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devil's fav demon: hey everybody.

johns (GM): heyo

dys: shaun needs the join link

Endrite (GM): Rolling aging:

rolling 1d10! + 4 -3

(

2

)

+4-3

=

3

johns (GM): https://app.roll20.net/join/1360146/RMQrQQ

dys: do we not have any longevity rituals set up yet

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im excited. Kifaaya is even more specialized than I am.

johns (GM): hello Shaun

Shauncat: Greetings

dys: i think she might even be more specialised than malac, the wizard with only terram

because he at least has all 5 techniques

johns (GM): Kifaaya now has a character in the journel

journal

Shauncat: Setting sheet up now

Endrite (GM): Oh hey we can talk to Prudenzio's ghost wife now.

dys: did Aleseta leave the covenant, in character, or will she be just sitting in her lab forever

Endrite (GM): She's a Bonisagus so we won't notice.

dys: oh, probably ran off to durenmar then.

johns (GM): merd

nerd

dys: the last adventure being so intense that lavinia actually left the lab for the first time in a decade was pretty exciting

Kifaaya al-Ghani: There

johns (GM): Excellent

What's Kifaaya's story?

dys: should have used the original token, imo.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: kings honor friend

Kifaaya of Verditius: She was picked up at a young age by someone who went abroad to find an apprentice, I venture

From Babylon perhaps

Endrite: There aren't any kings in Italy.

EXCEPT THE KING OF NAPLES!

johns (GM): Sure there are

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the only king i need is God

johns (GM): well there you go

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or Malta

Endrite: We aren't in Naples.

Malta isn't in Italy.

johns (GM): Kings, Dukes, Emperors, Popes, Doges

Kifaaya of Verditius: I mean backstory

Endrite: Babylon?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Forget that

Endrite: Isn't that all a Divine Regio now or something?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Probably IDK

Feel free to correct w/e I say into something appropriate

Zita of Mercere: Do not let these nerds push you around.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: the very first session i played i started off by talking about potatoes

johns (GM): Stop bullying Shaun, Endrite

Malachiasz of Tytalus: you cant do much worse than that

Zita of Mercere: Johns is a Bonisagus irl and if you let him he will second-guess everything you say

Kifaaya of Verditius: I love potatoes

johns (GM): Potatoes do not exist in Mythic Europe

Prudenzio of Flambeau: WELL YOU DONT KNOW WHAT HEY ARE

Malachiasz of Tytalus: however because he is a bonisagus irl he is extremely easy to push around

Zita of Mercere: Do crab omelettes (crablettes) exist in Mythic Europe

johns (GM): Is Kifaaya fresh out of gauntlet?

Yes but there's no Blue Crab unfortunately

Kifaaya of Verditius: She had some years after gauntleting to get better at tailoring

But has yet to set up a lab

Proclus of Rome: I should make a grog.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: make a full fleet of shield grogs

johns (GM): Interesting. We have a tailor's shop in our little alleyway of dreams where a Faerie blooded tailor made us nice cloaks

Proclus of Rome: Let's face it, there's nothing honorable about the King of Naples.

Zita of Mercere: *honourable

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could change my fairie friend to him

Proclus of Rome: Time to throw that brownie freeloader out, now that we have a real clothing magus.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: make them compete

create their most powerful magic items and we will take and evaluate them

johns (GM): I have a somewhat short adventure planned today, furthering some old plot threads

A bit awkwardly since Shaun just joined it involves characters who were introduced long ago and who he has no context for

Celeste: Nice.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can spectate

johns (GM): I'm sure you'll all recap and bring him up to speed

Zita of Mercere: Kifaaya can still appear, iirc Archibald's first adventure was similar.

johns (GM): You are a Magus of Vardian's Tomb now, and get to weigh in on all important decisions made, regardless of how well informed you are

Proclus of Rome: This is your right.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice

Zita of Mercere: The best way to force people to agree with you is certamen, which right now only 2 people in the covenant can do at a level above that of a small child

johns (GM): Two issues come up almost simultaneously in early Spring of 1331.

The first is something mentioned in passing. Lavinia mentions Brunisenda-- "you all remember her, yes? That folk witch who tends the well we get Creo Vis from?"

Proclus of Rome: I do.

Celeste: you definitely don't want to get involved in Certamen.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "No."

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "As I'm sure you all recall, we had an arrangement where she would harvest the vis and bring it to us, in exchange for my teaching her the ways of proper society, the Artes, the alphabets, et cetera."

Proclus of Rome: Brunisenda had a hat but she got rid of it when she went to work for the Capocci family as a Court Wizard.

Court Wizardry is Extremely Illegal for members of the Order of Hermes but she isn't in it and she isn't Gifted.

She's one step up from a fraud.

Zita of Mercere: "I don't recall this at all, but I'll take your word for it."

Proclus of Rome: Not only is it illegal, it's embarrassing.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: "She has not delivered the last pawn of Creo vis obligated to us and has been ducking her appointments with me. It's only a single pawn at the moment but I thought I'd let you know."

Kifaaya of Verditius: There dys, old token

Proclus of Rome: Like, can you imagine a conspiracy of wizards who all aspire to advise nobles?

What clownish dolts they would be.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: no anime tokens please

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can't win

Celeste feels embarassed that she doesn't remember or wasn't good enough to be involved and starts drinking early

Malachiasz of Tytalus: make a grog token out of it

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go with the one I made when dys said no one used anime

Prudenzio of Flambeau: due to a clash in flaws, i'm afraid prudenzio wants to have sex with your maga.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ty

Proclus of Rome: Here's a good resource for tokens:

https://shadowverse.com/

Kifaaya of Verditius: lol

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: Daria, Dimension Witch

Zita of Mercere: Do you actually play Shadowverse, the hearthstone clone, Endrite

Malachiasz of Tytalus: do not link shadowverse at this time or any time

Zita of Mercere: Everyone I talk to started playing it and I felt like I'd stumbled into a different, crueller reality

Proclus of Rome: It's terrible.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Terribly sexy

Lavinia of Jerbiton: The other issue comes up the same day. It's a note from Benedetti the Merchant... You all remember Benedetti, right?

Malachiasz of Tytalus: no

Zita of Mercere: "So, she's shirking her delivery then, got it."

Which adventure was Benedetti

The folk witch is from before I joined

Kifaaya of Verditius: I nod my head along at the mentions of people I haven't met by people I recently met.

Proclus of Rome: I do.

Benedetti is the Merchant Adventurer we work with sometimes.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I'm talking to Darvin on steam atm and he says he's still down to play, he just is still working on a new char

Proclus of Rome: We get, uh, Creo vis from him.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ty Proclus

Have a conf token for your wonderful recapping skills

Proclus of Rome: Oh my bad, it's Intelligo.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: did i ever get my conf point for killing muzio

i cant remember

Proclus of Rome: All I remembered was that we collect it from the sunlight on his second floor.

Well, the second floor of his house.

Wait, does he have two houses?

What the heck????

Prudenzio of Flambeau: good trick.

Benedetti: "To my associates, the Magi-- A trouble has come up regarding one of your orders. Will you please come by to my house to discuss it? The back entrance per usual, if you please."

Where's the 2nd house

Proclus of Rome: Oh I should mention we also did a deal with him where we shipped some livestock from Egypt during the famine.

The key was to shrink the livestock.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Benedetti: Who wants to visit Bennie

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can help with livestock shrinking

Proclus of Rome: We should visit Benedetti first.

Celeste: Prudenzio is busy in his lab.

Proclus of Rome: After all, he was polite enough to send us a letter.

Benedetti: What a colorful cast of characters we've got here

Zita of Mercere: Issues like this are my job description, I'll go.

Proclus of Rome: I presume that Brunisenda will keep robbing us, so no need to hurry.

Zita of Mercere: Thanks to Independent Study, the best possible xp source for Zita is adventuring nonstop.

Proclus of Rome: This guy again!?

Oh.

Zita of Mercere: Mainly because she can't read.

Benedetti: No Zealots nor soapboxes around this time.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I like meeting merchants

Benedetti: Proclus, as you have known Benedetti for nigh 15 years, he and his closest associates are accustomed to you. Still, the standard deal is you don't enter his home from the street entrance.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I need to build up my contacts among merchants and skilled mundane artisans

Proclus of Rome: That just makes sense.

Celeste: You might need some muscle.

Proclus of Rome: After all, we're basically tradesmen.

We have a guild and everything.

Benedetti: One of his servants meets you at the back alley door and escorts you to the man's study/Vis source on the 2nd floor

"Proclus! Glad to see you. Have you been well?"

Proclus of Rome: "Except for troubles with women, I've been doing quite well."

Benedetti: He chuckles.

Proclus of Rome: "I've been reading a most informative collection on metaphysics. I can't recommend it highly enough."

Benedetti: "Oh, sure, sure. I'll have to get a copy for my library."

"Listen, Proclus, I've had something come up with a request your friend put in-- that Aleseta?"

"She asked me to keep an eye out for any goats showing signs of Magic talent."

Proclus of Rome: "Did she order a herd of sheep?"

"Trouble getting the elephant on a ship?"

"Magic goats?"

Benedetti: "One of my factors picked up an excellent creature in the Alps and was bringing it to the city by cart."

Proclus of Rome: "I've never heard of such a thing."

Benedetti shrugs

Benedetti: "This one, I hear, can walk up sheer walls as though they were floor. Great climbers, the goats."

Proclus of Rome: "That does seem a little unusual."

Celeste: "A sign of the devil, I think."

Proclus of Rome: Feel free to chime in, if you want.

"That's an unfair stereotype."

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ooh, magical cashmere goat would be nice

Benedetti: "If you're in the market for magical creatures, Benedetti is your man, ma'am."

Proclus of Rome: "Just because the Devil disguises himself as a goat SOMETIMES, doesn't mean that all goats worship the Devil."

