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

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Crake said:
Just a note that Aboleths have about as mysterious an origin as Illithids, though they are extremely concerned with the latter's own. And generally contemptuous of everything not an Aboleth.

Also, I never said what kind of Eldritch Abomination this is, but I've already gotten multiple guesses! It's fun that there's so many to choose from that no one is likely more correct than another...
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Shit, I hope it was an Aboleth. At least that route has the possibility of a not too bad end. If it was an Elder Brain or Neogi, that's a guaranteed shit show in the making. 😨
 
@Goldfish, did you have any Disintegrate or Dispel shells made for the Moonchasers so far?

Did we ever check if we can rent some Archmage time for a few Disjunction shells?
 
Azel said:
@Goldfish, did you have any Disintegrate or Dispel shells made for the Moonchasers so far?

Did we ever check if we can rent some Archmage time for a few Disjunction shells?
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We can craft some single-use Disintegration shells this month. They won't be too expensive, though we only have a couple crafters capable of making them.

Disjunction shells are not so easy to manage. We can try to order some from one of the extraplanar trade cities, but with the state of the Genie war, our best bet for that would be Vialesk. We'll have to see if there are any crafters available when we place our next order.
 
Goldfish said:
We can craft some single-use Disintegration shells this month. They won't be too expensive, though we only have a couple crafters capable of making them.

Disjunction shells are not so easy to manage. We can try to order some from one of the extraplanar trade cities, but with the stat of the war, our best bet for that would be Vialesk. We'll have to see if there are any crafters available when we place our next order.
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I was thinking about using the Disjunction shells to breach the CoB walls, so the Shaitan might be amenable to lend us some time for it.

Should also add some Mindblanked shells and some with Alter Fortune, so that they can force re-rolls against intercept efforts.

Basically, make sure that if the Efreeti try to Wish the salvo into submission, they tear a hole into the plane from sheer strain.
 
Azel said:
I was thinking about using the Disjunction shells to breach the CoB walls, so the Shaitan might be amenable to lend us some time for it.

Should also add some Mindblanked shells and some with Alter Fortune, so that they can force re-rolls against intercept efforts.

Basically, make sure that if the Efreeti try to Wish the salvo into submission, they tear a hole into the plane from sheer strain.
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I'm not sure if that is even possible, considering the way those spells work. Won't hurt to check, I guess.

I was planning a lot of chaos to be part of the attack, enough to make it difficult for anything to counter our assault due to line of sight issues and simple distraction. Single-use Flashburst charms to blind huge swaths of combatants, multiple single-use Blizzard charms to obstruct views and hamper defenders, and maybe some of our Plant-Imbued creatures using their Sunburst SLAs for added effect. Not to mention all of the explosions and possible Brown Mood outbreaks...
 
Azel said:
I was thinking about using the Disjunction shells to breach the CoB walls, so the Shaitan might be amenable to lend us some time for it.
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Those might count as an Artifact.

But we do have someone to talk about this:
DragonParadox said:
"My order are known as Abjurers, it was we who raised the walls of the city in elder days of imperishable gold and after the Day of Betrayal we reforged them in brass," Silas recounted. "But what is less well known of us is our skill at divination, for it is a poor ward that does not know the foe and a poor watchman who trusts the eyes of flesh alone."
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He happens to owe us his life, we can propably wither convince him, or lure him somewhere where we can abduct and brain-drain.
 
I don't expect Disjunction shells to work against Efreet/Shaitan/Djinn fortifications. Sure it's incredibly hard to block a Disjunction on a large scale, but it's rather easy to block projectiles with magic, and these empires have spent millenia fortifying their main city. It probably has literally every ward possible, especially on its fortifications. A mere enthropic shield has a 20% chance of deflecting incoming projectiles, no save allowed. Then there's wind effects, force effects, weird repulsion effects targeting specific materials like "metal"...

tl;dr = I don't actually expect the shell to connect with its target, which means that we risk wasting those shells.
 
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TalonofAnathrax said:
I don't expect Disjunction shells to work against Efreet/Shaitan/Djinn fortifications. Sure it's incredibly hard to block a Disjunction on a large scale, but it's rather easy to block projectiles with magic, and these empires have spent millenia fortifying their main city. It probably has literally every ward possible, especially on its fortifications. A mere enthropic shield has a 20% chance of deflecting incoming projectiles, no save allowed. Then there's wind effects, force effects, weird repulsion effects targeting specific materials like "metal"...

tl;dr = I don't actually expect the shell to connect with its target, which means that we risk wasting those shells.
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Which is why they should be part of a concentrated barrage with mixed shells. Lead in with some Dispel and Greater Dispel to suppress the lesser wards, then start mixing in a few Disjunctions.

Only when we have confirmed Disjunction hits would we fire the main salvo.

Nothing like a bit of Buntschießen to soften up a target.
 
[X] Contact Ser Dick Cole to see if you can gain a first hand account of the company's position beyond what ledgers and shadow spies can tell
 
Goldfish said:
That he maintains a magically hidden shrine to R'hllor in his tent is pretty damning.

Hopefully that means we can influence or even flip him entirely.
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That's a pretty big IF.

This could also backfire hilariously and blow the cover on the operation.

Maybe this would be a good moment to ask Burny for a favor.
 
[X] Continue scouting, there is much you do not yet know of
-[X] The young dragon you heard of and any others of that kindred
-[X] Also use careful ddivinatios to figure out uf there are any other Mindblanked forces around.
-[X] Have Dany contact Burny for more intel on Cole.

Waltzing blindly into a situation with Mindblanked opposition is a bad idea.
 
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Azel said:
[X] Continue scouting, there is much you do not yet know of
-[X] The young dragon you heard of and any others of that kindred
-[X] Also use careful ddivinatios to figure out uf there are any other Mindblanked forces around.
-[X] Have Melisandre contact Burny for more intel on Cole.

Waltzing blindly into a situation with Mindblanked opposition is a bad idea.
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Melisandre is currently on the Plane of Fire, carefully subverting Efreeti ship captains and their crews. It might be better not to interfere with that, as we don't know what we might be interrupting. Benerro would be a better choice for your purposes, I think.
 
Goldfish said:
Melisandre is currently on the Plane of Fire, carefully subverting Efreeti ship captains and their crews. It might be better not to interfere with that, as we don't know what we might be interrupting. Benerro would be a better choice for your purposes, I think.
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Benerro hadn't nearly as much Viserys exposure though.

Guess I'll use Dany then.
 
Azel said:
Benerro hadn't nearly as much Viserys exposure though.

Guess I'll use Dany then.
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Viserys has interacted with Benerro several times, and they have a good working relationship. Dany, on the other hand, seems like a bad choice to contact Burny, when we could easily have Benerro do it on our behalf.
 
Goldfish said:
Viserys has interacted with Benerro several times, and they have a good working relationship. Dany, on the other hand, seems like a bad choice to contact Burny, when we could easily have Benerro do it on our behalf.
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The issue is that Benerro might be a bit... surprised? Confused? Creeped out?

He might not take it well if Viserys pops in, asks him to pump his god for intel, then pops back out.
 
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