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

[Goldfish]

I will be honest, I have no idea what verse Crake is talking about.

That said, teleporting suicide constructs sound great. How you getting UMD to activate those teleport scrolls, tho?

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They're use-activated items, not spell completion ones. Rather than costing 225 IM for being use-activated, if they were spell completion items they would cost 112.5 IM each.

As use-activated items, the Suicide Drone should simply be able to will an internal mechanism to trigger the Teleport spell.

 

[Snowfire]

I was imagining this as an extra sentence or two, a lightning-fast exchange of spells failing against her. Not as a whole long battle that would require thousands of words!
But Viserys quickens low-level spells and uses other action economy cheats so systematically that it feels weird to see him decide not to do so now of all days.

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Putting this in this context, instead of what you'd written before, helps rather a lot. I'll look at making an edit or two taking these suggestions into account. Thank you for clarifying where you were coming from for me.

I was assuming that he'd be trying his utter best to Diplomance her without actually using overt magic or Enchantment, but failed in the face of the huge modifiers imposed by her madness/Black Magic mental weirdness. Am I wrong?

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That's basically what already happened, yes. To put this another way, Viserys came into this with moderate long-term social buffs active. He fired off a few more just before the end. They all failed. Harry doesn't really notice this because he's focused on the massive and terrifying threat that is Kathy and was hitting some of the same notes Viserys was on the matter of what she was, just with more initial understanding of what was behind her facade. Viserys caught up pretty darn quick, though.

 

[Azel]

They're use-activated items, not spell completion ones. Rather than costing 225 IM for being use-activated, if they were spell completion items they would cost 112.5 IM each.

As use-activated items, the Suicide Drone should simply be able to will an internal mechanism to trigger the Teleport spell.

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@DragonParadox, will we need research to get the teleporting construct smart-bombs @Goldfish proposed?

 

[Deliste]

Yes, though if you explicitly made the 'pond' part of the pantheon they could use it too.

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Not part of, just having it's protection one of the agreements.

 

[Goldfish]

@DragonParadox Our Explosive Packs normally top off at inflicting 10d6 damage in a 20ft radius explosion with a DC 18 Reflex save for half damage. That's just using the packs themselves.

If the explosives were placed in a proper housing, however, designed to fragment on detonation and perhaps filled with armor piercing Adamantine flechettes, how would that affect damage and radius of effect? I would assume damage wouldn't change much, but that the blast radius would be much, much larger?

Also, while we're on the subject of potential WMD-lite, how much damage does the Pure Wildfire inflict? We have the formula now, but have yet to produce any of the stuff.

 

[tarrangar]

Until she catches her train. At which point TWG says no.

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Yeah but that's the case for resurrection too, and seeing as the spell call her soul back in order to talk to it, unless she decides she want to leave, it's unlikely she would go on to the afterlife mid conversation.

 

[Goldfish]

@Azel By the end of this month, the Legion Artillery squad will have Launchers (x124), +1 Scorpions (x80), and Abundant Ammunition Boxes (x80). How many more need to be crafted to bring them up to full strength?

Also, can you repost the full list of places we have installed the MirrorVision mirrors? Including where the three being crafted this month will go? I need to add them to the list for tracking purposes.

 

[Takesis]

On another note, someone is running the gauntlet of discussion...

@jamie96969, good luck and be careful of the salt caves!

 

[Azel]

@Azel By the end of this month, the Legion Artillery squad will have Launchers (x124), +1 Scorpions (x80), and Abundant Ammunition Boxes (x80). How many more need to be crafted to bring them up to full strength?

Also, can you repost the full list of places we have installed the MirrorVision mirrors? Including where the three being crafted this month will go? I need to add them to the list for tracking purposes.

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Here are the mirrors:

[X] Mirrors
-[X] 1 for a news studio in the Dragons Roost to relay things from there, also allowing us to do interviews
-[X] 1 for the Circle of Battle
-[X] 1 for Westhaven to improve recruit moral
-[X] 1 for Tyrosh
-[X] 1 for Myr
-[X] 1 for Lys
-[X] 1 for Tolos
-[X] 1 for Mantarys
-[X] 1 for Braavos
-[X] 1 for Sallosh
-[X] 1 for Naath
-[X] 1 for Henekar
-[X] 1 to be placed in the camp of the 1st Legion, later to be used for the Tyrosh Scholarium
-[X] 1 to be placed in the camp of the 2nd Legion, later to be used for the Mantarys Scholarium
-[X] 1 to be placed at the tourney grounds near SD to allow people to view other events from there while no tourney is going on, later to be put in storage until a dedicated need arises

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Give me a moment to check the company write-up.