Kifaaya of Verditius smiles.

Celeste: "All stereotypes are founded in something real. I think I'm on my mark with this goat."

Zita of Mercere: "Sounds pretty nice, that goat. You could sit on it and get it to take you up a wall."

I have magic lore, could I see if I know what this goat is

Celeste: "God wouldn't give me a wall I couldn't climb myself, I say."

"Who am I kidding. Haha."

Benedetti: You can roll Lore if you like

Celeste pulls hard on her wineskin

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10-1+8

(

8

)

-1+8

=

15

Benedetti: Sounds like a Goat of Virtue!

Proclus of Rome: You can turn those into Vis, you know.

Zita of Mercere: I'll nudge Kifaaya "It's a goat of virtue, they're pretty valuable, get a good price for it." I'll say quietly

Celeste: "I'm always wrong. About everything. Jeez."

Benedetti: "Now, this agent of mine.. He had come almost to the city when he crossed one of the toll bridges. He got to talking with the tollmen... "

".. and all of a sudden they told him they were taking his cargo! They said the Lord has issued a decree declaring ownership of all magical or supernatural creatures or children in his realm."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The goat does sound very good,"I reply to Zita

Celeste: "Children? How terrible!"

Proclus of Rome: "What lord would make such a declaration?"

Benedetti: "Lord Capocci. The bridge is one of his holdings."

Zita of Mercere: "Maybe he's a pederast."

Celeste does a spit take

Kifaaya of Verditius: "A pederast with that particular of tastes? This is a funny place indeed."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: "We should liberate his magical creatures, and possessions."

Celeste: "Into our care, particularly."

Proclus of Rome: "Hmm, that is fortuitous. We have a business associate who has fallen behind on her payments. She also works for the Capocci family."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "The magical animals should be ours, yes."

Zita of Mercere: "Well we have a duty to keep mundane meddling to a sensible minimum."

Proclus of Rome: "Is your agent alright?"

Benedetti: "Yes, though I gave him a good scolding for letting down my favorite clients."

Proclus of Rome: "All is right with the world."

"Well, not all, of course, but I am glad you took the appropriate action and notified us."

"Has Count Hugo approached you about purchasing any magic?"

Benedetti strokes his graying beard

Benedetti: "I keep my client's affairs private, as I'm sure you would appreciate, my friends.."

Proclus of Rome: "Of course, that's why we like you."

Zita of Mercere: "Sodales, now seems a good chance to deal with both of our little problems at once."

"I will do everything in my power to ensure these unfairly acquired items and animals are liberated."

Celeste scans the room, trying to spot a bottle of wine or other libation

Proclus of Rome: "Hugo di Capocci has been making friends with a number of unsavory types."

A servant brings you a fine vintage.

Benedetti: Yeah.. like you all!!!

Celeste: ohhh

Proclus of Rome: It is what it is.

Celeste: "Thank you."

Malachiasz of Tytalus: I drink the wine.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I take in the local decorative styles, make notes for when I build my studio

Proclus of Rome: A fine vintage, eh?

Celeste: this is a good servant, noticing a filthy hobo with a mace and longbow scratching itself and looking around and diagnosing the shakes

and good wine, no less.

I like this Benedetti guy.

Benedetti: It's not Avignonese quality, but it's good Italian

Zita of Mercere: I'll have a glass, it can't hurt

Proclus of Rome: Nice.

Zita of Mercere: "Ah, thank you."

Proclus of Rome: The less I have to hear about Avignon the better.

The Papacy has been relocated to Avignon and I am one of a number of people who are upset about this.

Benedetti: proclus is a Ghibbeline apparently

Proclus of Rome: Though to be fair, this is after all that Saint Mercury business.

Zita of Mercere: As a mundane enabler of irresponsible wizards, and an unabashed thief, I can't get too religious.

Proclus of Rome: I'm very responsible.

Well, mostly.

Zita of Mercere: Have you driven all the rats from rome yet

So that you can cause the black plague everywhere else

Celeste: I love the Pope, myself.

Proclus of Rome: The what?

Celeste: Nevio isn't a big fan.

Proclus of Rome: Why would we want to get rid of the rats?

The Rat King is our friend.

Well, as much of a friend as any king.

Oh yeah, that's the other king we know.

The Rat King.

He's the king of all the rats in Rome.

Malachiasz of Tytalus: rat kings honor, friend

Celeste: oh wait no, nevio also likes the pope hes a guelph iirc

Proclus of Rome: We helped him reclaim his home from spiders.

Zita of Mercere: The spider queen was our friend, too.

Ha ha ha. Rip.

johns (GM): spider death

Anyway

You've got your premise for today

Make a plan

Kifaaya of Verditius: Be back soon

Giraldo of Milan: magical animals huh

Proclus of Rome: Farewell.

Hmm.

Ok, here's what we should do.

Zita of Mercere: "I'm of the opinion that we should return the animals to their rightful owner, that we know, and keep the rest."

Proclus of Rome: We should try to corner Brunisenda so we can get an inside scoop on what's going on with the Capoccis.

She's always going to that Creo Vis well, so we could ambush her.

It's Water of Virtue, I think.

Celeste: That sounds fun

Giraldo of Milan: "Depends on the beast and the owner."

Zita of Mercere: "Benedetti's nice, we can let him have his animals back. Good to maintain good relations with merchants."

johns (GM): He's only mentioned the 1 so far, which was eventually going to Aleseta

Zita of Mercere: Well all the more reason to go deliver a goat to Aleseta, the NPC

Celeste: yeah

johns (GM): You're camping out the Well?

Proclus of Rome: Sure.

We could do it invisibly.

Zita of Mercere: "You can turn yourselves invisible, right? Just so she doesn't spot you."

Proclus of Rome: I mean, I can't do it.

Zita of Mercere: "... Right? At least one of you can, surely."

Celeste: "My dad can, but he's in his lab."

johns (GM): The well is outside the city walls, in a grassy open field about an acre in size.

Zita of Mercere: I puff up my chest proudly "So... looks like you need me to ambush her for you, then."

johns (GM): The nearby structures are just simple farms.

Celeste: "Us to ambush her, you mean."

Proclus of Rome: As well they may be.

Giraldo of Milan: "I can go with you for that."

Zita of Mercere: "You good at keeping hidden?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Have to be in my profession."

Celeste: "I'm ok. Better at putting an arrow through a coin at a distance."

Zita of Mercere: "Looks like we'll have to handle this for the magi, then."

"Honestly, don't even know any imaginem. Really disappointed."

Proclus of Rome: That's fine, sodale.

johns (GM): Mundanes run this shit

Giraldo of Milan: I hide out in a spot opposite Zita.

In case one of his gets owned and she bolts off in the opposite direction.

Celeste: hell yeah. this is timne for some epic companion action

Proclus of Rome: Zita is member of the Order of Hermes just like me.

johns (GM): There is very little cover to work with here unfortunately. You know that there's a Spring Equinox coming up in the day soon and a Full Moon soon after, both important dates for Folk Witches.

Zita of Mercere: Yeah. I'm a proper registed member of the order.

I can even vote.

If I did it would be seen as a gross abuse of power, but the important part is that I legally can.

Giraldo of Milan: Any trees or brush?

Zita of Mercere: I'll sit in a nearby bush, listening out for footsteps approaching the well.

johns (GM): The closest cover is about 10 paces (30 feet away). Then it's grassy field, then this well in the middle.

Proclus of Rome: You could try burying yourselves.

Oh, or you could wait in the well.

Giraldo of Milan: I'll settle for 30 feet away.

Proclus of Rome: Or you could shrink yourself and hide in the hat.

Celeste: oh that cover is fine for me. I can cover that distance.

johns (GM): I apologize for lack of minimap.

It's tearing me up.

Celeste: its fine.

johns (GM): Start your vigil at Day or by Night?

Zita of Mercere: Hm. That's actually not too bad. I could hide in the well.

Celeste: Theater of the Mind

Zita of Mercere: Hm. Nah. Outside the well is better for ambushing.

johns (GM): Alright if you lay flat on your back you can get sopping wet and spook anyone who walks up to the well

Proclus of Rome: Watch out!

Getting wet is a good way to get sick!

Celeste: if you want to do that, i'll cover you. i can fire an arrow at anyone from my cover, and my Strong Faerie Blood lets me see normally in darkness.

oh and i have those +2 arrows made of special steel.

Proclus of Rome: How many damn faeries are in this covenant?

johns (GM): Then you start your vigil at Night?

Giraldo of Milan: i think we want to talk to her, not kill her

Celeste: im just saying, in CASE we have to kill her. I'm sure as heck not talking to her.

Zita of Mercere: We only have 3 fairies I believe.

Wait, no shauns magus also has fairy blood

We have 2 people with strong fairy blood and 2 with normal fairy blood.

Celeste: "hi i smell like shit and im an insanely buff greek guy pretending to be a lady"

johns (GM): play my twine game

Giraldo of Milan: 3 strong fairy blood

johns (GM): Alright not hearing otherwise I assume you start the vigil at Night

Who can see in the dark besides Celeste?

Proclus of Rome: That sounds smart to me.

Zita of Mercere: I have sharp ears, the virtue

I'm listening out

johns (GM): Ok.

Celeste: zita are you laying in the water?

Zita of Mercere: +5 to hearing rolls, wowie

Giraldo of Milan: i cant see in the dark and i have nothing to help my awareness

Zita of Mercere: No I was waiting in a bush, I'm not getting soaking wet

Celeste: wow, some witcher.

Giraldo of Milan: lets go

johns (GM): You hear owles and crickets coming out as it gets dark. A full moon rises, offering some pale light. You all get +5 to your stealth rolls

Which you can roll or gmroll now

Celeste: let me show you how its done, big boy. wink. a/s/l

Giraldo of Milan: oh wait

strong fairy blood gives you darkvision

ok i can see in the dark

Proclus of Rome: Sheesh.

