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

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Snowfire said:
Nah, it's achievable. Just not right now. This is endgame gear, for when we invade the Lands of Always Winter.
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To be fair, for this occasion I still would want to make something like
though with more defined interior that represents the 10 lores. A bit like

The whole thing is basically a mix between a huge, arcane battery, a mobile ritual site and would be staffed and controlled by a dozen or so Arcanums and Lya bodies, with the original in the center having full control and shaping the power according to her whims.

Said whims should be something like
 
Snowfire said:
@Goldfish something I'm seeing as a mitigating factor in the creation of the CoTS is that it's using essence from ten beings that are around the level of minor demigods and the like. Sultan of Brass, etc. So there's a bunch of power already there going in. What Lya mostly does - using Mythic Crafting - would be to harmonise it all and find a way to use all the pieces to 'purify' a stream of magic down into base principles. Basically, to use 3.0 terms, she has a ribbon of the Tongue Primeval wrapped around her head. That's not exactly right, but it's kinda what I'm aiming for.

Make sense?
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It's not that it doesn't make sense.

It's that we simply lack the necessary level of expertise to make something like that even if we had all the ingredients on our lap.

And we probably wouldn't until Lya is all but a demigodess of crafting, I.e. MR 9+ or so.
 
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Goldfish said:
That's not how Wild Arcana works any longer, unfortunately. It was errata'd at some point to be a Standard Action rather than a Swift Action.
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It was not erratad, an unofficial errata was suggested to balance play (as often happens with Pathfinder), TNE felt the suggestion extremely appropriate and seems to have garnered the required consensus in that opinion to change how it is used, but it was not technically ever officially erratad as far as I know. A bit pedantic but I feel the distinction should probably be made, especially given that this thread seems to inspire people to learn and play DnD, they may as well learn right.
 
TotallyNotEvil said:
It's not that it doesn't make sense.

It's that we simply lack the necessary level of expertise to make something like that even if we had all the ingredients on our lap.

And we probably wouldn't until Lya is all but a demigodess of crafting, I.e. MR 9+ or so.
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You know where we can find the necessary reference materials? The Akashic Record.

Perfect place for the honeymoon by the way.
 
Azel said:
To be fair, for this occasion I still would want to make something like
though with more defined interior that represents the 10 lores. A bit like

The whole thing is basically a mix between a huge, arcane battery, a mobile ritual site and would be staffed and controlled by a dozen or so Arcanums and Lya bodies, with the original in the center having full control and shaping the power according to her whims.

Said whims should be something like
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Very cool, but isn't quite a crown
 
Deliste said:
It was not erratad, an unofficial errata was suggested to balance play (as often happens with Pathfinder), TNE felt the suggestion extremely appropriate and seems to have garnered the required consensus in that opinion to change how it is used, but it was not technically ever officially erratad as far as I know. A bit pedantic but I feel the distinction should probably be made, especially given that this thread seems to inspire people to learn and play DnD, they may as well learn right.
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I'm pretty sure I found it officially errata'd on the Paizo website.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
Very cool, but isn't quite a crown
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On this, I think if we had something like the kind of materials Snowfire suggests, I think Azel is saying, and I agree, that making a crown for Lya isn't exactly a good use of resources.

Unless the crown is the controlling device of a gigantic magical reactor thingy or something. Same difference.

If we had that kind of materials available I think we could actually make real Energy and Alignment generators, as opposer do to the magical chicken-stock we can make with Mammon's corpse.
 
TotallyNotEvil said:
It's not that it doesn't make sense.

It's that we simply lack the necessary level of expertise to make something like that even if we had all the ingredients on our lap.

And we probably wouldn't until Lya is all but a demigodess of crafting, I.e. MR 9+ or so.
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As I said. Endgame gear. Probably made with a bunch of help. I'm not saying I want to get this now, ok? Just...down the line as a crowning (hahah I'm so funny) achievement.
 
TotallyNotEvil said:
@Goldfish I'm assuming the Crown of Stars would be Immediate action?
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I didn't actually intend for it to require an action at all, but that's just a bit OP.

Updated the Spell Turning description to require an Immediate Action to activate.

