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

1. Game Board
The system divides the world into a playing field consisting of provinces. Provinces are sea or land areas, divided either by historical borders or geographical features. Sea provinces are essentially empty, baring the presence of special buildings, while land provinces usually contain settlements and are firmly owned by a polity. Each land province has the following statistics:
Population - The number of people living in the province in thousands.
Manpower - The number of people living in the province in thousands, who can be trained to serve in a military. Whenever a military unit is trained, the owner must mark the appropriate amount of manpower of any one of his provinces as "in use". Should the military unit be destroyed through high losses, the associated manpower is also destroyed.
Wealth - This statistic gives the average wealth and income of the province, given on a scale from 1 to 20. Low values are found in rural or underdeveloped areas, while high values indicate major trade or production centers.
Infrastructure - How well the area is developed, given on a scale from 1 to 20. Low values indicate the area being mostly compromised of untamed wilderness, while provinces with high infrastructure have well developed networks of roads, channels and ports. This statistic also influences the speed of troop movements through this area.
Administration - How much administrative control the government of the area has, given on a scale from 1 to 20. Low values mean that either through corruption, lack of institutions or fiercely independent local rulers, the province is barely more then nominally in control of the owner, while high values represent a well developed and efficient bureaucracy.
Law - How well the owner of the province can enforce his laws and protect the area, given on a scale from 1 to 20. Low values indicate rampant crime, banditry and a lack of stability and order, while high values indicate a well developed law enforcement group being present that can effectively combat crime.
Life-Quality - How good the life is for the average inhabitant of the area, given on a scale from 1 to 20. Low values mean a suffering, often unruly or impoverished population, while high values indicate a good place to live that will often draw immigrants from less well-developed areas.

These statistics can change over time, either through dedicated actions, random events or as the results of war and intrigue. They interact with each other in the following fashion:
- Manpower can never be higher then 1/10th of Population
- If Administration is lower then Wealth, any Wealth above the Administration value is considered wasted and will not generate income.
- If Law is lower then Wealth, any Wealth above the Law value is lost to graft and banditry and will thus not generate income.
- If any of the statistics Wealth, Administration or Law are more then twice the value of Infrastructure, the value is lowered to twice that of Infrastructure. Note: Unlike the capping of Wealth by Law and Administration, this is a permanent effect.
- Life-Quality is calculated by adding Wealth, Infrastructure, Administration and Law, including bonuses, then dividing the result by 5 and rounded down.

At the end of each turn, a province incurs expenses and generates income by the following formulas:
Tax Income - (Population - Manpower) * Wealth * 25 IM
Military Expenses - Manpower * 3,000 IM
Administrative Expenses - Population * Administration * 2 IM
Law Enforcement Expenses - Population * Law * 2 IM
Infrastructure Expenses - Population * Infrastructure * 1 IM

Furthermore, a province can contain special improvements, with each of them having special effects. These are covered in a later section.

2. Actions & Hero Units
Actions represent a consistent effort by either a province or a Hero Unit towards a specific goal. They are used to change province statistics, construct province improvements or achieve other goals. The following types of actions exist:
- Economy
- Government
- Law Enforcement
- Military
- Research
- Intrigue
- Diplomacy
- Expedition
- Colonization

By default, each province can perform one action each turn, which can be either a Economy, Government, Law Enforcement, Military or Colonization action. Should the province have a Administration rank of 15 or higher, it can furthermore perform an additional Economy or Government action. Should the province have a Law rank of 15 or higher, it can also perform an additional Law Enforcement or Military action. By building certain Province Improvements, a province might become able to take more actions of different types, which is determined by the improvement in question.
For the ease of notation, these actions are called Province Action, Administration Action and Law-Enforcement Action.

Hero Units are special characters with extraordinary abilities, which can take one action per turn of a type available to that specific unit. They can furthermore have special qualities, which allow them to construct special Improvements or to use special equipment to aid other actions. All Hero Units can perform Research, Diplomacy, Intrigue and Expedition actions, though not every Hero is equally suited to these tasks. Furthermore, a Hero can be used once per turn to take part in a combat action related to a Expedition he is not part of. Doing this does not impact the results of their action in this turn.

At the end of the turn, the results of actions is determined. Usually this means progress towards the specific goal of the action, but special actions might have different requirements and some actions are resolved entirely outside of this system, especially those performed by Hero units. Per default, for each action spend on a given task, it gains 2d6 of progress. Once the progress bar of a action is filled up in this fashion, it is completed and the effects are applied.

Any action that affects a province must be performed by this province itself, but other provinces or hero units can aid these efforts freely.

Colonization is a special case, as it usually affects a province that can not yet take it's own actions and works slightly different. The details are given in a a later section.

3. Standard Actions & Province Improvements
This is a non-exhaustive lists of possible goals towards which actions can be spent. Each goal has a progress bar that needs to be filled to complete the goal. These effects can be to change the statistics of a province, to construct or expand improvements or more specialized things. The rules and effects are explained in each entry. For each of these goals, the required action is given and they might further have a cost that needs to be paid or special requirements that need to be fulfilled before they can be started.

Increase Manpower
By starting a recruitment drive, you can increase the available manpower in a province. When this action completes, throw 1d4 and an additional 1d4 for every multiple of 500 of Population the province has. The sum of these dice gives the number of Population that is converted into Manpower. If the Manpower would exceed the cap, no Population above the cap will be converted.
Requirements: None
Action: Military
Progress Needed: 10
Cost: 20,000 IM

Improve Infrastructure
Effort is put into constructing new roads, harbors, bridges and channels in the province to ease traffic and aid trade. When completed, the Infrastructure rating of the province improves by 1
Requirements: None
Action: Economy
Progress Needed: the current Infrastructure rating * 5
Cost: the current Infrastructure rating * 50,000 IM (Construction)

Expand Administration
By recruiting additional personal and constructing new offices, the reach of the local administration is expanded. When completed, the Administration rating of the province improves by 1
Requirements: None
Action: Government
Progress Needed: the current Administration rating * 5
Cost: the current Administration rating * 5,000 IM, the current Administration rating * 10,000 IM (Construction)

Expand Law Enforcement
By recruiting additional personal and constructing new offices, the reach of the local law enforcement forces is expanded. When completed, the Law rating of the province improves by 1
Requirements: None
Action: Law Enforcement
Progress Needed: the current Law rating * 5
Cost: the current Law rating * 5,000 IM, the current Law rating * 10,000 IM (Construction)

Create / Expand Manufacturing Business
This represents a local business that produces either raw materials or refines them into goods. It has the following statistics:
- Size - This gives the number of people in thousands who are employed in the business. When creating this business, the size is always 1 and additional actions be used to expand it.
- Profitability - How much income is produced each turn. At the end of each turn, a Manufacturing Business generates Size x Profitability x 1,000 IM of income for the owner. The profitability of a given business is decided on a case by case base by the GM.
Requirements: None
Action: Economy
Progress Needed: 10
Cost: 100,000 IM, 50,000 IM (Construction)

Establish Espionage Outpost
By establishing a base of operations for a espionage group, it can more easily work in the area. An Espionage Outpost allows the owner to perform 1 Intrigue action in the province in which it is built, which can also be used to support other Intrigue actions that target this specific province.
Requirements: None
Action: Intrigue
Progress Needed: 1/50th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 20 IM
Upkeep: Population * 3 IM

Establish Espionage Base
By improving upon a Espionage Outpost, the organisation gains more power and reach in the area, and the resources necessary to act outside of it. In addition to the free Intrigue action that can only be used in the province itself, the Espionage Base provides another Intrigue action that can be used anywhere. Furthermore, if the owner of the province and the Espionage Base are the same, it gives a +1 Bonus to Administration and Law.
Requirements: Espionage Outpost
Action: Intrigue
Progress Needed: 1/50th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 20 IM
Upkeep: Population * 6 IM

Establish Orphanages
Providing care for orphans ensures that they do not have to beg and slightly lowers crime-rates in the area. An orphanage system gives a +1 bonus to Life-Quality.
Requirements: None
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 1/10th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 10 IM, Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Cost: Population * 5 IM

Establish Public Schools
Providing general education to the population allows a higher standard of living and makes it easier to recruit learned workers. Public Schools give a +1 bonus to Life-Quality and can give 2d6 of additional progress to one action performed in or by the province per turn.
Requirements: At least 50 Population and at least 10 Administration and Law
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 1/10th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 20 IM, Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: Population * 10 IM