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+5+5

(

10

)

+5+5

=

20

johns (GM): Nice, you all see very well with the Full Moon's light

Celeste: oh, good.

Giraldo of Milan:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+7

(

3

)

+7

=

10

(From Giraldo of Milan): oops add 5

johns (GM): Zita hears horses trotting forward from the direction of the city

(From Giraldo of Milan): 15

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10!

(

3

)

=

3

(To Zita of Mercere): Stealth? Just don't botch it

Celeste: i am, i hope, completely concealed. i am the vengeance that flaps in the night.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+15

(

6

)

+4+15

=

25

I do not botch stealth

Oh add 5 to that. Ga ha ha.

Celeste: nice stealth roll.

johns (GM): The party comes into vision, and shows no sign of suspicion or alarm. Brunisenda is seated side saddle on a horse, flanked by two armored men at arms on horses as well. One holds a lantern to light the way.

Celeste: i always forget, do you roll associated characteristics with these or what

Kifaaya of Verditius: Nice

Celeste: nice hat, sick

johns (GM): If I don't specify you can feel free to add it and I'll mentally subtract it if I didn't think it relevant

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ordinary magician

Zita of Mercere: No-one said she'd have guards, this is annoying, I think to myself.

Celeste: ok well i rolled fine i think but i'll keep that in mind and note what im adding in the future

thx

johns (GM): Yeah you all rolled well

The trio passes your hiding spot and comes to the well.

Giraldo of Milan: how well armed/armored are the guards

Zita of Mercere: I activate, just in case, my silk clothing with Doublet of Impenetrable Silk built into it

Proclus of Rome: Tiny horses.

johns (GM): hehe

Giraldo of Milan: are they token bodyguards or prepared for combat

johns (GM): They are wearing partial armor, helms, and have scabbard swords, no shields.

Giraldo of Milan: hm

johns (GM): One dismounts, then helps Brunisenda down. Apart from her silly wizard hat she is dressed very ladylike, in the latest fashions.

Celeste: "I'll be home in time to black out reading erotic poetry by the fire." i think to myself.

Giraldo of Milan: I look to Zita for a signal.

Zita of Mercere: Time to put all my -1 INT into action.

Celeste: waaait for it........ waaaaaaaaitttt foooor iiiiiit

Zita of Mercere: I move forward so I can sneak up to her from behind

Celeste: well, my bow's trained on the spot. just in case.

Giraldo of Milan: I follow behind a couple paces behind.

fuck!

johns (GM): Brunisenda kneels by the well and begins making arcane gestures and chants. The guard backs off a few paces.

Zita of Mercere: Are they looking at her, or away

johns (GM): At her./

Zita of Mercere: Hm

Proclus of Rome: Wow her hat is falling apart.

Celeste: lol

Zita of Mercere: I say quietly, quiet enough that her guards aren't close enough to hear it, from stealth near her "Hello Brunisenda. Don't turn around, just keep doing what you're doing."

Celeste: ooh.

johns (GM): Roll stealth please

Zita of Mercere: The +5 from before still apply?

Doesnt matter if it doesnt, really

rolling 1d10!+4+15

(

10

+

7

)

+4+15

=

36

Celeste: scoire

johns (GM): heheh

Zita of Mercere: Yeah I don't need it

Damn I'm good at this

Giraldo of Milan: I stay back and watch the guards.

johns (GM): Brunisenda stiffens and stumbles on one of her incantations, but recovers

Proclus of Rome: She should make a concentration roll, IMO.

Celeste: my arrow is trained on the closest guard.

Zita of Mercere: Is it just the 3 of us, or did Proclus come along and wait nearby

johns (GM): Proclus is a damn nerd!

Zita of Mercere: Fucking nerds.

Proclus of Rome: Yeah I'm a nerd.

Celeste: Magi, who needs em!

Not me!

Zita of Mercere: "You owe us a pawn of vis... we take matters like this very seriously."

"But we can forget about this delay, if you give us a hand. When you're finished here, come by Vardian's Tomb, there's a matter we'd like you to help us with."

"If you come by, all is forgiven."

Oh

Legerdemain is used for pickpocketing, can I steal her hat

Celeste: lmao

johns (GM): Her hat

From her head?

I think she would notice

Celeste: that seems hard.

Zita of Mercere: A wallet, from someone's pocket? I think they'd notice.

Celeste: whats that, 25 EF

johns (GM): You don't notice the breeze in your bare pocket when the wallet is gone

Zita of Mercere: Damnit. Well it was worth asking.

johns (GM): It's more like stealing a belt than stealing a wallet

Celeste: what if Zita replaces her hat with a decoy hat

Zita of Mercere: A master thief could steal a hat, in my opinion.

Giraldo of Milan: yes

a master thief could

johns (GM): Alright.

Giraldo of Milan: which i guess goes to show youre not a master thief

johns (GM): Make the roll if you're feeling daring.

I'll call this a "Remarkable" ease factor

Zita of Mercere: Now I feel like you'll give it a massive EF and I don't want to

what's remarkable?

Proclus of Rome: I think pretty much anyone could steal a hat.

johns (GM): 35

Proclus of Rome: You just grab it and run.

Zita of Mercere: 0_0

Celeste: lol

Yeah, stealing it is easy. Keeping it, there's the trick of a master thief.

Zita of Mercere: I'll decide this way

rolling 1d10+4

(

10

)

+4

=

14

Amazing

I'm going to do it

Good personality flaw

Proclus of Rome: Well, good luck.

Zita of Mercere: I have a heroic personalty for being ambitious

Celeste: haha

Zita of Mercere: Are we in town right now?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make her a new Marisa hat

johns (GM): Nope

Outside

Proclus of Rome: I'm not sure what ambition is satisfied by snatching a hat.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+4+9

(

8

)

+4+9

=

21

Oh well.

johns (GM): Brunisenda lets out a startled yelp as her hat is plucked from her head.

The nearest guard turns and sees you stealing her hat.

Zita of Mercere: "Er, uh."

Man at Arms: "Ho!!! What's this!"

Celeste: You're going to get people killed, Zita.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should learn a spell for shirnking hats

Zita of Mercere: I use my amulet with Calm the Motions of the heart on the guard

Celeste: lol

Proclus of Rome: The life you lose may be your own.

Wait.

Zita of Mercere: "Just come by, okay?"

I dart off into the fields

Man at Arms: wait

I was waiting for Proclus to interject

Proclus of Rome: Oh no.

Zita of Mercere: Proclus isn't here

Proclus of Rome: I just realized that the only life you can lose is your own.

Man at Arms: If not you have to deal with the fact that a) there's another guard and b) calm the motion of the heart onyl works until suspicion naturally rises again (i.e., right now)

Proclus of Rome: Or I GUESS your baby.

Giraldo of Milan: "Damnit!" I rush at the nearest guard to me and point my sword at

him.

Celeste: lmfao just running away. don't run towards us pklease.

Zita of Mercere: "Oh dear. Oh no."

Giraldo of Milan: alright celeste save us

Celeste really wants to scream at Zita but wants to retain stealth more

Zita of Mercere: "Look I just wanted to try and see if I cou- please call off your guard before he gets himself killed."

Man at Arms: Alright, Giraldo catches the charmed guard off guard and has him at sword point

The one on the horse yells out, "An ambush!" And draws his blade.

Celeste: fff

If things get violent i'll start shooting.

Giraldo of Milan: "No one has to get hurt. Drop your weapons."

Celeste: but not until then.

dys: "Look, wait, we just wanted your help with something. I just wanted to have some fun with this. Please tell your guard to not get himself killed."

Man at Arms: "Let him go!"

Celeste: don't want to blow up our spot.

Zita of Mercere: As her

Giraldo of Milan: "Both of you, weapons on the ground."

Proclus of Rome: Nothing more fun than robbery.

-Zita

Celeste: give the hat back, maybe.

Zita of Mercere: There IS nothing more fun than robbery

I put the hat gently back on her head

And pat it on

Brunisenda: pomf

Kifaaya of Verditius: Stealing is cool

Brunisenda: Brunisenda holds up a hand, staying the horse guard.

Zita of Mercere: Zita has the blood of a heroic thief in her and it is going to get her killed one day

Proclus of Rome: Someday may be today!

Celeste: hah

Zita of Mercere: I'll be fine though.

Brunisenda: "These are old friends of mine and this is a misunderstanding. They will back off now and we'll go our own way, right?"

Giraldo of Milan: "Right."

I look at the guards.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well, theft is haram, but arranging for your competition's items to be misplaced is not.

Zita of Mercere: "Sorry about this. Look, just come back to the covenant, we'll sort this out."

Giraldo of Milan: Can I folk ken to see how likely they are to let us go?

Brunisenda: Yes, roll it

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+9

(

4

)

+9

=

13

Zita of Mercere: "No-one's hurt, nothing's been said that can't be taken back, let's just be calm."

I want to try using charm to calm her down a bit

(To Giraldo of Milan): They are deferring to Brunisenda's authority

Brunisenda: "We can talk it out, but not like this."

Giraldo of Milan: I back off a bit and lower my sword.

Brunisenda passes a note to a player

Giraldo of Milan: But I keep an eye on the guards.

Brunisenda: The one you got the drop on glares at you and backs off, hand ready to draw sword at a moment's notice.

Zita of Mercere: Hm

Hey Johns, a thought I had

Giraldo of Milan: oh no

Zita of Mercere: Now that you have given me the Amulet of Gender Change, would this mean my virtue Blessing of Venus can be applied to women now, if I use it

Bit late here, but a future thought

Brunisenda: hmm

dunno but for now it won't work on Brunisenda who is not your type

what with her being an educated Magician and you being, well, a "mundie"

Proclus of Rome: Heh.

Owned.

Zita of Mercere: Actually I'm a member of the order of hermes.

