11/18/18

Shauncat (GM): Hey gamers

Endrite: Greetings.

Beardbeard (GM): shraun

johns: its 2pm. wheres the Ultima - Stones

devil's fav demon (GM): Howdy.

Shauncat (GM): Well met

devil's fav demon (GM): Just got back home.

moe: Mystical greetings

Beardbeard: mystical beatings

devil's fav demon (GM): just realized i forgot to give myself control of my new character

Shauncat (GM): It is a new year, the first of seven before Vardian's Tomb fully faces trial for the actions of some of its members at Allumiere.

Endrite: Whoops.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Here's to seven more.

Lavinia: I poison Mortis and his family

GM: Can't be helped.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: This.

dys (GM): it takes ages to load but here i are

Giraldo of Milan munches on an apple while waiting for text to appear on his stacks of parchment.

Lavinia: i was going to write up the loot but then cumthinker hurt my feelings. cant be hlped

GM: Shortly into the beginning of the new year, a redcap arrives, escorting a strange man to Vardian's Tomb, appearing to be some sort of Saracen?

Guy of Bonisagus: phew. good thing we have an aegis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Who is the redcap?

Lavinia: A Saracen? we already have Gulielmus

Belzer of Mecere: The redcap is a new face as well

In fact, this escort mission is his gauntlet

Lavinia: A Jew and a Saracen walk into a bar.

Guy of Bonisagus: [B]elzer

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

Bakir the Grappler: "Peace be unto you all."

I raise my hand in greeting.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Ok, how do we ruin this kid's gauntlet?

Guy of Bonisagus: we could kill him

Bakir the Grappler: I am speaking Latin.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Salve."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Salve."

Dušan of Criamon: "Salvete."

Belzer of Mecere: That is your right, Guy

Dušan of Criamon: mortis: we should ask him for the codeword

Lavinia: the secret OoH handshake

Guy of Bonisagus: its not my right at all

i would be fined for killing an apprentice

and perhaps wizard warred by aurora

Bakir the Grappler: "I am Bakir. A man of God."

Belzer of Mecere: I mean, that is your right, Beardbeard, as a player

Bakir the Grappler points to the sky

Bolad: "A fellow follower of the Eternal Blue Sky. Welcome."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "What's your point?"

Guy of Bonisagus: ah, i see youre a man of the steppes as well

Belzer of Mecere: "Oh right, I've also got mail for the magi of Vardian's Tomb. One for all concerned, one for Mortis Ex Verdtiius, one for Lavinia of Jerbiton."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "What's so important the entire covenant needs to be informed?"

Archibald of Guernicus appear

Bakir the Grappler: "This is a beautiful world God gives us! I hope one day we can all share its bounteous peace." I go on and on respectfully.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets tell him lavinias not home

Bakir the Grappler notices Bolad

Lavinia: it would be a crime to intercept my highly treasonous mail from rival orders plotting the downfall of your order

Belzer of Mecere: He retrieves the messages from his satchel.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets lie to him about the duties of redcaps and ask if hes certain he wants to be gauntleted if he questions us

Bakir the Grappler: "Where is the rest of the horde?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: That's a good idea, Guy.

Dušan of Criamon: "Bolad's folks are further to the east as I've been made aware."

Belzer of Mecere: You can try that, Guy

Bolad: "The Khan has eyes and ears everywhere."

Bakir the Grappler: "Your people brought me out of the forest and to Shiraz, and set me on the path to God."

I grab Bolad's hand.

"Thank you."

Bolad nods steppishly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Classic.

But also, where's my mail?

GM: The general letter reads: To the magi of Vardian's Tomb. The magi of the Thebes covenant known as The Star of Wisdom will be visiting upon the Eastern Earn come March 13th.

Lavinia: Nice

Dušan of Criamon: "All roads, and all boats too."

Lavinia: I will shop for an appropriate gift for Greeks

Guy of Bonisagus: be careful in the rat regio

Archibald of Guernicus: "The Star of Wisdom, huh?"

Lavinia: be kind guy. the greeks were inventing civilization while your frankish forebears were busy trying to determine what kinds of mud are edible

Guy of Bonisagus: the star of wisdom

item bounce begins playing

Archibald of Guernicus: Anyone got order of hermes lore to roll on them?

Lavinia: i shal

rolling 1d10+2+2 ooh lore

(

10

)

+2+2

=

14

Guy of Bonisagus: what kind of madman spends xp on anything other than great weapon, magic theory, and magic

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Noice.

Bakir the Grappler: "Aren't you a Frank as well?" I ask Lavinia.

Lavinia: "No, I'm a Roman."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: High five.

Bakir the Grappler: "Ah. That's not the same thing? I see."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Let's cut to the chase, what was so important that you needed to come all the way to Rome, Bakir?"

Lavinia: "The Romans built roads and empires. Before the age of Charlemagne the Franks built nothing of note except wicker men to burn their human sacrifices in."

Bakir the Grappler: "You know, they call Rome, and indeed this land of Christendom in Europe, they call it  Frangistan  "

"The Land of the Franks."

Lavinia: "As to the Star of Wisdom, they are a young covenant, founded by some Witches of Thessaly, who travel the world in a Templar ship recovered from Cyprus, granted a portable Magic aura via a piece of the Emerald Tablet contained within. They are a vassal covenant of Alexandria who aid the League of the Vigilant in rooting out infernalism."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "It sounds like you still have a lot to learn about how to beat up the French."

Bakir the Grappler: "I see there is some sensitivity about the subject."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: HMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Let's steal their Emerald Tablet.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets steal them from the liege

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: It's the last piece in the puzzle to create an indomitable flying fortress.

Bakir the Grappler: "Allying with witches?"

"That seems desperate."

Belzer of Mecere: His work done, Belzer departs for Magvillus if no one decides to troll him.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Not really.

Archibald of Guernicus: He gets off easy, this time

Bakir the Grappler: "Oh, where are my manners?"

Guy of Bonisagus: good question

Bakir the Grappler: "I was hoping to seek employment here as a scribe, or whatever else you'd have, while i find the funds to build a temple."

Lavinia: We have the portable Aegis, and they have the Portable Aura. Let's combine the two and escape this blighted Europe

Belzer of Mecere: Let's

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Dušan of Criamon: "Your quest seems doomed. Welcome to Vardian's Tomb!"

Bakir the Grappler: "Oh, haha, very funny! Thank you!"

Dušan of Criamon: I think we're all going to get along just fine

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Probably not.

Bakir the Grappler: oh fucki forgot to make a token for my cat

Dušan of Criamon: fren time

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Why would an entire covenant need to visit us here? They must have something very important to tell us."

"Nevertheless, we should be aware that this could be a plot to attack us in our own sanctum. Therefore, I recommend we do not give them casting tokens."

GM: The letter further states that two magi will be visiting in particular, the rest remaining at Ostia for labwork.

Lavinia: "That would be poor etiquette."

Archibald of Guernicus: "The casting tokens can be recalled at any moment, should they do something untoward. We should be more accomodating of our guests."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "A mysterious visit by foreign magi should be treated with more suspicion."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Especially Greeks."

GM: The names of the visiting magi are listed, Hecateus Ex miscellanea and Nephele Ex Miscellanea.

Guy of Bonisagus: "And vassals."

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

Guy of Bonisagus: hecate

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Ex Miscellanea, eh?

Lavinia: "The real threat to this covenant has been from within, in my own observation."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Well, two magi is, perhaps, not that threatening."

