[L: Mages Guild]
[N: Jane]
N(Jane): “Again. If you fail to make the reagent or cast the spell, your cover will be blown.”
@ Synthesize the potion
d: int + alchemy + cheap reagents >= 7
d: 2d6 + 2d4 + 1d4 >= 7
d: 1+1 + 3+2 + 4= 11 >= 7 -> Success
=> The tea smells foul, but the right kind of foul
@ Cast the spell
d: int + spellcasting + successfully brewed potion > 7
d: 0 + 2d8 + 1d4 >= 7
d: 0 + 5+1 +1 = 7 >=7 -> Success
=> The change comes over Dee. Their features soften, skin smooths, stubble falls out, etc
@ Tears up and tries to hide it, but is too tired
@ (Jane) notices, squeezes Dee gently on the shoulder
N (Jane): “There are more permanent solutions. I could teach you, when you return, if…”
PC: “Y… you misunderstand. It’s the ammonia. How long must I wait between applications”
N (Jane): “No sooner than every 4 hours. No more than 12 times in a fortnight. It’s not sustainable Dee.”
PC: “Then I’d best be quicker than 3 days.”
N (Jane): “They’ll cut your hair, Dee”
PC: ”… then they’ll cut it. No worse than the other trials…”
N (Jane): “Fine. Why did your uncle send you to the convent?”
@ Recall cover story
d: wits + memorization > 5
d: 2d6 + 2d6 > 5
d: 4+1+1+2 = 8 > 5 -> Success
=> “Because his wife was a little too fond of my father, his brother, and I look a little too much like my cousin.”