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Not really. She was merely not actively voted in as part of what everyone assumed was a quick Scry & Die attack on the Golden Company.
Edit: Added fetching her to my vote.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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Edit: Added fetching her to my vote.
Fair enough, I just like to err on the side of player agency in cases like this.
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On that note, Waymar got some knights to train and Lya should be upgrading Oathkeeper. It seems we are settling in for the long haul right now.
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@Azel, Thank you. I'm happy to respond to this. Side notes: I am of course speaking only for myself and this is almost purely a matter of personal preference, so I can get most of what you said, I'm just trying to offer a genuine look at the other side.
I think you have a genuine point about screen time that I hadn't considered, thanks. It might just be the slowdown from the previous 'month' warping my perspective of how long to expect things to take.
My enjoyment of the cults being in place and active wasn't really related at all to whether they actually end up interacting in a major way with the conclave. It was almost entirely based in world building. We've all seen the times when DP has had issues with integrating the more inhuman enemy factions into the narrative organically (sorry to bring up old pains DP, it's in service to a greater point) but I enjoyed the set up for Old Town because it was just the opposite. Tia chan and the Squidbillies having active stuff going on here was set up in narrative quite well and seeing them already established and at work while we play a bit of catch up was an excellent way to pay off various bits and snapshots of Old Town right from the start. It made the world feel more active and integrated to me, and it fits what I would expect from the sort of place that semi organically spawns an institution like the Lantern Bearers. I wouldn't have been shocked or annoyed to find even more factions engaged in shadow conflicts as we dive deeper into the Old Town Murk.
See I don't really disagree that dealing with them was originally intended to be a... Prelude to getting down to conclave business, but I actually view that in a positive light. I liked the potential narrative that Viserys comes to town and has to spend a little time sweeping complications out of his path before he settles into some good old fashioned schemery.
I think you have a genuine point about screen time that I hadn't considered, thanks. It might just be the slowdown from the previous 'month' warping my perspective of how long to expect things to take.
I think you know I share your frustrations when that sort of thing happens, I simply didn't really expect that to happen here. The concern is perfectly valid though, fair enough.
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Just for the record, the snit was not about anything religion related, but about the usual paranoia of Yrael being unable to lie even by omission thus giving away the whole plan or Dany acting Chaotic Stupid or being recognized and instantly soul-killed by Lucan.
There was a whole lot of of panic over basically nothing and nobody felt the need to address any of it, since the matter was not urgent at the time.
However, neither Dany nor Yrael are so busy that they can't take a few days off to help the conclave efforts, so everything is still in the cards.
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Oh, I mentally shoved alignment, and "every outer plane" out with the drama boat.
Like no gods, no afterlives, no objective or subjective morality as a force of reality.
Just a militant aethiest regime exterminating organized religion and us never having to deal with "right" or "wrong" again.
Like no gods, no afterlives, no objective or subjective morality as a force of reality.
Just a militant aethiest regime exterminating organized religion and us never having to deal with "right" or "wrong" again.
Good night guys, see you tomorrow as we delve more into matters of the Conclave and the Faith.
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I think you're in the wrong quest for that. Irrespective of being allied with multiple gods, almost all of our PC's care a great deal about right and wrong.
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[X] Azel
MORE INTEL
MORE INTEL
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Not sure if sarcasm or if I fell so far that I get backup from the French.
Next thing is that the English will guarantee my independence...
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No sarcasm. Some of your posts felt... weary, for lack of a better term. I'm off the internet during the day, but I'm still backing you in this matter. Please don't feel like you're alone in defending your position!Not sure if sarcasm or if I fell so far that I get backup from the French.
Next thing is that the English will guarantee my independence...
Think of it this way: you have made arguments about literature (what would make the best story) and plotting to cause political chaos. France has a long history of excellent litterature and of longlasting political chaos (The Entire IIIrd Republic). There's no shame in this !
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And once shit goes down and Dawn or Dusk has passed they either use spells that matter or hold their convictions over the outcome. Unless the fluff is that they are incapable of certain spells, in which case I'd argue you should have given them an entirely different class.
I have VERY intermittent internet connection at the moment and for a couple more days but I for one did appreciate the world building, I thought it was great that there are a few extra plots going on in Old Town, it makes perfect sense, it's Old Town and it WAS making the rest of the world feel alive to me.
I don't understand all the salt in this case, most of the arguments seemed to be people talking past each other and only choosing to engage on partial arguments at best and almost never the meat of their "opponent's" point.
This could have been fun if we had just let it. I hope the updates are as good as I expected from your initial set up and that they don't get rushed.
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He was asked last time in similar circumstances and basically told them to fuck off.
That's why we like him.
This in a situation where he would have been pressured by The Conspiracy considering he was being used as their catspaw when he met us, got infodumped and proceeded to make his displeasure known so I'm curious on who would have more leverage and be more antagonistic than what happened that time.
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[X] Azel
Dany might need a few days until she returns from the Astral Plane, but it should be possible before the Conclave.
Vote closed.
Update in beta.
