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

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We weren't in the Feywild, and even if we were I doubt Elswyth has the kind of power that would allow her to manipulate the passage of time in that realm.

To do what she offered in the Material Plane would need an augmented 10th Mythic tier Time Stop spell, or some sort of suped up Psychic Asylum spell, where all the time passes entirely within your own mind. Either way, Elswyth is more powerful than I was expecting.
 
Goldfish said:
We weren't in the Feywild, and even if we were I doubt Elswyth has the kind of power that would allow her to manipulate the passage of time in that realm.

To do what she offered in the Material Plane would need an augmented 10th Mythic tier Time Stop spell, or some sort of suped up Psychic Asylum spell, where all the time passes entirely within your own mind. Either way, Elswyth is more powerful than I was expecting.
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Her grove is on a way to the Feywild.
The normal rules do not fully apply I think.
 
Goldfish said:
We weren't in the Feywild, and even if we were I doubt Elswyth has the kind of power that would allow her to manipulate the passage of time in that realm.

To do what she offered in the Material Plane would need an augmented 10th Mythic tier Time Stop spell, or some sort of suped up Psychic Asylum spell, where all the time passes entirely within your own mind. Either way, Elswyth is more powerful than I was expecting.
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Pretty strong, aye. I'm not sure how MR scales on top of standard CR, but her saves and HP might not stack up compared to a divine dragon avatar. So even if her firepower is similar to Tiamat, if we can survive multiple rounds with the latter, all we'd have to do is end the fight in fewer. And mind you, we went into that fight against Tia-chan with not our full roster, something we wouldn't have done if we didn't have a trump card...

...come to think of it, I doubt we'd fight a Fey Queen without at least one big hidden trump card, as well.
 
DragonParadox said:
As a note you were in the feywild when you spoke to her. She is literally standing on a natural gateway so she can just decide moment to moment in which realm her tree and the surrounding glade is.
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Damn, that's OP. I guess that's fair, she's probably not as strong as Ymeri in her divine realm since I don't think she's quite Quasi-Deity level, but being able to manipulate it like a Mythic version of a Demiplane would still be a huge pain in the ass to deal with.
 
[X] Plan All The Little Things
-[X] The court of Kings Landing
--[X] General information about recent events and trends.
--[X] Rough accounting of which lords are still at court and thus likely loyal to the Usurper.
--[X] Current members of the Kingsguard with how likely they are to stand their ground, flee or surrender when you were to attack the keep with a commando force.
--[X] Recent activities of Cersei in particular.
--[X] The state of the royal coffers and Baelish activities, particularly if he is still doing as the "Ghiscari" want.
--[X] State, location, orders and special equipment of the Royal Fleet.
--[X] Any information on anti-air capabilities of Kings Landing, should such exist at all.
-[X] The Westerlands
--[X] Everything he knows about Tywins current activities.
--[X] Everything on the Golden Shields, their number, order of battle, current deployments and so on.
--[X] A short overview of the current situation between Tywin, Cersei and Robert, especially in regards to the legitimacy of Robert in the eyes of the wider realm.
--[X] All he knows about their dragons. Location, deployments, riders and so on.
--[X] All he knows about potential dissent or defectors in the Westerlands.
--[X] At this point, it should be noted that it would be nice if he can keep us updated on the location of Gregor Clegane and Armory Lorch over the usual channels, since the time is approaching to make a lot of people very happy.
-[X] The Vale
--[X] Current situation of the Arryns, in particular the succession of the old Falcon.
--[X] His current plans with and the status of the Mountain Clans.
---[X] Also have someone fetch the report from Dalla on the activities of Brynden Tully while we are at it.
-[X] The North
--[X] Status of his little plots with the youngest Stark daughter and his opinion on the likely actions of Eddard when the restoration begins.
--[X] Update on his observations about the Wildling situation in the aftermath of our little expedition.
--[X] Also ask him how the scoreboard looks and how many free moves we got him with those stunts.
--[X] If he finished dragging up lore about the construction of the Wall from the Greendream, in particular information that would be relevant to attempts to deploy crew mounted, enchanted weaponry on it.
-[X] The Reach
--[X] The matter of the Rowans and his plots in regards to their daughter.
--[X] Any other pertinent information he has gathered on the Court of Stars and their current plans, especially in regards to the Tyrells and the crown.
-[X] Westeros in general
--[X] General military information:
---[X] Where are our enemies building strongholds?
---[X] Are troops gathering anywhere and how fast could given areas and lords mobilize?
---[X] Any minor threats he never bother us with, but which should be squashed before the big day?
---[X] Any targets of opportunity we could take off the board without escalating too early?
--[X] Faith situation:
---[X] How is the mood of the grumpy old bastards he is hooked up to?
---[X] Any signs of the Seven acting?
---[X] Any activities from the Drowned God or other actors?

That should cover the most pertinent things for now.
 
Crake said:
Damn, that's OP. I guess that's fair, she's probably not as strong as Ymeri in her divine realm since I don't think she's quite Quasi-Deity level, but being able to manipulate it like a Mythic version of a Demiplane would still be a huge pain in the ass to deal with.
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Yeah, but it is worth keeping in mind that unlike Ymeri Elswyth is literally rooted in place. She cannot leave for long.
 
That cease fire between us, the OG and the Seven has been going on for around three and a half months.

What the heck is going on??
 
Azel said:
--[X] Faith situation:
---[X] How is the mood of the grumpy old bastards he is hooked up to?
---[X] Any signs of the Seven acting?
---[X] Any activities from the Drowned God or other actors?
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Hmm. Does he know of the Iron God and the attempt of the Rebel Squid Alliance to change the Drowned God?

