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@DragonParadox what progress has Rhaella made with her group so far?
The adventures of the Queen Mother deserve at least a three part interlude, IMO. Four if she and Bonifer finally get some alone time!I have not rolled it yet. I want to get at least one proper interlude out of it. We haven't seen Rhaella in a while
That's cool, dude.So I'm in a bit of a conundrum guys, depending on rolls the next update could get a meeting with our assassin friend which would be pretty complex to play out, but unfortunately it's quite late for me so I'm concerned that it will mess up. Do you guys mind if we leave it at two updates for today? I'll be back at a proper rhythm tomorrow.
Looks good to me, dude. There are several potentially troublesome threats we could potentially handle in a relatively short amount of time, if we focused on them in the next couple months. We're working hard on Slaver's Bay and the Reach Fey situation, the City of Brass situation is developing but not yet ready for serious action, and we're preparing as best we can to do with the Deep Ones. Westeros is primed and ready to go when we pull the plug.In b4 DP comes around and ruins all teh stuff I wrote below with the revelation of the assasin"s allegiance.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but am I getting the strategic stuff correct so far?
@Crake, @Goldfish, @Duesal?
Am just trying to systematize a bit all the plates up in the air at the very moment.
Focuses:
[] Slavers's Bay - main target, need to stop the (potential) ascension of Lady of Spears at any cost.
Prospects: establishing heavy Inquisition presence in Devil-infested territories. Killing priests of Lady of Spear in as high quantities as we can. Desecrating any and all (in)formal temples? Trying to hunt down the operation heads if possible.
-- Viserys involvement probably necessary at this point to do anything of note. The burden of being the MC--
[] Reach Fey - moderate importance, no direct confrontation vector is open to us yet.
Prospects: breaking their ritual; finding a way to force confrontation on our terms.
Best case: Court of Stars wiped out, Queen & King dead, adshat Lords/Ladies scattered far away from westeros and Essos. I don't think we are backing down from this one.
[] Illithids: still no good data available for us, it is likely by now they will attack first, whatever we plan. And we lack a plan, anyway.
Prospects: Grow strength, look for more allies. PoF mercs may have some crazy anti-water stuff?
-- we already have Hermetia on PoW, and a few embassies more we can start establishing. Maybe make moves to have Marid involved against the Efreeti, like the Alliance asked us to help them?
Would need Vizzy to make any progress, tho.
[] Efreeti: grand heist planned for 4th/5th month, iirc.
-- if we do intend to heist the sultan for all the brass we can, we gotta assign lots more people to the infiltration next month. Lots.
And that conflicts with the other shit we have to do.
Like the actual Reconquest planned at the same time.
[] The Undead near Sarnor: like, we know jack shit except that they are a danger..?
-- need more data, stat, likely a run-and-gun through their forces and leaders in the 3rd month.
-- send minions? --
[] Black Goat of Q - atraighr up need more data
-- We are prolly fucked either way, but who knows.
-- Gotta send an active Companion as a spy, with the build-up it got I recon nothing less will suffice.
Bottom line, we can deepsrrike the Fleshforge and fuck up the local Landwarden as a cross-character monthly Free action.
Still better than Eldritch suit fusing with it, or something.
[] Silver mines of Sothoryos
-- Clear threat to Snek-port.
But is it more a threat than thelocalized Ny'alothaOil-stone City, or literal Illithid bases nearby?
Gotta see the promised Snekport interlude and their defense-numbers first.
[] Westeros overall
-- Fuck it, we've gotten pretty much everyone we could have cared to at this point.
Just not worth the screen-time anymore until either Reconquest or something new burning for us to put out, imo..?
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Personal
[] See Meraxes for Imperial Steel development
[] Trade the Ferryman for the Water Elemental-forging lore
[]Eathave Yss eat the Red Dragon Orb, for an undetermined favor for the future.
-[] refer to Goldfish for plans.
Background
[] Keep an eye out for the Chosen of Stranger
-[] Actually talk to Chosen of Smith if the Stranger's doesn't appear by end of 3rd month.
---RAs---
[] Powered armor much needed.
[] Impetial Deity much needed
[] Watchman Creature template much needed
[] 2 projects we agreed to beforehand are much needed, gotta chow how good of a help we are.
[] gotta try into psionics, sentient undead and upgrading Dark Sister otherwise.
Will slep now, gnight.
More or less. The situation in Slaver's Bay is becoming a bit dire, with the Lady of Spears actively in Asmodeus' camp. That cannot be allowed to continue or we lose our loophole we gained with Mammon.[] Slavers's Bay - main target, need to stop the (potential) ascension of Lady of Spears at any cost.
Prospects: establishing heavy Inquisition presence in Devil-infested territories. Killing priests of Lady of Spear in as high quantities as we can. Desecrating any and all (in)formal temples? Trying to hunt down the operation heads if possible.
-- Viserys involvement probably necessary at this point to do anything of note. The burden of being the MC--
Also pretty damn important. The ritual needs to be broken. No real choice other than to keep doing what we're already doing, subverting as many lords as we can, researching more rituals of our own, etc.[] Reach Fey - moderate importance, no direct confrontation vector is open to us yet.
Prospects: breaking their ritual; finding a way to force confrontation on our terms.
Best case: Court of Stars wiped out, Queen & King dead, adshat Lords/Ladies scattered far away from westeros and Essos. I don't think we are backing down from this one.
