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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/welcome-to-discourse/8 "2018-10-02T14:40:29Z")
This site is for a group of tabletop roleplaying gamers to talk about games, gaming, and other topics of interest. The first paragraph of this pinned topic will be visible as a welcome message to all new visitors on you… --- ## [FabU Session 41 - "Squirrels! Squirrels Everywhere!"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-41-squirrels-squirrels-everywhere/1401)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-41-squirrels-squirrels-everywhere/1401 "2026-09-18T04:30:19Z")
And since it was running through my head all night … Last Time Far Daran (far! not near!) shenanigans! Dole out FPs. Cutscene! Airship in the skies. “Lady Ambra! We must divert back towards Near Daran!… --- ## [Goofy Ritual Theorizin’ Thread](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/goofy-ritual-theorizin-thread/1385)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/goofy-ritual-theorizin-thread/1385 "2026-09-18T04:17:01Z")
Some stuff for our casters to think about! Rituals table: Third party PDF: https://rollforthings.itch.io/rosalinds-guide --- ## [Feeding a Tree](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/feeding-a-tree/1399)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/feeding-a-tree/1399 "2026-09-13T21:49:04Z")
We’re gonna feed a tree! What do trees grow on? In the real world, we’d care about nitrogen and phosphorus and whatnot, and maybe there’s a degree of that in Fabula Ultima worlds, but in the aetherological sense, we … --- ## [FabU Session 40 - "Enchantment Under the Sea"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-40-enchantment-under-the-sea/1400)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-40-enchantment-under-the-sea/1400 "2026-09-11T05:14:07Z")
(Btw, I am very impressed by the number of poster designers who have riffed off the EutS dance posters.) Last Time On a giant turtle! Met people at the library! Saraid talked to the turtle! And met Fyodor. The TBs… --- ## [Skits and Comedy](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/skits-and-comedy/1332)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/skits-and-comedy/1332 "2026-09-10T19:48:08Z")
(Reposted for reposterity) in light of last sessions (the Trimaldis are overprotective and not great on identifying humans), here’s a list of future Mizzle plots Forced to wear a dress to get into the all-women city T… --- ## [FabU Session 39 - "We're Off to See the Turtle ..."](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-39-were-off-to-see-the-turtle/1398)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-39-were-off-to-see-the-turtle/1398 "2026-09-10T19:44:22Z")
or “We’re Near Far Daran” It Begins! CUTSCENE! Fort Vigilent, home of the Elonian military. Lady Ambra broods, looking out a window. Someone wants to see her before she leaves. Captain Jax! Still a little banged up… --- ## [Letters from the Trimaldi Brothers](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/letters-from-the-trimaldi-brothers/1341)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/letters-from-the-trimaldi-brothers/1341 "2026-09-04T20:31:54Z")
Author’s Note: I wanted to write another Trimaldi Bros. letter home, but realized I wanted them all in a single thread, so I’m going to (1) copy over the letter I did in the comments of the Session 05 recap, then (2) wr… --- ## [Faces of the Gallimaufry](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/faces-of-the-gallimaufry/1397)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/faces-of-the-gallimaufry/1397 "2026-09-04T08:07:16Z")
Let’s start by defining the Gallimaufry itself, then see who we’ll find there. The Floating Library The Gallimaufry is a floating city-state built atop an enormous whale-turtle-thing. The purpose of the Gallimaufry is t… --- ## [Questions for the Archmagus](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/questions-for-the-archmagus/1394)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/questions-for-the-archmagus/1394 "2026-09-01T16:11:31Z")
Mizzle has some questions for our Very Own Owyn, but also wants to facilitate some questions to see if it gets Surdak talking: Can you describe the process of placing a portion of your soul into a sigil like this? Is i… --- ## [FabU Session 38 - "Battle on the Senate Floor"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-38-battle-on-the-senate-floor/1395)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-38-battle-on-the-senate-floor/1395 "2026-08-31T00:46:04Z")