Establish Higher Learning Institution
Every institution of this type has a focus, such as magic, natural science, law or economics and provides 1 Research action per turn that can be only used for matching topics. Alternatively, it can provide an additional 2d6 of progress to any action that matches it's specialization. A province can have an arbitrary number of these institutions, but each must have a different focus.
Requirements: At least 25 Population and at least 5 Administration and Law
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 20
Cost: 20,000 IM, 100,000 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: 2,000 IM

Establish Healthcare Services
Providing free healing for the population increases the quality of life significantly and lower the effect of diseases and plagues. It provides +2 Life-Quality.
Requirements: None
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 1/10th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 20 IM, Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: Population * 10 IM

Construct Sanitation Systems
Providing good sanitation increases the quality of life and lowers the effect of diseases and plagues. It provides +1 Life-Quality.
Requirements: None
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 1/20th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: Population * 2 IM

Construct Guard Posts
A network of posts that can be used by the military and law-enforcement to better control the province. Grants a +1 bonus to Law. If the province also has a Messenger Service, this bonus is doubled.
Requirements: None
Action: Military
Progress Needed: 1/20th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: Population * 5 IM

Establish Messenger Service
A organized group of messengers or similar system that allows fast communication in the province. Grants a +1 bonus to Admnistration. If the province also has Guard Posts, this bonus is doubled.
Requirements: None
Action: Government
Progress Needed: 1/20th of the Population of the province
Cost: Population * 50 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: Population * 5 IM

Construct Shipyard
Allows the construction and maintenance of ships. Each shipyard can support up to 20 ships and create one ship per turn.
Requirements: Coastal Province
Action: Economy
Progress Needed: 20
Cost: 20,000 IM, 100,000 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: 1,000 IM

Construct Training Center
Allows the training of soldiers. Each Training Center can accommodate 1 manpower (1,000 people).
Requirements: Must be a coastal province or have a major river.
Action: Military
Progress Needed: 20
Cost: 10,000 IM, 50,000 IM (Construction)
Upkeep: 500 IM

Encourage Immigration
Try to attract Population from another Province. At the end of the turn, a number of Population equal to 2d6 + local Life-Quality - target province Life-Quality moves from the target to the local province. Note: A large influx of people into a currently sparsely populated province can have impact on it's statistics.
Requirements: None
Action: Economy
Cost: 5,000 IM per moved Population, 50,000 IM (Construction) per moved Population

Enforce Martial Law
By using military force, the Administration and Law of a province can be forcefully raised. While under martial law, the province makes progress against both Expand Administration and Expand Law-Enforcement simultaneously as if every action assigned to Enforce Martial Law were used for both of those projects at the same time. However, for every turn under martial law, the Life-Quality of a province is lowered by 1. Once martial law ends, this penalty is reduced by 1 per turn. This action can't raise the Administration or Law scores higher then half of the maximum value.
Requirements: Need to have at least 10 soldiers per Population of the province present. This can be halved by spending an additional Military action and quartered by spending three additional Military actions.
Action: Military
Cost: None

5. Special Qualities & Equipment
Both provinces and Hero Units can have special qualities that either provide bonuses or allow special actions. These qualities can only be gained or lost by special events, though occasionally a special action might become available to gain or loose a quality.

The following special qualities for provinces exist:
Poor Region - Loose 50% on Tax Income.
Trade Center - Gain +50% on Tax Income.
Major Trade Center - Gain +100% on Tax Income.
Backwater - For the purpose of migration, the Life-Quality is considered 5 points lower.
Cultural Center - For the purpose of migration, the Life-Quality is considered 5 points higher.
Major Cultural Center - For the purpose of migration, the Life-Quality is considered 10 points higher.
Primitive - The area is either inhabited by primitive tribes or significantly underdeveloped. The statistics Wealth, Infrastructure, Administration, Law and Life-Quality can not rise beyond 5.
Barbaric - The locals are primitive, wild or simply opposed to modern civilization. The statistics Wealth, Infrastructure, Administration, Law and Life-Quality can not rise beyond 10.
Center of Learning - Provides 2d6 of extra progress to one Research action performed in the province per turn.
Holy Site - The province contains a major holy site of a widely followed faith. It produces a set amount of free income, depending on significance of the site and how widespread the faith is.
Slavery - This province practices slavery. Population from here can be moved freely to other provinces, but the Life-Quality is lowered by -2 due to the often inhumane conditions under which slaves live.

The following special qualities for Hero Units exist:
Bard - Can use a Lyre of Building.
Architect - When performing actions that require only construction efforts, provides 2d6 additional progress.
Researcher - Either through a depth of knowledge or natural genius, this Hero adds and additional 2d6 of progress when performing Research actions.
Famous Leader - Through military experience or simple fame, this Hero is better at organizing troops and inspiring them to work harder. He adds additional 2d6 of progress to Military actions.
Organizer - Through experience in working with beraucracies, this Hero adds additional 2d6 of progress to Government actions.
Business Prodigy - Having much experience in matters of money, this Hero adds additional 2d6 of progress to Economy actions.
Lawgiver - Through experience in legal matters, this Hero adds additional 2d6 of progress to Law-Enforcement actions.
Elusive Shadow - Having mastered the art of intrigue, this Hero adds additional 2d6 of progress to Intrigue actions.
Diplomat - Mingling with the rich and mighty is a second nature for this Hero and he adds additional 2d6 of progress to Diploamcy actions.
Yeoman - This Hero Unit can take Colonisation actions, except Send Colonists. For the purpose of these actions, he is assumed to have province statistics of 10.


Furthermore, there exist some specialized equipment that can be used to aid some actions:
Lyre of Building - Lowers all costs marked Construction by 90%.
Titan Tools - Due to the powerful magic of these tools, they lower all costs marked as Construction by 99% and double all progress on the task, but can be only used for tasks that require only construction.

6. Colonization
To colonize a currently empty province is a major undertaking that usually requires persistent effort from a large realm. When a colony is established, it begins with all statistics set to 0 and is dependent on another province sending supplies and taking over functions of the government. This is called the parent province and while the colony exists, the action to support it is locked in and can't be re-assigned. Other provinces can spend Colonization actions to aid the development of a colony.

The owner of a colony can declare it self-sufficient at any point as a free action, but doing so makes it impossible to use further Colonization actions to further it's development and the colony must have at least a rating of 1 in every statistic before this can be done. A colony can't take actions until it has become self-sufficient. A colony automatically becomes self-sufficient if it exceeds the population of the parent province, the parent province becomes unable to take a Colonization action or the realm that established the colony crumbles. Should the colony still have any statistic at rank 0 at this point, it descends into chaos and is immediately destroyed.

Each uncolonized province has a hidden Wealth statistic, which gives the expected wealth of the resulting colony once it has become self-sufficient. If no preset value exists, roll 2d6 to determine the expected wealth at random. Special events can change the expected Wealth of a colony. This wealth often takes the form of special resources and trade-goods available in the area, which require a certain minimum amount of population and a dedicated action to realize this potential.

To establish a colony, one of the following actions must be chosen:

Establish Trade Colony
The focus of this colony is to extract wealth from the lands and send it as tribute to the parent realm. While remaining a colony, it is uses Administration, Law-Enforcement and Life-Quality equal to half that of the parent province for all purposes. Due to the increased focus on economic exploitation, the initial expected Wealth of a trade colony is doubled.
Action: Colonization
Cost: Population of the colony * 100 IM

Establish Yeoman Colony
Used as an outlet for those wishing to leave behind their current lives and homes or just to see the world, this colony attracts settlers all on it's own. While remaining a colony, it is uses Administration, Law-Enforcement and Life-Quality equal to half that of the parent province for all purposes. A Yeoman colony attracts 1d4 population per turn, usually taken from provinces with low Life-Quality. This can include neighboring provinces, colonies or even the provinces of other realms.
Action: Colonization
Cost: Population of the colony * 100 IM

Establish Military Colony
Created not to claim wealth or lands, these colonies are much tighter controlled by their parent province. While remaining a colony, it uses Administration and Law-Enforcement equal to that of the parent province and Life-Quality equal to half that of the parent province for all purposes.
Action: Colonization
Cost: Population of the colony * 50 IM

Furthermore, the development of a province can be aided by other provinces. Any province in the realm can target a colony with the actions Increase Manpower, Improve Infrastructure, Expand Administration, Expand Law-Enforcement, any project requiring a Government type action and Encourage Immigration, with the targeted colony being the one receiving the population.. Depending on the colony type, other actions can also be targeted at a colony.

Trade Colony: Any actions requiring a Economy action.
Yeoman Colony: No special actions, but the effects of Encourage Immigration are doubled.
Military Colony: All actions requiring a Military action and Construct Shipyard.

