A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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At this point, what manner of being could throw us?Also, yes, we are a wily wyrm, not to be trusted as far as thrown, always having some kind of cunning angle... but we don't advertise.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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Asking the REAL hard-hitting questions.
egoo
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Part MMMCXCIX: A Passage Reversed
A Passage Reversed
Twenty Third Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC
After only a moment's thought, you decide to accept Loreso's offer, to which he is at first gratified, then a touch mystified to find himself in the midst of a divination seeking a lost soul. Yet as your gaze turns to other realms seeking if Horwin would and indeed could return to the world of form, he seems more fascinated than wary. Is there some kith or kin that he would see returned from beyond, you wonder, or simple professional interest of a man whose profession is much concerned with inheritance adding a new dimension to that passing. Regardless, you will have to see to those laws soon...
The portion of your mind bent upon the moments unborn shifts slightly. Threads of light dance in your sight and from them a melody rises, a memory and a verse. You do not speak it aloud, you do not need to. The young Keath knight will return for love of kin and duty both, one more tangle undone.
That question answered, all that remains to you is wait for Rina, Ser Kennos, and in particular your mother to arrive at Keath Keep, for she would serve as greater proof of the chance to return the dead to life than words can tell.
Fortunately, though they are late it is not overtly so, and the news from House Vypren is good. Lord Lucias had sworn himself to you, again through the agency of House Frey and its many bonds of blood and marriage throughout the Riverlands. The only trouble had been that young Damon Vypren had been so enamored by his uncle's tales of Sorcerer's Deep that he wished to travel there at once, while his father was not willing to risk such a blatant connection becoming known. Thankfully, your mother had managed to convince the young knight to wait until the Seven Kingdoms are reclaimed and such a journey can be undertaken openly. His father's pledge had grown a touch less grudging for the deed.
"The same faith that made him hesitant to raise the Dragon banner would make him a thousand times less likely to violate an oath," Rina adds. "I do not think he will ever be eager to raise his banners."
"I do not really need the Riverlords' armies, for all they would be helpful," you reply, waving away the concern. "I am more concerned with them not fighting me, and if the lord's piety should incline him to raise concerns at court, well he shall not be the only one I would wager. I will deal with them as they come."
***
Rather than use Varys or a raven to carry the message, it is the bold solicitor who bears it along with spells and enchantments to gift him a silvered tongue that he might give a fair and skillful accounting before Lord Keath can interrupt. To your surprise, Loreso's smile grows a touch strained as you apply the needed magics.
"Ah... I see wizards will be putting us out of business soon," he says only half in jest.
"Worry not, sorcery might grant a glib tongue, but knowledge of the law is harder by far to come by," you assure him.
Whatever he had said and however he had said it, the solicitor's words grant you the meeting in the lord's solar at noon and there you go, not alone this time, but with Ser Richard and Rina to one side and your mother and Dany on the other.
Either from seeing such a gathering before him or the instinctive surprise at people appearing from thin air, though he had known it would happen, Lord Ashwin Keath freezes briefly in place, giving you ample time to look upon him. Mournful brown eyes look out of a face lined as much with worry as with age, his hair and beard mostly still dark, though here and there strands of white begin to appear like flecks of ice in the earliest days of winter. You also note with approval that he wears on a silver chain about his neck, a Braavosi made warding amulet against enchantment.
"So it's true..." the air rushes out of his lips so swiftly in a relieved sigh it almost seems to rob the lord of breath. "You can bring back the dead, and now you would return my son who was taken from me by those brigands acting in your name. Before..." he forces himself to speak, and little wonder. "Before I say yea or nay to this resurrection, I would know by what power, by what authority, it is done, to call back a soul from the Stranger's embrace?"
What do you reply?
[] Explain that is is your power by blood and the heritage of the Dragon Lords
[] Explain that it is by he will of Horwin's sovereign soul that he might return to life and you merely provide the bridge
[] Write in
OOC: All is well so far, I had the solicitor to carry the initial message since he would make a better connection than just sending a raven.
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A combination works best here.
The power of our blood and heritage, but also the will of Horwin's soul. We, or even a cleric of the Stranger himself, cannot bring back a soul which does not agree to it.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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[X] "Mine and mine alone, skill and power dream-born, not gifted upon another for all the fact that it can be, if the Gods deem it wise or the boon sound. It is not fire stolen, if that is your fear, my Lord. Every soul, ever person born in the world under the sun or in stranger spheres of being has the choice to live and breathe or set aside earthly bonds for whatever awaits them."
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enigma1995
Gentleman Beholder
[X] Crake
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We should also probably give our allies a primer on how gods work. The Stranger has no more monopoly over the domain of death than the Old Gods have over magic.
[X] Crake
[X] Crake
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.A Passage Reversed
Twenty Third Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC
After only a moment's thought, you decide to accept Loreso's offer, to which he is at first gratified, then a touch mystified to find himself in the midst of a divination seeking a lost soul. Yet as your gaze turns to other realms seeking if Horwin would and indeed could return to the world of form, he seems more fascinated than wary. Is there some kith or kin that he would see returned from beyond, you wonder, or simple professional interest of a man whose profession is much concerned with inheritance adding a new dimension to that passing. Regardless, you will have to see those laws soon...
The portion of your mind bent upon the moments unborn shifts slightly. Threads of light dance in your sight and from them a melody rises, a memory and a verse. You do not speak it aloud, you do not need to. The young Keath knight will return for love of kin and duty both, one more tangle undone.
That question answered, all that remains to you is wait for Rina, Ser Kennos, and in particular your mother to arrive at Keath Keep, for she would serve as greater proof of the chance to return the dead to life than words can tell.
