A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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DP usually includes every single note we vote for, presumably because it's in a winning vote and he feels obliged to include it. Or maybe because he's liked everything we wrote every time, who knows?
You have your artistic license of course, but it feels a little rude to highjack DP's at this sort of moment.
And I suspect that he won't be writing another person's perspective, considering his response when I suggested that...
You have your artistic license of course, but it feels a little rude to highjack DP's at this sort of moment.
And I suspect that he won't be writing another person's perspective, considering his response when I suggested that...
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Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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You've seen only the first segment. Aren't you being a little too critical and presuming a little much about the tone? Even the first segment merely reflects upon the last update's tone, "I didn't imagine it would feel like this, and I can now imagine how it could have turned out, but that doesn't matter, because it turned out this way". Which is carrying on as we mean to, for the most part.
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Oh I wasn't commenting on the introspection, just on the words he says.
I might delete my half-written speech later on, if I like yours more (and am awake when you post yours, because IIRC we live in very different timezones). But I'm halfway through mine already, so I may as well finish it!
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[X] Crake
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@Crake, @TalonofAnathrax
Have been working for about 12 hours with barely any break until now, so don't expect any speeches from me, though I'll gladly do some editing of everything you throw around.
Have been working for about 12 hours with barely any break until now, so don't expect any speeches from me, though I'll gladly do some editing of everything you throw around.
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[X] Nationbuilding Speech Plan
-[X] "My people"
-[X] "From Lonely Light to Sallosh, from Thennhold to Gogossos, we stand as one. One Realm, one hope, one law, and one leader. A guide, a protector, an administrator - an Imperator."
-[X] [Crown appears. Let DP pick how, exactly. A flash of light? Fire? Materializing smoke? Carried on by Varys? Have a Simulacrum of us in Dragon form land and crown us, or crown us with his breath?]
-[X] "You know who I am. You know what I have done. And you know what I will do. What we will do. Happiness, security, prosperity. A home. A world where hunger, fear and injustice are the stuff of stories. A better life for all!"
-[X] "Nothing worth having is easy, but miracles are real - so why should we not reach for them? Why should we not bring forth our own? No mortal can lift the mountains, but if all who heard me now took a single pebble the mountains would be farmland. We create a brighter future with our own hands, to make real the dream we all share!"
-[X] "We do not merely shelter beneath a Dragon's wings as the world shifts beneath our feet. We build, we protect, we grow, we learn, and we discover. Artisans, farmers, merchants, mages, leaders - all of us have a part to play. Our greatest strength is our shared purpose, our trust, our shared efforts all serving the same goal. Some lead, some follow, but no-one is ever alone while they stand with us. Believe in the power of united mortal will! What can we not achieve when we stand together? All that we have already achieved has been done together, stemming from my own efforts, from my Companions in peace and war, from all those who believe in a better world.
-[X] "To be Emperor is to guide and protect our shared effort. You who stand with me, know this: today, we do not celebrate past glories. We celebrate a step forwards on our shared path, a great leap towards a better world!"
The goal here is to have a speech that won't age, that we can trot out in schoolbooks or PR reels for the next thousand years. I'm also focusing on a speech that builds our side up, rather than tears down or intimidates opponents.
I also stole the "My people" line from @Crake, because it's a great callback to our previous speeches, including my current favorite.
This is my plan as it stands now. It's obviously open to C&C - is there something big I should have included? Do you have suggestions for a better ending? Better wording?
If Crake's plan ends up taking a similar tack I might fuse with it. That doesn't seem to be the case though, and I personally prefer this approach. Thoughts?
-[X] "My people"
-[X] "From Lonely Light to Sallosh, from Thennhold to Gogossos, we stand as one. One Realm, one hope, one law, and one leader. A guide, a protector, an administrator - an Imperator."
-[X] [Crown appears. Let DP pick how, exactly. A flash of light? Fire? Materializing smoke? Carried on by Varys? Have a Simulacrum of us in Dragon form land and crown us, or crown us with his breath?]
-[X] "You know who I am. You know what I have done. And you know what I will do. What we will do. Happiness, security, prosperity. A home. A world where hunger, fear and injustice are the stuff of stories. A better life for all!"
-[X] "Nothing worth having is easy, but miracles are real - so why should we not reach for them? Why should we not bring forth our own? No mortal can lift the mountains, but if all who heard me now took a single pebble the mountains would be farmland. We create a brighter future with our own hands, to make real the dream we all share!"
-[X] "We do not merely shelter beneath a Dragon's wings as the world shifts beneath our feet. We build, we protect, we grow, we learn, and we discover. Artisans, farmers, merchants, mages, leaders - all of us have a part to play. Our greatest strength is our shared purpose, our trust, our shared efforts all serving the same goal. Some lead, some follow, but no-one is ever alone while they stand with us. Believe in the power of united mortal will! What can we not achieve when we stand together? All that we have already achieved has been done together, stemming from my own efforts, from my Companions in peace and war, from all those who believe in a better world.
-[X] "To be Emperor is to guide and protect our shared effort. You who stand with me, know this: today, we do not celebrate past glories. We celebrate a step forwards on our shared path, a great leap towards a better world!"
