The Collegium Arcana game going very well, with the pc's doing a great job of getting deep into character.   Nothing makes a character-driven story go better than engaged PCs.   Vee is showing a self-interested, somewhat sophisticated side.  Les'z is very group oriented, outgoing and comfortable with his surroundings.  Pholian is showing what I can only call protagonistic tendencies, if that makes sense.

Last session involved the first night talking after classes, touching base in the evening and learning from each other.  We also got Les'z mixed in with the group.  

Lez's, Gregoir and Pholian snuck out into the foggy, chill night, to check out the copse of trees where Pholian had seen some armed gnomics searching around (and had chased him into the bathroom when they spotted him watching) earlier in the day.
They found themselves in a much denser fog than it appeared from the widows above, and within, they discovered something following them....(from the last 1/3 of the session)


Pholian Mar: I cast wary glances as we move, regretting that I did not bring my lantern with me, but then again, lighting it would probably be not very sneaky.
Les'z: exactly... we must rely on our hyper Omwo night vision
Gregoir: I agree...keep a sharp eye....
LordVreeg (GM): the 3 move around, and get to the side door

LordVreeg (GM): Gregoir brings the 3 of you to the outside side door

and the three of you, one omwo~, and two humans (Gregoir is a tall Marcher human, Pholian a smaller House Wastri version) find the door is....unlocked
Pholian Mar: "Lucky" I whisper, opening the door and quickly scurrying into the grounds.
ooc - much smaller probably, I'm barely above 5 feet.
Les'z: thank god for your basic hand skills, Pholian
LordVreeg (GM): the night is crisp (39 degrees) and your breath can be seen
LordVreeg (GM): Gregoir soundlessly leads the three o you out

Les'z: (i suddenly feel very small and young)
(From Les'z): trees are friends for omwo, yes?
(From Les'z): unfortunately i am an indoor omwo
LordVreeg (GM): the three of you move out from the squat, utilitarian Toad hall, and look around. for some reason, the Golden Quad is silent and empty.
there is a light fog, heavy in areas, also on the quad.  The night is crisp, and the two small moons both peer down.
Pholian Mar: Well it is night time, so it's not terribly surprising.
Les'z:
(I am also quite nervous)
(I wonder if this was a bad life decision)

LordVreeg (GM): there are trees on all four corners of the huge grassy square, and the copse you remember is on the middle of the west side, the opposite side
the fog moves around you as you move onto the quad
Pholian Mar: I huff a little in my hands to bring more warmth into it, then whisper "We need to go west" then promptly sneak in that direction.
Les'z: i grab Pholian.... hang on ... lets go around
lets not cross in the open
Gregoir: This fog is perfect to hide us
Les'z: you sure?


Pholian Mar: "Mrm, yes" I nod, trying to stay out of the light.
LordVreeg (GM): and you are some 20 paces in the middle
LordVreeg (GM): and the fog is deeper in here than you thought
Les'z: i am sensing something else here...I hear...something.....

QuoteLordVreeg (GM): (ooc roll detect, Pholian
Pholian Mar: rolling d100
(
98
)
= 98

Les'z: ooc i see he detected the fog
Les'z  (in a distant voice) i sense red and old
Pholian Mar: IC: Do I notice the fog acts a bit oddly (or think so)?
IC: Because I feel like it's following us.
(From Les'z): to our right would be the north?
(From Les'z): like in the quad itself or on the edge
Gregoir: This stuff is getting thick...Very Thick....Les'z, are you alright?

LordVreeg (GM): the three of you are near what should be the center of the quad
Pholian Mar: I ponder for a moment, but then shrug "Well...it's fog. We're probably all just a little nervous"
Les'z: Shhh... something moves to our right in the north
Pholian Mar: I fall quiet immediately, trying to squint my eyes to see something
(From Les'z): ok i look behind me
Gregoir: we are getting closer, though something moves...I saw...
(From Les'z): what kind of snout... Orc? pig? something else?
Les'z: (yells) HOLY SHIT BEHIND US
Greg: Nothing here...LEZ, WHAT HEY< Is there something there!?!!!
LordVreeg (GM): Screams in the fog
Pholian Mar: OOC -  OUR screams!!

