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

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Hey, i want the eggs, they sound like a mystery box.
Although, the fact that the too-obviously-a-mimic-to-be-an-actual-mimic box turned out to be a mimic, makes me think there is a reasonable chance of these being actual frog eggs...
 
I'm also curious about the eggs, but for now, what are we going to tell Phassen?
 
So a toadbox filled with eggs? I am innately suspicious to anything laying golden eggs, like they want people to pick them up and carry home.
*cursed to heck and a beyond* I tells ya.

So of course I am all for picking them up.
 
TotallyNotEvil said:
What did we want with her anyway?

"Yo, time to bend the knee"?
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Not quite, but I think we're supposed to tell her the time line's been sped up a lot and she needs to prepare Myr to fall in line without trouble. Also about how we've been doing things in the Elemental Planes and will be doing even more things there. We'll need to reassure her because the Myrish have had bad experiences with conjuration in general, but pointing out the apocalyptic threats that are already here might do the trick.
 
[X] Ask her how the timeline for Myr doing the smart thing is going, you'd prefer it if it were done in the next few months.
-[X] You will be taking a look at those eggs. Sounds far too suspicious not to.

I'm in class, this is to get the ball rolling.
 
[X] Plan Testing The Waters
-[X] "While far away lands and the gleam of gold feature rather prominently in the reason for my visit, the core of the matter is actually politics."
-[X] "You certainly are aware of the... disagreement that is brewing between Lys and myself. Since my Legion has begun to tidy up the Disputed Lands and the Lyseni are already on the edge, more so even then your countrymen, I fear that the Disputed Lands will see another war very soon. As these matters tend to do, this will probably quickly fall into the all too common patterns of this region, though certainly with a quite different outcome." // War is coming to the Disputed Lands and odds are, Myr will be dragged into it. While it might sound like bravado, we are perfectly confident that we will win this one completely, though she doesn't need to know the reasons for that.
-[X] "The conquest of Tyrosh has shown me quite clearly how tiresome it is to establish proper control over a city when having no local allies to rely on. Especially when most of the ruling class is too stuck in the past to see the changes in the world around them." // Let's skip the dance around and talk about what everyone knows we want. To hash out the new order in the city with someone we are willing to accept as the local ruler.
-[X] "Of course, this is developing rather fast, especially as our association is yet so young, though the world is changing ever faster. I have done well for myself by embracing said change instead of fighting it, looking for opportunities to rise ever higher. I approach you with this since I feel that we have that in common." // Lead up to the next part.
-[X] "But there is one thing that I have yet to know about you. No one rises to the leadership of a guild as old and esteemed as yours by accident and the shrewdness you have shown during our first meeting told clearly that it was neither nepotism. Yet I have to ask, before I make my full offer, what is your ambition? Is it the might granted by magic and to wield it like in the days of old? The power of office, a crown and a throne like many seek? Or is yours the heart of a merchant, seeking the gleam of gold through honest work and the freedom to enjoy it far from the trappings of rulership?" // Two reasons for this. One, it narrows down what to offer her. Two, we skip the phase where she thinks to deeply about taking the deal by directly moving to the part where we make her a grand offer. This is why the Devil asks you what you desire. Saying it is half-way to accepting the deal.
 
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