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

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You are mocking the french? Without me?

No Anschluss for you! :anger:

Duesal said:
Okay, with this now in mind, I'm referring back to this old post of mine:

So for us to deck out a Legion with Imperial Steel weaponry as opposed to Valyrian Steel, we'd need around 2,832 Fiendish HD as the payment.

If we tried to pay that cost entirely with the Mammon Machine, that would cost us 566,400 IM to pull off.

Alternatively, to equip a full Legion with Imperial Steel, it would cost us 944 Imps or Quasits.

These numbers might seem large, but we've got a lot of fiendish enemies we're willing to butcher and maim. And the Efreeti did just donate a nice Turtle Ship to boost our finances yet again.

But holy hell, the utter shock Westeros will have when the First Legion rolls up with Imperial Steel... I'd really like to have them equipped before our conquest.
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I'd prioritize the Praetori for that. Ensures that they are perceived as sufficiently dangerous and it helps them with channeling fire through the blades.
 
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Interlude DCCCXCIIII: A Tale of Lights Part One
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    • A Tale of Lights Part One
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    Previous Accounts: One, Two, Three, Four

    Authors: Lya the Sage, Waymar Royce, Captain Moonsong
    Subject: Court of Stars
    Information Source: Shadow and Sea Fey; Court of Stars Defectors

    Nature of the Fey: To understand the relationships of the Court of Stars one must first see the fey for what they are beneath the veils of glamor and trickery. All fey are tales unmoored from the storyteller's lips telling more of themselves, god-things that disdain divinity, immortals that crave the urgency of mortality. Of the fey the Court of Stars are those whose tales echo wonder more than fear, not that their intentions are always benevolent as mortals would see it, but at the heart of it that is what it is to be Light Fey, beings of light, growth and good fortune, the wayward children of summer.

    The Flight and the Return: The Feywild is a transitive plane that exists diametrically opposite to the Ethereal Plane in the arrangement of the Spheres, the domains of the deathless rather than the dead, with the Realm of Shadows bridging the two. Unlike the Shadow Plane the Feywild is much more sensitive to the changes in the world under the sun, there are no echoes of lost civilizations in the Feywild, only reflections of what is. For this reason the fey fled into the Feywild as magic died, 'untethering' it from the Material Plane as best they could whereas the Plane of Shadows remained in relative cosmic 'proximity' throughout, providing a trickle of magic even at its nadir.

    From accounts for fey who traveled there, given by fey ranging from Orphne to Sea Fey to defectors from the Court of Stars, the process of breaking off from the material realm was less a clean cut and more unraveling a braided thread to make it longer, creating a vast tangle of paths by which they might return. Since the paths could only be braided back from the other side the return to the material world was a harrowing journey, with many lost along the way and found again. Thus one can find debts and life bonds in the Court of Stars among the most unlikely of people, even those who disdain or hate each other. In a sense shared hardship has bound the court tighter together, compensating for the slumber of one King and the loss of another, but if one pools the right thread many of these new relationships can unwind conflict.

    Crowns and Rule: The Court of Stars once boasted three kings, one for every aspect of the day: For Morning the Warrior who strides boldly forth, for the Noontime the Lord who orders the world and for Evening the Sage who studies mysteries in the gathering gloom though he is not of it. The Star Crowned Queen on the other hand is a singular being, though she may take on aspects of the Sower, Tender and Reaper as suits her tasks. Some believe she too was once three individual fey who chose to gather their power close rather than squandering it hither and yon with the coming of Winter. It would certainly account for how she could have grown to godlike power in a world of fading magic.

    While the tale of the Slumbering King and his crown is well known in Sorcerer's Deep the Sage has been far less often mentioned, partly because it is not his place to lead only to advise and even there his wisdom is oft veiled behind the council of lesser lords. It is widely assumed that the Golden Seer and the Violet Mask often act at the Hidden King's behest.

    Of the Warrior little is known save that he was lost before the Flight, becoming a creature of the moment with no memory of the past and no aspiration of the future. Some claim it was a curse of the Fallen Winter Court, others that it was madness brought on by the losses of the war. Though he has not been seen in an age he must still be alive somewhere for all the Court would have felt his death.

    OOC: I have learned my lesson with Vialesk. I will not be trying to write the whole thing in one go, even with notes old and new to draw from putting all this down at once would be exhausting. Next up will be the seat of the Seven Lords and their military strength, and after that the relationship between them and their courts. The links above are not all reports, but they do contain information relating to the Court of Stars that you guys should keep in mind, I put them here so they would be easier to reference. BTW do you guys want me to intersperse actual parts between the fey info, or just do it in one go with no votes or narrative between?
     