I'm educated in magic lore, even.

Brunisenda: "I'm sorry Zita but there's nothing I can give back. I already used up the vis on a project."

Kifaaya of Verditius: BRB again

Brunisenda: "I'm sure we can work something out though, if we discuss this like proper people.."

Zita of Mercere: "Well, yes, we can."

"But that's why you need to come back, we have something that you can help with."

Come to think of it, I begin to wonder why my sodales wanted to jump her at the well instead of just asking her in the first place.

Proclus really is irresponsible.

He kills people in duels, has women attacked at night,

Brunisenda: She shakes her head. "Come by the Capocci tower tomorrow and we can discuss it."

Proclus of Rome: Heh heh.

Brunisenda: "I give you my word."

Zita of Mercere: "This matter concerns the Capocci's, sadly, so we can't."

Brunisenda: "And instead I go with you into that tomb? Never to be seen again?"

Celeste: that's really overselling how intimidating our tomb is.

Proclus of Rome: It kind of is.

What with all the prisoners we've taken there.

Zita of Mercere: "That's ridiculous, the magi there are positively polite."

"How about a compromise. We go somewhere in the city, and I send for the magi who wish to discuss this, so we can discuss it in the town. That's a fair compromise, isn't it?"

Proclus of Rome: What about this well.

Brunisenda: She considers

Zita of Mercere: Going to roll charm on this to convince her

Proclus of Rome: That seems like a great place.

Zita of Mercere:

rolling 1d10!+2+7

(

9

)

+2+7

=

18

Brunisenda: "There's an inn near Trajan's Forum that would still be open this late. We'll meet there."

Zita of Mercere: "Alright. I'll head along with you, you can take your guards if it makes you feel more comfortable."

Brunisenda: "It does."

Celeste: I'll follow at a distance, because for some reason I feel like surprise might still be valuable.

Zita of Mercere: "Giraldo, stop pointing that thing at the guards, and go back to get Proclus, Lavinia, whoever it is wants to come discuss this. Tell them to meet us at the inn at Trajan's forum."

Brunisenda: Anyone trying anything funny while Brunisenda goes there

Celeste: im just following them and Zita at a distance, in case they try anything funny. if it's all safe it's good

Giraldo of Milan: i already stopped!

"Got it."

I run the message.

Zita of Mercere: Nope, I'll walk alongside her happily

One day I'll get that hat. One day I'll manage it.

Brunisenda: Alright.

The meeting spot is a simple little tavern/inn thing. There's a few other folks around, enough to make it hard for you to do anything weird without being noticed.

Proclus of Rome: Does anyone else here recognize us?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should be good for the meeting now, should be uninterrupted while I pretend to watch the normiebowl

Brunisenda: Anyone who wants to be here is here.

The folks around here seem to just be weary travelers and tired night workers.

johns (GM): Brunisenda secures a table within vision of her guards but where you may talk without them overhearing.

Celeste: i walk in a few minutes after Zita, Brunisenda, and the guards and try to look inconspicuous at the bar.

Brunisenda: "What do you want?" She asks whoever is here.

Proclus of Rome: "I would like to know what Hugo di Capocci is up to."

"Why is he stealing our vis and our goats?"

Brunisenda: "I.. had to take an advance on the vis. I'm sorry. I promised him an elixer to grant him strength in the hunt and I fell short on my own supplies."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Yes. This appropriation of our goats is no good."

Brunisenda: "What goats did he take?"

Proclus of Rome: "We know he has declared that all magical creatures and babies belong to him."

I don't wear a hat.

Brunisenda: you do now bitch

Proclus of Rome: Nice railroad, fucker!

Brunisenda: "The Lord is entitled to privileges within his realm..."

Kifaaya of Verditius: My scarf is probably my casting tool

Proclus of Rome: Don't Verditus use actual tools?

This is slander!

Celeste: loll

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Brunisenda: that's fine actually

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's shears or w/e

Brunisenda: you'd have a different scarf for each spell

Zita of Mercere: I think their casting tool can be how they want it to be

Brunisenda: bonfilia's casting tools were loaves of bread as you recall

there is an example in one of the books of a verditius whose casting tool is a giant anvil he has to lug around on a cart

Zita of Mercere: The practical wizard

Kifaaya of Verditius: Probably needles then, for portability sake

Celeste: lol

nice anvil.

Brunisenda: "Conti Capocci takes an interest in the arcane. You should know as much already. There's nothing unwholesome about it."

Proclus of Rome: Anyway claiming Gifted babies is HIGHLY problematic, since the Order of Hermes already does that.

Kifaaya of Verditius: One of the outer mysteries I want first is that lets you make better casting tools

So scarves have a point there

Proclus of Rome: "How do you know when an animal or child is magical?"

"Haven't the other families contested this?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: I don't work metal but my mundane tools are metal

Zita of Mercere: "Well, the Gift is usually apparent."

"They probably ask around about kids that have rocks thrown at them a lot."

Brunisenda: "My Lord seems confident in his claims, and as far as I know it's only in his own lands."

Kifaaya of Verditius: So scarves, hats, sashes, bracelets, etc are good

Brunisenda: "I know certain magical creatures and things from my own studies, the others in the court too.."

Zita of Mercere: "Proclus, you don't think some covenant is using him to gather apprentices, do you?"

Celeste: thats cool

Proclus of Rome: "No covenant would dare."

Zita of Mercere: "Are you sure? There's a lot of Tytalans, you know they like to start mischief."

Proclus of Rome: "Except for Lucatatio, maybe."

Brunisenda: giraldo can't you identify magic animals without being a wizard?

Zita of Mercere: I really hope he can otherwise he's a magic beast hunter that cant actually tell what a magic beast is

Which is really funny

He just stomps on chickens and makes up tales about killing a basilisk

Giraldo of Milan: you can yeah

its just lore stuff

itd have to be really subtle stuff to require like intellego

Celeste: reigen arataka + geralt

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could make him an item for if I had the chance to reserach the spell first, if it's InAn(Vi)

Giraldo of Milan: or whatever

Proclus of Rome: In any case!

We can't allow this to continue.

Giraldo of Milan: reigen arataka ftw

Proclus of Rome: "If Count Capocci is interested in magical items, he should have asked us."

"We don't appreciate this kind of meddling in our affairs."

Brunisenda: "I though he made an offer to you all?"

"And you declined."

Zita of Mercere: "He did? How long ago was this?"

Brunisenda: 15 years ago

Kifaaya of Verditius: "I only just arrived. Perhaps I can offer him a new arrangement."

Brunisenda: err no more like 12 or 13

Proclus of Rome: Yeah.

Brunisenda: when Claude gave you the bird

Proclus of Rome: This was when he offered to make us Court Wizards.

Zita of Mercere: "So back when I was about 10, then. No wonder I didn't know."

Brunisenda: lol

Kifaaya of Verditius: This Mickey Apprentice hat is pretty sweet

Proclus of Rome: "Warn your master that further interference in our affairs will not be tolerated."

Brunisenda: She bites her lip. "Respectfully you should do it yourself." She quickly adds, "But, I'll speak on your behalf!"

Zita of Mercere: "Nothing stopping us paying him a visit."

Proclus of Rome: "That's what friends are for."

Giraldo of Milan: "She has a point. I doubt the man will listen to our request if we can't even show up ourselves."

Zita of Mercere: I'm going to rob him. This can't possible go wrong.

Giraldo of Milan: just dont steal his hat

Zita of Mercere: One day I'm going to steal someone's hat

Off their head

Giraldo of Milan: steal proclus's

Proclus of Rome: I don't have a hat!

Giraldo of Milan: looks like you do pal

Brunisenda: While Proclus is daydreaming about wearing hats, steal his hat

Giraldo of Milan: a big red one

Zita of Mercere: Exactly, Proclus, that's how good I am

Brunisenda: Proclus I assume your wizard hat/robes are covered in mathematical symbols

Kifaaya of Verditius: I made this hat while I was away for the last scene

Proclus of Rome: Do we have anyone we'd like to send to negotiate with Count Hugo di Capocci?

Brunisenda: "M'lord will be out hunting boar tomorrow morning, why not come in the afternoon? I will let him know you are coming."

Celeste: Hats are so 1329.

Brunisenda: according to my book about avignon they are falling out of fashion for ladies right now

women are scandalously bareheaded (and also showing lots of cleavage)

Celeste: damn this flat chest!

Kifaaya of Verditius: I need to hire someone to keep me abreast of mundane fashion

Brunisenda: The next pope iirc is the one who raises a lot of eyebrows by appointing his beautiful young niece to work in the papal palace

anyways

what's next troupe

Zita of Mercere: Apparenlty being abreast is the latest fashion, if Johns' history is correct.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Sounds like Zita wants to do a B&E

Proclus of Rome: Well we have a couple of options when Count Hugo decides to keep claiming magical stuff after we meet with him.

Zita of Mercere: Oh we can meet with him. I do want to break into his house sometime, though.

Proclus of Rome: 1) Use magic to convince him it's a bad idea by destroying his stuff.

This is 100% legal, since he stole our goat and plans to claim Gifted children, but it needs to be proportional to the offense.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could see if I could come up with a MuAn(Co) to turn his goat into a human for a day

That'll be awkward

Proclus of Rome: 2) Covertly support one of the other families when they inevitably go to war against the Capoccis.

Brunisenda: intrigue ftmfw

Proclus of Rome: This is technically illegal but selling weapons to Mundanes isn't that illegal and no one says we have to sell to everyone.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I smell vendetta

Celeste: Prudenzio's good at that stuff. I like number 2 so far.

Proclus of Rome: 3) Tattle on him to the Catholic Church.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I can buff leather wearers

Proclus of Rome: He has books on Infernal Lore that could get him in trouble and he has like 10 court magicians.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Without spontaniety

Proclus of Rome: Odds are one of them is a Satanist.

