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A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover

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Crake said:
@Goldfish Why not... just build them a commune somewhere near the fey's lands, arrange some "aide"/"childsupport" from the fathers who can pop by from time to time to help out. Shelter, an arrangement for provisions to be provided, and a small sub-community where the kids can grow up around each other and at least have an in-group and insulation from persecution by the presence of their fey parents until their majority. At which point, they can take care of themselves, and presumably their mothers.
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That would just provide an easy target for angry mobs of ignorant muggles. Either the Fey would defend it, possible starting a war with the locals, or they wouldn't, and the inhabitants of the commune would either die or be rendered homeless, with little possibility of receiving support from their fellow humans.
Evaunit02mark1 said:
I mean, "Prince Viserys takes in the destitute and unwanted" is hardly a blow. Of course they could spin it into some nonsense about Harems or us taking the girls away in the night, but as long as we've got the priest vouching for us and we clear it with the local lord then those voices would be minor compared to people talking about our magnanimity.

I mean, the Fey here are stupidly helpful compared to almost anywhere else. If it wasn't for the whole rolling in the hay nonsense these fuckers wouldn't have a single problem to solve. They even lead children back home, children. Usually those sparkly little fuckers kidnap children like I eat cheese puffs, to the point where it's far to much but you've already gone that far so you might as well keep going.
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Yeah, that's not the story that would spread among the population of Westeros.

We wouldn't just be stealing defenseless maidens who had been abused by our vile allies, the inhuman Fey, we would be taking their babies for our soup pots because we'd grown tired of the taste of regular baby soup and wanted to expand our menu to include Feyblooded infants.
 
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Artemis1992 said:
If we had recruited Tor we might actually have a use for Feyblooded kids beyond waiting for them to grow up.
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Nah, Tor was stupid evil. Why kidnap people and hold them against their will when you could pay them/teach them for their blood and further all of your shared arcane knowledge.

A smart man is dangerous and when he dies his dreams die with him, a group of smart men/women working together can change the world.

As we have already proven many times over.
 
We can't just take people away, that'll just give extra negative fodder for idiots, we could.... get the villagers to meet with the fey, en-mass? But after we talk to the individual families making the petition.

Then we can get them to send someone to their lord, so that said lord can get an opportunity to meet friendly fey rather than blunder about with swords and... ignorance.
 
You know, most of the descriptions of Satyrs I've read, including the Pathfinder one, suggest the father tends to not support the child so much as secretly abscond with it at the earliest opportunity. This is especially true if we follow the "All children of Satyrs are either Satyrs or Fauns" theory. If we do follow this theory, we'll soon know if the story of them having willing rather than charmed partners is true, as the children will be Fauns instead of Satyrs. At any rate, the father tends to believe only Fey can properly raise Fey, and would the villagers actually accept such strange children anyway?

Now, or course, DP could be going for the Half-Satyr variant instead. Guess we'll know in a few months. I think we should do that, btw. Check back in a few months and see how things are going. It's one thing to agree to accept the children in theory, another thing when all the little nippers turn up with hooves and horns.
 
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It would be hilarious if we run into a Satyr who sees us, screams something about the "nightmares made real" then runs away while bleating his terrified little head off.

Vee's summoned Crash Test Goatman has to come from somewhere, after all.
 
Quick early note on the Fiendish Monstrous Spiders in Sothoryos -- yes we're getting them primarily for sacrificing to the Tree of the Dawn Age, but we should not sacrifice all of them. They have too many uses.

1. They could provide the Chaotic component for Magebane Poison while Eyewings are summoned to provide the Lawful Component. This way we could easily get dozens of vials.
2. It's always good to have spare sacrifices for emergencies (for example, when a Valyrian Dragon needs to be hatched).
3. They can be sacrificed to use the Tree Stride and visit Bloodraven at our convenience.
4. We can have Tyene extract whatever venom they happen to have.
5. They are excellent experiment fodder.

I'm thinking that we should set around 40 or so of them aside for a decent stockpile, with another 10 dedicated solely to the Magebane Poison. It shouldn't be a problem seeing as we stand to gain thousands, emphasis on the plural.
 
Take note that we forgot to feed the door at the Wall.

That being said, Kira and Xor could really do some refurbishment there next month. Our only large scale project is the roads and we don't need Lyres for that
 
Azel said:
Take note that we forgot to feed the door at the Wall.

That being said, Kira and Xor could really do some refurbishment there next month. Our only large scale project is the roads and we don't need Lyres for that
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We can feed the door after the tree is grown. I'm doing my best to focus the sacrifices for now.