 

[Azel]

@Azel By the end of this month, the Legion Artillery squad will have Launchers (x124), +1 Scorpions (x80), and Abundant Ammunition Boxes (x80). How many more need to be crafted to bring them up to full strength?

Also, can you repost the full list of places we have installed the MirrorVision mirrors? Including where the three being crafted this month will go? I need to add them to the list for tracking purposes.

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Huh. We over-produced.

We need 64x Launchers and 80x Scorpions with AAB's for the Siege Company, of which we already got 40x Scorpions ready.

So that leaves us with 60x Launchers and 40x Scorpions too many.

So, next turn, 4x Launchers and 40x Scorpions with AAB's, then we can open up a second Siege Company right away.

 

[Goldfish]

Here are the mirrors:

Give me a moment to check the company write-up.

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Okay, that'll leave us with three extra Mirrors. We can keep them in storage for now. I'm sure we'll have places to put them soon enough.

 

[Snowfire]

Huh. We over-produced.

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Oh no. How awful. However shall we survive

 

[Goldfish]

Huh. We over-produced.

We need 64x Launchers and 80x Scorpions with AAB's for the Siege Company, of which we already got 40x Scorpions ready.

So that leaves us with 60x Launchers and 40x Scorpions too many.

So, next turn, 4x Launchers and 40x Scorpions with AAB's, then we can open up a second Siege Company right away.

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No, those are the total numbers of them enchanted between last month and this month.

If we have 60 extra Launchers, I would prefer to keep some for other purposes, such as equipping baby adventurers and further arming the trade fleet heading to Yi-Ti.

 

[Azel]

No, those are the total numbers of them enchanted between last month and this month.

If we have 60 extra Launchers, I would prefer to keep some for other purposes, such as equipping baby adventurers and further arming the trade fleet heading to Yi-Ti.

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Argh... communication Goldfish... please don't bunch up stuff like this.

In that case we are 4 launchers short (we got 64x to guard the Sallosh colony) and have the right number of Scorpions.

So we could assign a few to the fleet anyway and just craft more next turn. How much do you want to send along?

 

[Azel]

We could assign 36x Launchers (16 ships in the fleet, each getting 2 except the Queen Rhealla and the Hunters Moon, who get 4) and 18x Scorpions (one per ships, with the Hunters Moon and Queen Rhealla getting 2).

Then we would need to craft 40x Launchers and 18x Scorpions next turn to get the Siege Company to full strength.

 

[Goldfish]

Argh... communication Goldfish... please don't bunch up stuff like this.

In that case we are 4 launchers short (we got 64x to guard the Sallosh colony) and have the right number of Scorpions.

So we could assign a few to the fleet anyway and just craft more next turn. How much do you want to send along?

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Oh, we're only four short? Problem solved then. I've adjusted the crafting schedule to produce one less Greater Ribbon of Disguise in order to add four more Launchers and another Healing Belt (so we don't leave any crafting capacity to go to waste).

That will bring our total for the Siege Squad to 128 Launchers, 80 +1 Scorpions, and 80 Abundant Ammunition Boxes.

No need to send extra with the trade fleet.

 

[Goldfish]

We could assign 36x Launchers (16 ships in the fleet, each getting 2 except the Queen Rhealla and the Hunters Moon, who get 4) and 18x Scorpions (one per ships, with the Hunters Moon and Queen Rhealla getting 2).

Then we would need to craft 40x Launchers and 18x Scorpions next turn to get the Siege Company to full strength.

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If we can avoid crafting more of these, I would prefer that. They eat up a ton of crafting capacity.

BTW, speaking of the trade fleet, we're crafting four more Wayfinders this month. I think we should send at least two of them with the fleet.

 

[Azel]

If we can avoid crafting more of these, I would prefer that. They eat up a ton of crafting capacity.

BTW, speaking of the trade fleet, we're crafting four more Wayfinders this month. I think we should send at least two of them with the fleet.

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Agreed. One to the Queen Rhealla and one to the Hunters Moon.

 

[Azel]

On the matter of smart ammo:

- Guided bombs for 25 IM extra a piece sounds nice. It's a bit of a niche role, since they only really help when we a surgical strike in densely populated areas or bombard an area with a bunch of friendlies, but it's still neat to have available.

- Guided projectiles. Each shell needs to be made a construct for 25 IM and the cannon needs an additional crewmember whose job it is to guide the projectiles, as we would be operating outside visual range. We use an adapted version of Share Senses – d20PFSRD, so that the guider can make minute adjustments to the flight path of a projectile, guiding it into it's target even well beyond visual range.

