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

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@Azel, here's what I've got for the Twins for now. We can go with something other than Fleshshiver if you prefer.

My reasoning for choosing that over Spellblight Jinx and Circle of Death is that the first is Touch range only and isn't really all that debilitating (the Concentration check isn't that difficult) and Circle of Death can only affect creatures with 9 HD or less. Spellblight Jinx has neat fluff, but mechanically leaves something to be desired.

Skill points can be redistributed, too. Always good to keep Concentration maxed, and their Spellcraft is lagging behind, so I dumped a lot of points in it.

[] Myrkdreki Twins Level Up
-[] Class: +1 Dragon Mystic
-[] Skills (6 points): +1 Concentration, +1 Sense Motive, +4 Spellcraft
-[] Spells:
--[] 6th Level: Fleshshiver
 
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Goldfish said:
@Azel, here's what I've got for the Twins for now. We can go with something other than Fleshshiver if you prefer.

My reasoning for choosing that over Spellblight Jinx and Circle of Death is that the first is Touch range only and isn't really all that debilitating (the Concentration check isn't that difficult) and Circle of Death can only affect creatures with 9 HD or less. Spellblight Jinx has neat fluff, but mechanically leaves something to be desired.

Skill points can be redistributed, too. Always good to keep Concentration maxed, and their Spellcraft is lagging behind, so I dumped a lot of points in it.

[] Myrkdreki Twins Level Up
-[] Class: +1 Dragon Mystic
-[] Skills (6 points): +1 Concentration, +1 Sense Motive, +4 Spellcraft
-[] Spells:
--[] 6th Level: Fleshshiver
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Why the custom Dragon Mystic instead of the default one?
 
Azel said:
Why the custom Dragon Mystic instead of the default one?
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It's the one we're using for Viserys. I just copy/pasted it off his character sheet without thinking about it. Forgot that we're using the regular one for the other Dragons.

Thanks for the reminder. Swapping it out now.
 
I feel like we're missing a real opportunity here, for all that I enjoy watching the Air Force flex on the peasantry.

Viserys should take this time to tackle at least one castle himself. It's practically a draconic right of passage; he may technically be a dragon, but he won't be Dragon until he's clawed his way into a castle with his own two forelimbs and baked a few knights in shining armor with his breath weapon.:V
 
I would actually count this entire affair a success if Viserys doesn't have to turn into a dragon even once throughout the entire invasion and just lets the IAF show off.
 
I will count this affair a success when everything is mostly wrapped up by 3 AM and Viserys can Teleport back to the palace to rejoin the party.
 
Azel said:
I will count this affair a success when everything is mostly wrapped up by 3 AM and Viserys can Teleport back to the palace to rejoin the party.
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Can you fucking imagine?

It would be funny if we came in during the tail end of the party, a group of lords quietly telling war stories, and Viserys comes over and starts talking about the events of the previous few hours.
 
Crake said:
Can you fucking imagine?

It would be funny if we came in during the tail end of the party, a group of lords quietly telling war stories, and Viserys comes over and starts talking about the events of the previous few hours.
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We need to make sure to loot a few good bottles of booze from Casterly Rock to crack open with Doran and Oberyn.
 
Azel said:
We need to make sure to loot a few good bottles of booze from Casterly Rock to crack open with Doran and Oberyn.
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I think we might be Oberyn's favorite person, at least for tonight.

Doran we are flatly his favorite person, I don't think literally anyone has ever done more for him.
 
Azel said:
I will count this affair a success when everything is mostly wrapped up by 3 AM and Viserys can Teleport back to the palace to rejoin the party.
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Crake said:
Can you fucking imagine?

It would be funny if we came in during the tail end of the party, a group of lords quietly telling war stories, and Viserys comes over and starts talking about the events of the previous few hours.
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even better is if the Reconquista I mean pacification of the rebel provinces is concluded without Viserys ever leaving the party then at the end of the party he announces with serpent mirrors brought in for visual aid that the war is over while radiating maximum overbearing intimidating draconic Smug while the subtle subtext being all like " yes , I am that powerful and also yes you are that weak , now aren't you glad you bent the knee while you had the choice"
 
You know, thanks to the island-wide Keep Watch effect generated by the Tree of the Dawn Age, as long as people pace themselves a bit, parties in Sorcerer's Deep can easily last a really long time. The Coronation festivities could go on 24/7 for a week or more if we wanted to make it a serious one-off holiday. And the Greater Age Resistance effect the Tree confers to our older citizens means it won't just be the young able to party the night away.
 
I just realized, even if we do end up coming back to the party at 3 AM, most the guests should still likely be in full swing, supposing they're taking advantage of the Dawn Age Tree's magic.

So we might actually get to troll people with our war stories.
 
Crake said:
I just realized, even if we do end up coming back to the party at 3 AM, most the guests should still likely be in full swing, supposing they're taking advantage of the Dawn Age Tree's magic.

So we might actually get to troll people with our war stories.
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That was my thought, too. The party should still be going strong even when sunrise rolls around. It's not like the Palace is going to run out of booze and snacks, and this is the place to see and be seen. Most of the kind of folks who were invited to the official Coronation after party aren't going to want to leave early.
 
Crake said:
Can you fucking imagine?

It would be funny if we came in during the tail end of the party, a group of lords quietly telling war stories, and Viserys comes over and starts talking about the events of the previous few hours.
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The problem about that is that they won't be very impressive war stories. Any opponent you can casually trounce in three hours isn't one to brag about.
Onthe other hand, our loyalist audience will love stories of Westerosi Lords getting absolutely wrecked and humiliated by Moonsong.
 
