...Middle Eastern mixed with Satanists? Oooh! Tubbo Mutt!
No, what's a weird goat god and some occasional human sacrifice between neighbors after all?
It was the beards for me. Beards without proper mustaches to go with.
Don't they also do beard pigtails or something? It was either them or the Tyroshi. That has to be a sign of demonic influence.
That's the Dothraki the utter savages.
No, it was the Tyroshi... and they do even worse than just that:
We initially moved to take action on Yi-Ti to counter Golden Company machinations, which had a serious chance of destabilizing the nation while greatly improving the GC's wealth, power, and access to potentially powerful artifacts. They're in league with the Yi-Ti population of Oni, at least tangentally, who are in turn working with the Rakshasa of the Bloodstone Emperor.so what exactly is the point of half the stuff we're doing in Yi-Ti? I get the golden company stuff, but it seems like we're getting ready to make a move on the political scene of a nation on the other side of the planet from our power base.
It seems pointless when we can't really leverage it until after we take more of Essos at the very minimum. Honestly it kind of feels like we were in the middle of three different chess matches with just as many flavors of monster, then decided to start a game of scrabble on another continent because we wanted a change of scenery.
No, what's a weird goat god and some occasional human sacrifice between neighbors after all?
That chanting though? It's creepy as hell.
I get that part, I more meant the discussion of shopping for emperors or showing up for a state visit and the like which have come up a few times. That sort of thing implies a lot more direct involvement with a place that's effectively more difficult to access than the inner planes for anyone in the Imperium who can't teleport.
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Against the Rakshasa, if I remember correctly.
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I'm also uncomfortable creating a sentient being to serve as the Orphne Lord's mount.All right, a few potential base animals for the Orphne king's mount. He seems like a grace over brute force type, so I'm not including boars, bears, elephants, and the like.
Stag, Emperor – d20PFSRD
Giant Emperor Stag: CR 4, HD 4. The base creature is medium, so giant is needed for a mount. It's got a high speed for Vahana to increase and Fey/Shadow to multiply, plus it can turn 90 degrees in a charge and move in surprise rounds. This thing is built for speed. Plus, a fey king riding a giant deer just seems appropriate. Low CR, so plenty of room for Mighty or other templates. 4 HD gets it one ability from the Fey and Shadow lists.
Cetacean, Dolphin (Common) – d20PFSRD
Giant Dolphin: CR 1 1/2, HD 2. Again, medium, so Giant is needed. This may sound crazy, but hear me out. Vahana can grant any sort of extra movement speed. Usually, this is fly or swim speed, but there's no reason it couldn't be a land speed. Further, Fey Creature grants a flight speed. Dolphin has a base 80 swim speed, meaning that this would be an immensely fast all-terrain traveler. It breathes air, so no problems on that front. Again, plenty of CR space for Mighty or casting options. Fey and Shadow creature each grant a minimum of one ability, so this would get one of each as well.
Snake, Sea (Giant) – d20PFSRD
Giant Sea Snake: CR 7, HD 9. Huge, so the king can bring some friends along with him. More combat power than the Dolphin, but not nearly as fast. Has a climb speed, for what that's worth. Gets two each of Fey and Shadow special abilities.
Ujaheim – d20PFSRD
Ujaheim: CR 6, HD 9. Large desert native cat. Naturally inclined to riding, so perhaps it would be easier to convince an intelligent one to be a mount. Two special abilities from each list.
Warcat – d20PFSRD
Warcat: CR 12, HD 16. Huge armored attack cat. Going to need to enlarge the CR cap before we do one of these. Four abilities from each list.
An alternative to Vahana:
Dragonkin – d20PFSRD
CR 9, HD10. It's a large dragon that's inclined to let others ride it and can wield its own weapons in addition to its breath weapon. Two from each list.
A third alternative. The Vahana is basically the ideal mount, but I don't know how comfortable I am with creating an intelligent being to literally carry someone else around on their back. So, a possible build with 1-2 Int could be something like a Mighty Primitive Fey Shadow Hippogriff, Stymphalidies, Gorgimera, or the aforementioned Ujaheim (season with extra templates to taste).
Gorgimera (3pp) – d20PFSRD
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That's the one. I couldn't remember it, and when I searched I was using "antimagic" instead of "anti-magic". Thanks, dude.
Just a note - we'd only get as high as CR15, ever. The fogres aren't upgradeable further.
I'm also uncomfortable creating a sentient being to serve as the Orphne Lord's mount.
I think the Emperor Stag is a good base creature, very thematic for a Fey Lord. We can advance it's Racial HD to 8, which would push it's CR to 5, I think. Then we can add the Dire Creature template to make it Large-sized and add 3 more HD (bringing it to CR 7), Fey Creature (raising CR to 9), and finish with Shadow Creature at CR 10.
That would be a good range of abilities, plus it would be tough, fast, and non-sentient.
Dire Creature (CR +2)[3pp] – d20PFSRD
We'll be finishing two more Moonchasers by the end of the 12th month. Two Moonchasers every two months is sustainable for us.
Well, CoB is in ~3 months at most, if we are to follow the timeline Shaitan spymaster originally gave us for infiltrating it/related war-efforts...