4) Hire some mundane killers to kill him.

This is the least likely to work but it's also pretty safe in most ways, except for morally.

Kifaaya of Verditius: 2 or 3 are myfavs

Brunisenda: Proclus is getting in the spirit of Rome

Proclus of Rome: Oh, here's another one.

5) Get someone to sneak in at night while in a state of grace and bash someone over the head with the Rod of Kabshiel.

Brunisenda: lol

Proclus of Rome: This is PROBABLY hugely illegal, since Kabshiel is probably a demon.

Having anything to do with demons is a violation of the Code of Hermes.

Brunisenda: Like, for instance, having one as a member of our covenant for a decade

Proclus of Rome: Exactly.

Celeste: How did that happen?

Giraldo of Milan: so we need a reasonably stealthy character that is not a member of the order

Brunisenda: We let Prinny play

Proclus of Rome: We'd all get in trouble if anyone in the covenant did it and we got caught.

Specifically, we would be Wizard Marched.

Celeste: we would be maurice lamarched.

Proclus of Rome: 6) We somehow get the mechanical cats to screw with the Capocci family.

This might already be happening but we don't know what they'd do.

Cats not being very trustworthy.

Brunisenda: Proclus is a dog person apparently

Celeste: proclus hates all animals equally iirc

Proclus of Rome: It is what it is.

Nah I love dogs.

Very loyal.

Zita of Mercere: I could sneak in and knife him in his sleep, but I'm in the order.

Celeste: Wonderful.

Proclus of Rome: That would probably be borderline.

Zita of Mercere: It would be questionable, yeah. Robbing him blind would be a good idea though.

In fact, I could sneak into his manor while you go take him out on a hunt, and distract him.

Proclus of Rome: He has a tower.

Kifaaya of Verditius: 'I like all animals. Among living animals, that is less true.

Brunisenda: It's a tower + a sprawling complex of connected buildings

Proclus of Rome: Well, it IS Rome.

Zita of Mercere: I'm sure breaking into a tower can't go wrong.

Brunisenda: As a Count, Hugo di Capocci is more powerful and affluent than the Barons, but not in the same league as the Orsini and Colonna Dukes.

Proclus of Rome: The Colonnas just crowned the Holy Roman Emperor, you know.

Well those are options.

We should meet with him first, of course.

I recommend that Zita NOT go with us, so we aren't connected to the robbery.

HOWEVER, we are all Gifted or otherwise unpleasant, which will make negotiations difficult.

Brunisenda: beardbeard, did you keep Magical Air on giraldo?

Giraldo of Milan: no

i just have -1 communication

Zita of Mercere: Wow. Not even a true Witcher anymore.

Giraldo of Milan: excuse me. witchers are not feared or hated because of a magical air, but because they are obviously mutant freaks

Zita of Mercere: Then why didn't you make this one a pole too?

Brunisenda: It's time to decide, who wants to go to the Count's Court

Giraldo of Milan: what the

Brunisenda: lol

Proclus of Rome: I do.

Giraldo of Milan: i do

Proclus of Rome: Oh he also likes hunting, so if we want to murder him, WHICH I DO NOT RECOMMEND, we could do it then.

Murder is a sin!

Zita of Mercere: I'll go in the sense that I'm sneaking in to see what's going on, but I'm not openly travel with him.

I bet Celeste could kill him pretty reliably. Just saying.

Brunisenda: Look. Murder is a sin, I would never do it. But if one of my sodales wanted to, here's the exact best plan to get away with it

Kifaaya of Verditius: It's probably good for me to meet him

Zita of Mercere: She's not in the order either.

Proclus of Rome: I mean, I can't help that I have a devious mind and am extremely honest.

Celeste: That's true.

Proclus of Rome: That's just the way God made me.

Celeste: I'm very religious and generally against murder unless it's in self defense though.

Proclus of Rome: Of course that isn't true because of free will.

But you get what I mean.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm not sure how Kifaaya feels about murder, probably prefers not to

Zita of Mercere: I've never killed anyone

Brunisenda: Will Celeste or Prudenzio come along?

Zita of Mercere: But my other PC has the highest killcount in the group

In fact it's higher than everyone else combined, iirc

Kifaaya of Verditius: Her offensive power is turning people into pigs, and eating a person made of pig is double haram

Celeste: Yeah, I will.

johns (GM): Zita observes from a distance.

The party of four comes to the entryway to the complex, staffed by the usual assortment of men at arms, pikemen, archers patrolling the roofs, all ready for the typical street violence of Rome.

One of the guards greets you, and eyes your gear suspiciously. "Unless you are a Knight or a liegeman of Capocci, you've no right to come in here bearing arms."

Proclus of Rome: "I'm a philosopher, I wouldn't know what to do with one."

johns (GM): Pretty much just Giraldo and Celeste in question then

Celeste: Then He said to them, "But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.

I think that's all the justification I need.

Giraldo of Milan: hm

hmmmm

Proclus of Rome: That justification sounds flimsy.

Celeste: I'll give up my bow temporarily. My mace is a religious artifact and used in prayer so I can't do that.

It's very special to me.

Proclus of Rome: I think that means that you need to stay out here.

Celeste: Sure.

Zita of Mercere: Good luck friends.

johns (GM): "You can come in as long as leave your weapons with the Sargeant at arms."

Giraldo of Milan: I spend several moments contemplating reasons to justify bringing my sword.

Celeste: i legitimately don't trust the sgt at arms with a holy relic. it's mine to keep safe. i'll stay outside if they won't accept my vow to not hit anyone with it.

Giraldo of Milan: Eventually I hand it to the sergeant.

johns (GM): Alright, Celeste hangs back

The guard bids you to wait for a moment as he informs the steward of your presence.

Shortly after, Edwin Locke emerges and greets you. "My wizardly friends. You are expected in the Great Hall. Will you please come with me?"

Celeste: celeste passes the time talking shop with a guard outside, and gets drunk

Proclus of Rome: Edwin Locke is the Englishman, right?

johns (GM): Yup

Roll Carouse Celeste!!! Stress roll!!!

Proclus of Rome: Oh no!

Celeste: lmao

rolling 1d10!+5

(

2

)

+5

=

7

oh no!

Zita of Mercere: Wow you suck at carousing for a perpetual drunk

johns (GM): You get drunk. In the middle of the day. Shameful

Celeste: i'll use all my adventure xp on carouse.

johns (GM): The rest of you are lead into the Tower proper. You pass an array of oddities on your way-- caged exotic beasts, strange items that seem magical, fine suits of armor..

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oooh beasts

johns (GM): And into the Great Hall itself. Hugo sits at the table, along with his wife, Edwin, Brunisenda, Brunisenda's bird, and an old woman you spotted once before but never got aquainted with.

To one side is a pale man, to another, a couple swarthier looking men, including an Arab fellow sitting cross legend next to what seems to be a tame Leopard

Proclus of Rome: You can tell he's Irish because it's mid morning and he's already drunk.

johns (GM): Anyone can roll Int+Etiquette for extra insight but it is not required

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll look about for interesting pelts, wool, colorful chitin, silk producers, etc.

johns (GM): You see loads of cool stuff around here Kifaaya.

Proclus of Rome: I have Zero (0) Etiquette.

johns (GM): The Count is obviously wealthy and interested in exotic wares.

Proclus of Rome:

rolling 1d10! + 2

(

7

)

+2

=

9

(To Proclus of Rome): You can quickly discern that Edwin and the Crone are the most important courtiers here but don't know the rest of the order

Hugo di Capocci: "Proclus of Rome!" The count rises and salutes you with a cup of wine.

not given tokens but also here are an array of less interesting courtiers and the usual guardsmen, servants, etc. that make up a noble's court

Kifaaya of Verditius: It is not my place to hobnob when doing so is beyond my ken.

Proclus of Rome: "Hello, Count Capocci."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I bow y

politely

Hugo di Capocci: "It is always a pleasure to welcome you to my court. And I see you have some new aquaintances with you today. Greetings!"

Proclus of Rome: Shouldn't you curtsy?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I curtsey

Hugo di Capocci: Hugo leans to hear Edwin whisper something. "Kifaaya of Verditius and Giraldo the Hunter. Welcome."

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you for your hospitality, but I am afraid we are here to discuss some very serious business."

"Has Brunisenda informed you of the debt that you owe us?"

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Your menagerie is quite lovely."

Hugo di Capocci: Hugo nods. "She has. It seems we have a bit of a pickle here."

"Why, thank you Kifaaya. I have spared no expense on it as you can tell."

Kifaaya of Verditius nods

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should get some cages for the studio

Hugo di Capocci: "Now Proclus. You know I respect you all, and I don't dream of doing you any harm. Still, my court needs its resources to do their work. They can no more work their arts than a painter can work without paint."

Proclus of Rome: "I don't know much about painting, but do they typically work with stolen paint?"

"There is also the matter of our goat, seized by your men at your toll bridge."

Hugo di Capocci: He confers with Edwin for a bit. "Did we take in a goat recently?" ..

"Then fetch the beastmaster and have it brought out here."

Edwin departs, and the count looks at you again.

"Brunisenda tells me this matter with the vis is a misunderstanding, and no harm was meant."

Celeste: while i'm outside, i'd like to scope the place out for a later heist.

Proclus of Rome: "Of course."

Hugo di Capocci: Sure. You're drunk so it's a little tough

Celeste: yeah. i imagine there's a penalty. idk what to roll though

Proclus of Rome: "That is why I'm sure you can compensate us for our loss."

Hugo di Capocci: "Of course, you will be made whole."

He strokes his goatee. "I'm thinking to the future as well. You must have other spots you gain your magical resources from, yes?"

"We should coordinate. If we knew what spots you claimed as your own, I can make sure no one in my court meddles with your claims any further."

Proclus of Rome: This guy is asking for it.

"If you do, we will let you know."

