.

Bakir the Grappler: "I could put it in a crossface chicken wing hold."

Yusef Saltzmann: You can summon it with an AC

Giraldo of Milan: yeah. we need to find a way to set up a trap for this faerie, who has based itself on Mortis's boasts, and claims to be the most powerful necromancer

what would we do though. wed need some kind of bait, for this trap

Lavinia: :thinking:

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Yusef Saltzmann: Summoning things into a trap is basically what every demon summoner does iwth their magic circles

Lavinia: alas if only we had a trained Summoner

Bakir the Grappler: It's a very efficient method of tricking demons

if only.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: This is a CRYING shame.

Lavinia: anyway why do we need to track this guy down anyway if he's a fae

Dušan of Criamon: We do have our jewish friend here

and really, he probably has skin in this game

Yusef Saltzmann: "Oh, right, I should probably translate this part too."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets sacrifice him

Yusef Saltzmann: "March 20, Spring Equinox. Rome drowns in an army of corpses."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Lavinia: what's today's date

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Could be any day, really.

Bakir the Grappler: "That seems like something you should have translated, yes."

"Thank you."

Bakir the Grappler huffs and puffs through more pushups

Yusef Saltzmann: Well Lavinia did ask what the stakes were

Dušan of Criamon: The prophecy will be fulfilled, but there will be two deluges of skeletons, one made of ours and one of theirs

Bakir the Grappler: isnt this a spring adventure? if its march 20th itsp robably very soon.

Yusef Saltzmann: "Seemed outlandish at first. Our methods have always simply been speaking with the dead. Animating corpses sounds like something from a children's fable."

"But you lot seem to take it seriously."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I do it all the time, but you know, professional to professional, it doesn't seem to be a very saleable product."

Yusef Saltzmann: It's March 15th currently

Lavinia: ok so we have 5 days to kill mortis

this is doable.

Yusef Saltzmann: You can try :-)

Dušan of Criamon: Mortis Ex Verditus Big Day Off

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Let's consider the benefits of drowning in an army of corpses

Dušan of Criamon: 4 days of self-discovery and hedonism ahead

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: 1) if we confess our sins on march 19 we will all go to heaven

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: 2) the army of corpses probably has a lot of faerie vis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I think we should straightforwardly avoid that.

I don't want Romans to think that they SHOULDN'T be buying magical items that control the dead.

Yusef Saltzmann: Anyway he hands over the map if anyone tries to take it.

Giraldo of Milan: great. lets get this bad boy home and stick some daggers i nit

Yusef Saltzmann: That is your right

Giraldo of Milan: its more than that

its our duty

Yusef Saltzmann: Anything more to ask this guy, or things I ignored?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'll stay here and confer with my newfound colleague about the kind of protective wards he can erect.

Yusef Saltzmann: Oh sure

I can come up with comission ideas after the ideas if you just leave him alive.

Dušan of Criamon: "If we confront your old friend, what do you plan to do?"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets grill him for 2 hours about his suspicious reaction to the castilian line

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I have no reason to kill him.

Bakir the Grappler: "Have you considered, Yusuf, that the light of Islam could lead you away from all of this awful business with ghosts and devils?"

Dušan of Criamon: The Castillian Connection

Yusef Saltzmann: "Whatever's necessary."

Bakir the Grappler: It's more important to try to get this guy a prayer mat than kill him, imo.

Honestly, if we can convert the faerie to Islam, that'd be ideal.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Please do NOT encourage the vile crime of apostasy, Bakir."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: hes a person of the book!

Dušan of Criamon: one big family

Yusef Saltzmann: "Oh, I don't think I could consider one of thing. We're the chosen, after all," he says to Bakir

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: you should instead focus your efforts on  Archibald of Guernicus

Yusef Saltzmann: *such a thing

Archibald is currently unclaimed by any flavor of YHWH, yes

Bakir the Grappler: "Your loss, my friend. I will have a temple in Rome before long, if you change your mind."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Where did you learn your art, Yusef?"

Dušan of Criamon: "I hope we resolve this quick and you are not called upon to strike an old friend."

Yusef Saltzmann: "From some old texts and tablets."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Surely not here in Rome?"

Yusef Saltzmann: It's Summoning, a supernatural ability

Which means it's hard for magi to pick up without initiation.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wow!

Absolutely fascinating!

Bakir the Grappler: Gotta love mystery cults.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's integrate folk witchcraft so the next generation of vardians tomb can learn supernatural abilities without penalty

Dušan of Criamon: Yes.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'll ask more about the provenance of the tablets and so forth if the rest of you want to move on to plotting against my dopey doppelganger.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's journey to arcadia and ditch mortis there so we can hang out with his clone

Yusef Saltzmann: It's interesting stuff, though nothing you can't do better with Rego Vim.

Aside from the part where Rego Vim requires an AC

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Interesting.

Yusef Saltzmann: Everyone else returning to VT?

Dušan of Criamon: I am.

Giraldo of Milan: lets return mortis to hell

Bakir the Grappler: Sure.

I don't want to learn Summoning because it's almost entirely haram.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: bakir is going to suplex the head of the order of suleiman

Dušan of Criamon: I'm interested in everyone's plans to kill the fairy

Lavinia: Killing it directly won't do anything because the source of its evil, Mortis, still stands

Yusef Saltzmann: Summoning is also haram to Jews but perhaps Yusef just isn't as faithful as Bakir

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "All right everyone."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: AFK a sec but obviously if you kill me then you will simply suffer the wrath of my ghost.

Bakir the Grappler: there are a lot of arguments about it within the faith

Yusef Saltzmann: People sometimes are hypocrites, sad to say

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "If you had to kill Mortis, how would you do it?"

Lavinia: Get him drunk on Amontillado then wall him into the catacombs

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: perfect

Bakir the Grappler: bakir interprets it through the lens of literally being a feral kid raised by tigers that was pulled out of the woods by mongols and dropped in a city as a joke

so if its not about islam helping you be strong and self sufficient its haram

Yusef Saltzmann: If you kill Mortis AND the lich the lich can just reincarnate as Mortis's ghost and go back to the same vitality source. Everyone wins

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: it's not like yusef is a holy magus so mechanically he's fine

Giraldo of Milan: what if we just kill mortis

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i mean, hes not eating any penalties from being a bad jew. i think

he might actually forfeit some kind of protection if his community shuns him

Bakir the Grappler: ouch

i havent read the judaism section of holy magic but they have a lot of cool stuff.

from a skim

Lavinia: I ask Giraldo the Monster Slayer how he would hypothetically kill a Magus.

GM: Have him drink a mundane poison

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Necromancy is one of the kinds of magic that is specifically sinful.

Lavinia: generally not a good idea against magi who have high stamina and aquam form bonuses against them

Bakir the Grappler: what if you had mortis run around town shouting "i'm basch von ronsenburg of dalmasca".

GM: PeVi Sidestep, PeVi Parma

use enchanted weapons for the penetration bonus

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets bring out the fire jars

Giraldo of Milan: "That depends on the magus. They're no simple magical beast. You need to determine their capabilities, and pick the right time to attack. If you want to set a trap for them, appeal to their pride and greed."

"And use good steel."

Dušan of Criamon: I think we're all looking at this from the wrong perspective: all we need to do is make Mortis renounce his sinful lifestyle and publicly recant

Bakir the Grappler: aside from the final fantasy ref my ooc suggestion is to try to make mortis famous for things unrelated to necromancy to manipulate the faerie to something more beneficial to yourselves

what dusan said

Lavinia: we only have 5 days to alter the fae's glamour though

Giraldo of Milan: lets make mortis famous for shitting in the street, or for rape, or for getting drunk, raping someone, and then shitting in the street

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Seems impractical.

GM: Appealing to greed and vanity is how Carloman died and he had way more difficult MR to deal with than your average asshole magus

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Also, I'm not Indian.

Dušan of Criamon: I was about to say something about appropriation

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Really?"

"A silver alloy would be more difficult to ward against."

Bakir the Grappler: what if mortis publicly challenged the faerie necromancer to a series of games or contests to determine who the real one is

Dušan of Criamon: that sounds amusing

Giraldo of Milan: "Like I said, it depends. But most wizards have frail health and a clean cut will take them out in one strike."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm that's a good point, is there some kind of fae weakness we could exploit?

Archibald of Guernicus: If we made Mortis famous for rape, all this would do would be to slowly morph the fairy into the ultimate rapist. Perhaps an even more serious threat.

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Lavinia: we already killed Prudenzio once

Giraldo of Milan: I rub my chin.

Lavinia: should be easy to do again

Giraldo of Milan: "Maybe I should carry a silver sword too."

GM: Anyway Mortis isn't completely responsible for faeries getting fed here. There was also the BLack Plague leaving a bunch of corpses ripe for harvest, and leaving people looking dead but coming "back to life" later on.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Uh, I ASSUME you mean the Great Blight.

Giraldo of Milan: on march 20, rome will be drowned in a sea of rape

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: seems like it would be difficult to get any insight on a brand new faerie like this

Archibald of Guernicus: Let me translate this Hebrew text on the map, gentiles. It says 'our dicks shall bleed from all the raping'.

