Gormenghast

[Someone]

Chronius enters the barn again and turns his attention to the chests. If Ambrosius kept important things in them, they could be trapped, if he had plenty of Vis to spend in Rituals... and he did. Chronus hesitates between destroying them or being somewhat more subtle, and goes for the second option. There´s plenty of time, and nothing to gain rushing the job. He stands near the chests, muttering some magical nonsense.

[OOC1: Casting a spontaneous Intellego Vim spell to sense magic in the chests. Decrease the range to Touch, and spend Fatigue on it. Total is (Intellego 3+Vim 4+Intelligence 4+Die roll 6-Aura 2)/2=7, about enough to detect spells of... (looking rulebook) about level 30 or more.

If it´s "safe", order the grogs to open them; if they can´t, destroy the locks, or the chests, with Perdo magic.]

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Victor nods in agrrement to Chronius suggestion
but i also think the dove have some answers, we should look for him, but this is a difficult task ... let me take care of it
Victor goes outside, he is trying to spot the dove around the barn or Annan's mansion, if he is not lucky he turns again to a crow and tries to find him.
if Victor finds nothing after 20m aprox. he returns to the barn.
if he is lucky, he tries to interact with the dove, ane even cast a spell
Opening the tome of the animal mind and find out what has happened to Ambrosius

 

[arscott]

Chen helps the grogs in their mundane search, ready to lend a hand if one of the magi needs him.

OOC: arscott, you can reconstruct Chen as a Redcap if you want to make life easy for Chronius I can make life interesting for an isolated Chen and make make him useful for the PCs, but of course I won't force anyone's actions.

Chen as a redcap probably won't work, as he hasn't had the necessary education. But if it would be easier, then he can be explicitly affiliated with the covenant somehow. The message to daniel thing was just a means of integrating chen into the group while avoiding the whole "the covenant doesn't aprove of this mission" thing.

And merry christmas y'all

 

[Yair]

Chronius fails to detect any strong magic, but does pick up something else: an "invisible" writing set onto one of the chests, designed to be seen by magic [it contains a little raw vis]. It says "Property of Ambrosius, Open at Your Peril", and bears his seal. The chest at first appears to be locked, but there is no actual lock mechanism [If you want to open it, tell me how you proceed. Note that a powerful protective spell or invested power would have been registered by Chronius's spell.]
The rest of the chests are unlocked and contain what appears to be research notes, all unfortunately coded. There are also two books on Theology, and a few Meditations on the subject that are probably drafts towards a publication. They also contain a letter from Father Deodat recognizing one Daniil of Gork as a guest of the Father, and asking that he be allowed to pray in the crypt.

Roy: Victor is an Intellego specialist magus, if he wants to find a bird he has better ways of going about it than just looking. Let me give an example:
Victor assumes his crow shape and flies high above the city. He sheds a single feather, letting it fall to the streets below, bonding himself, the city, and the birds within it into a seamless whole. He focuses his mind, trying to catch a glimpse of the dove's presence.
Victor casts spontanous spell (+3 Int+2 Affinity+10 Intellego+6 Animal+6 dice-2 Aura-5 no voice+2 feather focus)/2=Level 11.
Victor's Birdish Affinity InAn 5
The caster gains a glimpse of a single bird if it is within the city. The vision is momentary, and physical details of the locale are fuzzy at best although nearby animals may be seen with clarity. The caster must have a single bird in mind, although he may be able to idenitify it in any way; if several birds within the city fit his description he will see a random one.
(Base 1 to get a mental image of a beast, R: Touch, D: Momentary (-1) T: Boundary (+3), ad-hoc for seeing fuzzy background (+2) and say thanks I'm not demanding an Imaginem requisite; maybe not in strict accordance with the rules, but should work)

 

[Someone]

Chronius meditates while perusing over the parchments and books. After a while, he puts them back as he found them, and leaves the closed chest untouched. "I don´t want to show too much interest on Ambrosius, specially now when finding the dove is our best option" mutters to the other magi. "Let´s be patient and let the crow do his magic..."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Yair - I didn't fully understand what you wrote, but if i have a better way to find that Dove, I'll take it. I remember the dove cause i saw the Dove at Annan's manor the day before, and I'm trying to focus only in the manor area and not the whole city.

As for the chest, let's put it somewhere safe, maybe some of the Grogs can sleep in the barn, we'll arrange warm food and winter blankets for them.

And BTW, who is Father Deodat? and Daniil of Gork- it's Ambrosius right ? and what crypt are they speaking of - maybe it's the crypt in the church that Annan told us the Ambrosius (Daniel) visited … if my memory is not betraying me.

 

[Yair]

Yair - I didn't fully understand what you wrote, but if i have a better way to find that Dove, I'll take it.

Then I'll assume you spent your time as I described; I'll talk to you offline.
As Victor focuses his mind, he sees a vision of the dove, white and pure, sorounded by a flock of grey pigeons. They are standing on the sill of some tower or building. Then a bell chimes, and the flock flies out. In that brief moment it seems as if the flock's shape is that of an angel, with wings made out of the grey pigeons and the white dove as it's luminous corona.
Then the vision ends.

And BTW, who is Father Deodat? and Daniil of Gork- it's Ambrosius right ? and what crypt are they speaking of - maybe it's the crypt in the church that Annan told us the Ambrosius (Daniel) visited … if my memory is not betraying me.

Father Deodat is... well, no one you heard of before. Daniil of Gork is probably Ambrosius, with so many names you can never tell. As for the crypt, well your guess is as good as mine... no, wait, I know that means... well, your guess is as good as any other PC's
You might want to share those thoughts with the PCs, though, no need to keep them to yourself.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Sofia seems to snap out of whatever thoughts were occupying her. She examines the letter from Father Deodat. If Victor shares his thoughts on the church that Annan mentioned, she agrees with him, and says, "Yes, we should find out from Annan where it is. By the way, it may be nothing, but some of the objects I saw in the carpenter's workshop last night were certainly bound for a Christian church. Six ornately carved, identical supports, meant for holding something up. If it ultimately turns out that the objects are connected to the same crypt, perhaps the carpenter might have further information for us."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

BTW Chen is a magi too ?
Sofia, Chronius, listen, if you remember that Annan sayed that Ambrosius had a
connection to a church in this city, it's could be that crypt that mentioned in the letter, also father Diodat could be an abbot or something.
About the Dove, i think he is trying to lead us somewhere, i saw him near a church, it's could be the place, there was a tower and i heared a bell ringing. and obviously there is a connection between the Father and Ambrosius. shall we pay a visit to the church ?

If their any chance to spot the flock or interact with the dove again i'll try it later
if not i'll try one more time to focus my mind of him.

 

[Someone]

"So one way or another we´re going to speak with the priests. You guessed it, I don´t like it a bit." Chronius sighs. "Well, if we have to go then it´s nonsense to delay it."