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

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Haha, sounds like he's got lots of personality.

It's her favorite thing in the world, but Luna is actually awful at fetch. She basically refuses to play along. That ball I mentioned, I eventually had to buy her two of them, and we use two frisbees, too.

She has always been good about bringing it back, but won't actually turn it loose unless she sees another one already in my hand. When she was a puppy it was easy enough to take the ball from her anyway, but now she's strong enough I can just pick her up by the frisbee (she's only about 45 pounds) and she'll dangle from it with her ridiculously strong doggy jaws.
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Awww, Luna sounds lovely. XD Not wanting to give up her toy unless she sees another toy is just adorable.

Also, here's my dog tax:
 
Duesal said:
Awww, Luna sounds lovely. XD Not wanting to give up her toy unless she sees another toy is just adorable.

Also, here's my dog tax:
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There's a good boy! 😁

Happy pet pictures just make me want to smile. It's good for the soul, like watching videos of idiots doing stupid shit to hurt themselves or listening to Power Metal.

Awesome name for him, dude. Way better than my idea for a dog name. I thought Luna was original, but it's apparently the most common female dog name in the history of mankind. Every time I take her to the vet, there are at least two or three other Lunas scheduled for that office on the same day. She had a routine vet visit this past Saturday and the pattern continued to hold true.

Bonus points if you can actually get him into an Ironpup costume for Halloween.
 
Goldfish said:
There's a good boy! 😁

Happy pet pictures just make me want to smile. It's good for the soul, like watching videos of idiots doing stupid shit to hurt themselves or listening to Power Metal.

Awesome name for him, dude. Way better than my idea for a dog name. I thought Luna was original, but it's apparently the most common female dog name in the history of mankind. Every time I take her to the vet, there are at least two or three other Lunas scheduled for that office on the same day. She had a routine vet visit this past Saturday and the pattern continued to hold true.

Bonus points if you can actually get him into an Ironpup costume for Halloween.
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He's definitely going as Iron Man for Halloween. We signed a contract and everything. :V
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Mar 15, 2021 at 12:00 PM, finished with 39 posts and 21 votes.
  • [X] Plan The Imperator Giveth and the Imperator Taketh
    -[X] House Banefort of Banefort
    --[X] Send a message to the Banefort that you appreciate the gift and are looking forward to meeting Lord Banefort in person. Send the Scholarium primer on restricted magic along so that he knows and understands why this knowledge is considered dangerous and forbidden to be used without tight oversight.
    --[X] Make a mental note to do something nice for the Baneforts. Enthusiasm will always be rewarded.
    -[X] House Brax of Hornvale
    --[X] House Brax will be branded traitors and their fief seized. Resisting the crown does not become legal just because you suck at it.
    --[X] The Master at Arms will be granted stewardship for the time being in recognition of him being more level-headed and having the standing with the garrison to keep the place going for now. You will decide on what to do with the keep later.
    -[X] House Broom of Broken Crest
    --[X] Assure her that the behavior of the Golden Shields in her keep will be thoroughly investigated and punished in accordance with the law.
    --[X] Try to find a scapegoat to hang for her goodwill among the not-geased Golden Shields. If that can't be arranged, send a diplomat to smooth things over.
    -[X] House Crakehall of Crakehall
    --[X] He made the right call and has nothing to fear from our reign. // I'm not aware of any Targ loyalist houses in the area who might demand land back, so he should be fine.
    -[X] House Falwell of Freeford
    --[X] Ask Marwyn and Qyburn for a few Maesters to be sent to Freeford as free labor to fix the damages. You are certain they will find plenty Maesters in need of some physical labor away from the Citadel.
    -[X] House Farman of Faircastle
    --[X] Send a note to Rhealla to give him a warm welcome and to keep him away from Walder Frey.
    -[X] House Foote of Stormfield
    --[X] Tell him that Tywin Lannister will get a fair trial as any citizen of the Imperium is entitled to and that you would be very pleased to have him there as a witness, so that you can add common robbery to the charges levied against him.
    --[X] As for the mine, he will regain the full rights to it, but you are also very interested in exploiting the mine on a large scale in return for him getting a cut of the profits. You will send some people from the Iron Bank and a Shaitan expert to assess the value of the mine and make him a good deal.
    -[X] House Jast of Highridge
    --[X] It's treason then. Seize the keep.
    -[X] House Kenning of Kayce
    --[X] Dispatch Inquisition investigators to try and find any details and leads. Qyburn will also go along to look for any psionic effects that might explain the events or that might pose lingering danger, then leave behind a force of undead to guard the place until the place can be deemed safe enough to send new inhabitants.
    --[X] Turn over everything. You want documents, evidence of activities, and the bodies. Using Speak With Dead on recovered bodies, using stone speaking in places of interest in the Keep, Hindsight, general divination on anything pulled to the service from other investigation and anything else assumed experts might find useful that they could not do themselves.
    --[X] Request the Githzerai envoys' aid and for their expertise and discretion on this delicate matter.
    --[X] Make Ser Kennos of Kayce part of the investigation, but keep a tight eye on him in case that there are any enthrallments at work that might affect him due to his blood ties.
    [X] Turn over everything in Kayce. You want documents, evidence of activities, and the bodies. Using Speak With Dead on recovered bodies, using stone speaking in places of interest in the Keep, Hindsight, general divination on anything pulled to the service from other investigation and anything else assumed experts might find useful that they could not do themselves.
    -[X] Request the Githzerai envoys' aid and for their expertise and discretion on this delicate matter.
    -[X] Apparently they were Deep-napped. That's concerning, and beyond irritating.
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Part MMMDCCXV: Parsing Patrimony
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    • Parsing Patrimony ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    "Shit," you curse, not the most articulate you have ever been perhaps, but certainly evocative. Most of the news is not bad, but what is bad is bad. "I was afraid the Deep Ones would take the chance to act though why Kayce." You glance toward Garin who is watching events unfold with the same concern you are. You do not have any intelligence on Kayce, unless you count whatever the Golden Shields might have gathered and interviewing Ser Kennos. Given what passed for the former's internal organization you suspect the latter might be the more reliable. You send Varys at once to send word by brazier. The knight would want to know what became of his kin at once, though he would have to be careful lest there be some bloodline curse or enchantment at work.

