A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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- being near locations is my passion.
What do you think about adding something along the lines of:
-[] Yss checks and confirms whether or not there is any lingering connection to its old boss or if it put any surprises in its soul
(which an elder evil might do as a matter of policy)
@DragonParadox the Shadow King dude - would Zethir/Yss know anything about them, or would it be after they were captured/slept?
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That is automatic as part of empowering the new being.
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- being near locations is my passion.
I find it extremely challenging to measure what are considered to be "obvious things the charcheter does without prompting/as procedure" vs "this is an extra backup bit that would not have happened anyway, and is a really good idea"
Apologies for when I ask redundant questions.
But I am curious if there is something in there, a hidden spell or trap, even if it gets delt with as "part of the deal/task"
Unrelated: @Thread, Spell Immunity: delay teleport (or whatever it is called). ... Anticipate teleport?
For the high level hit squad assinations. I remember being very frustrated with the possibility of it when trying to pin down varys in combat.
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- United States
@DragonParadox, will our Guardian Nagas be breeding soon?
Viserys has no idea IC.
I think I'm going to do the fungal pods interlude next.
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- United States
Fingers crossed. I hope one of their major goals is reviving their race.
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- ?????????
[X] Artemis1992
Wait so we have the amulet that severs connections to deities? Varys amulet does that correct?
Wait so we have the amulet that severs connections to deities? Varys amulet does that correct?
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- florida
Mwah! Most exceplent @Crake ! Interesting to see from the perspective of someone who gets out motives and long term plans.
Also see someone trying to conduct espionage in our fair city...
While she hasn't been caught yet at least we're making her pull her hair out in frustration.
Which if she isn't feeding orphans to demons is perfectly fine with me.
Also see someone trying to conduct espionage in our fair city...
While she hasn't been caught yet at least we're making her pull her hair out in frustration.
Which if she isn't feeding orphans to demons is perfectly fine with me.
This is one of the reasons why, for all Asmodeus's capability and cleverness, he's still a fool.
Interlude in beta.
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- ?????????
So @DragonParadox does the existence of the Varys... cheat card makes it easier to do our own research pertaining to severing pacts and contracts between gods and men?
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- Philippines
So while we wait for fungi, I've been thinking about Vee's mount.
Darkenbeasts are sterile, right? How about we make a Queen? One that all darkenbeasts obey, or at least respect. One that can feed upon corpses and one live animal as base to lay darkenbeast eggs (fungal transformation sack)? That way we can free the forge for more research in case we need it to do so. A way to breed darkenbeast off-plane too.
Darkenbeasts are sterile, right? How about we make a Queen? One that all darkenbeasts obey, or at least respect. One that can feed upon corpses and one live animal as base to lay darkenbeast eggs (fungal transformation sack)? That way we can free the forge for more research in case we need it to do so. A way to breed darkenbeast off-plane too.
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Interlude CCCXCV: Joined Flesh and Kindred Spirits
Joined Flesh and Kindred Spirits
Twenty-First Day of the Eighth Month 293 AC
The pig's leg twitched... kicked, casting twisting shadows over the carpet of faintly glowing blue-green fungus. The motions would have seemed entirely natural were it not for the fact that it was not attached to a pig at all but contained in a translucent bauble of arcane 'skin,' faint silvery marks dancing across its surface. "The blood is moving normally... full range of motion... no necrosis," Mercy carefully adjusted the delicate bronze and crystal mechanism, an easy smile blooming on her lips. "I think we have it."
"Alright then," Vee huffed, pleased. "Let's get this back on the pig so we can all go home and see the fights."
Not even Mereth standing quietly in the corner objected to the notion. She doubtless learned how serious the girl was about the well-being of the various beasts under her care. Unlike the imps they had used a few days ago, or the spider bits the day before, even the hydra flesh had melded with the forge without any trouble. The hog's leg had been by far the most fragile thing they had tried to sustain, the closest thing to a human limb they could use without... complications.
The incarnate was quite certain they would be able to find someone willing to lose an arm or a leg for the King, especially among the newly freed slaves, but those were not the sort of rumors they wanted to start. Vee had suggested using her own arm, but being the most skilled surgeon among them by far it would have been far too risky. Now she could finally enjoy the festival.
Fungal Pods Progress: 16 +19 = 35/35 Complete!
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"...come on, it will be fun," Mercy said to her sister with perhaps the smallest trace of a whine to her words. "I bet no one could beat all of us together."
