character design and development

They went off in December of 1129.

silveroak, Sybilla will get her Inherited Virtues and Flaws finally, due to Rituals received, Initiations achieved, and general Faerie influence: Figurine Magic (Inherited), Large (Inherited), Lecherous (Major), Plagued by Supernatural Entity (Major), Lesser Charm (Figurine magic) (Inherited), Independent Craftsman (Inherited).

Sweet, shy Sybilla is now very tall and strong, with raw carnal appetites (no doubt the influence of so many other Lecherous members of the covenant and the Fertility magic Breakthroughs!), a new magic ability, and probably taught and lusted by some Faerie smith.

Mercurio can help her with those faerie urges inside her. >.>

raccoonmask
Aurthor is happy about this opportunity, Mercurio can somehow continue the tradition of the Praxologists even if he is ungifted. He sees Gloriana as a young maga very eager to overcome the discoveries made by her pater and thinks that in her laboratory will be conducted interesting experiments in the next years. Which experiments? Who knows, the secrecy of what happens in another magus’ sanctum is safeguarded nothing less than the Code of Hermes itself. If there are risks or special precautions to be taken? Risks for sure, magic can be very demanding, he does not speak openly about particular precautions, however.

Ignes.Festivus
Afterwards Aurthor arranges a meeting with Gloriana. He wants to make sure that, in case Mercurio accepts to be her assistant, his son will be treated well. And he speaks also about that interesting mirror with a Hyperborean ghost inside. If he recall correctly it should be kept in Gloriana’s lab. Can Aurthor borrow the item for some time starting from 1132?

OCC:
Aurthor doesn’t know of the intentions of Gloriana (human experiments on his poor son? :open_mouth: ) but she is committed to her given word, right? What is the concept of treating well a mundane in the mind of Gloriana however can differ from what Aurthor expects.
Anyway, the following years Aurthor will proceed to scan Mercurio's mind in search of informations on the lab activities of the maga...

Hi leo, silveroak had mentioned that one can gain Insight from those children born directly after the Ritual botch of 1112, and that's precisely what she is looking at. She's not particularly cruel or evil, just a bit self-centered, but she does love being a good hostess! I doubt Mercurio is in any danger.

As for the mirror, it's stored somewhere, just not in her lab. Oliverius insisted on it being checked out for its powers, etc, when she proposed to hang it up there, but that hasn't happened, so it's in storage, and we are not getting its vis (as it has to be in a functioning lab, sort of an annoying condition I came up with when she retrieved it in an adventure).

Ah, I see. It's difficult to know in detail every single event happened before I came in this saga, just "human experiment" sounded a little alarming to me :smiley: .

Hmmm, I thought Oliverius checked the mirror but now I can't see a season spent for investigating its magical powers by him.

Well, Aurthor will retrieve the mirror from our stores then. It was examined for holy/unholy effects by Al-Wazif already and Aurthor thinks that proceeding by interrogating the ghost in search of insights on hyperborean magic is enough to determine if the vis got from the mirror is safe and usable.

My memory of it is incomplete. I remember wanting it investigated, and having people sense holiness on it, and that being that - but admittedly I haven't thought about it since then.

1130
Aurthor, Arduino, Ibis and Pazzino are all updated.

In winter Aurthor performs a 25th level Aegis of the Hearth ritual in place of Evandros. He expends 1 CP and 5 pawns of Vim vis in the process.

With a casting total of 51 + _: 1D10 = [4] = 4 = 55 Aurthor gets a final penetration of 30.

For 1131:

Andros has an adventure in Summer, will be advanced for Spring. Done, will advance for the year, in his now much comfier Lab. Aging roll: _: 1D10 = [10] = 10 + 7 Age - 2 magi Standards- 2 healthy locale - 1 good food -1 good wine-3 familiar bond- 6 LR =-8, nothing happens
Neleos was taught Secondary Insight! Difficulty was 36, Teaching total: 12 Teaching 1-on-1 +9 one-on-one+ 2 Com+5 Good Teacher+3 Teaching Lab+5 Apt Student=36; need 21(base)+9 existing Hermetic Major virtue+ 2 existing Minor Hermetic virtues x 3 =36