GM: Great Blight is a hermetic term

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, just think about the things that I'm weak to.

GM: Mundanes call it whatever they want

Lavinia: endrite your sheet is miscalculating your parma scores

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Yeah.

Bakir the Grappler: you killed prudenzio who was completely non-hostile and trying to make friends. i should have had him get mad but now its got to wait until someone breaks into the covenant and steals his tooth

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I need to divide the ability bonus by 2.

Bakir the Grappler: and mirror

Lavinia: you need to remove the "2*" in the formula

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: let's leave a bowl of milk outside the gates of rome so fae mortis can drink it and spare the city

Bakir the Grappler: rip

GM: You can cast Frosty Breath of the Spoken Lie on a jew to make him translate it correctly

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: actually

GM: Or just assume Yusef didn't want to cause any more trouble for himself by lying

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: a holy symbol would probably work

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: For example, I'm weak to flattery.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: mortis being mortis

Dušan of Criamon: We should create a reputation for Mortis that he refuses to slaughter cities that leave milk outside the gates for him

Bakir the Grappler: getting a silver sword would bypass most magi's terram wards since iirc precious metals are a magnitude above iron or steel.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: And being set on fire.

Bakir the Grappler: good plan

Lavinia: lets get 47's fiber wire

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Also, some would say that I love my family TOO much.

Giraldo of Milan: alright. lets get mortis to forge me a silver sword, then lets kill mortis with a silver sword

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: ill ask our friend, bishop whatshisname, if we can borrow the most ostentatious cross available

Giraldo of Milan: me: mortis can i have a silver sword

mortis: for spreading the glory of my craft?

me: [already running mortis through before he can finish the first word]

Bakir the Grappler: oh what is the aura

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lol

Bakir the Grappler: lol beardbeard

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wouldn't a Verditus sword be the worst possible thing to kill him with, as it would be enchanted and therefore resisted by the Parma Magica?

Archibald of Guernicus: Only if the enchantment was to add to the damage

Bakir the Grappler: and can i take a long term fatigue with the gm's permission, since i've been doing Hindu pushups for this entire conversation

Archibald of Guernicus: if its just a pink dot, well

Lavinia: What are the current possible plans

Bakir the Grappler: oh yeah, giraldo, mortis doesnt make mundane items

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Let's call on our allies, House Tremere, to aid us in our battle against the faerie.

Lavinia: Gulielmus said something about using Dominion?

Bakir the Grappler: he won't just make you a silver sword unless its magic

Lavinia: I'm still waiting for a response from our NPC guests

Giraldo of Milan: gah

Gulielmus of Pure Reason pretends to roll faerie lore

Bakir the Grappler: if the aura is Dominion, i want to ask

GM: Response sent

Bakir the Grappler: if i can roll some Holy Shit

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: the highest available aura in the city is 9 i think

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Yeah.

Lavinia: I have two tasks for Giraldo.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It used to be 10.

Bakir the Grappler: i mean the aura right here, because i've been doing pushups here.

Lavinia: First we need him (And anyone with SS who has it) to check out the Arch of Drusus.

Giraldo of Milan: ok

Bakir the Grappler: transcendence-based effects are a pain in the ass to activate.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll check it out as well then

More eyes are better

Lavinia: Second we should bully our Jewish friend into summoning the Fae for us into his lab where we can deal with him there.

Which will require Menacing Mundanes.

Bakir the Grappler: heh.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: If he's a Summoner then he isn't a mundane.

Obviously.

Lavinia: The Mundanes are the ones who are doing the Menacing.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "A weakness to holy symbols is common among faeries."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Also, shouldn't we summon the fae into our covenant so we can leverage the Aegis of the Hearth against it?

Lavinia: Since Archibald et al already presented themselves as friendly neighborhood wizards and unlike some people, I don't want to ruin their reputations.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: On the other hand, summoning might count as an invitation.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: most likely

Lavinia: Third, we rescind the invitation by officially slaying Mortis.

Bakir the Grappler: anyway, assuming no aura bonus, i'll roll

rolling 1d10+3+3+4

(

8

)

+3+3+4

=

18

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Can Muslims benefit from Christian auras?

Bakir the Grappler: yes.

GM: I don't see why not

Divinity is unitarian

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i'll look up the rules on schism

GM: You might think it's hereticla to say so but that's how it is

Bakir the Grappler: but shaun, there is no divine aura here correct

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You think it don't be that way sometimes but this time it do.

Giraldo of Milan: lets convince mortis to be tied to a wooden post as bait for the trap and then fill him full of burning arrows

Bakir the Grappler: ??

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: if bakir steps out of our magic aura there should be some dominion on the street

Bakir the Grappler: in the jew guys shop

Giraldo of Milan: there should be

since its in the city

GM: Dom 1 in the Jewish carpentry shop

Bakir the Grappler: ok cool ty.

Lavinia: I have a GREAT idea.

Bakir the Grappler: bakir loses a long term fatigue level from doing hindu pushups for a couple hours, and gains +5 Soak for Sun duration.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: ok. schism doesnt matter here

Lavinia: We ask the Jew to summon the Fae, and then I collapse the building on top of them all, killing htme.

Bakir the Grappler: His sweat glows with holy might.

GM: Nice

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: But then my cool new friend Yusef would die.

GM: Dindu pushups

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: hes not even a real canaanite.

GM: I put the Arch of Drusus on the map, it's near Sapienza and Simon's House

Bakir the Grappler: arch of poo piss.

im sorry.

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll head to the funny arch with Giraldo to see what we find

GM: Alright

Give me SS rolls, don't worry about Dom penalties

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i will go to the funny arch to admire the architecture

Lavinia: I will use the Sortes to attempt to locate Alijah

Bakir the Grappler: I will go in hopes the jinn appears so I can wrestle him.

Dušan of Criamon: I will go just to take a pleasant stroll before skeleton deluge weather sets in

Lavinia:

rolling 1d10!+2+8+3 vs 18

(

6

)

+2+8+3

=

19

GM: How much information does that give and how literal?

Giraldo of Milan: lets take a look at this arch

Lavinia: I can either "Sense all useful information about a body" or "Learn a fact that could be ascertained by an observer present in the target location by simple observation"

Giraldo of Milan: the sortes has no weakness

Bakir the Grappler: It's very strong.

Lavinia: zetta percento

GM: Archibald has Strong Faerie Blood, right?

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah

rolling 1d10!+3+2 second sight

(

9

)

+3+2

=

14

spec is in regios

GM: One thing you immediately notice is that the Dominion becomes less stifling the closer you stand to the underside of it

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Interesting.

Giraldo of Milan: theres my ss

oh

rolling 1d10+7

(

6

)

+7

=

13

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Troubling!

Giraldo of Milan: the rolls not going

there it is

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: I will touch the stone.

if only we had a magus who could tell us how old it is

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: All these divination spells lost... like tears... in the rain...

GM: Neither Giraldo or Archibald see anything, BUT how close does Archibald get to the arch while gazing at it?

Archibald of Guernicus: Probably not that close, it's an arch

Lavinia: go right into it

GM: Oh

Lavinia: it probably has another temple inside

Archibald of Guernicus: No need to walk through it or anything

Bakir the Grappler: I'll straight up walk under it if you want.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: im already touching it!

Archibald of Guernicus: Go right ahead

Bakir the Grappler: Thanks.

Giraldo of Milan: good luck bakir

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: The arch explodes, destroying Rome.

Bakir the Grappler: lol.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Good SaGa everyone.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: its about time.

GM: Okay, let me look at aBakir's sheet

Giraldo of Milan: weve finished the great work of the visigoths

GM: Nothing happens to Bakir

Bakir the Grappler: nice.

GM: Alright, Archibald doesn't do that. I'll say then that both Archibald and Giraldo were within a conf of success

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmmm.

Sounds like a trap.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what of Gulielmus

GM: One moment

Giraldo of Milan: what of gulielmus

GM: Gulielmus is slightly more interesting than Bakir for the purposes of what I'm checking, but no response

I mean, nothing happening from crossing

Archibald of Guernicus: Fine, fine. I'll drop the conf.

Lavinia: oh snap. what if there is an Augustan Ward checking for members of the Order ofHermes.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: do i get a parma tingle

Giraldo of Milan: brb

GM: Okay

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You should invent that ward.

Lavinia: Why would I ever want to target my Sodales?

GM: Oh yeah I never gave Lavinia her Sortes result

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sodales, there's a regio here, but I dinnae think most of us would pass it normally."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You could make a door that only opens when a member of the Order of Hermes is standing in front of it.

Perfectly peaceful ward.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Mortis can walk through it. As can I."

"Someone aught tae send a message tae him."

GM: What pages do I use for coming up with Sortes results?

Lavinia: uhh

GM: in Rival Magic

This ToC sucks

Lavinia: 54 - 54

53 - 54

Giraldo of Milan: back

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Nice arch."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason admires the arch.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What's the Aesthetic Value of the arch????

Anyway, I'll enter the arch if anyone summons me.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Proclus, God rest his soul, would have loved this."

"Well, maybe he did. I don't know."

GM: Is Ethel with you?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Absolutely.