"It's one mage per team, no exceptions," Naria countered. She was lounging on a divan, idly drawing something that might become either an abstract sketch or an arcane formula. "The point is to draw in new talent and convince the various sorts of fools that we don't consort with fiends or whatever the Hells they think we are doing, not give the old talent a chance to show off."
"That second charge is rather closer to the mark than most know." Mereth's tone was grim, but with perhaps less of an edge of bitterness to it.
"Have you ever seen a drawing of what they think a devil is?" Mercy giggled, quick to abandon disappointment. Between one breath and the next she allowed her form to dissolve into mist and vapor, slipping through narrow gaps in the ceiling left there on purpose when the townhouse had been built.
Moments later she returned with a piece of yellowed parchment held triumphantly in hand. "Behold."
The image was of a gnarled creature whose face almost had the look of a crescent moon, the long crooked nose and pointed chin curving dangerously close to meeting. It had a snake's tongue, and instead of horns it sported pale branches. Below it was scrawled none too neatly, 'The Devil in the Deep.'
Her sister smiled where Mereth only snorted. "Subtle... it's a wonder they didn't just give it dragon wings, too."
"Where did you get that?" Naria asked curiously. "I can't imagine it would be worth making leaflets by hand, and there have been no reports of Westerosi mages making that sort of nonsense."
"A novice maester, or I suppose former novice, sold it off to the Inquisition alongside everything he could remember hearing and overhearing in the Citadel. He's going to try his luck in the Scholarum now," Mercy explained. "There wasn't anything of great note in the report but they paid him off anyway since that's the sort of thing that's worth encouraging... I saw the drawing on the wall when I was doing healing duty for the Inquisition and when I asked for it he gave it to me. Said he was getting bored of it anyway."
"Or he was trying to bed you and you didn't notice again," Naria noted clinically, though there was a spark of amusement in her eyes.
"That only happened once," Mercy countered quickly. "Anyway, I'm the eldest so I should be teasing you about that sort of thing, not the other way around." The incarnate looked around the room for support of her latest theory. "Right, Mereth?"
Once the Fury would have just ignored the byplay. Now, though, she gave a curt reply: "I would not know anymore than you." A moment later she asked a seemingly idle question so soft the others almost did not hear her. "Why do you play at being mortal so much?"
"Because it looks like fun," Mercy shrugged. "If I get bored of it, well, I have all the time in the world to change my mind. All of us do."
Though she was not usually very good at reading the winged warrior, the incarnate could see clearly the moment when Mereth realized the word 'us' included her, too. She almost seemed to flinch away from it for a moment before relaxing back into her seat. Her next words were still a surprise: "If you need a warrior for the melee I would be willing to join. I can't very well let Leto get above herself."
OOC: And here we go, pod research complete with an exact roll and more of Mereth adapting to life in Sorcerer's Deep.
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Evaunit02mark1
S-s-smell the Prey, S-s-start the Hunt.
Oh we're going to have so much fun with those pods.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
that was close.
Way too close.
Alright then.
- Turning Noodle's corpse into
- Turning spiders/spider bits and one hydra into sources for silk, venom, poisonous blood, and scales
- Growing grafts and spare body parts (for inquisitors, for one)
is a go now.
I'll try to find my calculations for amounts of blood hydra can give off later.
@Azel, mind digging up that plan for Mammon-soup again?
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- florida
Also angel soup~
@Azel we still have that Brijidine skin?
Brijidine and Mammon blood should make a pretty gnarly version of that spell nullifying poison.
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@DragonParadox it's good to see the Erinyes normalizing.
A big part of what makes hell so... Hellish. Is that once your really stuck in you start taking it with your everywhere you go.
The chains on peoples minds are invisible, but just as constricting as those on their body.
@Azel we still have that Brijidine skin?
Brijidine and Mammon blood should make a pretty gnarly version of that spell nullifying poison.
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@DragonParadox it's good to see the Erinyes normalizing.
A big part of what makes hell so... Hellish. Is that once your really stuck in you start taking it with your everywhere you go.
The chains on peoples minds are invisible, but just as constricting as those on their body.
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- Germany
Looking good.
They have a mage and an Archer.
Need a melee blender and sneaky git yet.
Canon Omake: Of Snakes and Statuettes
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- Japan, The Big Town
Omake: Of Snakes and Statuettes
Twentieth Day of the Eighth Month 293 AC
As King Viserys bid them to enjoy the rest of the festival, and moved on to wander among the rest of his subjects. Ysilla considered the games she had just seen.
"That was incredible! Do you think they could help with the next revision of rules?" Harry had been one of the most vocal during the games, cheering for whoever he thought was the 'good' side.
