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

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So what do we want to do with Lya II? If Lya spends the first week of the month making a duplicate of herself, that will leave Lya II, with 23 days free for other stuff.

@Crake, rather than subtracting Progress from Lya's research action, Lya II can learn the spells and still have 18 days left over. We could add those 18 days to our crafting capacity. That would be my preference, but she could also help with another research action or teach at the Scholarium.
 
Goldfish said:
So what do we want to do with Lya II? If Lya spends the first week of the month making a duplicate of herself, that will leave Lya II, with 23 days free for other stuff.

@Crake, rather than subtracting Progress from Lya's research action, Lya II can learn the spells and still have 18 days left over. We could add those 18 days to our crafting capacity. That would be my preference, but she could also help with another research action or teach at the Scholarium.
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Crafting plox.
 
Goldfish said:
So what do we want to do with Lya II? If Lya spends the first week of the month making a duplicate of herself, that will leave Lya II, with 23 days free for other stuff.

@Crake, rather than subtracting Progress from Lya's research action, Lya II can learn the spells and still have 18 days left over. We could add those 18 days to our crafting capacity. That would be my preference, but she could also help with another research action or teach at the Scholarium.
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We could put her on spell to ritual conversion. Since that is purely dependant on how high she rolls rather than some progress bar
 
Goldfish said:
So what do we want to do with Lya II? If Lya spends the first week of the month making a duplicate of herself, that will leave Lya II, with 23 days free for other stuff.

@Crake, rather than subtracting Progress from Lya's research action, Lya II can learn the spells and still have 18 days left over. We could add those 18 days to our crafting capacity. That would be my preference, but she could also help with another research action or teach at the Scholarium.
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I want her to study Runecrafting. We can start with Runestone, Storm's End, and then go to study the Wall. The sooner we get this done the more we can do with her wards.

Runestone and Storm's End can probably advance her from Runecrafting III to Runecrafting IV, and the Wall would launch her to Runecrafting V.
 
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Duesal said:
I want her to study Runecrafting. We can start with Runestone, Storm's End, and then go to study the Wall. The sooner we get this done the more we can do with her wards.

Runestone and Storm's End can probably advance her from Runecrafting III to Runecrafting IV, and the Wall would launch her to Runecrafting V.
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Actually that's a pretty good idea. Since all the Lya clones share the same information we could just send one to do various researches on runecraft and we would have four separate runecrafters in the future...if need be.
 
One Autumn Leaf said:
Actually that's a pretty good idea. Since all the Lya clones share the same information we could just send one to do various researches on runecraft and we would have four separate runecrafters in the future...if need be.
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Yep. ;) We can also streamline research by having her poke at Runestone and Storm's End at the same time. Granted it's still a big research project, but not quite as monstrous once there are two of her.
 
Duesal said:
I want her to study Runecrafting. We can start with Runestone, Storm's End, and then go to study the Wall. The sooner we get this done the more we can do with her wards.

Runestone and Storm's End can probably advance her from Runecrafting III to Runecrafting IV, and the Wall would launch her to Runecrafting V.
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I'm not opposed to that, but keep in mind that Lya crafts at double speed now thanks to her Mythic ability. 18 days of crafting from her is actually worth 36 days of pre-Mythic crafting.
 
Goldfish said:
I'm not opposed to that, but keep in mind that Lya crafts at double speed now thanks to her Mythic ability. 18 days of crafting from her is actually worth 36 days of pre-Mythic crafting.
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I see the value there, and I'm really excited about it. I just believe that studying Runecrafting is more beneficial on numerous fronts, and might end up influencing what we craft in the future.
 
@Goldfish, I think that the most IC thing for Lya II to do is to spend her whole month learning new spells.
It makes a lot of sense in-character, it's something Lya would love to do and would binge once she suddenly got time for, and it's both important and mechanically good.

And her current list of spells known is terrible, anyway. She's a mystic theurge! She should know all the spells, not such a tiny number!

Please?
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
@Goldfish, I think that the most IC thing for Lya II to do is to spend her whole month learning new spells.
It makes a lot of sense in-character, it's something Lya would love to do and would binge once she suddenly got time for, and it's both important and mechanically good.