Danaë has adventures in Spring and Winter. Advanced through Fall. Done! Aging roll _: 1D10 = [5] = 5 +5 Age - 2Magi standards - 2 Healthy feature -1 Good Food - 1 Good wine -1 Magic blood= 3, nothing happens (Unaging)

Lady A has adventures in Summer and Fall, will be advanced for Spring; for Summer. for the year. Aging roll: _: 1D10 = [2] = 2 + 5 Age - 2 Wealthy- 2 healthy locale - 1 good food -1 good wine - 14 LR- 1 Monstrous Blood = -14 no change
husband's aging: 65: _: 1D10 = [4] = 4 + Age 7 -2 Wealthy - 2 Healthy location - 1 Food - 1 Wine = 5 apparent aging

Sybilla has some adventures. Advanced through Summer. In the Fall, the lusty lass creates her first ever magical figurine carving, this takes her 2 months, needs to meet a 9 diff, which she can do without rolling (and can't botch, Cautious with Craft), an erotic yet heroic carving of the mythical mother of the hero Perseus...Danaë. She's Generous and Lecherous, this would give Danaë Affinity with Second Sight, for 1 year. If she accepts the gift. Advanced for the year.

Sandor has again many adventures. Advanced for Spring and Summer. Advanced for the year.

Gloriana has an adventure in Summer, will be advanced for Spring. Gloriana and MR will be advanced for the year. Aging roll: _: 1D10 = [9] = 9 +5 age - 2 Magi standards - 2 Healthy Feature - 1 Good food - 1 Good wine - 4 Bronze cord = 4, apparent aging, arghhh.

1131
Aurthor tries again to invent "Defy the Hound of Cerberus" (ReMe 40) using his Insight lab text. This time, with the help of his familiar, needs only one season for each attempt.

1st attempt in Spring
Final LT: 79 + simple die _: 1D10 = [8] = 8 = 87
1st roll for extraordinary results: _: 1D10 = [10] = 10 -> number of botch dice: 1 + Aura 6 - Cautious sorcerer 3 - Gold cord 3 - Lab safety 3 = -2 Hmm, apparently he doesn't have to check for a botch. -> No extraordinary effects
2st roll for extraordinary results: _: 1D10 = [5] = 5 -> Side effect

silveroak, or anyone willing to help, is my math regarding the number of botch dice right? Do I still have to roll at least one die with a total of -2?

Oh, and finally, assuming there isn't a botch involved, what is the side effect for Aurthor's version of "Defy the Hound of Cerberus"?

All spirits summoned by this spell emit a golden light with roughly the illumination of a torch.

Hi leo, from Covenants p 111:
For this roll, you cannot have no botch dice; there is always a minimum of at least one. In the event of a botch, a lab accident is suffered — roll on the Disaster sub-chart of the Experimentation: Extraordinary Results chart...

Thanks for the reference Ignes.Festivus!

So one botch dice for Aurthor: _: 1D10 = [3] = 3 -> no botch!

Aurthor finally invented a ritual that doesn't require Vis. 8)

Hip hip, hooray!!!!

Ignes.Festivus, assuming Gloriana doesn't have leadership issues, would she be interested in utilizing Mercurio as a non-gifted lab assistant? He's Faerie Blooded, charming, and wants to do something more meaningful than scribing other peoples' opuses.

The more the merrier, she can have up to 3 assistants (Leadership 2, specialized in Lab activities)! So Mercurio, Mother Rabbit, and Sybilla can all help at the same time. He shouldn't forget to raise his MT. (and remember, he was part of the Int Ritual, right, his Int should be +3, correct?). Although lab activities are often simple drudgery, so I doubt it will be as exciting as he expects (well, perhaps he expects to bed the entire Lab, seeing as he is Lecherous...and Sybilla as well...and Mother Rabbit, who Sybilla is planning to eventually give the ability to take human form, oh gawds!). There might be entire years his aid might not be needed (in which she studies, or in which she doesn't need the Lab aid, or she's out adventuring, of course he could come to adventure!)

The familiar does not count against your leadership limit.

Thanks! Missed that.

Adjusted his Int (and warping) appropriately. He'd be glad to learn more MT to assist the alluring Gloriana, and perhaps to impress Sybilla, who's the same age as him and just as eager to experience things.

Regarding 1131 Arduino, Aurthor, Ibis and Pazzino are updated.

Moreover, I'm going to take control of Anvy ok?