"Don't be silly, they would be much too busy. Can you imagine the King himself considering the rules for a game?" But he was right about something, the games had been incredible. All three of them, Viserys, Lya, and Dany seem to have had an almost prescient sense for how the units could be used, even with different tactics from each of them. Viserys seemed to prefer a small group of elite units, with one particularly strong one, that would be directed to take down the opponents key units. Lya collected a group of units with middling power, but with abilities that synchronised in novel ways that allowed them to handle almost any situation. And Dany, using a large group of weaker units, buffed to be extremely dangerous in numbers by a few good supporting units.
As Ysilla turned back to prepare her figurines for another game, she noticed a large uptick in the number of people buying and starting their own games. Where before it had been mostly other kids around her age, it seemed many adults wanted to try their hand as well now. Along with this came an increase in the questions for clarification of rules, and many situations that had simply not been covered in the first place.
"Well it clearly doesn't make any sense that a creature that small could attempt to grapple a dragon, so-," Ysilla cut herself off as she noticed a small group of kids looking longingly at the people enjoying themselves in the square.
"Do you want to join is as well?" they seemed surprised, one of them nodded at her. "Well come here, you can use mine."
"A-are you sure?"
"Yes it's no problem," Ysilla smiles at them, and indicates her fairly sizable collection of figures, "It's fine, I can always get some more if i need to."
Ysilla stood up as the kids thanked her and sat down, already excitedly chatting about what combination of units, and what armies would be the best. Wandering around the square, she noticed that many were attempting to copy the strategies that Viserys, Dany, and Lya had used. In fact some people were offering to sell those exact groups of units. She moved to sit near a small garden, at the quieter end of the square, bewildered at the impact of the game, having originally only thought a few friends would be interested.
About to head back, Ysilla noticed a small bundle of rainbow coloured feathers and scales, nestled into a lower treebranch in the sun. Fascinated, Ysilla stepped closer. She looked at the apparently sleeping feathered serpent. She'd never really considered it before, but the way it coiled, the wings tucked about itself almost like a nest, and the curved edges of its head, it looked... cute. But she thought she remembered Dany telling her something about a feathered serpent. What was it?
Reaching towards it, one finger outstretched. Suddenly it opened its eyes and lifted its head. Causing her finger to poke it directly on the middle of its snout.
"Ahh!" Ysilla jumped back. "I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have, I should have asked at least, I'm sorry."
The serpent blinked at her, opening its mouth slightly, "tch!"
Ysilla blinked, did it just sneeze?
"It's quite alright, I was too focused on the games going on, you are the one that created it correct?" the serpent seemed to look at her quizzically.
Focused on the games? Of course, she remembered. Dany had said the feathered serpent was a god! She didn't really think that something so small could be a god, but then Dany seemed to know a lot about things she didn't. Either way, she'd just treated a resident of Sorcerer's Deep as if she had just now stepped off a ship. She'd even admonished others for staring and pointing sometimes.
"Y-yes, I'm really sorry. And yes I came up with most of the rules for the new game."
"Quite clever and creative for one so young," the serpent brushed aside her apologies, "I am Zathir, it seemed only right that I look upon the creation of an entirely new game."
"You like the game that i made?"
"Indeed, a pursuite that requires creativity, and intelligence. And in playing you strengthen the bonds between yourself and others."
Ysilla blushed slightly, "Well, do you want to play as well then? And if you're a god, surely you must be smart, can you help me sort out the rules?"
Zathir nodded "Yes, of course. It would be my pleasure."
Ysilla offered her hand, which Zathir crawled onto and up to her shoulder. Together, they walked back into the festival.
OOC: Yes this was entirely so i could have someone reasonably boop the snoot. That aside, I hope you guys like it, it's been a while since i wrote something not exclusively for the games I DM. And it's the first omake I have ever written. So please enjoy ^.^
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Great work @superguy2876
Only one small nitpick, Ysilla was raised in Westeros among a culture where gods were rather grand things. She would not just casually accept that the snake with wings is a god. Maybe something like 'Dany said it had been a god somehow, but how could that be?'
Only one small nitpick, Ysilla was raised in Westeros among a culture where gods were rather grand things. She would not just casually accept that the snake with wings is a god. Maybe something like 'Dany said it had been a god somehow, but how could that be?'
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- Who knows?
Ohhh so the Measters wanna get in on the broadsheet/political cartoon game?
Yeah definitely need to send out Azel's things next turn and "Steal a March" on them as the saying goes.
Yeah definitely need to send out Azel's things next turn and "Steal a March" on them as the saying goes.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
It's perfect.