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

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LonelyWolf999 said:
@DragonParadox, I'd like to write another omake, similar to the last one in that it's a 'character piece'. However, this one is about a canon character that hasn't shown up at all, and a little conspicuously at that, considering how involved we are in Essos.

The Tattered Prince.

Now, considering the pure proliferation of characters in ASOIF it's not surprising a few slip through the cracks, but I wanted to make sure the reason he hasn't shown up yet is that he just didn't have a role yet, and not that he's been snapped up in some plot or another. Seeing as he's a mercenary, I can see the Blackfyres hiring his company, or any number of other players, really.

Now, the reason I'm concerned here is that his primary motivation is to get revenge on the Magisters of Pentos, and then presumably take the city itself. I'd honestly figured that he would have seen us as a perfect patron to go and do so, and thus surprised he hasn't come up yet. Hence, just making sure he's free for an omake.
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Poor guy is late to the party. We already promised Braavos our aid to take Pentos. Of course, the Tattered Prince doesn't know that.
 
LonelyWolf999 said:
I mean, he's loyal to Viserys and believe him about the 'Essosi being amoral slaving fucks' but assumes that Westeros is his primary goal.

Essentially the latter statement, yes. He's swearing under the pressure of the Lannisters and Crown, and really wishes we would finish up and put the traitors to the sword sooner rather than later.
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Maybe emphasize that a little more?
 
Honestly, this "never telling anyone shit" is why I invited everyone to the Planar Conference. They will get The Plan laid out to them, can make ties to focus their efforts and we clear up what exactly our goals are.

We will turn this shithole into a major planar power. They are permitted to cheer.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
Maybe emphasize that a little more?
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The deal is, I didn't want to include any outright statements as to "Will Viserys please fucking invade Westeros already" because that's not what Monford is saying. He feels that way, yes, but he's also loyal to His Grace to the end and believes we have valid reasons for dilly dallying in the Disputed Lands.

I tried to show rather than tell in the story that Monford is under a considerable amount of pressure and stress, and has frustratingly vague orders from us as well as almost no information on what we're doing. So, instead of sitting with his thumbs up his ass, Monford is doing his best to contact fellow Loyalists and raise a fleet, all actions which make perfect sense from his perspective.
 
Azel said:
Honestly, this "never telling anyone shit" is why I invited everyone to the Planar Conference. They will get The Plan laid out to them, can make ties to focus their efforts and we clear up what exactly our goals are.

We will turn this shithole into a major planar power. They are permitted to cheer.
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I'm super hyped for the Conference. It's gonna be fun.

Before that, we get to go Efreet hunting and craft an amazing Artifact cloak, and then afterward, we finally deal with the Wildfire in King's Landing. This turn is just great.
 
Azel said:
Honestly, this "never telling anyone shit" is why I invited everyone to the Planar Conference. They will get The Plan laid out to them, can make ties to focus their efforts and we clear up what exactly our goals are.

We will turn this shithole into a major planar power. They are permitted to cheer.
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Wait a second. Ensemble cast doing their own thing. No-one ever seems to communicate plans on-screen. What's next??? BRAID TUGGING?!? SKIRT SMOOTHING?!? Danny, run while you can!

LonelyWolf999 said:
The deal is, I didn't want to include any outright statements as to "Will Viserys please fucking invade Westeros already" because that's not what Monford is saying. He feels that way, yes, but he's also loyal to His Grace to the end and believes we have valid reasons for dilly dallying in the Disputed Lands.

I tried to show rather than tell in the story that Monford is under a considerable amount of pressure and stress, and has frustratingly vague orders from us as well as almost no information on what we're doing. So, instead of sitting with his thumbs up his ass, Monford is doing his best to contact fellow Loyalists and raise a fleet, all actions which make perfect sense from his perspective.
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You could outright say that though. He isn't saying it t anyone: this Interlude is him thinking alone. In the privacy of his thoughts, he can think whatever he wants.
 
LonelyWolf999 said:
@DragonParadox, I'd like to write another omake, similar to the last one in that it's a 'character piece'. However, this one is about a canon character that hasn't shown up at all, and a little conspicuously at that, considering how involved we are in Essos.