7. Military
To establish a military, a realm needs Manpower and either a Training Facility or a Shipyard. Each turn, these province improvements can train soldiers and construct ships without needing a dedicated action, though a Military action can be spend to double the productivity of any one such improvement. Each point of Manpower represents 1,000 people and ships require a certain number of people to support, while soldiers are counted by head. Depending on the soldier and ship type, a facility creates a different amount of them per turn.

The detailed costs and capabilities of military units are determined by the GM. The values here are mainly shown as a general outline.

Soldier Types:

Militia
Peasants armed with whatever weapons and armor they could get hold of on short notice. When a unit of Manpower is thrown into battle without any kind of training, they are fielded as Militias.
Trained per Turn: -

Levies
A step above basic rabble, these peasants got some basic combat training and were supplied with simple weapons.
Trained per Turn: 1,000

Men-At-Arms
Having received decent gear and combat training, these soldiers are the core of most feudal combat formations.
Trained per Turn: 500

Elite Soldiers
Through expensive equipment and high-quality training, these units represent the pinnacle of warfare.
Trained per Turn: 200

Specialists
Some tasks on the battlefield require more then swinging a sword and holding up a shield. Specialists like siege engineers and healers can be found in most armies and their training takes much time and effort.
Trained per Turn: 50

Ship Types:

Small Galley
A small vessel, usually used in coastal waters, that is propelled mainly by rowing. Due to it's large crew, it has a distinct advantage during boarding.
Crew: 200
Construction Time: 1 Turn

Medium Galley
A well armed military vessel used to patrol coastlines, that is propelled mainly by rowing. Due to it's large crew, it has a distinct advantage during boarding.
Crew: 400
Construction Time: 1 Turn

Large Galley
A small vessel, usually used in coastal waters, that is propelled mainly by rowing. Due to it's large crew, it has a distinct advantage during boarding.
Crew: 600
Construction Time: 2 Turns

Small Galleon
An average sized ship with much cargo space and decent armaments, useful both for trading and warfare.
Crew: 50
Construction Time: 1 Turn

Medium Galleon
Due to it's size, this ship type can bring a lot of strength to bear in combat and can transport large amounts of cargo.
Crew: 200
Construction Time: 2 Turns

Large Galleon
Often the backbone of large combat fleets, these ships bring overwhelming power to every naval engagement.
Crew: 500
Construction Time: 3 Turns

Sloop
A small and nimble craft, often a trading or fishing vessel appropriated for military matters, but their speed makes them valuable in combat.
Crew: 25
Construction Time: 0.5 Turns

Opinions
Every character starts social combat with a number of Opinions which represent his general attitude towards the other participants, beliefs or thoughts on some subject. They can be very broad concepts like "My word is always binding," or very specific like "Dislikes Joffrey." They have a rank which represents how strong and deeply entrenched they are. A rank 1 Opinion is little more than a fleeting impression while a rank 20 is a core belief of a character.
Every social action can be modified by Opinions. If an action is opposed to a characters Opinion, it confers a malus which gets stronger the more directly it opposes it and how high its rank is. Asking a character with "My word is always binding," to tell a white lie by omission would maybe just rankle him and confer a -2 modifier, but asking him to outright break an oath would cause a massive modifier of -40. If an action aligns with Opinion, it instead gets a bonus so that convincing a character who "Dislikes Joffrey" to help in a plot to publicly humiliate him would get a +10 bonus instead.
Opinions can be formed or eroded by social combat or other actions. Very specific or situational Opinions generally decay rather quickly at the DMs discretion, but higher ranked Opinions might stay for a long time.
At the beginning of social combat with a unknown opponent, Opinions are generally hidden and must be found out with an action or simply guessed at.

Social Actions
Each social action is a opposed roll. You roll one of your skills and the opponent can roll his defending skill. If your result after all bonuses and maluses from Opinions and other factors is higher than the opponents, you gain one success and an additional one for every 10 points above the opponents roll you achieved. A result of 31 vs. 10 would be a total difference of 21 points and thus 3 successes. Likewise, if you fail your roll, your opponent gains successes.
You can spend successes to either raise or lower the rank of a known Opinion of your opponent, remove it entirely by lowering it to rank 0, create a new one or prompt the character to take an action. The number of successes needed for all of these options is determined by the DM on a case by case base. Creating Opinions that conflict with existing ones, very broad Opinions, eroding strongly held beliefs or requesting actions that are costly for the character will usually require much more successes then simple requests.
You must declare your intended result when announcing an action.

Convince – Diplomacy against Sense Motive
The basic social action used for normal requests and interactions. You can't use Convince to tell a lie, which requires Bluff instead.
Example: Convincing a doorman to let you into a bar.

Bluff – Bluff against Sense Motive
You try to sway your opponent's opinion through trickery and lies. Since you are not bound by the truth, you have much more leeway with what you can get away with, but being discovered has ugly consequences. If you fail a Bluff check, the successes of your opponent are doubled.
Example: Pretending to be a member of a guild to gain entrance to their guild hall.

Get His/Her Measure – Sense Motive against Bluff
You listen carefully to your opponent to determine his Opinions relating to the matter you inquired about when choosing this action. For every success you achieve, he must reveal one Opinion of his choice that is relating to the question. If he has no such Opinion or would need to reveal more than he has, the excess successes are wasted. Should you fail your roll, your opponent can refuse to answer or tell you a number of wrong Opinions of his choice.
Example: Ned Stark talks to Petyr Baelish and wants to find out his Opinions relating to his wife. He asks, "What do you think about my wife?" and achieves one success. Petyr must reveal one Opinion and chooses to tell Ned something he admires about her. Had Ned asked, "Do you love my wife?" he would have been forced to reveal something more problematic for him.
A while later Ned tries to find out if Petyr would back him when confronting Joffrey and asks "Would you support me against Joffrey?" and fails his roll. Petyr tells Ned that he would back him up, even though he is planning the exact opposite.

Intimidate – Intimidate against Will-Save
With this action, you can either temporarily disable an Opinion of your opponent or force him to do an action. While this allows to brute force an encounter in your favor, the opponent gains a rank in the Opinion "was intimidated" against you, regardless of success or failure. While this Opinion has no effect in the current encounter, it will have repercussions in the future with this character.
A failure on a Intimidate roll allows the opponent to gain Opinions as normal and doubles his successes.
This Opinion is always negative when trying to build trust to a person or relying on it, but it might actually give a bonus in some situation with people who value strength above flowery words.
Example: Forcing a group of Dothraki to back down instead of attacking you. Since Dothraki value strength, this might make it easier to convince them to follow you at a later point.

Turn Order
Social combat is turn based and goes on until one of the sides of the conflict wishes to end it for whatever reason. There is no fixed turn order, but usually the person initiating the exchange acts first. Once every participant has acted once, the turn is over.
Depending on how the exchange starts, maybe there is some small-talk before, the participants already know each other a bit or spied on each other, the DM may award a number for free Get His/Her Measure checks before the first round.

Social combat against groups and settlements
You can also initiate a social exchange against a group of people, for example a guild or the attendants of a party, or a whole settlement. This is resolved exactly like an exchange between two persons, but depending on the means to perform an action might take a lot longer. Gauging the mood of a party might take an hour of small-talk with the attendants and it could take days to talk to enough people to affect the opinion of a settlement.

Changes to Feats and Skill Tricks
Social Recovery: Instead of granting a re-roll, this skill trick lowers the successes your opponent gains when you fail one of your actions by 1.

Dreamlands Primer:

Size: Infinite
Gravity: Subjective Directional
Time Ratio to the Prime Material: Fluctuates erratically, usually faster
Planar Stability: Highly Morphic (See Shaping the Dream below)
Limited Magic: Divination Magic becomes less and less reliable the further it peers into the future (anything over 10 rounds fails utterly)

Flesh does not constrain the spirit: The Dreamer can choose for his dream-form to be either sharp-edged, keeping a replica of his waking world body and thus increasing his chances of being noticed as an interloper, or allowing his dream form to slide into a softer-edged iteration. In this case the new physical stats mirror the mental stats as thus: STR=CHA; DEX=INT; CON=WIS.

Clothed only in Will: Magical items do not transition into the Dreamlands.

Shaping the Dream: The primary skill for altering the dream is concentration. Dreamers who allow their forms to shift to a soft-edged representation receive a +5 circumstantial bonus to the rolls.

