House-Hunting (1220.1)

Peregrine_Bjornaer · May 15, 2016, 2:23am

Well, time to rattle the bones on the making-the-cabins thing.

Hope's cottage

Casting Roll: Cr 15 + He/Te 5 + Sta 1 + Aura 5 + Artes Liberales (Ritual Magic) 3 + Philosophiae 5 + die roll of 7 (since coyotecode doesn't seem to be showing results right now) = 41.
Finesse roll: Int 2 + Finesse 3 + die roll of 3 = 8.Not good-looking, but not bad-looking, either.

Laerleggr's cottage

Casting Roll: Cr 15 + He/Te 5 + Sta 1 + Aura 5 + Artes Liberales (Ritual Magic) 3 + Philosophiae 5 + die roll of 6 = 40.
Finesse roll: Int 2 + Finesse 3 + die roll of 9 = 14. Nice. Almost professional-looking.

Beatrix's cottage (part 1)

Casting Roll: Cr 15 + He/Te 5 + Sta 1 + Aura 5 + Artes Liberales (Ritual Magic) 3 + Philosophiae 5 + die roll of 4 = 38.
Finesse roll: Int 2 + Finesse 3 + die roll of 9 = 14.

Beatrix's cottage (part 2)

Casting Roll: Cr 15 + He/Te 5 + Sta 1 + Aura 5 + Artes Liberales (Ritual Magic) 3 + Philosophiae 5 + die roll of 7 = 41.
Finesse roll: Int 2 + Finesse 3 + die roll of (1,8) 16 = 21. Holy cow! So, the two pieces fit together like dove-tailing, and it looks magnificent.

callen · May 16, 2016, 10:30am

Beatrix is quite impressed by her work and let's her know. Bea is quite appreciative of her efforts.

Also, since it's her need, Bea provides the missing pawn of Herbam vis.

Quite_Possibly_a_Cat · May 17, 2016, 5:39am

Hope is grateful for the efforts despite any imperfections. As long as its functional then it meets her requirements.

Emelric · May 18, 2016, 5:10am

"Thank you Eilid. Looks like a proper home. I'll move in straight away."
Laerleggr picks up his sack of stuff that he'd brought with him in anticipation of his new digs and heads inside. After a thump and clatter, he pokes his head back out the door saying, "I'd invite you in, but there's no place to sit yet. Maybe in a few days though."

Peregrine_Bjornaer · May 20, 2016, 3:59am

Eilid grins. [color=brown]"I'll send some craftsmen around to start working on that!"

ironboundtome · May 23, 2016, 3:06am

While Scrymgeour finishes up Corbin's lab, Corbin will grab one of the unused lab spaces to study - probably Sylvanus's old lab. It appears to still be free.

silveroak · May 31, 2016, 12:55pm

Peregrine_Bjornaer:

silveroak:

Is there a reason we did not visit 18, Scylla's?

Because I forgot?

[hr][/hr]
After Curwen's lab, Eilid will take the covenant's magi to a cottage that is overgrown, with vines creeping their way up the outside walls. The door is locked, but Eilid touches the lock and the hasp parts (with a rustling sound) long enough for her to remove it from the door.

[color=brown]"This was Scylla of Merinita's sanctum. She was Marched after she killed Curwen, and we haven't used it since."

She stands aside and lets the others enter the cottage and the laboratory. It, like the others, is in a Dedicated Building with Superior Construction, with Magical Heating and Magical Lighting. It obviously hasn't been cleaned in decades, and a thick layer of dust covers everything. The lab is Wrecked (as is the living area), but it still has Faerie Ingredients; whether the Ingredients are still potent is anyone's guess.

The ghost of Curwen stands in the middle of the lab, turning to look at it all, with an odd anguished look on his face.

Its Characteristics are Refinement +0, General Quality -4, Upkeep +0, Safety -1, Warping +1, Health +1, and Aesthetics +2. Specializations are Rego +1, Ignem +1, Imaginem +1, Experimentation +1, and Inventing Spells +1.

I was going through the stats for this lab, and I get safety -2, warping:2, aesthetics 0, texts:1, and me:2 with the virtues and flaws:dedicated building, magical (superior)lighting, magical(superior) heating, faerie ingredients and wrecked. Am I missing virtues or flaws? Were the stats you quoted without haunted (was I mistaken that the lab was haunted?)

Peregrine_Bjornaer · June 7, 2016, 3:35pm

Scylla's lab isn't haunted per se...Curwen was there when the tour visited, because it was his lover's home, but he actually "haunts" his own place.

silveroak · June 7, 2016, 3:47pm

I still get aesthetics 1 and safety -2, did you count wrecked as -2 for each of these or as -1?
If the issue is mis-accounting for being wrecked then there is no problem since that will go away before use, but if there is a different source for the difference in attributes I would like to know about it...

Peregrine_Bjornaer · June 7, 2016, 5:16pm

Let's see...

Dedicated Building: +1 Upkeep, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Rego.
Superior Construction: +1 Safety, +1 Aesthetics.
Magical Heating: +1 Health, +1 Aesthetics, +1 Ignem.
Magical Lighting: +1 Imaginem, +1 Aesthetics.
Faerie Ingredients: +1 General Quality, -1 Upkeep, +1 Warping, +1 Inventing Spells, +1 Experimentation.
Wrecked: -5 General Quality, -2 Safety, -2 Aesthetics.

So, the sum of the stats should be:

-4 General Quality: +1 from Faerie Ingredients, -5 from Wrecked.
0 Upkeep: +1 from Dedicated Building, -1 from Faerie Ingredients.
-1 Safety: +1 from Superior Construction, -2 from Wrecked.
+1Warping: +1 from Faerie Ingredients.
+1 Health: +1 from Magical Heating.
+2 Aesthetics: +1 from Dedicated Building, +1 from Superior Construction, +1 from Magical Heating, +1 from Magical Lighting, -2 from Wrecked.
+1 Rego: +1 from Dedicated Building.
+1 Ignem: +1 from Magical Heating.
+1 Imaginem: +1 from Magical Lighting.
+1 Experimentation: +1 from Faerie Ingredients.
+1 Inventing Spells: +1 from Faerie Ingredients.

silveroak · June 8, 2016, 6:15pm

I was missing superior construction, thank you.