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    • DragonParadox said:
    A Tale of Lights Part One
    ​
    Previous Accounts: One, Two, Three, Four

    Authors: Lya the Sage, Waymar Royce, Captain Moonsong
    Subject: Court of Stars
    Information Source: Shadow and Sea Fey; Court of Stars Defectors

    Nature of the Fey: To understand the relationships of the Court of Stars one must first see the fey for what they are beneath the veils of glamor and trickery. All fey are tales unmoored from the storyteller's lips telling more of themselves, god-things that disdain divinity, immortals that crave the urgency of mortality. Of the fey, the Court of Stars are those whose tales echo wonder more than fear, not that their attentions are always benevolent as mortals would see it, but at the heart of it that is what it is to be Light fey, beings of light, growth, and good fortune, the wayward children of summer.

    The Flight and the Return: The Feywild is a transitive plane that exists diametrically opposite to the Ethereal Plane in the arrangement of the Spheres. It is the domain of the deathless rather than the dead, with the Realm of Shadows bridging the two. Unlike the Shadow Plane, the Feywyld is much more sensitive to the changes in the world under the sun. There are no echoes of lost civilizations in the Feywild, only reflections of what is. For this reason, the Fey fled into the Feywild as magic died, 'untethering' it from the material as best they could, whereas the Plane of Shadows remained in relative cosmic 'proximity' throughout, providing a trickle of magic even at its nadir.

    From accounts of fey who traveled to the Feywild, ranging from Orphne to Sea Fey, to defectors from the Court of Stars, the process of breaking off from the material realm was less a clean cut and more unraveling a braided thread to make it longer, creating a vast tangle of paths by which they might return. Since the paths could only be braided back from the other side, the return to the material world was a harrowing journey with many lost along the way and found again. Thus, one can find debts and life bonds in the Court of Stars among the most unlikely of people, even those who disdain or hate each other. In a sense, shared hardship has bound the court tighter together, compensating for the slumber of one King and the loss of another, but if one pulls the right thread many of these new relationships can unwind into conflict.

    Crowns and Rule: The Court of Stars once boasted three kings, one for every aspect of the day: For Morning, the Warrior who strides boldly forth, for the Noontime, the Lord who orders the world and for Evening, the Sage who studies mysteries in the gathering gloom though he is not of it. The Star Crowned Queen, on the other hand, is a singular being, though she may take on aspects of the Sower, Tender, and Reaper as suits her tasks. Some believe she too was once three individual fey who chose to gather their power close rather than squandering it hither and yon with the coming of Winter. It would certainly account for how she could have grown to godlike power in a world of fading magic.

    While the tale of the Slumbering King and his crown is well known in Sorcerer's Deep, the Sage has been far less often mentioned, partly because it is not his place to lead but to advise, and even there his wisdom is oft veiled behind the council of lesser lords. It is widely assumed that the Golden Seer and the Violet Mask often act at the Hidden King's behest.

    Of the Warrior little is known save that he was lost before the Flight, becoming a creature of the moment with no memory of the past nor aspirations for the future. Some claim it was a curse of the Fallen Winter Court, others that it was madness brought on by the losses of the war. Though he has not been seen in an age, he must still be alive somewhere for all the Court would have felt his death.

    OOC: I have learned my lesson with Vialesk. I will not be trying to write the whole thing in one go, even with notes old and new to draw from putting all this down at once would be exhausting. Next up will be the seat of the Seven Lords and their military strength and after that the relationship between them and their courts. The links above are not all reports, but they do contain information relating to the Court of Stars that you guys should keep in mind, I put them here so they would be easier to reference. BTW, do you guys want me to intersperse actual parts between the fey info or just do it in one go with no votes or narrative between? Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.

    I don't mind receiving Fey info posts back to back, but that's probably a minority viewpoint. Why not just write it up however feels most natural for you?
     
    I for one would greatly prefer to get the infodump out if the way so that we can bring our full attention to other topics afterwards.
     
    Infodump, and maybe edit them all in one once you have them all posted, @DragonParadox?

    For easier book-keeping if nothing else
     
    DragonParadox said:
    OOC: I have learned my lesson with Vialesk. I will not be trying to write the whole thing in one go, even with notes old and new to draw from putting all this down at once would be exhausting. Next up will be the seat of the Seven Lords and their military strength and after that the relationship between them and their courts. The links above are not all reports, but they do contain information relating to the Court of Stars that you guys should keep in mind, I put them here so they would be easier to reference. BTW do you guys want me to intersperse actual parts between the fey info or just do it in one go with no votes or narrative between? Not yet edited.
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    Just one go with no votes or narrative. This is just intel for a coming war, it doesn't need to be embellished.
     
