1/28/18

johns (GM): It is time for a TTRPG rite of passage.

A bevy of new adventurers meet together at the tavern (mead hall of the covenant of Dragon's Rest) and must awkwardly RP their first encounter while the GM scavenges for carbonated beverages.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: A mead hall? How quaint.

Boy R.: Dragon's Rest? are we in dread Normandy?

Barabba of Flambeau: excuse me while I find my face

johns (GM): indeed, everyone's been brought here in one way or another by Renard

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I was brought here by not being allowed in VT and needing something to do

Altaluna: There's exactly one portrait of a woman with an eyepatch on

Rosario of Flambeau: That's a pretty sweet portrait though.

johns (GM): charming token br

Endrite: Makes sense, since medieval portraiture only depicted idealized people.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Platonic cyclops

Amenea: salvete

Barabba of Flambeau: i was trying to find a flaw for just being plain ugly but i guess it would be a freebie for magi

Altaluna: It is, but it's of a noblewoman duellist which doesnt quite fit with being a drunk mercenary with a weird hedge tradition from serbia.

Guy of Bonisagus: barabba the rabbi

johns (GM): i have taken hafl off the roster of players cause I'm assuming he's done

leaving us with only 8 active players :( :( :(

Barabba of Flambeau: sounds ominous

johns (GM): recruitment drive time

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I just flew in from Venice, and boy are my arms tired," I say, arms tired.

Guy of Bonisagus: have fun with your demon hunt everyone!!

Endrite: Hafl said he 1% wants to keep playing.

Barabba of Flambeau: well did he roll for it

c'thinker (GM): salve

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d100

(

40

)

=

40

johns (GM): Ah, dang.

Endrite: I assume that means he wants to show up 1% of the time.

johns (GM): Whoa, so almost twice as much as Karlnp? gahaha.

c'thinker: you have to roll it every Diameter though

Guy of Bonisagus: nice, he will show up once every other year

Endrite: Gahahaha.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: .johns (GM): Whoa, so almost twice as much as Karlnp? gahaha.

Guy of Bonisagus: did hafl even make any major houserules before quitting

you cant quit until you make a houserules

Renard of Flambeau: To refresh folk's memory, Dragon's Rest is a Mercere House in the lawless Tribunal of Normandy, and home to a Mercere portal.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well he did help revert AbAsArts

That was pretty major

Guy of Bonisagus: good

c'thinker: normandy...

Rosario of Flambeau: Classic.

Renard of Flambeau: Gulielmus is here as part of a settlement. Barabba is Renard's former sodales. A favor was called into the Milites, bringing Rosario

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I hope Renard covered our portal fee

Renard of Flambeau: He did.

Voda: It's safer than Vardian's Tomb, at least.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: bonjour tout le monde!!

Barabba of Flambeau: I was either Renard's apprentice or he knew me when I was an apprentice. I've just gauntleted this year.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Let us toast, to the adventurous spirit and honorable soul of all us gathered here."

Rosario of Flambeau sips a modest amount of mead

Barabba of Flambeau: "What a charming sentiment"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll start a correspondence with a family member on my adventures with the Normies

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Cheers."

+1 to all mundane lore study totals

Guy of Bonisagus: doesnt guli have to go on one more hunt after this

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah

Renard of Flambeau: Dragon's Roost caters well to travelers and this day you all find yourself in a smokey firelit mead hall, enjoying (?) each other's company.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus christ.

a habsburg

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What's the food like? I think these people at least eat well.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm loving the change to enjoy a drink with someone who doesn't call me a weird ugly know-it-all

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Though I could be wrong.

Renard of Flambeau: Mwahaha, the French, are well known for their excellent cuisine

Voda: Heh.

If you love butter on everything, sure.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, seymour, you are weird and ugly. but i must say you do know it all.

Renard of Flambeau: To your Italian sensibilities it probably tastes bad and is lacking in spices

Altaluna: I'm drinking with the magi. As I have Magical Air, magi are the only ones who don't mind this.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What ability covers being a gourmand? Carouse?

Renard of Flambeau: Aye

Barabba of Flambeau: philosophiae for being a gourmet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ahh, I did miss the cuisine of Normandy."

Renard of Flambeau: Renard enters, arms bandaged from a lab accident a few days ago that limits his capacity as a GMPC.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Craft (Food)

Altaluna: Can you take a language spec in insults

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Craft: Chef

Renard of Flambeau: yea

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if you want to be a huge snob about food its probably etiquette

Voda: Absolutely.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jerbiton style

Altaluna: Okay, I have 1 point of french and my spec is in insults

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Barabba of Flambeau: if you speak italian and latin you basically speak french

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay I'll use my etiquette to order some fine French food

and Carouse to put it away

Renard of Flambeau: [In Spanish-accented Latin] "A splendid turnout, it bodes well for task ahead of us."

Voda: I'm just going to eat like a normal person.

Altaluna: Instead of ordering, I'm continuously drinking from a clear bottle of vodka that doesn't seem to run out. "Someone order any pork?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "How fortunate that we are all- My God! What's happened to you, Renard?"

Renard of Flambeau: "We have ahead of us, a unique chance to put to rest a particularly foul demon who has plagued these French lands."

Guy of Bonisagus: Guy emerges from his room and comes down to the party.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Last time I just ate without using any relevant abilities, a fellow Jerbiton called me barbaric for some reason

Barabba of Flambeau: "this isn't some sort of political allegory is it"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Who can fight with all this heavy food sitting in the gut?" Rosario mumbles to himself.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well, not "some reason" the reason was the actions of my sodales

Renard of Flambeau: "A flask of greek fire exploded with my hands still stirring it. Tis but a scratch!" (or a couple medium wounds)

Guy of Bonisagus: "Now, do keep in mind that demons are not to be trifled with lightly, fellows. Have you made sure to say all your prayers and fast before the big day?"

Voda: "Have you tried fervent prayer?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "A welcome addition to any assault on infernal forces."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks dismayed.

Renard of Flambeau: Renard clumsily tries to unfurl a map of France on the table, but gives up after a few failed attempts with his bandaged hands. "Gulielmus, be an amicus and get that set up."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea rushes to assist with the map.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I must say, this seems to bode ill for our journey."

Renard of Flambeau: "Someone have a dagger to pin that down? Thank you."

Voda: I don't.

I have a knife.

Altaluna: I toss him a spare

Voda: But I'm eating over here.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I've always taken it that the best way to survive a fight with a demon is not to get into the fight in the first place. Though I suppose that is not the Flambeau way."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: roll to dodge a thrown weapon, renard

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Ey! I'm eatin ovah here

Altaluna: "Best way is to stab them before they start chanting shit."

Renard of Flambeau: "Despair not, I am still quite ready to do my part in this coming task. Now allow me to explain..."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Good reaction time on those knives. I feel confidence in this crew."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ey. oh. gabagool

Renard of Flambeau: "Our destination is the commune of Blois, southwest of Orleans, in the Loire River Valley."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, the Loire River Valley. Good times."

Renard of Flambeau: "70 years ago, the town went through great hardship. Strife, disease, invasion.. In a act of great foolishness, the leaders bought their freedom and prosperity with a compact with the demon  Sabnach ."

Barabba of Flambeau crosses himself

Rosario of Flambeau panic sweats at having to remember directions somewhere

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Sabnach!

have i heard of the demon sabnach

Renard of Flambeau: "So long as they delivered souls to Sabnach, he would keep the townsfolk rich and free of obligation to the crown... All the while the city festered into a wretched hive of scum and villainy."

Roll Infernal Lore

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+1+1 demons spec

(

3

)

+1+1

=

5

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what about normandy lore

Voda: Fortunately I don't have such a lore.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol.

rip.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+2 ArLo: Normandy

(

9

)

+2+2

=

13

Rosario of Flambeau: "Uhh, yes, Sabnach. A mighty demon indeed."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Normandy Lore and Infernal Lore are the same thing

Renard of Flambeau: "Now, this charter, specified to last 70 years -- a man's lifetime -- is about to expire, and Sabnach will have to appear to have a new one inked. This is our chance to catch him on our terms and eliminate him for all."

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): no pings

Altaluna: "What's known about him?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Deceitful to extreme ends, you know."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea pays close attention to Renard's words.

Renard of Flambeau: "In his mortal form, he is a lumbering armored beast, taller than the tallest of men, with skin like iron."

Barabba of Flambeau: "sounds promising"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "A beast you say? Form of Animal? Hmmm."

Renard of Flambeau: "Like all demons, his true form is cowardice. If he thinks he is in danger, he will try to return to his spirit form and quit the field. This is where we have him beat -- I have been practicing a spell just for the occasion to keep any demons in a room from shedding their physical forms."

Voda: "Why not just call on a count to retake the town?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "You should be careful when making spells involving demons, Renard."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "So we must engage the armored demon in a confined space."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Aha! And then, we strike the killing blow. Fine planning, Renard."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "VT tried that in a little town invaded by viking faeries, if I remember the stories correctly. The Count was fairly unhelpful."

Renard of Flambeau: "There is a Count of Blois, who collects revenues of some type or another from the area. In the past 70 years the counts have let their rights in their own town erode -- this naturally must be a consequence of the demon's work."

Guy of Bonisagus: "And also when casting spells involving demons with your hands in that condition."

Altaluna: "We should try and gather an arcane connection to it."

Barabba of Flambeau: "Do demons leave things like that?"

Altaluna: "Everything does."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: wheres Giraldo

Barabba of Flambeau: "I thought they just...." mimes vanishing in a puff of brimstone

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "That's what hermetic summoners use."

Renard of Flambeau: "The only arcane connection to a demon is its True Name. The matter of a demon is not a connection."

Rosario of Flambeau: "But can you trust a demon's?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I believe a demon's true name is a potent arcane connection to them, in fact."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Yes. Of course."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea nods sagely at everything everyone is saying.

Renard of Flambeau: "I have spent a season learning the true name of Sabnach, so I am confident I can restrain him when the time comes. But it will take all my concentration to keep the trap in place. That is where you must strike, amici!"

Altaluna: "If we can find its name, I can forge a weapon that will kill it in one blow."

Voda: "How?"

Renard of Flambeau: "In his physical form, the demon is susceptible to all perils a mortal man can face. And slaying him in that form slays him for good."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Does the demon have minions that will need to be dealt with? Wouldn't be a proper villain without minions."

Renard of Flambeau: "We'll have to find out when we visit the city ourselves."

Barabba of Flambeau: "I suppose we'll have to find out exactly when and where this pact is to be struck"

Renard of Flambeau: "We need to find a way to draw out the demon to face us, but on our terms. That is the trick."

Altaluna: if we find an AC i should be able to pull off enough penetration for this funny effect to work

If the hit is successful,

and the Penetration Total is higher than the

foe’s Magic Resistance, then the foe immediately takes an Incapacitating Wound.

Renard of Flambeau: Learning a True Name takes a full season to do

Altaluna: Unless you learn it in the adventure

Rosario of Flambeau: Long names.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can it be shared

Renard of Flambeau: You study it as from a book or a teacher, and gain it as an ability

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: cranked.

do you think you can get a touch-range scry off

Voda: Well, you could always write your own Fiend Folio with enough names.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if we hold him

Renard of Flambeau: However, if you would like to take a season to study, that's acceptable. The Aura at this covenant is Magic 2.

Voda: Hold who?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the demon.

oh, no, it takes a day to prepare the slay weapon

Altaluna: Yeah, you have to actually forge the weapon with craft and all

and it can be used once

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: yas qween slay

Voda: What would you scry about the demon?

Altaluna: I didn't put as much xp into slay as ban and scry since it seemed harder to pull off. You can scry its location.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: scrying gives you an AC

Rosario of Flambeau: let's all find out his true name from renard and spend the day going through libraries and interrogating people to find an image of the demon or something as a sympy c.

and blow two seasons on this adventure

Renard of Flambeau: hold up though, Magic Intelligo doesn't work on demons

so it seems that Scry should not work

Altaluna: scry level 10

strength of connection: See and hear

everything that takes place within fve

paces of foe. Provides a sympathetic

connection bonus to the foe of +2.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You'd scry open an intangible tunnel so you can kill it

Barabba of Flambeau: is that the rule

Rosario of Flambeau: oh sick

Barabba of Flambeau: I thought hermetic magics just couldn't tell if a demon is lying

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its pretty much all of intellego

Barabba of Flambeau: fair enough

Rosario of Flambeau: Intellego, the most useless form.

(said in character)

technique.

Altaluna: It helpfully doesnt mention how it interacts with demons

Rosario of Flambeau: i always mix those up.

Renard of Flambeau: the presence of a demon’s Infernal Might is invisible to Hermetic magic, as is the stench of Hell in their Infernal Powers.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good to see we have already established that Demon Hunter is a worthless character build

Altaluna: isnt that just a flaw in bonisagus' theory?

Renard of Flambeau: Similarly the Sortes cannot detect demons

Guy of Bonisagus: just in case anyone thought otherwise i will NOT be participating in the demon killing

Rosario of Flambeau: "You won't? Coward!"

Guy of Bonisagus: i am, however, happy to talk to mundanes and write a poem about your fight with the demon

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice.

giraldo staggers into the tavern, already drunk.

Guy of Bonisagus: giraldo will not be appearing as i am playing guy!

Rosario of Flambeau: "Excuse my outburst. I'm not used to drinking this much mead."

Altaluna: "How many days do we have until it's due?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Mead? You can't drink mead while fasting."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does the concept of Might exist in character

Voda: "Why are you coming along if you don't want to fight the demon?"

Altaluna: I pat Rosario on the back with excessive force "Just keep drinking and it'll all feel better."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Why... Hang on a moment. It seems no one here is fasting at all!"

Voda: "What would be the point?"

Renard of Flambeau: "I don't know when the pact will be signed, or by whom... We have to see how things look on the ground."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: huge books of demon names with power levels lovingly illuminated

Guy of Bonisagus: "I want to write a poem about the fall of a demon."

"I need a good inspiration."

Barabba of Flambeau: Might is definitely a thing wizards know about and measure

Also I'm confused. Should we be fasting?

Renard of Flambeau: what preparations would you like to do before going to Blois.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'll finish selecting my spells

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I fight better when I'm phlegmatic. No fasting for me."

Altaluna: How far away is the journey?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm going to ask renard for advice.

Renard of Flambeau: a week

Voda: We should probably hire someone who can speak French well.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Tje fuck

Renard of Flambeau: lol

Rosario of Flambeau: Someone should teach me French so I can read more chivalric texts

Altaluna: When we get within a day of it, I'll ask the magi if they can locate a suitably magic aura, or at least somewhere free of the dominion, in order to make a protective amulet against the demon's attacks.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Renard, how would you suggest I prepare for the encounter?"

Guy of Bonisagus: i can speak french well

Renard of Flambeau: Renard's advise is that there will be mundanes who want to make the pact with the demon, but they are not the real target, just mislead people and it's not your job to bring them to justice.

Voda: Well, that could work, then.

Renard of Flambeau: Also he says if you can make potions that help at combat that is good.

Voda: Except you want to avoid confronting the demon.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I will require access to an apothecary's workshop."

Voda: What potions are you going to make?

