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

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Oh I don't think it's a weighty-fate-of-the-quest type decision, but like you said, we're burning 5k XP and flamesense while useful is kind of nichey.

I'll admit that a small part of me has always seen this quest as Viserys imposing his will on the world to make the world a better place, so literally the fact that the buff is called "of the Will" is a thing too.
 
It's also kinda about fluff for me, a further point in the "mastery over fire" column.
Viserys doesn't need magic to feel nearby fires, it just shows up on his internal radar naturally.
 
I just had a neat idea for a use of Flamesense. If Viserys wants to have an exact idea of where allies are within range all they need is to wear or carry an item of Continual Flame. It could even be used for signaling purposes if each person carried two of them.
 
Goldfish said:
I just had a neat idea for a use of Flamesense. If Viserys wants to have an exact idea of where allies are within range all they need is to wear or carry an item of Continual Flame. It could even be used for signaling purposes if each person carried two of them.
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It's not bad, but not like we totally lack this capability in multiple facets. We rarely position our groups further than 100 feet apart, which Varys covers just fine.

Though it's a nice excuse to make a Companion signet with a Continual Flame effect and that Heirloom Mark spell.
 
...and here I am lonely thinking that maybe, just maybe, stealing knowledge from a Fey-God is the better deal.
:V
 
Fillies and Gentlecolts, that's a draw.

Some tiebreakers, plz?
Adhoc vote count started by egoo on Nov 11, 2019 at 1:31 PM, finished with 109 posts and 20 votes.
  • [X] Seek out a specific blessing (Cost 5000 XP)
    -[X] Of the Will
    -[X] In preparation, have "Channel Vigor"'s effect switched to Spirit (+6 to willsave).
    -[X] Have the spells Surge of Fortune (allows to take nat. 20 = +20 ), Grand Destiny (1/4 charges = +4), Moment of Greatness (doubling bonus from Dany's Persistomancy = +5), Ruin Delver's Fortune (equal to Charisma modifier = +12 Luck), Moment of Prescience (use Wild Arcana while having Lya cast Harmonic Chorus on Viserys beforehand - increasing CL to 24, and as the bonus is equal to CL = +24 Insight) cast appropriately before consuming the Heart.
    --[X] Total Willsave = 100 +1d6 (Mythic Surge).
    [X] Seek out a specific blessing (Cost 5000 XP)
    -[X] Of the Senses
    -[X] In preparation, have "Channel Vigor"'s effect switched to Spirit (+6 to willsave).
    -[X] Have the spells Surge of Fortune (allows to take nat. 20 = +20 ), Grand Destiny (1/4 charges = +4), Moment of Greatness (doubling bonus from Dany's Persistomancy = +5), Ruin Delver's Fortune (equal to Charisma modifier = +12 Luck), Moment of Prescience (use Wild Arcana while having Lya cast Harmonic Chorus on Viserys beforehand - increasing CL to 24, and as the bonus is equal to CL = +24 Insight) cast appropriately before consuming the Heart.
    --[X] Total Willsave = 100 +1d6 (Mythic Surge).
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I would abstain just to break a tie, but I have delegate voters, and in that case I'm against doing that.
 
That reminds me, we made Lormar snake-bait, but what about his apprentice? In a lot of ways he's no more threatening than a Scholarum graduate.
 
Crake said:
That reminds me, we made Lormar snake-bait, but what about his apprentice? In a lot of ways he's no more threatening than a Scholarum graduate.
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Not exactly the best evidence that he's harmless, considering a moderately prepared 5th level Scholarium graduate could incinerate a small muggle army or enthrall the rulers of an unprepared nation. We train our mages right! :p

Seriously, though, I cannot remember what we learned about him, good or bad. What level was he?
 
DragonParadox said:
Possible recruit Tegos of Stonebrook: The last survivor of a village destroyed by the Jogos Nhai during their skirmishes with the Golden Company he came to be attached to the company first as a an ordinary camp follower doing everything from mending ports to helping erect tents, though his excellent memory soon saw him become a messenger from whence he was again picked out by Lormar as his new apprentice when he proved to have a sharp mind by passing several secret tests. Like his former master Tegos does not seem to have any great attachment o Tiamat, though he is personally loyal to the Golden Company. Recruitment seems feasible though a period of probation is recommended. Reading another's mind is no substitution for observing them react to change.
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@Crake This was the consensus given to us by Justice Malarys Vanor. Do with it as you will.
 
We learned that he was really dedicated to Golden Company - they freed him from Slavery iirc, but he wasn't "too dangerous to live" wither.

So we decided to keep him bottled until we take care of GC, and then do soft-brainwashing via Viserys' diplomacy.

Edit: ninja'ed
 
egoo said:
We learned that he was really dedicated to Golden Company - they freed him from Slavery iirc, but he wasn't "too dangerous to live" wither.

So we decided to keep him bottled until we take care of GC, and then do soft-brainwashing via Viserys' diplomacy.

Edit: ninja'ed
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Viserys: "Hold my ale. I'm going for a Beguiler 4 this time."
 
"Hi grandma."
"I will eat your corpse and devour your soul."
"Oh, you are just granty that I'm a better red dragon than the ones you made."
 
Huh.
I'm a mite slow today.

I just realized that "stealing" anything from Ymeri will likely be just that - stealing - we will probably leave her permanently without one of the powers we choose here, or at least severely weaken the according power.

Huh.
 
egoo said:
Huh.
I'm a mite slow today.

I just realized that "stealing" anything from Ymeri will likely be just that - stealing - we will probably leave her permanently without one of the powers we choose here, or at least severely weaken the according power.

Huh.
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If that is how it actually works, losing her Flamesense would be hilarious.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by egoo on Nov 11, 2019 at 2:18 PM, finished with 123 posts and 21 votes.
  • [X] Seek out a specific blessing (Cost 5000 XP)
    -[X] Of the Will
    -[X] In preparation, have "Channel Vigor"'s effect switched to Spirit (+6 to willsave).
    -[X] Have the spells Surge of Fortune (allows to take nat. 20 = +20 ), Grand Destiny (1/4 charges = +4), Moment of Greatness (doubling bonus from Dany's Persistomancy = +5), Ruin Delver's Fortune (equal to Charisma modifier = +12 Luck), Moment of Prescience (use Wild Arcana while having Lya cast Harmonic Chorus on Viserys beforehand - increasing CL to 24, and as the bonus is equal to CL = +24 Insight) cast appropriately before consuming the Heart.
    --[X] Total Willsave = 100 +1d6 (Mythic Surge).
    [X] Seek out a specific blessing (Cost 5000 XP)
    -[X] Of the Senses
    -[X] In preparation, have "Channel Vigor"'s effect switched to Spirit (+6 to willsave).
    -[X] Have the spells Surge of Fortune (allows to take nat. 20 = +20 ), Grand Destiny (1/4 charges = +4), Moment of Greatness (doubling bonus from Dany's Persistomancy = +5), Ruin Delver's Fortune (equal to Charisma modifier = +12 Luck), Moment of Prescience (use Wild Arcana while having Lya cast Harmonic Chorus on Viserys beforehand - increasing CL to 24, and as the bonus is equal to CL = +24 Insight) cast appropriately before consuming the Heart.
    --[X] Total Willsave = 100 +1d6 (Mythic Surge).
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[X] Crake

Honestly Flamesense does not feel like something with significant applications going forward, while I suspect a boosts to our "will" will be more generally useful.
 
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