GM: Cool

Giraldo of Milan: goodbye mortis

GM: Mortis disappears!

As does Ethel

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll enter too

Giraldo of Milan: "That was easier than I thought."

ill go too

Lavinia: neat

we've entered the World of Warcraft

Bakir the Grappler: nice

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Time to form a guild.

Bakir the Grappler: this is epic.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lfg

Dušan of Criamon: absolutely entering the hellscape

Lavinia: i wonder what, theoretically, would happen fi someone destroyed the arch while you are all inside

Bakir the Grappler: i guess i can't enter the hellscape but gl

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I also wonder that.

Dušan of Criamon: hypothetically

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You should try it.

Bakir the Grappler: can my cat enter the hellscape

ha ha.

GM: Everyone can cross if they're near Ethel when they do

Bakir the Grappler: Ohhh.

GM: Archibald can cross at any tiem because he has Strong Faerie Blood

Bakir the Grappler: Neat. Ok I do go in.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh god. I've entered Fable. THe worst thing imaginable.

Bakir the Grappler: Domitia is back at the inn trying to eat Fiorella's birds, anyway.

GM: You see the arch behind you, and a hellscape of scary looking buildings. Far off in the distance is a giant skull castle.

WoW jokes aside, this really is some faerie crap

Giraldo of Milan: i also have strong faerie blood

woo

GM: Nice

Okay, Archibald and Giraldo do not need Ethel to cross

Dušan of Criamon: Just to make sure: I don't hit the infernal geiger counter right

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i'll cross, if i can

Oozar the Gnat: A figure in an exaggerated floppy hat comes down the road.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What kind of figure?

Like a bear?

Oozar the Gnat: Diminutive

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Or a giant bird?

Or a person?

Oozar the Gnat: Person

Giraldo of Milan: thats a cool black mage token

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: https://my.mixtape.moe/rzwlly.gif

Oozar the Gnat: "You don't want ot go this way. Rholgez's army of the dead occupies these lands. Best to turn back and defend your homes. You'd have to be foolhardy to go further."

Giraldo of Milan: "Who are you?"

Oozar the Gnat: "My name is Oozar. A simple wanderer."

He leans on his walking stick.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is it true he plans to march an army of the dead?"

Oozar the Gnat: He nods.

Bakir the Grappler: "This sounds like the way we want to go."

"Thank you, Oozar."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "When did Rholgez first come to these," and I make exaggerated finger quotes, "'lands'?"

Oozar the Gnat: "That is a story for another time. I must be going."

He steps around the arch and attemps to walk off.

He didn't seem to have any interest in you aside from issuing tha twarning.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Farewell, Oozar."

Giraldo of Milan: what a nice gnat

Oozar the Gnat: He waves godobye.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: OK.

Oozar the Gnat: He was not insectoid for the record, just dimnuitive and pesky

Gulielmus of Pure Reason surveys the landscape.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds like it's up to us, a band of intrepid and noble heroes, to defeat the evil sorcerer.

Archibald of Guernicus: Have you heard of Rholgez the necromancer? Terrible creatures. By the

Let's

Dušan of Criamon: I do my buffs

Oozar the Gnat: Those sorts of conversations can be heard around you as you enter Arcadia

Archibald of Guernicus: Sidestep, convenient and lightweight armour, I'm ready

Oozar the Gnat: Very NPCish conversations

Archibald of Guernicus: I have 19 soak which is surely enough

Bakir the Grappler: I am protected by the love of Allah.

Damn, that's good soak.

Oozar the Gnat: As you cast, you notice the aura is beneficial to magic. SO you're probably not in Hell. Probably.

Giraldo of Milan: lets kill the lich

Bakir the Grappler: I should get a suit of armor but i feel like it wouldn't fit with the character so i just have partial leather.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Huh."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: But, and here's the thing, Infernal auras ALSO feel like they benefit your spellcasting.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Would be nice to have a guide here."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Who needs one? Just follow the path of destruction."

Bakir the Grappler: "Just go in the opposite direction from where these tiny men tell us to go."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Let's just make a careful note of the path we take, and head towards the humungous skull."

Oozar the Gnat: Not all infernal auras can trick you. Some can.

GM: The path is pretty clear, there's a giant skull in the horizon

Dušan of Criamon: If I'm entering an infernal aura I should sense trouble

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: ah.

i was looking at the top left, and not the bottom right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm, giant skull eh?

Bakir the Grappler: Interesting.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: So what kind of bystanders are there?

GM: Everyone gets a fable point for not turning back when the Guardian of the Threshold advised you to do so.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason turns around and sees the giant skull behind him.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: You mentioned people talking about us.

GM: Talking around you, not about you

Just normal people with no flesh on their skulls, having a chat.

Dušan of Criamon: Heh, just like home, but livelier

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Heh.

Alright.

GM: Press onward?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What ho, good people of, uh... wherever this is. We seek the 'Archlich'."

Giraldo of Milan: go go

Bakir the Grappler: "A skull of one of the jababirat. Who does he think he is, Moses?"

Skeleton: "Oh, you'll want to go to the castle on top that big skull over there."

Archibald of Guernicus: "How surprising."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Thank you."

Bakir the Grappler: "Friendly, for a skeleton."

Dušan of Criamon: "This is developing entirely differently from what I initially expected."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "So polite!"

Skeleton: "Of course, being the living and all, it might be hard to get an audience."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What were you expecting?"

Skeleton: "But don't let me stop you."

Dušan of Criamon: "More flaying, really."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "We're here to stop his army."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "You aren't part of his army, are you?"

Skeleton: "Oh, flaying? There might be some of that. But not from me. I'm just here awaiting the resurrection."

Bakir the Grappler: "None can stand in the way of this holy war."

Skeleton: "Nah. Been here since before the castle was built."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What resurrection?"

Dušan of Criamon: "Could we persuade you to join our efforts?"

Skeleton: "Ah, sure, got nothing better to do."

Bakir the Grappler: "Have you ever read the Quran?"

Skeleton: "Nuh uh. Just enough of the Torah to become a mensch."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "See, Mortis, this is why I brought a holy symbol along."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "If you need one, sure."

Skeleton: He stays away from Gul if he's holding the holy symbol out visibly

Dušan of Criamon: "Ah, we may have a friend in common on the other side. Good to have you with us."

Let's storm the skull

Gulielmus of Pure Reason dangles a small crucifix in Mortis's face.

Bakir the Grappler: I also offer him a copy of the Quran so he's ducking and dodging

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Where'd you get it?"

"I bet I can make you a better one."

Skeleton: "Yeesh," he says as Bakir and Gul shove holy symbols in his face. "I already said I'd help."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Oh, sorry, skeleton."

Giraldo of Milan: i cant wait to meet sans

Archibald of Guernicus: Hurray for skeleton! But, beware of skeleton.

Skeleton: "Now, if you want to get around his army, you'll want some sort of disguise. Or a bigger army."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What kind of disguise would work?"

"I'm a little too robust to pass as a native."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Damn this blight, makes things harder. I could attempt tae spont something, sodales, with imaginem."

Dušan of Criamon: "Would it be appropriate to disguise ourselves as... skeletons?"

Skeleton: "Well, can I be brutally honest here?"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets crack our skeleton friend open for corpus vis

Archibald of Guernicus: hm

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Go ahead."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Of course."

"Honesty is a virtue, after all."

Archibald of Guernicus: base 2 to make us look and feel different, +1 touch, +2 group, +2 sun is level 15 MuIm which I believe I can pull off sodales

Skeleton: "You're a bit, ah, corpulent for skeletons. You know how a skinny person might be called skin and bones? We don't even got the skin."

"But I might know a place where you can at least learn to act like skeletons."

Or you can accept Archibald's idea

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Maybe we could pass as revenants."

Dušan of Criamon: "Let's try Archibald's plan, and if it fails, I trust our newfound skeleton ally."

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm already setting up all the stuff for ceremonial casting

Bakir the Grappler: "We have a strong army right here. Each of us is as valuable as a hundred, perhaps a thousand men."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "As a master of the arcane, I'm always interested in learning more. To what are you referring, my good man?"

Giraldo of Milan: the academy of skeleton eetiquette

Archibald of Guernicus: "I can make us look like the undead until sundown, then we can follow him. Gather round, everyone."

Giraldo of Milan: ok

Archibald of Guernicus: Aura?

Dušan of Criamon: I gather

Skeleton: "Ah, my good friend the fiddler is near here somewhere. No better way to learn how to move like a skeleton than a big band of dancing skeletons to observe."

Bakir the Grappler: "Oh, I love dancing."

Bakir the Grappler begins hopping in place with his arms straight down at his sides

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "This sounds like the best way to go, Archibald."

"Dancing is really hard to make skeletons do, in my experience."

Bakir the Grappler starts spinning in place

Skeleton: "You guys are magicians, right? Sounds like you can steal the look, but the fiddler can help you steal the skeleton swagger."

Archibald of Guernicus: I invoke Mercury to make us look like skeletons. What's the aura, Shaun?

Skeleton: Faerie 10 in Arcadia, i beleive

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Seems sensible to me."