Unless the door also likes magic items, in which case we have a few to spare.
 
Plans, anyone?

To be honest I can't really think of a way to make everyone happy, and at that, I honestly can't think of a way to accomplish our objective (reputation boost) which could make either or of the groups happy.

The only solution that gets us what our aim originally was, is to chase off the Fey Court/relocate them entirely. That, at least, will calm things down somewhat.

This, also, unfortunately, does nothing for the unfortunate mothers/children who will probably still be persecuted. But well... it doesn't have to be our problem? Just putting it out there.
 
Azel said:
Nope, it explicitly needs blood. A few gallons should suffice.
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Ah. In that case I'll make sure to set something aside after we tally everything up in the end.

Speaking of which... @DragonParadox, can you give us the scope of what a Fiend-summoning action would take? Which characters are essential, how long would be required, etc? We need to get on that, starting with the escaped Thanadaemons.
 
Here's and IC hint: fey are enormously wealthy/powerful by the standards of the average Westerosi smallfolk. If you could cut a deal that is advantageous to most of the town they will police their own malcontents, especially since the closest source of spiritual authority is on the side of peace.
 
DragonParadox said:
Here's and IC hint: fey are enormously wealthy/powerful by the standards of the average Westerosi smallfolk. If you could cut a deal that is advantageous to most of the town they will police their own malcontents, especially since the closest source of spiritual authority is on the side of peace.
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It would really help to know the Fey lords read on the situation. There's little we can do on the villager side.
 
One Autumn Leaf said:
So quick unrelated question what gives bonuses to HD sacrifices? Like I know outsider, cold subtype and caster... is there anything else?
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Your question is dear to my heart. :p
DragonParadox said:
Special: The value of the sacrifice is modified by the following factors:
  • Low Intelligence (Int 3 to 6): -50%
  • Native Outsider: +25%
  • Fey: +30%
  • True Outsider (Called): +35%
  • Aberration: +35%
  • Undead: +40%
  • Cold Subtype: +50%
  • Creature Capable of casting spells (not SLAs): +25%
  • Willing Sacrifice (no magical compulsions): +100%
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Granted, this is specifically the rules for the Old Gods. These rules don't apply to Yss or the Merling King.
 
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[X] Seek an audience with the Lord of the Glimerwood Court
-[X] Explain the situation to him, ask him if he'd be generally amendable to a peaceful solution and what he'd suggest here.

Honestly, I don't think we can solve this.
But maybe a Feylord with our advice helping him to understand and anticipate human reactions can.
 
One Autumn Leaf said:
Yeah I'm trying to find the perfect monster fodder for the trees and the others seem to match but so do the deep ones I'm gonna keep looking
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If we ever manage to luck out and capture an undead cold subtype spellcaster, that's the ultimate sacrifice (I've put a bit of thought into this before). But that's usually outmatched by any powerful willing sacrifices.
 
DragonParadox said:
Here's and IC hint: fey are enormously wealthy/powerful by the standards of the average Westerosi smallfolk. If you could cut a deal that is advantageous to most of the town they will police their own malcontents, especially since the closest source of spiritual authority is on the side of peace.
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Huh. Cool. So, throwing out this idea, can I get a Viserys IC assessment of viability (and thread too?):

So, talking to the malcontents alongside the priest, seeing their views, pretend to care about their perspective (Visery prbly will actually care, 'cuz empathy), explain that the world has changed and that those spirits that are kindly and are willing to live in peace are worth developing a good relationship with (but, developed carefully), especially . Tell them that we are going to meet with the local fey-boss person and explain some of the concerns that the people here have shared with us. Maybe take priest as he seems like a sensible sort, and a good permeant point of contact/arbitration after we leave, if arbitration is needed (and attempted)

Go talk to fey-lord, get his/her read on the situation, explain the concerns, see how they feel, suggest that the wealth disparity will allow them to make trades that will engender positivity on the whole from the local mortals over the long term.

Organise small impromptu party/festival where fey and mortal can meet (and peacefully interact; get drinks and food from SD), then get fey court and town to send one or two people and one or two fey to the local lord to make peaceful introductions and an interpreter that gets fey a bit better than a complete and total novice (so, send Martyn or someone who has had many dealings with the fey here - not a pregnant woman though).
 
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[X] Seek an audience with the Lord of the Glimerwood Court
-[X] Explain the situation to him, ask him if he'd be generally amendable to a peaceful solution and what he'd suggest here.
 
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