Azel said:
Updated list:

Stormlands
Penrose - Lord of Parchments - Surrendered immediately.
Trant - Lord of Gallowsgrey - Family poisoned by Lord Garret Trant after warning shot was given. Youngest daughter Anna manifested Warlock powers after interaction with the Fury Usizil.

Crownlands
Rambton - Lord of ??? - Surrendered after warning shot was given.
Sunglass - Lord of Sweetport Sound - Surrendered after warning shot was given.
Follard - Lord of ??? - Surrendered immediately. Contested succession and Maester was hiding invitation to the coronation.
Byrch - Lord of Bywater - Household deposed old lord in favor of his son and handed him over as a prisoner.

🎀 Vale 🎀
Templeton - Ser of Nightstar - Ser Symond Templeton, the head of house, died a traitors death in battle at the Bloody Gate.
Ruthermont - Lord of Red Hill - Surrendered immediately.
Waynwood - Lord of Ironoaks - Surrendered immediately.
Hardyng - Lord of Hearthguard - Surrendered immediately.
Aryn of Gulltown - ??? - Currently riding to the Eyrie to claim the place for himself.
Wydman - Lord of Windwater - Surrendered immediately.
Elesham - Lord of the Paps - Surrendered immediately.
Dutton - Lord of Sheepsford - Traitor. Keep shelled and ruins stormed.
Crayne - Lord of Shrike Hill - Traitor. Outer walls of the keep blown by sappers before surrendering.
Donninger - Lord of Doombell - Traitor. Lord burned by Fiery Darkenbeast ridden by Melisandre. Rest of the keep surrendered.
Waxley - Lord of Wickenden - Surrendered immediately.
Sunderland - Lord of Three Sisters - Surrendered immediately.
Egen - Lord of ??? - Surrendered after warning shot was given.
Hersy - Lord of Newkeep - Dragon banner already on the battlements when our forces arrived.
Lynderly - Lord of Snakewood - Surrendered immediately. Lady of the house committed suicide.
Moore - Lord of Mooreland - Surrendered immediately.
Baelish - "Lord" of some hovel - Line extinct.
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This is a great resource, btw. Any chance of a threadmark?

Edit: There's literally an informational threadmark which will include all of this stuff. Shame about my eyesight.
 
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Crake said:
I just realized, even if we do end up coming back to the party at 3 AM, most the guests should still likely be in full swing, supposing they're taking advantage of the Dawn Age Tree's magic.

So we might actually get to troll people with our war stories.
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Only if we do it in dragon form. People were talking about how Viserys doesn't spend enough time as an actual dragon during the coronation. What better time to mingle as a dragon, fresh of the conquest of an entire continent, than during the after party?
 
I do not really want to lounge around as a dragon. When Viserys has been a dragon in this quest, it has been for battle, for leisure, sometimes for dramatic effect. But it holds no purpose with setting one's vassals at ease. Rarely, it can be useful in the presence of allies, since it demonstrates your strength, or politically it can serve as a reminder of your nature, as we had done in Vialesk and the Plane of Water.

People welcome and appreciate a dragon arriving on the battlefield when he's there on their side, but it's strange and unsettling when he is there presiding over you in Court. It's a naked and vulgar display of power, when we have gone through great pains to just let the environment around us, the city, the palace, the Legions of Doom and our air fleet to do that for us.

Moreover, another problem we had politically and diplomatically is how often people treated us as dissembling or using our "human meatsuit" as window dressing, a facade hiding a violent, ill-tempered beast who acts on instinct. That's okay for being underestimated by rivals and foes, but not so great when you are trying for more mutually beneficial interactions.
 
@Goldfish, something that just occurred to me. We will need some Mirror Vision Mirrors for Westeros. At the least:

Major cities:
- Sunspear (Martell)
- Greyport (Greyjoy of Greyport)
- Kings Landing (Imperial)
- Oldtown (Hightower)

Trading Hubs:
- Whiteharbor (Manderly)
- Gulltown (Grafton)
- Seaguard (Mallister, potentially Frey)
- The Arbor (Redwyne)
- Saltpans (Cox)

Other Locales:
- Castle Black (Night Watch)
- Eastwatch (Night Watch)
- Shadow Tower (Night Watch)

Imperial Bases:
- Casterly Rock
- Eyri
- Harrenhall

Also a whole bunch of braziers, both for ACSEC offices in the trading hubs and major cities, and of course for the military bases and ducal officials.
 
mmgaballah said:
we could add Summerhall too to cover the StromLands and the Reach to the list of possible imperial bases and maybe Sea dragon point as well to cover the north
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The Reach is pretty well covered from Casterly Rock and the Stormlands from Westhaven. My current proposal was to add the Arbor to cover the south-western Reach, and Bear Isle and Skagos to cover the North.

I'm all for restoring Summerhall in some fashion, but I'm against making it a military base. Either a Scholarium branch or a university would be nice. Maybe both, with the first focusing on bards and the latter on literature, philosophy and art. Jenny would certainly approve.
 
Artemis1992 said:
Do you think that's worth a Mirror?
They are relativly small fortresses, unless we build the up significantly.

One Mirror should be enough for the Wall, the rest can be reached via Brazier.

Or, if you are sure you want Mirrors for all, the Nightfort is going back in use, I think.
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They've retaken most of the forts by now, but those three are still the most major as far as I know.

And it's not a communication thing. I just want to pump some good old entertainment / propaganda into peoples heads at the Wall, thus me wanting to have mirrors where the most black brothers have a chance to at least occasionally see them. Especially when we plan to park a Legion or two there soonish.
 
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