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

Let it be here consigned by the word of Viserys Targaryen First of that name King in the Deep that the following shall be the obligations and privileges of those practitioners of sorcerous arts gained through study, by blood or through pact and prayer. Let none mortal spirit or undying fey nor of any other thinking kindred yet unknown flaunt this decree on pain of royal sanction proportional to the transgressions committed.

Obligations:

I. To deal fairly with any who come before them asking for aid or service.
II. To pay the dues established by the Scholarum according to its internal strictures.
III. To hold fealty to the Scholarum above petty partisan interests and never willfully work against its interests.
IV. To remain in a state of readiness of war in the service of the realm in times of great strife.
V. To keep any secrets of the Scholarum in utmost sanctity from those who do not belong, nor are affiliated with it.
VI. To undertake at least one Journey of Wisdom in the service of the Scholarum should their Craft allow.

Privileges:

I. The lawful practice of magic within the Deep and any other lands that fall under the authority thereof.
II. The use of Scholarum insignia of establish quality of one's work.
III. The use of Scholarum resources for the furthering of one's studies and other work.
IV. Protection from undue persecution in all its forms.
V. The backing of the Scholarum in maters of trade and craft.

Philosopher's Tree:
The guidance of the Greenseers of old smoothes the fumbling of newly-trained mage lacking arcane traditions to fall back on.
Effect: Reroll all dice, and keep the best result. Apply a +5 to the roll for the number of prepared casters and spontaneous divine casters.

Teana (Full Time Teacher): 200 Aspirants [Shdow Traced Bonus]

Velen (Full Time Teacher): 100 Aspirants

Every three months:
For every 100 aspirants, we get:
2d8-6 new lvl 1 Hedge Mages (Tier 2)
2d8-6 new lvl 1 Adepts (Tier 2)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Wizards (Tier 1)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Archivsts (Tier 1)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Mystics (Tier 1)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Sorcerers (Tier 1)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Bards (Tier 1)
1d6-9 new lvl 1 Duskblades (Tier 1)

Modifiers:
-10 if there is not one full-time teacher capable of casting third circle spells per 100 aspirants
+5 if there is a full-time teacher capable of casting 3rd circle spells and with good skills for teaching. This teacher adds an additional [their HD-5] to the number of new mages of their class, and an extra [their HD-7] to the number of new mages that cast spells from the same source (arcane/divine) as them but that are not of the same class. Any more full-time teachers either handle another group of 100 aspirants, or their bonuses are halved (round up).
-5 if there is a damaging attack upon the school
-5 if the school has yet to find good training methods for a class, but knows enough to try
+1 per 7 days of guest lecturing by a caster of a similar source (arcane or divine). Bonus increases to +2 for casters of the same class. If the teacher is of exceptional skill, bonus lay bemay be applied for less than a week of classes or may even be increased.
+1 for access to good sources of lore like a decent library. This bonus increases to +2 for spellcasters with a spell book like Wizards or Archivists
+1 for access to personalized attention by Calligraphy Wyrms or tutors if needed
+5 for prepared casters and spontaneous divine casters (from the Philosopher's Tree)

Every month, for every 100 students:
Roll d100

0 or less: something goes wrong. Lose 2d6+2 students, some rep, and possibly money
1-5: 1d3 students drop out or die (Randomly Chosen)
6-20: No Level Ups
21-35: 1d2 Tier 1 mages and 1d4 Tier Two mages level up*
36-50: 1d3 Tier 1 mages and 1d6 Tier Two mages level up*
51-75: 1d3+2 Tier 1 mages and 1d6+4 Tier Two mages level up*
75-94: 1d6+3 Tier 1 mages and 1d8+6 Tier Two mages level up*
95-100+: As above plus a bonus rolled on a d3 (1: Level 5 mage breaks level cap through intensive study; 2 experienced caster wishes to join**; 3: magical breakthrough***)

Modifiers (capped at +50):
-30 to the d00 if there is no full-time teacher per 100 students. A teacher can handle both 100 students and 100 aspirants (and the students will spend time helping aspirants).
+10 to the d00 per skilled full-time teacher after the first dedicated to the batch of 100 students.
+5 for having an excellent library
+10 for having a world-class library
+15 for having a library that would get respect from extraplanar metropolises
+5 for occasional but excellent guest teachers

If casters level, prioritize those of classes closest to that of the full-time teacher(s). Each full-time teacher handling the group of 100 students being rolled for adds +1 per 2 HD they have above 5 (rounding down) to the dice to determine how many exactly level.