The goal here is to have a speech that won't age, that we can trot out in schoolbooks or PR reels for the next thousand years. I'm also focusing on a speech that builds our side up, rather than tears down or intimidates opponents.
I also stole the "My people" line from @Crake, because it's a great callback to our previous speeches, including my current favorite.
This is my plan as it stands now. It's obviously open to C&C - is there something big I should have included? Do you have suggestions for a better ending? Better wording?
If Crake's plan ends up taking a similar tack I might fuse with it. That doesn't seem to be the case though, and I personally prefer this approach. Thoughts?
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Haha, fair enough. It's the absolute opposite of our usual speeches. We're not calling to arms against the darkness, we're not straight-up saying "Dragon strong", and we're not Diplomancing a specific person.
I just feel like this is a good time for a hopeful speech, you know? This whole event is already a massive show of power, and we've probably got a significant fraction of the world population watching it. This speech is the time for some cult of personality, for some vision-building!
A significant part of my IRL job requires vision-building with minimal money and opportunity (from a municipal perspective, urban planning is just convincing all the right people that this is a good idea and that they should all make X part of their goals), so I saw this event and saw opportunity.
It's also a good place to take Viserys' character, I think. Explicitly laying out the good parts of what he hopes for his reign.
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Misspelled Imperator.
Flow would need some work.
Entirely too conversational. This reads like a meeting between the Companions and maybe the Ministers. Really not suitable for addressing the entire realm.
This would work well for the Imperium Day festivities, but feels very awkward for this. We are proclaiming a new realm under a new title, but this reads as "carry on the good work".
I feel you are missing the point of this event. This is not an event for and about everyone. This is the moment when we step before the world and tell everyone why we and only we should rule it all.
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You better start learning now. Maybe as a Duskblade or something. You've already got serious competition with that baby on the way.
On a side note I'd like to have Lya get a close look at Dawn when we have the chance. I'm pretty sure that is in fact a relic of the Great Empire of the Dawn.
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I have been reading this quest continuously for almost a year now and is the best quest in SV as far i have seen great job DP
I suggest having Bloodraven greatest uncle crown us instead of the high septon or crown ourself since he is the one most supportive of viserys from the beginning
I suggest having Bloodraven greatest uncle crown us instead of the high septon or crown ourself since he is the one most supportive of viserys from the beginning
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Oh don't worry, the High Septon won't be crowning shit. The Faith of the Seven isn't exactly in Imperial favor at the moment you see.
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Welcome!
I believe we'll be crowning ourselves after this speech, though.
Finally wearing the Crown of the Conqueror openly years after having it gifted to us.
If the Seven extend an olive branch and give the Great Sept of Sorcerer's Deep a nice blessing I'd be happy to talk.
Glad you like it.
Viserys will be pulling a Napoleon and crowning himself. Bloodraven is not even publicly known to be present in the city and would cause all sorts of questions to be asked if he were to become known by being the one to place the crown on his descendant's head starting from the religious neutrality of the state and ending with suspicions that Viserys is a puppet.
Boodraven would be the first one to tell you it is not worth it.
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Speaking of Bloodraven, he has access to the Larder whenever he's ready to hatch his Valyrian Dragon Egg.Glad you like it.
Viserys will be pulling a Napoleon and crowning himself. Bloodraven is not even publicly known to be present in the city and would cause all sorts of questions to be asked if he were to become known by being the one to place the crown on his descendant's head starting from the religious neutrality of the state and ending with suspicions that Viserys is a puppet.
Boodraven would be the first one to tell you it is not worth it.
I'll keep that in mind. It will likely be a scene though.
- Dany buffed Viserys with a mind blank spell beforehand
- The crown has already been removed, Viserys now has it on him
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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We also have a Psionic Mindblank item (slotless), courtesy of having Gith pals and unlimited budget.
But no, we're not. advanced Cloak of Khyber'ed illusions would be enough.
EDIT: well, didn't expect that. Okay then.
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@Azel, you make a good point.
I might whip this out for the next Imperium day festivity, then
But honestly, I'm not very hyped for an entire speech that boils down to this:
EDIT: @Crake, why are you rewriting a whole speech when you already wrote this song years ago? Just buff up, have Viserys be Buttercup, and go wild!
I might whip this out for the next Imperium day festivity, then
But honestly, I'm not very hyped for an entire speech that boils down to this:
Ah well, we'll see how it goes. And I'll reread it in the future when I'm in a different mood, it'll probably hit differently.
EDIT: @Crake, why are you rewriting a whole speech when you already wrote this song years ago? Just buff up, have Viserys be Buttercup, and go wild!
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@DragonParadox, is our cloak excited for the ultimate moment of showing off? 
You've written it as having an almost pseudo-intellect with how it grabs and deposits things for us, kind of like how Dr. Strange's Cloak of Levitation does things on his behalf. I've always imagined Viserys' cloak to be super vain and prone to being extra shiny when it knows it's being admired.
You've written it as having an almost pseudo-intellect with how it grabs and deposits things for us, kind of like how Dr. Strange's Cloak of Levitation does things on his behalf. I've always imagined Viserys' cloak to be super vain and prone to being extra shiny when it knows it's being admired.