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

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egoo said:
So, what does any of that mean for us in practice, @DragonParadox?

Are you going to write up lore-posts on most of the subjects along the way?

Are any of them :turian:mechanical :turian: increases?
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Lore posts certainly, mechanical bonuses yes in the fact that you can now attempt certain rolls

Crake said:
Like okay, a more comprehensive break-down of what this gives us in actuality:

  1. A comprehensive understanding of the shugenja = We now get fluff on how they fit into the setting, like how they slot into the greater lore of the entire quest basically.
  2. Spirit Lore of Yi Ti = Can now make Knowledge checks and expect a response other than "lol nope"
  3. Knowledge of Wu Jen Training methods and traditions = Can now train Wu Jen.
  4. Knowledge of the Shadowlands and the Bloodstone Emperor = Lore + maybe some Knowledge checks made passable, both for magic we might encounter and for creatures.
  5. Shugenja developed method of hatching and taming Valyrian Dragons = Might have some mechanical effect, depends on DP.
  6. History of the Yellow Dynasty = Lore and context for a possible ally or threat before we even meet them.
  7. Ancient history of the Golden Empire = More lore to fit into the context of the quest.
  8. Lore of the Bloodless Men = Knowledge checks made passable. Again.
  9. A Comprehensive History of Leng including seals of introduction to the two states therein = Diplomatic capital.
  10. High Quality maps of the lands East of the Bone Mountains = This will have some minor mechanical effect where spells are concerned, but mostly it just eases a few things in the background.
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Spot on yes.
 
Rovos said:
can someone tell me what the Wu Jen are about exactly?
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They're basically another flavor of Wizard, though with heavy Eastern Mysticism influences and more emphasis on Elemental spells.

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Wu jen

Wu jen (pronounced: /wuːdʒɛn/ woo-jen[6]), also called wu-jen,[4] were wielders of mysterious powers, similar to wizards.[7] In T'u Lung, they were called Fang-hsiang Shih, which translated to "master of recipes".[8] They used the spirit forces, elements, and the powers of nature. Usually living...
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Xianxia-world lite is so much fun!

By the way DP, where are the flying sword-riding cultuvators?

[X] Artemis1992
 
DragonParadox said:
Lost
200,000 IM (From Expedition Funds)

Gained
  1. Fully furnished and operational embassy in Yin
  2. Contacts among the bureaucracy and academic Wu Jen
  3. Permission to grow a Heart Tree with a sacrifice of magic
  4. Paper-making methods and paper mulberry seeds
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@One Autumn Leaf, I remember you being as excited about this as I was.

We now have paper. We can make a Plant Growth Heart Tree or three to just churn this out on an industrial scale and supply the entire Imperium.

I was not expecting them to hand over the ways to make paper along with the materials to do it, I was expecting them to just give us a discount to buy in bulk, but now we can take this and run with it.
 
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Duesal said:
@OneAutumnLeaf
, I remember you being as excited about this as I was.

We now have paper. We can make a Plant Growth Heart Tree or three to just churn this out on an industrial scale and supply the entire Imperium.

I was not expecting them to hand over the ways to make paper along with the materials to do it, I was expecting them to just give us a discount to buy in bulk, but now we can take this and run with it.
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Oh yeah. Now, all we need is a location, a fuck ton of sacrifices for said tree(s) and we can produce enough paper to not slaughter a thousand sheep for the sheer size of our bureaucracy.
 
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One Autumn Leaf said:
Oh yeah. Now, all we need is a location, a fuck ton of sacrifices for said tree(s) and we can produce enough paper to not slaughter a thousand sheep for the sheer size of our bureaucracy.
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Sorcerer's Deep can definitely have an industry set up in short order. The closer to the Hardening Chamber the better.

Hardened Imperial Paper is going to become one of the most sought-after instruments of bureaucracy in Prime Material.
 