Hugo di Capocci: "Additionally,"

"No, no, hear me out, Proclus."

Giraldo of Milan: wow, what a nice guy!

Hugo di Capocci: "That well, as you might not know, is my property. Anyone who interferes with your claims on it is committing a crime not only against you, but me."

Proclus of Rome: THIS fucking guy!

Celeste: after we steal all of his shit lets come to him and pledge our full allegiance to help him find the real thieves

Hugo di Capocci: "If you have other sites of importance, I could extend the aegis of my protection to them as well."

"No one would be able to harass you. Not a wizard, not the Contis."

Proclus of Rome: "Not necessary, we are quite capable of meting our own punishments."

"Even after expelling that rotten Bonfilia."

Celeste: awareness? -2?

Zita of Mercere: 5 years later and still mad

Frankly, she was good for this covenant. Hugo would be handless if we still had her.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ah, the Verditius non grata

I hope I can redeem our cult among this covenant

Hugo di Capocci: i wonder if Ledgerdemain shouuld be an all around "thieve's skill"

If not then Awareness, yeah

Zita of Mercere: Well, it frankly should be, really.

That's what it seems to be

Pickpocketing and usch

* such

Proclus of Rome: "In addition, many of our sources of magical power are beyond your understanding. They should only be used by those with the knowledge to control them.

"

Celeste: awareness is for looking for stuff, legerdemain is for sleight of hand type fine manipulation

Hugo di Capocci: "I am not so uneducated as you might think, Proclus."

"I have the finest advisors in Europe." He waves to his courtiers.

Kifaaya of Verditius: You could also do illusionist work with legerdemain possibly

Celeste:

rolling 1d10+7-2 to scope this place out for weaknesses, hoping for a heist later. -2 because im drunk as heck

(

5

)

+7-2

=

10

Giraldo of Milan: I examine his courtiers.

Hugo di Capocci: Awareness is the skill of choice for Searching a place, like ransacking a room when you're in it already

The guy with a mustache is wearing very stereotypical wizard robes, red with yellow stars

The Arab has a pet Leopard, the pale guy is an educated clerk or something at a galnce

Proclus of Rome: "Fine though they may be, I would have to be convinced that they know enough about the natural arts to be trusted."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll go hang out with the Arab + leopard

And show him my polecat

Hugo di Capocci: "Careful, Proclus. These men and women are my trusted courtiers, who have earned my respect."

Giraldo of Milan: While Proclus is talking to Hugo I approach the mustached man.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hopefully the curse of venus doesn't flare up

Giraldo of Milan: "How do you identify a werewolf?"

Hugo di Capocci: Kifaaya speaks Arab as her birth language?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

Hugo di Capocci: That's handy. The Arab fellow has mediocre latin and almost non-existant Italian

Proclus of Rome: "I am happy to be proven wrong on this, but, as I said, I simply don't know how much your court knows."

Hugo di Capocci: Giraldo, the Sorcerer tells you a bit about demonic wolves but nothing about the magical or faerie kind

Zita of Mercere: Kill him

Giraldo of Milan: can i roll magic lore to give him a lecture

Hugo di Capocci: "Which is why we should be sharing knowledge, and not working at odds!"

Yes.

Giraldo of Milan: alright, would i put int with that

Hugo di Capocci: Int for showing off, Comm for actually teaching

Giraldo of Milan: im gonna show off

here goes a botch

rolling 1d10+8

(

1

)

+8

=

9

oh my god

Zita of Mercere: Boom.

Celeste: HELL yeah

Zita of Mercere: Botch OST plays in the background

Proclus of Rome: "I look forward to interviewing members of your court."

Hugo di Capocci: He is eager to hear you out.

Zita of Mercere: Please add the bulk and skull theme to the jukebox, for when someone botches.

Proclus of Rome: "I have to make sure, of course, that the knowledge that we have to impart won't terrify and destroy them."

Hugo di Capocci: "You'll find them all to be wonderful people, Proclus. Accord them the respect they deserve. Ah, here comes the beastmaster with that goat."

Kifaaya of Verditius: I guess I'll chat about animals with the Arab, I have Comm

Hugo di Capocci: behold. goat.

Proclus of Rome: Hey it's that goat.

Is it the Goat of Virtue?

Hugo di Capocci: Indeed.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That ggoat may be purpdrank in disguise

Hugo di Capocci: The beastmaster explains the goat can walk up walls and is otherwise the Platonic Ideal of a mountain goat, etc.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Fascinating

Proclus of Rome: Yeah that's what a goat of virtue is!

Duh!

Hugo di Capocci: Hugo sweeps a hand. "Please, take this creature with you. I won't let it be said I am not generous to my friends."

Proclus of Rome: "Thank you so much, Lord Capocci."

Jabir Al-Qazwini: The Arab fellow, whose name is Jabir, is well informed on supernatural creatures of Egypt and Araby.

Proclus of Rome: "Truly, you are proving your wisdom today."

Kifaaya of Verditius: "Very kind."

Zita of Mercere: He's giving us the thing he stole from us. Such virtue!

Proclus of Rome: Such virtue, much wisdom.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: uh hello he's a lord. it's not theft. it's his privilege

Giraldo of Milan: After embarassing myself on the subject of werewolves I step away and have a conversation with the leopard.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: back me up here pendragon players

Giraldo of Milan: pendragon gayers. boom

Zita of Mercere: Privilege theory is a myth, this man has no power

Kifaaya of Verditius: I was very young when I was taken by the warlocks so I'm interested to hear about the animals of Araby.

Proclus of Rome: He's right.

But only if there is a true Pendragon, or high king.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: does Giraldo speak Latin?

Giraldo of Milan: yes

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Oh wait, Animal Ken

Hmm, the Leopard is aloof but seems to understand you. What are you asking it?

Giraldo of Milan: I ask it about its master.

Leopard: "No leash on my neck, human."

Proclus of Rome: Classic leopard.

Giraldo of Milan: Its Arabic companion, then.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Cool leopard, I see how it has kept its skin on.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: He pats the Leopard on the head appreciatively. "Many Jinn can take animal form to pass among humans. This one serves a great Jinn of the deserts far from here."

"The Jinn tells me, 'Go west, find the gathering of learned men.' Here I have found it."

Giraldo of Milan: I ask the leopard if it serves any jinn or knows what a jinn is.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: It serves some Jinn whose name is Arabic and I can't make up off the top of my head

Giraldo of Milan: woah hes not bullshitting

unless

Proclus of Rome: Hussein.

Giraldo of Milan: can shapeshifting be seen through with second sight

Celeste: Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri can be the Jinn's name imo

Kifaaya of Verditius: Hussein al-Obama

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Hmm... Only if it's an Imaginem effect I think.

Celeste: (that's the Iron Sheik's name)

Jabir Al-Qazwini: In this case here when you look at the Leopard you just see the Leopard.

Giraldo of Milan: is there any relevant skill for determining if its shapeshifted, then?

Jabir Al-Qazwini: run a dna test? idk

Giraldo of Milan: like if this is just some hedge wizard duping people with his friend

Jabir Al-Qazwini: if it were a faerie you could try to guess what classical ward makes it shed its false form

using fae lore

Kifaaya of Verditius: I fall for it if so

Proclus of Rome: You could try to dispel the magic with a Perdo Vim.

Giraldo of Milan: guess I'll do a faerie lore then

int with that?

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Yes.

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10+6

(

9

)

+6

=

15

Jabir Al-Qazwini: You've never heard of Leopard shapeshifters before!

Giraldo of Milan: i refuse to believe any of these people are competent or not charlatans

Proclus of Rome: Well, we should clearly meet with them more often.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll talk to GIraldo of my own knowledge of skinwalking later

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Jabir happily talks a lot to Kifaaya. He must not get much opportunity to talk in his native tongue.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I have no idea he's suspicious from this exxchange though

Proclus of Rome: Is the Vis Market on the wiki?

I can't find it.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: uts in the vis datasheet

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm happy to speak in my native language too

Proclus of Rome: Ah, I see.

Ok.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Didn't get a lot of opportunities during apprenticeship

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Proclus, anything you're interested in investigating here?

Proclus of Rome: Well, I WOULD like to find out more about the collection of fakers at court here, but we're basically done as far as I'm concerned.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: The Count's court is a hook that can be addressed both in active adventure and in the background

Unless you're killing them all today, they will be around for awhile

Proclus of Rome: Right.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make note of Jabir as a potential friend

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Sure, you can even have Correspondence

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or Curse of Venus annoyance

Jabir Al-Qazwini: He's eager to learn Magic Lore in exchange for sharing details about Suleimanic Lore

Proclus of Rome: Also, since we lost the Aquam vis I think we're entitled to deprive Hugo di Capocci of 10 Mythic Pounds worth of stuff.

Kifaaya of Verditius: That's a good enchange

Jabir Al-Qazwini: It's Creo actually, worth 15 mp

You going to steal it or ask him for it?

Proclus of Rome: Ah.

No, I'm just saying for retributive purposes.

Obviously he said that he would make it right, which is enough for me, for now.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Alright

We can actually wrap it up here if there's nothing more to do.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ver well

Proclus of Rome: Oh, there's one more thing I think we should do.

Spread the rumor that Hugo di Capocci is kidnapping children to use in rituals.

Jabir Al-Qazwini: lol

Proclus of Rome: I guess it isn't a rumor since it's true.

But we should definitely be spreading that info around.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Waste of ggood apprentices

Jabir Al-Qazwini: Do you have any Intrigue? that's the relevant skill for rumormongering

Proclus of Rome: Only +3.

But what of my sodales??

Celeste: None.

Kifaaya of Verditius: None

Proclus of Rome: Woowwww.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I should learn someday if I get threatened with vendetta

But I can always just lose the vendetta too

Celeste: It's a shame Prudenzio isn't here.

