Wine and Cheese

Vin jaune de Bragelonne, fromage de Remy, and Walnuts

Summary

Adventure: Wine and Cheese
GM: Martin
Season: Autumn 823 wk
Night: Monday in New Windsor
Level: Medium

Party

• Gnash - Orc(m) Necromancer played by Chris Caulfield
• Celeste - Elven(f) Barbarian played by Dean
• Haedric - Dwarven(m) Ice Mage played by Stephen Scribe Backup MilSci
• Cassandra - Human(f) Celestial (Dark) played by Michelle
• Mavric - Dwarven(f) Playwright played by Lisa MilSci PL
• Solas - Elven(m) Celestial (Solar) played by Nick

Employer

Jean-Armand de Tréville, Comte de Rémy; Raoul d'Autevielle, Vicomte de Bragelonne

Mission

The Comte de Rémy wants vital, strategic, tax producing assets protected and their future productivity secured, the Vicomte de Bragelonne wants his ancestral home back, the vintners of Remy want to work in peace, and everyone wants to enjoy their vin jaune, gruyere, and walnuts. Fewer plague zombies would also be appreciated.

Pay

5,000 minimum for a suitably professional job (successful or not), tripled for successful resolution of specific matters. License to relieve miscreants responsible of belongings. Transport arranged from Guild to Deville in Remy.

Scribe Notes

A River Ride

Anton de Mure-Blanc

Duesday 1st Fruit

Anton de Mure-Blanc (distant cousin to Cassie), the young man at the meeting room is a courier on behalf of the employers, his letters have been verified. We're to meet by midday at an estate out of town for transport to Bowcourt.

The list of extra codicils on the party contract make the guild rep a little pale and weak at the knees. He was fine with the fornication is consensual only, a little concerned at not post-coital murder of party members, the no necromantic animation rule may have been too much.

There is some discussion of Haedric's recent wedding, which his cousin, Mavric didn't get an invite to.

Offical portrait from Haedric's wedding

W'ansday 2nd Fruit

Mid-morning we make our way to the riverside townhouse with pretty gardens, a young servant directs around to the back to a summer house on a rise.

The house apparently belongs to a Lady Catherine, an ally of his lord.

At midday he reads a scroll and we find ourselves somewhere warmer, Mulberry in Bowcourt.

Olivier, Baron Henry of Mulberry's butler recognises Cassandra, Lady Mure.

A ship is waiting for us at the river, lunch is waiting for us, Cassie insists we should get lunch to go so she doesn't have to see her father.

It sets sail, without a sail, water pours out the back and the boat moves forward down the Suene. The lunch is all soft fresh food. Mavric feeds the river fish.

There's a lock on the river at the border to Borderlay, no doors in sight but a 10' drop in the water level.

We join a bigger river, Montrachet and turn north.

After dark, I pop out an iceberg to tow us a bit faster until we get to the next left in about 4 hours, through another custom station with a chain across the river.

Th'rsday 3rd Fruit

Raoul d'Autevielle, Vicomte de Bragelonne

We get to a larger town around dawn, Treville, home of Comte de Remy.

A couple of hours further up the river is reduced a canal, two boats wide.

A couple of hours up the canal, we come to a pool, the head of the river, the fairly new docks of DeVille where I park the boat.

A 3-wagon wide road runs north and south from the big flat featureless square in the middle of town. Apparently a MMHS road building machine rumbled over the old village, the rebuild became the more sizeable current town.

We get 5 horses as the ostlers, Celeste and I stay afoot. We head out of town at a trot to the noble estate where we are met by William of Mulberry (twin brother of Henry), Raoul, Vicomte Bragelonne, and Master Durand, possibly a tall gnome or short, thin Dwarf in an all encompassing outfit.

We're shown our rooms and invited to lunch.

Night 2

Frysday 4th Fruit

Reapsday 5th Fruit

Sunday 6th Fruit

Moonday 7th Fruit (New Moon)

Duesday 8th Fruit

W'ansday 9th Fruit

Th'rsday 10th Fruit

Buffs & Mil Sci

Long Term (assumed always on)

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Duration	Ca	Ce	Gn	Ha	Ma	So
Shadow Form (Ca)	10	+22% Def	5½ hrs				-
Coruscade (So)	12	+26% Def	6½ hrs				-
Resist Cold (Ha)	12	+4 Temp Gauge, -4 Cold Dmg.	7 hrs	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Weapon of Cold (Ha)	15	+16 BC%, +6 Dam	20 min **
Witchsight (So)	6	See Invis	3½ hrs

Short Term/Situational

Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Ca	Ce	Gn	Ha	Ma	So
Shadow Wings (Ca)	14	44 mph	7½ hrs
Wings of Light (So)	8	38 mph	4½ hrs
Weapon of Light (So)	10	+11 BC%, +5 Dam vs Dark Aspected	15 min
Ice Traversal (Ha)	12	4 targets, +5 tmr over level ice/snow.	4h 20m	a	a	b	a	a	b

Self Only Buffs

Magic	Rk	Effects	Dur	Ca	Ce	Gn	Ha	Ma	So
Ice Armour (Ha)	15	26% 4 AP 1 SG 15 Fire	9 hrs				Y

** Weapon of Cold Peace-Bound until needed.

Mil Sci Raise Morale

+1 WP

Brewing

Golden Ale nightcap - +1 FT per hour of sleep

Stoneybrew, Dur 1 Hr - +7 WP

Fighting Ale, Dur 1 Hr - +7 EN, +5 PS, +4 FT, No Stun.

Porter Ale, Dur 1 Hr - +7 PC, Death Aspect, +15% MR vs Charm/Hypnosis, +10% MR vs Illusion, -15% MR vs Necro/Wicca, Fearless.

Watch Order

Hour:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Night 1	Mavric				Cassandra				Celeste
	Haedric		Gnash				Solas				Haedric
Night 2	Celeste				Mavric				Cassandra
	Solas		Haedric				Gnash				Solas
Night 3	Cassandra				Celeste				Mavric
	Gnash		Solas				Haedric				Gnash

Marching Order

Skirmish Formations (Front)
Default Celeste Solas Cassandra Gnash Mavric Haedric	Double File Celeste Solas Cassandra Gnash Mavric Haedric	Single File Celeste Solas Cassandra Gnash Mavric Haedric

Calendar

Autumn 823 WK: Fruit (4)
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	Lugnasad		1	Guild Meeting	2		3		4		5		6
	7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	14		15		16		17		18		19		20
	21		22		23		24		25		26		27
	28		29		30		1		2		3		4
Autumn 823 WK: Harvest (5)
	5		6		7		8		9		10		11
	12		13		14		15	Equinox	16		17		18
	19	Harvest Moon ..	20		21		22		23		24		25
	26		27		28		29		30		1		2
Autumn 823 WK: Vintage (6)
	3		4		5		6		7		8		9
	10		11		12		13		14		15		16
	17	Blood Moon	18		19		20		21		22		23
	24		25		26		27		28		29		30	Beerfest