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Ars Magica works fairly well, in my opinion; it's fairly common for players to go off on their own adventures/with a few other companions, and with some temporal lenience things can resolve pretty well. Since player input is only really required in each season and at certain specific events that nec...

Well, I got a response from the two biggest shadowrun authorities on this forum, so I'm happy. Thanks a bunch. I hadn't considered turnover as a source for effective demand, and that makes a lot of sense. I'd imagined a decent chunk of a corp's laborers being non-contractual day laborers like longsh...

So, I'm starting up a SR4 (with Ends and a few other houserules, like consolidation of combat skills) campaign, and I've been trying to get a feel for how, exactly the Shadowrun economy works, and I have several questions. If needed, I can crosspost this into another thread, but this seems like as g...

Here's the thing: Ars Magica isn't "go down on the DM for a good DC." It's a great deal more robust than that, since all the verbs and all the nouns actually have very legitimate, robust domains that don't trangress on each other. Here's the problem: understanding how those work, which is ...

[[salesman's Parma, Petrus might be able to spontaneously create some fog and blow it around to rough out dimensions. In any case, we can sort out details via pm/skype.]]

Petrus grins enthusiastically and rubs his hands together. "Excellent. I've always dreamed of this day."

"True. Well, we shall see. Camille, if you wouldn't mind, could we talk about setting up a building for my lab and quarters?"

We finally managed to find a replacement manager, so shit is no longer totally fucked. Phone salesperson's Parma will no longer be as big a deal, and when I get a chance I'll refigure what kinds of InVi spells I can cast at a fifth of my total, which was 5, iirc. Again, salesperson's Parma. Petrus w...

I thought InVi spells detected at the range of the spell, so that spell would only tell you if you yourself were vis. I can spontaneously cast InVi spells at sight range anyways so I haven't looked deeply into it, but that's my understanding, and I can't look at my books to double-check, as I'm at w...

"One last thing, and then I believe we can go get some fresh air. We are attempting to get on friendly terms with the local villagers, so as to secure food and resources. As we have precious little silver, we were hoping to barter security and subtle magical aid. Do you possess any skills or kn...

"Thank you for your support. I have already scouted the area for vis, and barring a single pawn of infernally tainted corpus vis and what appears to be a pawn or so of herbam vis on the first day of spring, which we have already collected and plan to refine into a usable form, we have found not...

"Our general attitude on the matter is, quite simply, that we are in a remarkably vulnerable position, surrounded by threats we have little knowledge of and with very few allies to call upon. As such, it seems prudent to hold on to our vis and mundane resources except in situations that directl...

I don't think I'll be participating in this one, but AH is legitimately one of the best DM's I've ever had the pleasure of playing with.

Vim, as in the form, or vis, as in the magical shit?

[[OOC note: I think JeanPant's character is trying to pull a fast one on us.]]

"I am able to spontaneously cast the relevant detection spells without effort, so I believe we are adequate in that area. I am afraid that vis is generally held in common in this particular covenant, so we would need to know what, exactly, you plan to use said vis for, and why we could not pres...

[[ooc note: the vocative, which you use when addressing someone, for lupus is Lupe, but I don't remember if the vocative had fallen out of fashion come 1220 or not. In any case (hah) Lupo would only be used when talking about the wolf as an indirect object (give to, etc) or when conjoining the wolf ...

Yeah, I've been busy at my new job since my store manager got fired, sobl I've had to cover a bunch of his shifts and sort out what's going on. Sorry about my lack of posting.

The Unnamed Covenant. 26 March 1220. Spring. (Morning) "Then we are herbivores, I suppose. Strange herbivores, but powerful ones. Surely you have faced a great bull aurochs, hmm?" The Unnamed Covenant. 28 March 1220. Spring. Petrus will violently shoo away the oxen, trusting in his Gift. ...

The Unnamed Covenant. 26 March 1220. Spring. (Morning) "Orsen, could you translate? Lupus, the position of treasurer would only deal with magical substances, which we call vis, and which can be used for various magical rituals. I argue that, given how highly magi prize vis, perhaps as wolves p...

"I concur. Could you fetch us a bowl of raw meat, please? I believe some hospitality is customary."

There's a game going on right now in In The Trenches, which you can check out. Frank was wrong about spontaneous magic, in the last thread, and he's still wrong now. He's not even wrong in an interesting way, to make this worse. I believe the example he cited was something like a human growing horns...

The Unnamed Covenant. 26 March 1220. Spring. (Morning) I thank you for your trust, Nidratr. To be perfectly frank, the Wolf is, well, exactly who I had in mind when I thought up this position of Trusted Friend. The Unnamed Covenant. 26 March 1220. Spring. (Afternoon) Petrus, having cast Whispering ...

"Of course. Provisionally, let us schedule the first market for the next full moon. In the meantime, if you could tell any merchants that we exist and would happily buy their wares, it would be appreciated."

"We were going to wait until we had become established, but I believe we can hold one sooner. I will confer with our magi and decide when to schedule a market, but I am sure the Prince will not mind if we trade before we properly establish it. How many of the nearby villages would attend such a...

"I am Iosif. Some of our party are on their way to Kyiv to bring some grain and animals, but they will not be able to bring that much. Perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangment. The stone building you see behind you was raised out of the ground in a matter of minutes, and we would happil...

The Unnamed Covenant. 26 March 1220. Spring. "We come from many far-away lands, but we are, one and all, Christians, and we have kin from all Christendom. In this land, however, we have become kin with each other. Our magi hunt down and destroy any of those that deal with the devil. Under the ...