OOC discussion thread

[Andrew]

Preferably they don't hear about it. But I was clearly trying to summon spirits and getting a demon by accident is a known risk...
But best not to worry them

[Vortigern]

@Andrew

Preferably they don't hear about it. But I was clearly trying to summon spirits and getting a demon by accident is a known risk...
But best not to worry them

A reaction I fully understand. I was just wondering what the 'norm' perception of that would be. i.e. I don't want to run around screaming 'Infernalist!' if it's not IC... just like I don't want to 'pshah' something as being nothing if it, well, is more than nothing.

[Andrew]

If I WAS planning to summon a demon , I would have done so where you were not watching.

[Vortigern]

@Andrew

If I WAS planning to summon a demon , I would have done so where you were not watching.

Oh I agree! It seems highly unintentional from what I've read. And I wasn't ICly there, so unless someone mentions it Scipio doesn't know. It just caught my interest.

[Andrew]

It caught my interest when it happened. I think I was fairly lucky I managed to contain it

[Ovarwa]

@Vispilius

@Ovarwa

Vispilius has difficulty seeing through Iohannes' fog, but Iohannes can see Vispilius quite clearly

While he's invisible?!

I know he has Second Sight, but it's hardly automatic.

My bad.

@Vispilius

However, you can relax, and stop worrying about how to slip OOC knowledge to Iohannes.

A little uncalled for, eh?

Since, when either he arrives or his invisiblity spell wears off he has ~nothing~ visible in his hands, I'm going to assume that Iohannes never said that.

Unless Iohannes saw it just fine, SS and all.

If he didn't, that's fine; just a mistake on my part.

[Vispilius]

@Andrew

Preferably they don't hear about it. But I was clearly trying to summon spirits and getting a demon by accident is a known risk...
But best not to worry them

It's not clear the fault is your own, right? If a demon was there, it might have used to opportunity to "usurp" the spell, the gate you created. Maybe?

(Meh, that's the story. Stick to it.) 8)

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

I have noticed that fewer than ten minutes of game time have elapsed on the Visby thread chase scene during the past four weeks, real time.

Anyway,

Ken

[Vortigern]

I think we are getting some crossed wires as to who is talking to who, and about what on the 'En Route to Visby' thread. Could people review their posts with the rest of the thread for consistency? Or am I the only one a bit muddled?

[Vispilius]

I don't think you're muddled.

Here's the exchange that V and S have had, as I understand it.

@Vortigern

To Vispilius: "I would not continue to bear the wooden fragment you acquired. If it is tainted with the Infernal as things seem to indicate it may well be dangerous in it's own right. I urge you to destroy it. I await the outcome of your test... and your leave should you decide to accept my offer."

@Vispilius

Vispilius has only just grasped the object, and holds it, paying some close attention to it's entire length, but his voice has calmed, and returned to Latin -

"It is with utmost frustration that I must accept your generous - and timely - offer, sodales - nothing personal, I'm sure you have an empathy for my position. And fear not, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment - but depending on what you have at hand, I thought you might be able to analyze one pole or another and glean some information from that comparison. I do not know if the mere touch of that diseased wood can spread from my hand, or it must be wood to wood, and I am loathe to drop my Parma in case that, and that alone, is keeping it at bay.

"But it seems, for the moment, that this spar is not the worse... perhaps our fears are without foundation, even if our caution is not.

"Did you have an Intellego in mind, or were you going straight for a Perdo spell?"

(That last was to S as well, since S was the only one to have made "an offer", and V was addressing neither Iohannes nor the subject of the other ship. Io. assumed differently.)

@Mad Max

Vispillius when you cast spells upon the ghost ship did you by any chance noticed if you had the need to penetrate the resistance or more precisely I wish to know does the ghost ship has any resistance towards magic? That is of essential knowledge if we are trying to target the foe with destructive magic.

@Vispilius

To Titius-

"I found none that I could tell. Magical darts blew it apart with ease, consistently and repeatedly, and an Intellego effortlessly probed into its hold, and neither had any particularly impressive penetration attached to it."

...

He turns back to Titius -

"Now - I would be happier with an Intellego spell, but if all you have is a Perdo, and its a formulaic and reliably repeatable, let us first try it on the infected spar and observe the effect, then decide how to proceed."

The rest, effectively, is Iohannes dismissing V's requests and situation, and V reacting not completely favorably to that. 8)

[Vispilius]

@Vortigern

@Vispilius

He turns back to Titius -

"Now - I would be happier with an Intellego spell, but if all you have is a Perdo, and its a formulaic and reliably repeatable, let us first try it on the infected spar and observe the effect, then decide how to proceed."

OOC: I'm assuming this was for Scipio, regarding the Perdo Vim vs. Infernal they were discussing.

Sigh- yes, Scipio. My bad.

MadMax - any chance you could include your character's name more often in your posts? Thanks.

[Vortigern]

Can we get a sticky roster of our Magi and NPCs etc. added? I find myself wondering who is who at some times. That and I would like to have what exactly is 'common' knowledge about the us in such a reference.

[Vispilius]

That would be great- a list of the User (Player) and their Character, maybe a short IC description?

The "Character Design thread" was supposed to cover that, but at 6 pages it's a bit cumbersome to sift thru.

[Timothy_Ferguson]

@Vispilius

That would be great- a list of the User (Player) and their Character, maybe a short IC description?

The "Character Design thread" was supposed to cover that, but at 6 pages it's a bit cumbersome to sift thru.

Yes, I'll start a new thread for clean copies of sheets.

[Vortigern]

Are we all still here?

[Mad_Max]

Yes I am, I have not thought that Titius has much spells to affect the situation so he is quite passive... Hopefully that will change.

[Vispilius]

@Ovarwa

Saruman-style loud voice and gestures

Some hedge mage, perhaps? Known for loud voice and over-acting in B-movie vampire flicks?

[Ovarwa]

beep

[Mad_Max]

Beep... I live. And I await for our storyguide to push the story further. I'll assume that he is busy so that is what's holding the story. I'll wait on what happens aboard the ship in order to react to what's happening.

[Vispilius]

@Andrew

OCC I would like to check for a body at the Bridge but without an arcane connection I can't think of any way to do it without LOS, which is a bit risky

Theodora(?) had just seen V fly to that very spot. An AC to the location can be obtained. Harder to get one to a body that may or may not be buried there (and especially if it's "not".)