"And hedge magi, at that."

Dušan of Criamon: "We're getting ahead of ourselves. Let us see if they arrive bearing subterfuge in their hearts first. Until then we should proceed as is customary."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Their tradition is non-hermetic, Mortis?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "They're ex Misc."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "It says so right in the name 'Ex Miscellanae.'"

Bakir the Grappler: jesus

GM: You can roll OoH Lore again for more info in the Witches of Thessaly.

Lavinia:

rolling 1d10+2+2

(

4

)

+2+2

=

8

Archibald of Guernicus: "Gulielmus is a practitioner of Hermetic magic, as many of his house are. Ye may be from a full mystery cult house, but his magic is just as hermetic as yours."

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+4

(

1

)

+4

=

5

Archibald of Guernicus: I've meant to ask. What do Mortis' casting tools look like?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: They're blacksmithing tools.

Hammers, tongs, chisels, that kind of thing.

Nothing too outrageous here.

Lavinia consults official lore splatbook

Bakir the Grappler: i was looking up some stuff to see if its cool that Bakir just hangs around while you talk about doing magic

Lavinia: "An interesting tradition. They successfully resisted integration into the Order around the era of the Founders."

"Trianoma and Vera themselves hailed from the Witches of Thessaly."

Bakir the Grappler: and apparently magic and wizardry is alright in islam as long as you're not being evil.

GM: Islam is the Light

Bakir the Grappler: so while i don't have OoH lore, as an islamic mystic, Bakir is totally cool with working around and with wizards

Guy of Bonisagus: yeah islam is cool with sorcerers

truly an advanced society

Bakir the Grappler: The Imam (a.s.) replied: Open the knots of magic but do not tie the knots of sorcery.

Guy of Bonisagus: alright mortis. dont be evil and scare off the new grog

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "I suppose we'll just have to see what they are visiting about."

GM: They also kept alchemy alive after the Library of Alexandria burned down

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "It must be important if they couldn't include it in their letter."

GM: Open the gates of magic a little

Dušan of Criamon: I was under the impression that inherent sinfulness of magic was a gaming group decision

Lavinia: in this troupe we obey the Roman Catholic Canon

GM: This gaming group can't agree on where to eat for dinner

Bakir the Grappler: its an ongoing debate in the World of Mythic Europe

Archibald of Guernicus: "Trianoma herself? That certainly makes them an ancient tradition, good tae see they joined up in the end."

Bakir the Grappler: because of the inherent conflict between Divine and Magic auras.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: That's just because God wants magic users to know their place.

Most magic users, anyway.

GM: With the agreement to take Bakir onto the payroll and to host the visiting magi, we can move ahead to the date of their arrival

All agreed?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: Ok, first let's assault the Conti Tower.

Bakir the Grappler: lol;

Lavinia: idk I feel like we can spend another couple hours making fun of mortis

Guy of Bonisagus: hell, we can get two whole sessions worth of that

GM: That is your right

We will move ahead at the end of verbal PvP, then

Dušan of Criamon: I feel for the plight of the GM

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: You mean the SaGa is over already?

Marth 13th, one week before the Vernal Equinox

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Two people arrive as stated, Gifted if the reaction of Eastern Ear customers is anything to go by.

This oe, like Archibald, is a hairy man with an earthly scent.

Lavinia: "Salvate, sodales."

Archibald of Guernicus: "Salvete."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Welcome to Rome, magi."

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: The other, a comely if frumpy woman

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

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "Salve."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Salve."

Dušan of Criamon: "Salve, we hope your trip was safe."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Salve."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "The waters were safe, at the least. The roads, a bit more fraught."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Naturally, we could put an end to these bandits and petty mercenaries in an instant. However, wiser heads have prevailed."

Lavinia: "Please make yourselves at home. Our best wines and the fine Roman cuisine await you at Vardian's Tomb."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Perhaps think of the travails of the road as a test of your courage."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Worse than bandits, I'm afraid. The walking dead plague the Roman countryside. Speaking of which, you must be curious about the reason for our visit."

Guy of Bonisagus: "The what now?"

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: I stare at Mortis.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "I wouldn't call them a plague."

"More of a delightful local eccentricity."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Naturally, asking about famous necromancers in the Roman Tribunal, one name comes up, nearly universally."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Oh, whoever could that be?"

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "None other than Mortis ex Verditius," he rattles off some titles, not all of which were invented by Mortis.

Bakir the Grappler: lol



Archibald of Guernicus: "I'm afraid Venator left some-" I stop in surprise at it actually being Mortis after all

Dušan of Criamon: lol

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Well, you've come to the right place. Do you seek a commission or do you need my expertise as a master of matters arcane?"

Dušan of Criamon: I dutifully transcribe a few of their accolades for Mortis for after-session roasting

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Expertise, at least for now. Not to say we can't find use for your Verditius craft at a later time."

Lavinia: mortis the big stinky queermo with aids

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: That's right, I invented a deadly plague.

You're welcome, Ronald Reagan.

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Nemesis of Rome, The Black Reanimator, The Architect of Despair

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB: "Who do you seek to contact on the other side of the Veil of Death?"

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "No one yet. But we were going to investigate some matters, and would appreciate your insight."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I always have time to assist my brethren in the Order of Hermes."

You know, if they aren't in this covenant.

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Firstly, it seems that the army of the dead that overwhelmed the Capocci at Allumiere are now plaguing the Frenchman who took over as well."

Dušan of Criamon: "Very good."

"Apologies, continue."

Archibald of Guernicus: "It might be a curse of the site itself, it was plagued by the restless dead even before we got here."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Oh? Well, I would hate to be accused of meddling in mundane affairs, but if the walking dead are roaming the countryside and attacking all and sundry, then it is my duty to uncover the evil necromancer behind it."

Archibald of Guernicus: "We cleared it out back then. Aristocritus, Prudenzio, Proclus, Beatrice, Aristide and I." I give a long sigh and look away

Lavinia: lol

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Yeah, rip

Lavinia: rip Prudenzio (killed by archibald), Proclus (killed by archibald),

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

Dušan of Criamon: Look on the bright side, positive k/d ratio

Archibald of Guernicus: Proclus was NOT killed by Archibald.

I never got around to it.

Lavinia: does killing Prudenzio count as slaying a magus? he was after all already dead

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Everyone has a positive K/D ratio,

You can't have a negative ratio.

Archibald of Guernicus: Apart from the people who have never killed, of course.

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Secondly, there's a sect of hedge necromancers rumored to have a hideout here in Rome. The Sho'elim'ov."

Lavinia: how many Magi have other pcs slain

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I refuse to know about anyone who hasn't killed anyone else.

"How many secret magicians hide in this city? It isn't even that large!"

Lavinia: "It's pretty huge actually"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Are ye sure that isn't some twisted tale passed along through too many mouths? There's been a secret cabal of necromancers in Rome for the past few centuries. It's us."

Guy of Bonisagus: narrator: rome is very large

Dušan of Criamon gets a little red in the face

Archibald of Guernicus: lol

Bakir the Grappler: Prudenzio is also not really killed.

You're just keeping his soulbound stone somewhere

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "The Sho'elim'ov tend to gather wherever there is a large urban presence of Jewish diaspora."

Lavinia: "Jews... ugh."

GM: BRB

Archibald of Guernicus: "Oh, that lot."

Bakir the Grappler: "This city has a lot of diversity."

