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

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Artemis1992 said:
Would we notice or care if he did?

Most people we have around us are constantly armed, in steel or other magic components.
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On the one hand, it's his home, on the other, it's a special privilege to come armed to an audience.
Edit: That might be one reason an invitation to a hunt is something. After all, you are trusted with arms in the vicinity of important people.
 
Thoughts on maximum possible Willsave, edition 3.0:

Viserys' 'base' Willsave = 25 + 6 (Dany's Persistomancy, Morale) +6 (Channel Vigor - Spirit, Competence) +1d6 (Mythic Surge) = 37+1d6

Surge of Fortune (discharged prematurely, allows nat 20) = +20.
Grand Destiny (consuming 1/4 charges)= +4.
Moment of Greatness (doubling bonus from Dany's Persistomancy) = +6.
Ruin Delver's Fortune (equal to Charisma modifier) +12 Luck
Moment of Prescience (equal to CL, cast through Wild Arcana while under effect of Harmonic Chorus = 24) = +24 Insight
Visions of the Future (discharged prematurely, allows half CL as sacred bonus) = +11 Sacred (via Wild Arcana)
Owl's Insight (+10 Wis insight = +5 Will)
Item of Empty Mind, (ML 15) = +10 Untyped

Total possible Willsave at this moment: 128+1d6, 2 rerolls avaliable, Mindblank, Psionic Mindblank, and Plant Body giving mind-affecting Immunity.

Additional related effects:
> Nine Lives + Alter Fortune by an ally = 2 rerolls avaliable.
> Mindblank (Immunity to all mind-affecting spells and effects) - avalaible via Viserys' crown.
> Psionic Mindblank via the slotless Third Eye
> Plant Body (Immunity to all mind-affecting spells and effects)
 
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I've spent way too long lovingly looking at this list.

I may yet find something, but I doubt that with me having mostly gone through full 3.5/Pathfinder lists of spells/equipment there is anything willsave-increasing left, Feats aside.

Note, that the above assumes us having... eh, 2-3 rounds to buff up to gills.
Maybe 1 if Timestop goes well, I never quite tried doing the full action-by-action rollout, too many of them happening for me not to get hopelessly lost.

So, probably doable if not in direct combat, and better done with Luck-turning caster nearby.

Would definitely let us steal more Rakshasa from Bloodstone!Emps if we are ever so inclined, or even doing a quick bitchslap to a Minor God(lling) without fearing getting Thanos'd the moment we try.
 
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egoo said:
Thoughts on maximum possible Willsave, edition 3.0:

Viserys' 'base' Willsave = 24 +5 (Dany's Persistomancy, Morale) +6 (Channel Vigor - Spirit, Competence) +1d6 (Mythic Surge) = 35+1d6

Surge of Fortune (discharged prematurely, allows nat 20) = +20.
Grand Destiny (consuming 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 (equal to CL, cast through Wild Arcana while under effect of Harmonic Chorus = 24) = +24 Insight
Bestow Grace (Paladin spell, save = Cha bonus, but halved for Viserys Bloodwishing) = +6 Sacred

Total possible Willsave at this moment: 105+1d6, 2 rerolls avaliable, Mindblank and Plant Body giving mind-affecting Immunity.

Additional related effects:
> Nine Lives + Alter Fortune by an ally = 2 rerolls avaliable.
> Mindblank (Immunity to all mind-affecting spells and effects) - avalaible via Viserys' crown.
> Plant Body (Immunity to all mind-affecting spells and effects)

Further Willsave increase available via:
[] Item of Empty Mind, (ML 15) = +10 Untyped
[] Item of Psionic Mindblank - the effect would stack with regular Mindblank, requiring an additional successful casting/roll to get through via spells/effects like Shatter Mindblank.

Total possible Willsave: 115+1d6, 2 rerolls avaliable, Mindblank, Psionic Mindblank, and Plant Body giving mind-affecting Immunity.
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The major takeaway from this is the very first part. With a resting bonus of 35+1d6, there are very few effects which can reliably beat Viserys' Will save bonus, and even without multiple rounds to achieve maximum resistance, we can push that much higher with even a single spell and benefit from at least one reroll.

Thanks for compiling all of that, @egoo.
 
[X] "Tell me honestly my Lord, was my reputation half a year ago so sterling as to make audiences such as this even half so lightly weighed? And even now the work of months has only eased the slander levied against me since the day I learned to weave more than a cantrip together, when my chief concerns were 'what horror will next come to kill or destroy all that I cherish'? Not thoughts of conquest or matters of state."
-[X] Shake your head sadly. "Foresight is an advantage sadly that both I and the Lannisters possess, for the reasoning I would outline now reveals my motivations seven months ago which as it always is in such matters, seem at opposite ends."
-[X] "I have taken time to give softly spoken counsel to those who were inclined to hear it, so that they might share it on with Lords who were less inclined to gossip, by letter or by their own diverging interests, or else spread the information through other means, as I'm sure you're already aware. Yet it was not just fear of retribution which might have made an appearance on Westerosi soil ill-advised, but sheer abounding ignorance of the world and what is out there for man to discover, both the good and the ill."
-[X] Passionately, you say, "Lord Roote, while my actions across the Riverlands kicked up a storm of recrimination, that lies faceted the underlying panic in any action I take publicly. I cannot so much as breathe in a public setting without it being reported back by the Master of Whispers, were I inclined to make such an appearance rather than wear a glamour that is. To say nothing of how stepping foot in King's Landing is all it would take to launch an armed rebellion without uttering a word. They hate the Lannisters there, and in the Riverlands the resentment is not much lesser."
-[X] Conceding this, you nod, "So then, ill-advised I spoke, and yet how else could I begin to erode the influence of my enemies, that I might begin working against the forces that truly endanger Westeros, the myriad horrors I've described in writ and exposed in deed? Believe me if you will my Lord, but I did not conjure sedition carelessly in these lands, rather say it was the natural course of the river flow."
-[X] "It is cause enough for them to punish those least deserving of it before an orderly transition of power can take place. Divination led Tywin to swiftly accuse you of incompetence and Hoster Tully to throw you to lions braying like sheep, and that was without your part in the matter being partially shrouded to future-sight by merely speaking to me."
-[X] "Better to have honestly said that you had no idea of my intentions at the time, not when there is already armed conflict here in the underbrush."
-[X] "Still, I apologize if I gave the impression I did not trust you to settle matters in the end, with all the pieces set in place and all the knowledge of the situation at hand. I saw a problem which could have turned into a danger, and as was often the case in my own realm I sought to swiftly fix it. I realize I do not yet in truth hold rule over these lands, but I still feel responsible for aiding the people who have been denied the means and methods to do so themselves."
 