Examples of Dream-Shaping:
DC 10: Alter the appearance of your clothes to something you are familiar with.
DC 10 +spell level: Cast any spell you normally have access to.
DC 15: Alter physical appearance as Alter Self.
DC 15 +spell level: Cast any spell you normally have access to without expending a spell slot.
DC 18: Conjure masterwork weapon of any known type.
DC 24: Call familiar to share Dream.
DC 25+spell level: Cast any spell on your class list of a level you can normally use.
DC 30+spell level: Cast any spell on your class list even if you do not have the requisite level.
DC 35+spell level: Cast any spell you have personally observed (not through divination).

The greater the scale of the change you impose on the Dreamland, the higher the odds of being noticed by the often malignant inhabitants.

Known Hazards:
Abyssal and Hellish Weather;
Wild Magic Zones;
Null Magic Zones;
Areas of Warped Time;

Bestiary:
Animate Dream
Soulsilver
Nightmare Creature (Any)
Dream Creature (Any)
Vampiric Mist
Faceless Stalker
Tsucora Quori
Nightmare Dragon
Hungry Fog
Ikelos

Possessing Fiends (???)
Forlorn Dreamers (???)

Blue - The Imperium
Turquoise - Unofficial Vassals
Green - Allies
Yellow - Intrigue / Diplomacy Targets
Red - Invasion Targets

Blue Brazier - Regular Whispering Brazier for governmental use
Red Brazier - Interplanar Whsipering Brazier for governmental use
ACSEC Shield - ACSESC office
Mirror - Mirrorvision

Preamble
By decree of Viserys Targaryen, King in the Stepstones, penned in solemn contemplation to fascinate the betterment of the world and the lives of his subjects, these laws shall henceforth govern the lives of all those residing within his holdings.

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I. The Estates and the State
§ 1 - Viserys Targaryen shall be known as the first sovereign of this new realm.
__§ 1.1 - The sovereignty shall be hereditary and be passed to his kin by Cognatic Primogeniture.
__§ 1.3 - The crown is defined as the sovereign of the realm or any person or organization he appoints to aid him in performing his duties.
__§ 1.4 - The state is defined as the realm as a whole and the organs it creates to aid the duties of the sovereign.


The state recognize the following estates:
§ 2 - The Nobility, who is defined as those holding either hereditary fiefs or a higher political office.
__§ 2.1 - This includes knights sworn to knightly orders recognized as such by the state or sworn to a lord or the crown.
__§ 2.2 - This includes further the next of kin of those holding hereditary fiefs, but not the next of kin of those holding non hereditary offices.

§ 3 - The Mages, who are defined as those who are skilled in the arts of magic and recognized as such by their peers.
__§ 3.1 - No distinction shall be drawn between the branches or traditions of magic as long as their practices remain within the bounds of the law.

§ 4 - The Officials, who are defined as those in the employ of the state.
__§ 4.1 - These include, but are not limited to, the bureaucrats, administrators, tax collectors, soldiers, officers, Lawmen and those holding minor political office.

§ 5 - The Clergy, who are defined as those in direct service of a god, gods, or their churches and representatives on our world.
__§ 5.1 - To be eligible for the Estate of Clergy, the religion in question must be recognized by the crown as such.

§ 6 - The Gentry, who are defined as those households in possession of significant estates who are recognized as such by their peers or craftsmen who are organized in a guild.
__§ 6.1 - A estate may be either a business, land, or similar property.
__§ 6.2 - A estate may be considered significant if its worth exceeds 500 Gold Dragons, but this sum may be adjusted for a fief by the lord who directly holds it.

§ 7 - The Smallfolk, who are defined as those not fulfilling any of the above criteria.


The realm shall be subdivided into fiefdoms:
§ 8 - A fiefdom shall be defined as a area of land and the legal title which denotes control over this area.
__§ 8.1 - The fief of a lord shall be the sum of all lands and titles he holds directly and the fiefs of all vassals sworn directly to him.
__§ 8.2 - The inheritance of all fiefs shall be organized by their holders as they see fit, but all lands and titles for which no heir is defined or found shall fall to the crown.
__§ 8.3 - To ease the administration of the realm, each fief shall be divided into districts of comparable size of population, with no district being directly part of two fiefs.


Furthermore, the state recognizes the following organs:
§ 9 - The Lord of the Land, who are defined as the nobles holding a fief or presiding over vassal who are themselves Lords of the Land.
__§ 9.1 - These lords are tasked to protect the fiefs they where granted, the population living in those fiefs and enforce the kings peace.
__§ 9.2 - They are furthermore tasked to develop the fiefs they where granted by promoting trade, craft, and other economic activity.

§ 10 - The Crown Clerk, who are a organ in direct service to the crown, created to aid in the administration of the realm.
__§ 10.1 - The Clerk will exist in every fief to aid the local lord with the burdens of administration, economic development and taxation.
__§ 10.2 - The organization is strictly hierarchical, with the higher members allowed to give orders to the lowers, while being accountable to those above them.
__§ 10.3 - A lord is not obliged to call the Clerk of his fief into his council, but the highest Clerk shall always be the Keeper of Coin of the sovereign.
__§ 10.4 - A Clerk may employ others to aid him in his tasks, who shall be awarded the Estate of the Officials for the duration of their service.
__§ 10.5 - The highest Clerk is considered a high political office, all other Clerks a low political office, with all the rights and obligations this implies.

§ 11 - The Crown Lawmen, who are a organ in direct service to the crown, created to aid in the prosecution and judgement of criminals within the realm.
__§ 11.1 - The Lawmen will exist in every fief to aid the local lord with the burdens of organizing local guards and watches, prosecuting criminals, and performing tasks of justice.
__§ 11.2 - The organization is strictly hierarchical, with the higher members allowed to give orders to the lowers, while being accountable to those above them.
__§ 11.3 - A lord is not obliged to call the Lawmen of his fief into his council, but the highest Lawmen shall always be the Keeper of Laws of the sovereign.
__§ 11.4 - A Lawmen may employ others to aid him in his tasks, who shall be awarded the Estate of the Officials for the duration of their service.
__§ 11.5 - The highest Lawmen is considered a high political office, all other Lawmen a low political office, with all the rights and obligations this implies.

§ 12 - The Councils, who are a organ of governance in every fief, where they shall aid the lord in the drafting of laws, pass rulings in his stead, and take the burden of petitions from him.
__§ 12.1 - The Councils shall consist of Clerks, Lawmen, and the Voices, who will be elected by the estates of the Officials and Gentry.
__§ 12.2 - The Lord needs not to be present for meetings of the council and he may not prevent them from meeting in his absence.
__§ 12.3 - The Councils work at the discretion of the lord holding the fief and he may overturn any decision at any time at his discretion.
__§ 12.4 - The Council of a district shall always be composed of the responsible Clerk, Lawmen and, a single voice.
__§ 12.5 - The Council of a County shall always be the sum of the councils of its districts.
__§ 12.6 - The Councils of higher fiefs are assembled by the lower councils electing some among their number to be their representatives there.
__§ 12.7 - The exact composition of the councils may vary from fief to fief and it may award additional seats to representatives of the Mages, Clergy or Gentry where necessary.
__§ 12.8 - Should a fief contain a Scholarum or similar organization who regulates and performs magical tasks and studies, they shall be awarded at least one seat on the County council.

§ 13 - The Legions, which are standing units of men under arms, are created to defend the realm against its enemies and ensure the Kings Peace.
__§ 13.1 - The Legions have the right to traverse any land in the realm in performance of their duty and no lord shall bar them passage or demand tolls or payment from them.
__§ 13.2 - The Legions will aid the aforementioned organs in their duties where possible. All Lords, Clerks, and Lawmen may call upon their aid to perform their duties, unless conflicting with orders from higher lords, officials, or the crown.

§ 14 - The Royal Fleet, which are the ships and the standing units of men under arms who man them, is created to defend the realm against its enemies and ensure the Kings Peace.
__§ 14.1 - The Royal Fleet have the right to traverse any river or coast and may dock in any port in the realm in performance of their duty and no lord shall bar them passage or demand tolls or payment from them.
__§ 14.2 - The Royal Fleet will aid the aforementioned organs in their duties where possible. All Lords, Clerks, and Lawmen may call upon their aid to perform their duties, unless conflicting with orders from higher lords, officials, or the crown.