I think we should continue getting info from that rebel Deep Ones faction. They've got quite a bit to offer there, and while obviously they're not going to drop everything on the table there's a very obvious benefit to them to giving us strategic info against the main Deep Ones faction. For example -- an accurate map of every Deep Ones stronghold in the Celestial Planes. Not the first priority, but just an example of the sort of thing we can push for.[] Illithids: still no good data available for us, it is likely by now they will attack first, whatever we plan. And we lack a plan, anyway.
Prospects: Grow strength, look for more allies. PoF mercs may have some crazy anti-water stuff?
-- we already have Hermetia on PoW, and a few embassies more we can start establishing. Maybe make moves to have Marid involved against the Efreeti, like the Alliance asked us to help them?
Would need Vizzy to make any progress, tho.
I've said this before and IIRC @Goldfish agrees with me, this will be murder on the narrative in terms of consistency and flow. This really should be pushed back if at all possible until after Westeros is thoroughly subjugated and the Court of Stars at least is put down.[] Efreeti: grand heist planned for 4th/5th month, iirc.
-- if we do intend to heist the sultan for all the brass we can, we gotta assign lots more people to the infiltration next month. Lots.
And that conflicts with the other shit we have to do.
Like the actual Reconquest planned at the same time.
More or less. This is a probing job now. With f!Aegon Blackfyre now soul-killed by Yss, the Sarnori will be running around without a guiding hand. It's only a matter of time before darker powers reach and empower them, so yes to sending minions to experiment with what can be done against them.[] The Undead near Sarnor: like, we know jack shit except that they are a danger..?
-- need more data, stat, likely a run-and-gun through their forces and leaders in the 3rd month.
-- send minions? --
Ahhh, Shub Niggurath. I think we need to have a dedicated intrigue action as a followup, and then move in with a Companion strike team. You don't fuck around against Shub Niggurath.[] Black Goat of Q - atraighr up need more data
-- We are prolly fucked either way, but who knows.
-- Gotta send an active Companion as a spy, with the build-up it got I recon nothing less will suffice.
Bottom line, we can deepsrrike the Fleshforge and fuck up the local Landwarden as a cross-character monthly Free action.
Still better than Eldritch suit fusing with it, or something.
Not an immediate threat. While I would like to go for it, the above things take priority.[] Silver mines of Sothoryos
-- Clear threat to Snek-port.
But is it more a threat than thelocalized Ny'alothaOil-stone City, or literal Illithid bases nearby?
Gotta see the promised Snekport interlude and their defense-numbers first.
I will admit I'm getting in a bit of a haze with so much repetitive diplomancing and intrigue, but it is a necessary evil.[] Westeros overall
-- Fuck it, we've gotten pretty much everyone we could have cared to at this point.
Just not worth the screen-time anymore until either Reconquest or something new burning for us to put out, imo..?
Yes, the further back this can be pushed the better. Not only are there many preparations that still need to be made (Darleth is going to be working on the Fortress of Doom for a while yet), there are so many other threats that it just doesn't seem wise to stab one in the crotch with a pointy stick right now.I've said this before and IIRC @Goldfish agrees with me, this will be murder on the narrative in terms of consistency and flow. This really should be pushed back if at all possible until after Westeros is thoroughly subjugated and the Court of Stars at least is put down.
I think the biggest thing we can point to is that we want this fortress to be perfect with its wardings before we even think about pulling this off. Off the top of my head we have yet to collect on Benerro's enhanced ritual to ward against tainted flame to keep the Efreeti from just scattering all across Prime Material in the aftermath of the battle.Yes, the further back this can be pushed the better. Not only are there many preparations that still need to be made (Darleth is going to be working on the Fortress of Doom for a while yet), there are so many other threats that it just doesn't seem wise to stab one in the crotch with a pointy stick right now.
I think that from a narrative standpoint, we can justify a delay in a number of ways;
All told, things have changed significantly since the Vizier initially asked us to spearhead a raid on the Living Brass Forge. Reassessing the timeline for that raid just makes good sense at this point, IMO.
- Maelor and crew are currently working on flipping or suborning mages with key intelligence about the City of Brass' wards (this line of inquiry taken to its conclusion could make the eventual raid much easier and/or more successful)
- Continued pressure from the Shaitan and Djinni against the Efreeti could change the priorities of the conflict from a strike at the heart of the Efreeti's power to attacks on multiple fronts while our allies solidify their hold on recently captured territory and resources
- And our own efforts in aiding the war effort (Mel's semi-successful plot that still ruined most of an Efreeti fleet despite not getting the whole thing, our air force's aid in driving off another massive invasion fleet, etc.)
You're not generalizing enough on this one, maybe even in the other cases. This is a severe problem since we know very little about the individual actors involved that things could change on the fly, but it would certainly color initial interactions, perhaps to our detriment.[] Reach Fey - moderate importance, no direct confrontation vector is open to us yet.
Prospects: breaking their ritual; finding a way to force confrontation on our terms.
Best case: Court of Stars wiped out, Queen & King dead, adshat Lords/Ladies scattered far away from westeros and Essos. I don't think we are backing down from this one.
Yoo, also, no. I mean really why?[]Eathave Yss eat the Red Dragon Orb, for an undetermined favor for the future.
By Threefold Treachery
OOC: And here we are, a lycanthrope as you guys guessed, though with a much more complex cover-up going on than just the young lord knowingly usurping his father.
I feel it may be a touch unbalanced to reduce a template to the effects of a readily available spell, so I would say 6th level, out of reach of the vast majority of casters.