Table talk (Bibracte)

I started and stopped the thread to give a bit of a push, to bring things for the players into focus.

And I think I've been extremely clear, it's up to the player(s) to initiate this. Who is doing it and how are they getting there, what kind of resources are being made available to them, and when are they going? Much like you started Other People's Vis, any player(s) can start this out. If you want stuff from Confluensis, you have to go there, or at least someone does. I've heard send Renaud being mentioned as going there but really if that player doesn't want to send him I'm not going to force it. And perhaps it's me, and the amount of stuff going on, I just generally don't get the sense that anyone wants to go there. Makes some sense that the characters don't want to go into the lion's den, so to speak.

Very true. I'm still ruminating on how available some of the less common texts might be. I think you're asking for odd stuff. Things that might be in a magus's library, but hasn't been transcribed into an available lab text. This involves a time cost. I'm not sure that Mons Electi can pay the cost, so to speak.

When does someone have enough Greek knowledge to learn what is in the stash? When I get to a point where the 1223 stories can be closed off, I can detail the stash. Not sure how this has any bearing on the Crowbar thread, though, so I'm saying whether you or anyone has cataloged his stash is irrelevant to that thread. You might learn more about Guernicus House history, but it would be foolish for Viscaria to mention any of that while doing the tour/inspection.

Yes and no. Marcus disappears in 1223.4, are you really assuming Marcus isn't back a year before the Tribunal? While I haven't played him in later episodes, I hadn't made it clear, and I'd left it undefined, based on what players planned to do. If no one goes to get him, that's probably the case. Oh, and as above for Confluensis, if people are going to get him, start the thread and let me know who's there. I know I said I'd start a thread in the Blacksmith of Brandywine, but I am still not really clear on who's going. It's not really definitive. Players who are going to try and rescue Marcus should start in a new thread, I can then put some meat on the outline for that story, based on the actors involved.
If you want to presume that Marcus is unavailable for Viscaria for any reason and the Bath House is unfinished, well, then it is unfinished with the Tribunal officers visit. Keep in mind Roberto doesn't arrive until after the events of Crowbar.

I guess my silence wasn't clear enough. :smiley: I didn't voice a problem with what was done as far as the copies made, given what Peregrine wrote for the texts, it seemed reasonable, and probably satisfied the demands of the players better than anything I could have come up with. So I didn't think I needed to explicitly approve it. 1222-1227 OOC - #442 by Peregrine_Bjornaer