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II. Jurisdiction and Judgement
§ 15 - All legal authority is derived from the crown and may be exercised in the following fashion.
__§ 15.1 - A lord or his council may pass laws to govern matters in their fiefs unless these laws contradict or infringe upon laws of their liege or the crown.
__§ 15.2 - A law or ruling found in violation of this principle is unjust and so are any acts or obligations derived from it.
__§ 15.3 - A Lord or Lawmen may act as judge and has jurisdiction over all legal matters in his fief or district.
__§ 15.4 - A Council may act as legal court and has jurisdiction over all legal matters in its fief or district.
__§ 15.5 - Should there be a disagreement among these organs within the same fief over who shall preside over a case, the Lord has precedence, followed by the Council and the Lawmen.
__§ 15.6 - Should a higher fief be involved in the disagreement over jurisdiction, the higher fief takes precedence.
__§ 15.7 - Should a court or judge wish to so, it may pass a case to a higher judge or court.
__§ 15.8 - A judge or court may hear witnesses to aid the resolution of the case.


The state recognizes the following types of law and accompanying legal proceedings:
§ 16 - Petty Justice, which is defined as all crimes committed by Smallfolk, except for crimes which are part of the Crowns Justice.
__§ 16.1 - If the crime has no impact on life or limb of others and needs no thorough investigation, a Lawmen or his authorized aids may act as Judge and pass judgement on the spot.
__§ 16.2 - Otherwise, the case shall be presided over by the Court consisting of the District Council.

§ 17 - Regular Justice, which is defined as all crimes committed by Gentry and Clergy, except for crimes which are part of the Crowns Justice.
__§ 17.1 - All crimes of this justice have to be presided over by the District Court or a higher authority.
__§ 17.2 - The accused has the right to appeal to a higher court before the proceedings begin, so that, if the request is granted, the higher authority in question may preside over the case.

§ 18 - High Justice, which is defined as all crimes committed by Mages or Officials, except for crimes which are part of the Crowns Justice.
__§ 18.1 - In consideration of the special roles the subjects of High Justice play in the realm, they may freely appeal to any court who has jurisdiction over them to preside over their case, as long as they have not political office in lieges fief or are hierarchical superiors of the court in question.

§ 19 - Crowns Justice, which presides over all cases committed by Nobility and furthermore treason, misuse of office and similar crimes against the crown, the state, or its organs.
__§ 19.1 - In cases where a noble is accused of a crime, he may request the judgement of his liege or the crown directly.
__§ 19.2 - In cases where the accused is member of a organ of the state, but not part the nobility, the organ in question may handle the case according to its own regulations, but the Council of the fief of the accused must bear witness to the proceedings.
__§ 19.3 - In cases where the accused is not a member of a organ of the state, the Lawmen may handle the case as they seem fit to ensure the peace and stability in the realm.
__§ 19.4 - All cases to be presided over by the Crowns Justice must be reported to the superior institution of the court wishing to handle the case, so that it may interdict if it deems it necessary.


§ 20 - Any citizen of the realm may call upon a advocate, who must be at least of the Estate of Gentry.
__§ 20.1 - All legal proceedings rest until the advocate can be reached.
__§ 20.2 - Should the requested advocate be unable to respond to the request in a timely fashion or reject it, the legal proceedings will resume as before.
__§ 20.3 - The advocate may represent the accused in all legal matters and should he so wish, can enforce that the accused is entitled to the same legal proceedings as if he was of the same Estate as the advocate.


§ 21 - Should a organ of the state be unable to perform its duties in a given fief or district, they shall be able to take over the duties of other organs.
__§ 21.1 - Should there be no Lawmen or Clerk, their duties will be performed by the Council.
__§ 21.2 - Should there be no Council, its duties shall be performed by the Lord.
__§ 21.3 - Should there be no Lord or if he is unable to perform his duties without appointing a Regent or a member of his household fit to serve as such, his duties shall be performed by the Council.
__§ 21.4 - All rulings made by the Council when substituting for its Lord may be overturned as normal by the Lord when he is fit to resume his duty or a new Lord is appointed.

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III. Rights and Obligations
As the result of the membership in a given Estate, the state bequeaths the following rights and obligations on its subjects:

§ 22 - Landed Nobility
__§ 22.1 - They shall have the right to keep men under arms and raise levies in time of crisis, either out of their own volition or on orders from their liege or the crown.
__§ 22.2 - They shall have the right to tax the population to finance their rule.
__§ 22.3 - They are obliged to heed any call to arms from either their liege or the crown without distinction.
__§ 22.4 - They are obliged to faithfully collect any tax imposed on their fief by their liege or the crown and render it upon its rightful recipient.
__§ 22.5 - They shall have the right to grant a fief they hold to a person of their choosing unless the recipient is another noble and the act would transfer the fief outside of the control of his liege or the crown.
____§ 22.5.1 - Such bequeathments may be hereditary and if the recipient is not yet a noble, he and his household shall be raised to the Estate of Nobility, with all the rights and obligations this implies.
____§ 22.5.2 - Such bequeathments may be non-hereditary and if the recipient is not yet a noble, he and he alone shall be raised to the Estate of Nobility, with all the rights and obligations this implies.

§ 23 - Unlanded Nobility
__§ 23.1 - They shall have the right to a stipend from their liege or the crown to cover their expenses when in their service.
__§ 23.2 - They are obliged to serve their liege or the crown according to their means when called upon.

§ 24 - Mages
__§ 24.1 - They shall have the right to further their craft as they deem fit within the boundaries of the laws of the realm.
__§ 24.2 - They shall have the right to request aid from the crown to further projects which benefit the realm.
__§ 24.3 - They are obliged to organize the practitioners of their craft in a fief to aid one another, ensure that the lawful restrictions on their craft are heeded, and provide guidance and teaching to those in need of it.
__§ 24.4 - They are obliged to serve the crown according to their means when called upon and will receive due compensation for their service.

§ 25 - Officials
__§ 25.1 - They shall have the right to a stipend by the crown to cover their expenses in its service in addition to their pay for the services rendered.
__§ 25.2 - They are obliged to aid others who serve the crown in their duties wherever possible as long as it wont unduly interfere with their own service.

§ 26 - Clergy
__§ 26.1 - They shall have the right to build temples and other structures where their gods may be honored.
__§ 26.2 - They shall have the right to organize the adherents of their faith.
__§ 26.3 - They shall have the right to perform services and festivities in the honor of their gods.
__§ 26.4 - The are obliged to excise these rights within the restrictions of the realms laws and the religions agreements with the crown, which may impose futher restrictions on its practives and activities if they are deemed in violation of the laws of the realm, or harmful to the population or the realm.
__§ 26.5 - Those granted the gift of magic by their gods shall share all rights and obligations of the Estate of Mages, even if the practitioner in question voluntarily counts himself among the Estate of Clergy.

§ 27 - Gentry
__§ 27.1 - They shall have the right to form guilds.
____§ 27.1.1 - A guild may be formed from the majority of the practitioners of a given craft in a fief.
____§ 27.1.2 - The guild may freely organize the craft it represents within the fief as long as its members fulfill their legal obligations, including but not limited to taxation.
____§ 27.1.3 - All members of a guild shall be made part of the Estate of Gentry unless they already belonged to it or a higher Estate.
__§ 27.2 - They are obliged to render aid to the crown through coin, goods, or other means if called upon in a time of crisis and shall receive adequate recompense for such aid.

§ 28 - Smallfolk
__§ 28.1 - They shall not have any special rights or obligations save those they share with all citizens of the realm.

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IV. Laws and Regulations
The following laws and regulations shall henceforth been known as the Crown Laws, which shall ensure the peace and safety of the realm and all its citizens.

§ 29 - The King's Peace
__§ 29.1 - No organ of the state, its members, or representatives, shall raise arms against another organ, its members, or representatives, the order of the state, the sovereign, or among itself for any reason.
__§ 29.2 - Those found in violation of this law shall be named Traitors and all their titles, fiefs, rights, and estates are forfeit and rendered upon the crown, though they may be redistributed to members of the former holder's household, if the recipients did not aid or abate the act of treason, and the perpetrator and his accomplices shall be executed.
__§ 29.2 - Should there be grievances which cannot be reconciled between the feuding parties, they shall seek mediation through a shared liege, the crown, or a representative of its legal organs.