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh cool, I'm going to hella twilight if I botch here

Bakir the Grappler: Archibald do you have at least 10 pen

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: farewell

does anyone have enough faerie lore for insight into what's going on

Bakir the Grappler: i have true faith mr

or a huge casting total works

you got it

w/e

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: or are we just bumbling through faerieland with a fable score hud

Archibald of Guernicus: You can overcast with sponting and I have 4 pen skill, so maybe

Lavinia: I have Fairy Lore but am not here.

I think I should be kidnapping the Jew for the sake of our guests.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: derfel...

Archibald of Guernicus: Is true faith MR not lowered in hostile auras?

Skeleton: You can interact with fable scores while having no idea what's going on

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling (1d10!+28)/2

(

(

9

)

+28)/2

=

18.5

So that's 7 pen and the skeleton effect, sorry Bakir

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Nice.

Archibald of Guernicus: We now look and feel like skeletons

Skeleton: "Looking sharp, friends!"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason flexes his bony fingers.

Bakir the Grappler: "See? Allah knows it would be shameful to look like a skeleton. I will stand and face this necromancer with honesty."

Giraldo of Milan: "Your funeral."

Bakir the Grappler: "I can put the hood of my cloak up."

"How's that?"

actually its spring i probably dont have a hood

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye'll have tae hope so."

Dušan of Criamon: I respect your integrity

Lavinia: i use sortes to locate the summoner via arcane connection

rolling 1d10!+8+2+3-1 vs 12

(

6

)

+8+2+3-1

=

18

Skeleton: You find him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Where's he at?

Bakir the Grappler stands in the middle of the group and tries not to stand out

Giraldo of Milan: bakir can be our necromancer

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: nice

Dušan of Criamon: Clever

Bakir the Grappler: I can't lie.

Skeleton: "Bit big for a skeleton, but you look close enough to a corpse hauler."

Bakir the Grappler: Well, I can, but god might be upset.

"Good enough for me."

Lavinia: I examine Yusef's hideout to see if he is guarded

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: derfel can hit him over the head with his club

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Derfel can use his teleportation attack, which he definitely has.

Skeleton: Lavinia, he has his bodyguards from before, not really a match for VT's full turb + Oak

Archibald of Guernicus: Derfel can use his immunity to having a character sheet to declare any number of abilities that could be helpful

Skeleton: "Wanna meet the fiddler? Or keep going with what you got on?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I have to admit, he's a great character.

"Of course we should meet with the fiddler."

Skeleton: "You're the boss, boss."

Archibald of Guernicus: The magic fiddler

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Naturally, I'm an expert at talking to skeletons.

The skeletal fiddler stands on a block, doing a merry jig. A number of skeletons circle him, dancing along.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: etiquette 3 (dead people)

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I watch the procession intently.

Any lores I should roll?

Skeleton: "C'mon, join in."

Perception + any ability you think will help will do

Or Dex if you join in

Bakir the Grappler: I pull out my flute and play the really annoying monotone sufi drone music.

Skeleton: Nice

Bakir can roll Music

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what about uhh folk ken

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10+2 comm+music

(

10

)

+2

=

12

Skeleton: Folk Ken is fine

Bakir the Grappler: nice.

was that stressed?

Skeleton: Part of dance is empathy

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: is the dance sufficiently peasanty for my specialization

Archibald of Guernicus: Folk Ken for me, then

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD:

rolling 1d10 + 2 (Charm)

(

2

)

+2

=

4

Archibald of Guernicus: Does Gift Stink apply?

Skeleton: Oh right gift stink

Yeah, though making an idiot of yourself may not hurt you here

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+1-6

(

1

)

+3+1-6

=

-1

rolling 2d10

(

10

+

9

)

=

19

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+4

(

8

)

+4

=

12

sorry

that should be 6

Skeleton: Bakir impresses them with his flute playing

Giraldo of Milan: so 14

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I make a fool out of myself with a total result of 1.

Archibald of Guernicus: I somehow do even worse

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10+2+1

(

6

)

+2+1

=

9

Archibald of Guernicus: with a total of -1

Skeleton: Say wha tyou're rolling since everyone's doing something different

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: that was folk ken

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh. I rolled Folk Ken since I don't have any abilities that I could argue are relevant besides that

Skeleton: Gul makes a suitable observation of the dance

And learns to better act like a skeleton

Bakir the Grappler: nice

Skeleton: Archibald manages to stand out as a grumpy wallflower

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Haha!"

"A little like this?"

Dušan of Criamon: I'll also roll folk ken then

rolling 1d10+2+2

(

2

)

+2+2

=

6

Giraldo of Milan: i was folk kenning

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ridiculous, all this..."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: AFK a sec.

Bakir the Grappler: gulielmus is doing this

https://orig00.deviantart.net/94bc/f/2015/165/b/6/trololo_by_me7u-d8xaq00.gif

Skeleton: Mortis seems a bit aggressive with his charm, but as this is a very Mortis thing to do, it helps build his fable.

Bakir the Grappler: i cant find a better gif of the dance

but thats the iconic skeleton dance to me

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: its canon.

archibald of guernicus: the music is too loud. my blatant gift hurts. i wish i was at home worshiping pagan spirits

Skeleton: Dusan also makes a sutiable observation of boney movements.

Overall, the effort is a success, and you hvae a +3 circumstancial bonus to pretending to be a skeleton, and earn a Fable Point for story participation

Dušan of Criamon: I am more in tune with my skeleton side

Archibald of Guernicus: https://my.mixtape.moe/ifkfuf.swf

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: dusan performs "the corvee laborer", a traditional croatian dance

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

I love fable points, so this is good news.

Ok, now time to build an army of our ow.

Bakir the Grappler: you should ask all these guys to follow you to the big skull.

Dušan of Criamon: We did

they agreed

Bakir the Grappler: oh.

Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: I feel our plan is developing splendidly

Skeleton: Sure, the skeletal troupe will follow along

Bakir the Grappler: I missed that in the revelry.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Alright, nice.

So, we've got some skeletons and we know where to go.

I think we're on track here.

Giraldo of Milan: bone

As you proceed, you pass a large building simply labelled LIBRARY

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

What language?

Ferrando: It appears in Latin if it's the only vernacular you know

Skeleton: You know other languages if you have an Artes Liberales greater than 1

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It do be that way.

Bakir the Grappler: I know Arabic and Latin.

"Hey, a library."

Skeleton: It's in Arabic to Bakir

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i also know arabic

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "How is it that this building is still standing?"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: and latin.

Bakir the Grappler: "It would be lovely to sit and see what kind of strange knowledge might sit within, but we have a mission."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Wouldn't our foe have plundered it for arcane knowledge?"

Bakir the Grappler: "Perhaps on the way back."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I propose we investigate it."

Skeleton: Sounds like you're split on what to do.

Archibald of Guernicus: "A quick look, but remember that our disguises fade at sundown."

Dušan of Criamon: The Gang Splits Up

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Maybe we'll gain some insight into our enemy."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We have no time for searching through countless tomes."

Giraldo of Milan: lets take the infernal lore books

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Just a glance, then."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason skeleton-walks into the library.

Skeleton Scribe: A robed skeleton nods to the gang as they enter.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Salaam."

Skeleton Scribe: "Salaam."

Bakir the Grappler: "Salaam."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "How is this library still standing?"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: examine library

Skeleton Scribe: "Well, its our home. So we take care of it."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason takes a glance at his surroundings.

Skeleton Scribe: "Is there any knowledge you seek in particular, my skeletal friends?"

There's plenty of books, enough to confirm Archibald's fears that you could spend way too long looking at every book.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Yes, do you know anything about the Archlich>"

That should be a question mark, of course.

Skeleton Scribe: "Ah, you must want the memoirs of Rholo Gezmann then. One moment."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I wait one moment.

Skeleton Scribe: He returns with a book and helpfully places it on a lectern for you.

Bakir the Grappler: I grab a book at random.

to pass the time.

Dušan of Criamon: Rholo Gezmann, eh

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Is the book legible?

If so, I'll start reading it.

Dušan of Criamon: Seems our outer deity has a nom de plume

Skeleton Scribe: Yes, it appears to be written in Latin, Mortis. As for Bakir, it seems to be a book on Jewish burial practice, written in Arabic for some reason.

The book is fairly short, telling the story of a young boy, Rholo, who wanted to become an architect. So one day, he snuck out of the slums to check out the Arch of Drusus, on the day that was to be his Bar Mitzvah. Crossing through, he inadvertently ended up in the realm of Sheol, god of the underworld. The beign made Rholo his architect, and had him construct for him a great Palace of Bone. Rholo learned much during his time designing the palace, and created a phylactery to trap the essence of the god and gain immortality.

Bakir the Grappler: huh!

Skeleton Scribe: As long as the phylactery remains intact, according to the book, Rholgez can never die, and an animate a seemingly endless number of dead servants.

It describes a number of other great feats, such as slaying a titan and reanimating it as a giant for his army.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wow.

What an awful, awful waste of vis.

Giraldo of Milan: this guy sounds good

we should receruit him

Dušan of Criamon: Agreed

Skeleton Scribe: Surprisingly, it doesn't take that long for Mortis to read the book

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets blow up the skull

Skeleton Scribe: That is your right

Lavinia: there can only be 1 skull castle

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Does the book say why the phylactery is?