*Roll a d10 for each level up, adding +1 per 2 HD above 5 (round down) of each full-time teacher dedicated to the batch of 100 students.
1-4: lvl 1 mage promoted;
5-7: lvl 2 mage promoted;
8-9: lvl 3 mage promoted;
10-11: lvl 4 mage promoted;
12 or more: lvl 4 mage promoted and roll again for an extra one (Tier 2). If there are more promotions assigned to a level than mages of that level, they are automatically reassigned one level higher.

**Level 1d6+4
***Dictated by PC tutors assigned to the Scholarium that month (defaults to ritual lore from Teana)

Guest lecturers:
Each week, each guest lecturer rolls a Profession (instructor) or Diplomacy or Bluff check. If they stayed less than a full week but for at least a day, subtract 5 per day of the week where they weren't there. Bonuses that last a short time may not be used. Add a synergy bonus of +2 per 5 ppintspof bonus they have in the other skills listed above, and possibly in any relevant Knowledge skills. Divide the result by 10 (minimum 1). That is the number of spellcasters who level. If possible, spellcasters of the same class (or same source) as the guest lecturer level, but this can vary depending on what is being taught (teaching Alchemy to Sorcerers could allow a Duskblades to make Sorcerers level).

Headmistress Teana Strycos:
Born a slave behind the Black Walls of Volantis, Teana was trained from an early age to be a mummer like her mother and grandmother before her. Unlike many slaves, she was fortunate enough to grow up in a relatively close and stable family, as skilled mummers were much too valuable as a long-standing troupe to trade lightly.

Alas that tragedy would strike her if of a far stranger sort than most—the Ashen Plague, that claimed her kin and very nearly bound her soul to Ymeri's will. Yet by the same sorcery awakened within her that dreadful day she was able to in the end win free of the malignant flame spirit and forge a new life for herself, far from Volantis and the memory of chains.

The games of lights and shadows she learned in her youth have served her well in the study of sorcery, allowing her to develop a skill for umbramancy unique in Sorcerer's Deep.

Velen the Phoenix Bard:
One of your first teachers in matters esoteric, Velen is a kindhearted and courteous being always ready to help others with word or deed. Though his long years of imprisonment have dulled his memory, he is still a fount of lore and wisdom. He is a great lover of beauty in all its forms, though he has a particular appreciation of music. His own unearthly song is so beautiful as to bring tears to one's eyes.

His years in Dorne have done nothing to dent your friend's kindness, but they have tempered it with a wistful practicality. He has borne witness to both abuses of sorcery and ones brought against those gifted with magic by the fearful and dogmatic, but still he approaches every conflict with an eye towards peaceful resolution, for above all his are the flames that light the way.

Sarah of Pentos:
Born a tinker's daughter and traveling healer in the Pentoshi hinterlands, Sarah grew up on her father's tall tales of his deeds and heritage. She had set aside fantastical notions in the wake of his death and the trials that followed until as chance would have it she heard a call for help on the wind. Though it was a dark night with hail beat down cruelty upon the land she chanced to follow it to a strange maiden trapped beneath barbed with iron. Garbed in swan's feathers, she was like something from a child's fancy, and when Sarah let her loose she called the mortal woman kin sundered across the ages...

Filled with new determination to carve a better path for herself, Sarah sought instruction to help her newly kindled magic flourish and in the end she found it, though her master proved perhaps he greatest danger she had ever faced, until his untimely demise at the hands of the Dragon King.

Horio of Tyrosh:
Born to a family of minor nobles supported far more by their positions within the city's labyrinthine bureaucracy than their failing ancestral lands, Horio was expected to fold neatly into the same mold as his father and grandfather. Alas a series of youthful indiscretions damaged his chances of obtaining any advantageous position beyond repair.

For several years he lived in genteel poverty, taking work when and how he could find it, mostly as a tutor, teaching languages, etiquette, and philosophy while learning in turn the proper amount of flattery to apply to keep the various scions of nobility and their parents happy.