§ 30 - Oaths
__§ 30.1 - The giving of an oath is considered a legal, binding agreement between the swearing party and the receiving party.
__§ 30.2 - The state recognizes the following oaths given to it and its organs as vital to its function and thus protected above and beyond the scope of other oaths.
____§ 30.2.1 - The Oath of Fealty, which is sworn by a landed noble to another and establish the swearing party as the vassal of the recipient.
____§ 30.2.2 - The Oath of Service, which is sworn by a person to a organ of the crown, which bequeaths them Estate of Officials.
____§ 30.2.3 - The Oath of Knighthood, which is sworn by a person to the state or a knightly order, which marks their rise to the Estate of Nobility and grants them right to the title Knight and the honorific Ser.
____§ 30.2.4 - The Oath of Guest Right, which is considered implicitly given whenever one party invites another to share his home, meal or sleep in peace and friendship.
__§ 30.3 - Those who break such a protected oath shall be named Oathbreakers and all their titles, fiefs, rights and estates which where granted on the base of the oath are forfeit and rendered upon the crown, to be redistributed as their liege sees fit and to recompense any party who received damages through the breaking of the oath, and further punishment shall be administered in proportion to the exact nature of the crime.
__§ 30.4 - A person who knowingly swears false oaths or wantonly breaks an oath for his own gain may be labelled Oathbreaker as part of his legal sentence when found guilty and his properties can be seized to recompense any party who received damages through the breaking of the oath.

§ 31 - Magic
__§ 31.1 - Due to the volatile nature of some fields of magic, the state recognizes the following avenues of research as Restricted Magic.
____§ 31.1.1 - The permanent calling of being from other planes into our world.
____§ 31.1.2 - The creation of animated dead and similar beings made from the remains of living creatures.
____§ 31.1.3 - Magics that adversely affect the mind and might be suited to let a person act against his free will.
__§ 31.2 - Research or acts of Restricted Magic can only be done with the consent and supervision of a congregation of mages which is recognized as such by the crown.
__§ 31.3 - Those found in violation of this law shall be turned over with all their research to the responsible congregation to be judged as they deem fit.
__§ 31.4 - Specific Acts of Restricted Magic can be exempt from these regulations if they are well understood and deemed acceptable by the crown.

§ 32 - Slavery
__§ 32.1 - The state recognizes the keeping of slaves as an abhorrent practice and it is forbidden to take, buy, sell, own, or traffic slaves or aid others in doing so.
__§ 32.2 - All slaves who set foot within the realm shall be recognized as Freemen from this moment on.
__§ 32.3 - Those who are found in violation of this law shall be named Slaver and all wealth procured from these violations shall be seized to recompense any party who received damages from these acts, and further punishment shall be administered in proportion to the exact nature of the crime.

Current Finances: See Accounting Sheets

Imperial Mark Designs (Not Yet Implemented)

Art and other Treasures:

• Fine electrum chains, cloth, and a statue of what looks like a serpentfolk king or high priest also cast in electrum.
• 3 Ceremonial obsidian daggers with the handle wrapped in gold wire
• A pair of ruby dice that in spite of their great value appear to have been loaded
• A Tapestry of what looks to be a dueling titans fighting with enormous stone maces while far smaller figures do their own battles across the bodies of each of the combatants
• A Dragonglass Erinyes statue
• Eleven Extraordinary Diamonds (sufficient quality to serve as a material component to Raise Dead)
• Six Extraordinary Diamonds (sufficient quality to serve as a material component to Resurrection)
• A chest Black Diamonds worth 19,000 Gold (may be used as material components for either Resurrection or Animate Dead and similar spells)
• Clockwork Nightingale with diamond eyes (1550 Gold)
• Golden Tea Set emblazoned with delicately calligraphic verse (630 Gold)
• 8 large panes of exquisitely clear glass (2860 Gold)
• 3 polished Ebony divans (2700 Gold)
• Silver candlesticks in the shape of stoop-backed slaves (765 Gold)
• Jewel-studded mosaics depicting Efreeti victories (15,000 Gold)
• Valyrian marbles with sapphire eyes depicting the work of scribes (2,000 Gold)
• A set of two ancient Gold-Plated Chariots with scrollwork of unknown origin, magically translated as 'blessings and wards of the Storm Father' (5,560 Gold)
• A full collection of ancient silverware and glasswork (750 Gold)
• An Ancient Silver-Plated Cyvasse board large enough to play with life-sized pieces (4,700 Gold)
• 3 Ceremonial Hunting Knives with demon-bone hilts, the pommels depicting whatever demon was slain in their making
• 36,050 Great Brass Seals

Stepstones Toll:

Required Ships for Toll: 20

Grants +50% Tax Income in the province of the Stepstones.

Fleet-wide Enhancements: Food and Water Purification, Three-Eyed-Raven Messengers, Triton Scouts

To ensure both strategic flexibility and good coverage, the Inquisition will be organized in two branches, which are not strictly divided. Those are the territorial branch, which has openly visible offices in major cities and the investigative branch, which can operate freely across the realm and beyond.

It is important to note that the Inquisition makes no distinction between a peasant, a mage or a noble when recruiting its agents, but no person that joins the Inquisition can hold a public office, religious position or lordship. Preferably they also have no close ties to such persons, but exceptions can be made for office holders, lords and religions that are deemed loyal an trustworthy by the crown. (Example: Shara Rogare, Trios worshippers, etc.)

Territorial Branch
Due to the threat posed by hostile infiltrators, cults and supernatural predators, each major city will open a public office for the Inquisition. These are called Commissariats and headed by a Commissar. Their main function is to organize all permanent activities of the Inquisition within the city, act as a liaison between other local authorities and the Inquisition and as the point where citizens can report suspicious activity they have noticed.


Agents
The bulk of all office members will be regular Inquisitorial Agents. These people are mostly clerks, but preferably with a good grounding in various fields of knowledge. They do the most of the day to day work, keep the paperwork in order, record witness statements and organize the cooperation with the local lawmen, city guard, mage organization, administration and government.

Agents will work in uniform and recruited by more senior members of the Inquisition. Applications are automatically rejected and only handpicked persons are allowed to join.


Handlers
These people are tasked with finding, recruiting and administrating informants for the Inquisition. They work in plain-clothes and are not aware of the identity or work of other Handlers. They receive orders directly from full Agents and report gathered informations back to them. Like Agents, they are recruited by more senior members of the Inquisition, but former informants can be promoted to Handlers themselves, if they agree to a through interrogation to ensure their loyalty.

To prevent the spreading of misinformation, multiple Handlers will usually be given the same task independently of each other, so that different informants are acquired and all informations can be cross-checked. Informants are internally only referenced by the code names they give themselves and only the Handler who recruited them knows their identities.


Investigators
These special Agents actively go out and try to gather intel for the Inquisition. They either work in uniform or plain-clothes at their own discretion. They are not aware of the identity of Handlers or Informants, but can request access to reports to aid their investigations. Like Agents, this position requires a Mark of Justice


Inquisition Soldiers
These teams of fighters are well trained to combat supernatural threats, either in general or specific types, and equipped with sufficient magical gear to handle most threats on their own. Their deployment can be requests by Investigators or Agents, but it requires the approval of the Commissar to do so.


Commissar
These people are appointed to a Commissariat and oversee the operations of the Inquisition in a major city and its surroundings. They are the highest permanent authority of the Inquisition in a city and can also order the deployment of Inquisition troops.

They have far reaching privileges to co-opt resources from other government organizations for their operations, including the right to command the city guard, request combat personal from magic institutes or even order the deployment of the Legion if there is a imminent threat to the city.


Lord Commissar
Overseeing the Commissariats of multiple cities, these people are directly instated by the crown and only report to the King and the Lord Inquisitors.


Investigative Branch
Unlike the territorial branch, this part of the Inquisition is not assigned a specific area to oversee, but is tasked with finding corruption, treason and magical threats wherever it rears its head.

Inquisitor
This position allows the incumbent to act with the full authority of the crown to fight its enemies. Only highly trusted individuals are eligible for such privileges and their misuse, however minor, is always considered an act of high treason and dealt with accordingly. To aid in their duties, they are free to recruit people they deem useful into their retinue. They can also request any resources available to local territorial branches of the Inquisition, including the deployment of troops or Legions, and give orders to the local Commissars, though a Lord Commissar has the right to countermand these orders.

They either report directly to the crown or, if their numbers grows enough to warrant a layer in between, a Lord Inquisitor.

Lord Inquisitor
Once the number of Inquisitors has grown sufficiently to warrant this position, they will oversee and coordinate the operations of multiple Inquisitors and report directly to the crown. Furthermore, a Lord Inquisitor can give orders even to a Lord Commissar.


Closing Thoughts

Offices
With the availability of divination steadily rising, offices of the Inquisition should be warded against them.

Unofficial Offices
There is no reason for a Inquisition office to exist within our own realm. Creating offices working covertly in other areas would greatly aid to establish a unified intelligence apparatus. Once the area in question comes under our rule, they can resume their work in the open. External offices would obviously not be public and everyone operates in plain-clothes. Preferably such operations are overseen by a experienced Inquisitor.