It would cost 2,700 IM per turret though, so the effects should be in line with that. Maybe eliminating range penalties and allowing to re-roll either attack or damage, to be chosen before the attack roll is made?

 

[DragonParadox]

@DragonParadox, will we need research to get the teleporting construct smart-bombs @Goldfish proposed?

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I would say it is niche enough to require a small amount of research something like 10 progress.

@DragonParadox Our Explosive Packs normally top off at inflicting 10d6 damage in a 20ft radius explosion with a DC 18 Reflex save for half damage. That's just using the packs themselves.

If the explosives were placed in a proper housing, however, designed to fragment on detonation and perhaps filled with armor piercing Adamantine flechettes, how would that affect damage and radius of effect? I would assume damage wouldn't change much, but that the blast radius would be much, much larger?

Also, while we're on the subject of potential WMD-lite, how much damage does the Pure Wildfire inflict? We have the formula now, but have yet to produce any of the stuff.

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Willdfire is not any more deadly in a burst than regular alchimist's fire for the same quantity, the thing about wildfire is it's very hard to put out so it just keeps burning and it ignores fore residence.

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Adhoc vote count started by Goldfish on Feb 26, 2019 at 5:30 AM, finished with 294 posts and 6 votes.

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  [X] Hungry Snek Part II
  -[X] Questions for Yss before we feed him (heavily implied that the cost of the questions is covered by the sacrifice)
  --[X] Would Yss be willing to help proofread a book written to establish a Grand Unified Religion of the Imperium? This is to help make sure we avoid stepping on any toes with him.
  --[X] On the nature of the divine.
  ---[X] How do Ley Lines factor into this?
  --[X] What can Yss tell us of the various types of serpentfolk that once served him, their various abilities, and where they could be found?
  --[X] Can Yss give us a map of his former worshipper's lands in Sothoryos so we can track down the ruins later?
  ---[X] On the subject of his worshippers, has he found any more suitable candidates for clerics aside from Svitran?
  ---[X] Does Yss have his holy book he can give us for our collection?
  --[X] Can Yss tell us the locations of any leylines that he's aware of and mark them on ou appropriate maps?
  --[X] What can Yss tell us of Sseth, his abilities, what methods and champions he tends to use (if there are specific names that would be great), where his former strongholds were located, etc.
  --[X] What can Yss tell us of Lolth, her abilities, what methods and champions she tends to use (if there are specific names that would be great), where her former strongholds were located, etc.
  ---[X] What can Yss tell us of the Underdark and the ruined Drow city of Zanthor on the surface? What about the "silver mountains" elsewhere in Sothoryos?
  --[X] What can Yss tell us of Zathir/Jazirian? (can be given as books IC that we read later to keep the questions short)
  --[X] Is there a way to precisely divine the location of the undead coatl godling in the Plane of Fire?
  --[X] Is there a way we could get more coatls (not godlings, just normal ones), and if so what payment and material components would we need?
  --[X] We have an Orb of Dragonkind. Does he know of a way to destroy the artifact as well as the wyrm inside? If so, how much payment would he need?
  --[X] Ask Yss if resurrecting gods of Valyria, like Syrax or Meraxes and not keeping any connections to the 15th is possible. Would he, a god with domains of Life and Death, be capable of such feat if given a sufficient infusion of energy?
  --[X] Ask Yss what his price would be for taking part in creation of an artifact out of Varys' god-denying trinket, a piece made together with other gods we manage to diplomance into this, a way to snare Tiamat's/other deity's power when it is exerted over the wearer... Like young Aegon, who is trapped in her web of lies.
  ---[X] On that vein, when the time comes, does he know of a solution to deal with the 15th? How much payment would he require if so?
  --[X] Does Yss know how to stop sleeping so much? We have lots of strong monsters to feed him and are often thwarted by the fact that he's asleep.
  -[X] After the questions are answered, sacrifice the following for Yss
  --[X] Sacrifice two Colossal Fiendish Monstrous Spiders (CR 13 each) to undo Lolth's divine curse on the two Chwidenchas and restore them to their original forms.
  --[X] Sacrifice Tor (CR 15) and Varys (CR 17 with gear, CR 16 without?) make sure to vote beforehand what reward to get out of it.

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[Goldfish]

I would say it is niche enough to require a small amount of research something like 10 progress.

Willdfire is not any more deadly in a burst than regular alchimist's fire for the same quantity, the thing about wildfire is it's very hard to put out so it just keeps burning and it ignores fore residence.

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What about this part of the question?