Renard of Flambeau: "There's sure to be some around here or in the nearest village, help yourself"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice

i'll gather up all the nearby apothecary workshops.

let me see what i can actually muster here

Violante the Herbwife helps

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thisll take a few minutes so

Renard of Flambeau: ok

Renard of Flambeau takes a nap

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: argue about guy being a coward or something

Violante the Herbwife: Make an InVi potion to see demons

Altaluna: "Why'd you drag this guy along if he's just here to write poems?"

ha ha yes... just use intellego, on a demon, lmao, yes,

Guy of Bonisagus: "Drag? I came here of my own will."

Barabba of Flambeau: "and we're all glad to have you here, I'm sure"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Thank you. At least someone appreciates the important things."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Creating a sense with Intellego doesn't target the infernal being itself

Rosario of Flambeau: "And will you go no further? Just wait here for the tales of victory?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Which is why Sense of Infernal power and Piercing the Infernal Veil work

Barabba of Flambeau: "I quite like a bit of heroic verse, myself. It's fallen out of fashion somewhat"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Why, I'll go with you of course. If all I wanted was a second hand story, I would stay in my lab."

Altaluna: I pour out a cup of vodka for him and push it closer

Renard of Flambeau: if you can sense the infernal power used by a demon you can target it

Rosario of Flambeau: "Ah, well, Guy is as brave as any of us. I stand corrected and deeply apologize for calling you a coward."

Voda: What can this demon actually do besides turn people into sovereign citizens?

Renard of Flambeau: but that's not hermetic, sorry, that's with other abilities

Guy of Bonisagus: which stat do you use when disguising

presence?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whats the aura here

Altaluna: Communication, iirc

Renard of Flambeau: Hermetic magus must be able to

sense his target to affect it (ArM5, page

80; Limit of Arcane Connections), and

a demon in its spiritual form cannot be

sensed through mundane means, nor may

it be sensed through Hermetic magic due

Renard of Flambeau: to its inherent deceptiveness. If a spiritual

demon can be tricked into using its

Supernatural Powers (and a magus is able

to detect the Power’s effect without the

use of Hermetic magic) then he can target

the demon with his spells

Renard of Flambeau: magic 2

Guy of Bonisagus: comm is disguise too? nice

"I thank you for the apology."

Altaluna: I'll make a Ban before we get close, it lasts a day when worn but can last 3 days between being made and being worn.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Well okay

Altaluna: Getting the magi to give me a good aura location first

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Seems way too dependent on Second Sight, but I guess the rules are the rules

Altaluna: Time to work this out

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: do we all have MR

Altaluna: physicAl bAn totAl:

Presence + Ban + (Foe)

+ Aura modifer + stress die

Guy of Bonisagus: "Now, I will contribute to your efforts of course. I feel the townsfolk may be... apprehensive when speaking with or looking at you."

Voda: I know I don't have any magic resistance.

Rosario of Flambeau: Where one of us is deficient, the others can fill in. Magi in jolly cooperation...That's what life's all about.

Renard of Flambeau: is guy gentle gift?

Guy of Bonisagus: "I also have some magic specially made to raise our morale. Behold!"

Rosario of Flambeau: I have MR.

Guy of Bonisagus: yes

Altaluna:

rolling 1d10!+0+10+11+2

(

4

)

+0+10+11+2

=

27

Guy of Bonisagus: I cast The Multi-Hued Conflagration at the fireplace.

Altaluna: -5 for non-human enemy, a Ban strength of 22

Guy of Bonisagus: this is like the many hued conflagration but it doesnt blind you

Renard of Flambeau: we're going into a city so let me make sure I got this right: guy, guilelmus, and voda are gentle gifted or mundane, everyone else is regular gift of magic air?

Guy of Bonisagus: the fireplace sparkles in pretty colors for a few seconds

Barabba of Flambeau: "very fine"

Rosario of Flambeau claps twice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Nice one."

Altaluna: I splash a bit of vodka on the flames

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I am normal gifted, yes

Rosario of Flambeau: Yeah I just have regular gift.

Renard of Flambeau: Stop

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: My Charm is specced in compensating for the gift

Renard of Flambeau: Wait

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm going to slot 6 potions into my utility belt

Renard of Flambeau: Vodka????

Guy of Bonisagus: lets put altaluna in the time prison

Altaluna: Are you saying that doesnt fucking exist in medieval times

Rosario of Flambeau: Grappa would probably be more appropriate.

Altaluna: are you kidding

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: distilling exists by now

don't waste aqua vitae though. it's expensive

Renard of Flambeau: Isn't vodka made from potatos

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: only some of it

Altaluna: Poland lays claim to having distilled vodka even earlier in the 8th century, but as this was a distillation of wine it might be more appropriate to consider it a crude brandy. The first identifiable Polish vodkas appeared in the 11th century when they were called 'gorzalka', originally used as medicines.

FUCK you

Renard of Flambeau: Ok

Chill out

Rosario of Flambeau: are you polish?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: distilling is big in the papal states i think?

Rosario of Flambeau: Italy was distilling spirits from grapes for a long time though

Guy of Bonisagus: plapal states

Rosario of Flambeau: you have a distilled spirit in there.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea takes a swig from a handle of Pope's Finest

Altaluna: Anyway, the item was obviously not made by me

Renard of Flambeau: do you have a list of potions cthinker

Altaluna: so it doesnt matter that im not polish, personally

Rosario of Flambeau: Good point.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah i was gonna roll before i got sidetracked

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Zita's death giave me an idea, a spell for drawing circles quickly on the ceiling so I can make columns of death birds.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: uhhh fuck.

can i just fudge the material bonus so i dont have to waste more time looking stuff up in that table

Barabba of Flambeau: note that the ceiling ward only worked because it could target people within sight range

presumably it could also see

Renard of Flambeau: Is the material bonus only needed for determining final penetration

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Birds have eyes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it adds to the entire total

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Circle of Beast Warding just keeps them from flying away

Renard of Flambeau: You're telling me you don't have a list of Recipes on hand for events like this?

Wow.

Whoa

Barabba of Flambeau: oh yeah i mean i just don't know if hermetic circle spells work upside down

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: only for the potions ive previously made

Renard of Flambeau: Just list the kind of potions you're making and detail the materials as time goes on.

Barabba of Flambeau: actually it probably makes a sphere, like the fairy wards

Altaluna: Let's go back in time and get Virgil laid, destroying Lavinia's entire tradition.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+11+5+5 muto corpus, to increase soak

(

3

)

+2+11+5+5

=

26

Guy of Bonisagus: is writing original works a fair specialty for profession scribe

Voda: Wow, this is a pretty big city, certainly too large to count as a town.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh, there should be 2 more on that roll from an attribute

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Scribes usually do the exact opposite, I think

Guy of Bonisagus: this is true

ill have to think more on specialties for my professions

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Seems like a fair specialty since scribes usually do the opposite, though

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+11+2+5 perdo vim, to dispel an effect

(

3

)

+11+2+5

=

21

Barabba of Flambeau:  squinting at sign  "'Bloy-tsay' huh? I think we're getting closer"

Renard of Flambeau: dont you have to spceify a form on PeVi

Barabba of Flambeau: oh wait it just says bloys

Guy of Bonisagus: I correct Barabbas French.

Altaluna: The bloys are back in town

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: probably but im trying to get through these rolls here

Barabba of Flambeau: you can dispell much more powerful spells if you specify a form

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if it turns out to not work ill just have a dud potion.

Barabba of Flambeau: general dispels are available tho

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: You could write a summa about being a scribe and it could possibly be the authoritative book on the subject

Guy of Bonisagus: are apprentices a particular type of student

for specialty in teaching

Altaluna: How to write good: a book

Renard of Flambeau: It sucks when the GM finally shines the spotlight on your weird hedge tradition

Barabba of Flambeau: it's cool

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+12+2+2+5 rego mentem, to calm someone

(

7

)

+12+2+2+5

=

28

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Apprentices is a valid Teaching specialty IIRC

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: + another 2 there sorry

Barabba of Flambeau: like the time we found out lavinia was falsely claiming to set traps iwth 70 penetartion

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: lol

Renard of Flambeau: I would have gotten away with it too.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+5+2+2+12+11 rego corpus, to blink to safety

(

3

)

+5+2+2+12+11

=

35

rolling 1d10!+5+2+2+11+2 creo terram, to create a patch of earth suitable for crystal dart or entwining vines

(

10

+

6

)

+5+2+2+11+2

=

38

nice

Voda: Wow!

johns (GM): Good potions here.

Altaluna: That's some spicy terram

Voda: Congratulations!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my terram is only 2

devil's fav demon: "I like cathedrals. A place of refuge and peace, to get close to the Lord, to cleanse your soul, and also, you can usually see them over all the other buildings."

Guy of Bonisagus: me too

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+5+5+2+2+2

(

7

)

+5+5+2+2+2

=

23

Guy of Bonisagus: oh no!

the devils favorite demon is here!

quick renard

Rosario of Flambeau: rosario said that

sorry.

Barabba of Flambeau: bahaha look at these noobs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: muto imaginem, to replicate aura of the whatever presence

Barabba of Flambeau: I have 4 terram

Altaluna: I have 11 Demon

the art of Demon

Barabba of Flambeau: nice

Rosario of Flambeau: good art.

Barabba of Flambeau: I found the cultist spy

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I have bird leaf

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this takes, i dunno, probably a day

Voda: We should probably try and find the city fathers or whoever is in charge here, since they're probably the ones signing the contract.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: spamming bird leaf while your sodales try to run away

johns (GM): Good call, Voda.

Barabba of Flambeau: What does Renard know about this? I mean he's very confident in his story

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I trust Renard.

Barabba of Flambeau: So maybe he knows some names, is all I'm saying

johns (GM): The legend was first heard by a magus 70 years ago, who passed it down to another, to another, and finally to him.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll hang out with the Bonisagus poet while the other guys try to figure out how to kill a demon

Altaluna: I'll follow the magi around until we uncover clues. Slay works considerably better when you know facts about the target.

The EF goes down for every true fact you know but up for every false one you include

johns (GM): Other than that he's light on details. Renard is more doing than thinking.

Voda: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: an item that casts an effect on the user has to be Touch, right

Voda: What's Chateau Blois?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: at minimum

johns (GM): It is a fortress.

Guy of Bonisagus: yeah, the demons 70 year contract. just like that village in inland italy that gets viking raider ghosts

Rosario of Flambeau: Odo's gate. Must be very secure.

Guy of Bonisagus: very funny prank

johns (GM): But anyway, I'm assuming we can leave Dragon's Rest now and I can describe the new page?

Altaluna: I left 35 minutes ago

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you cannot until you answer the item question.

Voda: But what is going on at a fortress if there aren't any wars to be fought.

johns (GM): yes cthinker.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ty

Barabba of Flambeau: please

johns (GM): There are plenty of wars to be fought.

Altaluna: Yes, items that are casting a spell on someone are touch range

johns (GM): For instance, against the English, or the Bretons.

Voda: EXCUSE ME, the vikings raided a village that was on a river, AS THEY HAVE IN HISTORICAL TIMES.

Altaluna: The vikings began no-clipping through several nations to reach us

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should have brought th eviking sword

johns (GM): Anyway. You travel alongside the River Blois -- all 7 of you + violante, potions in tow.

Altaluna: That sword is permanently sealed away in the vault

Guy of Bonisagus: the viking chief t poses through a hill, before resuming proper animations and barking at you in his heathen tongue

johns (GM): Blois is a mighty walled city with an impressive stone bridge spanning the Loire river.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: only because everyone is afraid of having too much vis

johns (GM): The smell of bad humors gets worse as you close in on the city. You may choose how you wish to enter.

Altaluna: I wander in, chugging from my bottle "Alright, looks good. Where's the demon?"

johns (GM): Peasants, teamsters, and so on are making their usual way to and fro the gates as it is daytime. The gates are guarded by footmen.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: assassin hiding in a secret tunnel, but clipping through the roof so the top of his head is visible: you have the hands of an imaginem expert

Voda: We should probably try to stay inconspicuous so the demon doesn't find us.

Guy of Bonisagus: alertness is considered a valid awareness specialty

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: leading others is a valid leadership speciality

Rosario of Flambeau: there are a lot of situations to use awareness that dont involve passive alertness

i guess.

Barabba of Flambeau: searching, for instance

Voda: Hmm.

Who could we pretend to be besides demon hunting wizards?

Guy of Bonisagus: philosophers

Voda: We could say that we're here to sell shoes.

Guy of Bonisagus: its a classic

Altaluna: Wizard-hunting demons

Rosario of Flambeau: Why would we pretend to be anyone?

Barabba of Flambeau: Well. I'm guessing we all came outfitted for battle

Rosario of Flambeau: I hate lying.

johns (GM): Who is armed and who is not

Altaluna: Tell them we're here to give them the contract to sign

Guy of Bonisagus: combat philosophers

we seek the riddle of steel

Rosario of Flambeau: I have a giant greatsword.

Altaluna: I am very obviously armed and armoured.

Same

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm carrying a side sword in the italian fashion, but unarmoured

Guy of Bonisagus: i am wearing a robe and look like a monk

Rosario of Flambeau: High five.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have a staff

Guy of Bonisagus: as i wear my hair in the monk style, shaving it every morn

Voda: I mean, I'm not armed.

johns (GM): Okay, 3 armed, 4 not.

Barabba of Flambeau: Isn't it Voda's job to be armed?

Voda: Just the normal everyday tools of an honest man.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Oh my God, he's got a knife.

johns (GM): Renard just kinda invisibly hovers along with you waiting until he is relevant.

Voda: I'm not a shield grog and would make a terrible one because of my deep cowardice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is a pretty good potion that i made.

Guy of Bonisagus: cutscene playing while renard starts warping between 5 inches up in the air and 5 inches into the ground

in the background

Altaluna: Renard is there but he's in the party and not shown in cutscenes.

Barabba of Flambeau: Along the journey, I ask Voda what he does, because this shifty looking mundane who isn't obviously a servant intrigues me

well maybe he is obviously a servant

Altaluna: I'll stand around outside the town waiting for the magi to figure out a way in.

Guy of Bonisagus: cant we just walk in

through the entrance

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm intensely focused on following whoever is leading the party so I don't get lost.

johns (GM): Sure, pick a gate

Barabba of Flambeau: well they might make trouble

Rosario of Flambeau: So I don't talk much during the trip.

Barabba of Flambeau: "So Rosario, you're a knight of some sort right?"

Voda: I'm a very loyal servant.

Guy of Bonisagus: lets go through the North gate

Voda: Oh wait my name isn't Rosario.

johns (GM): Ok.

Guy of Bonisagus: it looks like theres a lesser church there

so it is perhaps safer

Barabba of Flambeau: let's

Rosario of Flambeau: "A Miles, yes. Sworn to uphold a code of virtue and to obey the Primus of House Flambeau."

Rosario of Flambeau puffs out his chest

johns (GM): You approach the North Gate. The gatehouse is manned with crossbowmen. A couple pikemen guard the way and eye you all suspiciously.

Pikeman: "Who've we got here?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "Is that a recognised order in francia?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Philosophers, friend."

Barabba of Flambeau: what language is he speaking

Pikeman: French.