Inception
The initial creation should be overseen by Malarys, Garin and Maelor, with the first Agents being recruited from a list of trustworthy persons suggested by Alinor and Gerold. Once the Inquisition has started regular operations, the first Commissar will be promoted from their ranks.

Staffing Goal
For Investigators and Inquisition Soldiers, we are looking for low-level PCs. The actual Inquisitors should be PCs of lvl 5-10 and basically work like a codified version of the classical adventurer party.

Rhango's Raiders:

Leader Rhango Two-Lives

In many ways Khal Rhango embodies the virtues of the Dothraki, he is brave in the face of peril, ruthless to his foes as he is generous to his friends. He even possesses a rare measure of self sacrifice, having freely offered his life in a duel that his khalasar might live under a dragon's protection. However the same cold practicality that saw him give out horses to slaves that they may better distract the dead hunting his people also manifests in a disdain for tradition practiced for its own sake. the old khal is not only far more learned in the ways of 'city men' than most would give him credit for he is also willing to borrow from those ways whatever will make his people stronger and thus himself.

Soldiers:

• 3027 Dothraki Screamers
• 8,971‬ Veteran Dothraki Riders
• 200 Stone Hooves

Camp Followers: 13,601

The Chorus of Waves (Triton Tribes of the Narrow Sea):

Spiritual Leader: Breath Taker (Cleric of the Merling king)

The kindly voice and spark of humor in these ancient sea green eyes do not seam to match either his fearsome name nor the dread powers of death this triton cleric possesses. Soft words of wisdom and caution does he often speak, yet to see him in battle is to see the passion of the seas unleashed, the Final Gift of the Lord of the Depths unveiled in its terrible glory.



Soldiers:

• 104 Triton Whale Riders [Triton Fighter 5]
• 350 Triton Dolphin Riders [Triton Fighter 2]
• 326 Triton Dolphin Scouts [Triton Ranger 2]
• 263 Sea Dancer Riders [Triton Fighter 2]
• 25 Priests of the Merling King [Triton Cleric 5]
• 59 Acolytes of the Merling King [Triton Cleric 2]

Arcane Protectors:

1. 1 Dragon Turtle
2. 55 Hippocampus (Usually Scout Mounts)
3. 31 Sea Cats (Usually Guards for the clerics/leaders)
4. 134 Coral Capuchin

Experts

• 11 smiths who can work common aquatic material (Bone, Eel Hide, Living Coral)
• 9 smiths who can craft waterproof tools and supplies
• 6 smiths who can work with rare materials (Pearlsteel and Riverine)

Monthly costs: 3,980 IM

Camp Followers: 12,497 Tritons (4,500 can be called up as Triton Militia)

Rhaella Targaryen, Queen Mother of the Seven Kingdoms:
Born the second child and only daughter of Prince Jaehaerys and Princess Shaera Targaryen, Rhaella's fate was born not only to royalty, but to a family beset by tragedy and death. With her uncle Duncan abdicating his place in the succession, her father became Crown Prince of the Seven Kingdoms, while her younger uncle Daeron perished in battle not long into the young princess' childhood. Yet where her likely betrothal to her brother Aerys had seemed a matter of state and family tradition beforehand, it became embroiled with magic and prophecy when a hedge witch proclaimed that the Prince Who Was Promised would be born of their joining.

A prince was indeed the first child Rhaella deceived at the tender age of four-and-ten even as Summerhall and much of her family died around her, and the leaping green flames of wildfire reflected in her husband's eyes.

Rightly was Aerys the Second of His Name called mad, and none were so often the target of his cruel whims than his queen. Though she bore him another son, the king quickly came to blame her for her miscarriages as he did any soul unfortunate enough to be near at hand when rage and suspicion descended upon his mind. None now can say if his suspicions of infidelity on Rhaella's part were the product of projecting his own discounting of the vows of marriage or simply of his growing fear of his elder son's popularity, but the consequences for her were just as grim.

She bore Aerys' last child, a daughter, in the midst of the Storm as the Baratheon fleets closed upon Dragonstone, and with her last breath she named her Daenerys that the Dornish would think kindly of her. Thus passed from the world Rhaella Targaryen, and yet her tale did not end that day, for before a dragon's will and a raven's schemes even death might work backwards.

In the hour of her rebirth she swore one thing only, not for power, kingship, or fickle fate, but simply for herself and those she held most dear: she would not leave her children alone again.


Valaena Velaryon:
Possessed of the beauty for which the dragonlords were famed, the eldest child and only daughter of Lord Monford Velaryon has blossomed in a rather different manner than her father would have assumed in her time in Sorcerer's Deep. A passion to see the world and all its strange wonders and to stand against the horrors in the dark now burns in her eyes, her hours these days filled more with swordwork and arcane studies. With a warrior's stride she begins to move and thoughtful is her gaze.


Lady Saenena Caleris

Saenena Caleris has been many things across her long and fractured life, a lady of high standing, heretic before the eyes of Balerion's priests, a ravening beast horrifically bonded to her own dragon flying though Doomed skies, but at the core of her being there remained a strength a will to live even in darkest hours and so she is again ready to carve out her fortunes and the fortunes of her House into a new age.


Nettles, Rider of Sheepstealer

A woman who has found her way into many a song though she was not born into it. No sonorous name proclaimed her birth, just another daughter of shepherds fated to graze her flocks upon the slopes of the Dragonmount, not even possessed of the silver hair and amethyst eyes that proclaimed a Dragonseed. And yet her ambition would not be stayed eyes oft drifting to the top of the fiery mount to the dragons that flew though the curtains of smoke. In a time of war she showed daring that had been the death of many a noble scion but in that she succeeded, taming a dragon to ride with naught but the gift of sheep.

Many things has Nettles been, dragonrider warrior, prince's lover, exile, witch of the mountains, specter spoken of in hushed whispers and now alive again to see the blooming of magic and fly over a world transformed.

Legions Active:

1st​: Torchbearers



General - Commands Legion
-- Staff: Two (or more, as needed) Advisors, Legion Quartermaster (plus 40 underlings), Legion Standard Bearer, Hornblower
-- Direct subordinates: two Colonels

Colonel - Commands Column
-- Staff: Two Advisors, Column Quartermaster (plus 23 underlings), Colum Standard-Bearer, Hornblower
-- Direct Subordinates: Six Captains

Captain - Commands Company
-- Staff: Two Advisors, Company Standard-Bearer, Company Quartermaster (plus underlings), Hornblower
-- Direct subordinates: Two Lieutenants

Lieutenant - Commands Half-Company
-- Staff: Two Advisors
-- Direct Subordinates: Four Commanders

Commander - Commands Cohort
-- Staff: Two Advisors, Cohort Quartermaster (plus nine auxiliars and five legionnaires), Cohort Standard-Bearer, Hornblower.
-- Direct subordinates: One First Serjeant (acts as Senior Serjeant for when they need to split the Cohort, technically his direct subordiantes are the two Second Serjeants), two Second Serjeants

Second Serjeant - Commands four squads
-- Staff: N/A
-- Direct subordinates: Four Corporals

Corporal - Commands a squad
-- Staff: One auxiliar
-- Direct subordinates: Eight Legionnaires, one mule

Giving us a total for each Infantry, Crossbow and Assault Company, if I calculated it correctly:

• 1 Captain;
• 2 Lieutenants;
• 8 Commanders;
• 8 First Serjeants;
• 16 Second Serjeants;
• 22 Advisors;
• 8 Cohort Standard-Bearers, plus 1 Company Standard-Bearer;
• 8 Cohort Hornblowers, plus 1 Company Hornblower;
• 8 Cohort Quartermasters, plus 1 Company Quartermaster;
• 64 Corporals;
• 64 Auxiliars, plus 72 working for the Quartermasters;
• 512 Legionnaires, plus 40 pulling guard duty for the Quartermasters;
• 64 mules, 50 horses, assorted baggage train including at least 1 chest and 1 barrel of purification and 1 prestidigitation laddle.

Lancer Companies change:
- 14 Heavy Warhorses and one extra Mule/Horse per Squad
-- Extra ~900 heavy warhorses, 50 horses and 50 mules per Company.

Outrider (Scout) Companies change:
- 15 Light Warhorses per Squad
-- Extra ~1000 Light Warhorses per Company
- 64 base auxiliars become Legionnaires, bringing their numbers up to 576.