    You turn your thoughts towards the other houses, which thankfully prove simpler to handle. Lord Banefort is to be commended and warned all at once perhaps in person, House Brax is to be ended and its master-at-arms raised to steward perhaps later depending on how he handles the responsibility. For House Broom a bland assurance that the Golden Shields agents will be punished to the full extent of the law. A signature and seal will doubtless go a long way to make them more palatable. You might have to find a scapegoat...

    For Lord Crakehall, by most accounts a skilled administrator and lord cursed only by the placement of his keep, you have good wishes and assurances that he can keep his land.

    "Won't that look like you are being softer on the Westerlanders than other lords?" Lya asks when you bring up the matter. "Not that I care that much... but, well, I'm supposed to care, aren't I?" She gives a small slightly smile, though you doubt anyone who does not know her well could see the uncertainty behind the lights in her eyes.

    "Well of course I am taking a softer hand. If your overlord was Tywin Lannister, a man infamous his ruthlessness to rebellious bannermen and who stooped to enthralling his lords, that is a rather different circumstance from being a Stormlander whose lord asked them to lower their banners, but they refused out of misplaced loyalty for a corpse, a corpse that a bloody Lannister put in the ground mind."

    "Crab in your shoe?" Dany asks, using, the Braavosi saying for irritated slipping past her lips easily even though you were all speaking draconic, just in case someone was minded to listen in.

    "Sorry, I was just thinking of all the work this is going to be in the months and years to come," you shake your head. "I can't really be short with the lords, hells for most of them it would not even be fair to be so, but that does not stop me from feeling it."

    "Ah, indeed, Imperators are not supposed to feel anything so commonplace as peeved, only righteous anger at the enemies of the realm, hope for the future, and compassion for the downtrodden," Garin nods sagely.

    "Which is rather odd from where I am standing, being the only one and all," you snort.

    "See that you stay that way," Dany mock admonishes. "I don't want that damn crown. It looks like it chafes."

    Your frustrations are admittedly at least momentarily stated with the letter dictated ordering maesters to help with the restoration of Freeford as they shall doubtless need the physical exercise. As for Lord Farman a warm welcome and being kept well away from Walder Frey is in order you think.

    Lord Foote you hope will be mollified with a chance to bear witness against his erstwhile overlord at his trial and levy a charge of common robbery against him. You do add a note promising support with the mine which is to secure him a larger overall profit from a more effective exploitation. It will probably take a bit more than that as Garin points out. "A hundred percent of a trickle over centuries comes out to more than ten percent of a flood in the short run. You are going to have to sell him on investments he can put the windfall towards."

    "What's this, a Braavosi aristocrat admitting that the possibility of sound financial judgement from Westerosi noble?" you ask in jest.

    "The one advantage of getting most of your income by taxing the land and everything on it is that you gain some understanding of how coin adds up over the years," he counters. "The last one is just a traitor at least, nothing to see there beyond choosing a new lord." Turning to Maelor he adds, "Do you want it?"

    "Ah, that is a no from me," the boy replies. "I have a strict Ass End of Nowhere Policy. If I can't find it on a map without trying I would not want to live there."

    What next?

    [] Wrapping up the rest of the Westerlands

    [] Investigation at Kayce

    [] Write in

    OOC: A bit of a character piece since we have not had simple companion banter in quite a while also this was just what flowed better so I put it down. I hope you guys do not mind the slight slow down.
     
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    "The one advantage of getting most of your income by taxing the land and everything on it is that you gain some understanding of how coin adds up over the years," he counters. "The last one is just a traitor at least, nothing to see there beyond choosing a new lord." Turning to Maelor he adds, "Do you want it?"

    "Ah, that is a no from me," the boy replies. "I have a strict Ass End of Nowhere Policy. If I can't find it on a map without trying I would not want to live there."
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    IIRC Maelor wants a major port city with a semi-tropical climate, but he would settle for merely warm if it came down to it.