Guy of Bonisagus: french presumably

Morgana: Morgana leads Nappa and Tunde

Pikeman: He points to the grogs and vampire hunter. "And your lady friends?" he leers.

Barabba of Flambeau:  in slow Italian  "We are wise men from far away"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Protection for the road."

Voda: News by Slow Italians.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Troubling times, these."

Voda: I mean "IN Slow Italian."

Rosario of Flambeau: "If not, it must be brought to them."

Pikeman: "A woman with a sword? In France?"

He guffaws.

Rosario of Flambeau: "I'm not sure, after all."

Voda: Hmm, I recommend a bribe here.

Guy of Bonisagus: "As I said, troubling times."

Barabba of Flambeau: Let's give him some of the money that we have

Morgana: Tunde uses a poleaxe, Morgana uses a spear

No swords here, sir

Altaluna: im going to be dropping in and out, a family emergency is going on. sorry.

Guy of Bonisagus: ok

Pikeman: Be well.

Altaluna: just assume im with the group

Rosario of Flambeau: Take care of yourself.

(To Voda): just because you are a mundane you shouldn't feel incapable of taking independent action, i know ive been in that situation before

(From Voda): I'm going to slip a bribe to the pikeman and tell him we're on "important business" at the Cathedral.

Pikeman: "Blois is a peaceful town. You won't need those weapons or guards in here, we're all friends."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Aye, but we will once we hit the road again."

(From Voda): Size of bribe to be determined.

Pikeman: Does Voda speak french?

Voda: Whoops, I don't, never mind what I just said.

Pikeman: ;_;

Guy of Bonisagus: "We intend only a short stay, my friend."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Tell him we're here to slay the demon!" I yell and make sword slashing motions in the air.

Altaluna: "Why's this faggot holding us up so much? I caught the words town and guards."

Barabba of Flambeau: "It looks like you'll have to leave your armour with these upstanding civil servants, sodales"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok. the potions are all statted up

Altaluna: "I'm not leaving my fucking armour lying around if there's demons about."

Rosario of Flambeau: "I will not fall for the first infernal trick I run across."

Morgana: "Let's just set up camp outside rather than giving our stuff to the frenchies."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Good one, Barabba. Hahaha!"

Pikeman: "Wot's your buddy saying?" the pikeman asks Guy, about Rosario.

Altaluna: I give the guard a rude hand gesture

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, he wishes to fight demons. Wanted to be in the last crusade, you know."

Pikeman: He gives you the finger and calls you something mean in french.

Guy of Bonisagus: "But he settled for our company."

Morgana: My father does not smell of eldererries

Altaluna: I know what he's saying, thanks to my insults spec in french

boy, paying off already

Morgana: "What's the frog trying to croak?"

Barabba of Flambeau: I suppose we should have foreseen something of this nature

Pikeman: "Let's have a look through that luggage of yours. Just to be safe 'n all.."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus is lagging behind the group, searching on the side of the road for interesting plants.

As he so often does.

Voda: We shouldn't let them extort us here.

Guy of Bonisagus: I switch to Latin.

Morgana forms a grog line in front of our stuff

Barabba of Flambeau: I liked the bribe idea

Voda: As gate guards often do.

Guy of Bonisagus: "He wants to search our possessions. Do we want to bribe him?"

Voda: It was a great idea.

Barabba of Flambeau: Also idk, is there anything incriminating in our luggage

Voda: Let's all hear it for the nameless and humble genius who came up with it.

Guy of Bonisagus: gulis potions maybe

Barabba of Flambeau: I might have a change of clothes

Pikeman: The guards laugh at Morgana. "Who gave this shrew a spear!"

Barabba of Flambeau: probably not though, I'm not made of money

Guy of Bonisagus: he might steal the ban amulet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the ban amulet is probably covered in obviously demonic designs

Guy of Bonisagus: the main thing is just that they might steal something

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'll meet up with you guys later. I don't like dealing with gates when I'm not recognizable as a Zeno."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton flies away

Pikeman: hehe

Guy of Bonisagus: i think we should bribe them but thats up to everyone else

Pikeman: tfw magic

Guy of Bonisagus: as it would be from our group fund

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+5+2 apothecary, in a desperate search to find cool herbs

(

7

)

+5+2

=

14

Altaluna: It doesnt mention how the ban looks, just that its an amulet, but its probably conspicuous

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus finally catches up with the group.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm for the bribe but it feels like cheating because we don't have a set amount of money

Pikeman: Gulielmus finds some very high quality purple fruit that could be pressed into an alcoholic beverage

Guy of Bonisagus: hes just a guard so its not like itll be a big bribe anyway

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Bonjour, sodales. What's the holdup?"

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm against the bribe, as it's dishonest.

Guy of Bonisagus: a gate guard that is

Rosario of Flambeau: The man should just let us in.

Barabba of Flambeau: give him a large amount of vodka

Pikeman: The guard waves a hand at the grogs. "Move aside," he grunts.

Altaluna: "A real pisstake this, isn't it?"

Morgana: "Give him a leprous prostitute. Frenchmen love those, I hear."

Rosario of Flambeau: Or prepare to be treated as obstructing a demon hunt and beaten in single combat.

Altaluna: I'll chat with the vardians grogs since they speak italian too. I have magical air though.

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm saying this in Italian and mean-mugging the guard.

Guy of Bonisagus: hes coming to us now so we should probably decide on the bribe

it seems like most are in favor

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the aqua vitae bribe sounds like a good idea

Barabba of Flambeau: "My friend if you want to dress like it's the siege of Jerusalem everywhere you go you may need to be prepared to grease the wheels of mundane non-interference from time to time"

Altaluna: was morgana our grog?

whos playing her, actually

Pikeman: someone dropped her token

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hand over your flask

Altaluna: im guessing shaun since he likes to jump into grog minds

Voda: Hmm.

Morgana: I posted her in the thread a while back

Rosario of Flambeau: "I suppose so. If I were alone, why, just walk in! What can this man do?"

Morgana: Unlike the nuns I did this out in the open, also I deleted the nuns

Altaluna: "How'd you end up working for wizards?" I ask Morgana

Voda: We could ask the guards if anyone else strange has come to the city lately, though I guess a demon is just as likely to walk through the walls as he is to walk through the walls, if you get my drift.

Morgana: "Easy. They're the only ones in Rome hiring women."

Voda: Oh, there might be a celebration this year.

Barabba of Flambeau: "He might raise an alarm, and then a lot of armed men might attack you"

Voda: Some kind of evil Satanist ceremony.

Guy of Bonisagus: "We would like to get in soon, my friend. Is there perhaps an express fee we could pay?"

Pikeman licks his lips

Pikeman: "Philosophy paying nice these days yeah?"

(To Guy of Bonisagus): comm+bargain

Guy of Bonisagus: "We do have our patrons."

(To GM) rolling 1d10+5

(

10

)

+5

=

15

Altaluna: "Sounds good, they got that magic barrier thing that stops stuff wandering into the covenant?"

Pikeman passes a note to a player

Pikeman: Guy haggles a price with the pikeman. Rolling very well on his Bargain roll, he feels the pikeman is taking too low a bribe for suspicious reasons.

Morgana: "I don't know much about barriers. Just that wizards can get caught off guard pretty easily by a pleb with a knife in the wrong circumstances."

Guy of Bonisagus: i would like to use folk ken

my bonus is +2. please roll it so we can be fair and i do not know the result. thank you

Altaluna: I down some more vodka from the bottle "Getting sick of France, hope your employers are still hiring."

Pikeman rolls some dice

Pikeman:

(To GM) rolling 1d10+2

(

10

)

+2

=

12

Morgana: "There's a lot of turnover at Vardian's Tomb."

Voda: Hmmm, the guards might want everyone in the city for some reason.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Anachronistic boat rigging detected

Morgana: "It's... high risk work. That's mercenary life."

(To Guy of Bonisagus): He sees rich foreigners he can take advantage of easier once they're in the city.

Pikeman passes a note to a player

Barabba of Flambeau: argh i always forget you cna't resize tokens as a player

Pikeman: Thank you for the less cringeworthy token

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, you are a truly reasonable man. May I ask your name, for the future?"

i liked the inbred token

Pikeman: "Jean"

Guy of Bonisagus: wow, what an uncommon name!

Rosario of Flambeau: "Vardian's Tomb must attract very principled magi."

Guy of Bonisagus: "We will surely find you again if we need you, Jean."

Morgana: Jean should have Patrick Stewart token

Pikeman: Jean adds the bribe to his purse and hails to the rest of his crew to let you in.

Guy of Bonisagus: I say in a low voice, in Latin, "There's greed in his eyes. Be wary of the guards, they're plotting something against us."

Barabba of Flambeau: "Good work, Guy."

Voda: Hmm.

Who runs the guards?

Barabba of Flambeau: "They're plotting to shake us down for every coin on our persons, no doubt"

Pikeman: Passing through the walls, you find yourself among a cramped city teeming with life. Above the common 1-story and 2-story houses a few structures are prominent -- a large cathedral with a tall spire to the west, a castle to the east, and a fortification in the wall to the southeast.

Voda: We should find that ut.

Unless these guards are secretly cultists, of course.

Guy of Bonisagus: "We should split into groups and try to figure out what we can."

what time is it now?

Pikeman: The din of life and activity is at its strongest near the center of town, with all sorts of market stalls and shops doing constant business.

Morgana: Maybe everyone's in a different cult like in Paranoia

Pikeman: Midday.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Let's meet in the evening at that great cathedral."

Barabba of Flambeau: that would be chill

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton finds alley to turn human in and rejoins the group

Pikeman: I have dropped a Vardian's Tomb token for now and will add multiple if you choose to split up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we came in the river gate, right?

Voda: I don't think we need to do that.

Guy of Bonisagus: is it possible to tell what that other building with a big spire is from here

the one near the gate

Pikeman: You cam ein through the unnamed North gate.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ah

Pikeman: It is a church! But it looks abandoned.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The GM can only run one scene at a time so splitting up seems unnecessary, especially if there's muggers in this city

Barabba of Flambeau: unless maybe a party without giftstink wants to break out on their own

Voda: We should head to the town square and see if there's any excitement ahead of the Devil ensnaring the entire town in his evil grip.

Pikeman: Actually this GM hates himself and loves running split parties.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: And it's a wretched hive of scum and villainy so why wouldn't there be muggers?

Guy of Bonisagus: "That abandoned church certainly seems suspicious."

Barabba of Flambeau: it's fine for the gm, it just slows it down for everyone else

Guy of Bonisagus: without proclus we have no way of knowing the aura

Barabba of Flambeau: "yes, that's worth investigating certainly"

Guy of Bonisagus: dark times for demon hunting crew

Pikeman: Let me adjust that description Guy

Barabba of Flambeau: oh no?

Rosario of Flambeau: "Abandoned?"

Pikeman: The church is no longer serving as a church, but instead, a place for homeless people to squat.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The market is always the best place to gather information."

everyone knows that.

Rosario of Flambeau: A tear forms in my eye.

"This is a tragedy."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Without Proclus we at least know one of us won't join the muggers

Altaluna: "Let's find the stinkin' demon."

Guy of Bonisagus: hmm

Barabba of Flambeau: well we can do it the traditional way, but that involves asking the gm for the modifier to the casting roll to detect the aura

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I hate fucking muggers, muggers suck dick!

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, well, at least those unfortunate souls are finding shelter in its empty hall."

Barabba of Flambeau:

rolling (d10!+7+4+2)2 +aura intellego vim

(

(

2

)

+7+4+2)

=

15

Voda: I don't know that harassing homeless people is really going to get us anywhere.

Barabba of Flambeau: well, half aura

Guy of Bonisagus: homeless people often know a lot

Voda: We should go to the town square and try buying things.

Guy of Bonisagus: about things happening on the streets

johns (GM): The Infernal on the streets is Infernal 2.

Guy of Bonisagus: and are cheap to buy info off of

holy moly!

Rosario of Flambeau: Gasp!

Altaluna: "So we're right in a pit of demons."

Barabba of Flambeau: ok cool. I actually rolled 5.5 but I can probably tell that

Rosario of Flambeau: Well, it's time to slaughter everyone in the town. Write this place off.

Just kidding.

Flambeau joke.

Barabba of Flambeau: "or a den of modest sin"

Guy of Bonisagus: "The air in this city is uncomfortable."

johns (GM): Well, in fairness -- this is Normandy, so there's no one to prosecute you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Or a town with a demonic charter."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Let's investigate the town square, then see the cathedral."

Barabba of Flambeau: what if they fed all the homeless people to the demon

Guy of Bonisagus: "Surely the clergy will know something."

Altaluna: "Wherever you think's got leads to this demon."

"Clergy, in a city like this? Bet they're in on it."

Barabba of Flambeau: two birds with one stone, from the civic authority's point of view

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does chateau blois have a garden

i bet chateau blois has a garden.

johns (GM): Probably

Guy of Bonisagus: an infernal garden

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: natch.

johns (GM): Time to research what plants are evil

Barabba of Flambeau: if it's in the town probably not

Altaluna: A garden of sin

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: marihuana

johns (GM): Okay, Guy says the Market first, so you make your way there

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the devils herb

Rosario of Flambeau: A garden where they grow evil sprouts from demonic seeds.

Barabba of Flambeau: I love a good market

it's handy how everyone naturally recoils from your offensive aura, even in a crowd

Voda: We should ask these merchantmen who they have to pay tax to.

johns (GM): Much around here to catch your eyes. The fine spices and linens for sale, the glint of coin passing between money changers, the shouting of cryers standing on barrels to look over the crowd

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: those look like tomatoes.

Guy of Bonisagus: i see apples

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is a cool painting

Guy of Bonisagus: lots of apples

Barabba of Flambeau: this

Guy of Bonisagus: hell, some cheese wheels too

johns (GM): Near the center of the marketplace is a man in finery locked in the stockades, surrounded by no less than 6 armed guards

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you got your breads, your onions, your cheeses, your parsnips

Altaluna: What did they make the deal for, again?

What do they get out of it

johns (GM): His finery is soiled by the various fruits and legumes that have been hurled at him.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: prosperity

Barabba of Flambeau: "ask what that man's crime was"

Guy of Bonisagus: I go take a look at the stockaded man.

Barabba of Flambeau: "also if it is good manners to throw fruit"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Bonjour! What heinous act has this man committed?" I ask the guards.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are those slaves in the background

johns (GM): Could be, could be.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and what is CLEARLY a pumpkin

Guardsman: Obviously not

Guy of Bonisagus: how could it be a pumpkin?

were in mythic europe

Guardsman: It's just a gourd.

Guy of Bonisagus: theres no pumpkins here

Voda: Good LORD what is happening in that market square?!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: anyway, Gulielmus ignores the man in the stockade and breaks away from the group to look at the herbs and spices.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Soemone quiet cast a herbam ward on him to keep him from getting pelted with rotten produce

Barabba of Flambeau: it's actually a painting of 19th century americans, deal with it

Rosario of Flambeau: "Knowing this town, that man is innocent."

Guardsman: The guard responds to Guy, "Came here collecting taxes for that bastard Dumond. Keeping him around so everyone else sees what happens to him and his ilk."

Gulielmus sees spices from lands so far off as to verge on mythical.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Wow!

