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

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TalonofAnathrax said:
Well look, in the weird edge case when raw firepower is necessary and it can't be brought to bear by another well-leveled and equipped minion, those Enchanter Sorcerers will be sorry! They'll wish they could punch above their weight like my precious burny-babies!
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They can bind up to 7 Drakenbeasts and direct them mentally, offensive power might not be such a problem.
 
[X] Crake

I would be happy if nobody happens to be interested enough in this, and we get it.

By the way, what is up with that Angel making bids on everything? Does some remnant city-fortress of Nirvana have coin to spare, despite their eternal wars?
Or is he maybe working for some other force?
 
DragonParadox said:
Make a guardian creature, able to see far and see true, more quick and bind their foes, but mages given so many resources and such a wide remit to use them would find ever more useful abilities to add to the basic concept.

If they were going to have numerous eyes anyway why not eye rays like a beholder? Magically anchoring against translocation was a given of course, but why not extend the ability over the entire being at just the right amplitude so that it could also grapple foes that exist half-in-half out of the material realm? And of course every new ability had to be carefully balanced so as not to interfere with the one before. One thing was for certain, they would not be finishing their task this month.

None of the mages present cared much about that fact.

Watchful Eyes, by Aeons Untouched Progress 11/25
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Soon the Watchful Eyes Vinespawn will retrieve Illithid, Ulitharid and many more healthy subjects.

Not to mention belligerent spellcasters who have even less chance of dealing with a very secure 65kph *hug*.

I'm starting to wonder, did they ask for the Ulitharid brain because it's the valuable resource we first thought?

Or because there's a chance we could have brought it back and the Elder Brain didn't want it outside it's sphere of influence for too long?
 
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  1. It increases the cost of any creature by 10
  2. The range is 100 ft and works on everyone,
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Is this something a citizen could have applied to their already existing form? - Answer being yes apparently, does the spot and search penalty ever go away as they "get used to it"?

Either way there's going to be a lot of Mindsight shenanigans, our nearly sufficiently paranoid friend in the Reach had low cost flying detect magic minions, we can do much better.
 
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They can bind up to 7 Drakenbeasts and direct them mentally, offensive power might not be such a problem.
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Did you just quote my very specific scenario chosen to be the one in which I was 100% correct, and then try to tell me that I was wrong?!?

Nice.

The entire point of my post was that in circumstances in which they can't call for reinforcements, Fireball-Sorcerers have a lot more ability to punch above their weight class. Obviously if reinforcements can't be called, Darkenbeasts can't either. They definitely count as reinforcements - unless you're suggesting that every Sorcerer should wander around with seven giant smelly monsters at all times?
That would be a daring fashion statement. I like it.
 
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Did you just quote my very specific scenario chosen to be the one in which I was 100% correct, and then try to tell me that I was wrong?!?

Nice.

The entire point of my post was that in circumstances in which they can't call for reinforcements, Fireball-Sorcerers have a lot more ability to punch above their weight class. Obviously if reinforcements can't be called, Darkenbeasts can't either. They definitely count as reinforcements - unless you're suggesting that every Sorcerer should wander around with seven giant smelly monsters at all times?
That would be a daring fashion statement. I like it.
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It was more a 'less often than you might think' kinda thing.

Drakenbeast are actually very low upkeep, due to their Fungal Metabolism they explicitly do not eat or sleep though they do "breathe", and the spell that they were based on has no range limit for the "direct telepathic command" so it is very much within their capabilities to have a handful of Drakenbeast keep pace at a height well beyond perception without riders to accommodate for.

Buildings pose far less a problem than the maximum diving speed of the Drakenbeast delaying things, which means the Enchanters can still be ambushed but help is always right above and summoned with a thought.
 
Potentially incredibly useful.

I wonder if it could be used to help materialize other spiritual matter?

edit: Should make inevitable's easier at least.
 
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Part MMMDXLII: With Clockwork Certainty
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    • With Clockwork Certainty ​

    Twenty Fifth Day of the First Month 294 AC

    This time you are not the first to speak up, the devil raises the price by a third in a single breath, the shugenja matching him with but a single coin more a moment later. If you could see behind the mask of steel you suspect there would be some approximation of a smile there. Alas that Eshyr puts an end to it soon after. "Please, please honorable ones, the bids must be higher by a significant step, I am certain we are all too busy to play these games."