Fortunately, though they are late it is not overtly so, and the news from House Vypren is good. Lord Lucias had sworn himself to you, again through the agency of House Frey and its many bonds of blood and marriage throughout the Riverlands. The only trouble had been that young Damon Vypren had been so enamored of his uncle's tales of Sorcerer's Deep that he wished to travel there at once, while his father was not willing to risk such a blatant connection becoming known. Thankfully, your mother had managed to convince the young knight to wait until the Seven Kingdoms are reclaimed and such a journey can be undertaken openly. His father's pledge had grown a touch less grudging for the deed.
"The same faith that made him hesitant to raise the Dragon Banner would make him a thousand times less likely to violate an oath," Rina adds. "I do not think he will ever be eager to raise his banners."
"I do not really need the Riverlords' armies, for all they would be helpful," you reply, waving away the concern. "I am more concerned with them not fighting me, and if the lord's piety should incline him to raise concerns at court, well he shall not be the only one I would wager. I will deal with them as they come."
***
Rather than use Varys or a raven to carry the message, it is the bold solicitor who bears it along with spells and enchantments to gift him a silvered tongue that he might give a fair and skillful accounting before Lord KJeath can interrupt. To your surprise, Loreso's smile grows a touch strained as you apply the needed magics. "Ah... I see wizards will be putting us out of business soon," he says only half in jest.
"Worry not, sorcery might grant a glib tongue, but knowledge of the law is harder by far to come by," you assure him.
Whatever he had said and however he had said it, the solicitor's words grant you the meeting in the lord's solar at noon and there you go, not alone this time, but with Ser Richard and Rina to one side and your mother and Dany on the other.
Either from seeing such a gathering before him or the instinctive surprise at people appearing from thin air, though he had known it would happen, Lord Ashwin Keath freezes briefly in place, giving you ample time to look upon him. Mournful brown eyes look out of a face lined as much with worry as age, his hair and beard mostly still dark, though here and there strands of white begin to appear like flecks of ice in the earliest days of winter. You also note with approval that he wears on a silver chain about his neck a Braavosi made warding amulet against enchantment.
"So it's true..." the air rushes out of his lips so swiftly in a relived sigh it almost seems to rob the lord of breath. "You can bring back the dead, and now you would return my son who was taken from me by those brigands acting in your name. Before..." he forces himself to speak, and little wonder. "Before I say yea or nay to this resurrection, I would know by what power, by what authority, it is done, to call back a soul from the Stranger's embrace?"
What do you reply?
[] Explain that is is your power by blood and the heritage of the Dragon Lords
[] Explain that it is by he will of Horwin's sovereign soul that he might return to life and you merely provide the bridge
[] Write in
OOC: All is well so far, I had the solicitor to carry the initial message since he would make a better connection than just sending a raven. Not yes edited.
"Whose would you prefer? We have a wide array of options, though not all of them are available at short notice."
Or more seriously:
[X] Crake
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Goldfish
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[X] Crake
@DragonParadox, are these acceptable substitutes for some of our Forge orders this month? We mistakenly ordered Plant-based creatures with too high a CR from the Flesh Forge, so these alternatives remove the Plant components entirely while keeping the CR and prices paid for them intact.
@DragonParadox, are these acceptable substitutes for some of our Forge orders this month? We mistakenly ordered Plant-based creatures with too high a CR from the Flesh Forge, so these alternatives remove the Plant components entirely while keeping the CR and prices paid for them intact.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
We will cover this in full during the Summer Summit.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
I'm... pretty sure there was a spell to call back an unwilling soul in a resurrection-like manner, when I was rifling through full 3.5/pathfinder lists.
Can't find it now, but remember it being Necromancy-school...?
Regardless, just mentioning that to fuck around with the point we are making
Goldfish
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Viserys: "I can do it, of course, through sheer sorcerous Dragon power, Dany would accomplish much the same by channeling the unadulterated Glory of the Draconic spirit, Lya would simply direct raw Divine energies to do her bidding, Vee would have Yss and the Old Gods fighting over who gets to Resurrect your boy, and there is always Malarys, who might very well be able to Resurrect your son by rules-lawyering him back into existence."
Goldfish
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I think I know which one you're talking about, but I can't remember the name. It's a 9th level spell and very expensive (in XP, gold, or both).I'm... pretty sure there was a spell to call back an unwilling soul in a resurrection-like manner, when I was rifling through full 3.5/pathfinder lists.
Can't find it now, but remember it being Necromancy-school...?
Regardless, just mentioning that to fuck around with the point we are making
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
"And if that ain't your cup of tea, I know a couple of people who, shall we say, are all the more happy to bend reality into a pretzel and grant your every Wish."
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I think that wasn't actual resurrection. IIRC it was summoning a quasit or something to possess the corpse and act like it was resurrected.I'm... pretty sure there was a spell to call back an unwilling soul in a resurrection-like manner, when I was rifling through full 3.5/pathfinder lists.
Can't find it now, but remember it being Necromancy-school...?
Regardless, just mentioning that to fuck around with the point we are making
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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And still is something one can reasonably do.
Truly, there is a spell for that.
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I'm... pretty sure there was a spell to call back an unwilling soul in a resurrection-like manner, when I was rifling through full 3.5/pathfinder lists.
Can't find it now, but remember it being Necromancy-school...?
Regardless, just mentioning that to fuck around with the point we are making
I found a divine ability that does that. It's called gift of life. Found Here.
"To help you figure out which flavor of Raising is right for you or your next of kin, you can always consult these pamphlets: Gods of the Imperium, Concept Clerics and You, Targeted Reincarnation: Lending Nature a Hand and of course Dragons: Yes, We Can Do That."