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Interlude DCCLII: That Trees Might Walk
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    • That Trees Might Walk ​

    Eighteenth Day of the Twelfth Month 293 AC

    Embassy Gardens, Yin, Yi Ti

    Rhaella, guardian of the ship that shared her name, was by nature a curious being as befit one rooted not in earth but the roiling sea, but that did not mean she found every new thing interesting nor every conversation riveting. She was not a gossip pixie or a gremlin, though granted she began to have more of an appreciation for the little things, such as a desire to sow chaos the more she listened to mortals talk of goods, trade and gold.

    Gold was a very silly concept. It was shinny enough to catch the eye and unlike many of the metals mortals drew from the deep places of the earth gold did not wish to return to there and so it lasted a fair while, but it was still boring to trade the same thing over and over, not to mention pouring it into identical forms with no artistry, no history, numbers given form. Thankfully it did not look like the Yi Tish merchant had any more questions about that. The Sealord's man and the young Scholarum mage could not answer so Rhaella was able to abandon them to their uninteresting pastime without a twinge of conscience to walk under the sky.

    The garden was quieter than any of the Godswoods in Sorcerer's Deep, but still alive, filled with the rustling of unfamiliar leaves and the chirping of night-dwelling crickets. Something was coming... A mortal in her position would have questioned the abrupt insight, but she was fey, kin to leaf and blade of grass as much as she was to the gods themselves.

    A moment only passed, then the air cracked like thunder and before her was an ancient weirwood pale of limb, blood red of crown... no, a heart tree, a living heart tree that was not rooted. Of course there was the familiar dragon in man's shape beside it, having borne it through the ether.

    Rhaella couldn't help herself, she giggled. "Are you going to try to make a ship from that too? Then there would be three of us. That is a much better number than three, you know?"

    "Yes..." he trailed off smiling. "I know about the number three being more magical than two, no I have no intention ot making this into a ship. Do you know the ritual phrases for consecration? I would do it myself but I suspect enough kami would linger to watch the act that they would guess who I am."

    "And you would rather not be known to have set foot upon this land yet lest it impact your envoys' ability to strike a bargain in your name?" Rhaella guessed.

    "Something like that," the King agreed with a nod as he handed her the tools from the folds of his cloak as well as a sacrifice of metal and magic. "With regret for leaving you with an unexpected task I must now return to my own duties, my lady."

    "It is no burden, I am for myself curious to see how the spirits of this land will react to the presence of the Green Ones." Rhaella knew that mortals named them gods, but then they did that to all manner of beings, including the ones' whose coming she could sense in the stillness of the wind and the clink of stones underfoot even as the King departed.

    What sacrifice does Rhaella make and what blessings are invoked?

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    OOC: I changed the date of the last update back two days so I could take things chronological.
     
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    That Trees Might Walk ​

    Eighteenth Day of the Twelfth Month 293 AC

    Embassy Gardens, Yin, Yi Ti

    Rhaella, guardian of the ship that shared her name, was by nature a curious being as befit one rooted not in earth but the roiling sea, but that did not mean she found every new thing interesting nor every conversation riveting. She was not a gossip pixie or a gremlin, though granted she began to have more of an appreciation for the little things' desire to sow chaos the more she listened to mortals talk of goods and trade and gold.

    Gold was a very silly concept. It was shiny enough to catch the eye and, unlike many of the metals mortals drew from the deep places of the earth, gold did not wish to return to whence it came, so it lasted a fair while. It was still boring to trade the same thing over and over, not to mention pouring it into identical forms with no artistry, no history, mere numbers given form. Thankfully, it did not look like the Yi Tish merchant had any more questions that the Sealord's man and the young Scholarum mage could not answer, so Rhaella was able to abandon them to their uninteresting pastime without a twinge of conscience so that she could walk under the sky.

    The garden was quieter than any of the Godswoods found in Sorcerer's Deep, but still alive, filled with the rustling of unfamiliar leaves and the chirping of night-dwelling crickets. Something was coming... A mortal in her position would have questioned the abrupt insight, but she was fey, kin to leaf and blade of grass as much as she was to the gods themselves.