Guy of Bonisagus: Pumpkins? At this period in time, in this season, in this part of the world, localized entirely within your market?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "So they throw the tax collector in the stocks and the Count still doesn't lift a finger."

Rosario of Flambeau: "We must free him!"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "This is interesting."

Barabba of Flambeau: "It's only a tax collector"

Altaluna: "Uh yeah, let's help the... tax collector..."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, you do good work. Thank you." I say to the guard.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Sir, are you really a tax collector?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "and only some rotten vegetation, to boot"

Guardsman: Are your companions speaking Italian or Latin?

Guy of Bonisagus: I return to the group.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmm

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm speaking latin for the benefit of our international crew

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I speak Latin if I have to, Italian otherwise

Guy of Bonisagus: "A man doesn't deserve such treatment for simple tax collection, foul though the job might be."

that is in latin of course

Rosario of Flambeau: "True enough."

Barabba of Flambeau: where is guy from?

Guy of Bonisagus: france

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "He does if he's a fraud."

Barabba of Flambeau: it explains so much

Guardsman: I should have mentioned, the tax collector has a  magnificent  red beard.

Guy of Bonisagus: an irishman

i take back everything

lets move along

Voda: Hmm.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Refresh my memory, is Durmond the legitimate lord of these lands?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "Il barbarossa!"

Guardsman: Who are you asking that to Fiorella

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can't speak the guardsman's language, so my sodales

Voda: We should follow the tax collector when the guards kick him out.

I bet he might know more about why nobody in town pays taxes.

Guy of Bonisagus: clearly they are strapped for cash from the generous tithes they give

Guardsman: Area Lore Normandy to know the answer to Fiorella's question

Barabba of Flambeau: "Tell them it is very amusing what they have done, but don't they think he would look better with a shave?"

oh I know

I'll open an intangible tunnel on this chump

rolling d10!+16-2

(

1

)

+16-2

=

15

Guardsman: Was that sponted

Barabba of Flambeau: that's formulaic, I hope not stressed

Guardsman: Ok, cool

Are you silently casting?

Barabba of Flambeau: also still and silent, but level 20 so I'm fatigued

Guardsman: Cool, cool

Barabba of Flambeau: my Vim is Deft

Guardsman: Tunnel intangibly opened

Barabba of Flambeau: cool, that'll last for Sun

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea gets the merchant's attention and points to some orange powder.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Excuse me!"

Guy of Bonisagus: i do not have area lore normandy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Could you tell me where this one is from?"

Guy of Bonisagus: youre up gulielmus

Merchant grins Merchantishly.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm off getting fleeced by a spice merchant.

not with the group

Merchant: "You have a good eye my friend. It is Lion's Powder from the Sudan itself, and there is nowhere in Europe you can find it but here."

"Nobles would murder each other to get their hands on it, but you-- I like you -- I will give you a fair price!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "The Sudan!"

"This town is more prosperous than I could have ever imagined."

Merchant: He leans into whisper. "It will make you as strong as 10 men, the object of every women's desire, and no sword can shall harm you."

Altaluna: We just let the worlds most gullible man loose in a marketplace. What happens next will make you laugh.

Voda: Wow, what a deal.

Guy of Bonisagus: perhaps bringing gulielmus to a market was a bad idea

Voda: I recommend against buying spices in the market.

Barabba of Flambeau: what, all at once

that seems wasteful, frankly

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Any birds for sale?

Any high quality bird leaf?

Merchant: Lots of cooked birds, also some exotic birds including a colorful Parakeet

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "One of nature's true wonders."

Altaluna: I'll briefly consider buying something to drink, then shrug off the idea as wasteful and continue chugging vodka.

Barabba of Flambeau: i'd have thought buying birds would be beneath fiorella

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll buy a parakeet

Barabba of Flambeau: though i guess if you have a parakeet you can make parakeets whenever you want

Merchant: Bird get.

Altaluna: Isn't it hard ot creo a permanent living animal?

actually might not be possible to be permanent

Voda: Just use vis.

Altaluna: think its year duration then dies at the end

Barabba of Flambeau: you could keep it inside a ring spell

Voda: It doesn't seem like that would work.

Barabba of Flambeau: if you sustain it for a year on real food it becomes a mundane animal i believe

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "How much for a dram?"

Barabba of Flambeau: why shouldn't it?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We just bought a spell to creo a horse

Merchant: He quotes Gulielmus a price of 4 mythic pounds.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Having a horse until sundown that's unbothered by the gift is pretty good

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea produces a small glass bottle from his satchel.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm.

rolling 1d10!+3 Naivety

(

10

+

2

)

+3

=

15

Rosario of Flambeau: lol.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Fiorella has a Bargain spec in "trading in live animals"

Barabba of Flambeau: I used to keep lions forcelessly conjured lions in my lab

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: am i naive enough to buy some spices without casting my inhe spell on them

Altaluna: You just did

Merchant: I think for Personality rolls, lower means more likely to act on it, right?

Rosario of Flambeau: You are after that roll.

Barabba of Flambeau: they can't maul you as long as you keep the parma up

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i dunno.

Altaluna: Am I naive enough? [while rolling an exploding result that hits EF 15 naivety]

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm adding my value to it

so i think that means i'm doing something you would have to be extremely naive to do.

Merchant: Okay, if you like, you are naive enough to buy the spices.

Barabba of Flambeau: If you roll personality, that's tacitly saying you're going to act on it

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Anyway I'll buy several parakeets, of both sexes, so I can Creo Parakeet the hard way

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: obviously.

a whole packet of parakeets

Rosario of Flambeau: be right back

Merchant: Altaluna passing through the market hears one cryer declaring the Count's success in the war against the rebels of Brittany, and another cryer calling for all men of valor to take up arms against the usurper Dumond.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea hands over some coins.

Rosario of Flambeau: i want to ask the guy in the stocks if he speaks italian

Merchant deducts 4 Mythic Pounds from finance sheet

Altaluna: I think personality should actually be rolled as 1d10-personality modifier, if you're trying to resist or act against it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "How wondrous!"

Barabba of Flambeau: that's confusing

Altaluna: So something like not falling for the worlds most obvious scam would be EF 3 or 0

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I think the GM sets the EF for a personality roll

Merchant: sounds like something that should be put on the house rules page.

Voda: Hmm.

Altaluna: its not that confusing and is MUCH easier to figure out when you do it in practice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: rolling for personality traits is in the first chapter of the book, i think.

Voda: Do the criers not seem to be interfering with one another?

Merchant: The bearded man struggles to understand Rosario. He asks, "Condottiero?"

No, Voda

Barabba of Flambeau: ok you can define it as a cunning ease factor, in which case naivety penalises the roll

Voda: Hmm.

"Si, signor."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Perception+Personality

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Now, tell me, what other distant lands do you import from?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Or Per+Bargain-Personality

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I am in search of only the most exotic substances."

Altaluna: Yeah boyrep, thats more what I'm suggesting.

Guy of Bonisagus: I look for the most distraught looking crier and have a listen to the news.

Barabba of Flambeau: on the question of "am I naive enough", higher is definitely more naive

Merchant: "You are clearly a man of refined tastes. I have herbs and spices here from the land of Cockaigne, all at a reasonable price.."

The man in the stockages points to himself, then to Voda/Rinaldo, and says the italian word for "money."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

Altaluna: When you're trying to achieve a certain amount of bravery, you roll against a bravery EF. Brave adds to your roll, cowardly subtracts. And other personality rolls should work on a similar level.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ok.

Voda: We should hire on with this guy so we can see what's what.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It's too bad it's not just a rollunder mechanic for personality stuff like Pendragon virtues

Barabba of Flambeau: right, they do

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if hes going to mention cockaigne i am going to roll again.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm not sure what we're arguing about

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

1

)

+3

=

4

Merchant: One of his guards slaps him and says something in a few curt words in French.

There is something fishy about this Friendly Merchant, Gulielmus.

Altaluna: Since I'm just standing around waiting on the action, I'll type up a clarification of personality rolls in the thread and maybe try and suggest some EFs

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Cockaigne? Surely you jest."

"I'm a serious customer, here."

Altaluna: since theres some confusion over them

Merchant: "Did I say Cockaigne? I meant Champagne. The finest herbs of Champagne."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what's the total penalty for wordless and gestureless casting again, -15?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea narrows his eyes.

Barabba of Flambeau: aye

Merchant: Yea

Violante the Herbwife goes and buys normal herbs to refill Gul's stocks while he deals with the scammer.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea pokes at the herbs in question.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+13-15+3-2 Probe Nature's Hidden Lore (silent, gestureless)

(

3

)

+13-15+3-2

=

2

nice.

i take a fatigue

Merchant: Succes?

Rosario of Flambeau: Well, if we don't understand each other I'll have to just make the sign of the cross over the poor guy and wish him luck.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what kind of plant am i poking at

Merchant: It's basil and vegetable dye

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "This is obviously just basil."

Rosario of Flambeau: "If you are innocent of nothing but tax collection, I will try my best to see you freed and this town uncorrupted."

guilty of

Merchant: The bearded man signs exasperatedly, not understanding you.

(rosario that is)

Rosario of Flambeau: Yes yes.

Merchant: The bearded  merchant  tells Gulielmus he must be mistaken, this came from overseas at great cost.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Basil and food coloring."

"I'm a talented apothecary, you know."

Voda: "It's a mistake to try to free an unpopular criminal in the middle of a market square full of people who hate him."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: don't be a menace to society while drinking your aqua vitae in the middle of the market square

Barabba of Flambeau: "perhaps we can talk with him at length, when it is quieter"

Rosario of Flambeau: "When the demon is taken care of, things should get back to normal in this town."

Voda: "Probably."

Merchant: The merchant glares at Gulielmus. "You should be careful saying things like that. You wouldn't want me to fetch the guard and tell them you're causing a ruckus woudl you?"

Violante the Herbwife: I see France lets their (((merchants))) roam out of their ghettos.

Guy of Bonisagus: this merchant obviously lives in a fine manor

didnt you hear, he has goods straight from sudan!

Barabba of Flambeau: I didn't hear that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea continues poking at herbs.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+13-15+3-2-0 same spell, on the orange powder

(

8

)

+13-15+3-2-0

=

7

Merchant: It's orange peel.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: jesus.

Barabba of Flambeau: wow

Rosario of Flambeau: Good lord.

Merchant: Hey that stuff doesn't come cheap

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's a good point.

Barabba of Flambeau: that much dried orange zest is worth a lot

Merchant: Though you definitely got ripped off

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: orange peel might actually be an exotic ingredient

Merchant: It might!

Barabba of Flambeau: it's probably more exotic in the loire than in rome

Merchant: The Merchant calls out to one of the guards and beckons him to approach.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "And this one is... orange zest?"

Voda: Alright my next plan is to rescue Gulielmus from being badly beaten.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thank you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea laughs.

Rosario of Flambeau: Yeah, let's follow that guard.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "At least this one is imported!"

Guy of Bonisagus: did the most distraught looking crier have any news johns

Merchant: I think I said what they were yelling earlier

Guy of Bonisagus: oops

Merchant: Merchant: Altaluna passing through the market hears one cryer declaring the Count's success in the war against the rebels of Brittany, and another cryer calling for all men of valor to take up arms against the usurper Dumond.

Barabba of Flambeau: afk a minute

Rosario of Flambeau: "Why, I'm a man of valor."

Guardsman: "Who's causing a ruckus?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks up from the jar (?) of orange powder.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Eh? No ruckus here."

Guy of Bonisagus: any bees buzzing about the market?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Now, as I was saying, if you have anything  genuine  here, I am in the market for it."

Guardsman: There are 0 bees, sadly.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d0 bees

(

0

)

=

0

Voda: Too bad there's no rotting meat or you could make some bees.

Guy of Bonisagus: i could? the meat would be making them

Guardsman clasps a hand on Gulielmus' shoulder

Guardsman: "You're not sayin' there's something wrong with Jacques wares here are ya?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you could force any fresh meat that's present to rot.

"Sacre bleu!"

"It is... it is the finest orange peel I have seen in my life, sir."

Guy of Bonisagus: seems like a bad idea to cast magic in a crowded area and ruin a merchants wares

it also seems very rude

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i havent ruined anything!

Guy of Bonisagus: no i was saying if i were to

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ah

well, you should ruin something.

Guardsman: He squeezes a bit. "And you're not gonna go shouting your head off about some nonsense here and make me and the boys have to deal with you, right?"

Voda: Hmm.

How many guards are watching this guard?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Why, I don't know what you mean."

Guardsman: He was one of the 6 guarding the stockade, so 5 are about 20 feet away, with a bit of a crowd in between them.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea reaches for a potio on his belt.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: A potion.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Why would you threaten a man's life over an orange peel? What kind of warrior are you?"

Voda: Hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: While a ruckus is happening, I'll step to a less crowded bit and cast The Invisible Eye Revealed.

Guardsman looks at Rosario blankly

Voda: Well I don't think we can hit him over the head and drag him away.

Guy of Bonisagus: if theres any scrying going on thats a level 20 effect or lower i am aware of it

Guardsman: "This a friend of yours?" He asks Gulielmus.

Guy of Bonisagus: there probably isnt but i want to be sure

(To Guy of Bonisagus): No scrying here

Guardsman passes a note to a player

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Salve, Rosario."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Are you having trouble with the corrupt authorities?

Voda: We could pay a fine here but we've already spent a lot of money thanks to SOMEONE's love of oranges.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: everyone loves oranges.

Guardsman: pay the fine in the form of orange zest.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Then pay with your blood orange.

"Something like that."

Voda: I think the clear thing to do here is to try and cause as little commotion as possible so we can get on with investigating a possible demon.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good idea

however i am currently being gripped by a guard.

Guardsman: That's not the Vardian's Tomb way though????????

maybe there is something to be gained from chaos. your call.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea finishes reaching for the potion, and now begins pulling the potion from his belt.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Gulielmus, you say you've already paid the man?"

"Where's the problem?"

Guardsman: The guard does not seem to care about your potion.

Voda: AFK a sec while you cause havoc.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Four pounds."

of course gulielmus says whatever the equivalent of four pounds is in local coins

Violante the Herbwife: "There's guards everywhere in this city," I remark in Italian.

"I wonder how's in charge of them."

Altaluna: i started writing up EFs then accidentally made them all about rolling the personality trait normally. oh well.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oops

Guardsman: if guy or gullieme are translating you could speak to these people

Altaluna: well i made them the other way around and realised how stupid it made the EFs sound

it turns out just rolling 1d10+naive is better for EFs lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: little busy here.

Guardsman: what potion are you using

just use it already

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, if nothing else is happening.

Barabba of Flambeau: there's no need to complicate things

it's just like, if you have cowardly you're penalised when a brave roll is called for

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea sips the Rego Corpus potion, and vanishes.

Guardsman: "Merde!"

Guardsman looks around confused

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus is standing five paces away! Wow

Voda: Hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: gulielmus should probably move further away

Guardsman: Are you still in the man's vision, or hiding?

Guy of Bonisagus: before hes seen

Barabba of Flambeau: pretty cool huh. anyway what do you guys know about demons?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Rosario!"

"Let us away."

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll heroically step between the two.

"Good plan."

Voda: Hmm.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Gulielmus runs away.