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Crake said:
[X] "Tell me honestly my Lord, was my reputation half a year ago so sterling as to make audiences such as this half so lightly weighed? And even now the work of months has only eased the slander levied against me since the day I learned to weave more than a cantrip together, when my chief concerns were 'what horror will next come to kill or destroy all that I cherish'? Not thoughts of conquest or matters of state."
-[X] "I have taken time to give softly spoken counsel to those who were inclined to hear it, so that they might share it on with Lords who were less inclined to gossip, or else spread the information through other means as I'm sure you're already aware. Yet it was not just fear of retribution which might have made an appearance on Westerosi soil ill-advised, but sheer ignorance of the world and what is out there for man to discover, both the good and the ill."
-[X] "Ill-advised I spoke, and yet how else could I begin to erode the influence of my enemies, that I might begin working against the forces that truly endanger Westeros, the myriad horrors I've described in writ and exposed in deed? Robert Baratheon and Tywin Lannister are strong only in spite, but that is enough to punish those least deserving of it before an orderly transition of power can take place. Divination led Tywin to swiftly accuse you of incompetence and Tully to throw you to wolves braying like sheep, and that was without your part in the matter being partially shrouded by merely speaking to me. Better to have honestly said you had no idea of my intentions at the time."
-[X] "Still, I apologize if I gave the impression I did not trust you to settle matters in the end, with all the pieces set in place and all the knowledge of the situation at hand. I saw a problem which could have turned into a danger, and as was often the case in my own realm I sought to swiftly fix it. I realize I do not yet in truth hold rule over these lands, yet I hope you would not hold it against me, and believe me when I say that had you been in a position to carry out my will, I would have trusted you to do so."
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Looks good, dude, though I'm not sure if it can overcome his twirly moustache malus.
 
Goldfish said:
Looks good, dude, though I'm not sure if it can overcome his twirly moustache malus.
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Crake said:
You cannot overcome it.

Merely survive.
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This man leaves us no choice.
Ironbeard
School transmutation; Level antipaladin 1, cleric 1, magus 1, paladin 1, ranger 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range touch
Target creature touched
Duration 1 minute/level
Saving Throw Fort negates (harmless);
Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
DESCRIPTION
This spell causes a brushy beard of stiff iron to erupt from the face of a willing target. The ironbeard grants a +1 armor bonus to AC, and this bonus stacks with any armor worn by the creature. The ironbeard may also be used as a weapon equivalent to cold iron armor spikes. The ironbeard makes it difficult to speak, so any spellcasting with a verbal component has a 20% spell failure chance.
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I FEeL ThE BeARD OVeRtaKiNG mE!
It IS A GoOD PAiN!
 
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[X] Crake

Huh that's an interesting takeaway, if people think Viserys first went around "earning" the right to have audiences with people instead of assuming he could.
 
A_Somebody said:
[X] Crake

Huh that's an interesting takeaway, if people think Viserys first went around "earning" the right to have audiences with people instead of assuming he could.
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That's literally what we did.

We flexed so hard on Robert and Tywin by doing it too, since it showed us to be vastly more competent than either of them.
 
Crake said:
That's literally what we did.

We flexed so hard on Robert and Tywin by doing it too, since it showed us to be vastly more competent than either of them.
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Who even was the first lord we talked to (in Westeros, not Braavos)? If I recall correctly, it was a pretty minor lord, and one who we'd helped immediately before the meeting.
 
Duesal said:
Probably Lord Brune.

The first one we killed was a Morrigan scion who was busying himself butchering a village of beekeepers.
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Oh yeah, Lord Brune! I wouldn't count the Morrigan scion at all. But Lord Brune was relatively close (geographically) to Kings Landing, and we got his loyalty under the nose of Robert and Tywin. If that's not earning street cred, I don't know what is.
 
Zioneer said:
Oh yeah, Lord Brune! I wouldn't count the Morrigan scion at all. But Lord Brune was relatively close (geographically) to Kings Landing, and we got his loyalty under the nose of Robert and Tywin. If that's not earning street cred, I don't know what is.
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Granted, House Brune were always diehard Targaryen loyalists, and they had been repeatedly snubbed by Cersei when they tried to warn people about the Deep Ones. It honestly wasn't hard to get them on our side instead.
One Autumn Leaf said:
Isn't her the guy who couldn't get his trophy because of his wife?
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That would be poor Lord Celtigar. I hope he gets a trophy soon. :(
 
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