The Tattered Prince.

Now, considering the pure proliferation of characters in ASOIF it's not surprising a few slip through the cracks, but I wanted to make sure the reason he hasn't shown up yet is that he just didn't have a role yet, and not that he's been snapped up in some plot or another. Seeing as he's a mercenary, I can see the Blackfyres hiring his company, or any number of other players, really.

Now, the reason I'm concerned here is that his primary motivation is to get revenge on the Magisters of Pentos, and then presumably take the city itself. I'd honestly figured that he would have seen us as a perfect patron to go and do so, and thus surprised he hasn't come up yet. Hence, just making sure he's free for an omake.
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He is flying under the radar so sot speak. Viserys has not heard much about him IC.
 
@DragonParadox Have you put any thought to using Pathfinder Mythic tiers for the quest instead of Epic levels?

We've already accomplished several feats that could qualify as Mythic, IMO, so the transition could go pretty smoothly. And the Mythic tier system was so much better implemented than Epic levels.
 
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Azel said:
Honestly, this "never telling anyone shit" is why I invited everyone to the Planar Conference. They will get The Plan laid out to them, can make ties to focus their efforts and we clear up what exactly our goals are.

We will turn this shithole into a major planar power. They are permitted to cheer.
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I'd also like to contact other Targaryen Loyalists, although inviting them to the conference is a bit premature. Right now, they're basically just rattling their sabers in the general direction of the traitors and doing their best not to listen to the increasingly horrific rumors spilling out from the Stepstones and Essos. They don't know us, they don't know what we're doing, and blind faith that we're coming sooner or later can only carry them so far. They're either going to revolt at an inconvenient time or be subverted by the Lannisters/Blackfyres if we don't make some sort of effort to contact them. It can be something as simple as sending them a raven with orders from their True Liege, or discreetly teleporting then to SD and doing some traditional diplomacy in person. Giving King Viserys a face, and reassuring them that we're not a blood drinking monster, is nessesary.
 
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Part MMCCLXVIII: Upon a Sea of Flame Part One
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    • Upon a Sea of Flame Part One ​

    Sixth Day of the Fifth Month 293 AC

    "I never could have imagined such a place. Is it a dream, a nightmare, or both together?" Rina breathes as she looks upon the unearthly vista known only most often as Zelth Ixen, in the trade tongue, the Sea of Fire. Waves of roiling oil flow under a wind thrice as hot as a forge's breath reflecting an alien sky alight with coiling ribbons of green, blue, and purple. Here and there the surface ignites seemingly at random with flames that flow between gold, orange, and crimson, giving this part of the Eternal Furnace its name.

    Above scores of six-winged beasts half-fly half-swim, calling out with harsh voices like the screech of tearing metal as they look to pick out one of the ember skippers of the deep 'sea'. Technically there is nothing stopping a brave skipper from riding the Phantom Flames, though only the mad or the desperate would try in the face of its treacherous winds, not to mention the commonly held belief that the souls of the damned and accursed rise to join the Upper Realms and there they bide their time to wreak vengeance upon the living.

    By contrast if one were to try and navigate beneath the oily surface one must contend with titanic serpents called most commonly 'Devourers of Fat', beasts which can subsist on the the boiling oil but which at times hunt fire whales and even mightier things.

    Speaking of fire whales... you spot a a crimson hump arising from the many-hued currents. "Considerate as ever." You feel a relaxed smile make its way onto your face.

    "Who...?" Rina never finishes her question as Baella emerges fully from the depths, radiating good cheer like the sun in springtime.

    "Hello, friends, wonderful to see you all again in good health!" she calls inside your minds. "No need to ride those silly shadow things. You can float on my back until we find the first ship, even afterwards if you like."

    "That's very generous of you, but won't that be uncomfortable for you?" Dany asks, ever considerate of friends.

    "No, of course not. Why you hardly weigh anything..." She trails off. "Not that there's anything wrong with being little, of course. There's all sorts of interesting places you can squeeze through that I could not even hope to fit in."