Rosario of Flambeau: "My friend has paid his bill, and we shall be on our way."

Voda: I'll also run away.

Guardsman: The guardsman tries to push past you Rosario, if you are staying where you're at.

Guy of Bonisagus: I sigh and walk in the direction the others are going.

Rosario of Flambeau: What's the roll to block him?

Brawl?

Guardsman: It'd be a brawl

Yeah

Well any weapona bility if you're using your sword to block his way fo rinstance

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+5, im not drawing my sword yet.

(

6

)

+5

=

11

"Hey hey hey."

Guardsman:

rolling 10 brawl

10

=

10

He tries to slide past you and stops right in your face. He barks at you in harsh French.

Your response, Rosario?

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll smile and bow apologetically.

Voda: I mean it probably shouldn't be to start a riot.

Guardsman: Will you block his path again?

Rosario of Flambeau: I guess Guli and Voda have already gotten a good head start.

So I'll get him go.

* let

Guardsman: Ok -- he runs in the direction Gulielmus and Voda went.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'll walk off with guy

Guardsman: Gulielmus/Voda, what's your strategy?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we should go to uhhh

the abandoned church.

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll run off chasing the guy as soon as he passes me.

Voda: We should slow the guard down enough that we don't have to keep running.

Unless you have any potions for running fast.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i do not.

Rosario of Flambeau: I have a spell for it.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have 3 sips left in the blink potion though

Rosario of Flambeau: I should have cast it on Guli tbh. Hindsight.

Guardsman: Gulielmus/Voda with a headstart are running away, with a guard following, with Rosario following that. You've left the market proper.

Rosario of Flambeau: There's definitely something strange about these guards.

Altaluna: Okay, the stuff going on irl is mostly sorted out. What is happening right now? Why are the guards attacking us

Guardsman: Just one of em really

Voda: Hmm.

Barabba of Flambeau: can I cast intangible tunnel on Voda before everyone runs out of sight?

Guardsman: Gulielmus provoked a merchant who seems chummy with the guard

Voda: What about running down an alley and then ambushing the guards?

Guardsman: Yes Barabba if it's sight or voice range

Barabba of Flambeau: it's sight range

Guardsman: nice.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Good plan, Voda."

Guy of Bonisagus: I am casually walking in the direction they're going.

Barabba of Flambeau:

rolling d10!+14

(

3

)

+14

=

17

fatigued again

Guardsman: nap time.

Rosario of Flambeau: -4 for the aura?

Barabba of Flambeau: idk if that was two minutes ago

Guardsman: -2 for aura

Barabba of Flambeau: is the aura -4?

Rosario of Flambeau: ah.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm going to cast some very blatant magic on this guy if we do this though.

Voda: Well, who cares?

Barabba of Flambeau: maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if every dominion aura was replaced with infernal

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the guards, probably

Voda: Who cares about them?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: all Guard-fearing folk

Voda: Ok, I'll slow down enough to let the guard see me running down an alley and then you cast your spell on him.

Altaluna: I'll wander up to Renard

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is the alley suitable for a trap of the entwining vines

Altaluna: "Is keeping him from getting arrested part of the job?"

Guardsman: It's cobblestone

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I walk normally, leading around grogs carrying parakeets.

Renard of Flambeau: "I assumed he had a plan there"

"You don't think that's the case?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: so is that a yes

Renard of Flambeau: It's a no

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Vardian Tomb magi sort of do thing sarbitrarily."

Rosario of Flambeau: I'm going to cast Avalanche of Flesh and Steel, a MuCo(An) effect to make me capable of running as fast as a horse.

Renard of Flambeau: Unless you can pry open some cobblestone first

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it was a yes in the past!

i'll just blind the guy instead though

Renard of Flambeau: was it? yikes.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+17

(

8

)

+17

=

25

johns (GM): Cool

You can easily catch up to the guy as he chases Voda and Gulielmus through alleyways

Rosario of Flambeau: well with my pen mastery that penetrates my own parma and corpus resist

so that works.

sick.

wait no it doesnt. but you lower your parma for a second to cast touch range spells anyway usually.

Altaluna: "His plan looks like its getting his ass beat." I swig from the bottle and wander off to see if the little frenchman is dead

(To Rosario of Flambeau): You have to conc to lower your parma temporarily, which doesnt matter here but will in combat

johns (GM): Someone do something, please

(From Rosario of Flambeau): ok thx

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+11+2-2+3+1+2 spell

(

5

)

+11+2-2+3+1+2

=

22

Barabba of Flambeau: lol sorry

Voda: Gulielmus are you going to blind this guy or not?

johns (GM): Nice.

Voda: Sheesh!

johns (GM): Did that work?

rolling 1d10+1 Stamina

(

5

)

+1

=

6

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's level 15, i think

nice.

that guy is blind.

johns (GM): The guardsman howls and clutches his eyes.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'm not just going to interfere with Gulielmus's suicide without a reason.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ha!"

Rosario of Flambeau: Gasp!

Altaluna: "Good shit, Frenchie."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Gulielmus, Voda! You're safe!"

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm sure these guys are capable magi who aren't in trouble from a scuffle with the town gaurds

Altaluna: I wander up to Gulielmus and offer him a drink

Voda: Should I try and smash this guy's head in with a brick?

johns (GM): You have a minute until he can roll Stamina again

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea accepts and takes a sip.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Gah!"

"Is this pure aqua vitae?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "Let's not kill this man on the chance he's a devil worshipper"

Altaluna: I paid for +1 mag for it to be higher quality vodka

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll cast Disarm the Warrior on him.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+22

(

10

+

4

)

+22

=

36

(To Rosario of Flambeau): effect?

Altaluna: "Oh, he's a devil worshipper? Why didn't you say earlier."

Barabba of Flambeau: "Probably not but I assume there are a few around here"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Certainly something that'll steady the nerves."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea hands the flask (?) back.

Altaluna: Bottle

It's permanently full

if you turn it upside down it just keeps pouring endlessly

Rosario of Flambeau: sfsmhh

johns (GM): Guard yells bloody murder as you celebrate.

Altaluna: lol

How many guards?

johns (GM): He starts swinging his sword around blindly.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is voda crushing his skull with a brick

(From Rosario of Flambeau): his weapon flies out of his hand if he fails an opposed str roll vs +5

johns (GM): Just 1 right now.

Barabba of Flambeau: "Let's move along, shall we?"

johns (GM):

rolling 1d10+1 str

(

7

)

+1

=

8

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+5

(

9

)

+5

=

14

Altaluna: "Good shit, good shit. Ga ha ha."

Voda: I think I will attempt to hit him with a brick, non-lethally.

Altaluna: "Alright, let's find the demon lovers."

johns (GM): His weapon flies from his hand and onto the ground.

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+3+2

(

5

)

+3+2

=

10

actually i catch it.

johns (GM): nice.

Rosario of Flambeau: dex + athletic.

"Ease your violence, churl."

johns (GM): roll brawl voda

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm too busy receiving and then returning the flask to object to voda's attempt at murder

Voda: I'll do a "scuffle" here.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: non-lethal murder

johns (GM): right

bludgeon is +2 attack, +# sam

+3 dam

Voda:

rolling 1d10! + 5 +2 + 2

(

3

)

+5+2+2

=

12

Then + 4 damage.

johns (GM): You hit him for a fatigue.

Ouch

wait

2 fatigue.

Ouch

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: ouch!

Barabba of Flambeau: oh shit

Voda: I'll keep doing that until he's out.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol.

johns (GM): Okay, as he is blind and disarmed, he can

't do shit about that

Voda:

rolling 1d10! + 5 + 2 + 2

(

8

)

+5+2+2

=

17

+4 damage.

johns (GM) takes a nap

johns (GM): I mean

Voda: Wow easy.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Don't worry, my friend, you'll re-"

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll drop his sword on his unconscious body.

Guardsman takes a nap

Rosario of Flambeau: Carefully.

"Here you go."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea turns around mid-sentence to see Voda beating the guard about the head with a cobble.

Barabba of Flambeau: "Most chivalrous"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Ah."

Guy of Bonisagus: I round the corner and see Voda beating the guard about the head with a cobble.

Barabba of Flambeau: "Let's not put this one in the poem, hmm?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Woah, woah, enough!"

Altaluna: "It'll make a great verse."

Rosario of Flambeau: "We should really make sure we're on the same page.

"

johns (GM): Outside the alley, in the street, you hear a few more men marching around in armor, calling out the name "Pierre?" inquiringly.

Altaluna: "The guard was a prick / got smacked around with a brick."

Rosario of Flambeau: he sleep

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: can anyone turn the guard invisible

that would be a good technique

johns (GM): This alley in fact is not a dead end.

Voda: It's easy, we just drag the body somewhere it won't be discovered.

For example, by propping it up in an alcove.

Barabba of Flambeau: perfect

and when he wakes up he'll think it was all a bad dream

no wait, soak his clothes in aqua vitae

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he will probably still be blind

johns (GM): The dream where he got blinded and then hit with a brick repeatedly

Rosario of Flambeau: "Well, he was disonorable to the core."

Barabba of Flambeau: and nobody will believe him

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: oh thats a good idea

how long does the aqua vitae last after it leaves the bottle

Barabba of Flambeau: Sun duration, I believe

Guy of Bonisagus: "Well, this is a good start."

Barabba of Flambeau: it's a fairly flimsy ruse, but it's the best we've got

Altaluna: Sun duration, yeah

I'll soak him in vodka

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: pour one out for the fallen.

johns (GM): Cool

Altaluna: "Such a waste, pouring it out like this."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Did you have any plan for what to do next?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "Well I was intrigued by that derelict church"

"also if anyone wants to find out more from the tax collector I opened a channel we could cast communication spells down"

"but since I don't speak his tongue, well, I was hoping someone else would have a way to make use of it"

Altaluna: "He another frenchy?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "so many are, in these parts"

Voda: "I don't imagine much can be gained from investigating a derelict church. It's possible that everyone just moved to the cathedral, instead."

Barabba of Flambeau: "One wonders how old the cathedral might be"

johns (GM): Aristocritus would've loved to calculate how old it was within 10% margin....

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What about the  château ?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "I certainly think we should head to the cathedral, if not for information then for confession."

Barabba of Flambeau: "in fact if it's less than seventy years old, it's almost certain we'll gain more from investigating it"

Guy of Bonisagus: "If there's any good men left in this city they'll surely be there."

Rosario of Flambeau: "Chateau Blah?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "what could we accomplish at the chateau? We're not fit for an audience"

johns (GM): The party cries out for an archon

Voda: "We have also attacked a guard, which would make negotiations difficult."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: " Blois. "

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton sighs.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "We should go to the château as soon as possible, then."

Voda: "Maybe investigating the church is the way to go, since it would get us away from this guard we attacked."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Before word gets out."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I had heard Lavinia had civilized Vardian's Tomb, but it seems without her supervision everything goes amok."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Clearly the work of the demonic influence you're hunting."

"You must be careful, sodales."

Altaluna: "So this tomb is wild, eh?"

Barabba of Flambeau: a demon with the power to instil naivety

Voda: AFK a sec.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: That's a good infernal power

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my argument is ironclad

Barabba of Flambeau: let's check out the cathedral

Renard of Flambeau: "Gulielmus, I delegate you to lead this mission."

Barabba of Flambeau: or no wait, you're right

Renard of Flambeau slinks back into the shadows

Barabba of Flambeau: if we're going to the castle let's do it now

but let's have a plan

do we even know who we want to see?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: onwards to shatto blah

Barabba of Flambeau: well I guess we could sneak in too

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i do not have a plan.

Barabba of Flambeau: how long until sunset, GM?

johns (GM): 6 hours

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: well, except my secret plan.

everyone else will have to come up with the main plan.

Rosario of Flambeau: oh man, these are gold-tier guards

johns (GM): Okay, nearing the Chateau.

Barabba of Flambeau: this would be a good time for an image phantom or something

all these rego vims will be a lot more impressive when i learn more spells

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: these laborers are clearly higher level than the guards

red circles

johns (GM): It's a tall elegant building surrounding a courtyard. The place is abuzz with activity and guards-- some alert and at attention, others lazing about and munching apples.

Several laborers are hard at work building up fortifications around the place you see an almost complete layer of palisade walls across the courtyard entrance.

Rosario of Flambeau: Preparing for a fight?

Barabba of Flambeau: "what are they fortifying for?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "Bonjour! Is something troubling you friends?"

johns (GM): The laborers regard you with terror and meekness.

Guy of Bonisagus: "What's frightening you so?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "If I lived here, I'd want some walls. I don't trust those guardsmen, there's a lot of them and they act like they own the place."

Guy of Bonisagus: "Does a philosopher instill fear in your hearts?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "They're acting like someone's personal army and I wouldn't want them marching into my place in force."

"So I can't blame this church."

Guy of Bonisagus: this is the chateau

isnt it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah

Man at Arms: One of the guards walks up and kicks a laborer, who scurries back to work. "They're here to work, no to talk." He takes a bit bite of apple. "Who're you ?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Someone said cathedral, sorry

Guy of Bonisagus: "I am Guy, a philosopher. What's your name, friend?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: So search replace chruch with chateau

Man at Arms burps up a bit of apple

Man at Arms: "Archard, what's it to ya"

Guy of Bonisagus: "I just like to get every good man's name. It's only proper."

Man at Arms: "They with you?" He points to armed companions.

Altaluna: You like to upset the GM by asking for minor, nameless NPCs names.

Man at Arms: its fine

i just have to google names of the region

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: whats his aesthetic quality

Altaluna: It's not fine for me because I'm really bad with names

Guy of Bonisagus: "Protection for the road, don't mind them. Though I am glad they were able to keep their blades in here, something seems to be troubling this city."

Man at Arms snorts

Guy of Bonisagus: "Your guards are on edge, and you're fortifying the chateau. Is something afoot?"

"Is it that bastard Dumond?"

Man at Arms: "Could say that. There's work for fighting men if you mean."

He scowls at you and draws his sword. "You stupid or something?"

Guy of Bonisagus: dumond was the usurper right

Rosario of Flambeau: This is probably Dumond's house.

Guy of Bonisagus: hm

"Ah, good, you're not with them."

Voda: Smart.

Altaluna: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: smoothly redirected

Man at Arms: "You think I'm an idiot?"

"Everyone with a brain's with Dumond."

"Aint that why you're here?"

Barabba of Flambeau: is this the exposition we should have managed to get from our first encounter with an npc

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We could have our grogs try to get merc work with Durmond

Man at Arms: No comment.

Guy of Bonisagus: I scoff. "Of course. I had to make sure you were legitimate, the last group calling themselves Dumond's men nearly had my head."

"They think they can trick us."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Perhaps we should tell them about the man in the stocks,"I say to whoever's translating this into Latin for me.

Man at Arms: "That's cause Amis is a snake in the grass."

Guy of Bonisagus: I spit to the side when he says Amis.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Yeah Guy, ask him about the guy with the red beard."

Voda: We should avoid getting sucked into the conflict here and just focus on investigating, so don't make too many promises.

Barabba of Flambeau: are these guys wearing like a uniform or any heraldry

Man at Arms: No, but they have different style helmets than the guys you met in the market.