Proclus of Rome: Well, spreading rumors is something that can happen at any time.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Well I can't voluntarily lose a vendetta once I have a Hubris score

Proclus of Rome: A what?

Celeste: oh, well, he has a WHOPPING +4 Intrigue.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Verditius crafting duel

Proclus of Rome: Oh right.

Giraldo of Milan: hedge wizard shit

Proclus of Rome: Are you going to rob them, Zita?

Zita of Mercere rubs hands gleefully

Proclus of Rome: Robbery is potentially sinful, so be careful.

Zita of Mercere: You gotta be sin it to win it

Proclus of Rome: No!

How could you say something like that?

Kifaaya of Verditius: It is haram, but I won't be witnessing it so it's okay

Zita of Mercere: Is Hugo's estate surrounded by walls, or can it be approached right at the buildings?

Jabir Al-Qazwini: right at the buildings

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could turn Zita into a bird

Proclus of Rome: You should only steal 10 libra worth of stuff.

johns (GM): There's plenty of sentries both on the ground and rooftops though

Kifaaya of Verditius: But I'd have to be told it's not for stealing

Giraldo of Milan: turn zita into a magpie

Zita of Mercere: I'll wander around until I can find a place not being guarded. If none presents itself, I have an alternative route, though itll be awkward to get out.

Proclus of Rome: Turning Zita into a bird wouldn't be THAT great, since she'd be stuck as a bird.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Only for 12 hours

Proclus of Rome: I guess a bird could steal something small.

Zita of Mercere: The original art I used for Zita has a bird on her shoulder

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could FFH it to Diameter

To offset FFH cloak into Touch

Zita of Mercere: You can only change one parameter at once

Kifaaya of Verditius: FFM

Zita of Mercere: With FFH

Kifaaya of Verditius: Pity

Zita of Mercere: Er

FFM

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll have to invent a touch version then

(To Zita of Mercere): Are you sticking to the outer buildings or do you want to try to get into the Tower itself, that has the great hall/lord's chambers?

(From Zita of Mercere): Tower if at all possible

johns (GM): Hmm

Zita of Mercere: I do have a way in but it's slightly awkward

johns (GM): I think this is enough of an endeavour that I need to plot it out and handle it as a solo adventure sometime midweek

Would that work?

Zita of Mercere: I'll have to check my incredibly busy schedule

Ha ha ha. Ha.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Should I have a solo adventure getting the brownie to let me build a studio into his workshiop

johns (GM): Well, Brownies are naturally helpful

Kifaaya of Verditius: Cool

Proclus of Rome: Are you talking about Giacopo?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I want to be coooperative too

Zita of Mercere: Anyway, here is something to add to the jukebox for future botches, Johns

https://fanburst.com/dysrexia/mmpr-soundtrack-bulk-and-skull-theme

Kifaaya of Verditius: lol

I should make a fanburst account I guess

johns (GM): its a great way to play copyrighted material

Zita of Mercere: I've made one for sticking tracks up I want to use while GMing

Giraldo of Milan: excuse me. theft is a sin

Kifaaya of Verditius: I love violating copyright and also sharing toho tunes

Proclus of Rome: Information wants to be free.

Zita of Mercere: I love being a thief.

johns (GM): Okay

Giraldo of Milan: oh no. oh no!

johns (GM): We'll resolve Zita's crimes midweek

I'll post a lil' summary in the thread for now

Proclus of Rome: So what are you interested in doing Kifaaya?

johns (GM): 7 adventure XP for the rest of ya

Giraldo of Milan: oh yeah johns i wanted to ask

Zita of Mercere: Any day besides tuesday works, as that's the day I GM my own game.

johns (GM): It'll probably be Thursday then

Giraldo of Milan: i was gonna make a perdo terram spell that destroyed the metal items a group of people is carrying

Proclus of Rome: As a master of architecture, I need to know.

Giraldo of Milan: but would that be doable?

Kifaaya of Verditius: Building a studio, and working on items for my wizard friends

johns (GM): Yes

Giraldo of Milan: would a group of items being used by a group of people count as group target?

johns (GM): Voice, Group Target

Kifaaya of Verditius: Once I know what kind of stuff they want

johns (GM): Yeas

Giraldo of Milan: alright, wasnt sure

Kifaaya of Verditius: If there's no specific requests, I might try to make stuff to sell

Giraldo of Milan: also, for mythic alchemy it says a formulae is acquired by acquiring 5 experience points in a season

im not sure what that is supposed to mean

invented by acquiring, rather

Kifaaya of Verditius: Down to raven feathers would be a good formula

Proclus of Rome: If you get 5 XP you can turn it into a formulae.

johns (GM): where does it say taht bb

Giraldo of Milan: Brieﬂy, a formula is invented in a season

by acquiring 5 experience points

Proclus of Rome: I assume it's like for Theriacs.

Giraldo of Milan: so basically just spend a season studying mythic alchemy?

Zita of Mercere: If you invented something to let me turn into a bird for a diadem, that could be very useful in future.

johns (GM): that sentence seems to conflict with the previous one

Zita of Mercere: As a redcap I can make it up to you in favours.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Any sort of animal product that increases lab total when used would be best, really

johns (GM): if you read Art & Academy, experimental philosophy works like magic lab work

Kifaaya of Verditius: Or thread, for that matter

johns (GM): you have a lab total

Zita of Mercere: For instance, if a wizard owes you money/vis and doesnt pay up, redcaps are tasked with obtaining it.

Being a thief is a good skill for a redcap

Kifaaya of Verditius: I also want to get some texts on Creo

Giraldo of Milan: ok looking at a&a it works exactly like described under mythic alchemy

Proclus of Rome: We have a L10 Q12 Creo summa.

You should think bigger.

For example, I want to totally reorganize Rome around geometric principles.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh

Giraldo of Milan: i think i understand making formulae now

Kifaaya of Verditius: Long term, I want to learn all the Mysteries

Zita of Mercere: That's the spirit.

Celeste: nice.

Kifaaya of Verditius: of Verditius

johns (GM): ugh that reminds me

one of them is really op and broken

Proclus of Rome: Specifically, the geometry of the First Temple.

Giraldo of Milan: does anyone have any requests for formulae they would like me to make, up to the level of turning complex matter into simple matter

johns (GM): so i think I gotta kill it ahead of time. the elder runes

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

I'll ignore that one

johns (GM): i got one eventually giraldo, something to turn a statue of wood or simple metal into hardened damascus steel for a future Animo of Lavinia's

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I want to cheat death and become immortal in a succession of young bodies. or if i fail at that i want to cause a big plague.

Zita of Mercere: You should do the plague.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I want to have a sweet studio full of crap like the Count's menagerie

Zita of Mercere: It's worth mentioning now, before the Black Plague hits, that I have Greater Immunity (Disease)

Giraldo of Milan: gotta be a specific kind of metal i think

Proclus of Rome: The what plague?

Zita of Mercere: So when every other redcap is scared to go out, I'll be the best around.

Giraldo of Milan: i could also just turn that metal into damascus steel for you to craft with

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I want to destroy the Order of Hermes and laugh as you are all destroyed by the superior magic of the archwizard Virgil

er

Celeste: i need to keep experimenting with perdo and corpus. i have 14 perdo but thats not high enough.

not me.

the other guy

Kifaaya of Verditius: Turning ordinary leather into the pelt of mythic beasts would be cool

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Guess what. the Black Death is a cure instead of a disease, and you're immune to it

Boom.

Celeste: lmao

Lavinia of Jerbiton: You just played ourself

Proclus of Rome: High Level Gamesmanship.

Zita of Mercere: Archibald has no current plans right now. Don't pay any attention to him researching the intangible tunnel spells.

Celeste: this is a real DM's power...!

Giraldo of Milan: likewise shaun it has to be turning a specific leather into another specific leather i think

Lavinia of Jerbiton: The guidelines on Alchemy are pretty vague that we could be flexible on it

Kifaaya of Verditius: Anyway, what should I be doing to get Vis? I assume studying the Creo summa to get good at extraction is a start

Zita of Mercere: Zita thought she could take a virtue and avoid a danger. But mister curtis had other plans. A rock falls on your head, you are dead.

Giraldo of Milan: i think turning any leather into any leather is a bit op for one formulae

Proclus of Rome: Are you talking about natural alchemy?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I mean, you can turn Lead into Gold, both of which are just general ores and not something specific

Giraldo of Milan: considering thats just a level 5 effect

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Ah, I see what you mean

Giraldo of Milan: mythic alchemy

Proclus of Rome: You mean Hermetic Alchemy?

There's too many alchemies!

Giraldo of Milan: mythic alchemy from the hedge wizard book

its under learned magician stuff

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Mythic Alchemy is what the Learned Magicians (and Giraldo) do

Celeste: how many frickin kinds of alchemy we got?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: It's the classic Lead to Gold stuff

Zita of Mercere: Vis is either harvested or traded for, Shaun. You could buy it off the market and sell the occasional magic item to get a lot of money/vis.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Oh, that's plan

Giraldo of Milan: so johns what kind of metal would you want turned into damascus steel

Zita of Mercere: Mercere handles this stuff, so you'll get a fair deal.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make charged items to get vis and make permanent items from it

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Probably Bronze or something you could get a normal mundane craftsman to make a statue out of

I was just thinking there's no practical way you can get a human sized Damascus Steel statue to work with through mundane channels

Proclus of Rome: Or you could just make one with Rego Craft Magic.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: It'd be a pretty high ease factor

Giraldo of Milan: alright, that should be fine

Zita of Mercere: Yeah. If you make it known what your talents are, you could make something on a request, the payment is something like 2x the vis spent making it? Maybe 3x, it's a good payment anyway.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Oh shit speaking of money we're running out this year

Giraldo of Milan: its only a pawn of terram or vim vis to turn it into damascus steel

Zita of Mercere: Oh shit.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: So we either need to sell some vis or turn some of that tainted animal vis into enchantments we can sell

Giraldo of Milan: did we not settle on how much of our stolen money were getting

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I dont think we settled it no

Celeste: Jesus.