Is it a little box he wears on his arm?

Skeleton Scribe: Yes, it resembles the ligatures some educated people craft

Also, anyone who thinks this is all a bit too convenient can roll a personality trait to get that feeling ICly

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10+3 Naive

(

3

)

+3

=

6

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Of course I do not.

Skeleton Scribe: Gul succeeds his Naive check

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Something like this would naturally happen to me, as I am a master of necromancy.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Thank you, skeleton scribe."

Skeleton Scribe: "My pleasure to be of help to a fellow learner."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "All of the people we've met have been so helpful."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Of course, they naturally recognize me as a master of my craft. I'm sure to defeat the archlich and save this place."

"What do you think, Archibald?"

Skeleton Scribe: Maybe Arhibald is waiting outside for you to end this charade.

The musical entourage is hanging outside as they don't want to disturb the scribes and scholars.

Archibald of Guernicus: "It's the realm of Faerie, Mortis. Just go along with things."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I'm a very relaxed person, so of course I will."

Skeleton: "Finished your reading?"

"We should get moving if we want to catch the ferry."

Giraldo of Milan: lets go

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Yes, I know how to defeat the archlich now."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason skeleton walks out of the library.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "We simply need to destroy his phylactery and release his soul."

Skeleton: "Ah, a brilliant plan!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Thank you."

Skeleton: He leads you closer and closer to the giant skull, until you reach a large boat, with boney spider limbs.

A Charon-looking knockoff at the helm

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: It's good to stick with the classics.

Skeleton: "The ferry." Hope you all borught the toll>"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason checks his eyes.

Skeleton: "Easiest way into the palace, it crawls up the sides."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: A toll eh?

Lavinia: the troll toll.

to access this skull's hole.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I don't usually handle money. Does anyone have any?"

Giraldo of Milan: says here the toll is... mortis's soul? damn, things are cheap here

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "What's the toll, skeleton?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "What's the toll?"

Ferryman: "What've you gon?"

Dušan of Criamon: as a man of humble means, Dusan produces a selection of baubles and trinkets from his cloak pockets

Ferryman: "My contract with the archlich only covers his servants. You just seem like random skeletons. Passage for you is by negotiation."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

If ONLY we had a skilled negotiator with us!

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "I have this knife."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok.

Bakir the Grappler: "I have a knife as well."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I have this wand that controls wood."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "And this hammer."

Ferryman: "Two knives and a magical boon and a hammer. Hmmm."

"Well I suppose the boat does need fixing up and now and then, a ward to protect me from pirate ships will help."

"Alright, let's go."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: I gladly hop in. "You have pirates here? Seems like a quiet part of the world."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'm glad that someone could get some use out of that amateur effort.

Ferryman: "You lot will be working this trip, though," he says to the musical troupe.

Archibald of Guernicus: Undead pirates have been a huge problem for them ever since that total warhammer expansion came out

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i would spin a tale about my mighty rock splitting hammer but thats not very gulielmus ex miscellanea

Ferryman: "Yeah, they ride around on a large flying skull. Bizarre lot."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Worrying!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What rot."

Ferryman: "Specially the little fellow calling himself XXX."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "If this is what passes for necromancy among the common man then I see that I have my work cut out for me."

Bakir the Grappler: "What kind of name is that?"

Ferryman: "Beats me."

Giraldo of Milan: fairyman

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Ix ix ix."

GM: Eventually the boat reaches the apex. Funnily enough, gravity always pulls you towards the boat even as it goes up the side of the skul.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Makes sense.

Who has ever fallen out of a boat?

Skeleton: "Maybe this XXX guy thinks his real name gives you some sort of power over him. But he could just make up a better name."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I'm an expert at coming up with names."

Lavinia: maybe he's vin diesel

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I invented my own name, you know."

Skeleton Clerk: A number of guards block the entranceway to the inner palace, accompanied by a little man.

That number being

rolling 2d4 guards

(

3

+

3

)

=

6

Giraldo of Milan: is it the gnat

Bakir the Grappler cracks his knuckles

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What kind of weapons do they have?

Skeleton Clerk: It is not the gnat

Lavinia: his name is Alijah for ref

Skeleton Clerk: Poleaxes

Bakir the Grappler: nice

Skeleton Clerk: Oh yeah, Alijah is somewhere here

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Alright.

How should we go in here?

We could fight them or we could just issue a straightforward challenge.

Dušan of Criamon: I half hope the guards will turn on their master

Perhaps they'll finally be resurrected once he's gone

Frankly I'm rooting for them

they've been nothing but pleasant to us so far

Skeleton Clerk: They haven't taken notice of you yet, giving you some time to decide on a course of action.

Bakir the Grappler: "Let's get them to join our skeleton band.

"

Dušan of Criamon: "I agree. Let's tell them there's a new force in town and it's better than the last one."

Skeleton Clerk: Alright, do you roll up to them doing so?

Archibald of Guernicus: We could tell them that we need to see the archlich urgently about a conspiracy against his unlife

Bakir the Grappler: That works.

Archibald of Guernicus: and when he says "what conspiracy" we say "this one" and attack him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Let's go with Dusan's plan.

It's much more heroic.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lol

Giraldo of Milan: archibalds plan has merit

Dušan of Criamon: It does have a punchline, which is more than mine

Bakir the Grappler: Yeah. I'll walk up with Dusan and back him up.

It's a good one. We have a skeleton collection and we need more.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: who will run through the labyrinthine corridors within the skull, trying to find and destroy the phylactery before the skull self destructs

Skeleton Clerk: Sounds like you've volunteered, Gul

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: perfect

Dušan of Criamon: DID SOMEONE SAY

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: I'll take Dusan with me since he's our labyrinth guy.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I believe in Gulielmus of Pure Reason, who can definitely cast spells.

Dušan of Criamon: LABYRINTH

Bakir the Grappler: rofl

Dušan of Criamon: This is working out for me

Skeleton Clerk: Remember, someone can just take the initiative if you can't agree to a plan

Bakir the Grappler: I'm just going to start wrestling in this direction and if you get suplexed it's your fault.

Archibald of Guernicus: Are we splitting up so that Guli and Dusan go to the Labyrinth of Skulls and the rest of us are going to face the necromancer in battle?

Bakir the Grappler: that sounds like a cool plan actually.

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

Skeleton Clerk: Okay

Bakir the Grappler: it seems like a fully sensible party split, a rarity for VT

Skeleton Clerk: I'll start with the people breaching the sanctum since its mapped

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok.

Dušan of Criamon: This sesh is full of surprises

Bakir the Grappler: "Hello, skeletons."

"Behind us are many satisfied corpses. Would you like to join them?"

Dušan of Criamon: For once, that is not a threat

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Heh.

Skeleton Clerk: "Hmmm, I don't know. Being a palace clerk is a pretty good job."

Does Bakir have Leadership?

Bakir the Grappler: I do.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: He should think about his future.

Skeleton Clerk: Roll Pre+Leadership to be really impressive

Bakir the Grappler: And a spec in Inspiring Crowds, if that applies.

Dušan of Criamon: It's a changing market

Skeleton Clerk: I think it helps here

The clerk has a bunch of guards

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!-2+2+1 pre + leadership

(

6

)

-2+2+1

=

7

Hey, not that bad. Not great.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Conf it.

In my opinion.

Bakir the Grappler: sure. let's do it.

Skeleton Clerk:

rolling d10

(

4

)

=

4

Dušan of Criamon: Absolutely

Skeleton Clerk: He is impressed

"Well, you do look pretty strong."

"But Rholgez has a giant guarding him."

Bakir the Grappler: "I will do my best to wrestle that giant to the ground."

Dušan of Criamon: A giant you say

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Dušan of Criamon: Why we might JUST have the man for the job

Bakir the Grappler: lol.

Skeleton Clerk: "Well, I'll announce that you're here to challenge the giant to honorable combat, then."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: oorah.

Bakir the Grappler: "Oh, that sounds perfect."

Skeleton Clerk: "We'll see how that goes before we talk about changing sides."

Bakir the Grappler claps his hands together.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Exciting!

Skeleton Clerk calls for a skeletal herald and sends him in, then nods to the guards to let Bakir and his skeletal entourage pass.

Bakir the Grappler: nice.

We're in.

https://fanburst.com/rolldice17/muhammad-hassan-theme/embed

bakir's theme

Giraldo of Milan: watch out. theres giga skull

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Alright here's the plan, we'll distract the giant and Bakir will remove Rholgez' phylactery.

Bakir the Grappler: no!

sheesh.

I'm just going to have to honorably beat Giga Skull

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Why not?

Fine.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: good luck Bakir.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Bakir the Grappler: If wrestling him distracts the giant so someone else can remove the phylactery, that's perfect.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: "Aahhhh, a show, perfect to exhibit my immaculate craftsmanship."

Bakir the Grappler: But I'm not about to get Bakir through 2 sessions without rolling Brawl.

lol

Giga Skull: "Step forward, challenger!"

Giraldo of Milan: addicted to grappling

Bakir the Grappler: literally. its on his character sheet.

