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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:
Ah, Amrelath. Never one to think things through, is he? Imagine creating an artificial void all around you right before you try to verbally intimidate someone. How can you expect anyone to hear you?

@DragonParadox, that might not be an idea choice of spells there...
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No, the spell is quite clear in that it only affects creatures next to you.
It says nothing about your own ability to speak or be heard by them.

Propably because magic, instead of actual vacuum.
 
DragonParadox said:
He had already turned to Amrelath. "Come now, you see why I imprisoned the scoundrel? He deflowered my daughter, made a fool of me and a mockery of her, taking advantage of her tender years." The dragon did not react, at least until the incensed lord walked towards him.

With an almost idle seeming motion of his gloved hand and a single whispered word the wyrm ripped the air from the room around him, leaving Lord Selmy gasping and reeling back and Mertha looking on on wide-eyed shock. Enunciating carefully, as though to a particularly slow toddler, the dragon explained. "I do not care one whit who or what your daughter lays with, I do not care who inherits this particular pile of stones and the patch of dirt it sits upon. You will kneel, properly, or you will burn."
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Someone definitely didn't see Amrelath's debut at the Traitor's Tourney.
 
Oh Tywin. You fool.

@DragonParadox Real talk, we sound so reasonable when we lay out our reasons the couple times we did for why we don't mind control or curse people into following our lead.

Why on earth didn't anyone counsel Tywin against this? It's not like he can lay down the spells, and those are NOT lower level ones, nor would it be a single usage of one high level spells but repeated incidences. Anyone capable of casting it would have the self knowledge to know how this could go wrong--the fact that it's not a perfectly secure method of binding someone, since a person casting it would be wary of the same happening to them, leading them to wanting to know how to counter it.

And that's not just the practical aspects, but the political ones.

Surely if you needed to coerce or threaten a lord into doing something despite his willingness to speak out against you, or to not to take a bargain you're offering, blackmail would be better, especially earlier on when defense against divination was not common? Or just going invisible and rifling through their drawers.
 
DragonParadox said:
March of Empire ​

Thirtieth Day of the Fourth Month 294 AC

The small leather bound book thumped on the table, unheard by either Lord Selmy or his daughter. Her voice was as cold as her anger at Blackhaven had been hot. This keep would damn well be put under Imperial Law one way or another. "My lord, unless you are able to truthfully try the young man for a crime recognized by Imperial Jurisprudence, I suggest you release him at once. Unlawful imprisonment is on the books."

Lord Arstan looked between the slim book, a summary only of the law code but a good one signed off on by the Lord Justice himself, and the grim-faced dragon rider looking him right in the eye. He rather abruptly found his inside voice, as Valaena's mother would call it whenever her daughter was too loud at the table. "He seduced my daughter with the intent to usurp my legacy."

"I shall spare you the search," Valaena said dryly. "Seduction is not a crime recognized by the law, and intent to usurp while a serious accusation must be proved to a higher standard than..."

He had already turned to Amrelath. "Come now, you see why I imprisoned the scoundrel? He deflowered my daughter, made a fool of me and a mockery of her, taking advantage of her tender years." The dragon did not react, at least until the incensed lord walked towards him.

With an almost idle seeming motion of his gloved hand and a single whispered word, the wyrm ripped the air from the room around him, leaving Lord Selmy gasping and reeling back and Mertha looking on in wide-eyed shock. Enunciating carefully, as though to a particularly slow toddler, the dragon explained. "I do not care one whit who or what your daughter lays with, I do not care who inherits this particular pile of stones and the patch of dirt it sits upon. You will kneel, properly, or you will burn."

Arstan Selmy was on his knees before the dragon had even finished, never mind that the words had been meant metaphorically.

"There is no need for that," Valaena sighed, throwing the Ash-Risen a dirty look. Honestly he could have just waited in the air if he was not going to help.

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At Podfield, not far from Harvest Hall as the crow or the Moonchaser flew, another marcher lord was considering his options, and he had rather more of them than the captain of the good ship Duskrunner knew for Lord Robin Peasebury was deeper in with the Lannisters than anyone knew, deep in their pockets that is. He had taken on heavy debt with little to show for it, his support bought and paid for, but he was not quite Tywin Lannister's creature in his entirety. No geas bound him, no enchantment chained him, and so as he considered a reply from the diminutive air elemental he had freed from its bottle at the sight of the sky ship he eventually deduced the same as many debtors had across the ages. Better to keep the gold and let the debt go...

The moment the resolve passed his mind searing pain lanced across his forehead as though an unseen knife carved into his flesh, and with it and overwhelming self-destructive rage.

Lord Bryce Caron, who had been trying to reason with him for the past twenty minutes, jumped from his feet at the sight of the spell. He only just managed to get out of the way in time to avoid being wrestled to the ground and strangled by his enraged neighbor.

Thankfully, the captain was a suspicious sort, and the wings of Three-Eyed Ravens sharp. The sole Erinyes aboard the ship made quick work of binding the bespelled lord, who was quickly taken into the infirmary and from thence to Sorcerer's Deep by means of a translocation token. By the end of the night, Robin Peasebury was all too glad to describe his experiences to a scribe for the Imperial Times and to describe himself as a Dragon's Man, prevented from taking his place at his lord's side only by foul Lannister magic.

What next?

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OOC: That should be the last of the Marchers.
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Made a few additional edits to the chapter, DP.
 