Proclus of Rome: I do not recommend we use the tainted animal vis at all.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: WIMP

Giraldo of Milan: alright who has good bargaining abilities

just roll to get us at minimum the 200 we lost back

as payment for services rendered

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I have Bargain +2

Prudenzio of Flambeau: I have 4 bargain.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could get rid of some tainted animal vis for you

Lavinia of Jerbiton: woot

Kifaaya of Verditius: And launder it into clean stuff

Endrite: If it's payment you want then you're looking at probably 20 mythic pounds.

For your mercenary work.

Giraldo of Milan: the tainted animal vis we have am illion of is actually useful for my alchemy

Lavinia of Jerbiton: that keeps us afloat another year

Giraldo of Milan: someone should work something out with regard to the money at least for a short term solution

Prudenzio of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+4+3 bargain + comm

(

3

)

+4+3

=

10

Endrite: Well, no more money is disappearing.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: oof

Prudenzio of Flambeau: booo

Endrite: So that's good.

Zita of Mercere: I have a plan to get money. I just need to steal a lot more than 10 mythic pounds from the Capponis.

Giraldo of Milan: yeah

but as much of that as we can get back is good

Endrite: Hmm.

Giraldo of Milan: oh right giraldo needs a lab too

Zita of Mercere: You can earn money through seasons, could I dedicate a spare season to 'obtaining' more money in future?

Endrite: We'll call it 20 Mythic Pounds for rescuing the two lords and 10 for rescuing Bella from the hell hounds.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Idk what kind of work you do that would earn that much money

Zita of Mercere: I'm talking about stealing it.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: A mercenary risking his life for you, for an entire year's contract, only gets maybe 1 MP

oh

Giraldo of Milan: do we have any empty rooms still

Lavinia of Jerbiton: well if you don't mind the risk

plenty of space

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll make commissions for the merchant to start out.Maybe travel to a Forge of Hephaestus to learn a mystery when I'm more comfortable with the flow of the game and ready to take the initiative

Zita of Mercere: I'm fine as long as I'm not caught and stabbed to death, as my flaw Small Frame makes me take wounds more easily.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: you can be roommates with the one-eyed statue wizard

Giraldo of Milan: does he need a full sized hermetic lab

i need the regular 500 square feet etc

though i suppose we could share

Prudenzio of Flambeau: love seein napolino's face. what a guy

Zita of Mercere: The Hardy of grogs

Lavinia of Jerbiton: do you need a full lab?

Giraldo of Milan: yep

Lavinia of Jerbiton: regular alchemical labs can be tiny

Giraldo of Milan: it says alchemy takes the same lab requirements as a magus

just more mundane equipment inside

Lavinia of Jerbiton: where

Giraldo of Milan: To concoct a formula, the philosopher

requires a laboratory. This is similar to a

Hermetic laboratory, and the equipment

found there would not be out of place in a

magus’ sanctum. The philosopher requires

at least 500 square feet of ﬂoor area and a

Giraldo of Milan: ceiling at least ten feet high. It must be well

protected from the elements.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ahhhh

Proclus of Rome: This is as good a time as any to remind you that I can double the size of the Magic 3 aura now, but it will make it more difficult to increase the magnitude of the aura later.

Giraldo of Milan: only difference is an alchemist lab doesnt need to be in a magic aura

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Okay, I was thinking of this part that lavinia uses you are using the Covenants rules,

then you can simply treat the philosopher’s

working space as an extra laboratory

with an Upkeep score of –3.

Giraldo of Milan: so if theres a free room elsewhere under our jurisdiction

Lavinia of Jerbiton: You can have one of the street level spots too, that's where Lavinia's theriac lab is

you should ask if anyone plans to make a larger lab

perhaps, using perdo terram

Giraldo of Milan: malach is just refining his for now

i dont think archibald intends to move

Kifaaya of Verditius: My lab will be with the brownie possibly

Otherwise I'll just pick an unclaimed spot

Giraldo of Milan: if the brownie's is in a magical aura thats fine but i dont think it is

Zita of Mercere: Wouldnt an aura above 3 give us warping for being in it

Proclus of Rome: No.

Giraldo of Milan: oh right, i dont know if theres anti-mundane wards on the library but giraldo needs access to it too

Proclus of Rome: It needs to be higher than 5.

Zita of Mercere: Oh when you said double the size you meant, area

Not intensity

Oops

Kifaaya of Verditius: Ill go street level at any rate so I can have mundane workers

Proclus of Rome: You can also increase the aura of a room to dangerous levels, if you want.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: There's a section of the library with an anti-mundane area

where we put the parma, infernal lore, nudie mags

Giraldo of Milan: ah ok

i might request the infernal lore books at some point

Lavinia of Jerbiton: uh oh

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay yes, my studio will not be in the anti-normie zone

Lavinia of Jerbiton: btw

Giraldo of Milan: your hermetic lab has to be in a magic aura

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I would like to turn my tradition's "Difficult Arts" into regular Arts, snice I think I have playtested this tradition more than the original author ever did

and it isn't fun being so gimped

any objections?

Proclus of Rome: Nope.

Kifaaya of Verditius: In the aura, not in the anti-mundane spot by the library specifically mentione

I can always keep my studio and lab seperate too

Lavinia of Jerbiton: I put you on the first floor, between Pit Wizard and Scotch Wizard

Giraldo of Milan: anyway, well just say i use some surface level area as an alchemy lab

Lavinia of Jerbiton: Yeah that's what I did too, a lab and a studio

Proclus of Rome: Virgilian magic blows, so there's no reason it should be extra difficult.

Zita of Mercere: Seems like Virgil was a fucking chump

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay, I'll just take what's available for lab

Lavinia of Jerbiton: You're dead.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll build my studio out where I can show off my work

Zita of Mercere: I'm really worried about Lavinia overthrowing us with 2, maybe even a third Sir Oak.

Lavinia of Jerbiton: i'm updating the finances assuming we only got 20 MP from the bog loot.

Kifaaya of Verditius: And work with mundane artisans

Proclus of Rome: You got 30.

Zita of Mercere: 30

Lavinia of Jerbiton: ok.

Giraldo of Milan: anyway, for now im gonna put one of giraldos three seasons towards making a formula that turns bronze to damascus steel

feel free to put other requests in the thread but all i can make in a single season is complex matter to a similar type of complex matter

or something to prepare materials

ie improving the quality of a leather

Kifaaya of Verditius: Dog corpse into pile of silk

Giraldo of Milan: thats a level 10 or 15 effect, im not sure

Lavinia of Jerbiton: okay i just recalculated our income now that orsu and aleseta are gone and kifaaya is here, we're okay for a few more years

Giraldo of Milan: probably 15

Kifaaya of Verditius: Silk is base 5 for CrAn

Proclus of Rome: Making silk is PRETTY easy.

Giraldo of Milan: its different for mythic alchemy though

ah here it is

thats a major alteration

which is +4

so i guess like level 23?

Lavinia of Jerbiton: hold off on silk for now

johns (GM): I say, presciently

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah

Giraldo of Milan: or no wait

Kifaaya of Verditius: Wait until I know how to play this game until investing too much resources to help me

Prudenzio of Flambeau: lol

Giraldo of Milan: 2 of those take it to 5

thats a level 15 effect

Prudenzio of Flambeau: ive been playing for months and idk how to play youll be fine

Giraldo of Milan: alchemy is bullshit

Kifaaya of Verditius: I specialize in Muto Animal anyway

Giraldo of Milan: but i will master it and perform similar effects to magi less efficiently

johns (GM): Im calling it a night for now, catch up with yall later

Prudenzio of Flambeau: you are an insanely specialized wizard its pro

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could invent a MuAn(Re) for silk conversion

Proclus of Rome: See ya.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Okay I need to go soon too

Giraldo of Milan: bye

Prudenzio of Flambeau: yeah that works.

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'll bug dys to figure out my seasons

Or johns

Prudenzio of Flambeau: itll be fun.

Proclus of Rome: Did Malachiasz ever befriend the Maze Beast or what?

Giraldo of Milan: ive been bringing it food every few days

for a year or so now

Kifaaya of Verditius: I'm gonna make a charged cloak that'll let you turn into a raven a set amount of times

Proclus of Rome: Charged items are garbage.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yes

It's to sell

Proclus of Rome: Oh.

I see.

Prudenzio of Flambeau: :weebey:

Endrite: What's the problem with your seasons?

Kifaaya of Verditius: I could ask johns for a commission to make more

Nothing, just my first time so I'll get help using them wisely

Endrite: Here's some tips.

1) Books are an easy way to get a lot of XP.

2) You can usually do other stuff in a season in which you gain adventure XP, in this case you can choose to gain the adventure XP INSTEAD OF the exposure XP.

So it's a good opportunity to invent a spell or something.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Cool

Zita of Mercere: Well, it of course depends on the type of adventure.

Kifaaya of Verditius: Thank you

Zita of Mercere: Things like when we travel out on the sea for a month, you obviously can't.

Giraldo of Milan: in regards to the books thing, tracts can only be read once so read other books first

Endrite: 3) You can only spend a maximum of 5 adventure XP on any single thing.

So if you get 6 adventure XP you'd have to split it between multiple abilities and arts and so on.

Zita of Mercere: But if you're only out adventuring briefly, then feel free to invent a spell. Particularly when it's a lower adventure xp gain.

Like, say, only 7

Kifaaya of Verditius: Goota go, thanks for the help

Zita of Mercere: Oh, you could spend this season setting up your lab

See you

Kifaaya of Verditius: Yeah I'll do that

Bye

Prudenzio of Flambeau: im out as well. have a good night an dsee you next week all

Endrite: See ya.