Quote from: please, please(From Les'z): will is 80
Les'z: (To GM) rolling 1d100
(
14
)
= 14

Les'z: you would see me fumbling to get something from my boot, crawling on my back
LordVreeg (GM): Pholian feels Les'z run into his shins, skittering across the ground
Gregoir: from the West..."Phlian? Lez?? where be you?

Pholian Mar: I shout "Watch out Gregoir, there's -something- walking around with a knife here!" And as I say that, I assume a defensive position, keeping my eye on that knife, or at least trying.
Les'z: It is some kind of haunt, it had a long coat...a hat, and a snout!
LordVreeg (GM): silent fog...sudden normal noises

LordVreeg (GM): the fog lifts a bit, and belatedly, you realize the fog looked not so bad from the outside you were just in some....special area
Gregoir: ....I have found your copse, Polian
Les'z: That was truly frightening

Greagoir: "Entropic Overlords, it seemed so
Pholian Mar: "Y...yeah. We..." Looks at Les "I, saw some figure with a knife about to stab Les here..."
"...and in a top hat" I add after a second.
Les'z: At first the figure appeared small and human in a cape with a snout, and red eyes
then it appeared to be wearing a top hat and was taller with a full coat
Gregior: ...." indeed. the thing... it seemed like...I felt my blood go to icewater
Pholian Mar: "I think we should go back, and quickly....I think the shouts'll attract attention."
Les'z: the fog should have dampened the shouts, let us check this copse while we are here first
Les'z: then lets sneak back around the quad instead of across it

gregoir: "i'm not sure what tree we saw those gnomics near, Pholian

Pholian Mar: "I think I see it!" I speak in an excited whisper. Looking around, I shrug "Well...since we already got jumped by -something-, might as well risk it all" I then proceed to scurry quickly to the tree.
Les'z: (excited!)
LordVreeg (GM): the three of you move to the Vneer tree, and see it has been trimmed some, and has no branches until 6' up


I try to examine the tree, motioning the other two closer. "I wonder why they'd be cutting off branches from some random tree....and why they'd try to keep such a secret about it."
Les'z: Vneerswood can be expensive, it is an ancient and sacred tree with parts of the Omwo
Gregoir, Well, maybe, but Vneersberry is also sacred to the Vintners...
maybe we should get up in there

(From Les'z): does any elven tree hugger sense kick in about this tree's plight
Pholian Mar: "Hrmm, you are right..." A nd then you can see me suddenly tumble back, uttering a rather strong curseword.
Gregoir: Pholian, let's get going...hey, did you find something?
Pholian Mar: I motion to the tree's boll "L - look!"
Not even bothering to whisper
Les'z: well boll me over
LordVreeg (GM): Pholian is holding a sheet metal small doll.......with a long coat...and as foxy face...and a top hat.....
maybe 10" tall
gasps from all

Les'z: that explains the snout... and what we saw in the quad was tied to this
LordVreeg (GM): ...and...that is where we end...
Intermezzo 2 coming up
Pholian Mar: Excellent timing, heh.  Wow!
Les'z: thats the way it always works

Well I would like Dodge, horse and  two attacks per round .

When's the next game?

Quote from: Rincewind1;698958Well I would like Dodge, horse and  two attacks per round .

When's the next game?

The next open session will be 10/24, and I think you and I will be next Sunday, the 20th, unless you want to move it.  The next Open session jumps a bit ahead, to the first Fastak on campus.

Works for me right now. I'll tell you tomorrow if I don't prefer Monday night instead (21st)

We're still up for today, yes?

good intermezzo session...we are on tomorrow night, normal time.  playing the first fastak (day of fasting) in the school year, so evreyone will probably be going to the Godtraat to the appropriate douhis.