Lavinia: "The Jewish ghetto... a wretched hive of scum and usury."

Dušan of Criamon: "Truly it is the greatest city."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "It's just across the street."

Bakir the Grappler: "And to think, I had been told this land held only proud fair-skinned men of Jesus."

"The world changes faster than any man can expect, haha."

GM: Back

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Still, it is surprising that Venator allowed them to operate for so long. Perhaps he was less interested in the doings of other necromancers than he claimed."

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "We have our own ways gathering intelligence. They may have eluded him, or have been beneath his concern."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Bedeviling French lords after so long in the shadows is a little unusual. You have piqued my curiosity and resolve to investigate the matter!"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Maybe they had dealings with the Capoccis and their court. We can't know for sure, though, as you slaughtered them."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Anything is possible, I suppose."

"They must have abandoned their patron before he died, if I never caught wind of their scheming."

Dušan of Criamon: "While we go about solving this particular indiscretion of ours, do not hesitate to tell us if you need assistance in your own quest, honored guests."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Why did you come all this way on your own? Couldn't you have simply relayed your suspicions in your letter?"

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "We left our mercenaries behind to guard the ship, if we can borrow some of yours. We will pay their wages, of course."

That was to Dusan

Archibald of Guernicus: "Sure. Napolino can show you around Rome, he's a great guy."

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

Bakir the Grappler: Napolino Greatest Ohs and Hos Compilation

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'd volunteer Bakir here, but he probably wants to go on an adventure with us.

Dušan of Criamon: Yeah let's keep Bakir to ourselves

Bakir the Grappler: This is my first time being in Rome, so I wouldn't know where to go.

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "The leader of the League of the Vigilant is a Mercere. He warned us about relaying info in letters that might reach Aurora's ears."

Dušan of Criamon: I want to see an undead get suplexed

Archibald of Guernicus: It's better to give them an experienced and great guy

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

Archibald of Guernicus: "Poor dealings with her, even out in Greece?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Redcaps abusing the trust we place in them? It would be scandalous if Aurora were at all trustworthy in the first place."

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "Mercere is a house without borders."

"Anyway yes, if you will lend us Napoliono as a guide, we can conduct our business in Rome, and leave you to your own pursuits."

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

Dušan of Criamon: Tell him to give us an update when possible.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok, who knows the most about Jews?

Not me, obviously.

AFK a sec, sorry.

Lavinia: "I'd be glad to accompany you, if you think it prudent."

Napolino: Jorn, king of gnomes

Giraldo of Milan: orsu

mercuzio

Bakir the Grappler: rip

Lavinia: Aristide

Archibald of Guernicus: Orsu was an expert in them but is sadly gone

Lavinia: q.q

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: "Any help is appreciated."

Giraldo of Milan: orsu knew them inside and out

its a shame we lost him

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: Alright, deployment box on the top right

Domitia: "Meow."

Bakir the Grappler: I got a cat token.

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: Nice cat

Bakir the Grappler pats Domitia on her head

Bakir the Grappler: "Stay safe at the inn."

Dušan of Criamon: As much as I'd like to brush up on my jewish jokes, I will strive to engage in an issue that involves less meddling with mundanes

Archibald of Guernicus: Magical investigation is my forte, I'll take the  Undead Fields

as the only one here who was present last time we cleared the undead out

Nephele Ex Miscellanea, Witch of Thessaly: Alright, I didn't leave enough room for shield grogs, but make a note of those you want to take with you to the fields

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

I want to investigate these Jews, to be honest.

Archibald of Guernicus: Alright, but we have a game on right now, so you have to make a choice here

Bakir the Grappler: lol.

GM: Alright, going to do Allumiere first since it'll take longer

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

GM: Archibald, you have the eagle eyes spell, right?

Or anyone else that can do magical recon

Dušan of Criamon: Assuredly, but also I do

Second sight, eyes, ears, the works

GM: Nice

Well then, one sight stands out before you actually proceed into the dangers of the valley itself

Archibald of Guernicus: Eagle Eyes has a corpus requisite, so I don't think you can cast it anymore without vis

Dušan of Criamon: I stand corrected

GM: Eyes of the Eagle is just InIm

No corpus req

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Maybe you're thinking of Eyes of the Cat.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh? I could spont that then

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Which is MuCo.

Archibald of Guernicus: No theres a spell in Projects that gives you massively increased vision and is MuCo(An)

GM: It's 25 but you could drop the Sun duration

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Eyes of the Eagle allows you to see an eagle's eye view of an area.

Giraldo of Milan: lets kill some undead and also the necromancers

Dušan of Criamon: it's InIm

Archibald of Guernicus: 25 is a bit much, I'll have to get it formulaic sometime

oh well

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: C'est la vis.

johns: rip derf

Giraldo of Milan: i will kill cumthinker

Dušan of Criamon: I'm gonna cast Eyes then

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What did Cumthinker do?

GM: Okay

Dušan of Criamon: Do I roll or am I presumed to have pulled it off

GM: If it's formulaic, no need to roll

Dušan of Criamon: Yeah

GM: Okay

Dusan, something immediately stands out in the horizon, an incredibly bizarre tower. Archibald remembers this as the tower that was once taken over by the Silver Queen

Bolad: badass

Giraldo of Milan: that IS a bizarre tower

and so is the one next to it

Bakir the Grappler: "What in the name of God?"

Giraldo of Milan: "What is this crap?"

Dušan of Criamon: I always report what I see, thruthfully, to my sodales

GM: Around the hill, shamblign skeletons mill about

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

Nothing unusual to report, resuming patrol.

Dušan of Criamon: "This has the makings of an improvised camp.

A mystical tower appearing out of nowhere, and summoned guards."

Archibald of Guernicus: "What... what happened here?"

"This tower is radically altered every bloody time we come here."

GM: Faerie or Infernal Lore insight available.

Dušan of Criamon: "Paying for exterior decorations, but not quality staff. Typical."

Also if we're about to go into an infernal aura I emit the geiger counter sound

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10+2+1 infernal lore

(

4

)

+2+1

=

7

Bolad:

rolling 1d10+3 inf lore

(

10

)

+3

=

13

rolling 1d10+2 fae lore

(

9

)

+2

=

11

GM: Is Dusan susceptible to the infernal?

Bakir the Grappler: I pull out a little reed flute and start playing a droning, repetitive tune for about an hour.

Giraldo of Milan: oh lore

hold on

Bakir the Grappler: And have to make 6 Sta rolls vs EF 6.

Giraldo of Milan: faerie first

rolling 1d10+4

(

5

)

+4

=

9

infernal

rolling 1d10+%

(

3

)

=

3

oops

thats an 8

Dušan of Criamon: of course

GM: Okay, anyone with a flaw like Susceptible ot Infernal Lore does NOT feel it affecting them right now

Dušan of Criamon: that is susceptible

GM: I mean, Susceptible to the Infernal

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10+3

(

10

)

+3

=

13

rolling 1d10+3

(

10

)

+3

=

13

rolling 1d10+3

(

2

)

+3

=

5

rolling 1d10+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

fuck

GM: Also, you have enough experts among you to figure out that this is faerie shit

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

Bakir the Grappler: the ritual does not go off and I lose a fatigue level.

lmao.

Dušan of Criamon: power play

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It's Cirno, I knew it.

Archibald of Guernicus: We got rid of Cirno. This is the new fairy on the scene: Clownpiece.

