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

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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on May 30, 2021 at 1:16 PM, finished with 21 posts and 13 votes.
  • [X] The Hand Clock for its masterful craftsmanship
    -[X] Although the Brass Light did not win the competition, it's potential usefulness to the Imperium cannot be ignored. Arrange a contract with the clock-maker to begin producing them in sufficient quantities so that every sizable Imperial city will have at least one such device, as well as military bases, and Scholarium branches. They also present an excellent opportunity to begin recording meteorological data across the far flung Imperium.
    [X] The Brass Light for the innovative use of magic and clockwork
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A Traveler's Anytool with a Prestidigitation enchantment would be pretty close to that.

The Deluxe model could come with Light, Mending, and Mage Hand effects.
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A true Omnitools would have more features.

1: Point to Point communication system.
2: Messaging system and archival function for them.
3: Link to data storage so people could share information in a more nuanced manner than device to device, perhaps something like local nodes which is regularly updated, so anyone can visit a terminal and add the data they want.
4: Graphical display using minor illusions and force effects.
5: Basic fabrication and repair functionality. All in one tool-kit for most uplift projects. It can't be every tool, but it can make the tools which build the tools.
6: Flashlight.
7: Audio and visual recording, both of which can be shared And uploaded. Hello podcasts and influencers.
8: SDK-like function, so people can develop their own stuff on it, no jailbreaking of hardware necessary.
9: Remote banking and virtual economy.
 
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Part MMMDCCXCVIII: Unwanted Honors
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    • Unwanted Honors ​

    Sixteenth Day of the Eighth Month 294 AC

    Although you certainly would not be using a hand clock anytime soon, the potential it unveils is in many ways startling. For all you have embraced magic, for all you are magic, blood, and bone now, you still recall the libraries of the serpent folk, writ in imperishable stone even in the darkness when all the mage lanterns had gone out. There are yet places and times in which such works that need not even a spark of magic to function and there are yet valuable works which can be wrought in the domain of the merely physical. This you believe and so this you reward with the accolades and the gold dragons which mark the greatest of craftsmanship.

    "Mistake not my choice for having overlooked the work of this lighthouse for the days ahead," you motion to the Brass Light, your mantle swirling with the clink of a thousand scales, or to your ear perhaps that of a thousand diminutive teeth waiting to latch on to the next meal. You do not speak of contracts in public, it makes for rather dull speeches, but from the gleam in his own eye, the man can understand the meaning just fine. A true son of the Deep in more than his use of sorcery...

    You later learn that Dany had actually had a a copy of the hand clock made not for herself but for Glyra, to serve as a sort of badge of office. She assures you that 'something every one of her troupe would love to smash but can't' makes excellent regalia. Thankfully, you stopped trying to make sense of Glyra years ago, so you nod and go about your day.

    Said day takes a turn for the decidedly odd when you get a brief message from Monford Velaryon delivered in discretion, though not the sort of secrecy that would make you worry something truly terrible happened.

    "Your Majesty, there is a bit of an issue with the wedding. Locally, I mean..."

    "You shall have to be a touch more specific than that, my lord steward. Everything is about the wedding today," you reply breaking the tension before it could gather too deep. You do not expect everything to go perfectly, given that there are far more gears in motion than all the clocks you have seen today combined.

    He laughs behind his palm with the trained reflex of a courtier, but still he shakes his head. "I did not mean the Imperial Wedding, Your Majesty... well in a way, but this is more weddings in a broader sense. You see, the city of Sorcerer's Deep, through its local Assembly of Voices, has decreed in its 'wisdom' that there would not be any weddings while the celebrations are under way so as not to 'create an undo association'."

    "Well, it has only been a day, at least. Tell them to stop being absurd," you reply, caught between bemusement and annoyance at the unwanted gesture. Who could have thought that on the joyous occasion of your marriage you would wish to deny that very joy to others out of what? A sense of pride. You cannot deny you have that, but you have far better things to be proud of than arbitrary local ordinances.

    "It is unfortunately not quite that easy, Your Majesty. You see, they have been counting rather creatively from the start of the month..."

    You sigh, then count slowly to ten in Yi Tish just because it takes marginally more mental engagement. "How many were delayed?"

    "Over a two hundred and ninety two local couples," Monford replies, though hastily adding. "We can make some use of this though. The ordinance will be repealed at once, of course, but some further show of Imperial generosity would likely resonate quite well with more than the prospective spouses and their families."

    What do you do in response to the soon to be rescinded wedding delay?

    [] Give a wedding gift to every single couple involved
    -[] Write in

    [] Include them in the festivities somehow
    -[] Write in

    [] Just let this pass without fanfare once the legal issues are resolved

    [] Write in

    OOC: Welp, I rolled administrative mishap in the background so here we are.
     
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    • ..... Quick, someone make a feat for being a true Deepsman or "native" of sorcerers deep! This sounds like exactly something that would be amazing to use for any of our baby PCs or for npcs!
     