Dušan of Criamon: needs his flex fix

Giga Skull: Roll init Bakir. Anyone else who wants to do something while Bakir is grappling cna roll in too

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!-2

(

4

)

-2

=

2

rofl.

Archibald of Guernicus: Can you guys distract the spectators somehow?

I have a teleport built into my sword and I could swoop over to hit the necrodancer

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i can make myself glow

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!+1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: and, uhh, do the skeleton dance.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm, I'll start walking over to Rholgez.

Giraldo of Milan: i can roll big sword numbers

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: gulielmus the kender, of house malkavian, is on the scene.

Bakir the Grappler: rofl.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Using my best skeleton imitation.

Giga Skull: lol

Roll Guile, Mortis and Gul

Archibald of Guernicus: Distract the skeletons with your funky moves, allies. I beg of you.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what characteristic

Giga Skull: GS punches at Bakir

rolling d10+13

(

3

)

+13

=

16

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: first ill botch check my glowing spell

rolling 1d10

(

1

)

=

1

Dušan of Criamon: powerful

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: farewell

Giga Skull: It's not stressed sadly

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: gah

Lavinia: Reminder, botch die are doubled in regios

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!-2+10+1

(

3

)

-2+10+1

=

12

gah!

Giga Skull: Only Bakir is combat

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what characteristic am i adding to guile here though

Bakir the Grappler: I really thought I was gonna be able to shug that off without exerting.

but now i can't.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD:

rolling 1d10! + 0 (Guile)

(

10

+

5

)

+0

=

15

I'll conf that twice.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what the

Giga Skull: Nice

Mortis sidles up without being hassles by teh skeletons

Bakir the Grappler: I will use my last conf point as well for a defense total of 14 (i forgot to subtract fatigue)

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10!

(

7

)

=

7

i will conf once

Giga Skull: Okay, the giant grabs Bakir with an advantage of 4

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

Giga Skull: I mean 2

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Gulielmus, glowing like the moon and performing the skeletal Charleston, cheers loudly for Bakir.

"You've got him right where you want him, Bakir!"

Bakir the Grappler: Bakir grins.

"You're exactly right, Guli!"

rolling 1d10!+2+10+1-1

(

1

)

+2+10+1-1

=

13

Giga Skull: The skeleton palace guard gets excited as an trained skeleton dancer joins the show

Bakir the Grappler: gah!

rofl.

Giga Skull:

rolling 2d10

(

3

+

6

)

=

9

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmmm.

Bakir the Grappler struggles mightily against the giant

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!=11

(

1

)

=

1

rolling 2d10

(

3

+

4

)

=

7

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

Giga Skull: Bakir wins by a margin of 1! What's your unarmed damage?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: lol

Archibald of Guernicus: Let's use his distraction to take down the necromancer

Giga Skull: You only need 1 to break the grapple

Bakir the Grappler: fist damage is 0, so +2

just my STR

Giga Skull: Yeah

That's enough

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: you should get some gauntlets

Bakir the Grappler: oh, i do have gauntlets, i forgot.

imagine i took off my gauntlets to be even more fair.

Giga Skull: okay, GS tries to reassert the grapple

There's enough of a distraction if anyone wants to roll in and attack the necromancer

rolling d10+13

(

5

)

+13

=

18

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll teleport over behind Rholgez

Giga Skull: Roll defense Bakir

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+1 init

(

8

)

+1

=

9

Bakir the Grappler: I will Exert my defense and take another Fatigue.

rolling 1d10!-2+10+1-1+10

(

5

)

-2+10+1-1+10

=

23

Archibald of Guernicus teleports behind u

Bakir the Grappler: "Hup!"

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: nice try kid

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Am I close enough to grab Rholgez's phylactery?

Giga Skull: Nice!

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Bakir the untouchable!"

Giga Skull: Roll into turn order Mortis if you want to try something aggressive

Bakir the Grappler: is this a new round?

Giga Skull: But you can get close enough to try it yes

Your turn Bakir

Bakir the Grappler: you can't exert for both attack and defense on the same turn, but if its a new round i can

Giraldo of Milan: hm. i guess i should try to kill the necromancer now

Archibald of Guernicus: i think this is your second turn. my first turn was round 2 teleporting in

Giga Skull: Can you see the turn order?

Giraldo of Milan: or i could stand back and provide insight on the foe

yes

Bakir the Grappler: oh yeah.

Giga Skull: Okay

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD:

rolling 1d10! (Initiative)

(

2

)

=

2

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: ill roll, just in case.

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!+2+10+1-2 normal grapple.

(

7

)

+2+10+1-2

=

18

Not bad.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10!+2

(

6

)

+2

=

8

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!=13

(

7

)

=

7

Ack!

It deflects Bakir

Bakir the Grappler: "A skilled opponent!"

Giga Skull: Mortis, are you going to try to grapple it and pull off the phylactery?

Archibald of Guernicus: I could grapple him from behind while you pull it off

I've probably got a better brawl score

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds like a plan.

Bakir the Grappler: I'm going to have to gamble, let it grapple me, and then try to Exert on my escape to inflict a light wound. Even that won't do much. Bakir's destined to lose this fight.

Good luck.

Archibald of Guernicus: It's fine. You did your duty

Dušan of Criamon: Brothers in arms

Archibald of Guernicus: I attempt to grapple the architect!

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i can try blinding Giga Skull

Archibald of Guernicus: I pay a fatigue to exert!

Giga Skull: Oh right, you punched it successfully earlier

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+2+2+2

(

9

)

+2+2+2

=

15

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: gulielmus awaits bakir's signal.

also my init total was 8

Archibald of Guernicus: The architect must roll defence now

to resist being grabbed by the ghoulies

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls:

rolling d10!

(

10

+

3

)

=

13

Bakir the Grappler: well done kid

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Nice job Archibald

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: We did it.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Looks like he's grappled

Giraldo of Milan: ladies and gentlemen

we got him

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Alright, I'll remove his Phylactery.

Archibald of Guernicus: "Now, Mortis!"

good thing I exerted

that +2 really was the difference

Bakir the Grappler: lol, it really was.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: As Mortis pulls off the box, he feels a change come over him, like he has the Unaging virtue!

Bakir the Grappler: well done archibald.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wow!

Dušan of Criamon: Nothing bad can come of this

Bakir the Grappler: "Let's see your best shot, Giga Skull!"

as its just collapsing.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I can't believe it can pierce my Parma Magica!

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: In that case, you feel it pinging on your parma

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Ha ha ha, no mere fake can possibly defeat me."

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Until such time as we can resolve the effects of External Vis on MR

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "You missed the true source of my power: my friendship with my sodales and my lackeys!"

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!+13 grab

(

9

)

+13

=

22

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: "Curse you~ disloyal skeletons!"

Giraldo of Milan: mortis's true power, existing in contrast to every force in the world

Dušan of Criamon: He failed to anticipate VT's secret weapon: violence

Archibald of Guernicus: Now I think we have to take the necromancer down though

before it pastes bakir

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Roll defense, Bakir

"Quit dancing, you fools! Get my phylactery back!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Surrender to me, you lousy faker!"

I move to destroy his soul.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls:

rolling d10! init

(

5

)

=

5

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: how flammable is the phylactery

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: It's vis, you can just cast a spell using it.

Dušan of Criamon: That's incredibly convenient

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: it's really far away!

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Well, Mortis can

Dušan of Criamon: everything this sesh has been extremely forthcoming

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: also please add me to the init list, i rolled an 8

Giraldo of Milan: good luck everyone

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: a while back

ty

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!-2-2+10+1 grab defense sorry

(

5

)

-2-2+10+1

=

12

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Alright, does Rholgez submit to my supreme power?

Bakir the Grappler: rip

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Go ahead and act now Gul

Bakir the Grappler: if i had exerted i would have been able to beat him.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Bakir is grappled with an advantage o f7

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i will multicast my trademark spell, Flash of the Scarlet Flames

Bakir the Grappler: dodge it rather. rip.

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Target?

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Giga Skull, and Giga Skull

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Nice

Bakir the Grappler: damn i cant believe im taking the DQ loss

Archibald of Guernicus: Flaming Skull: Argh! My one weakness! Flames, in my eyes!

Bakir the Grappler: rofl

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Thankfully its cosmetic flame

Like Faustus's

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lol

rolling 1d10!+5+2+3+2+11+4+2

(

6

)

+5+2+3+2+11+4+2

=

35

rolling 1d10!+5+2+3+2+11+4+2-5

(

8

)

+5+2+3+2+11+4+2-5

=

32

20 and 17 pen

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Pen?

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i threw my penetration ability into the roll

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Sorry

It seems to have more might than that, sadly

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: blimey

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: It's a serious fae

Giraldo of Milan: wow

maybe i should join the fight now

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what if i conf

Archibald of Guernicus: did you add aura, gulielmus?

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: yeah

Archibald of Guernicus: ah

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: +5 right

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah

that gives it +10 MR so dont feel bad

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

alright everyone

ill save you

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Rise from Gehenna, spirits of the damned! Earn your redemption! Expel these magi from my palace!"

A skeleton rises from the floor behind mortis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sheesh.