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

GM: Technically speaking, faeries can restructure the tower as they like due to their ability to extend their glamour over it.

Bakir the Grappler: how much time do we have to prepare? let me try again and see if i just pass out playing shitty music.

Giraldo of Milan: looking forward to the follow up adventure where cirno returns with a tan

GM: You can prepare before approaching the skeletons or any other brash moves

Archibald of Guernicus: "Dusan, have ye learned the sidestep?"

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

rolling 1d10+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

lfmo

fuck it.

Archibald of Guernicus: are we watching holy magic happen

Bakir the Grappler: You would be if I didn't keep fucking it up.

Archibald of Guernicus: My advice would be to make yourself immune to failing a roll

Dušan of Criamon: I am absolutely casting all my buffs

GM: If that's a supernatural power, use Faerie mods

Bakir the Grappler: Bakir has now lost 3 fatigue levels playing two notes over and over on his flute.

For about two hours.

"I feel as ready as I'll ever be."

GM: lol

Dušan of Criamon: Wiz sidestep, silent steps, eyes

GM: The aura here feels beneficial to Dusan's magic

Bakir the Grappler: holy magic is cool because if it had worked i could have just said "Bakir is 100 percent immune to damage from bone"

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

Dušan of Criamon: "Courage friend. I have found myself to perform quite well after walking in circles at a time."

Bakir the Grappler: sad!

"I'll have to try that. The man who taught me was fond of that method."

Bolad: are the skeletons wearing armor

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wouldn't it be better to be immune to the temptation of wine?

Bakir the Grappler: I'm already immune to that."

Archibald of Guernicus: Sidestep, immunity to metal weapons, a suit of plate armour enchanted to give no encumberance. I am ready.

Dušan of Criamon perks up at the understanding that the newest covenant associate is acquainted in the ways of the enigma

GM: Let me check re: armor

Yes, chain mail

Bakir the Grappler: oh, short term fatigue regenerates really easily.

Bakir takes a nap while the magi prepare, and returns to full strength.

Bolad: immunity to not winning

Bakir the Grappler: in about 42 minutes.

GM: Not particularly in Mortis's style though

Bakir the Grappler: Sorry for wasting 3 hours of this clearly time sensitive mission playing music and sleeping.

That's a Muslim for you.

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

Dušan of Criamon: No no, this made perfect sense to me.

GM: Alright, roll init when ready

Archibald of Guernicus: "So they're fairies, Giraldo? Certain of that?"

Dušan of Criamon: Do the skeletons do anything of import while we nap

Giraldo of Milan: "Aye, definitely."

GM: They patrol the tower and guard corpse carts

Bolad: wonder where the corpses came from

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10!-2 init

(

6

)

-2

=

4

GM: There's lots of improperly stored corpses around these days

Bolad:

rolling 1d10!-1 init

(

7

)

-1

=

6

Dušan of Criamon: A real sanitation hazard

Bakir the Grappler: i'm going in without my holy bodily transcendence

Archibald of Guernicus:

rolling 1d10!+1

(

7

)

+1

=

8

Giraldo of Milan: alright everyone. lets split up into 3 groups each taking a different path, or lane if you will, to take out these minions

Bone Minion:

rolling d10+2

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Bolad: i trust beardbeard as he is a moba master

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh, longsword has an init bonus. 10 for me.

Giraldo of Milan: i dont know what my init is

johns, what is my init with a greatsword and 1 qk

Bolad: 0

Giraldo of Milan: ok.

rolling 1d10

(

9

)

=

9

Archibald of Guernicus: greatsword is +2 init

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: There's a whole handout about this, you know.

Archibald of Guernicus: so its 12 total

Bone Minion: Anyone want to control or lead the grogs?

Bolad: that's usually shaun's job

Bone Minion: Yes

Bolad: giraldo is a grog right?

Bone Minion: He doesn't like fighting in groups though

Giraldo of Milan: bolad is also a grog

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Sounds like a good opportunity for Bakir to try leading the turb.

Bolad: alright ill roll for the vanguard

Giraldo of Milan: good luck bolad

Bolad: i dont remember who the vanguard is

Giraldo of Milan: its you

Bolad: ok i shoot giraldo

Giraldo of Milan: what the

Bakir the Grappler: Bakir only has 2 leadership, but it looks like we only have 2 grogs, so i guess i could

but dont we have to share an attack ability?

i only have brawl

Bone Minion: Do you have any Pre, Bakir?

Bakir the Grappler: I have -2.

Giraldo of Milan: lookin for some pre. anyone got some pre

Bone Minion: lol

Bolad: i have 5 pre

Archibald of Guernicus: Yeah you wait what

Bone Minion: Okay, Bolad can lead all NPC grogs

Bolad: nice

Bakir the Grappler: Sick.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I believe in you.

Dušan of Criamon: OK so rolling init wasn't a joke, I accept that now

Bone Minion: They'll fight on horseback and add extra attacks to Bolad, then

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Bakir the Grappler: Oh, I have amended the Combat Rules Reminder to add the Trip/Throw option from Lords of Men, which is essential to this character.

Bone Minion: You'll have to instruct me on them as we go

Anyway, Giraldo acts first once the melee starts

Giraldo of Milan: ok

i will chop a skellington

Bone Minion: Okay

Giraldo of Milan:

rolling 1d10!+14

(

9

)

+14

=

23

Bone Minion: Since your melee groups are equally sized I won't use group bonuses, just extra attacks/cleaving

rolling d10!+8

(

6

)

+8

=

14

Damage?

Giraldo of Milan: 22 - soak

Bone Minion: Incap

Bakir the Grappler: Nice.

Giraldo of Milan: wow!

Bone Minion: Dusan

Dušan of Criamon: Does demon's eternal oblivion apply here

Bone Minion: You have a feeling it won't

Given what you've talked about

Archibald of Guernicus: Probably not since Giraldo identified them as probably fairy

and its not an infernal aura

Dušan of Criamon: fair enough

I will delay my move to possibly save someone who gets in a bind

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I bet they have Corpus vis, too.

Archibald of Guernicus: yeah

lets recover it

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: So you wouldn't want to use a Might destroying spell.

Bone Minion: Dusan pauses

Archibald

Archibald of Guernicus: I move up here and swing my longsword at this skeleton

rolling 1d10!+2+4+4

(

7

)

+2+4+4

=

17

Bone Minion:

rolling d10!+8 def

(

2

)

+8

=

10

Damage?

Archibald of Guernicus: Damage is 15 before soak

Bone Minion: -3 wound

Bolad & grogs, finish them off

Their vanguard changes to one with no wound penalty

Bolad:

rolling 1d10!+14 flail (horseback)

(

4

)

+14

=

18

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Classic skeleton move.

Bolad: damage +9

Bolad and the squad ride up and start beating on skeletons with various weaponry

Bone Minion:

rolling 4+d10!

4+

(

4

)

=

8

Alright, with the extra attacks form the grogs, you finish of the group with a rain of arrows

Nearby, Dusan can see the attention of more skeletons attracted by your fight with the patrol. YOu have some time to act.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Skeletons hate arrows, that's a fact, jack.

Bone Minion: Not enough time for another nap, though

Dušan of Criamon: I alert my sodales

Archibald of Guernicus: How long do we have. A combat round?

Dušan of Criamon: I also ponder the option of sending a parley signal to the tower

ideal would be say, a fiery pilum

Bone Minion: 30 seconds, 5 rounds

Archibald of Guernicus: Is it stressed casting right now?