I suspect someone seeking to sell him some one-off items of mind-spells made some rather lofty claims to have the dumb barbarian throw more gold at him and Tywin just began rationalising his repeated commitment due to sunk costs.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
I'm sure the thread would enthusiastically suggest short blurbs for ASWAH, too. How about "A Sword Without A Hilt - What if every magical apocalypse GRRM hinted at were real, all at once? A D&D 3.5 ASOIAF Quest" or "A Sword Without A Hilt (ASOIAF/D&D 3.5) : As magic returns to the world, the blood of the Dragon is no longer a metaphor. It's a class feature!".
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What about A Sword Without A Hilt - Where mortals repeatedly stole the Gods' kidneys. :V
 
Ahaha oh dear. Poor Valeana. Jesus that was hilarious. Yes bug the Ancient Red Dragon with your moral pearl clutching instead of the human who was at least raised in the culture you're from. I mean I get why he deferred to the "man" of the group but oh booyyy.

Also wowza. Firm proof of Lannister mind controlling other lords. And this one isn't technically even in his fuedal line of command! By traditional Westerosi standard he is greatly overstepping his authority and intruding in either Stannis' or Mace's feudal rights.
 
[X] Kings Imperators Landing

Also, @DragonParadox, this here is why I wanted to create a layer of ice crystals in the air by using the Dauntless' weather control unit:
en.wikipedia.org

Light pillar - Wikipedia

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When the crystals sink back down into the warm layer of air in the city and turn into water droplets, they will also start refracting the light, so we might get some rainbow effects from that too.
Golden rainbow aurora!
 
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Updated the 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.
Mertyns - Lord of Mistwood - Surrendered immediately.
Whitehead - Lord of Weeping Down - Presumably surrendered immediately.
Cefferen- Lord of ??? - Presumably surrendered immediately.
Caron - Lord of Nightsong - Surrendered immediately.
Morrigen - Lord of ??? - Surrendered immediately.
Peasebury - Lord of Poddingfield - Mindcontrolled by Tywin. Enthusiastic support after the spell was broken.
Selmy - Lord of Harvest Hall - Surrendered immediately, but has already shown a lack of compliance with Imperial law and authority. Potential canary.

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 - Traitor. Head of house died 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.

🎀 Reach 🎀
Meadows - Lord of Grassfield - Traitor. Keep reduced to rubble. Line presumed extinct.
Roxton - Lord of the Ring - Traitor. Captured by infiltration team.

🎀 Riverlands 🎀
Mallister - Lord of Seaguard - Mindcontrolled by the Lannisters through an intelligent armor. Surrendered upon being freed.
Piper - Lord of Pinkmaiden - Surrendered immediately.
Deddings - Lord of ??? - Surrendered, but unwilling to swear oath. Lord abdicated and accepted exile to a monastery in Andalos. Daughter inherited.
Vance - Lord of Atranta - Surrendered immediately.
Vance - Lord of Wayfarer's Rest - Traitor. Attempted to flee. Keep secured by Imperial Forces. Lord and heir died during attempt to arrest them.

Westerlands
TBD
 
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I kept kinda hoping Valaena would whip out the Coils of Agony and saw it through a piece of furniture or maybe an extraneous limb when those chucklefucks kept ignoring or outright disrespecting her because of her gender.

I mean come on, people...yes, she's a girl, but she's also throwing off serious PC vibes, including wearing more wealth on her person than their keeps are worth, and she flew in on a damned Valyrian Dragon.

Gender is meaningless where PC power and ability is concerned.

BTW, @DragonParadox, how's Valaena coming with her next level up? I think she's been 9th level since shortly after the expedition left for Yi-Ti?
 
Azel said:
[X] Kings Imperators Landing

Also, @DragonParadox, this here is why I wanted to create a layer of ice crystals in the air by using the Dauntless' weather control unit:
en.wikipedia.org

Light pillar - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

When the crystals sink back down into the warm layer of air in the city and turn into water droplets, they will also start refracting the light, so we might get some rainbow effects from that too.
Golden rainbow aurora!
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Cool. I'll definitely use that.
 
Just checked, Peasbury is in the Storm lands. The dude in Canon was willing to follow Stannis in his campaign to The Wall!

I can see how Tywin would've justified this to himself. A large part of his personality/complexes is a refusal to be taken advantage of/give out any "freebies," see Tytos never recalling any debts. It's a rather draconic impulse tbh. So he'd see the Mark of Justice as a garunteed way to ensure he is not cheated out of his price for offering whatever to House Peasbury. No one's gonna take him as a sucker!

But on the other wowza. If we didn't already turn Stannis I think this easily would've torpedoed any chance of anything resembling cooperation between Stannis and Tywin. It is literally usurping another lords rightful vassal. One that Tywin has pretty much no legal or social justification to.
 
A_Somebody said:
But on the other wowza. If we didn't already turn Stannis I think this easily would've torpedoed any chance of anything resembling cooperation between Stannis and Tywin. It is literally usurping another lords rightful vassal. One that Tywin has pretty much no legal or social justification to.
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By any metric, Tywin dealing with another Lord's vassal under his nose is grounds for war.
 
[X] Azel

To be honest I admire the balls of the guy who saw Valaena descend in a Valyria dragon and immediately dismissed her existence. It's both brave and convenient for us, but it's too bad the only one sensible in that conversation was having a kick out of watching Valaena squirm due to her poor mortal sensibilities.
 
Crake said:
By any metric, Tywin dealing with another Lord's vassal under his nose is grounds for war.
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I mean I don't think economic deals between two noble houses that aren't linked via vassal ties is illegal. Something that would compromise a vassal's ability to fulfill his military obligations aka oaths to his liege lord? Oh yeah. And I'd say literal mind control counts.

[X] Azel
 
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