Getting oriented Large Tower – Senators point – that’s Central. Guards, let them in. Some … concern from Adra about Owen (or a fragment from the Sigil) being here. Central should admit us with the Sigil. Central Ex… --- ## [The Great Arcanist Migration of 2026](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-great-arcanist-migration-of-2026/1362)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-great-arcanist-migration-of-2026/1362 "2026-08-29T01:01:40Z")
Here’s what would be involved in migrating Mizzle to using the Variant Arcanist material from the playtest packet: Class skill selections? Al I have is “Bind and Summon” and “Ritual Arcanism”, both of which remain unch… --- ## [FabU Session 37 - "Awakening a Sleeping Giant"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-37-awakening-a-sleeping-giant/1396)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-37-awakening-a-sleeping-giant/1396 "2026-08-28T23:21:25Z")
Last Time. At Saraid’s folks house. Melanie and Alphonse. Last night was restful. In the Market Melanie waxes lyrical about how nice things are. A familiar voice – “Hey, there are my favorite customers!” Dwyer! Supp… --- ## [Mizzle's Journal](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mizzles-journal/1375)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mizzles-journal/1375 "2026-08-22T10:29:48Z")
This follows The Wrong Book I’ve been traveling with the Trimaldi brothers and Saraid for a little while. Finally - finally - we got entrusted with an important job. There’s a monastery nearby, near a town called … --- ## [FabU Session 36 - "Home Is Where The Squirrel Is"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-36-home-is-where-the-squirrel-is/1393)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-36-home-is-where-the-squirrel-is/1393 "2026-08-15T02:48:22Z")
A Whole New World (Or at least VTT, as we are now on the Forge.) Last time, we were flying back to Harmony to wrap up some loose threads – and maybe challenge the Stone Guardian. Mizzle is talking to a hunk of bark (… --- ## [Questions For Surdak](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/questions-for-surdak/1392)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/questions-for-surdak/1392 "2026-08-14T04:08:37Z")
Mizzle has some questions for Surdak! Right now the evil wizard is stuck in a natural relic, and might not be inclined to talk. Mizzle’s strategy is to point out, “this is your last chance to influence the world and sha… --- ## [FabU Session 35 - “This Is Not My Beautiful Ambra”](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-35-this-is-not-my-beautiful-ambra/1389)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-35-this-is-not-my-beautiful-ambra/1389 "2026-08-13T22:46:02Z")
(with apologies to the Talking Heads) Saraid - FP! Villain Cut-scene! Deep in the Dancing Forest, Dotani and Clove going on about clove study and what she’s been doing to prepare for the druid trials. Cleaning up some… --- ## [Save the Date](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/save-the-date/664)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/save-the-date/664 "2026-08-10T17:23:19Z")
Not a Pidgeverse comic, but a shout-out to two things: “Person of Interest” (where Reese inexplicably thinks this explanation will solve anything) and “A Centaur’s Life” (where kids on a high school date are trailed … --- ## [Don't Founder - The Roll20 Veteran's Guide to Foundry's FabU](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/dont-founder-the-roll20-veterans-guide-to-foundrys-fabu/1391)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/dont-founder-the-roll20-veterans-guide-to-foundrys-fabu/1391 "2026-08-10T02:44:55Z")
This guide is intended for FabU players on the new Roll20 sheets who are switching over to Foundry’s Project FU. There will be several individual posts, each one talking about a different aspect of the experience. Gene… --- ## [Down at the Foundry](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/down-at-the-foundry/1390)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/down-at-the-foundry/1390 "2026-08-08T21:25:42Z")
So I figured I would show off my little journey on how I am setting up the new Foundry version of the game and an example of setting up something so that it won’t be a pain to maintain. So the Trimaldi’s Magitech Cannon… --- ## [Mutants and How Not to Pronounce All Those Weird Names](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mutants-and-how-not-to-pronounce-all-those-weird-names/1388)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mutants-and-how-not-to-pronounce-all-those-weird-names/1388 "2026-08-01T01:27:34Z")