Good group session.
Nice response to the statuette appearing in your pocket.
That got a lot of comments from other players who were there or who read the logs.

Next session on Sunday or Monday?

Open Session three (session 8 if you count all the Intermezzo sessions) was gratifying.  The Pcs are learning more about the city of Stenron and the school, and are, realistically enough, learning about the inner workings of the Collegium social scene and how to work within the confines of that and their position as Dexies (first year students)
Last session was the first Fastak of the school year, the 8th day of the Hawaak where almost all people find time to worship and visit the Douhis (Dou~his) of the religions and faiths that deal with their person current struggles.  Stenron having the largest and oldest Godtraat in the CradleLands, it is easy for the students to all go en masse through three neighborhoods and end in said 'Street of the Gods.

An excerpt later in the session is below.


Pholian Mar: I excuse myself and go over to the Green Mother's Douhis as the rest leaves or goes about their way.
(From Les'z): so what did i see them do
 Gregoir, " any other douhis we need to hit, gang?"
he seems relieved
Pholian Mar: Suddenly, I scream and freak out.  Really.  Eyes bug out and all.
Les'z: I am ok with tagging along with the rest of you
 Gregoir "WHAT!, WHAT!"
Les'z: Whoa wat's up ?
Pholian Mar: "It's in my pocket, get it out, get it out!!!"

LordVreeg (GM): a wide berth around you is given by all, even in this strange crowded place full of wide-eyed prophets and strange miracles.
 
Pholian Mar: I throw off my robes, standing just in trousers and shirt.
 Gregoir, "WHat? What? in your pocket?
Pholian Mar: "The statue! The bloody thing just moved!"
Les'z: NO WAY
get it out !
(From Les'z): i want to do detect magic on his pocket
 Gregoir, : why'd you bring the well-damned thing?'
Pholian Mar: "You get it out! You hear that?"
"I didn't bring that! It's in my chest! Well, was!"
"Alright...listen. You two just...grab something, alright?"
"Something to hit it with. I'm going to take it out."
(From Les'z): is the laugh the same we heard in the fog games

(From Les'z): are those clubbers around

Les'z: I heard that laugh from the fog

Pholian Mar: "Right, well....grab a branch or something."
"Or just be ready to kick it. I'll take it out. Just say when ready."

(vreeg-to Les'z) the clubbers have been joined by a third, a klaxik, older, not on school garb but in studded leather.
(From Les'z): do they look amused or just surprised

(From Les'z): directed toward Pholian?
Les'z: I can step on it, but will defer to you guys, i am not very strong
: Gregoir, "I wou;d love to...but the laughing is gone"
Pholian Mar: I go ahead and kick the robes a bit, to see if I hit anything hard and metallic there.
LordVreeg (GM): nope
pretty empty
 " Let's get to the Church of Black Irony and chaos...it fits..."
Les'z: I second that.
Pholian Mar: I make a worried frown "Mrm...sure."
I grab the robes and follow them.
(From Les'z): are teh clubbers watching or are they otherwise occumpied as we leave
(Vreeg to Les'z)  The three of them seem to be keeping a sharp eye, but you feel them focusing on Pholian.

LordVreeg (GM): the group of you spend the am and early afternoon, hittting 2-3 douhis each eating cakes, talking to others, ery social
by 8th Na sui, you are heading back
It is getting Chill, though seasonal for early Hisiu.  Maybe 45 degrees, and you all are thankful for the thick school robes
LordVreeg (GM): Prefect Kakoana, his somewhat long hair perfectly curled and oiled,  and the hugely fat human Keeper Jeesh bring you to North hall, for a meet pie feast...
North Hall is abuzzing hive by the to the huge eating hall that lies below the North Hall Domitory.  The night Sui ihas started as you get to the doors, dodging other students, and Red Gerin, the small red sun, dyes the Golden Quad a bloody red.
you all hear from upper classmen that you get rudimentary books on the night of the tenth, which is great news.
Jessie and Vee, and to a lesser extent, Christo, seem to be in a fine mood
Les'z: OOC does "rudimentary books" mean something everybody understands, cuz i dont
Pholian Mar: I think he meant mandatory
Les'z: not sure i know what mandatory books means either
LordVreeg (GM): ooc..rudimentary, as in first spellbooks
though none of you really have spells
supposedly