    Duesal said:
    Hell yes, I've been wanting to use Bilestone against the Fey for ages.
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    I'm thinking about sending Qyburn, two Myrkdreki and a bunch of undead muscle to take out the Orange Court, who specialize in Enchantment. That strike-force would be wholly immune to their strongest abilities and between Qyburn, the two Myrkdreki and some Greater Bloodclot Molds, they can throw around enough Necromancy, specifically Bilestone charged Necrotic Skullbombs, to do serious damage.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    Of the Warrior little is known save that he was lost before the Fight becoming a creature of the moment with no memory of the past no aspiration of the future. Some claim it was a curse of the Fallen Winter Court, others that it was madness brought on by the losses of the war. Though he ahs not been seen in an age he must still be alive somewhere for all the Court would have felt his death.
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    I would have thought Viserys and co. would be able to infer that the King who was "lost to anything but the day" and "moment to moment" would have pegged him for the being who is currently leading the Wild Hunt as a whole (we've met one of their big boys but not the overall leader I'm pretty sure).

    It makes the most sense, anyway, this may be me being biased since I read the whole Asrai Arc featuring Freddy killing the incarnation of basically exactly that guy, but I'd bet my wallet on it being some variation on the same story (if without all the Pacts that tied the guy to "always having been alive" in some parts of Athel Loren and "never having been alive" in other parts, plus the weird psychic field that drove all the Elves crazy probably wouldn't work on most Fey since that would be overwriting their stories which ain't easy without manipulating mortals who know those stories first.
     
    Crake said:
    I would have thought Viserys and co. would be able to infer that the King who was "lost to anything but the day" and "moment to moment" would have pegged him for the being who is currently leading the Wild Hunt as a whole (we've met one of their big boys but not the overall leader I'm pretty sure).

    It makes the most sense, anyway, this may be me being biased since I read the whole Asrai Arc featuring Freddy killing the incarnation of basically exactly that guy, but I'd bet my wallet on it being some variation on the same story (if without all the Pacts that tied the guy to "always having been alive" in some parts of Athel Loren and "never having been alive" in other parts, plus the weird psychic field that drove all the Elves crazy probably wouldn't work on most Fey since that would be overwriting their stories which ain't easy without manipulating mortals who know those stories first.
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    I can neither confirm nor deny such a suspicion OOC, though it does seem to hang together from Viserys' PoV IC.
     
    Also we've been given one more minor detail that means big things from @DragonParadox's last post.

    The Sage is separate from the Queen for sure.

    So we have the Lord who is sleeping.

    We have the Warrior who is probably leading the Wild Hunt.

    The Sage who is basically pulling a Brynden and using his abilities with a light hand and acting through intermediaries.

    And the Queen who is acting the most blatantly with her power since she didn't squander it apparently and has a lot saved up.

    So that's at least two distinct beings who could act against us in such a fashion that they could draw multiple Colored factions together.

    One who we might be able to manipulate or at least keep neutral.

    And one who is kept out of the picture by us already.
     
    Problem with the Sage is that we know next to nothing about him/her/it, so it might as well be a non-entity for all the good it will do us.

    My main concern is flipping or destroying the color courts before taking down the Queen and eating the Lord.
     
    Azel said:
    I'm thinking about sending Qyburn, two Myrkdreki and a bunch of undead muscle to take out the Orange Court, who specialize in Enchantment. That strike-force would be wholly immune to their strongest abilities and between Qyburn, the two Myrkdreki and some Greater Bloodclot Molds, they can throw around enough Necromancy, specifically Bilestone charged Necrotic Skullbombs, to do serious damage.
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    Any group that is heavily focused on Enchantment magic had damned well better be prepared for enemies who take active countermeasures against their school, or who employ creatures who are normally outright immune to it, such as Undead. A large, well organized group of Enchantment specialized Fey would almost certainly have defenses which they believe could sure up their weaknesses. Necromany is another school which can be pretty easily defended against with relatively low resource expenditure, especially if you've got access to Divine magic.

    If we do have Qyburn lead such an assault, I would recommend assigning at least a few Heralds to it, along with maybe a dozen or so of our Glass Golems. Being Immune to Enchantment spells is one thing, but being outright immune to magic is another. They could plow through defenses which might stop or destroy Undead or even inconvenience living beings, Dragons and Qyburthillids included. Glass Golems are also healed by magical fire, just like the Heralds, so they would be easy to keep repaired in the field.
     
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