    A moment only passed, then the air cracked like thunder and before her was an ancient weirwood pale of limb, blood red of crown... no a heart tree, a living heart tree that was not rooted. Of course there was the familiar dragon in man's shape beside it having borne it through the ether.

    Rhaella couldn't help herself, she giggled. "Are you going to try to make a ship from that too? Then there would be three of us. That is a much better number than two, you know?"

    "Yes..." he trailed off, smiling. "I know about the number three being more magical than two. No, I have no intention of making this into a ship. Do you know the ritual phrases for consecration? I would do it myself, but I suspect enough kami would linger to watch the act that they would guess who I am."

    "And you would rather not be known to have set foot upon this land yet, lest it impact your envoys' ability to strike a bargain in your name?" Rhaella guessed.

    "Something like that," the king agreed with a nod as he handed her the tools from the folds of his cloak as well as a sacrifice of metal and magic "With regret for leaving you with an unexpected task, I must now return to my own duties, my lady."

    "It is no burden, I am for myself curious to see how the spirits of this land will react to the presence of the Green Ones." Rhaella knew that mortals named them gods, but then they did that to all manner of beings, including the ones' whose coming she could sense in the stillness of the wind and the clink of stones underfoot even as the king departed.

    What sacrifice does Rhaella make and what blessings are invoked?

    [] Write in

    OOC: I changed the date of the lat update back two days so I could take things chronological. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
    Okay what blessings are just polite enough to avoid full on war but insulting enough to let the Kami know we think they're a bunch of judgmental assholes?

    Don't get me wrong I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep if we had to go full Dragon on these pricks, but we have more important enemies to heckle than a bunch of jumped up spirits.
     
    Evaunit02mark1 said:
    Okay what blessings are just polite enough to avoid full on war but insulting enough to let the Kami know we think they're a bunch of judgmental assholes?

    Don't get me wrong I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep if we had to go full Dragon on these pricks, but we have more important enemies to heckle than a bunch of jumped up spirits.
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    This is Yi-Ti, there's all sorts of ways to tell someone he's a total asshole that are also fully deniable.
     
    [X] Transplanted Storm's End Heart Tree
    -[X] The Tree of Harmonious Communication
    --[X] Secondary Effect 1: Tongues — All those within the borders of the garden can speak and understand any language.
    --[X] Secondary Effect 2: Enshroud Thoughts — All those within the borders of the garden are warded against effects which pry into or alter their thoughts.
    --[X] Secondary Effect 3: Cultural Adaptation — All those within the borders of the garden gain a deeper understanding of the culture of those with whom they interact.
    -[X] Magic Items Sacrificed: Three +1 Fire Giant Weapons (5th caster level each, +2 effective caster level each from being associated with Strength)
     
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    Goldfish said:
    -[X] Magic Items Sacrificed: Two Valyrian Steel Silencing Longswords (8th caster level each, +2 effective caster level each from being associated with Strength)
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    Why not just use one of the magic items we no doubt got from the Plane of Fire expeditions? There had to have been a few Fire Giants there. These are really good swords and definitely worth too much to toss to a tree.
     
    Duesal said:
    Why not just use one of the magic items we no doubt got from the Plane of Fire expeditions? There had to have been a few Fire Giants there. These are really good swords and definitely worth too much to toss to a tree.
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    We don't have any Fire Giant weapons or armor in the Armory. We used it all to grow the Andalos Heart Trees and for Zathir's ascension. I used those because it was available, but there is some Living Brass stuff we can use instead. A few of the scimitars will work, too.

    EDIT: Never mind, I misunderstood. Yeah, there was bound to be some available from Melisandre's recent Plane of Fire action. We need to get info on that from DP.
     
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    [X] Goldfish

    Hm.
    Shall we also vote on what Heart Trees to raise in other parts of the Empire now?
    We have an MA that waits for this input regardless...
     
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