Guy of Bonisagus: "When I heard what was happening, I got here as soon as I could. Looks like the situation's gotten worse fast, though."

Man at Arms: Their outfits otherwise are irregular

Guy of Bonisagus: "How're the loyalties? Is the church with us?"

Man at Arms: "That fat pig Abbe Pontmercy's been bought off. When we finish with Amis we'll cut up that priest too."

Rosario of Flambeau: "I don't like the sound of this."

Guy of Bonisagus: I shake my head. "Any smart men at all out there? Or are we surrounded by fools?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "Perhaps there are no moral sides in this conflict. The demon must have gotten to them all."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Welcome to Normandy."

Altaluna: "Yeah, it stinks."

Man at Arms: "All the smart men are right here, I already told you that. And you chose right to sign up with the winning team."

Voda: Heh, but also try and figure out if anything is going to be happening soon, like a party or festival.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, as if there was any real choice. Follow a good man or a bunch of blind fools."

Barabba of Flambeau: ask if we get a helmet if we sign up

Man at Arms: Would it be easier if you all just spoke instead of having to pass through beardbeard

assuming beardbeard does not object

Voda: That WOULD be easier, IF WE ALL SPOKE FRENCH!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i can only deploy my stratagem once beardbeard comes to an agreement with the thugs

Man at Arms: yes as in lets assume he translates on your behalf

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i guess i could also pass on the messages.

Barabba of Flambeau: well we could zoom out a bit and just relate what we ask and learn form this guy

Guy of Bonisagus: "Got any room for some roadweary men to rest their feet a minute?"

Man at Arms: That would also be nice, BR.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: good strat's

Voda: Alright, I'd like to ask if there is a reason a tax collector was allowed into the city.

Altaluna: I assumed more people could speak french

isnt guli a frenchman???

Guy of Bonisagus: yes, and he speaks french

but he doesnt wanna talk to the scary guard

Altaluna: lol

I could call the guard a faggot, if you want.

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm over sinking 75xp in foreign languages for flavour

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the last time i talked to a guard voda had to hit him with a cobblestone

Man at Arms: To Voda's question: "Cause everyone's got to pay to Mayor Dumond, and anyone who don't is gonna get a traitor's fate."

Barabba of Flambeau: so I want to know who Amis is. why does he think he can go against the mayor?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Did you know they have him in the stocks?"

Man at Arms: To Guy: "Bring me some of Amis' men's heads and you can lodge here."

To Gulielmus: "Shit, they got Guarin? Where?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Right in the middle of the market!"

Guy of Bonisagus: "A man who appreciates merit, I like that. Any idea where Amis is holing up right now?"

Man at Arms: To Barabba: "He's the piece of shit guildmaster of the Vintners and thinks he gets to be next mayor just cause Charles kicked the bucket. He's thrown around cash to every dupe in town to get them on his side but the smart money's on Dumond."

Barabba of Flambeau: lot of money in vintning

Man at Arms: To Guy: "If we knew we'd be there kicking his door down"

"Duh"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Paying taxes to a mayor? Is he even from a patrician family?"

Voda: Hmm.

Man at Arms: "Alright, you lads want to earn your stay?"

"We're gonna get Guarin from the market and teach everyone there a lesson. You in?"

Voda: Looks like this city is a hotbed of conspiracy and hatred.

How are they all going to come together to sign the demon's pact?

Barabba of Flambeau: the nice thing about being italian is we can pass ourselves off as mercenary thugs wherever we go

Man at Arms: That is in fact why I was asking if you guys were speaking Italian before lol

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm swaggering guelphishly

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: I'll relay the request in Italian and tell them that it's probably not a good idea, but I'll get their opinions.

Barabba of Flambeau: I don't believe these guys would be able to tell an italian conversation from a latin one

Man at Arms: I presumed they would

Perhaps I presumed too much.

Guy of Bonisagus: if we speak in latin they might find it weird

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "This hubris seems like the work of your demon."

Guy of Bonisagus: but italian theyll understand

Voda: Hmm.

Guy of Bonisagus: as in, theyll understand a bunch of brutes talking italian

Voda: We should try and find out if there's an attack coming up, though of course we shouldn't just ask this guy that.

Altaluna: "What's going on, we starting a fight here or somewhere else?"

Man at Arms: He seems gung ho to start an attack right now, Voda

He's asking if you will join him

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "They're raiding the marketplace."

Barabba of Flambeau: well we want to hear his offer

Guy of Bonisagus: his offer is we get to have rooms here

if we help him

Barabba of Flambeau: can't just rush into a fight without knowing the pay or the odds

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: its a good offer.

Barabba of Flambeau: that's something i suppose

Guy of Bonisagus: however, wed be killing some guards and making a definite enemy

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "If the demon demands human sacrifice, doing it under the guise of arrests seems like a good plan."

Guy of Bonisagus: and probably be involved in killing civilians

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is anyone passing on the demonic name dropping

Man at Arms: Regarding the offer: "There's lot of coin there in those merchant coffers... And I bet Dumond's got a big reward if we get Guarin back..."

Guy of Bonisagus: there is also, of course, the chance that dumond is the one working with the demon

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "Well not a 'good' plan. A nasty, effective plan."

Man at Arms: I was not aware of a demon's name being dropped

Barabba of Flambeau: i'm sure they're both under the influence of the demon

Voda: We definitely need to avoid getting involved in this.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: fiorella mentioned it while addressing a man at arms

Guy of Bonisagus: i think we should bullshit about going down to get some good intel on the situation

and leave

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can't speak Normie so I don't talk to the Man at arms about the demon

Guy of Bonisagus: if we just turn him down hell probably fuck with us

Altaluna: "Sounds good."

Rosario of Flambeau: "We'll be right behind you."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if the demon shows up in the chateau then we can, i guess, kill it

Man at Arms: He sizes up your party, how many armed fighting men have you got?

Rosario of Flambeau: I can follow them down to the market to make sure it doesn't go too shitty.

Hopefully minimize casualties.

Man at Arms: 2 grogs, rosario, altaluna, barabba, voda?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i want to go back to the market.

Voda: I mean we should definitely not become part of a demon's plot.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hey, you signed up for demon hunting

Barabba of Flambeau: wait a second we already antagonised this faction

Guy of Bonisagus: yeah i definitely dont want to join the attack but im not one of the fighters so

Voda: I assumed that we wouldn't be doing any hunting FOR the demon!

Barabba of Flambeau: well i'll follow the crowd

Altaluna:

rolling 1d10!+1 personality: violent

(

8

)

+1

=

9

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have a plan.

Rosario of Flambeau: I mean, I don't want them to start killing people willy nilly.

Man at Arms: Alright -- then I assume you're playing along like you'll join a force of their own?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's not a good plan, and won't help anyone else, though.

Altaluna: "Alright. Let's start chopping."

Guy of Bonisagus: it seems everyone wants to fight

Barabba of Flambeau: I don't really want to fight, unless it's against demons, or for sport

Voda: We should definitely slip away and investigate the abandoned church.

Barabba of Flambeau: sounds good

I thought they'd just let us go and trust us to come back with heads

Guy of Bonisagus: well

theyre attacking too

they want us to join them

so if we leave theyll know

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the most concrete plan that we have put forward is

Rosario of Flambeau: I don't want to fight, but I assume if they go unsupervised they'll just start murdering civilians.

Renard of Flambeau: "You need to make a decision here, Gulielmus"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we tell them we are going to the market to blend in, and then they run in and start beheading people

Barabba of Flambeau: that'll happen with or without your involvement

Rosario of Flambeau: So I wanted to go and like, blunt their weapons or something if it came down to it.

Renard of Flambeau: "Remember, our goal is the Demon"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and presumably we join them.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I also have no reason to fight normal people, especially if I'm going to be rolling Infernal botch didce

Altaluna: I'm going to be rolling infernal heads at the marketplace

Guy of Bonisagus: well

ill leave the decision to guli

Altaluna: Unless ordered not to

Guy of Bonisagus: hes the best at making righteous decisions under incredible pressure

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I think I know what you mean."

Barabba of Flambeau: Renard should know, after all

"you think one or other of these guys has the demon charter?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I don't like it."

"But we must go back to the market."

Renard of Flambeau: "The Demon needs one city leader to make a new charter with Barabba"

Voda: The charter seems like it's most likely to be in the hands of the mayor, but who knows?

Altaluna: "Alright, 'boss', sounds good."

I draw my greatsword for our trip to the market

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: real subtle

Renard of Flambeau: Pierre (I believe that was the man at arms name) calls up 3 other cutthroats and 2 crossbowmen, and you all head to the market.

Guy of Bonisagus: it was archard

Renard of Flambeau: Any action you want to take en route or as you get near?

Guy of Bonisagus: pierre was the guard we beaned

Renard of Flambeau: ty

I was just testing you, in fact.

Rosario of Flambeau: I wave to the bearded man and give the thumbs up.

Renard of Flambeau: And you passed. Grats!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll find somewehre safe to take my parakeets

Barabba of Flambeau: I'd like to cast wizard's sidestep. can I do that without attracting attention?

Guy of Bonisagus: I find somewhere safe to overlook the battle.

Renard of Flambeau: Yes

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i pat my pocket, and reassure myself that i am carrying a flint and steel, as all ttrpg characters always do.

(From Voda): I'm going to try slipping away and going to the abandoned church.

Barabba of Flambeau: I do that, and then cast suppressing the wizard's handiwork so I can walk about normally until I need it

Renard of Flambeau: I'm moving Guy and Fiorella off stage to indicate they aren't in the battle

(To Voda): Noted, roll Dex+Stealth

Morgana: Very well

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: if we're buffing i will cast shriek

Guy of Bonisagus: ill intercede if theres anything i can do with leadership, for example try to help some scared peasants evacuate safely

Morgana: Violante also can't really contribute

Guy of Bonisagus: or other social stuff

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and the appropriate attire

Barabba of Flambeau:

rolling (d10!+10)/2

(

(

4

)

+10)/2

=

7

sidestepped

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 2d10 botch check

(

9

+

10

)

=

19

Barabba of Flambeau: I will also cast shriek

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: shrieked and attired

Voda:

(To GM) rolling 1d10 + 1 + 4

(

6

)

+1+4

=

11

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we're in an infernal aura lads.

Renard of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Barabba of Flambeau: oh, are formulaic spells always stressed then?

Renard of Flambeau: Your new friends don't notice Voda quietly slipping away from your party.

No -- but they are stressed once you'r ein combat

Invisibly, Renard whispers to ask if you're actually going to take part in this bloodshed.

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll cast my horse legs spell again before combat.

rolling 1d10!+17

(

1

)

+17

=

18

nice.

Barabba of Flambeau: I don't intend to, but I want to see how this plays out

Rosario of Flambeau: That's perfect.

4?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: is he asking everyone?

i'm not planning to skewer anyone

Rosario of Flambeau: however many botch dice it's -2 because i have two levels of mastery i think.

Renard of Flambeau: Is it Formulaic, DFD?

Rosario of Flambeau: yes.

Renard of Flambeau: You don't have to botch check if you're casting a Formulaic spell outside combat/stressful conditions

Rosario of Flambeau: I thought you had to stress in hostile auras.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yeah.

Renard of Flambeau: You just have to tell me if you fell short of the margin to cast, and if so, by how much

No, I'm pretty sure you don't

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh, the spell still works.

Altaluna: I'm here for violence, since I thought the plan was to draw the demon out and kill it.

Rosario of Flambeau: it's only a level 5 spell.

johns (GM): Renard can't cast his cool demon restraining spell outside a Room target.

Rosario of Flambeau: He did specify he wanted to trap it inside.

Let's kidnap the beard guy and interrogate him about the demon.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Room target means you don't have to see it too

johns (GM): Yup

Altaluna: Sounds like we need to make sure the charter is signed indoors

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Good idea

johns (GM): Alright, about a block away from the market place, Abelard tells you to pick up the pace, "We'll charge in, anyone who gets in your way cut 'em down"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'm not expecting a brawl in the market place to summon the demon right there, right then

johns (GM): "Ready?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: but, maybe i'm wrong!

Rosario of Flambeau: Who has MR here and how much?

Barabba of Flambeau: I have at least 15 MR against everything

Morgana: My only mundane with MR is in Rome

Morgana: Taking Theology classses

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i have at least 12

Altaluna: 0 MR

Rosario of Flambeau: 15 should be good. I have a spell that creates a light that blinds everyone temporarily within 10 paces so I was thinking I could set it off at some point and we grab the guy and run.

johns (GM): I have placed the battle line as I think it shall be

Guy of Bonisagus: i have at least 6 against everything

Barabba of Flambeau: oh i'm also buffed with endurance of the berserkers

Altaluna: Let's Violence

Barabba of Flambeau: or something like that

johns (GM): Great.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yaa

johns (GM): Your friends charge.

The 5 guards protecting the tax collector form up.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what do the townsfolk do

Barabba of Flambeau: well we've got to charge now

johns (GM): They

Rise up in violence.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Infantry, stand closer

Barabba of Flambeau: incredible

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Infantry, stand closer

Guy of Bonisagus: oh.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Everyone, advance 10 paces

Barabba of Flambeau: oh shit it's Rabble

Guy of Bonisagus: well thats not good

Voda: I WARNED you about getting involved.

Altaluna: Let's murder civvies

johns (GM): Several townsfolk begin to panic and run, others pick up whatever they can get their hands on to fight

cobblestone, brooms, barrels etc

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, no..."

Altaluna: "You've got ten seconds to beat it before I add you to the list of casualties."

Morgana: Too bad Zita isn't here to roll up hidden in plain sight and pick the lock of the pillory like the Sims Medieval spy

Rosario of Flambeau: All we need to do is break through to get to the tax collector, then we can flee. He's the most likely to have any information.

Altaluna: Don't remind me, shaun

johns (GM): The specifics of this combat with so many NPCs involved is not very important and I am going to abstract a good deal of rolling away. I just want to know what you specifically are doing, PCs.

Guy of Bonisagus: I'll stand up from my observation perch and try to shout and convince the rabble to put down their weapons and run.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hmm

johns (GM): Pre + Leadership, Guy

Voda: I'm leisurely walking to the abandoned church.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: slipping away to get my 4 pounds worth of spices from the spice stall suddenly seems like a bad idea

Voda: Well, purposefully.

johns (GM): The church full of drunks and homeless that is, Voda

Rosario of Flambeau: Smart move Voda.

Morgana: I guard the wizards

johns (GM): Some of them stir long enough to beg you for money.

Morgana: I also order the other grogs to guard the wizards

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+5

(

5

)

+5

=

10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: so i will saturate some baskets of onions with flammable oil

Voda: Do I have any money?

johns (GM): Sure.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: then set them alight and scatter the flaming onions to keep the rabble away

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm going to pick on someone weak and make a show of bullying them with my superior swordsmanship. maybe do a disarm if i get high enough attack advantage

I don't want to kill anyone, or get killed

johns (GM): A soldier or a townsfolk, Barabba?

Voda: I'll toss it away from myself and investigate the church to see if there's anything interesting, like an ancient document written in blood or glowing ink or something.

Or at least a secret room.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: gulielmus, the man who could not stop commiting crimes

Barabba of Flambeau: well it seems I'm at the back of the pack, so I'll defend the rear from encroaching rabble

Guy of Bonisagus: do i find any success johns

johns (GM): You convince a couple people to run away.