Bone Minion: No

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll cast Footsteps of Slippery Oil at voice range in front of the path they're taking, a few times, to make it so they have to cross a large pool of slippery, flammable oil to reach us

Bone Minion: Actually I think Bolad just did -5 wounds to them but you could easily mop them up at that point

Nice

Archibald of Guernicus: So 4 rounds to set up rather than 5, lets say?

4 big pools of oil is fine by me

Bone Minion: Okay

Before we run another combat action, did you want to try that smoke signal, Dusan?

Think about it while I look up the rules for environmental fire

Dušan of Criamon: I do not actually have a pilum spell

Oh wait you mean sponting

Bone Minion: Yeah it's an easy spont

Giraldo of Milan: thats a lot of skell

Bone Minion: Lot of corpus vis

Dušan of Criamon: hell, I've been looking for that sort of thing for a while

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: My advice is to kill infinite skeletons.

Bone Minion: Boiling oil is +6 damage

Archibald of Guernicus: It's fine. With the gold and xp they're giving us, killing the horde of minions will only get easier over time

Also the oil makes them slip up

roll 18 dexterity rolls to see how many even make it to us

Bone Minion: Yeah

Oh there's an EF for it, good

Dušan of Criamon: I'm actually a little worried, is there potential for an out of control wildfire here

Archibald of Guernicus: 6+, yeah

Dušan of Criamon: I was originally hoping for just a signal to the tower occupants to come out and deal personally with us, instead of sending their automatons

Bone Minion: This place has been cursed by undeath and has soil full of arsenic so it'd be hard to start a grass fire

Ignem to make a light like that is pretty low level

Dušan of Criamon: Hmm, CrIg at +10

Bone Minion: Base 1 to make moonlight

Dušan of Criamon: I'll try it

Sponting is /5 right

Archibald of Guernicus: its /2

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

Bone Minion: div 5 if you don't take fatigue

Dušan of Criamon: I'll take /2 and a fatigue

Archibald of Guernicus: fatigueless is something unrelated to what you're doing here and really only something to do when you have high arts

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+10 /2

(

7

)

+10/2

=

12

Bone Minion: Level 4 would let you make a pillar of moonlight 10 paces wide

Archibald of Guernicus: you divide the roll too, so thats 8.5

Dušan of Criamon: OK so the math is wrong, it's supposed to be

right

Bakir the Grappler: yeah you just need to use parentheses

Bone Minion: You can make a momentary flash of light as bright as a cloudy day

for level 5

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

Dušan of Criamon: So I take it a spark gets to the payload

Bone Minion: Not if you don't want it to

Or you botch the spont

Setting things you didn't want to on fire is the usaul Creo Ignem botch result

Anyway, that's good enough to get the attention of someone in the tower

Dušan of Criamon: Diplomacy through superior firepower

Reanimator: "Who dares defy the might of the almighty archlich?" calls a hooded man on the turret.

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

Another lich!

Dušan of Criamon: "It is us, wizards of Vardian's Tomb! Call off your lackeys so we may parley!"

Bolad: its herbert west

Giraldo of Milan: its the reanimator

Reanimator: Yes

"Halt, minions. Stay on guard."

The figure goes back into the tower, and the skellingtons pause their advance before the pools of oil.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'd be so mad at this guy if I met him.

Dušan of Criamon: "Ah, good. I sure hope we have something to tell this man."

Reanimator: You have a few moments to figure out what to say to him.

Before he finally emerges from the portculllis

Archibald of Guernicus: "How about we perdo his vim"

Reanimator: Finally, he emerges, carrying an elaborate bone staff with green fire glowing from the eyes.

Eyes of the skull on top the staff, that is

Bakir the Grappler: "He's really a show off."

Reanimator: His appearance is diminuitive and comical.

Dušan of Criamon: I respect the effort, though the results are debatable

Reanimator: "Speak, interlopers. Why have you interrupted the great work?"

Archibald of Guernicus: "Now, identify yerself, necromancer. This is Vardian's Tomb, and I am Archibald, their consul."

Reanimator consults his glamour for a name

Giraldo of Milan: brb

Reanimator: "Gabrum Sanguis, pawn of Rholgez the Undying."

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

Archibald of Guernicus: "Rholgez? What tradition do ye belong to?"

Reanimator: He pauses again, as his glamour adjusts.

"The legendary necromancers of Canaan."

Bakir the Grappler: "Wow!"

Dušan of Criamon: furiously searching sourcebooks

Giraldo of Milan: lets destroy him before he can reveal any of his secrets

Reanimator: Does Bakir have any Area Lore: Levant

Archibald of Guernicus: "Is that a jewish cult?"

Dušan of Criamon: more importantly is he able to suplex an undead so hard it turns him

Bakir the Grappler: Hah, of course I don't.

If only.

Reanimator: "It started as one, but under the guidance of Rholgez, it will be much, much more."

Reanimator cackles cartoonishly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It is what it is.

Archibald of Guernicus: "What brought ye to Allumiere?"

Dušan of Criamon: I feel it's a good time to clarify our position vis a vis this rouge necromancer

Reanimator: "War, chaos, the stench of death."

"Fuel for the great fires that will purge the degenerate from this land."

Dušan of Criamon: Hey now that's no way to talk about our friends

Reanimator: "Speaking of which, if you have no offerings or demands, I must return to my work."

Giraldo of Milan: resuming patrol

Dušan of Criamon: We should agree now on what we desire to do wit this amateur

Bolad: murder

Dušan of Criamon: I mean is this a question of licensing or are we categorically opposed

Reanimator: He begins to turn. "Minions, make sure I am not disturbed."

Archibald could fast-cast FEO

Bakir the Grappler: Time to suplex him.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Canaanite Necromancy was wiped out in Bible times by our friend King David.

Reanimator: The Code of Hermes forbids "molesting the fae" but VT has bent that rule numerous times

Giraldo of Milan: "bent"

Reanimator: Such as getting your goat girlfriends to move in

There's really nothing stopping you from attempting to broker peace aside from consequences down the road

Dušan of Criamon: I mean are we really molesting anyone if we attack a rouge necromancer

Reanimator: No

Archibald of Guernicus: An issue is that he's clearly hostile, however he apparently follows Canaanite Necromancy, so maybe he might be able to lead to the real secrets of it.

Reanimator: You're in fact helping keep Mortis out of trouble

Archibald of Guernicus: Good point

Let's leave, everyone

Reanimator: Hehe

If FEO kills him then he wasn't really a Canaanite Necromancer

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

Dušan of Criamon: that sounds like an invitation

Giraldo of Milan: alright everyone. lets go home

great work

Archibald of Guernicus: More seriously, though, we should find out what prompted it to come here and see if anyone will reward us for getting rid of it. We've shown the troops it produces are easy to dispatch, we can show up in greater force next time if we want.

So I wanna see what the other team finds out before we take a hard stance on it

Reanimator: Oh yeah that's true too

Alright, the skeletons don't advance into the oil but you can collect the 5 Corpus vis from the ones you already killed

Dušan of Criamon: Neat, loot

I guess we make an amicable split

Reanimator: Since they're just lying in comical bone piles at your feet and the skulls have dimly glowing eyes marking them as the vis containers

Ok

Bakir the Grappler: Cool.

