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

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We could have had Down Under, instead we go to a boring maze

[X] Goldfish
Adhoc vote count started by Duesal on Oct 11, 2019 at 2:17 PM, finished with 25 posts and 11 votes.
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DragonParadox said:
Eleven is on the low end for voter engagement, still I get that it's not the most rivetting vote in the world.
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All the discussion for this action selection has mostly been done the night leading up to the updates, you realize? We talked about it pretty thoroughly, and the options don't really describe in mechanical terms what advantage we get, leading me to assume that it just informs the voter that "this is sort of what the update will look like" given how much creative control we have given the spells effects (we can decide what it looks like, therefore, here are some suggestions).
 
Crake said:
All the discussion for this action selection has mostly been done the night leading up to the updates, you realize? We talked about it pretty thoroughly, and the options don't really describe in mechanical terms what advantage we get, leading me to assume that it just informs the voter that "this is sort of what the update will look like" given how much creative control we have given the spells effects (we can decide what it looks like, therefore, here are some suggestions).
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Fair, I kind of get worried when I see low vote counts because I'm concerned I'm dragging out the actions. I enjoyed the inter-personal interactions mingled into the battle scenes but I know that is not everyone's cup of tea.

Anyway vote closed.
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Oct 11, 2019 at 2:38 PM, finished with 34 posts and 15 votes.
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DragonParadox said:
Fair, I kind of get worried when I see low vote counts because I'm concerned I'm dragging out the actions. I enjoyed the inter-personal interactions mingled into the battle scenes but I know that is not everyone's cup of tea.

Anyway vote closed.
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I absolutely love these interactions, keep them coming !

We aren't here to see numbers go up. We're here for the adventures of Viserys and Companions - the empire stuff is great and the numbers are fun, but the friendship is fundamental.
 
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Part MMMCXI: In the Iron Cage
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    • In the Iron Cage ​

    Second Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC

    A labyrinth of Cold Iron you build, the bane of all things Fey, submerged in icy waters to quench the hottest flames, but in this maze there is no treasure, only endless sprawling corridors meant to befuddle the mind of your foe, even as you approach it by swift and certain paths. One thing you had not done is make the waters flow for that would have impeded your own spell of finding. A pity you could not take the Wayfinder into the false dream, but wishcraft works just as well. "This way," you motion towards a rune-carved gate, the symbols utter nonsense meant to be a further distraction. Teana and Zherys are quick to follow, obviously having had some experience either swimming beneath the waves or flying above it, but Rina seems to hesitate and a moment later you realize why that might be.

    In your haste to build the perfect trap you had forgotten that the last time she had fallen in cold water it had been the icy currents of the White Knife that had killed her. "Can you...?" you begin carefully, but she cuts you off.

    "I can breath... er swim... swim wherever we need to go. This is not even real water, just a dream," she says, the last with bitterness turned upon herself.

    "If it is real enough to trap the Herald of Ymeri, it's real enough to trouble you," Teana notes, turning to look at the younger woman. "The world we perceive is the world we live in, not some abstraction of utter truth."

    "Alright, let's deal with this and then I can have a nice warm bath in the flesh," the jest comes out a touch forced, but you smile at it just the same

    Her wish is not slow in coming into being, for though the labyrinth coils ever in what might seem an endless tangle of corridors the liar's dream is limited in scope and you know every path and opening to allow you not just to find your foe, but hopefully cut him off. The first sign of battle close at hand was the warming of the water, from lukewarm to hot to boiling currents that would melt the flesh from the bones of anyone not warded against heat and flame.

    A moment later you catch a glimpse of a circular hole thirty feet across in one of the walls, the edges of the metal still burning white hot, you imagine attempting to find the way out by the most direct path. It seems N'Gath is clever enough to have refused to play the game you had laid out, but not quite clever enough to realize that countless tons of Cold Iron would slow him down just the same.

    Teana sends a squid of writhing shadow-stuff through the gap to scout ahead, bidding it to return in a score-beats or less should it find the Herald, twenty heartbeats pass, then forty, and at last a full minute, nothing returns.

    "It seems we have found our quarry, Your Grace," Zherys notes. "How do you judge we should approach?"

    What do you reply?

    [] Write in combat plan

    OOC: I was tempted to just have them all charge ahead, but the fact is you guys are a lot more methodical about combat than I am when writing Viserys alone, so I felt it would be better to give you the chance, plus it's a little late to roll for combat.
     
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    In the Iron Cage ​

    Second Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC

    A labyrinth of cold iron you build, bane of all things fey, submerged in icy waters to quench the hottest flames, but in this maze there is no treasure only endless sprawling corridors meant to befuddle the mind of your foe, even as you approach it by swift and certain paths. One thing you had not done is make the waters flow for that would have impeded your own spell of finding. A pity you could not take the Wayfinder into the false dream, but wishcraft works as well. "This way," you motion towards a rune-carved gate, the symbols utter nonsense meant to be further distracting. Teana and Zherys are quick to follow, obviously having had some experience either swimming beneath the waves of flying, but Rina seems to hesitate and a moment later you realize why that might be.

    In your haste to build the perfect trap you had forgotten that the last time she had fallen in cold water it had been the icy currents of the White Knife that had killed her. "Can you...?" you begin carefully, but she cuts you off. "I can breath... er swim... swim wherever we need to go. This is not even real water, just a dream," she says the last with bitterness turned upon herself.

