A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
I'm torn between not investigating at all and digging deeper. Maelor showed initiative in retrieving her corpse, but it could be problematic. At the same time, this could be a ploy of some sort, though investigating it might be dangerous in and of itself...
[X] Investigate further
-[X] After destroying her collar and any remaining clothing, Maelor checks the body for signs of active or lingering magic using Detect Magic while Sarell examines it using True Seeing. They also check for any physical clues, such as telltale brands or scars, implanted objects, etc.
--[X] If nothing is found initially, Maelor will spend a couple minutes targeting it with repeated Voracious Dispelling invocations, with him and Sarell examining it again in between each Dispel attempt.
---[X] If they still do not discover anything suspicious, Maelor will ask Sarell to extract the girl's skull. He will destroy the remains. The skull will be packed in a lead box and Malarys contacted to visit the shop as soon as is practical in order question the girl's remains.
--[X] If they discover anything suspicious, Maelor and Sarell use their best judgement to determine whether to destroy the corpse entirely, attempt to deal with whatever they have found, or continue on as if they had found nothing.
-[X] If her skull is preserved, when Malarys arrives he will ask the following questions using Speak with Dead (seven questions available due to Malarys' 15th caster level);
--[X] What was her name? From where did she hail? How did she come to be in the City of Brass? How long was she in the City? What was her latest master's name? Why did she speak to Maelor? How did she escape?
-[X] The skull will be preserved for now, in case we or our allies decide to Resurrect girl at some point in the future.
[X] Investigate further
-[X] After destroying her collar and any remaining clothing, Maelor checks the body for signs of active or lingering magic using Detect Magic while Sarell examines it using True Seeing. They also check for any physical clues, such as telltale brands or scars, implanted objects, etc.
--[X] If nothing is found initially, Maelor will spend a couple minutes targeting it with repeated Voracious Dispelling invocations, with him and Sarell examining it again in between each Dispel attempt.
---[X] If they still do not discover anything suspicious, Maelor will ask Sarell to extract the girl's skull. He will destroy the remains. The skull will be packed in a lead box and Malarys contacted to visit the shop as soon as is practical in order question the girl's remains.
--[X] If they discover anything suspicious, Maelor and Sarell use their best judgement to determine whether to destroy the corpse entirely, attempt to deal with whatever they have found, or continue on as if they had found nothing.
-[X] If her skull is preserved, when Malarys arrives he will ask the following questions using Speak with Dead (seven questions available due to Malarys' 15th caster level);
--[X] What was her name? From where did she hail? How did she come to be in the City of Brass? How long was she in the City? What was her latest master's name? Why did she speak to Maelor? How did she escape?
-[X] The skull will be preserved for now, in case we or our allies decide to Resurrect girl at some point in the future.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Like Maelor said, we don't really trust Melisandre yet. She might be our ally now, but that can change.
I'm also worried about spreading knowledge of this operation any further than absolutely necessary. Right now, beyond the "slaves" working in the shop, all of whom are protected by PfE rings, and living and working in lead-lined chambers, everyone who knows anything about the mission is protected by Mind Blank and can be trusted not to tell anyone who isn't. Melisandre is warded via Mind Blank, IIRC, but she isn't obligated to keep the information from anyone else, and I'm sure R'hllor would know shortly thereafter if he doesn't already.
And while R'hllor probably isn't a fan of the Efreeti, he's hardly our ally.
Basically, I'm paranoid.
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- florida
Ask why she talked at maelor, and how she escaped.
I'm telling you this reeks of meddling.
Possibly of the helpful kind. Depends on what we do really...
Edit: I understand. The entire city is not mindblanked from Rhllor however. He knows some or many of his followers are here.
Especially if there is apparently a cult to the Azhor AI in the city.
As for Melisandre... Mm. We trust her to walk around? Shes not careless, not at all. She would also be invested in breaking the brass city.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Swapped in both questions.
- Location
- France
- Location
- France
He can't raise the dead though. Unless we abused Imbue with Spell Ability somehow? Or gave him a scroll, Moment of Greatness and UMD skill-boosts...
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- florida
Wow you must really hate how many of his followers worship us then
.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
Don't you fucking know it.Wow you must really hate how many of his followers worship us then
If anything, they all are prime candidates for Imperial Deity, but Burny is unlikely to share that easily :/
Also, for this bit alone,
(insomuch as that's a joke), I feel less desire to go to PoW
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
It's not a huge issue, but we should also take into consideration that Malarys is already registered as a business owner in the City of Brass and can easily come or go after paying a small fee without needing to wait in lines for weeks unless we're willing to pay an exorbitant bribe.
Him coming to the shop wouldn't be illegal or suspicious, just business as usual.
BTW, @DragonParadox, I know the shop has only been open for a shirt time, but is it starting to see any traffic?
Him coming to the shop wouldn't be illegal or suspicious, just business as usual.
BTW, @DragonParadox, I know the shop has only been open for a shirt time, but is it starting to see any traffic?
- Location
- Australia
Clever, I like this very much.
Coldly
Missing period.
An
Missing period.
Sellsword.
Repetition.
Likely? More likely?
Or a quirk of Bronn's speech?
It s yes, though nothing big yet, mostly non-efreeti looking for a bargain.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
we're taking it this month
Shaitan and Djinni fight it themselves, with our anti-grav fghters helping out, but nothing more.
Not enough time, so we're not touching it unless we really have nothing to do :/
We're doing it at the end of this month/beginning of the next one.
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- florida
Even on the doorstop of hell customer service is still the worst job in the world.
Mmmmmmm.
I still feel like were going to miss a lot by not raising her.
And after 17? Days it's going to cost 5000 more gold to raise her.
@Goldfish anything I could do to convince you to raise her discreetly? After a week or two perhaps when the trail goes cold?
Edit: mostly what I hope to figure out is if there is a greater slave conspiracy in the brass city. If there actually is an underground cult dedicated to over throwing the brazen throne that will be incredibly good to know.
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- mexico
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[X]Goldfish
[X]Goldfish
- Location
- Australia
[X] Goldfish
@DragonParadox
A kindly thread marathoner has reminded me of the above, just saying again that there is plenty that Littlefinger could do with such a spell, half the Goldcloak commanders being in his pocket as the least of them.
@DragonParadox
A kindly thread marathoner has reminded me of the above, just saying again that there is plenty that Littlefinger could do with such a spell, half the Goldcloak commanders being in his pocket as the least of them.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
If nothing is wrong with the corpse, and the answers satisfy our questions, welll likely rezz her later anyway.
Doing so until then is plain stupid, considering just how important this operation is.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
I don't think it's worth the risk right now.
She can be Resurrected later, if we want to. The expense is trivial at this point.
And if there is a slave conspiracy in the City of Brass, I guarantee you that the Efreeti know about it. They likely only allow it to exist in any form to serve as a source of information.
- Location
- Australia
Entertainment, or both.