And her current list of spells known is terrible, anyway. She's a mystic theurge! She should know all the spells, not such a tiny number!

Please?
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I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.
 
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Interlude DXCIV: Eldritch Knowledge, Simple Wisdom
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    • Eldritch Knowledge, Simple Wisdom ​

    First Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC

    Courage was a strange thing, Jeyne Weaver had found over the last few years. She had braved the high passes of the Mountains of the Moon, fought Wights like something out of a fireside tale, charged them and nearly died in the doing so, yet here she was looking at a door hand raised yet not daring to knock. True, it was a very fine door, polished oak and brass fittings with the mark of a stylized eye worked into the wood, a door fit for the keep of the Dragon King, fit for a Companion. Part of her was afraid that he would just look on straight over her head and sweep her aside for more important business... and part of her was scared of what she might find out about herself and her strange magic. Even now Jeyne trusted it instinctively, reaching out with her mind to see if anyone meant her ill, even though she knew she was as safe here as in any other place in all the wide world.

    The door opened without a sound and before she could muster the nerve to speak, or have time to turn tail and run, Wisdom Xor fixed her with all five of his eyes. A cold sweat flashed over her, leaving Jeyne feeling shaky and light headed... she had never been this close to him in this form, the way his eyestalks wove through the air brought to mind a half remembered dream, a nightmare of being alone, unable to move or scream while alien shapes moved across the edges of her vision.

    "Oh... I do apologize, is this form disconcerting?" he asked in a soft melodious voice. "I've grown used to well... people having grown used to me, but of course not everyone has been here since the beginning and you have all the reasons in the world to be wary. One moment, the transition between forms can be quite disconcerting..."

    He started to turn, but before he could move fully away from the opened door Jeyne called after him: "Wait, it's alright! I shouldn't be coming into your room and expecting you to... change." That was the sort of thing one might expect to hear the virtuous maiden to say in a courtly romance should she be caught in private with her knight, some small and particularly absurd voice in the back of her mind noted. The thought almost made her burst into giggles, embarrassing herself further.

    "Well alright then, come in," Wisdom Xor replied, flying backwards to usher her in, except it wasn't really backwards for him was it? All directions were the same to him. "Would you like some tea, or mayhap Summer Islands chocolate? I just found a particularly interesting blend with cinnamon yesterday..."

    Before Jeyne could even tell how it had happened she was seated in a deep blue armchair so well stuffed it almost seemed to be giving one a hug with a cup of marvelous drink in hand, momentarily distracted from her reason for being here by wondering just how expensive it was. Surely she could get at least of bit of this stuff on her Scholarum pay?

    "Have you heard about Volantis opening its gates to the Imperium today?" Wisdom Xor asked lightly. "I'm very curious to see some of their plays performed by Volantene actors, not only the old but the ones written since the Doom. Wisdom Teana was particularly fond of 'The Magistrate's Mask'."

    It was then that Jeyne realized he would be entirely fine making smalltalk for however long it took her to get to the point of her visit. He was nice... really nice, and she had been nothing but skittish as a lamb on Maiden's Day. "I was wondering if you could tell me more about where you come from, Wisdom, about... the Far Realm. I want... I need to know what I am."

    "You are Jeyne Weaver," came the firm and impossibly simple reply. "It is not the powers of the mind that define you, but the memories locked within, your likes and dislikes, your fears and your joys, but above all else it is your choices."

    "Thank you, Wisdom," the young woman replied, smiling, the knot of worry in her chest loosened a little. "Still, I would like to know more, to understand. It will help me ensure that I won't ever be helpless again."

    "Of course," the many-eyed mage bobbed gently in place.

    OOC: I can't do a level up interlude for Xor, but I felt he deserved a little time to shine.
     
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    • The far realm... Ah. Stuff of HP Lovecraft truly.

    There are certain beauties out there as well though. Wonders and treasures to go with the danger.

    The people are incredibly dower though.

