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

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egoo said:
As a side note, I can't help but feel that this might just be a trap set up specifically for us.
Giving Siduri fake info wouldn't be all that hard, and with most of her contacts being in Dis...

Bottom line, we should expect not only Efreeti, but 15th and/or Rakshasa involving themselves.
May or may not happen, but better be ready.

Also this leaves our lands quite lessened on powerful Companions, they may try something from that angle too.
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It's possible, but a risk we'll have to take. SD isn't defenseless by any means. There are still going to be three Wyvern Fighters there, three Heralds, two Iron Archer Golems, a couple dozen Elemental Wyrmlings, multiple Steam Cannon batteries, and quite a lot of other capable combatants, including Erinyes, Minotaurs, three Guardian Nagas, Yss, etc.

BTW, I've updated the vote slightly to mention that Glyra and her troupe will stay in Lys to help manage the Goblin Market situation and that we're bringing the Seeker with us, though it's staying in a Smoky Confinement bottle unless needed.
 
egoo said:
As a side note, I can't help but feel that this might just be a trap set up specifically for us.
Giving Siduri fake info wouldn't be all that hard, and with most of her contacts being in Dis...

Bottom line, we should expect not only Efreeti, but 15th and/or Rakshasa involving themselves.
May or may not happen, but better be ready.

Also this leaves our lands quite lessened on powerful Companions, they may try something from that angle too.
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I'm definitely anticipating Rakshasa. They've been unfortunately invested in Valyria, so I fully anticipate they're infesting the Fourteen Fires as well.

If we're lucky/unlucky we'll get a shot at capturing the Magma Dragons for study while we're there.
 
Crake said:
Yeah, at Mythic Tier 10, his speed is well over 100 MPH, literally becoming a blur of motion.

Almost makes you want to design a maneuver that lets him make an attack on everything within range of where his movement takes him called Murder Blender, because that would allow him to kill hordes of NPCs. Not that he can't do that already, it'd just be more efficient. :V
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I'm picturing this, but with more spikes.

 
OK, this is going to sound weird, but arent our hardened propaganda pamphlets a straight upgrade over standard mail/leather armor?
Because i sense a new class of hedge knight rising.
 
das_slash said:
OK, this is going to sound weird, but arent our hardened propaganda pamphlets a straight upgrade over standard mail/leather armor?
Because i sense a new class of hedge knight rising.
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Since Viserys cast the Hardening spell himself, the stuff is harder than steel.

If you can find shears sturdy enough to cut the stuff and an awl capable of punching holes in it, you could make some pretty decent armor, though you would probably want to affix it to something capable of dispersing impact. Maybe wear it like an extra layer over gambeson?
 
das_slash said:
OK, this is going to sound weird, but arent our hardened propaganda pamphlets a straight upgrade over standard mail/leather armor?
Because i sense a new class of hedge knight rising.
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They do not need any paltry mail or lether armor, instead, they have the words of the true Emperor of Westeros as their armor. For even the dragons words protect them more than the mail of the castle forges.
 
Just out of curiosity, does SD have regular drills against invasions? At least for the stationed garrison troops?

Any kind of formal defensive strategy in our holdings other than "hold long enough until the king arrives"?
 
Speed53066 said:
They do not need any paltry mail or lether armor, instead, they have the words of the true Emperor of Westeros as their armor. For even the dragons words protect them more than the mail of the castle forges.
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I can even see a sort of economy rising around it.

"I have 2 WotW (Warlock of the west) to trade for SoL (Sunset over Lys), need them to complete my color scheme, contact me ASAP"
 
ryuan said:
Just out of curiosity, does SD have regular drills against invasions? At least for the stationed garrison troops?

Any kind of formal defensive strategy in our holdings other than "hold long enough until the king arrives"?
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The garrison in each province is well-drilled. Not crack troops, but disciplined and basically the equivalent of full-time reservists. That's about it.
 
Crake said:
Almost makes you want to design a maneuver that lets him make an attack on everything within range of where his movement takes him called Murder Blender, because that would allow him to kill hordes of NPCs. Not that he can't do that already, it'd just be more efficient. :V
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Desert Tempest

Desert Wind (Strike)
Level: Swordsage 6
Prerequisite: Two Desert Wind maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Personal
Target: You


You move in a blur, leaving scorch marks in your wake as you twirl around the battlefield, slicing into your foes as you move.


