A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
Eh, we'd have to deal with him possibly releasing raiders on PoB regardless.
Here, the vote goes more along the "look into him - maybe we can work something out"-lines, if there is nothing we can do without losing out - we'll just peace out like with that giant-fielding Dragon last month.
No point in not trying, yes?
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
Let me rephrase... unless we're specifically meeting him in neutral territory, he can fuck right off.
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Alternate Racial Trait: Breath Weapon.
1/day, something like Xd4+X, where 'X' is 1/2 HD from any source and with a Reflex save of DC = 10 + X + Constitution modifier. Can use at-will to light small fires as per flint & steel. Replaces Great Heritage.
On another note, it is 'lose' and not 'loose' on your Giant alternate racial trait.
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- Germany
I'm sticking to the PF power scale and there the breathweapon is fixed at 1d6 damage, which is pretty darn useless.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
That wasn't really a suggestion. There is literally no good reason to meet a dragon in non-neutral territory unless we're reasonably certain as to his character and have been provided certain assurances by them beforehand. We do not have a good history of meeting Brines and not at least smashing their snout into the dirt a little before we can move on with business, and I would rather just skip that by virtue of making any more than cursory posturing impractical in the extreme.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
*sigh*
[X] Attempt to have a meeting with Althazi the Deathless - learning his price for use of his forces against Deep Ones, and looking for guarantees he won't establish a foothold on Plane of Balance once those are vanquished.
-[X] Seek the meeting with him (preferable) or his representative in a neutral territory.
--[X] If they refuse, move on to dealing with Mrdja - inquiring about mercenary companies they are aware of, making arrangements to build them a Planar Terminus (a month later than one for Vialesk), etc.
[X] Attempt to have a meeting with Althazi the Deathless - learning his price for use of his forces against Deep Ones, and looking for guarantees he won't establish a foothold on Plane of Balance once those are vanquished.
-[X] Seek the meeting with him (preferable) or his representative in a neutral territory.
--[X] If they refuse, move on to dealing with Mrdja - inquiring about mercenary companies they are aware of, making arrangements to build them a Planar Terminus (a month later than one for Vialesk), etc.
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- United States
I will admit I'm hoping for this particular meeting to go sideways. I love fighting dragons, and this would serve the double purpose of us beating a famously powerful Brine and getting the others to sit up and pay attention.
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- United States
Fingers crossed. The older a Brine gets the more assholeish it gets.Dragon: "You dare disrespect me!? I am-"
Viserys: "Organ donor?"
Dragon: "What? ... No... ?"
Viserys: "And there you are wrong."
... Well, that correlation with age and assholeishness is true for basically every kind of dragon, it's just more true for Brines.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
"Could you by any chance give me the approximate square footage of your hide, preferably divided between heavily scaled and less scaled but more supple sections?"Dragon: "You dare disrespect me!? I am-"
Viserys: "Organ donor?"
Dragon: "What? ... No... ?"
Viserys: "And there you are wrong."
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- ?????????
He is called the Deathless...what the fuck is he?
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
-"...is this a mating ritual, or something?"
Get it? Because draconic greed?
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- Germany
Qyburn: "Dibs on the skull!"
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- United States
Althazi himself is only a Very Old Brine Dragon as far as we're aware. He's called the Deathless because these things are his minion -- Scrag Trolls.
Coincidentally it's also the reason he'd be such a pain in the ass if he ever tried to invade Prime Material. We're pretty lacking in terms of underwater PCs who could be spread around to counter this.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
Oh, and about that.
Is there any particularly strong desire on Qyburn's part to get his hands on this particular dragon and/or his lore?
Any possibility of furthering all the Undeath-research projects though that?
Because I think we can reasonably fit that in in 2nd-3rd months if the research-profits are really worth it.
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- United States
Thrasyr would make an amazing book.
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- Germany
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
To think, @egoo, one minor change in your vote turned your next action proposal from a minor pain in the ass into a highly amusing encounter wherein one ornery Brine dragon impotently fumes because he can't make any feckless threats and actually has to, you know, use his brain. And negotiate.
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egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
I'll just remove the "his representative"-part, then.
You know, so that it is he who has to talk to us and not an another face-saving patsy.
[X] Attempt to have a meeting with Althazi the Deathless - learning his price for use of his forces against Deep Ones, and looking for guarantees he won't establish a foothold on Plane of Balance once those are vanquished.
-[X] Seek the meeting with him in a neutral territory.
--[X] If he refuses to meet in a neutral territory or in person, move on to dealing with Mrdja - inquiring about mercenary companies they are aware of, making arrangements to build them a Planar Terminus (a month later than one for Vialesk), handing off Plantforged beasts and offering making more, etc.
...erm, we did make a batch of plant-stuff for Mrdja, right, @Goldfish?
Or am I terribly misremembering things?