    "One would think that those possessed of life everlasting would be more patient in its living," the crimson draped mage replied softly. The nebulous sense of the kami, ever-present and feather light upon the world, grows just a touch more immediate to your senses, but they are not gathering around the devil their master is goading, but instead the angel who had claimed so many of the artifacts and lore offered, who had bidded on all of them.

    An attempted theft would be bad enough. If this turns into a battle... You make your own bid to break the stand-off. "Forty thousand."

    "Sixty thousand," the shugenja replies without turning.

    "A hundred and twenty thousand," the envoy of Mammon snaps, his voice like oiled steel. None challenge him on the point, though if one listens carefully it is possible to hear the sound of thunder laughing under its breath. He did end up paying almost five times the asking price for something he had originally disparaged.

    The auctioneer seems too pleased with the profits to care about the lack of decorum this time, or perhaps they are simply cleaning their teeth rather than licking theirs nonexistent lips. "Our next piece is not precisely a book, but it functions as one..."

    You will have to take their word on that. The object that emerges from their maw is a floating sphere of interlocking brass gears that turn at different yet somehow harmonizing rates around a core of soft yellow radiance, pulsing like a living heart. "It's alive, intelligent, though limited in odd ways," Varys notes, a touch bemused at whatever she must be 'hearing' mentally.

    This you soon discover is the erstwhile familiar of the the late Heronious of Dis, an ancient oracle devil whose passion was apparently creating and improving upon thinking golems. He even hoped one day to be able to replace at least in part the shattered forges of Axis, his creations helping to keep order between the Spheres. Supposedly the familiar now floating before you was not only the seat of his lore regarding the creation of sentient constructs, but also uniquely capable to calm even the most turbulent minds it bonds to. Unlike almost any other of his kindred Heronious had seemingly mastered the maddening nature of his visions utterly, being a pleasant host and counted friend and ally by many a mage who would normally eschew the company of the baatezu.

    Though the familiar had survived his master facing True Death it had no recollection of the event, only a burning desire to continue his work. It had agreed to be auctioned off alongside the remainder of the collection, though not even technically enslaved simply out of the reason that whoever would be willing to pay the most for its services would also be the most likely to attempt to continue his late master's work.

    Crucially these funds, unlike any other profits of the auction, would go directly towards the investigation of Heronious' death, though the mimic is not willing to say in what manner, claiming that the secrecy of the investigation is paramount.

    An odd way to go about things even under such odd circumstances. You look around at your fellow auction goers with new eyes. Had any of them been among the allies of the dead devil, or were they perhaps involved with his demise?

    Fifth Piece on Offer: Clockwork Familiar of Heronious of Dis: Grants its master:
    1. +8 in all knowledge rolls in creating or researching sentient constructs
    2. +2 Caster Level for the purpose of enchanting them
    3. Immunity from magical insanity from any non-divine source
    Asking Price: 125,000 IM

    [] Yes
    -[] How high

    [] No,this looks like a piece for which the bidding will be particularly fierce

    OOC: I hope that the fact that the text refers to prices in the local currency and the notes refer to IM does not cause unnecessary confusion. The ratio is 2 IM for 1 GT, just like with all planar currency.
     
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    This you soon discover is the erstwhile familiar of the the late Heronious of Dis, an ancient oracle devil whose passion had apparently creating and improving thinking golems. He even hoped one day to be able to replace at least in part the shattered forges of Axis, his creations helping to keep order between the spheres. Supposedly the familiar now floating before you was not only the seat of his lore regarding the creation of sentient constructs but also uniquely capable to calm even the most turbulent minds it bonds to. Unlike almost any other of his kindred Heronious had seemingly mastered the maddening nature of his visions utterly, being a pleasant host and and and counted friend and ally by many a mage who would normally eschew the company of baatezu.
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    ... @DragonParadox, is this the Xerfilstyx we caught and sacrificed from the Plane of Fire, back when we got Zathir? If it is, we have him as a trophy.
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    Fifth Piece on Offer: Clockwork Familiar of Heronious of Dis: Grants its master
    1. +8 in all knowledge rolls in creating or researching sentient constructs
    2. +2 Caster Level for the purpose of enchanting them
    3. Immunity from magical insanity from any non-divine source
    Asking Price: 125,000 IM
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    This one seems rigged. I don't like the loyalty to its former master, that'd come back to bite us.