Part MMDCCXCII: Setting the Stage
Setting the Stage
Fifth Day of the Ninth Month 293 AC
The decision on what to do next is not an easy one, for though the first impulse is to remove Tiamat's pawns and break whatever webs the Deep Ones forged the fact remains that you know very little of their actual purpose, of the way they might interact with the Conclave which might perhaps be turned to some advantage. The latter notion sits ill with Waymar, but even he had to agree that so far as you can see neither cabal seems to be any imminent threat to the city, both reigning in their darker impulses in favor of some longer game which you cannot guess at now for you barely know more about the Conclave than what the rumors tell.
"I have to go back to the Deep and deal with the Order candidates," Waymar admits reluctantly. "If we are not going to deal with them now I should probably be going."
"I've gotta get to hooking that big devil-snake corpse into the Fungus Forge," Vee speaks up in turn, drawing a faintly incredulous look and a shake of the head from Leto.
"Me too," Lya says. Looking to Ser Richard she adds: "I'm afraid I'm going to have to take Oathkeeper with me as well, Ser."
The knight gives his sword a long telling look that shifts into an amused snort at some comment from the spirit within before carefully undoing the straps that hold the enchanted scabbard in place.
"Probably best to keep that," you note, quickly conjuring a mundane but otherwise identical sheath.
"I hope this is worth absenting myself from battle," the blade's voice rings in all your minds.
What weapon will Ser Richard use while Oathkeeper is being empowered?
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Of course, deciding that you will not be removing either of the two conspiracies you have discovered yet does not mean ignoring them. Fortunately the Furies are in many ways perfect for the task of silent observation, able to take on any face, pierce all but the most skillfully woven glamours, and should it come to it vanish at a moment's notice. Thus you ask Leto to select some of her sisters to keep an eye on both the Deep One pawns and Tiamat's demon, a task she readily accepts, though not without her own suggestion.
"My sisters have little in the way of subtle recourse should something we see require immediate intervention, either death by sword and bow, or tangling ropes and curses that any half-trained sorcerer would recognize for the mark of our kindred. The Sun Haters might be of use to us here, the Drow. Their magics are subtle, and I would judge they have the sense to follow orders to the letter and the spirit while they are under our eyes."
She has certainly given you no reason to doubt her judgment, and she knows the time-lost brothers better than you, and if you are going to justify the cost of restoring them much less paying them then you have to make use of their skills at some point. Under the Fury's unwavering gaze seems a good place to start, yet they have had little time to grow used to this age of man.
Do you bring in Morwyn and Tuin as backup for the Erinyes?
[] Yes, it will be a good way to test their skills under strict supervision
[] No, they are yet too new in this new age
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Lymond's Watch is a quiet tavern with a view to the Honeywine, its doors sturdy and its patrons stout tradesmen, no trace of magic or glimmer of a maester's chain, and the most the patrons talk about the Conclave is about commissions to arriving delegations. It is a near ideal base while you get your footing under you in Oldtown, and speaking of getting your footing you also bring your mother back with you from the Deep, the better to wade into the murky waters of Faith and politics.
On hearing an account of the Faith she nods thoughtfully and gives her own accounting: "I know Ollidor from my time at court. He is..." she hesitates. "Well... no reason to mince words, he is a lecher, but a charming one. The sort of man over whom young ladies half his age sigh and bemoan that he took on holy vows, a skilled courtier, though one who had a reputation for both caution in the face of change or peril and staying bought. If he is Tywin's creature now he will put up a good fight in keeping the status quo of lords being able to hire mages as they please, but only train them by royal decree. Whether he has any genuine faith or care for the Seven-Pointed Star I could not tell you."
"So then would he find an ally in Septa Aglantine?" you wonder aloud. "She is the High Septon's voice while he is 'busy', which is to say leaving himself room to invalidate the decisions of the Conclave if he does not like them."
"I do not know her personally, but from what I have heard the current High Septon is far more pious than his predecessor and would select his envoy to mirror," your mother replies. "While their interests for the Conclave may align, I suspect they will clash, personally..."
"And she also might be more inclined to listen to Brother Lucan by reason of that piety..." you muse. "So far his merry band of godsworn mages have been tolerated more than endorsed, but after that business in Crakehall I do not think Tywin is inclined to be quite so forgiving." The news, as far as one could trust rumors, was that several of the Golden Shields had to be rescued from Deep One agents, making the mages themselves more inclined to trust Lucan, but you suspect causing the Lord of Casterly Rock to seethe over the implication that he could not protect his own lands.
"Will he be bringing any Archons?" Leto speaks up for the first time in the discussion, her tone very carefully neutral.
"No way to know for certain," your mother replies, very deliberately meeting the Fallen Angel's eyes, not so much in challenge as to prove she does not fear her or what she represents.
"Not from rumors, but we could divine these priests as easily as we did the demons." The Erinyes looks to you in askance.
Do you use commune to answer questions about the arriving delegations?
[] No, you will search for information by more conventional means
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OOC: This jumps around a bit more than I am comfortable with, but it's the best I could come up with for course-correction.
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