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

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DragonParadox said:
If he had rolled better for gather information he could have attacked say Rhaella earlier in the month and her he could well have killed... actually on second thought considering what Viserys would have done to him in that case maybe he is lucky.
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Um, to be clear?

If Rhaella had been murdered by Quarth, I would have gone straight to high intensity strategic revenge and the city would probably be a burning crater right now.

Edit: yes, the entire city. I will not entertain damage of that sort to Viserys or his family.
 
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Snowfire said:
Um, to be clear?

If Rhaella had been murdered by Quarth, I would have gone straight to high intensity strategic revenge and the city would probably be a burning crater right now.

Edit: yes, the entire city. I will not entertain damage of that sort to Viserys or his family.
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Why stop at half-measure?

Burn it now.

Lannisters have likely conspired wiith Warlocks against us.
Their assasins had a decent chance st killing Rhaella.
Timmie operates nearby.

Maim kill burn main kill burn!
:mob::mob::mob:

...I just really want to raise a city to the ground at least once :(
 
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Just because the order of assassins comes from Qarth does not mean the patron came from there.
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And whilst Viserys would surely have been devastated by what he'd done after the fact, the heart rules when pain is near. They would have been the weapon in the hands of our enemy, to strike the most painful blow against us any have in the course of the quest. They would therefore cease to be a weapon that could be acquired. If they happened to give us knowledge of the patron who ordered it while they were in the process of dying? All the better.

But if they had killed Rhaella, the Sorrowful Men would not exist by the time I was done with them, assuming I could rally sufficient support - and I suspect I could.
 
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Also, I look at dates and I'm worried AF.

Do we have time for expeditions we planned?
Overtaking Lys is almost at hand, no?

@Goldfish?
And we are for at least a reserved day or two to read through Uniila-book and summon the nastiest devils in an efficient manner too.
 
Prophets are best severed (served?) when they are oft heard of but rarely seen under the light of common day, you decide and so the woman who had emerged from the night to put an end to a likely massacre vanishes as mysteriously as she had appareled (appeared?), though you take care of to do it in a manner that that could at least be interpreted as wholly natural. An odd half-blind woman with a flair of (for?) rhetoric will likely elicit far less unwanted interest from the Red Priests than a sorceress whose words move the hearts of the faithful.

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Eighteenth Day of the Seventh Month 293 AC

Returning to the matter at hand you are pleased to find that the spectacle had the anticipated and indeed desired effect, on the cleverer of the Myrish magisters. In the days that follow calls for reprisal are shrill but rare and increasingly isolated. Slaves are doubtless mistreated in private by frightened masters, however the one instance when the city guard is involved in 'burning out a nest of traitors' ends with the officer who gave the final order discharged in disgrace while his family fleets (flees?) to the countryside. If they have any sense they will keep running given what Garin is able to learn of their usual treatment of slaves.

Beyond such extreme reactions, beyond even Lady Phassen's determination to ensure a smooth and profitable annexation, the picture of Myr as the least mal-adapted and senselessly cruel of the Three Daughters grows stronger in your mind. That it is only better by contrast with Lys' breeding pens and the gruesome spectacle that greeted your first visit to Tyrosh is a biter (bitter or better?) understanding that never truly leaves you, no matter how many mummer's smiles you toss to sharp-eyed magistters (magisters). Still as you sit in the foyer of House Araesos and watch Varys play with the House's youngest scions, a girl of nine and a boy of three and ten trying and failing to act adult, you are content in knowing no vengeful slaves will be spilling their blood in recompense for past wrongs. Nor will there be a battle for Myr, you are increasingly certain.

The letter from the Glassmaker's Guild's requesting that you take the city under your wing has already been drafted and the Conclave of Twelve is prepared to vote it in with a solid majority of eight that will most likely move the remaining magisters to support it from sheer opportunism. The outlying towns and estates will be more troublesome to secure, though with the addition of House Araesos you will at lest have all the port cities secured, ready to accept legionaries but most importantly workers and bureaucrats ready to add the sweet to the sur (???) in the tale of annexation.

"I'm sorry," the words of the servant barely register, especially given the fact that as far as you can see the man has nothing to apologize to (for?)... the thought sends a shiver of warning down your spine but before you can follow the thought to its end, the man produces a dagger and lashes out at you revealing himself as a Sorrowful Man even as he cuts a shallow hash (gash?) into your arm.

You take 13 damage

Briefly you feel the wound burn with the touch of poison before the power worked into the Conquerer's (Conqueror's) Crown forces out the venom in fat glistening dirty yellow drops. The assassin turns to flee towards the window... the old black oak outside it would be more than enough to allow him to climb down to the ground. Distantly you hear the children screaming, though thankfully only in fear not pain. The magister pulls on a silk cord with one hand while struggling with his dagger with the other.

Twice now the Quarthi assassins had moved against your plans. You must capture him, but how much of your magic do you dare show in the doing?

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OOC: That is one unlucky assassin. If he had rolled better for gather information he could have attacked say Rhaella earlier in the month and her he could well have killed... actually on second thought considering what Viserys would have done to him in that case maybe he is lucky.
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Subduing the assasin shouldn't be difficult, although we might want to avoid baleful Polymorph - it's rather distinctive. The Sorrowful Men have poison capsules they will take if captured, so we need to account for that.
 
Can someone remind me of the first time the Sorrowful Men moved against us? I can't remember. :oops:
 
@DragonParadox I'm assuming we're Viserys as Varys is out playing, as opposed to #34 Imperium Envoy Mage?

I'd say turtle him in that case, or turn him to stone.

I'd worry about teleportation, except the assassin hasn't used it yet, so probably does not have it.
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Honestly, I'm not seeing where the decision point lies, broad stokes of rational reaction goes as follows: Turtle/knock out or Paralize and knock out, put into cloak as stone or in a bottle.

Later, check unconsious body for suicide pills, Enchantment/curses/geas and then mind trawl like we did with Tor.

Edit: very unrealated, did Viserys ever bother to divine who sent those assassins that attacked waymar and Richard way back in Brravos. Have always been mildly curious about that.
 
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@Goldfish

Wild Arcana: Cast any spell on your class list up to your highest level of spells known at CL +2 (Swift Action)

What about Targeted Greater Dispel and a wild arcana flesh to stone (swift)?

Keeps us from being stuck in time with only Varys to defend us for that round. ;)
 
So killing us was not the only objective, if the assassin was willing to kill Rhaella instead.
 
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BeepSmile said:
@Goldfish

Wild Arcana: Cast any spell on your class list up to your highest level of spells known at CL +2 (Swift Action)

What about Targeted Greater Dispel and a wild arcana flesh to stone (swift)?

Keeps us from being stuck in time with only Varys to defend us for that round. ;)
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That's not how Wild Arcana works any longer, unfortunately. It was errata'd at some point to be a Standard Action rather than a Swift Action.
 
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