So we’ve talked a few times about how Fabula Ultima expects its classes to be reskinned to fit the theme of the character, to the point that all classes come with suggested alternate names and some of the sample characte… --- ## [FabU Session 34 - "Oh, Jenny, You're so Fine"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-34-oh-jenny-youre-so-fine/1387)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-34-oh-jenny-youre-so-fine/1387 "2026-07-31T04:08:20Z")
To begin with … Level up! Members of the Tarot Gang, after meeting Rose’s parents TG had turned Jenny over to the Elonians. Bill’s to-do list FPs for all! Rescue Jenny Tarot from Elonians Fly east to the Aetheric … --- ## [Powerful Projects and How to Build Them](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/powerful-projects-and-how-to-build-them/1386)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/powerful-projects-and-how-to-build-them/1386 "2026-07-30T23:46:09Z")
Since Dave as been trying to figure out things to do with Projects, I figured I’d take a swing at some of the Quick and Slow Projects found in the latest playtest packet for the upcoming Strategy Guide book for Fabula Ul… --- ## [FabU Session 33 - "Jenny, I Got Your Number"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-33-jenny-i-got-your-number/1384)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-33-jenny-i-got-your-number/1384 "2026-07-24T09:32:01Z")
Kick off Level-up stuff! Last time - defeated Serdak, imprisoned in a bit of Grandfather Oak’s bark. Also, Dotani is here, an embarrassing adult, druid helping raise Clove. It begins! We were planning on heading sout… --- ## [Tales of the Treasure](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/tales-of-the-treasure/1382)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/tales-of-the-treasure/1382 "2026-07-24T03:36:24Z")
As Mike is now asking us some questions about the swag we pick up … here’s a place to record the answers. Spellshot A discarded firearm, of the type used in the initial conquest of the Archmagus. What foes was this… --- ## [FabU Session 32 - "So Long, Serdak?"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-32-so-long-serdak/1383)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-32-so-long-serdak/1383 "2026-07-23T00:22:29Z")
Getting started Level stuff! Recap Took the battle to Serdak. Tried to trap him in a Mizzle ritual. Got past clouds of demons, and approached the dragon … Fairbrand, infected with the Megaspores. We combat! Fairbrand… --- ## [Hero of Myths and Legend and Fur](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/hero-of-myths-and-legend-and-fur/1381)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/hero-of-myths-and-legend-and-fur/1381 "2026-07-17T00:20:16Z")
A camp question Mizzle may seriously put to the Warriors Three: Shiny is definitely the charismatic Dashing Fandrel. Tiny’s dedication to his work makes him Grim Hogun. Whiney complains about how hard he’s being made… --- ## [FabU Session 31 - "Furiously Fighting Far Fairbrand"](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-31-furiously-fighting-far-fairbrand/1378)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fabu-session-31-furiously-fighting-far-fairbrand/1378 "2026-07-15T18:35:53Z")
Last Time Rescued Rose from Serdak! Brought her back to Clove’s cabin. The fungus on her was cleansed away by Mizzle. Briefed Rose. Mizzle performed a Ritual to find out about Squirrelkin past. Convinced Clove to shar… --- ## [Revelation!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/revelation/1380)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/revelation/1380 "2026-07-11T04:08:21Z")
As mentioned here, I’m changing Mizzle’s focus from Pilot to Arcanist. I’m still going to round Pilot out! But I feel like Pilot has been paying enough dividends that I can afford to take a break from it - a worthwhile i… --- ## [Trimaldi Bros. - Decisions, decisions](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/trimaldi-bros-decisions-decisions/1379)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/trimaldi-bros-decisions-decisions/1379 "2026-07-10T16:02:03Z")
First off, this is at least 50% thinking out loud. I’m happy to hear thoughts, but it’s mostly my tryingf to get it all down on “paper” to get it clear in my head. My tentative conclusions show up with the :star: - … [Next page](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md?page=1)