Bone Minion:

rolling d10+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

It clasps a spear and shield

Dušan of Criamon: I kind of want to try and DEO it

I'm rolling init

rolling 1d10+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Bone Minion: Alright

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

I wonder what kind of vis this is.

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!+2+10+1+10-2 exerting grapple break

(

5

)

+2+10+1+10-2

=

26

Bone Minion: You have a feeling from reading the memories that it is Vim vis, as it was a ritual designed to steal the power of a god.

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!+11

(

8

)

+11

=

19

Bakir the Grappler: hows your 7 attack advantage. blammo.

Giga Skull: 9 damage, a light wound on GS! and grabble broken

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what are the skeletons on the sidelines doing

Giga Skull: Enjoying the show

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: nice.

Dušan of Criamon: they should be hooting and hollerin'

Giga Skull: They are

Bakir the Grappler: I'm sweatin!

Dušan of Criamon: appropriate

Giga Skull: Mortis your turn

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Alright.

Giga Skull: There's a lot of low level InVi spells

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'll cast a Intelligo Vim spell on myself to detect scrying.

How many pawns of vis is it?

Giga Skull: 9

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Yikes.

Giga Skull: It's for the sake of Rome

Archibald of Guernicus: no... NO

wait, all these skeletons are worth vis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD:

rolling (1d10! + 6 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 6 +18)/2

(

(

9

)

+6+5+1+1-6+18)/2

=

17

Uh, plus whatever the aura is.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: 

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: 10?

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: 5

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Right.

Archibald of Guernicus: +5 to magic

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: do the pawns add to your score or your total

Giga Skull: The casting is augmented by the pawns if he uses them!

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: right but do they add 1 or 2 to a spont

Giga Skull: Ah, hmmm

I've never seen someone use vis to cast before

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: turns out its score

carry on!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I shall.

Is anyone SCRYING on me?

Giga Skull: Nope!

Well, you'd have to ask johns that, but no faeries are.

Also, the phylactery burns up in a bright green blaze

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: "Nn- noooooooooooooo!"

Lavinia: what could you be implying!

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls burns up

Bakir the Grappler starts hulking up, doing muscle poses and spinning in circles

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: sick

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "There's no room in this city for cheap imitations."

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Archibald, Giraldo, anyone with SS, roll it

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+4

(

10

)

+4

=

14

Bakir the Grappler: nice.

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+7

(

4

)

+7

=

11

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Also remember faerie aura is a bonus to magic users

And that roll explodes Dusan since you're opposing osmething here

Dušan of Criamon: My god

rolling 1d10!

(

10

+

4

)

=

14

Giraldo of Milan: my second sight is infernal

lol

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: thats -10 to giraldo

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Okay, Dusan definitely sees this

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: and +5 to dusan i assume

Dušan of Criamon: Mother of god, 14+14

jackpot

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: Rholgez didn't die at all, he just disappeared from sight

Dušan of Criamon: "A fake phylactery!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sheesh.

This guy.

Dušan of Criamon: "That's it, we're finding a labyrinth.

Bakir the Grappler: The nerve of this fae.

Giga Skull: "Ah, who is master now?"

He looks around confused?"

Dušan of Criamon: huh.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: clearly Bakir, who has fought the giant to a standstill

Dušan of Criamon: We should set this giant free, then hire him.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I am."

Giga Skull: None of the other creatures seem to see through this ruse.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I'm the real deal, the ultimate necromancer."

Giga Skull: "Then your throne awaits."

Bakir the Grappler: What Gulielmus said, imo.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm.

HMMM.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Should of taken the opportunity to kill Mortis

Bakir the Grappler: I will immediately grapple the Giga Skull if he is distracted.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What do you say, do you want to keep fighting the giant?

Sounds like you do.

Giga Skull: They could keep this going a long time

Bakir the Grappler: I don't, but this is supposed to be a distraction. I'm distracted.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What is the throne all about?

Bakir the Grappler: I mean, if you guys kill the necromancer that's better.

I feel obligated to try to get a grapple on the giga skull though, yes.

Giga Skull: It's a cool throne made of bone with skulls and stuff on it

As cartoonish as the rest of ths place

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Can I topple it?

If so I will topple it.

Giga Skull: Sure.

Archibald of Guernicus: There must always be a lich king. Sit down, Mortis.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I do not rule, I lead!"

Dušan of Criamon: I yell at the translocated Lich: "Face us, coward! Hiding will get you nowhere!"

GM: A villainous laughter echoes through the castle in reply to Dusan

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: brb

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!+2+10+1-3+10 grapple attack and final exertion before a fatigue will just KO me i think

(

3

)

+2+10+1-3+10

=

23

GM: Faeries do that sometimes, laugh even after they're dead

Giga Skull:

rolling d10!+11

(

7

)

+11

=

18

GJ

Bakir the Grappler: gottem

Dušan of Criamon: "He's not dead! He just went up there and went invisible!"

Bakir the Grappler: bakir is on the brink of exhaustion and finally gets the giant skeleton in a headlock

Giga Skull: "I submit!"

Bakir the Grappler: "Whew!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds great.

Bakir the Grappler: Well done everyone.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Time to hunt for XXX.

Archibald of Guernicus: If he's invisible, we can see him with Second Sight. Which has a +10 bonus in this aura

So I'm rolling it

Giga Skull: XXX died centuries ago

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+3+2+10

(

4

)

+3+2+10

=

19

Giga Skull: Yeah

Bakir the Grappler: "This skeleton is a heck of a wrestler. What a cool guy."

I clap him on the back.

Giga Skull: Dusan rolled SS, that's why he knows

Bakir the Grappler: "Great job. I haven't felt this tired in a while."

Dušan of Criamon: "Rholo Gezmann! Get down here and face us like a man!"

Bakir the Grappler: "What if this giant is his real phylactery?"

"Someone check it."

Giga Skull: Dusan, did you explore the labyrinth at all?

You did show up late to the fight, so maybe

Dušan of Criamon: Not yet.

Oh, I could retcon it

I thought the side-quest got cancelled because we found the boss

Giga Skull: Oh yeah, Archibald sees him too

Seeing naturally invisible stuff is just EF9 so its just Giraldo with infernal SS that's fucked here

I think there's something Dusan can figure out here with Enigmatic Wisdom + Per I think

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds good.

Giga Skull: Let me look up the ability in Mystery Cults

Dušan of Criamon: Badass

Giga Skull: I think Enigmatic Wisdom interpretations are Int

So Int + EW roll please

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+2+4

(

3

)

+2+4

=

9

could've gone better

Giga Skull: That's exactly enough

Dušan of Criamon: :blessed:

GM passes a note.

Dušan of Criamon: Amazing

"People! It's the blue braziers! The entire building is the phylactery but those braziers in particular!"

Giraldo of Milan: alright. ill snuff them

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I sigh.

Dušan of Criamon: "It all makes sense now!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Nice trick."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Sheesh."

I'll order Ethelreda to start knocking over braziers.

Archibald of Guernicus: Okay

Bakir the Grappler: ohh.

Dušan of Criamon: I'm going to perdo some ignem

Archibald of Guernicus: For my turn I throw Rholgez at one of the braziers

Ethelreda:

rolling 1d10!

(

2

)

=

2

Bakir the Grappler: I start mushing the giga skull's flaming skull into the ground.

GM: COol

Giraldo of Milan: lets win gamers

Archibald of Guernicus: Would that be str+brawl to pull off?

GM: As you snuff the braziers, the palace starts to shake and crumble.

Roll in Archibald

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

Giraldo of Milan: arpibaldt

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+2+2

(

8

)

+2+2

=

12

GM: That's enough to hit a stationary brazier

Rholgez the Architect, Slayer of Titans, Scourge of Rome, Devourer of Souls: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he shouts a bit more sincerely this time

Dušan of Criamon: beating a lich to death with his own phylactery is some stone cold stuff

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Heh heh.

GM: Anyway, the castle is falling apart and so is the massive skull its built upon so you might not want to linger long

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I shan't.

Dušan of Criamon: Smart move.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I tell me new skeleton army to escape with me.

Giraldo of Milan: lets roll out

GM: You destroyed the castle with the power to control the army

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wait a minute.

GM: But they leave because the castle is falling apart

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Who is the Reanimator?

GM: A minion

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok.

Well, I escape.

With Ethelreda in tow.

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

I huff and puff out as well.

Giraldo of Milan: nice work gamers. we saved the world?

Archibald of Guernicus: I teleport as far as I can each time and get out quickly

Dušan of Criamon: I for one enjoy the exercise

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: im back

Oozar the Gnat: This little fucker is waiting on the ferry for those ready to make a daring escape

And ride it to safety

"Congratulations on your victory, champions! But now we must escape, for the power that bound this place together has been sundered!"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Good stuff.

Giraldo of Milan: lets escape

Dušan of Criamon: I concur

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Salve, Oozar! Let's go!"

Oozar the Gnat: Alright, let me consult a chart

Archibald of Guernicus: It's time to hoof it out

Oozar the Gnat: Having earned a Fable Score of 3, and spent a few hours in Arcadia, you were gone about 24

Giraldo of Milan: lets all go home to our faerie wives

Bakir the Grappler: Ooh.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds good.