    Or insane. Or both
     
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    Eldritch Knowledge, Simple Wisdom ​

    First Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC

    Courage was a strange thing, Jeyne Weaver had found over the last few years. She had braved the high passes of the Mountains of the Moon, fought wights like something out of a fireside tale. She had charged them, and nearly died in doing so, yet here she was looking at a door, hand raised yet not daring to knock. True, it was a very fine door, polished oak and brass fittings with the mark of a stylized eye worked into the wood. A door fit for the keep of the Dragon King, fit for a Companion. Part of her was afraid that he would just look on straight over her head and sweep her aside for more important business... and part of her was scared of what she might find out about herself and her strange magic. Even now, Jeyne trusted it instinctively, reaching out with her mind to see if anyone meant her ill, even though she knew she was as safe here as in any other place in all the wide world.

    The door opened without a sound and before she could muster the nerve to speak, or have time to turn tail and run, Wisdom Xor fixed her with all five of his eyes. A cold sweat washed over her, leaving Jeyne feeling shaky and light headed... She had never been this close to him in this form. The way his eye stalks wove through the air brought to mind a half remembered dream, a nightmare of being alone, unable to move or scream, while alien shapes moved across the edges of her vision.

    "Oh... I do apologize. Is this form disconcerting?" he asked in a soft, melodious voice. "I've grown used to, well... people having grown used to me, but of course not everyone has been here since the beginning and you have all the reasons in the world to be wary. One moment, the transition between forms can be quite disturbing...."

    He started to turn, but before he could move fully away from the opened door Jeyne called after him: "Wait, it's alright! I shouldn't be coming into your room and expecting you to... change." That was the sort of thing one might expect to hear the virtuous maiden to say in a courtly romance should she be caught in private with her knight, some small and particularly absurd voice in the back of her mind noted. The thought almost made her burst into giggles, embarrassing herself further.

    "Well alright then, please come in," Wisdom Xor replied, flying backwards to usher her in, except it wasn't really backwards for him was it? All directions were the same to him. "Would you like some tea, or mayhap Summer Islands chocolate? I just found a particularly interesting blend with cinnamon yesterday..."

    Before Jeyne could even tell how it had happened, she was seated in a deep blue armchair so well stuffed it almost seemed to be giving one a hug, with a cup of a marvelous drink in hand. It momentarily distracted her from the reason for being here, wondering just how expensive it was. Surely she could get at least a bit of this stuff on her Scholarum pay?

    "Have you heard about Volantis opening its gates to the Empire today?" Wisdom Xor asked lightly. "I'm very curious to see some of their plays performed by Volantene actors. Not only the old, of coursr, but this a written since the Doom as well. Wisdom Teana was particularly fond of 'The Magistrate's Mask'."

    It was then then that Jeyne realized he would be entirely fine making smalltalk for however long it took her to get to the point of her visit. He was nice... really nice, and she had been nothing but skittish as a lamb on Maiden's Day. "I was wondering if you could tell me more about where you come from, Wisdom, about... the Far Realm. I want... I need to know what I am."

    "You are Jeyne Weaver," came the firm and impossibly simple reply. "It is not the powers of the mind that define you, but the memories locked within, your likes and dislikes, your fears and your joys, but above all else it is your choices."

    "Thank you, Wisdom," the young woman replied smiling, the knot of worry in her chest loosed a little. "Still, I would like to know more, to understand better. It will help me ensure that I won't ever be helpless again."

    "Of course," the many-eyed mage bobbed gently in place.

    OOC: I can't do a level up interlude for Xor, but I felt he deserved a little time to shine.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.

    /hug Xor

    Xor is the best!
     
    Crake said:
    @das_slash, all of your old memes have been consigned to the Pit of URL Errors. :(
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    True, I tried to find Demon Rights Activists the other day, and failed.

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    "Lady Leticia Royce,"
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    We are considering, your father and I that is..." Taking a keep breath Sansa's mother added. "Would you like to be fostered, sweetie? The Vale is very pretty and the people there are nice, just ask your father."
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    You know, for some reason this just struck me as incredibly IC.

    From the perspective of Ned and Cat, sending Sansa to a powerful Targ-supporter in the Vale is essentially setting up a insurance policy for House Stark and protecting their little girl.

    I feel I could see this playing out in a cannon ASOIAF book, given the circumstances.
     
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