We could plan really interesting things if we coordinate our resources.
 
Also, bit of a fun fact with the Reach.

The Gardeners sought after Andal craftsmen, especially blacksmiths and stonemasons, and encouraged their lords bannermen to do the same. Thus the First Men of the Reach learned to arm and armor themselves in iron instead of bronze and strengthen their castles with Andal masonry.
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But as far as @DragonParadox and ASWaH is concerned, the First Men were first-rate stonemasons and architects on the whole, probably due to leveraging lore and magic from the Old Gods, but still that bespeaks of talent and experience passed down even unto the Andal Invasion.

So is this a bit of historical revisionism thanks to the Gardeners selling out to the Andals, and it impacting the Citadel and Faith and what they wrote? It seems like the closer to you approach history from the Reach context (which is wrapped up in both anything written by the Citadel read from a more present canon time context, and the Faith) the more likely you are to see things like "oh yeah, the Age of Heroes, blah blah, I think the Andal Invasion happened two thousand years ago, also the First Men were primitives and everything about modern Westeros you see today is thanks to the Andals".

It's quite laughable... I think Azema also accused them of being incestuous hypocrites.
 
Crake said:
Also, bit of a fun fact with the Reach.



But as far as @DragonParadox and ASWaH is concerned, the First Men were first-rate stonemasons and architects on the whole, probably due to leveraging lore and magic from the Old Gods, but still that bespeaks of talent and experience passed down even unto the Andal Invasion.

So is this a bit of historical revisionism thanks to the Gardeners selling out to the Andals, and it impacting the Citadel and Faith and what they wrote? It seems like the closer to you approach history from the Reach context (which is wrapped up in both anything written by the Citadel read from a more present canon time context, and the Faith) the more likely you are to see things like "oh yeah, the Age of Heroes, blah blah, I think the Andal Invasion happened two thousand years ago, also the First Men were primitives and everything about modern Westeros you see today is thanks to the Andals".

It's quite laughable... I think Azema also accused them of being incestuous hypocrites.
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Even in canon it really does not make sense that anyone who built the Wall or for that matter Winterfell would need to hire stonemasons of all things.
 
Hm.
Hm hm hm.

@Duesal, @DragonParadox, I vaguely remember us asking uncle to shuffle around OGs collective memory to look for the spirit-forging lore akin to that in R'hlor's holy book - but for [Earth] elementals.

What I can't remember, is what was the resolution to that.
Did we get a "maybe? Ask later" Or "OGs don't know any such" on that one?
If the former, it's relevant to the Azel's list here.

[X] Azel
 
egoo said:
Hm.
Hm hm hm.

@Duesal, @DragonParadox, I vaguely remember us asking uncle to shuffle around OGs collective memory to look for the spirit-forging lore akin to that in R'hlor's holy book - but for [Earth] elementals.

What I can't remember, is what was the resolution to that.
Did we get a "maybe? Ask later" Or "OGs don't know any such" on that one?
If the former, it's relevant to the Azel's list here.

[X] Azel
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You got a 'they don't have such'. The Old gods are not elemental beings, they are the gods of earth in the sense of soil in which to sink one's roots.
 
Might be more of a case of Andal masonry practices being more appealing.

Castles like the Eyrie and Highgarden are closer to fancy palaces then actual defensive keeps, implying a shift in situation and sensibilities between their construction and the earlier, far more utilitarian First Men keeps.

So the Gardners wanted a fancy place to hang their banner, while the First Men were content with a fireplace to hang a severed head above.
 
Azel said:
---[X] Any minor threats he never bother us with, but which should be squashed before the big day?
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Aldo, literally these:
egoo said:
Westeros
[] The Curse of Brightbarrow: "Brightgallow near Three Towers, the seat of House Costayne in the Reach, is the site of some sort of powerful transformative curse theorized to be caused by wishcraft gone awry. Most of the villagers were put to the sword following instances of banditry and cannibalism, but there is an indication that Garth 'The Gallant', a fey-sworn knight, has preserved the lives of the youngest inhabitants who were them taken to Greyshield in secret. Investigate the site in search of whatever artifact had worked the initial transformation.
(Opposition: ??; Rewards: ??)

[] A Cult of Personality: In Cinderwood Glade near Ashford, what seems to be a small cult dedicated to a charismatic enchanter with little interest beyond fulfilling his base desires through his arts appeared. Marked for possible recruitment by the devils due to being clever enough to keep his hand away from the high nobility unlike most such power-drunk mages, this man needs to be dealt with – one way or another.
(Opposition: ??; Rewards: ??)

[] A Darker Kind of Fey: Deal with various Fey of Court of Stars proving a danger to people of Westeros:
-[] Swift Eye, a Quickling who haunts the outskirts of Oldtown alongside his troupe has been known to deal with Deep Ones. On the other hand, he has helped the Lantern Bearers as much if not more. His greed seems to be the great constant of his being. Due to his loyalty to the court, he has been left in peace, though it has been foretold that he will meet an unfortunate end soon at the hands of Deep One agents. He is counted among the Gold faction.
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I get that there's prolly more, but just bringing to everyone's attention the fact we still have minor shitpiles to take care of.

Aldo, @Azel, would this be a fitting place to get a first on-screen account of how much more busywork we have left in front of us Beyond the Wall?
How many more Trees to move, how many more tribes/groups of ppl OGs can feel out there, etc?
 
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