Dušan of Criamon: 24 what

years?

Oozar the Gnat: The ship deposits you near the faerie version of the arch of Drusus.

Giraldo of Milan: hours

i assume

Oozar the Gnat: Yeah

Dušan of Criamon: Oh good

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: get your 12 a year

Giraldo of Milan: get your 12[...] year [old]

Oozar the Gnat: Enough time for Lavinia to have pulled off her plan

Giraldo of Milan: is her plan to collapse the arch with us all in it

Oozar the Gnat: Time to return to VT?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sure.

Lavinia: Crashing this arch... with no survivors

Oozar the Gnat: Sadly, with Rhelgez dead, the invitatoin to Rome has no longer been dead to any faerie minions

no longer been extended

Archibald of Guernicus: I can't believe Lavinia spent this entire time crafting a pentagram designed to kill anyone uttering the phrase "I love skeletons"

Bakir the Grappler: hah

Oozar the Gnat: And no one can fallow you through the arch

Giraldo of Milan: gah!

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, why would they?

Giraldo of Milan: cant we invite them

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wait, is the whole fairy regio collapsing somehow?

Oozar the Gnat: You could try inviting them into VT< sure

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: yes. we have destroyed Arcadia

Bakir the Grappler: a bunch of skeletons POUR into the catacombs

Dušan of Criamon: Just another classic Totentanz from a place in Rome to the Easter Ear Inn

Oozar the Gnat: You should have a plan on how to not attract the Hopitaliers attention with your skeleton friends though

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: But why would we invite them to Vardian's Tomb?

Dušan of Criamon: the locals don't even notice them anymore

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: This is their natural home.

Oozar the Gnat: Oozar can't follow as he's a Threshold Guardian

Bakir the Grappler: True.

We have some faerie minion we're not doing anything with already.

Oozar the Gnat: His place is the open road

Giraldo of Milan: good luck oozar

Bakir the Grappler: minion(s)

Your dharma is here.... my dharma... my dharma is the road.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I prefer minions who don't talk back.

Bakir the Grappler: oozar is now voiced by michael cera doing the brando impression from twin peaks s3 in my head.

Oozar the Gnat: Giga gives Bakir a gauntlet too big to wear but it has a corpus vis in it

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: lets slay Oozar

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

Dušan of Criamon: Oozar and all the other skeletons are now free

Bakir the Grappler: I'm going to keep the gauntlet and hope none of the magi steal it.

Oozar the Gnat: You can slay Oozar just by doing so, he's a cardboard cutout

Dušan of Criamon: They should choose whichever path they like most

Bakir the Grappler: maybe i can make it into a helmet.

Oozar the Gnat: Just by saying you do so, really

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: We did it everyone.

Anyway, we can always come back whenever we like.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i would never actually slay my friend Oozar

Oozar the Gnat: Well not really, not thorugh the arch

Dušan of Criamon: This regio has been nothing but good to us

Oozar the Gnat: Rholgez extended his glamour into it

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: derfel might be able to lead you back into arcadia

Oozar the Gnat: Derfel or Jorn might be able to get you back here though

Bakir the Grappler: "Oozar, thank you for your help. You are welcome to stop by for dinner any time, should you be traveling through the area."

Oozar the Gnat: "I'll thnk about it."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: or giraldo

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Classic way to say "no."

Bakir the Grappler: Very polite.

Dušan of Criamon: He's a ramblin' man

Bakir the Grappler: I'd need to ask him at least two more times if I really meant it, anyway.

Oozar the Gnat: He tips his stupid hat and wanders off

Giraldo of Milan: farewell

i step through the arch and return home

Oozar the Gnat: You can see the faerie version of the arch start to fade, so it would be wise to walk out now.

Giraldo of Milan stretches.

Giraldo of Milan: "I love skeletons."

also giraldo is still a skeleton

Bakir the Grappler: I walk out, and back into Rome.

Giraldo of Milan: i think?

Oozar the Gnat: Yeah

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I bid Arcadia farewell and walk through the arch.

Oozar the Gnat: Archibald might want to cancel the illusion

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: "Farewell, Oozar. Give my regards to skeleton and skeleton scribe."

Dušan of Criamon: I salute our skeleton friends and bid farewell.

Archibald of Guernicus: It can't be cancelled until sunset

it's sun duration

Oozar the Gnat: "Will do."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: what level is it

Archibald of Guernicus: 15

Oozar the Gnat: Just do a skeleton dance on the way back to VT

Gulielmus of Pure Reason:

rolling 1d10!+10 dispel

(

9

)

+10

=

19

Bakir the Grappler: nice.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i dispel the illusion on myself.

Well, time to head home.

Oozar the Gnat: Bakir can just pretend he has a magic flute that sumomns skeletons

And play the flute all teh way to VT

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Even better, I can make him one.

Bakir the Grappler: That would be cool, but extremely haram.

Giraldo of Milan: what if it just makes existing skeletons dance

Bakir the Grappler: Hmmm.

Giraldo of Milan: including ones still in flesh prisons

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i can just cast the spell over and over again until everyone is deskeletonized

If you want to take the boring way out.

Bakir the Grappler: I pick up my obese brown cat when we get back to the Eastern Ear.

Dušan of Criamon: I assume we completed the sesh

Domitia: "Meow."

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: wrestle with the cat

Dušan of Criamon: I'm getting a little exhausted

Giraldo of Milan: whered johns go

wtf

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Wrestle that damn cat.

Giraldo of Milan: there he is

Bakir the Grappler: there he is.

rolling 1d10!+2+10+1-4

(

10

+

4

)

+2+10+1-4

=

23

i aggressively cuddle the cat

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: incredible.

Dušan of Criamon: you succeed at fren time

Domitia: "Rrr."

johns: hello.

Bakir the Grappler: Great.

good cat.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: welcome johns.

johns: i just went to delete the hedge wizard tokens from the board. looks like I missed one haha.

Oozar the Gnat: Haha

Endrite: It couldn't be helped.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: Bwuh.

Archibald of Guernicus: We did it, all.

Giraldo of Milan: gg gamers

Dušan of Criamon: Congratulations

Lavinia: Glad I could be of help.

Dušan of Criamon: I will celebrate by having a nice resting night of sleep

Take care all

Thanks for a fantastic sesh

Bakir the Grappler: nice

yeah this was a good game ty shaun

Oozar the Gnat: Fall 1356 from whoever's running is up next

I'll ask johns for advice on what the XP should be, having played along with the Arcadia experience is worth a good chunk I think though.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: i don't remember, what's the deal with fable points

Endrite: It tells you how well you're doing at the Faerie Story.

devil's fav demon: what is the penitent cult adventure, i want nevio back

GM: They track participation in stories and can give a bonus to certain rols

Archibald of Guernicus: Congratulations to Lavinia on what you presumably did off-screen

devil's fav demon: yeah

gg

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm sure it was very impressive.

devil's fav demon: definitely wasnt as good as wrestling a bone giant.

but im sure it was alright.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: is it just like a second kind of confidence or is it like vis in the magic realm where you cash it in when you leave

GM: You do cash it in when you leave

But I think it just causes a time lapse

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: oh you cash it in in the form of

being flung into the future 1 year for every day you spent in faerie, at very high fable levels

GM: Like Severin

devil's fav demon: nice.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: you do actually get to adjust your virtues in exchange

but only within faerie.

devil's fav demon: faerie is weird.

Endrite: It is.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: that part is pretty cool though

devil's fav demon: well, gg. thanks for a fun game.

Gulielmus of Pure Reason: if a grog goes into faerie and gets a bunch of supernatural powers, they have an incentive to stick around

Endrite: It's true.

That's why mundanes get trapped by faeries and married all the time.

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10+8+2

(

7

)

+8+2

=

17

major illness

rolling 1d10+2

(

4

)

+2

=

6

dead.

rolling 1d10!-8 aging Rosario

(

4

)

-8

=

-4

rolling 1d10!-9 aging Rosario 1356

(

4

)

-9

=

-5

devil's fav demon (GM):

rolling 1d10!-4 aging Bakir

(

10

+

1

)

-4

=

7

nice. still under.

dys (GM):

rolling 1d10!-16

(

1

)

-16

=

-15

Incredibly not aged

1356 now

rolling 1d10!-16

(

9

)

-16

=

-7

Shauncat (GM):

rolling d10!-5 Fiorella 1355 aging

(

2

)

-5

=

-3

rolling d10!-5 Fiorella 1356 aging

(

7

)

-5

=

2

Nice, no visual progression

dys: archibald rolled really high the moment he hit 50

and htne has had no visible aging

hes turned 50 and just stopped aging entirely

Shauncat (GM): Did you figure out if there was XP for tribunal?

moe (GM): In addition to the tribunal XP question: can I just take some vis from the vault

Shauncat (GM): Yeah

moe: Rolling Dušan aging

Shauncat (GM):

rolling 1+d10! Fiorella Addled check

1+

(

10

+

9

)

=

20

Not addicted

moe:

rolling 1d10-2-10+4

(

2

)

-2-10+4

=

-6

No apparent aging