Les'z: exciting!
LordVreeg (GM): Gregoir and Bosh are thrilled
Christo seems more relieved
Jessie, "about itime..this pace moves so slow, letting the stgragglers keep up"

the tables are full, a meat pies, wet and warm, are all over, some plain, sme heavily spiced in ogril style or Harou subtlety.
Pholian Mar: As we eat, I whisper to the other two partners in crime "You know, I think we should grab a teacher about this whole thing. It starts to look like more than we could chew".
Gregoir, " That statuette, you mean...but who can we talk to about it?"
Les'z: i agree, but who
Pholian Mar: "I think we can probe about the odd mists appearing on the grounds"
 Gregioir, "they will think us insane..."
Pholian Mar: "Also we best check if it's even still in my chest. I'm not sure if I'd be more glad or terrified if it was gone."
Les'z: whispering " i think we should avoid any teachers associated with brokenball" " i saw some clubbers near our little scene today"
Pholian Mar: "Hrm....good call. And I don't think they'd Gregoir, this place has whole chapters dedicated to odd myths."
 Gregoir..."Love the game, but some of those Clubbers do NEED a life beyond the ball and club.
Les'z: whispering " i think any teacher good at detecting magic can figure that object out pretty quickly"

(From Les'z): because of my association thru parents are there any big boy professor types i might have an "in" with
Pholian Mar: "Well I'm not sure we should actually show it to them"
(From Les'z): they were associated with the kakenbyte maker types, who should be able to figure this out
Pholian Mar: "There is a matter of those gnomes"
Vee: If you whisper too much your voice will stick like that.
LordVreeg (GM): ooc hahahahah
Pholian Mar: "Thanks, mom."

Vee Glares at Pholian.
Pholian Mar: I focus on my meatpie.  Hard.  Mmmm, Good.
LordVreeg (GM): ooc and we will end there,


Vee: So I leveled in Basic Detect.
Les'z: agreed, cheers
Vee: I swear I'm not cheating, lol.
LordVreeg (GM): ooc THEre IS S STATUE NIBBLING MY ASS!!!!!
Vee: rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Les'z: ouch
LordVreeg (GM): obviously not cheating
Vee: I don't mind at all,

There you have another example of the in-game workings of the Collegium Game.  Not super-duper, no earth shaking, but mystery and exploration, which it was supposed to be.  As far as game experiments go, this one seems to be going very, very well.

Rince, I might be a little late for our Intermezzo session tonight.  COO and I are going out for a bite this evening, then I'll be on.

I enjoyed the session on the Godstraat of Stenron quite a bit, and thought you did quite a good job with the Roleplay.  Actually, all three of you did.  I got that wonderful palpable feel of surprise when you found the silver statuette of the man with the fox face in your robe.

Good thing you reminded me, because I was almost sure we were supposed to play next Sunday. Alright, I'll be around say. 9.30 PM your time?

Quote from: Rincewind1;704938Good thing you reminded me, because I was almost sure we were supposed to play next Sunday. Alright, I'll be around say. 9.30 PM your time?

Should be fine...

Server appears to have gone down for me. Same on your end?

enjoying the reread of the log from Pholian's INtermezzo session.

the dreaming was the best part.

Finished posting the basics for Hisiu~ (sometimes Hisui).  This is the current Goesi (60 day month), for the reference point of the PCs.

Please note I did place the date for the Dance for the Incoming, which may be a lot of fun, but it will be a time for pomp and gratuitous use of the Woo.
And then, the night of Waxcrenior is soon after..., a different type of celebration.

hopefully see you on tonight