    Didn't we consider Pentos for him at some point?

    Also @DragonParadox, has he managed to get Meleys the Red Queen to bond with him yet? She's a hell of a mount for a warlock.
     
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    Parsing Patrimony ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    "Shit," you curse, not the most articulate you have ever been perhaps, but certainly evocative. Most of the news is not bad, but what is bad is bad. "I was afraid the Deep Ones would take the chance to act, though why Kayce?"

    You glance toward Garin who is watching events unfold with the same concern you are. You do not have any intelligence on Kayce, unless you count whatever the Golden Shields might have gathered, and through interviewing Ser Kennos. Given what passed for the former's internal organization, you suspect the latter might be the more reliable. You send Varys at once to send word by brazier. The knight would want to know what became of his kin as soon as possible, though he would have to be careful lest there be some bloodline curse or enchantment at work.

    You turn your thoughts towards the other houses, which thankfully prove simpler to handle. Lord Banefort is to be commended and warned all at once, perhaps in person. House Brax is to be ended and its master-at-arms raised to steward, perhaps more later, depending on how he handles the responsibility. For House Broom a bland assurance that the Golden Shields agents will be punished to the full extent of the law. A signature and seal will doubtless go a long way to make them more palatable. You might have to find a scapegoat...

    For Lord Crakehall, by most accounts a skilled administrator and lord cursed only by the placement of his keep, you have good wishes and assurances that he can keep his land.

    "Won't that look like you are being softer on the Westerlanders than other lords?" Lya asks when you bring up the matter. "Not that I care that much... but, well, I'm supposed to care, aren't I?" She gives a slight smile, though you doubt anyone who does not know her well could see the uncertainty behind the lights in her eyes.

    "Well of course I am taking a softer hand. If your overlord was Tywin Lannister, a man infamous for his ruthlessness to rebellious bannermen and who stooped to enthralling his lords. That is a rather different circumstance from being a Stormlander whose lord asked them to lower their banners, but they refused out of misplaced loyalty for a corpse, a corpse that a bloody Lannister put in the ground mind."

    "Crab in your shoe?" Dany asks, the Braavosi slang for being irritated slipping past her lips easily even though you were all speaking draconic just in case someone was minded to listen in.

    "Sorry, I was just thinking of all the work this is going to be in the months and years to come," you shake your head. "I can't really be short with the lords. Hells, for most of them it would not even be fair to be so, but that does not stop me from feeling it."

    "Ah, indeed, Imperators are not supposed to feel anything so commonplace as frustration, only righteous anger at the enemies of the realm, hope for the future, and compassion for the downtrodden," Garin nods sagely.

    "Which is rather odd from where I am standing, being the only one and all," you snort.

    "See that you stay that way," Dany mock admonishes. "I don't want that damn crown. It looks like it chafes."

    Your frustrations are admittedly at least momentarily sated with the letter dictated ordering maesters to help with the restoration of Freeford as they shall doubtless need the physical exercise. As for Lord Farman, you think a warm welcome and being kept well away from Walder Frey is in order.

    Lord Foote, you hope, will be mollified with a chance to bear witness against his erstwhile overlord at the upcoming trial and to levy a charge of common robbery against him. You do add a note promising support with the mine which is to secure him a larger overall profit from a more effective exploitation. It will probably take a bit more than that, as Garin points out. "A hundred percent of a trickle over centuries comes out to more than ten percent of a flood in the short run. You are going to have to sell him on investments he can put the windfall towards."

    "What's this, a Braavosi aristocrat admitting that the possibility of sound financial judgement from Westerosi noble?" you ask in jest.

    "The one advantage of getting most of your income by taxing the land and everything on it is that you gain some understanding of how coin adds up over the years," he counters. "The last one is just a traitor at least, nothing to see there beyond choosing a new lord." Turning to Maelor, he adds, "Do you want it?"

    "Ah, that is a no from me," the boy replies. "I have a strict Ass End of Nowhere Policy. If I can't find it on a map without trying, I would not want to live there."

    What next?

    [] Wrapping up the rest of the Westerlands

    [] Investigation at Kayce

    [] Write in

    OOC: A bit of a character piece since we have not had simple companion banter in quite a while also this was just what flowed better so I put it down. I hope you guys do not mind the slight slow down.
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    Made a few additional edits to the chapter, DP.
     
    The investigation is going to take a bit of time, y'all. I would rather see the reports for the rest of the Westerlands before we delve into it.

    [X] Wrapping up the rest of the Westerlands
     
    [X] Wrapping up the rest of the Westerlands
    Because the Kayce investigation is likely to drag on for a whole series of updates. It seems to me that recently the tentacles-heads are climbing too deep into the lands that we consider our own. First the looting of the fairy court (I don't remember what color it was), now the theft of the whole House.
     
    Those Necromancy spells and rituals gifted to us by the Baneforts will make a nice start on the Necromancy-focused Scholarium we'll soon be founding up North in Roose's territory.
     
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