Who is trying to grab the tax collector? He's in the stocks so you have to get around the wall of guards

Guy of Bonisagus: I hold my hand in my heads and look in horror.

Rosario of Flambeau: I'll draw my greatsword and try to run around them since I'm as fast as a horse.

Barabba of Flambeau: does anyone have like rise of the feathery body or some such

johns (GM): Okay make an attack and try to beat the attack advantage to charge

Rosario of Flambeau: ok /roll 1d10!+20

lol.

rolling 1d10!+20

(

10

+

7

)

+20

=

37

johns (GM): No, YOU roll it!

nice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: nice

Rosario of Flambeau: Rosario does the anime dash and leaves a trail of dust

johns (GM): Dys, roll for Altaluna if she's attacking for real

Rosario of Flambeau: and rose petals, for show

Altaluna: I'm attacking for real

Guy of Bonisagus: is altaluna gonna kill some rabble

Altaluna:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

10

+

10

+

4

)

+15

=

39

Rosario of Flambeau: hell yes

greatswords ftw

Altaluna: Shit just got incredibly real

johns (GM): Were you attacking rabble or the guards

Altaluna: The enemy guards

johns (GM): Great.

johns (GM) consults a crystal ball

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM) rolls some dice

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: amazing! you behead 39 rabble with one blow

Altaluna: I'm not picking a fight with civilians for the fun of it, though I will if they go for me

johns (GM): Barabba keeps a couple of rabble at bay with his sword, menacing them deftly enough that they don't close in. The grogs, Altaluna and the Men at Arms crash into the enemy line, soundly winning the first foray, leaving the enemy cut and bleeding. Altaluna's sword leaves a heavy wound on three of the soldiers.

Meanwhile Rosario charges to the side, knocking a rabble to the ground, and getting to the enemy's flank.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what about me!

johns (GM): The crossbowmen loose their bows into the crowd and rabble scream as 2 are downed.

I didn't hear what gulielmus was doing except cowering.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: he was casting the oil spell on some merchandise

which i guess takes a whole round

johns (GM): Okay, awesome.

Did you roll for it?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+15+3+2-2

(

6

)

+15+3+2-2

=

24

johns (GM): Thanks.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: -0

johns (GM): Gulielmus, safely behind combat line, summons oil.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: keep forgetting the -0.

johns (GM): Everyone except Gulielmus and Rinaldo are now locked in combat, what do you guys do next?

* Rosario

sorry

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: are the rabble backing off

Barabba of Flambeau: I'll defend Gulielmus and continue to clown on rabble or anyone who comes near

johns (GM): Not yet

Altaluna: I'll swing again. Have we got grogs backing us up in this?

johns (GM): Yeah dys

The odds are strongly in your favor

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh, I'll rush over to the stocks and attempt to break them open with a mighty pommel strike. How strong are stocks?

Altaluna:

rolling 1d10!+15

(

4

)

+15

=

19

johns (GM): They're just wood idk

Roll an attack and I'll use my judgement

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10!+17

(

2

)

+17

=

19

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: okay.

Rosario of Flambeau: +11 damage

johns (GM): Hell. It works for me.

You break open the stocks.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i don't have the Common Sense virtue or anything but how disastrous would it be to spread a bunch of flaming onions everywhere in this marketplace

Rosario of Flambeau: Hell yeah.

johns (GM): It'd be pretty awesome, I think.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Very well.

i set the basket full of onions alight and kick it over in the direction of the rabble

johns (GM):

(To GM) rolling 1d10!+11 dfn

(

6

)

+11

=

17

johns (GM) rolls some dice

johns (GM): Okay.

There are now burning onions here.

Barabba of Flambeau: a frenchman's worst nightmar

johns (GM): People are panicking even more.

Barabba of Flambeau: e

Morgana: +3 awesomeness bonus to the casting total

Voda: A true tragedy.

johns (GM): Your team starts cutting down the enemy soldiers and the crossbowmen reload.

Rosario has Guarin, so what is the rest of you guys' plan?

Barabba of Flambeau: let's take him hostage

Morgana: Just let me know if Morgana dies so I can make the same grog with a new name

Barabba of Flambeau: i don't know how to do this just yet

but i'm sure the opportunity will present itself

johns (GM): The more pressing concern is the fighting and fire all around you atm

Barabba of Flambeau: hmm

johns (GM): but Guarin will go wherever Rosario pulls him at this stage

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: have the rabble backed off

johns (GM): Those who are not busy trying to drag their precious turnip sacks with them are scattering.

Guy of Bonisagus: now the market is on fire and peasants are being killed BUT the nice scent of roast onion is everywhere

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my goal at this point is to burgle the spice stall in the chaos

Rosario of Flambeau: "I'll make for the cathedral!"

If I can see it over all these buildings.

johns (GM): Sure, sure

Guy of Bonisagus: the cathedral is hostile to us keep in mind

Rosario of Flambeau: Oh is it?

johns (GM): Is it? Says who

Guy of Bonisagus: well

Voda: I feel like some people here have lost sight of our long term goal here.

Guy of Bonisagus: the bishops bought out at least

Altaluna: Everything is hostile to us

johns (GM): We have a goal?

Altaluna: I lost sight of my long-term goal when I rolled EF 9 violent

Rosario of Flambeau: Well, I was going to interrogate this tax collector about demons after I got out of here.

Barabba of Flambeau: to be honest I didn't know what I was signing up for until it seemed like it was too late to back down

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: my goal is to collect rare and exotic herbs, for my garden.

Rosario of Flambeau: Also I didn't hurt or kill anybody.

Guarin de Bourges: "Get me to the chateau"

Barabba of Flambeau: sounds reasonable

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: and hopefully someone will kill the demon while i do that.

Voda: Well, sounds to me like you need higher Stealth stats.

Altaluna: I'm playing a drunk killer for hire, if the magi don't want to start fights they can just say "lets not start a fight" and then not start a fight.

Barabba of Flambeau: although what if we took him to the church

Guy of Bonisagus: gulielmus is just robbing in a fight

good

johns (GM): SSMA.

Take him where you want.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: He's obtaining the goods that he paid for.

gulielmus of pure reason.

Guy of Bonisagus: I'll try to shout again to get the rabble to run away.

johns (GM): Good call. Also the crossbowmen are joining you and looting the abandoned stalls too.

You find the merchant who tried to con you cowering under his stall, in fact!

Barabba of Flambeau: let's take him to the chateau I guess

if we have to cut our way out then I'm splitting though

johns (GM): Good stuff. Meanwhile after the enemy guards are dead your buddies are now hacking apart any rabble still standing.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Bonjour!"

Barabba of Flambeau: I certainly didn't tell them to do that

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "I hope you don't mind if I take my four pounds' worth."

johns (GM): Your buddies, not your grogs

Guy of Bonisagus: I try to convince the goddamn rabble to run.

rolling 1d10+5

(

8

)

+5

=

13

Altaluna: Depends if they attack me or not.

Barabba of Flambeau: sure, sure

Altaluna: If they come at me, I will stand my ground

Morgana: Morgana is not a cold blooded killer, at any rate

Rosario of Flambeau: altaluna ftw

Altaluna: Otherwise I'll just leg it with the magi

johns (GM): Okay. Anyone who is capable of running has run at this point. Only those who were already trampled in the chaos, or injured and can't run, are left to be butchered.

Morgana: She's a hot blooded killer

Guy of Bonisagus: self defense scenario where the peasant is aggressing you with a stick

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Please, do not butcher the peasants

Altaluna: The fight is on

Rosario of Flambeau: shades of koji kabuto

johns (GM): Gulielmus, what do you do with the merchant at your mercy

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will not lose no fight to no peasant in no market

Altaluna: I'm just stumbling around with a bottle in one hand and dragging the greatsword with another, swinging it vaguely to scare people into moving out the way while I leave

Voda: I just want to mention, even though I do not support this idea, it's possible to kill Renard when he shows up to confront the demon.

(To Voda): there was no secret passage in the cathedral, which didn't really exist until beardbeard insisted that because itw as on the map it had to have something

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: why on earth would anyone do that.

Altaluna: :thinking:

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I will help the man up.

Altaluna: When has good sense ever stopped a Vardian's Tomb plan?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: after filling as many dram bottles as possible.

johns (GM): Okay, your crossbow buddy stabs him in the stomach and rips the purse off his belt.

(From Voda): Nevertheless it has proven to be a place of sanctuary both physically and spiritually. You know if I had a soul.

Rosario of Flambeau: gah!

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yikes!

Morgana: Hypatia would want to kill Renard but she's not here

johns (GM): You also notice your co-adventurers are retreating.

Barabba of Flambeau: how much House Acclaim do you think we're going to get for this exploit?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll cast Asclepius's Aid on the spice merchant

and then retreat towards the chateau

johns (GM): Nice, nice.

Rosario of Flambeau: Hopefully at least 1 xp. I did just save some guy. Even if he is a disgusting tax collector.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: hopefully i got something good.

johns (GM): You got your money back and some good exotic herbs

Voda: How many potions we got left?

Barabba of Flambeau: You saved him from a pillory

Rosario of Flambeau: He was certainly going to be killed.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the money probably went to the crossbowman

i wasn't going to take the money anyway.

johns (GM): Leaving the sounds of battle in your wake, you pull the dazed Guarin back to the Chateau.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: just the herbs

johns (GM): I see

johns (GM) updates finance sheet

Voda: Well, I'm going to go wandering around until I find the magi so I can report on the shocking findings from the church and turn over the artifact I found.

Guy of Bonisagus: I hold my head in my hands while following everyone back.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: have we reconvened

johns (GM): You find them moving along with Guarin towards the chateau.

Rosario of Flambeau: "Voda! Where were you?"

Guarin de Bourges: Once in the courtyard, Guarin pauses to catch his breath. "Merci... Dumond will hear of what you've done. We taught Amis and his dogs a lesson, haha!"

Voda: How long does it take me to find the magi?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh I forgot crows have second sight. Maybe I can help in a demon hunt after all.

Guarin de Bourges: You meet up En Route.

Voda: Alright.

"The church was empty and abandoned."

Altaluna: "That was fun, but what did it have to do with hunting the demon?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton gasps at Voda

Rosario of Flambeau: "Good question." I point to Guarin and look at Gulielmus. "Ask him about the demon."

Barabba of Flambeau: "he's not the demon, you know"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What, you think he knows about the demon?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "He looks kind of demonic."

Barabba of Flambeau: "I could cast a spell on him"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea turns to Guarin.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "How can a city this large even function without a priest?"

Altaluna: "Ask them if they've got some deal they're gonna sign, that's what we were looking out for."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "My friend here wants to know what you know about the... the town charter."

Guarin de Bourges: Voda went to the abandoned church you checked out on the way in

Rosario of Flambeau: "That's all that was in the church?"

Guarin de Bourges: Not the Cathedral

Rosario of Flambeau: "Nothing?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "That's like a cart without a horse."

Voda: "There were also a lot of beggars."

"So I also present my lack of spare change in hopes of reimbursement."

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: What artifact did Voda find?

Guarin de Bourges: "It gives the mayor the right to collect the taxes. Dumond's the rightful mayor so the money's his"

Voda: Lack of money.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll give Voda some money since the beggars took his.

Guarin de Bourges: "I mean you'll get a share too."

Barabba of Flambeau: oh so dumond has the charter then of course

Guarin de Bourges: "Cause you helped us out."

Rosario of Flambeau winces

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea relays this information.

Barabba of Flambeau: no true knight would refuse the reward of leal service

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Is that good enough, or should I take a more direct approach?"

Guy of Bonisagus: "So we just helped the ones working with the demon?"

Barabba of Flambeau: "well we tagged along"

Guarin de Bourges: "Eh? You daft"

Barabba of Flambeau: "wasn't that obvious?"

Guarin de Bourges: "The devil's Amis, the swine. We'll cut him from ear to ear"

Guy of Bonisagus: i was speaking in italian obviously

Guarin de Bourges: "I mean you will. I'm no fighter."

Sorry.

Ignore what I said then.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "I'll note that I willingly abstained from this venture, and voiced suspicions that Durmond was affiliated with the demon."

"Guy also did not take part."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll note that renard hasn't objected to any of this.

Guarin de Bourges: "Come on, let's talk to the boss"

Guy of Bonisagus: "What a mess... Well, now that we know who has the charter, what next?"

Rosario of Flambeau: "May we arrange a meeting with Durmond inside?"

Guy of Bonisagus: renard was invisible the whole time

and asked are you really gonna join in with this

Rosario of Flambeau: "Perhaps in a neutral location."

Altaluna: "Now he trusts us. Why don't you use your fast-talking to set up a trap for the demon?"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats true. thats true.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Oh, yes, good idea."

is renard back with us yet

Guarin de Bourges: He never left.

Rosario of Flambeau: That was the plan.

Guarin de Bourges: He's just invisible.

Rosario of Flambeau: All along.

Guy of Bonisagus: i mean

is he still invisible

Altaluna: "Whole idea is we kill it, anyhow."

Guarin de Bourges: Yes.

Rosario of Flambeau taps his zero int forehead.

Guarin de Bourges: But he taps you on the shoulder to let you know he's there, I guess.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It was me, Austin. It was me all along

Guy of Bonisagus: time to go into a room with a demon while renard uses his room spell that will definitely hurt the demon and not us

Barabba of Flambeau: let's

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that's the plan!

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll pre-bird and ride on someone's shoulder before we go into this meeting.

And prebuff

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: shriek of the incoming sparrow

Barabba of Flambeau: all that

it's probably time to refresh

a lot of these are diameter

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Shriek and Sidestep

Voda: Which room are we in on the map?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I should get a Diameter sidestep, or invent it with a casting tool

Guarin de Bourges: Guarin leads you inside. The guards don't challenge his authority as you follow.

What map?

Voda: Gasp!

Guarin de Bourges: lol

i had it leftover from the last blois adventure I ran but i dont think we need it

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: was this a mont mercure adventure

Guarin de Bourges: it was the first adventure I ever gmed after br burned out

Barabba of Flambeau: it's fun because I don't think we ever uncovered the plot on that adventure

Guarin de Bourges: You did, you rescued the Jew and Saved the Day

Barabba of Flambeau: so I can't tell how much of this is a callback

oh yes

Guarin de Bourges: Guarin rushes up to a sort of important looking fellow and recounts your exploits at the market place. He nods and smiles.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does the aura feel stronger yet

Bailiff Dumond: It feels Infernal 3 ish.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: this is excellent news.

Bailiff Dumond: (it is still day)

(From Voda): I make a note of Gulielmus' treasonous opinion.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Is Renard still with us?"

Altaluna: "Yeah, where'd he saunter off to?"

Bailiff Dumond: "Good fighters, just what I need. You finish the job and you'll have enough to retire on. Bring Amis to me alive and I'll give you his weight in gold and estates in the valley."

Guy of Bonisagus: time to think of how to lie to him so we can see the charter

Bailiff Dumond: Renard taps your shoulders to let you know he is still there.

Rosario of Flambeau: That man in the armor over there certainly fits the description.