As part of this maneuver, you move up to your speed. Each time you exit a square adjacent to an enemy, you can first make a single melee attack against that foe. You cannot attack a single enemy more than once with this maneuver. Your movement provokes attacks of opportunity, as normal.

This is a bit like it is with magic, if there isn't a spell for it, there's a maneouver.
[X] Goldfish
 
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Artemis1992 said:
Desert Tempest

Desert Wind (Strike)
Level: Swordsage 6
Prerequisite: Two Desert Wind maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Personal
Target: You


You move in a blur, leaving scorch marks in your wake as you twirl around the battlefield, slicing into your foes as you move.


As part of this maneuver, you move up to your speed. Each time you exit a square adjacent to an enemy, you can first make a single melee attack against that foe. You cannot attack a single enemy more than once with this maneuver. Your movement provokes attacks of opportunity, as normal.

This is a bit like it is with magic, if there isn't a spell for it, there's a maneouver.
[X] Goldfish
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If the square is adjacent to multiple enemies, do you make a single attack on each of them?

Also, Richard's attacks deal 31.5 + 1 Constitution damage every hit on average to veteran (level 5) troops without any spellcasting abilities. This is enough to kill any one NPC pretty much guaranteed with one hit.
 
Crake said:
If the square is adjacent to multiple enemies, do you make a single attack on each of them?

Also, Richard's attacks deal 31.5 + 1 Constitution damage every hit on average to veteran (level 5) troops without any spellcasting abilities. This is enough to kill any one NPC pretty much guaranteed with one hit.
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To be certain that he can kill any NPC he needs to deal at least 42,5 points of damage per attack, which is enough to down basically anything with 5HD and 18 CON
 
To put that into perspective. A veteran knight, trained at arms for most of their life, who can make mincemeat out of peasants, and who are genuinely mean motherfuckers and seasoned killers.

Richard does not have to do anything special to kill them. Just give them a whack with his demon sword and they fall over.

I kind of want to have Richard compete against some Westerosi knights or something. He's so underappreciated! Granted it could be the case that Barristan Selmy and Arthur Dayne had more showmanship than you'd expect, and Richard notably doesn't care nor would they likely want people to talk about their capabilities...

Still, people do recognize him! One Stormlander knight put two and two together, recognized who he probably was, and damn near pissed himself, and all Viserys got before then was a suspicious glare.

The guy who can turn into a literal fire-breathing monster.

Westeros... I fuckin' swear...
 
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Crake said:
If the square is adjacent to multiple enemies, do you make a single attack on each of them?
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As I read it yes, every enemy you pass by gets the sword.
What limits this move is that he couldn't pass though occupied fields, so a firm first line could stop him (at the cost of their lives) from murdering too many people at once.
 
Artemis1992 said:
As I read it yes, every enemy you pass by gets the sword.
What limits this move is that he couldn't pass though occupied fields, so a firm first line could stop him (at the cost of their lives) from murdering too many people at once.
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THREE or more people at a time would have to survive a date with Oathkeeper to bar his path. That's just too unlikely...
 
It's also relatively trivial to ignore "unit collision" (because my brain can't think of the correct term in DnD.
 
He could just kill one of them, then occupy his space even if the other two or more attacks fail to kill people. Then he attacks the next threatened enemies, then occupies one of their now emptied spaces, repeat until end of movement.
 
Crake said:
He could just kill one of them, then occupy his space even if the other two or more attacks fail to kill people. Then he attacks the next threatened enemies, then occupies one of their now emptied spaces, repeat until end of movement.
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But he can't attack a target until he's already moved past them.
So he can run by a line of soldiers, killing them all, but he can't in the same move attack the next line.
 
Artemis1992 said:
But he can't attack a target until he's already moved past them.
So he can run by a line of soldiers, killing them all, but he can't in the same move attack the next line.
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Nah, he can do it. He starts on the right front and moves left. After five feet to the left, he gets an attack. If that kills them, he moves into what was their square, triggering an attack on the guy to their left. Rinse and repeat.
 
das_slash said:
But they did work as mercenaries for the Lannisters, so we would have to assume that anything they get they would sell to them, unless they come ask us for permission and declare they are from a different clan/faction/whatever, which would mean accepting we own Valyria.
Marids are not enemies, but they are on thin fucking ice.
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Really a whole species is on thin ice, because the Lannisters hired at most 10 of them?
 
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