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23:53, 10th May 2024 (GMT+0)

Setup.

Posted by Alpha SGFor group 0
Player 8
player, 17 posts
Jaegar of Merinita
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 12:57
  • msg #100

Re: Last players

Player 7:
In reply to Player 15 (msg # 96):

I don't know that having a centralized library is the best idea. I'd be willing to support a rule that any Maghreb magus in good standing has permission to study at another covenant for a season a year. Longer terms can be negotiated.

I like the idea of "reasonable" (one season per year) "reciprocal" (same rules for every covenant) scribal hospitality. The requirements being membership in a recognized tribunal covenant. Peregrinatores paying is fine, for the future, but these are ideas to be discussed at our first tribunal. That way everyone has a chance to get their covenant up and running.
Player 13
player, 62 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 13:05
  • msg #101

Last players

In reply to Player 14 (msg # 94):

I get how Thebes does it, they have a floating magical island but how would you suggest keeping a central location that has sources of water safe when magi aren’t there?
Giovanni of Mercere
Companion, 1 post
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 13:28
  • msg #102

Last players

Giovanni the Redcap (Companion) will be joining the Chapterhouse Covenant. I am still in the process of writing him up. Right now he is from the Roman Tribunal, and is one of the Redcaps sent on the exploration team to North Africa. He is very good with languages, and wants to write "The" Travel Guide to Africa.
Alpha SG
GM, 113 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 13:53
  • msg #103

Re: Near the end.

Still unknown:
Player 14 (Beta SG)


Temporarily adding the library/Tremere covenant to see what might be:

Border Fortress / Spiritual Knowledge (B)
Baqir Al-Andalus (Player 11, maybe Gamma SG)
Brontion ex Guernicas (Player 4, Beta SG)
Zahrah min bayt Miscellanea (Alpha SG)

Hedge Recruitment & Integration (H)
Appolonius of Flambeau (Player 12)
Longinus ex Merinita (Player 10)
Reiner Corvus ex Bjornaer (Player 3)
Salma ex Miscellanea (Player 13, Gamma SG)

Library / Tremere (L)
? of Tremere (Player 15)

Monster Hunters / Menagerie (M)
Arnaldo ex Criamon (Player 6, Beta SG)
Jaeger of Merinita (Player 8, ?)
Macrinus of Tytalus (Player 7, Beta SG)

Redcap Chapterhouse (R)
Iapetus of Rennes (Player 16, ?)
Malleus ex Verditius (Player 9, ?)
Player 2 (Beta SG) Jerbiton (Or Guernicus?) Fraternity of Samos Architect

Itinerant, at least for now
Andre ex Miscellanea (Player 5, Beta SG)
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:17, Sun 28 Feb 2021.
Alpha SG
GM, 114 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 14:04
  • msg #104

Re: Near the end.

Noticing that covenants have already roughly chosen locations they'd prefer in their discussions, I think it would be best if I were to adjust how locations are provided. After all, it would be silly for me to write up a bunch of sites you're clearly not going to choose alongside sites you are going to choose. Let's just create the covenant Hooks/Boons within our OOC covenant discussions. My plan had been for each to have Aura +5 and up to 5 more points of Boons. So you get to work with up to 7 points of Boons, balanced by Hooks. Remember that there are probably no buildings nor other existing things at the moment. If there is an empty fort you're moving into or similar, then you might spend points on buildings. But generally you're choosing Boons / Hooks based on the location and what settling there will result in, not based on what you'll end up building there in the future.
Player 2
player, 6 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 14:37
  • msg #105

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Alpha SG (msg # 103):

Er, little confused: Redcap covenant please?
Alpha SG
GM, 116 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 14:38
  • msg #106

Re: Near the end.

Player 2:
Er, little confused

Can I help?
Player 12
player, 15 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 15:16
  • msg #107

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Alpha SG (msg # 103):

I replied last you checked for names, but I guess that post was overlooked.

Add me as:
Appolonius of Flambeau (Player 12)
Alpha SG
GM, 117 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 15:19
  • msg #108

Re: Near the end.

Sorry. I've kept pretty good track, I think. But I definitely lost that one. I've updated it above.

And I added Player 2 to a covenant as well. Player 2, send me a name, and I'll create a character for you.
Alpha SG
GM, 120 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 15:58
  • msg #109

Re: Near the end.

Since the groups are now building the covenant sites, we should make sure we don't build on top of each other by accident. Let's post intended sites for the the covenants here.
Player 13
player, 64 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 16:05
  • msg #110

Re: Near the end.

The Hedge Relations (HR) covenant is still deciding sites but we will likely be in the mountains of Algeria, nearish to the desert.
Player 4
player, 66 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 16:31
  • msg #111

Re: Near the end.

A-SG if you have better location ideas I'm open. It just seemed like the only thing to talk about in the covenant threads.
Alpha SG
GM, 122 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 16:34
  • msg #112

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Player 4 (msg # 111):

No. I like where people are headed. I just want to make sure we don't accidentally have, for example, two covenants at the same Roman ruins in the Carthage area. It looks like one will be in the Atlas Mountains, out west. Another will be near Suez. The remaining two I'm less sure of, but I think they're aiming for noticeably different spots. Transportation for tribunal meetings will matter with these distances, but it will be manageable for magi.
Player 4
player, 67 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 16:46
  • msg #113

Re: Near the end.

Right. Theoretically our Tribunal is as big as the test of europe combined if some one builds decently far south.

In time breaking into Carthage, Meghereb, and probably more would be prudent. But with so few magi it's not an option other than to just hold the whole area.

Another good reason to have strong laws on theft but weak ones on surveillance...
Player 16
player, 20 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:32
  • msg #114

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Player 4 (msg # 113):

Redcap chapterhouse is leaning towards the outskirts of Tunis.  Details to follow.