    "If it is real enough to trap the Herald of Ymeri, it's real enough to trouble you," Teana notes turning to look at the younger woman. "The world we perceive is the world we live in, not some abstraction of utter truth."

    "Alright, let's deal with this and then I can have a nice warm bath in the flesh," the jest comes out a touch forced, but you smile at it just the same

    Her wish is not slow in coming into being, for though the labyrinth coils ever in what might seem an endless tangle of corridors the liar's dream is limited in scope and you know every path and opening to allow you not just to find your foe, but hopefully cut him off. the first sign of battle close at hand was the warming of the water, from lukewarm to hot to boiling currents that would melt the flesh from the bones of anyone not warded against heat and flame.

    A moment later you catch a glimpse of a circular hole thirty feet across in one of the walls, the edges of the metal still burning white hot, you imagine attempting to find the way out by the most direct path. It seems N'Gath is clever to have refused yo play the game you had laid out, but not quite clever enough to realize that countless tons of cold iron would slow him down just the same.

    Teana sends a squid of writhing shdow-stuff though the gap to scout ahead, bidding it to return in a score -beats or less should it find the herald, twenty heartbeasts pass, then forty and at last a full minute, nothing returns.

    "It seems we have found our quarry Your Grace," Zherys notes. "How do you judge we should approach?"

    What do you reply

    [] Write in combat plan

    OOC: I was tempted to just have them all charge ahead, but the fact is you guys are a lot more methodical about combat than I am when writing Viserys alone so I felt it would be better to give you the chance, plus it's a little late to roll for combat. Not yet edited.
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    So does that mean Viserys' first instinct is BURN MAIM KILL and it's only the voices in his head who are cautious and calculating? :V
     
    @Goldfish Append a level-up for Dirriz to your next plan? Might as well work our way down the list.

    @Duesal For that matter, did we already vote on everyone else besides those four who leveled on Claw Isle?

    Shara, Mia, Anya?

    Getting hard to separate who was voted on and who wasn't, really should make a list and track non-updated sheets that were voted on, votes that haven't been made for leveling, etc.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    In the Iron Cage ​

    Second Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC

    A labyrinth of cold iron you build, bane of all things fey, submerged in icy waters to quench the hottest flames. In this maze there is no treasure, only endless sprawling corridors meant to befuddle the mind of your foe, even as you approach it by swift and certain paths. One thing you had not done is make the waters flow for that would have impeded your own spell of finding. A pity you could not take the Wayfinder into the false dream, but wishcraft works as well. "This way," you motion towards a rune-carved gate, the symbols utter nonsense meant to be further distracting. Teana and Zherys are quick to follow, obviously having had some experience either swimming beneath the waves or flying through sorcery, but Rina seems to hesitate. A moment later you realize why that might be.

    In your haste to build the perfect trap, you had forgotten that the last time she had fallen in cold water it had been the icy currents of the White Knife that had killed her. "Can you...?" you begin carefully, but she cuts you off. "I can breath... er swim... swim wherever we need to go. This is not even real water, just a dream," she says the last with bitterness turned upon herself.

    "If it is real enough to trap the Herald of Ymeri, it's real enough to trouble you," Teana notes, turning to look at the younger woman. "The world we perceive is the world we live in, not some abstraction of utter truth."

    "Alright, let's deal with this. Then I can have a nice warm bath in the flesh," the jest comes out a touch forced, but you smile at it just the same

    Her wish is not slow in coming into being, for though the labyrinth coils ever in what might seem an endless tangle of corridors, the liar's dream is limited in scope and you know every path and opening to allow you not just to find your foe, but hopefully cut him off. The first sign of battle close at hand was the warming of the water, from lukewarm, to hot, to boiling currents that would melt the flesh from the bones of anyone not warded against heat and flame.

    A moment later you catch a glimpse of a circular hole thirty feet across in one of the walls, the edges of the metal still burning white hot. You imagine your foe attempted to find the way out by the most direct path. It seems N'Gath is clever to have refused to play the game you had laid out, but not quite clever enough to realize that countless tons of cold iron would slow him down just the same.

    Teana sends a squid of writhing shdow-stuff though the gap to scout ahead, bidding it to return in a score of heartbeats, or less should it find the herald. The allotted time passes, then forty, and at last a full minute, nothing returns.

    "It seems we have found our quarry, Your Grace," Zherys notes. "How do you judge we should approach?"

    What do you reply

    [] Write in combat plan

    OOC: I was tempted to just have them all charge ahead, but the fact is you guys are a lot more methodical about combat than I am when writing Viserys alone, so I felt it would be better to give you the chance, plus it's a little late to roll for combat. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
    Crake said:
    @Goldfish Append a level-up for Dirriz to your next plan? Might as well work our way down the list.

    @Duesal For that matter, did we already vote on everyone else besides those four who leveled on Claw Isle?

    Shara, Mia, Anya?

    Getting hard to separate who was voted on and who wasn't, really should make a list and track non-updated sheets that were voted on, votes that haven't been made for leveling, etc.
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    Will do.

    Mia was voted on earlier in the week and her sheet updated.
     
    The original plan did have the form the Mindscape would take.

    This works too but I'm a little troubled by our lack of flight and line of sight.

    @DragonParadox

    Can Varys' tell where he is with Mindsight?
     
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