Our Explosive Packs normally top off at inflicting 10d6 damage in a 20ft radius explosion with a DC 18 Reflex save for half damage. That's just using the packs themselves.

If the explosives were placed in a proper housing, however, designed to fragment on detonation and perhaps filled with armor piercing Adamantine flechettes, how would that affect damage and radius of effect? I would assume damage wouldn't change much, but that the blast radius would be much, much larger?

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[T_of_A]

@Artemis1992 @TalonofAnathrax I think ya'll were the ones who came up with Saenena's character sheet? I'm figuring up what gear we are going to craft for her.

If you had to pick some lower level PoSK for her, what would they be? Maybe one 3rd level, two or three 2nd level, and three or four 1st level?

@Everyone Your thoughts are welcome, too.

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Gear:

• PfE
• Healing Belt
• +2 Cha item, +2 Con item
  
• Item of Resistance bonus to saves (+2 at least) and deflection to AC (+2 at least) -> to make the sheet simpler
  
• PoSK (LV 1: Comprehend Languages, Dead End, Dispel Ward, Magecraft. LV 2: Alter Self, Greater Alarm, See Invisibility. LV 3: Alter Fortune)
• Heward's Handy Haversack
• Contingent spells (Renewal Pact and the other one all our PCs have)
• +1 mithral light shield, or a +1 mithral feycraft heavy shield. If possible, add the Called special property.

And those are just the basics! If you really want to go far, then I'd suggest more stat and save boosters, an orb of mental renewal (she has Bloodwish), our usual Scout's earrings and belts, Soulfire on the shield, a Third Eye Clarity effect, some sort of Freedom of Movement access (Heart of Water + Heart of Earth Runestaff ? )...

 

[Snowfire]

@TalonofAnathrax I made a few modifications to the combat in HT 38 to take into account your suggestions. Your opinion on the modifications would be appreciated, if I could trouble you for them.

 

[Goldfish]

Gear:

• PfE
• Healing Belt
• +2 Cha item, +2 Con item
  
• Item of Resistance bonus to saves (+2 at least) and deflection to AC (+2 at least) -> to make the sheet simpler
  
• PoSK (LV 1: Comprehend Languages, Dead End, Dispel Ward, Magecraft. LV 2: Alter Self, Greater Alarm, See Invisibility. LV 3: Alter Fortune)
• Heward's Handy Haversack
• Contingent spells (Renewal Pact and the other one all our PCs have)
• +1 mithral light shield, or a +1 mithral feycraft heavy shield. If possible, add the Called special property.

And those are just the basics! If you really want to go far, then I'd suggest more stat and save boosters, an orb of mental renewal (she has Bloodwish), our usual Scout's earrings and belts, Soulfire on the shield, a Third Eye Clarity effect, some sort of Freedom of Movement access (Heart of Water + Heart of Earth Runestaff ? )...

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I've already got a lot of that added for next month's crafting, and much more.

• Bracers of Arcane Freedom
• Amulet of Tears w/Periapt of the Sullen Sea effect
• Anklet of Translocation w/Boots of the Wide Earth effect
• Earring of Arcane Acuity w/Goggles of the Golden Sun (Flashburst variant) effect
• Ring of Protection from Evil
• Healing Belt w/+2 Constitution
• Headband of the Whispers Withing (+2 Wisdom)
• Gloves of Zephyr's Grace (+1 Dexterity) w/Gloves of the Starry Sky effect
• Ring of Untarnished Glory (+4 Charisma)
• Robes of Mysterious Conjuration

We would also add a Handy Haversack and Greater Ribbon of Disguise from our stockpile.

The amulet upgrades covers Freedom of Movement and removes the need to breath for long periods of time, gloves let her cast Magic Missile, the Earring lets her use Flashburst, and the Anklets upgrade would let her use Teleport if she didn't already know it. Because all of them have the Raiment of the Four enchantments, she will also be able to cast Commune.

Why give her a shield instead of giving her a Shield PoSK? And Alter Fortune on a PoSK seems kinda impractical.

I'll add the other stuff, too. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[T_of_A]

@TalonofAnathrax I made a few modifications to the combat in HT 38 to take into account your suggestions. Your opinion on the modifications would be appreciated, if I could trouble you for them.

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Why did you make me reread that? You monster!

I like the edits. Not too elaborate or time-consuming, but definitely showing Viserys casting at high speed.

Seriously though, this whole chapter was a tragic trainwreck. Tragic in the classical style, where everything is stupid and yet makes depressing sense, with people's inherent flaws and long-held passions leading them on a fated path to their doom.
I love it, but I also hate it.