Giraldo of Milan: something to think about

every single skeleton you see on the map? thats a pawn of corpus vis

Bakir the Grappler: "Looks like I did not have to wrestle the skeletons. A good thing."

Reanimator: Meanwhile, Lavinia and Mortis head to the slums.

Giraldo of Milan: we could be rich

Dušan of Criamon: "Come to think of it, a brawl with something hard as bone all over would surely be unpleasant."

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

Ok.

Let's head over to the ghetto.

Reanimator: Escorted by Oak, Napoliono, and the Ex Misc magi

Rabblestein: "Shalom," a passerby says.

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

Ok, I think we should consult a rabbi.

Rabblestein: Easy enough to find a synagogue, I suppose.

Archibald of Guernicus: Oh yes, we definitely should slaughter the skeletons for corpus vis. I'm just saying we should find out more about them first.

Bolad: skeleton farm

Archibald of Guernicus: If fairies go by stories, we dont really want to find out that in the stories of Canaanite Necromancy they have the power to make grogs explode instantly or the earth opens up to swallow us all

and the local jewish necromancers are the best source to find out more

Bakir the Grappler: I guess that's logical.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, I'm not totally sure how to find them.

What do you think, Lavinia?

Rabbi Rabin emerges from the study at the sound of visitors to the temple.

Lavinia: surely our guides have an idea

since they came this far

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "They'd need some place to operate in secret, since their work isn't orthodox."

"Secret cellar, perhaps."

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

Archibald of Guernicus: brb

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok, I'll go in with Superior Aura of Ennobled Presence here.

Lavinia: how big is the ghetto

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Ghetto#/media/File:RioneSAngeloInRomaByMonaldini,_coloured_to_show_the_ghetto.jpg

A few blocks, it looks like

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

So I think the rabbi might know.

Lavinia: lets ask the rabbi where necromancers hang out

Rabbi Rabin: "Shalom, salve."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Good day, rabbi."

"You already know who I am. My companions and I are looking for a cult of necromancers operating in this ghetto."

Rabbi Rabin: He looks at Mortis confused for a moment.

"I'm afraid I would be better served by introductions, though I'm sure your reputation does proceed you, friend."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "I'm Mortis ex Verditus, master magus."

Lavinia: "I'm Dr. Zoboli, at your service."

Rabbi Rabin: "Ah, a pleasure. As for necromancers, oy. Hope one one is disturbing the rest of the dead in our little community."

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

Rabbi Rabin: *hope no one

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

Lavinia: "Necromancers are an immoral sort with no respect for the dead. A plague on society who lurks in dark caverns, away from the light of day."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "As you are no doubt aware."

Bakir the Grappler: "Well said."

Rabbi Rabin nods to Lavinia.

Rabbi Rabin: "They wouldn't be welcome among us, no. Such sorcery is outlawed."

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

Rabbi Rabin: Folk Ken insight available

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "Where would the outcasts of Jewish society lurk?"

Lavinia:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+3+3 kenning folk

(

9

)

+3+3

=

15

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

rolling 1d10! + 2 - 3

(

4

)

+2-3

=

3

Bakir the Grappler:

rolling 1d10+2-2 folk ken per

(

6

)

+2-2

=

6

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

Rabbi Rabin: Is Bakir on both ventures?

Bakir the Grappler: fuck

no i just got distracted because i had to set up 2 streams

lol.

i am by the tower and not here.

Rabbi Rabin:

(To GM) rolling d10!+2

(

2

)

+2

=

4

The GM rolls some dice

Lavinia: "If there were such troublemakers I assume you'd want to solve them within the community and not involve outsiders."

Rabbi Rabin: "Yes. We have enough problems here without getting outsiders involved."

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

Lavinia: "Understandable, but what would you do if these people were powerful enough that you yourself could not remove them?"

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Is this one of those theological riddles?

Rabbi Rabin: It's a snitches get stitches thing

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

Hmm.

Unfortunately I can't simply rob this graveyard.

Rabbi Rabin: "Oh, that would be quite the conundrum, yes. The force we'd need to oust them would attract the attention of the lords of the city."

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

If ONLY there was a guild that regulated the activities of magic users.

Lavinia: "Supposing these necromancers weren't just a trouble to the Jewfolk -- then people wouldn't think it suspicious if outsiders came in and happened to deal with the problem. They'd probably think it a happy coincidence the goyim chose to sully themselves with such a task."

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

Rabbi Rabin: "Yes, if only we could be so lucky. Though it would be uncharacteristic of the hardship we usually face."

Lavinia: durr i kill the son of god and im cursed? why my luck so bad

Rabbi Rabin: "I'm sorry I couldn't be of greater help. But if you ever need a coffin made, might i recommend the carpenter shop here in the ghetto? Best coffins in Rome."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "As our guests can attest, Vardian's Tomb excels at solving problems for mundanes, such as yourself."

Hmm.

Lavinia: "I shall keep them in mind."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I DO go through a lot of coffins.

Lavinia nods knowingly

Rabbi Rabin: "Vardian's Tomb? I shall remember."

Lavinia: lets go check out the shop mortis.

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

GM: Awareness insight available as you approach the carpenter's shop.

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

rolling 1d10! + 1

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Awww yeah.

Lavinia:

rolling 1d10+2+0

(

7

)

+2+0

=

9

Bakir the Grappler: nice

GM: Nice

This place has a thicker, higher foundation than the nearby buildings.

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

Trying to keep the river out, eh?

GM: Sort of like the Eastern Inn does

* Eastern Ear

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

Lavinia: I ask our NPC wizards what sort of approach they want.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Could be connected to the catacombs.

We could go in through there.

Or just ask our guests, yes.

Lavinia: hexagons

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Everything looks on the up and up.

Bakir the Grappler: epic

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Oh my god these are actual tiles.

Epic.

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "We are no Flambeau, and we have one mercenary. Perhaps it's best to avoid violence just now."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "What do we have to fear from hedge wizards?"

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Right..."

Lavinia: "My pacifist teachings preclude me from senseless violence. Why don't we all stay back while Mortis deals with these 'hedge wizards' as he calls them."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: The entrance to the cellar is clear, with a large stairway leading down.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, that's convinient.

I'll send Ethelreda down.

???

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Sorry, didn't find the sheet at first

Typo

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Then I'll follow after her.

Ethelreda: The door is closed.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I mean, she can open doors, eventually.

Ethelreda: Does she think to on her own?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: No, but I mean I can see her and the door.

Ethelreda: Okay

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I can just tell her to open the door.

Ethelreda: Assuming that's some sort of telepathic order, she finds the door barred from the inside

Archibald of Guernicus: back. big map

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It isn't, I have to shout at her.

Ethelreda: Okay

Same result

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

Well, we could always try the front door.

Ethelreda: Okay

Though doors can be broken so its your choice

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, I think we should give them the opportunity to surrender by going in through the front door.

Rabblestein does carpenter things in the shop

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ethelreda, of course, goes in first.

Rabblestein: "Shalom." He also greets you in broken Italian once he sees you're gentiles.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Ok, what room are we in?

Rabblestein: The shop area

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Unless the shop itself is also an inky black void, which I would have to say would impress me.

Rabblestein: On the above-ground floor

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

Rabblestein: It's not, but this map doesn't cover the above ground part

Sadly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, Lavinia, you're the one with the Gentile Gift.

Rabblestein: I'll go get a picture of a trade building from City & Guild if necessary

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: No it's fine.