    Also if the bidding is fierce, no need for us to get involved for this one at least. They'll bleed themselves dry.

    [X] No,this looks like a piece for which the bidding will be particularly fierce
     
    Oh, I'm potentially willing to put a LOT of money into this. I wasn't interested in the previous things, but this mess sure is shiny!
     
    TalonofAnathrax said:
    Oh, I'm potentially willing to put a LOT of money into this. I wasn't interested in the previous things, but this mess sure is shiny!
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    This is admittedly great, but let's not forget the final piece is what we want the most. I don't want to drain whatever auction funds we have for this and miss out on the thing that could help us the most with making our own Outsiders.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    With Clockwork Certainty ​

    Twenty Fifth Day of the First Month 294 AC

    This time you are not the first to speak up. The devil raises the price by a third in a single breath, the shugenja matching him with but a single coin more a moment later. If you could see behind the mask of steel, you suspect there would be some approximation of a smile there. Alas, Eshyr puts an end to it soon after. "Please, please honorable ones, the bids must be higher by a significant step, I am certain we are all too busy to play those games."

    "One would think that those possessed of life everlasting would be more patient in its living," the crimson draped mage replied softly. The nebulous sense of the kami, ever-present and feather light upon the world, grows just a touch more immediate to your senses. They are not gathering around the devil their master is goading, however, but instead the angel who had claimed so many of the artifacts and lore offered, who had bid on all of them.

    An attempted theft would be bad enough. If this turns into a battle. You make your own bid, to break the stand- off. "Forty thousand."

    "Sixty thousand," the shugenja replies without turning.

    "A hundred and twenty thousand," the envoy of Mammon snaps, his voice like oiled steel. None challenge him on the point, though if one listens carefully it is possible to hear the sound of thunder laughing under its breath. He did end up paying almost five times the asking price for something he had originally disparaged.

    The auctioneer seems too pleased with the profits to care about the lack of decorum this time, or perhaps he is simply cleaning his teeth rather than licking his nonexistent lips. "Our next offering is not precisely a book, but it functions as one..."

    You will have to take his word on that. The object that merges from his maw is a floating sphere of interlocking brass gears that turn at different yet somehow harmonizing rates around a core of soft yellow radiance, pulsing like a living heart. "It's alive, intelligent, though limited in odd ways," Varys notes, a touch bemused at whatever she must be 'hearing' mentally.

    This, you soon discover, is the erstwhile familiar of the the late Heronious of Dis, an ancient oracle devil whose passion had apparently been creating and improving thinking golems. He even hoped one day to be able to replace, at least in part, the shattered forges of Axis, his creations helping to keep order between the spheres. Supposedly the familiar now floating before you was not only the seat of his lore regarding the creation of sentient constructs, but also uniquely capable to calm even the most turbulent minds to which it bonds. Unlike almost any other of his kindred, Heronious had seemingly mastered the maddening nature of his visions utterly, being a pleasant host and counted friend and ally by many a mage who would normally eschew the company of baatezu.

    Though the familiar had survived his master facing True Death, it had no recollection of the event, only a burning desire to continue his work. It had agreed to be auctioned off alongside the remainder of the collection, despite not being technically enslaved, simply out of the reason that whoever would be willing to pay the most for its services would also be the most likely to attempt to continue his late master's work.

    Crucially, these funds, unlike any other profits of the auction, would go directly towards the investigation of Heronious' death, though the mimic is not willing to say in what manner, claiming that the secrecy of the investigation is paramount.

    An odd way to go about things, even under such unusual circumstances. You look around at your fellow auction goers with new eyes. Had any of them been among the allies of the dead devil, or were they perhaps involved with his demise.

    Fifth Piece on Offer: Clockwork Familiar of Heronious of Dis: Grants its master
    1. +8 in all knowledge rolls in creating or researching sentient constructs
    2. +2 Caster Level for the purpose of enchanting them
    3. Immunity from magical insanity from any non-divine source
    Asking Price: 125,000 IM

    [] Yes
    -[] How high

    [] No,this looks like a piece for which the bidding will be particularly fierce

    OOC: I hope that the fact that the text refers to prices in the local currency and the notes refer to IM does not cause unnecessary confusion. The ratio is 2 IM for 1 GT, just like with all planar currency. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
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