The Crown of Stars - Minor Artifact, Caster Level: 15th, Cost: 30,000 IM
Nine black diamonds each cut to resemble twelve-pointed stars comprise the so-called Crown of Stars in its resting state. Once activated, these diamonds take on a silver hue and glow with a coruscating aura of shifting colors, slowly orbiting above the head of the spellcaster bonded to them in a rough approximation of a crown. When 'worn', the Crown of Stars grants the following abilities:
  • Spell Turning: Up to three times per day as an Immediate Action, the Crown automatically reflects the next nine levels of spells cast at the wearer, exactly as if Spell Turning had been cast upon her.
  • Spell Absorption: Rather than reflecting a spell via the Spell Turning effect, the energy from a spell can instead be absorbed by the Crown as if it were a Rod of Absorption. Using this ability expends a daily use of Spell Turning, and the absorbed spell energy must be used within an hour or it dissipates harmlessly.
  • Spell Blast: Rather than using absorbed spell energy to cast a spell, the wearer of the Crown can instead launch a blast of magical Force at a nearby target. The spell blast is launched as a Swift Action and behaves as an Orb of Force, but inflicts 2d6 points of damage per level of spell energy expended (20d6 maximum). The Ranged Attack bonus of the spell blast equals the wearer's Arcane caster level plus their Intelligence bonus.
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So.

I got a little sidetracked in working on Part 5 of the Lads due to trying to work out the political situation in the Crownlands and Riverlands. So far, I've just been kinda coming up with shit on the spot, but as a true CK2 player I couldn't let that stand. Thus, after rooting through all the (limited) available canon information and what DP has updated us on, I have created a 'Loyalty Chart' for all the houses in the Crownlands and Riverlands, complete with the ruling lords and known issue, as well as any obvious modifiers. For example, the Celtigars are "Wealthy," the Bar Emmon's are under a "Regency," the Sunglass's are "Pious" - you get the idea.

Why would I do this.
 
LonelyWolf999 said:
So.

I got a little sidetracked in working on Part 5 of the Lads due to trying to work out the political situation in the Crownlands and Riverlands. So far, I've just been kinda coming up with shit on the spot, but as a true CK2 player I couldn't let that stand. Thus, after rooting through all the (limited) available canon information and what DP has updated us on, I have created a 'Loyalty Chart' for all the houses in the Crownlands and Riverlands, complete with the ruling lords and known issue, as well as any obvious modifiers. For example, the Celtigars are "Wealthy," the Bar Emmon's are under a "Regency," the Sunglass's are "Pious" - you get the idea.

Why would I do this.
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I approve of this madness. Please publish this chart for us.
 
LonelyWolf999 said:
So.

I got a little sidetracked in working on Part 5 of the Lads due to trying to work out the political situation in the Crownlands and Riverlands. So far, I've just been kinda coming up with shit on the spot, but as a true CK2 player I couldn't let that stand. Thus, after rooting through all the (limited) available canon information and what DP has updated us on, I have created a 'Loyalty Chart' for all the houses in the Crownlands and Riverlands, complete with the ruling lords and known issue, as well as any obvious modifiers. For example, the Celtigars are "Wealthy," the Bar Emmon's are under a "Regency," the Sunglass's are "Pious" - you get the idea.

Why would I do this.
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One of us! One of us! One of us!

Welcome to crazypersonhood. :p
 
Snowfire said:
I approve of this madness. Please publish this chart for us.
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Working on it. I have to create a whole bunch of info wholesale, and I can't come up with good castle names for shit. Similarly, making dozens of families is hard, and I think I'm just going to leave out non-canon characters and fill them in when they come up in the story, I get a good idea, etc. Right now I'm limiting myself to the Crownlands kind of as a 'test run' and I'll move onto the Riverlands if I don't burn out and people like the whole thing.

I think I'm going to do the same thing the guy who made the map of SD did, and publish the chart in stages.
 
Curious about how many people joined the Lads now. With their work and Viserys actions there is a lot of support but joining in is very different. Also got to consider how many men are now hunting the Lads and their supporters. Then there's what they can do with what they got from both sides.
 
Azel said:
You know where we can find the necessary reference materials? The Akashic Record.

Perfect place for the honeymoon by the way.
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I'll still fight for Axis.

The legal code, infrastructure, and everyone constantly craftig all the time should keep Viserys and Lya incredibly pleased.

Hell, Id love to meet Brigh if we go there. Shes cool and known to keep an eye on promising crafts people.
 
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mrsean22 said:
Curious about how many people joined the Lads now. With their work and Viserys actions there is a lot of support but joining in is very different. Also got to consider how many men are now hunting the Lads and their supporters. Then there's what they can do with what they got from both sides.
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I'll get to the Lads soon, but a large part of the reason for the crownlander expedition is the lack of 'vigor' from the Riverlord's efforts in rooting them out. Hoster Tully is playing his cards close to his chest and isn't willing to burn bridges, so there hasn't been a major concentrated effort besides minor lords and knights trying to earn royal favor.
 
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