Rabblestein: Lavinia seems to have left

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I just figured the store was also part of this map but I guess it's just the basement.

Anyway, I resolve not to use that knowledge.

Ok, I'll talk to this guy then.

"Greetings, my good Jew. I am Mortis ex Verditus and I have come to you to discuss the unburied dead."

Rabblestein: "A coffin, is it? Excellent."

"How big is the one to be buried?"

Bakir the Grappler: lavinia is back on the beltway eating oysters with the pundits.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Animated statue labelled "DEBT".

"It's not so much the size as it is their unusual robustness."

Rabblestein: "Robustness? I'm afraid my Italian is not so great."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "They're walking around and attacking travelers."

Rabblestein: "Oh, you'll have to talk to a knight about that then. We just make wood products here."

Wood and wood-related accessories

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Hmm, pretty nonchalant about the walking dead.

Lavinia:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2+3 kenning folk

(

10

)

+2+3

=

15

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "As a master craftsman myself, I know there is no reason for such a humble artisan to have such a deep basement."

Lavinia:

rolling 1d10+2

(

8

)

+2

=

10

Rabblestein: "There's plenty of things a carpeter stocks in advance of orders. Barrels, shelving systems, coffins."

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: What's that roll for?

Rabblestein: "Most people are around the same height and can't afford a special coffin."

Lavinia: what isnt it for

Bakir the Grappler: the vast mysteries of life

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "As you are no doubt aware, I take a dim view of hedge wizards in Rome."

GM: A nearby table topples over, revealing a hatch in the floor

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: "But a little honesty will go a long way to protect you."

Gasp!

GM: Roll Pre+Leadership+Aura-Gift, mortis

Ennobled Aura, not the supernatural aura

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

rolling 1d10 + 2 + 3 - 3

(

1

)

+2+3-3

=

3

Nailed it.

Rabblestein:

rolling d10 botch check

(

8

)

=

8

rolling d10 Rabble's resistance

(

7

)

=

7

"Pay that no mind," he says and begins to push the table back into place.

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

I pay it mind.

Rabblestein: As is your right

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'll order Ethelreda to go lift it up.

Rabblestein: He's rabble and cna't really stop Ethel

There's a stairway, now revealed on the map

After getting shoved out of the way, the carpenter runs for cover

Lavinia: you shouldnt leave any witnesses

Rabblestein: That's Mortis's call

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, feel free to murder him if you'd like.

I'll head down after Ethelreda.

Rabblestein: A number of men armed iwth axes approach as they hear the shambling down the stairs.

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

Well then.

Are they wearing armor?

GM: They wear scale, and carry heater shields

"Goyim!" one shouts towards the back

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

Lavinia: can we pause for one minute

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I'll pull back and seek the aid of my sodales.

What's up?

GM: That's fine

The men don't immediately attack if you withdraw.

But yeah, what's up?

johns: Nothing

go ahead

GM: Okay

By sodales do you mean the two hedge mages, or VT?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, I found the cabal of necromancers or maybe smugglers.

I mean my good friend Lavinia.

GM: Yeah, that mission accomplished

Lavinia is nowhere to be found in the shop, but there WAS that helpful ghost earlier. Make of that what you will.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Wait what ghost?

Lavinia: Perhaps Mortis, as a necromancer, attracts helpful ghosts

Bakir the Grappler: Well, some furniture moved.

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

Dušan of Criamon: Whom better to ask for advice, when you're dead

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I figured it was just the hatchetmen.

GM: It didn't move like that

But whatever

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

Hmm.

Well, Lavinia has abandoned me, but what about the two visiting magi?

GM: Well they'll go down with you

Lavinia: I am outside.

GM: Ok, it looks like you found Lavinia

Lavinia: we should bring in the other pcs

for players who are still here

GM: Ok

Rendezvous at VT then?

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, we found these guys.

Should we negotiate with them now?

Dušan of Criamon: I was afk for a bit, time to catch up on the adventure in the ghetto

GM: From the look of them, they could deal with Ethel but not a full show of force.

Lavinia: do our ex misc people just want to kill the necromancers outright

GM: Hmm

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Yeah, what do they want?

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Well, they're your mercenaries, so your call. Of course, they might have useful items if you were to use violence."

Bakir the Grappler: "Well, are they indeed evil necromancers?"

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "On our own, we'd return to Ostia to get a turb from the ship."

Lavinia: "So you want them all dead?"

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: "Not necessarily. They could be pressed for useful information if alive."

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

Well, let's just talk to them.

Archibald of Guernicus: "As for the necromancer at Allumiere, it's some sort of fairy that believes its a Canaanite necromancer."

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Alright, with four magi, and three fighters, one of which is the almighty Sir Oak, you can probably get them to parley

Lavinia: lets sneak in at night while they're asleep and cast a Structure Target ReMe to keep them asleep and quietly imprison them all

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: That's not a bad idea, Lavnia

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I don't have that spell.

Lavinia: can you spont it ceremonially

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Lavinia can boil everyone inside alive

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: So anyway, it seems like the necromancers aren't related to all these fraud skeletons.

Bakir the Grappler: oh fuck

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Yeah

You've figured out that much thorugh your combined efforts

Bakir the Grappler: i could have done my ritual earlier! i forgot to check for a botch, i could have just kept going with a roll of 1 if it didnt.

fuck!

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Whoops

Bakir the Grappler: well, holy powers used correctly are new to us all.

Lavinia: can Archibald spont high level ReMe

Dušan of Criamon: I look forward to future wrestling efforts

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Alright, you have two hooks to deal with, moving back to the Eastern Ear for discussion of the plan

Archibald of Guernicus: How high level are we talking?

GM: I'll look up mass combat in LoM while you plan

Archibald of Guernicus: can conceivably spont level 20 ReMe effects

GM: In case you want to slaughter a bunch of skeletons and harvest their vis

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: I do want to do that.

Lavinia: base 4, +1 touch, +3 structure, +2 sun

hmm.

Too bad no one here knows how to make an infernal Hand of Glory.

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Man, that's a classic cursed object.

Endrite: Was that popular in the 80s or something? You see it everywhere.

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

Archibald of Guernicus: Note: when i say sponting a level 20 ReMe effect this is done ceremonially and in the temple regio

otherwise assume 15 outside in a neutral aura barring a really high roll

Lavinia: sheesh.

does no one here have a solution involving the  Infinite Power of Hermetic Magic

GM: Summon infinite birds

Archibald of Guernicus: It's in a basement, which makes things tricky

Can't just walk in through the walls

we could spy on them with the prying eye

Lavinia: Can you summon water

GM: Prying eye works

As does drowning them

Bakir the Grappler: cant you, in fact, just walk in through the walls

GM: There's a basement level stairway outside

Archibald of Guernicus: Do we need to kill them? They're not interfering with us in any way. They're such a non-issue to us that we've lived here for like 30 years without knowing about them. The necromancer at Allumiere is unrelated.

Bakir the Grappler: Well.

Maybe not.

These guys might actually be real Canaanite necromancer.

s.

Dušan of Criamon: We should ask the tribunal for guidance in choosing whatever path covers our asses most.

Giraldo of Milan: in that case we should definitely not involve ourselves with them

can you imagine if mortis got his hands on legitimate canaanite necromancy notes?

Bakir the Grappler: lol

Lavinia: hEDGE wizards ftw.

i still dont quite gather what our guests' interest is. do they think these people are infernalists?