Total Number: 11800
Heavy Infantry: 3072 Legionnaires, plus 240 normally on guard duty, plus 384 Corporals, plus 210 officers.
Assault Infantry: 1024 Legionnaires, plus 80 normally on guard duty, plus 128 Corporals, plus 70 officers.
Crossbowmen: 1024 Legionnaires, plus 80 normally on guard duty, plus 128 Corporals, plus 70 officers.
Light Horse: 1152 Legionnaires, plus 80 normally on guard duty, plus 128 Corporals, plus 70 officers.
Heavy Horse: 1024 Legionnaires, plus 80 normally on guard duty, plus 128 Corporals, plus 70 officers.

The Many

Born of accursed Brine and the dreadful will of a stillborn Elder Brain that had found itself in the care of a most unfortunate dragon the being that calls itself 'The Many' has proven to be the only Ilithidae to date to accept not only equitable peace but and allaince with non-Deep One life. Wether this is because the swarm of tiny purple worms can feast on ordinary flsh spiced with memories they canpainlessly harvest from those who wish to be rid of them, or simply because it has not bene indoctrinated to view other sapient life merely as food no one can say for certain though those who have availed themsleves of its services report that it seems to value memories for their own sake not merely as sustenence. Xor is hopeful that the colony may become a more involved member of the society of Sorcerer's Deep as it grows and matures.

Vesill the Shadow Drake

More mischievous and greedy then truly malevolent as most of their kin shadow drakes often lurk in the shadows of great cities rich in magic filching small treasures for their hoards or else making short-lived partnerships with gangs, thieves' guilds and other ne'er-do-wells. Thankfully Vesill seems more interested in seeing the world than stealing parts of it and she even understands the notion of doing jobs to earn her keep, so long as they do not grow dull at least.


PseudoDragons x29 (12 Adults 17 Young)

Begotten from a spring touched by the fiery power of the Dragonmount these lesser dragon-kin seem more approachable than most who share the blood of ancient Wyrms, but woe betide the one who presumes too much upon their kindness, for of serpents they were born and venom is still their weapon of choice.

Glyra and the Roaming Chaos

Cruel pranksters and sadistic saboteurs gremlins are the embodiment of erosion and mischance in nature, bringers of strife and conflict. Where other gremlins weave traps of ropes levers and hooks erinats craft their traps with words and manipulation, baited with a pitiful smile in the guise of children. The more inane and pointless the fights caused are, the more entertaining to the cruel fey.

You could almost say Glyra something of a savant among her kin for being able to appreciate more refined forms of mayhem and even showing patience... sometimes. She greatly appreciates the demon-blade you gifted her, paying little mind to the slight harm it causes her at times. If anything it drives her to greater highs of bloodlust.

Even the deathless fey whose life is a play that writes itself can change. By the grace and selflessness of one of Order's paragons Glyra's nature has been shifted. Thus others follow in her wake, drawn to her like sparks in the wake of a shooting star, set to illuminate the world in ever changing eternal luminescence, to guide the meek and clever to a better path and so discord and ruin in the path of the wicked.


16x Dawn-kin Erinat Gremlins

Lost children upon an road endlessly twisting, the dawnkin do not sorrow they they shall never reach the end, but glory in every unexpected turn, in every pitfall foiled and every villain snared. Let any who would pact with them be wary though for their mercy is a strange and fickle thing, their jests still sharp as daggers for all they do not cut as readily as of old.


26x Bulabar

Names: Sixth, Seventeenth, Third, Ninth and Eleventh of Twenty

Bulabars are the tinkers of the fey, thought to personify the evolution of tool use in nature. Fascinated by mechanical devices of all sorts, they can spend hours arguing over the finer points of some device arising from their fecund imaginations. At times their workings can looks strange to mortal eyes. However, uncommon is the sight of one failing to perform.


18x Pech

Pech are most often friendly but insular fey with a great affinity for carving and working stone. Most pech are content to work their lives through in the deep stone under forgotten peaks never seeing the light of day. Every so often an adventurous stone-spirit will venture forth into the world seeking new stone to claim and reveal its wonders.


3x Young Calpinas

Names: Complex almost metallic-sounding buzzing noises

Your introduction to the strange kindred of fey known as the calpinas has not been the best. You watched in horror as a demon-tainted fey feasted on helpless mortals tearing apart their very sense of self in preparation for their flesh being fed to the voracious calpina young. By the cunning of the fey creature you have come to guard and feed the brood instead.

Though you resent how you came to hold the eggs you cannot bring yourself to hate the almost child-like juvenile fey. While they are careless of the harm they bring to others, there is nothing of malice in their bearing or acts, only the drive to new and experiences, the more intense the better.


1x Flame-Spwaned Sprite

Released from her service by a Fire Muse of the Cinder Court this sprite is but the smallest amber to that dread inferno, yet from such small beginings might greatest wars or deepest treachery be born. Her mistress was most careful not to say anything that could be constructed as directly disloyal to Ymeri, but she implied much not least in leaving Quick-Kindle behind, a silken thread to draw at just the right moment. Uncommonly clever and somwhat ambitious in her own right she will likely do well for herself in your realm in the meantime.

4x Blink Dogs (2 adults, 2 pups)

Of all the hounds of the Feywyld, blink dogs are by far the most kindly of nature. When they run beside the Wild Hunt these fey hounds do so not for bloodlust or savage hunger, but to fulfill pacts and oaths with the more powerful and tempestuous fey. Yet in spite of how highly they praise oaths or indeed their common name (if such elusive creatures can be said to have one) these beings are not properly fey.

How they came into being is beyond even the ken of the dragons of yore, though some suspected that their sorcery is somehow bound up with their reverence for the heavens. One of the most common sayings among their kind is "The stars do not lie."


32x Skyborn Griffons (Leaders Cloud and Zephyr)

Clearly recognizable from banners and tapestries both as griffons, though neither could hope to match the uncanny elegance of these snowy white creatures. They do not seem mismatched as something stitched together from the halves of different beasts. Instead eagle's breasts and feathered wings flow naturally into hindquarters more like a shadow cat than a lion if it were not for the tuffed tail, more graceful than strong. And in the air... in the air they dance with grace and skill that outmatches any mortal creature.

Their eyes, bright blue, also bespeak of far more than the cunning of beasts. Wit you see there, but wonder also, and a proud will that will bear no service but that willingly taken.


Yssian Guardian Naga x3

Though unflinching servants of the Timeless Serpent thse golden nagas are by no means devoid of their own passions to while away the long ages. Some prefer the rush of battle, others the slow bubbling of achemical concoctions drawn from their own poisons and from the works of of their exacting minds, others yet contemplate the stars or even deign to teach those shorter lived than they even without divine mandate.


8x Dweomercat Cubs

Whether born of the timeless eddies of the Eternal Furnace or wrought at the whim of some strange power, Dweomercats are so named for their peculiar relationship with the arcane. The Valyrians claimed that 'all magic is fire', speaking of their kinship to dragons and the dragon blood which flowed in their veins, but to look upon these tiny yet fierce felines one might have one more cause to think them right. Beings as much composed of sculpted arcane energies as of flesh and blood, these capricious felines flourish along the intangible ley lines of their home realm, drinking in its weird powers as a plant thrives on light. Yet even more potent than their thirst for magic and the euphoria they draw from being in proximity to the reshaping of reality, is the Dweomercats' racial curiosity.


86x Pegasi (67 Adults; 19 Foals)

Born of the surging tides of magic that washed over the North the graceful winged steeds have taken for themselves the name Pegasus after a steed of anciant Dothraki legend that was said to 'ride like the wind'. The name was like as not adopted not for their own sake, for they were content in their high peaks to know each other without names bur for the others with which they share the world, for they have learned even in this brief a time that men are more likely to grant respect to beings with a name and a tale behind it than merely to 'winged horses'. For those willing to treat them with the full respect they deserve Pegasi prove boon companions, their swift wings bearing one over peril, and magic-touhced eyes to glimpse arcane perils.


1x Mirror Serpent

The mirror serpent, for there is only one in the realm courtosy of Maelor's adventures in the City of Brass seems to occupy an odd middle ground between construct and living being. It heals from wounds and with the passing years it grows coil upon shimmering coin, but in its veins runs not blood of any common sort but quicksilver. Of glass and silver are its scales and shimmering saphires its eyes. As far as Makhzi is able to recall mirror serpents have no means to reproduce naturally, nor has it ever encountered another of its kind, though it seems wholly unconcerned as to the matter, more curious to learn the ways of Yss than ponder the whys and hows of its own existence.