P16/Iapetus
Player 2
player, 7 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:33
  • msg #115

Re: Near the end.

Player 16:
In reply to Player 4 (msg # 113):

Redcap chapterhouse is leaning towards the outskirts of Tunis.  Details to follow.

P16/Iapetus


Are there separate hidden threads for the various covenants to discuss in?
Player 16
player, 21 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:39
  • msg #116

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Player 2 (msg # 115):

Dunno about hidden, exactly, but Alpha adds us to a covenant specific thread for talking through setup stuff.  Come to Tunis, the weather is lovely.
Brontion ex Guernicus
Magus, 18 posts
Quaesitor
Terram Magus
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:43
  • msg #117

Re: Near the end.

Player 2:
Are there separate hidden threads for the various covenants to discuss in?

Yes, People's magi and companions are in them if they have declared for a covenant.

They are in separate groups so they are hidden from people not in the groups. Not sure it is necessary at this point, but I suppose otherwise we would have the peanut galley offering opinions on things that are none of their business. Like how we are all secret infernalists, except the Sahir who is obviously an open infernalist by tradition.

That's why I reported the location back to this thread for the boarder covenant. In case the region sparked the imagination.
Alpha SG
GM, 125 posts
General rules
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:44
  • msg #118

Re: Near the end.

Player 2:
Are there separate hidden threads for the various covenants to discuss in?

Essentially, yes. I've put each covenant in an RPoL group, as noted in parentheses above.
Player 2
player, 8 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:51
  • msg #119

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Alpha SG (msg # 118):

Ah, my confusion was the result of not being able to see much of the discussion being referenced, a lot of it really doesn't make much sense without context.
Player 15
player, 16 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 19:58
  • msg #120

Re: Near the end.

In reply to Player 2 (msg # 119):

I certainly understand that.  I only recently realized that everyone else was already into building covenants while I was still trying to figure out what covenants are here and what characters are being played.
Player 14
player, 9 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 20:06
  • msg #121

Re: Near the end.

Is anyone interested in Iter Praeter Caput Saxi/Agisymba? (Mythic Africa pg 71).

Seems fitting for either the menagerie covenant or the library covenant (if we're going to have the latter).

I see my indecisiveness has kept me off a particular list, sorry.  If there's actually going to be a central covenant I'd like that one.  Otherwise I guess I'll choose the menagerie/monster hunters.
Player 4
player, 68 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 20:10
  • msg #122

Re: Near the end.

Alpha SG:
Still unknown:
Player 14 (Beta SG)


Temporarily adding the library/Tremere covenant to see what might be:

Border Fortress / Spiritual Knowledge (B) tentatively located at the Mediterranean side of the Suez Canal
Baqir Al-Andalus (Player 11, maybe Gamma SG)
Brontion ex Guernicas (Player 4, Beta SG)
Zahrah min bayt Miscellanea (Alpha SG)

Hedge Recruitment & Integration (H)
Appolonius of Flambeau (Player 12)
Longinus ex Merinita (Player 10)
Reiner Corvus ex Bjornaer (Player 3)
Salma ex Miscellanea (Player 13, Gamma SG)

Library / Tremere (L)
? of Tremere (Player 15)

Monster Hunters / Menagerie (M)
Arnaldo ex Criamon (Player 6, Beta SG)
Jaeger of Merinita (Player 8, ?)
Macrinus of Tytalus (Player 7, Beta SG)

Redcap Chapterhouse (R) tentatively located in Tunis
Iapetus of Rennes (Player 16, ?)
Malleus ex Verditius (Player 9, ?)
Player 2 (Beta SG) Jerbiton (Or Guernicus?) Fraternity of Samos Architect

Itinerant, at least for now
Andre ex Miscellanea (Player 5, Beta SG)


Right this thread has started to clog a bit. Added what we know about them publicly. I think a lot of Magi have descriptions available if you click on their names in the Cast area.

I don't think many of us have been having conversation based on private information. At least not that I have noticed.

I don't think we have agreed on a central covenant, not can agree on one. Especially since we don't even have pots to piss in yet in terms of covenants. I plan on my covenant to be great and thriving, easily the most important covenant in the region. But do does everyone else.
Player 15
player, 17 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 20:19
  • msg #123

Re: Near the end.

Player 14:
Is anyone interested in Iter Praeter Caput Saxi/Agisymba? (Mythic Africa pg 71).

Seems fitting for either the menagerie covenant or the library covenant (if we're going to have the latter).

I see my indecisiveness has kept me off a particular list, sorry.  If there's actually going to be a central covenant I'd like that one.  Otherwise I guess I'll choose the menagerie/monster hunters.


Nobody showed any interest in rebuilding the Library of Alexandria, I'm afraid.
Probably because they all had settled on their ideas before I had a chance to suggest it.  I did get in here pretty late.  I may have to try a new character idea since the Tremere got left in the sand and dust.
Player 2
player, 10 posts
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 20:21
  • msg #124

Re: Near the end.

Player 15:
Player 14:
Is anyone interested in Iter Praeter Caput Saxi/Agisymba? (Mythic Africa pg 71).

Seems fitting for either the menagerie covenant or the library covenant (if we're going to have the latter).

I see my indecisiveness has kept me off a particular list, sorry.  If there's actually going to be a central covenant I'd like that one.  Otherwise I guess I'll choose the menagerie/monster hunters.


Nobody showed any interest in rebuilding the Library of Alexandria, I'm afraid.
Probably because they all had settled on their ideas before I had a chance to suggest it.  I did get in here pretty late.  I may have to try a new character idea since the Tremere got left in the sand and dust.


I do have: "Driven (Rival the Ancient Library of Alexandria)" on my character sheet, that's my whole character concept!
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