Horio's life would have likely continued apace had he not chanced upon an ancient tome forgotten among one of his patron's library with contained most extraordinary lore. It spoke of power beyond that of clinking coin and sonorous names, of bargains that could be made for far greater stakes than he had ever dared to dream of. Twas then that Horio of Tyrosh discovered that he was not so far removed from the gambler of his youth. He won his prize but would have lost it all but two months later had the scales not been tipped in his favor by the hand of agents of the Dragon King.

Leila Goldhammer:
As with many who come upon the shores of Sorcerer's Deep, Leila Goldhammer's tale is not spared tragedy and loss. Captured by Ironborn raiders during the attack on Lannisport which marked the beginning of the abortive Greyjoy Rebellion, she was very nearly another victim of the cruel churning mechanisms of the Essosi slave trade, but for a chance meeting in Tyrosh with the King and his Companions.

Determined to never be helpless again and disenchanted with the Seven who offered to answer to her many desperate prayers, Leila took up the study of magic with diligence and determination, growing into an enchanter of some skill. As a reward for skilled service she was raised to noble rank, though she as yet holds no lands, nor does she have much interest in it.

Alas the Whisperer:
In many ways Alas' history is typical of a young Djinn-blood who finds within himself a talent for sorcery, setting off into the unknown of the journey of discovery to hone his skills wherever the wind may take him, yet not all that he has found has been cause for wonder. More than once Alas' cautious nature and swift magic has left him the last survivor of bloody fights, bequeathing upon him the unenviable task of weighing vengeance against prudence. Many foes has he thus made in his more than half-a-century of life, some far beyond his strength, thus leaving him content to rest under the shadow of the Lost Dragon's wings, learning, teaching, and most of all crafting works of sorcery.

Other Instructors:
1 Lotus Leshy, 2 Treants (Druid2)
Alas the Whisperer (Witch)
2 Raptorans (Oracles)

12x Wizards lvl 1
11x Wizards lvl 2
5x Wizard lvl 3
2x Wizard lvl 4
8x Wizard lvl 5 (1 Inquisition Wizard Mia, 1 Detached Duty Salladhor Saan)

44x Hedge Mages lvl 1
35x Hedge Mages lvl 2
8x Hedge Mages lvl 3
2x Hedge Mages lvl 4
15x Hedge Mages lvl 5
2x Hedge Mages lvl 6

41x Archivist lvl 1
16x Archivist lvl 2
3x Archivist lvl 3
3x Archivist lvl 4
2x Archivist lvl 5


77x Adepts lvl 1
36x Adepts lvl 2
7x Adept lvl 3
5x Adept lvl 4
5x Adept lvl 5

14x Sorcerers lvl 1 (7 Battle Mage 7 Enchanter)
17x Sorcerers lvl 2 (11 Battle Mage 3 Enchanter)
8x Sorcerers lvl 3 (6 Battle Mage 2 Enchanter)
1x Sorcerers lvl 4 (Battle Mage)
1x Sorcerers lvl 5 (Battle Mage)




31x Mystics lvl 1
24x Mystics lvl 2
5x Mystics lvl 3
3x Mystics lvl 4

17x Bards lvl 1
10x Bards lvl 2
3x Bards lvl 3

9x Duskblades lvl 1
11x Duskblades lvl 2

7x Rangers lvl 1

3x Concept Clerics of Law

1x Paladin of Tyranny (Erinyes)

1x Night's Watch Duskblade lvl 2 (Ser Alliser Thorne)
1x Night's Watch Bard lvl 1
2x Night's Watch Sorcerer lvl 1

Transfers from Mantarys:
8x Concept Cleric lvl 1
5x Concept Cleric lvl 2

3x Sorcerer 1
1x Sorcerer 3

Hired from the Kartum of Artificers in the Opaline Vault these craftsmen can only be used for enchantment unless you negotiate with the guild.

• 30 Apprentice Enchanters (Craft Wondrous Items)
• 15 Journeyman Enchanters (Craft Wondrous Items; Craft Magical Arms and Armor)
• 5 Master Enchanters (Craft Wondrous Items; Craft Magical Arms and Armor; Craft Construct)