    DragonParadox said:
    Unwanted Honors ​

    Sixteenth Day of the Eighth Month 294 AC

    Although you certainly would not be using a hand clock anytime soon, the potential it unveils is in many ways startling. For all you have embraced magic, for all you are magic, blood, and bone now, you still recall the libraries of the serpent folk, writ in imperishable stone even in the darkness when all the mage lanterns had gone out. There are yet places and times in which such works that need not even a spark of magic to function and there are yet valuable works which can be wrought in the domain of the merely physical. This you believe and so this you reward with the accolades and the gold dragons which mark the greatest of craftsmanship.

    "Mistake not my choice for having overlooked the work of this lighthouse for the days ahead," you motion to the Brass Light, your mantle swirling with the clink of a thousand scales, or to your ear perhaps that of a thousand diminutive teeth waiting to latch on to the next meal. You do not speak of contracts in public, it makes for rather dull speeches, but from the gleam in his own eye, the man can understand the meaning just fine. A true son of the Deep in more than his use of sorcery...

    You later learn that Dany had actually had a a copy of the hand clock made not for herself but for Glyra, to serve as a sort of badge of office. She assures you that 'something every one of her troupe would love to smash but can't' makes excellent regalia. Thankfully, you stopped trying to make sense of Glyra years ago, so you nod and go about your day.

    Said day takes a turn for the decidedly odd when you get a brief message from Monford Velaryon delivered in discretion, though not the sort of secrecy that would make you worry something truly terrible happened.

    "Your Majesty, there is a bit of an issue with the wedding. Locally, I mean..."

    "You shall have to be a touch more specific than that, my lord steward. Everything is about the wedding today," you reply breaking the tension before it could gather too deep. You do not expect everything to go perfectly, given that there are far more gears in motion than all the clocks you have seen today combined.

    He laughs behind his palm with the trained reflex of a courtier, but still he shakes his head. "I did not mean the Imperial Wedding, Your Majesty... well in a way, but this is more weddings in a broader sense. You see, the city of Sorcerer's Deep, through its local Assembly of Voices, has decreed in its 'wisdom' that there would not be any weddings while the celebrations are under way so as not to 'create an undo association'."

    "Well, it has only been a day, at least. Tell them to stop being absurd," you reply, caught between bemusement and annoyance at the unwanted gesture. Who could have thought that on the joyous occasion of your marriage you would wish to deny that very joy to others out of what? A sense of pride. You cannot deny you have that, but you have far better things to be proud of than arbitrary local ordinances.

    "It is unfortunately not quite that easy, Your Majesty. You see, they have been counting rather creatively from the start of the month..."

    You sigh, then count slowly to ten in Yi Tish just because it takes marginally more mental engagement. "How many were delayed?"

    "Over a two hundred and ninety two local couples," Monford replies, though hastily adding. "We can make some use of this though. The ordinance will be repealed at once, of course, but some further show of Imperial generosity would likely resonate quite well with more than the prospective spouses and their families."

    What do you do in response to the soon to be rescinded wedding delay?

    [] Give a wedding gift to every single couple involved
    -[] Write in

    [] Include them in the festivities somehow
    -[] Write in

    [] Just let this pass without fanfare once the legal issues are resolved

    [] Write in

    OOC: Welp I rolled administrative mishap in the background so here we are. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
    That administrative mishap is a pain. Not the worst thing that could have happened though.

    Should we have a mass wedding overseen by the Imperator or maybe a companion? That could be a fun part of the celebration and help make it up to the couples who were forced to delay their wedding. Along with a small gift to each couple, it might turn this from a small disaster to what could have been a planned part of the celebration.
     
    [X] Give a wedding gift to every single couple involved
    -[X] Subsidize each wedding with a gift of 10 Imperial Marks, along with an apology personally delivered by one of the Assembly of Voices who approved the ordinance. Any money left over from paying for the expenses can be kept by the bride and groom to help them start their lives together.
     
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    We are on a n age before bridezillas. We can capitalize this and these couples can brag that they got married together with the Imperial Couple.

    [X] Hold a Mass Wedding as part of the Imperial one making it seemed as a planned part of the celebration.
    -[X] Give gifts to the couples, part apology and part souvenir, not more than 100 marks each.
     
    It feels like whenever someone screws up, we either solve the problem by throwing money at it, or ship the cause off to Antarctica...
     
    [X] Hold a Mass Wedding as part of the Imperial Celebration but prior to the actual Imperial Wedding for those couples who desire to take part.
    -[X] Give gifts to the couples, part apology and part souvenir, of 10 marks each.
    -[X] Should any couple not wish to be a part of the mass wedding, they will still be given a wedding gift to make up for the administrative mishap.

    I honestly don't think it would be wise to have the responsible members of the Assembly of Voices be the ones delivering the apology. They are likely to be unhappy and might hold a grudge against the couples they feel like they are humiliated in front of.
     
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    Reminder here that 100 IM are a ridiculously huge sum for a regular person. About 1 IM to 2,000$ in buying power.
     
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