GM: Hmm

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should reach out to them if possible. We need to find out what's going on with them though, so we should spy on them for a while in shifts using the prying eye until we know for sure if they actually are hedge wizards and not just smugglers or whatever.

GM: Do you press them on that, Lavinia?

And in front of a Guernicus?

Archibald of Guernicus: If they're hedge wizards, we should try and make contact.

Lavinia: No, not in front of archibald

I will try to pull Hecateus aside to ask him privately

archibald likes hedge wizards all of a sudden

Bakir the Grappler: "You people discuss the potential application of violence more than my old Imam."

Dušan of Criamon: "It has brought us into trouble, but there's no denying the results."

Archibald of Guernicus: I've always been of the "join or" camp, rather than the die side of things.

I want to find out if they're Gifted, anyway

If they are, then it's our duty to recruit them into the Order

Lavinia: Ok

Let's go talk to them nicely

Time for Archibald diplomacy

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: With the full force of VT available, a tactical map is no longer needed.

Archibald of Guernicus: Well we need to investigate them first, anyway. If they're non-Gifted then we can just leave them alone, or try and establish relations, or whatnot.

The fairy necromancer at Allumiere is sitting on like 18 more pawns of corpus vis so it needs to die for the future of vis

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Who will return to the carpetner's shop in the slums? Archibald I assume, anyone else?

Lavinia: me

Archibald of Guernicus: I'll head along

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Okay

Bakir the Grappler: I'll go with this time.

Dušan of Criamon: Hmm

If it's investigation I'll join as well

GM: Describe your approach, please

Giraldo of Milan: me go

Archibald of Guernicus: "If it's in the basement, the prying eyes will be enough tae spy on them from above. Then we can work out what this group are."

"We still have no proof there's even hedge wizards here. The Allumiere problem was unrelated."

GM: Dominion 1 aura by the shop

No need to roll if you don't risk fatigue

Archibald of Guernicus: "Ye said there's someone on the main floor of it? Distract him while Dusan and I check around tae find these necromancers."

GM: Alright, so Archibald appraoches the cellar door while the rest go in the shop?

Bakir the Grappler: Sounds like a good plan.

Lavinia: I knock on the door.

Rabblestein: "Welcome," he says, using Italian once has a look over your group

Dušan of Criamon: I'll go with Archibald

Lavinia: "I need a coffin fitted for this man," I say, gesturing to Oak

Rabblestein: "Ah, good good, always wise to plan ahead for these things."

He welcomes everyone inside.

Archibald is casting prying eyes in the meantime?

The shopkeep grabs measuring tape or whatever tool was used at the time to measure Oak

Dušan of Criamon: If he's not, I'm doing Improved Invasion of Privacy

Bakir the Grappler: "Salam."

Dušan of Criamon:

rolling 1d10+20

(

1

)

+20

=

21

there it is

Bakir the Grappler: I poke around the shop.

He did it.

Dušan of Criamon: Dominion 1, what's that for fumble dice

Rabblestein: sadly, its unstressed

Dušan of Criamon: :|

ah well

Archibald of Guernicus: I'm invading privacy while Dusan does as well in different parts, so that we can find out more information

Rabblestein: Okay, I'll relay this in local since I don't think you'll get unique info out of it

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: A strange figure talks to the guards in Hebrew

He looks more like a proper mystic weirdo, unlike the Reanimator. The guards do not seem to be bothered by giftstink, if he has any

Bakir the Grappler: nice

Rabblestein finishes taking Oak's measurements.

Rabblestein: "He's a big guy, but I can accompany him. His rest will be peaceful indeed, may it be a long way away."

Lavinia: he's a big guy for you

Rabblestein: lol

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: The guards seem to be gathering up boxes, as if they plan to move out.

Endrite: Ok I'm back for now, but I might have to head out again.

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: We can break soon if needed

It's been 4.5 hours

But I think we can resolve these guys fast enough

Dušan of Criamon: I appreciate that, as a courtesy

Lavinia: lets break

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: Okay

Archibald of Guernicus: Seems like they might be the real deal. Lavinia, you speak Hebrew don't you? Or was it just Arabic and maybe Greek

Lavinia: and if we finish early next week we can jump into the next adventure, to be run by _____ ?

no hebrew here

Giraldo of Milan: dys is running something

Archibald of Guernicus: what the

Lavinia: sounds like beardbeard is running something: his damn mouth

Giraldo of Milan: im gonna run a train on you

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, what DO our guests want?

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: The final part of this adventure is fast or slow, based on how much you find out about the real problem here.

Bakir the Grappler: cool.

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: Lavinia talked ot the guests and they decided that peaceful was best

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: But what's their interest in Roman necromancers?

Archibald of Guernicus: The real problem: a bunch of skeletons have vis that we dont have right now

Sho'elim'ov Summoner: They didn't say that to the group

Dušan of Criamon: Seems like a long way to go to get into the necromancy business

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Their public answer is that all of Europe interests them in the course of fighting the Infernal

Lavinia: ok so why haven't they killed mortis yet

Bakir the Grappler: They think he's cool.

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: That's a good question

Lavinia: (Suspicious)

Hecateus Ex Miscellanea: Bakir may be right

Lavinia may also be right

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

Lavinia: i look forward to us either uncovering the mystery or blunding into bloodshed and violence needlessly

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Here's a question: how would we deal with the lame-o fake necromancer in Allumiere WITHOUT the ol' molesting the fae.

Dušan of Criamon: Honestly, we should be rewarded for killing the rouge

GM: No one prosecuted us for killing a bunch of faerie vikings.

Archibald of Guernicus: The issue is whether it's an actual problem or not.

GM: They're mostly a problem for the French dude trying to hold the land

Archibald of Guernicus: It was openly hostile when we walked up, we killed some skeletons

Bakir the Grappler: Hopefully I get to suplex someone next week.

GM: Suplex Rabblestein

Archibald of Guernicus: I think we should NOT be helping the french nobleman we are awaiting trial for helping

Bakir the Grappler: The skeletons, not being Infernal, may not be inherently enemies of Islam.

Archibald of Guernicus: especially since he isnt our ally in even the most remote sense

Lavinia: we should help the french because they oppose the English, our statd foes

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, if we DON'T help him, we can't kill the skeletons.

Archibald of Guernicus: Not this one, who moved away from them to Italy

Dušan of Criamon: This is a complex diplomatic situation

GM: What if you killed the skeletons but not the guy making them?

Leaving him to plague the frenchie

Bakir the Grappler: lmao

you mean... just use them as a source of vis?

incredible concept.

it's pretty good that no one actually thought of that

and keeping it renewable

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: Well, I guess that could work.

GM: Well the story would become banal and he'd probably move on

Those of you with Faerie Lore know that vitality dries up when you treat the fae as a matter of course.

Dušan of Criamon: Overall I support the idea of making the frenchmen suffer, and it seems more important than great vis gain

Perhaps we could kill just a few skeletons, leaving most to harass the french

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: It does make the Order of Hermes look bad to have a phony wizard going around threatening people.

Shauncat (GM): Since we're breaking for the week I will go make dinner

Mortis ex Verditus, the Terrible, GS, RB, WB, NR, BR, AD: And not the genuine article going around threatening people

Aight.

Lavinia: we shouldn't smash the skeletons until we are established as the legal wizard guild.

Dušan of Criamon: Good, I'll take my pills

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

Dušan of Criamon: good sesh so far

Bakir the Grappler: gg