    Tyene and Waymar both have to visibly hold back laughter as you assure the gentle fire whale that you would not even dream of being offended of anything she might say. Even Ser Richard cracks a full if brief smile while Rina just looks on in increasing bemusement.

    Once you handle the introductions, however, the young ice mage is quickly won over by the great-hearted spirit's simple charm and generosity.

    "Is there any neutral port we could sail in to to get our bearings?" you ask. "I'd like to be more discerning than blindly hunting the sultan's fleets."

    "There are a handful, but you might have a bit of trouble getting into them..." Baella sounds almost embarrassed. "Those whose souls sing of the cold are little welcomed, for they are feared and thought treacherous."

    "Treacherous?" Waymar asks confused.

    "It's just stuff and nonsense," comes the reply in a huff of sparks. "Supposedly it's unfair to take away someone's fire to fight or kill them. How that is supposed to be worse than a whaler hunting calves with spiked brass nets I've no notion..."

    Hearing her words and realizing their import Rina seems to forget her momentary embarrassment, her expression setting in a mask of determination with only the glittering blue of her eyes reflecting her anger. "I'm suddenly feeling a great deal better about killing these... things," she admits.

    What do you do?

    [] Seek out a port for information on the local political situation
    -[] Write in guise (optional)

    [] Hunt Efreeti military ships

    [] Hunt Efreeti whalers

    [] Write in

    OOC: Everyone is currently under the effects of Mass Planar Adaption cast by Malarys as well as persistent Tongues on the party members who do not speak draconic.
     
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    • I'm pleasantly surprised that Baella decided to help with this.

    @DragonParadox, did she decide that she values us stopping whalers who murder her kin more than she doesn't want to get into conflict?
     
    Duesal said:
    I'm pleasantly surprised that Baella decided to help with this.

    @DragonParadox, did she decide that she values us stopping whalers who murder her kin more than she doesn't want to get into conflict?
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    Yes, she will make an exception for whalers, but she still wants to spare any who surrender because she is ultimately a gentle soul who would rather see murderers reformed than dead.
     
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    See, conspiracy theorists?
    The thread can love a Good character, even though she moralises us and gets in the way of our plans (requiring management and some precious Viserys time). All she's gotta do is be loveable, adorable, and not a righteous prejudiced asshole!

    Oh, and not be a threat to our geopolitical ambitions.
     
    TalonofAnathrax said:
    See, conspiracy theorists?
    The thread can love a Good character, even though she moralises us and gets in the way of our plans (requiring management and some precious Viserys time). All she's gotta do is be loveable, adorable, and not a righteous prejudiced asshole!

    Oh, and not be a threat to our geopolitical ambitions.
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    I don't think Baella's ever moralized at us. She sympathized with our desire to murder the Deep Ones, only saying that she couldn't bring herself to aid us directly since she benefited from them by awakening psionic powers.

    EDIT: Wait, she told us to go easy on the Lannisters. I didn't really mind all that much, though. Baella is great.
     
    Glad to see best fire whale again.

    @Duesal you think a plan could be to grab a whaler ship and use that to sneak into a port where we can find more information?
     
    I think we could disguise as a regular Red.

    Think up some suitably draconic name, play up the temper a bit and if someone asks what happens and we don't just eat him hint that a pissed of Efreeti and a Wish for by a panicking slave was involved.
    Though we'd have to leave our friends outside the port.


    But a regular Adult Red with a serious grudge against Efreeti is exactly what we need here. An asset that can damage the Efreeti while nobody will suspect that Air and Earth are somehow behind this.
    And the Efreeti will underreact since a regular Adult Red is much less dangerous than we are.
     
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    Azel said:
    Honestly, this "never telling anyone shit" is why I invited everyone to the Planar Conference. They will get The Plan laid out to them, can make ties to focus their efforts and we clear up what exactly our goals are.

    We will turn this shithole into a major planar power. They are permitted to cheer.
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    Thinking back on it, it would have been nice to organise our allies paying for mindblank items and us putting in commissions for them a while back.
     
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