A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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There you have it. This is a trap.
Remember our own advice. If something in here looks too good to be true, it probably is. How likely is it that Dany takes one look at the walls and figures something out that Listy searched months for?
He wants the name from us.
And even if it's not Listy, this might be the first trial of Lyas test. Check if the guy is smart enough to know that he doesn't know everything.
Trying this is a quest failure at best and a TPK at worst.
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- Germany
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- He/Him
And compared to the neutral Old Gods he also doesn't seem very evil at the moment.
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- United States
I don't think we need to worry for two reasons.
1. The colors are completely different. Ydersius is red and green, Yss is red and black.
2. The Archons would have sensed if Yss was in any way evil.
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- Germany
Looks like a unique opportunity thanks to passing a difficult knowledge check.
Look, we can't free the Lich without breaking the Ward.
We won't break the Ward before the Gate is Sealed.
Therefore our and the Lich's interests align here.
Conceal Alignment is a thing.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
[X] Continue on your course
I don't want to deal with the dracolich. That is just going to be a load of bullshit and hassle and will lead to probably 200 thread pages of debate on what to do with it. Let's close the gate and destroy its phylactery. The dracolich might have even been a good dragon once, but being transformed into an undead abomination against its will won't have been good for its disposition and millennia of imprisonment has probably eroded what remained of its sanity.
And more likely than not, it was a Red, which means its just a massive CE tool and will view us as little more than food, slaves, or food with delusions of slavehood.
I don't want to deal with the dracolich. That is just going to be a load of bullshit and hassle and will lead to probably 200 thread pages of debate on what to do with it. Let's close the gate and destroy its phylactery. The dracolich might have even been a good dragon once, but being transformed into an undead abomination against its will won't have been good for its disposition and millennia of imprisonment has probably eroded what remained of its sanity.
And more likely than not, it was a Red, which means its just a massive CE tool and will view us as little more than food, slaves, or food with delusions of slavehood.
NO! please don't take my comfort that our new snake god is not a giant asshole we are going to release upon the world.
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If he is I won't hesitate to say, "I fucking told you so," To everyone over and over again.
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- Germany
It isn't and you are blatantly dodging the point I'm making.
All if the reasons you have for talking to the thing can be covered by talking to him after the gate is closed. If you are right, we just push back that discussion by not doing it now.
If we do it and I'm right, we all die. Messily.
And seriously. What kind of moron would write these instructions here?
That's like placing a full access terminal to a nuclear power plant in the foyer.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Ydersius could easily be an ancient incarnation of Yss; gods can change depending on their worshipers and Ydersius spent over 11,000 years as a largely powerless skull trapped in the Darklands of Golarion. There's no telling how much additional time has passed since then to bring us to present day Planetos. Ydersius' skull could have been rejoined with his body, his power restored for another 12 millennia, before being cast down once more. If his own words of change upon rebirth are true, Yss could be the result of multiple subtle alignment shifts through different incarnations.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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- Germany
You know what, fine!
Let's waste this chance to learn something about the trials before Lya blindly tries to complete them.
[X] Continue on your course
But once the gate is shut and Listener dead please let's talk to one of the oldest beings left on this world. Please don't throw away another character.
Let's waste this chance to learn something about the trials before Lya blindly tries to complete them.
[X] Continue on your course
But once the gate is shut and Listener dead please let's talk to one of the oldest beings left on this world. Please don't throw away another character.
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- United Kingdom
[X] Continue on your course
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- Australia
A unique but not time sensitive opportunity. She's not going to forget it while we deal with the gate.
Edit: That'll teach me to read the whole thread
[X] Continue on your course
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[X] Continue on your course
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- Germany
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- He/Him
... and then the evil assholes club got one more member that schemes against all others.
I'm referring to Snek being evil here. Communication is complicated ...
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- Germany
I'm perfectly fine with talking to him afterwards. Not so much with these releasing him ideas, but that's something we can squabble over later.
On the matter of the DC being hard:
Cast Divine Insight with CL 5 -> +10 on the next skill check
Study the inscription carefully -> Take 20
30 vs DC 30 -> pass
No ranks in Arcana required.
If this was legit, Listy would have to be a braindead muppet that makes the Hala look competent in comparison to not have figured this out in the months he had to decipher it.
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- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Where is Listie getting the Divine Insight from? Abraxas?
And the DC might have something to do with Dany having gotten kind of personal tutelage from grandma, and her draconic memories.