Altaluna: oh hes speaking french isnt he

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i'll pass the message on

Rosario of Flambeau: The description Renard gave earlier of the demon.

Altaluna: "Ask him why he wants this Amis so much."

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm silently casting intangible tunnel on, in sequence, drumond, the armoured guy, and everyone else in the room

Bailiff Dumond: lol

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Altaluna: :blessed:

Voda: Smart.

Rosario of Flambeau: hell yeah.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol

Guy of Bonisagus: does that include the magi

Barabba of Flambeau: nobody I already know has magic resistance

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i assume stealthy casting suppresses your sigil, otherwise there's no point

Guy of Bonisagus: boy reporter kills the grogs

Barabba of Flambeau: the spell's effect is invisible, so how would it manifest

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Isn't it obvious?"

Rosario of Flambeau: in your own mind

however you imagine the tunnel

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Amis wants his spot."

(To Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): Renard whispers, "The demon has to appear in material form. Remember they are compulsive but also cowards."

Bailiff Dumond passes a note to a player

Guy of Bonisagus: "Do you think that's the demon, Renard?" I say in a low voice in Latin.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea looks perplexed for a moment.

Guy of Bonisagus: also the demon can probably see renard. i assume most demons have second sight, especially in a reasonably strong infernal aura

well, especially powerful ones like this at least

Altaluna: How long till sundown?

Bailiff Dumond: 1 hour

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: yikes

Guy of Bonisagus: we should kill it before sundown

when it grows that much stronger

Altaluna: I'll keep my ban off until hostilities start, dont want to put it on then waste it

Voda: We should find it first.

Guy of Bonisagus: its right here

Voda: I mean, maybe.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i will immediately contradict myself, and ask the guy about amis.

Voda: It might just be some guy.

Guy of Bonisagus: well he said it matched the description so it would have to be some guy who is also very tall

Bailiff Dumond: "I got something special lined up for him. Gonna make him suffer before he dies."

The Knight is Size +0.

Rosario of Flambeau: Ah.

Maybe he buffs himself.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "What makes him so bold as to arrest your tax collector?"

Barabba of Flambeau: it might just be a guy in armour

Rosario of Flambeau: Also a possibility.

Barabba of Flambeau: well, is he wearing a full suit of gothic plate?

Guy of Bonisagus: hm

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: it's a knight.

Bailiff Dumond: Gothic plate does not exist yet -- but it's a full suit of fancy armor.

Barabba of Flambeau: then we can probably see it's a man under there

Voda: HOWEVER, visored helmets do exist.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Hmm, I wonder my parma beats my own circle of beast warding

Voda: How could it?

Barabba of Flambeau: what would that mean

(From Gulielmus ex Miscellanea): i'm hoping to get him to talk about the charter i guess? i don't have much of a plan anymore.

Bailiff Dumond: "When Mayor Charles croaked he went around with a fake will saying he made Amis his successor. With that and his money he duped a bunch of rubes to his side. But I'm gonna take the title that's mine, even if I have to kill everyone in my way."

Altaluna: "Wow, this guy sounds reasonable."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "So the title is hereditary?"

Barabba of Flambeau: it's been passed down from mayor to bailiff throughout the centuries

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh, "Ward Against the Beasts of Legend" is what I'm thinking of

Barabba of Flambeau: ask him about the formalities

Bailiff Dumond: "It goes to whoever the Lord says it goes to... but he says we gotta earn it."

"And I intend to."

Barabba of Flambeau: ahhh there we go

Voda: It still unlikely that your parma magica would be better than Ward Against the Beasts of Legend.

Guy of Bonisagus: "Ah, so you have the charter safely in your custody then?"

Barabba of Flambeau: So who's the Lord hereabouts, does he live at the chateau?

Bailiff Dumond: He looks suspiciously at Guy. "What do you care about that?"

Barabba of Flambeau: I don't think finding the old charter will help us

Voda: For starters, Parma Magica does almost nothing against a magic tiger clawing your face off.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "It's a curious arrangement, is all."

Barabba of Flambeau: depends what kind of magic tiger it is

Guy of Bonisagus: "Hm? Oh, nothing, it's just that those fool guards working for Amis said he had it. But that's obviously nonsense."

Barabba of Flambeau: it won't keep up a beast of virtue but it will repel conjured animals

Voda: The charter WILL help us because Town Charters have vis in them.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: The ward can keep the tiger from getting in melee rnage

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: does anyone have any ideas to draw the demon out

Bailiff Dumond: "He can tell whatever lies he want but it's gonna be his blood inking the page when I'm through with him!"

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: lol.

Barabba of Flambeau: is that a requirement? honest question, I'm foreign

Bailiff Dumond: "Uh.. forget I said anything. Anyway go get me Amis."

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: Obviously a metaphor.

Voda: Well, you could say how excited your are to sell your souls for worldly power.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: No magical beast whose Magic Might is

equal to or less than the level can affect anyone within the Circle

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: "Anyone have any better ideas?"

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay, even if the tiger's claw can reach inside, just being in the circle is enough

Guy of Bonisagus: "Of course. We'll take some time to think on where he might be, and have him at your feet soon."

Voda: Wards stop things from getting in entirely.

Barabba of Flambeau: I mean the parma shaun

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: It can't even use some sort of ranged tiger power on you

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: they also prevent most actions that would destroy the ward

Barabba of Flambeau: it's effectively a ward against things taht are created by spells or powers

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Okay, like my summoned crows

Barabba of Flambeau: "any clues on that front, by the way?"

Voda: Anyway, we could just magically turn someone into this guy we're looking for.

Bailiff Dumond: "Probably in a whorehouse somewhere"

Guy of Bonisagus: yes, lets have an innocent man killed by a demon

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: that is a good idea.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I am alow a crow, however, n many situations where I would be summoning crows

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i mean, that's an awful idea.

every part of this is awful.

Barabba of Flambeau: well that leads us to my next question

where do you keep your whores?

Bailiff Dumond: Wherever the red lights are

Barabba of Flambeau: ingenious

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I'll perch on a statue while I appear to be perched on someone's shoulder, due to Sidestep

Barabba of Flambeau: alright, this guy is in touch with some kind of lord so that's who we need to be dealing with

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: what do your bird-eyes see

Barabba of Flambeau: I don;t think doing his quest chain will make him direct us up the chain of command

Altaluna: Let's figure out who the demon thinks is worth meeting with

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling 2+3+d10! Second Sight (invisible Creatures)

2+3+

(

5

)

=

10

9 without spec

Guy of Bonisagus: obviously just amis and this guy

Barabba of Flambeau: everyone here seems to be a mundane anyway

Voda: I think if we kill all of his enemies for him then the demon will show up to offer him unlimited power or whatever.

Bailiff Dumond: that's Magic second sight right?

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah

Bailiff Dumond: Nothing unusual

Barabba of Flambeau: oh maybe

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: getting to amis sounds difficult after killing a bunch of his men.

Guy of Bonisagus: if we kill all of his enemies we would also be committing murder

Barabba of Flambeau: that's a concern too

Altaluna: It sounds easy if you are willing to continue killing his men

Rosario of Flambeau: Who killed his men?

I was busy being heroic.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we were there.

Guy of Bonisagus: also his enemies, as we have seen, are the townsfolk themselves

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Which court would we be convicted of murder in?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: with the guys who did it

Guy of Bonisagus: the court of god

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the people's court

Altaluna: I killed several people, it was great.

Barabba of Flambeau: that's how they get you

Voda: Ironically I haven't killed anyone and in fact might have saved Pierre's life by knocking him out on today, the day of reckoning.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Common law? Outisde of England?

Rosario of Flambeau: hah

Pierre...

Barabba of Flambeau: no big deal, just committing mortal sins of my own volition in pursuit of a demon

Bailiff Dumond: You absolutely did

Rosario of Flambeau: Thank you Voda.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i dont really have any ideas on how to advance, here.

Bailiff Dumond: Although his buddies robbed him of all his worldly possessions when they found him passed out

Guy of Bonisagus: i wanna check out the cathedral in any case

Rosario of Flambeau: yeah

Voda: It's ironic, of course, because I no longer benefit from the grace of God and therefore it its irrelevant how much or how little I sin.

Guy of Bonisagus: the people who werent in the fight itself might be able to move about somewhat more freely

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: i need to go afk for like 10-15 minutes anyway

Barabba of Flambeau: I'm going to use my complicity in murder to bow out, because I'm falling asleep in my chair

Bailiff Dumond: Can we take a short break

Guy of Bonisagus: sure

Voda: I could go looking for Amis but I don't speak ye Frensh.

Bailiff Dumond: Yes unfortunately it is getting late and we haven't accomplished much..

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: zita...

Rosario of Flambeau: God bless BR.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: I accomplished a lot.

Rosario of Flambeau: Good sesh.

Guy of Bonisagus: the only thing i can think of to definitely check is thet cathedral

see if its still divine aura there

Voda: We could call it for tonight and then finish it up next week.

Altaluna: Remember when we had someone good at information gathering, stealth, who could speak any language?

Guy of Bonisagus: thats a good idea

Voda: That's what I call the ol' Endrite Special.

Rosario of Flambeau: I want to get some tea and keep going if we want to do that, but I'm also ok w next week.

Bailiff Dumond: Yes -- his name is Bolad

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I accomplished little, but didn't really have much to do here anyway

At least I got chicken... I mean, parakeets

Guy of Bonisagus: we need to think about the next move anyway

Rosario of Flambeau: I got to do a lot of cool moves, I'm into this character.

Guy of Bonisagus: unless we want to just continue sinning in pursuit of a demon

Altaluna: I'm confused about where the demon's going to show up

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: thats the only way forward

Bailiff Dumond: I feel a little lousy just saying this -- The church has a corrupt priest there who isn't going to be of much use to you unless you plan to get involved in this gang war

Altaluna: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs - me, while decapitating civilians with a greatsword.

Guy of Bonisagus: i wanted to check if the church was at least still divine

in this city of infernal aura

Rosario of Flambeau: Altaluna: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs - me, while decapitating civilians with a greatsword.

Voda: Bailiff Dumond already said as much.

Rosario of Flambeau: lol

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: you could just say the demon's name and see if he shows up

Bailiff Dumond: There is one thing of note in the church

Perception + Awareness

from everyone, really

Voda: We don't know the demon's name.

Altaluna: Is it sight-based?

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: we know his regular name

Guy of Bonisagus:

rolling 1d10+2

(

1

)

+2

=

3

Voda:

rolling 1d10 + 1

(

8

)

+1

=

9

Altaluna: This is important as I have 1 eye

Guy of Bonisagus: woo

Rosario of Flambeau:

rolling 1d10+3

(

7

)

+3

=

10

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea:

rolling 1d10!+2+1

(

2

)

+2+1

=

5

(To Rosario of Flambeau): You haven't heard a church bell ring once since you got here.

Altaluna:

rolling 1d10+3 [+0 if sight-based]

(

2

)

+3

=

5

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling d10+1

(

4

)

+1

=

5

Bailiff Dumond passes a note to a player

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Oh

Bird form

Rosario of Flambeau: As the day draws to a close, I notice something.

"You know, I haven't heard a church bell once."

Bailiff Dumond: The church has a Dom 3 Aura inside but it's all infernal outside

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling 4+3 Bird Awareness

4+3

=

7

food spec

Voda: Hmm.

I could try ringing the bell.

Bailiff Dumond: It is missing a clapper.

Voda: On the other hand, we're doing great at this whole gang war thing.

Gulielmus ex Miscellanea: the ol broken bell trick.

ok brb.

Bailiff Dumond: Well that's all the exposition I think needed for now

You have to make a plan to go forward.

Making tea, brb

Rosario of Flambeau: same brb

Guy of Bonisagus: i can make a vine rope to ring it if we get something metal to actually do the ringing

and well see what happens then

what happens then: we all die

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I can cast Unseen Porter to ring the bell, like Jorn did

Guy of Bonisagus: its missing a clapper

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: RIght

I forget how the other bell was broken then

Altaluna: Damn. If only we had a master of Terram here, who could creo one for us.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: "So this demon will stay hidden until there's a clear winner in this conflict, then?" I say once we have some privacy so the talking ibrd doesn't upset anyway

* upset anyone

Bailiff Dumond: Ringing the bell triggers the Augustan Ward that destroys the entire city, leaving a 90' pit. Roll soak

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton:

rolling 0 falling damage while having wings

0

=

0

Bailiff Dumond: should we call it for tonight

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: If you're tired sure

Guy of Bonisagus: probably

boy reporter is gone

johns (GM): I think the energy is getting low yeah

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Yeah rip

johns (GM): My apologies! I didn't think this would run long.... (me recalls the thousand other times he thought that too)

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: We can plan the conclusion for next week

Guy of Bonisagus: demon hunting adventure part 1: we helped the guy working with the demon to win his conflict, and also kill some innocent townsfolk

johns (GM): Also we could jump to another adventure if we finish this one early next week

An Endrite adventure!

Guy of Bonisagus: hm i see

Guy of Bonisagus conspires to drag out next weeks session as long as possible.

Voda: Low energy!

Altaluna: is that in autumn 1343

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Endrite adventure, hm?

Voda: Sad!

johns (GM): tbd

Endrite: I guarantee it will be full of excitement or something.

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton rolls Redshirticus the Grog

Guy of Bonisagus screams.

johns (GM): I have a question

Could we be starting these sessions earlier in the day

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: Sure

johns (GM): Im pretty sure the Euro crew could do that

Guy of Bonisagus: i could

Fiorella Zeno of Jerbiton: I only sleep in on days I'm very depressed

Altaluna: sort of, i eat dinner iwth family on sundays

Endrite: I guess I can.

Guy of Bonisagus: wow look at this guy

Altaluna: usually done by 7, we start 8 my time

Guy of Bonisagus: eating with his family

johns (GM): gah

well, even an hour would help

Altaluna: it means ill be absent for 15 minutes or so at some point if its earlier than that. you can move it early, its fine.

we have 9 players, one player vanishing briefly isnt too big a deal

johns (GM): We have 8 players.

Hafl is gone :(

Altaluna: sorry. 8 players.

johns (GM) cries. the game is dying!!!!!

Endrite: Here's something I would like to request going forward: a lot less rules chat about rules that aren't relevant to the situation at hand.

johns (GM): lol but also yes

Endrite: In general cross-talk should be cut down.

johns (GM): i like cross-talk if it's between the people not active in the scene

as GM its hard for me to guage if im doling out response time well enough since I"m always responding so I apologize

Altaluna: nothing can stop me chatting with other PCs off-screen

besides being on-screen

johns (GM): idea: if you have a rules question, direct it to BR first and i'll only jump in if I disagree with what he says

Endrite: I mean, if you have a rules question you have the rest of the week to hash it out in discord or whatever.

johns (GM): Sooth.

Endrite, you'd be ready to jump into a Tiber adventure if we finish early next week?

Rosario of Flambeau: We could start earlier on Sundays, sure.

Endrite: Sure thing.

I just need to add a character sheet and we're good to go!

devil's fav demon: I would keep playing but sure, if you want to let me watch the Royal Rumble without distractions

sure.

c'thinker (GM): salve.

Endrite: Hello.

devil's fav demon: I liked this session and the new characters

altaluna ftw.

johns (GM): Good night