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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jan 27, 2020 at 12:36 PM, finished with 94 posts and 11 votes.

  • [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 Benerro contact Burny for more intel on Cole.
    [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
 
Restoration can handle ability drain and it's only one level higher than heart's ease.Of course dementia is not just wisdom drain. Anyone who has their wisdom returned to normal still needs to go through recovery.
Are we looking at a combo of Restoration to restore ability drain, and then Remove Disease to get the brain to cut it out with degenerating? It would make sense for any lost memories to be unrecoverable unless you're willing to expend much stronger magic or we happen to have skilled psion surgeons on hand or something.
 
Worst case, throw some Regeneration at him to fix degenerative damage. Might need to cut out the defects first though.

But let's try the less drastic measures first.
Are we looking at a combo of Restoration to restore ability drain, and then Remove Disease to get the brain to cut it out with degenerating? It would make sense for any lost memories to be unrecoverable unless you're willing to expend much stronger magic or we happen to have skilled psion surgeons on hand or something.
For anything memory related I would suggest to ask Ishmagnis for input.
 
Mindrape as the name suggests does not heal someone, it just makes them whatever you want, hence it being a truly horrifying thing to do to anyone.
That's why I prefer mindripping. All of the knowledge and none of the guilt. I mean sure there's still the body to clean up but if you're willing to tear their mind apart for that sweet sweet knowledge then you were probably going to kill them anyway.

Or can you just turn them into a book I suppose, but then where's the romance in that?
 
That's why I prefer mindripping. All of the knowledge and none of the guilt. I mean sure there's still the body to clean up but if you're willing to tear their mind apart for that sweet sweet knowledge then you were probably going to kill them anyway.

Or can you just turn them into a book I suppose, but then where's the romance in that?
I think there was a spell to find the romance passages. Though I doubt they are worth reading for most people.

Now, if you made the Big Book Of Oberyn...
 
I don't see why he need a healer, sure he's not ideal for a lord, but he's not damaged, so much as he has a non-standard mind.

Or was his behavior caused by trauma of some sort? Because otherwise it just read as him having some form of autism, and I really hope this thread, isn't the kind of place that think autism is a disease to be cured.

Basically if he wasn't always like this, it's clearly a case of his mind degrading, if he was always like this, then that's just who he is.
 
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I don't see why he need a healer, sure he's not ideal for a lord, but he's not damaged, so much as he has a non-standard mind.

Or was his behavior caused by trauma of some sort? Because otherwise it just read as him having some form of autism, and I really hope this thread, isn't the kind of place that think autism is a disease to be cured.

Basically if he wasn't always like this, it's clearly a case of his mind degrading, if he was always like this, then that's just who he is.
Unfortunately as a Lord his decisions have a lot of weight and can mean the life or death of those under his command.

He might have a non-standard mind and there might be nothing biologically wrong with him, but as a lord he kinda has to be if not on the ball then at least able to hold it still.

His wife keeps him somewhat stable but she's not wrong in seeing if magic can help, if only because his decisions effect his realm and not just himself.
 
I'm still wondering if he will ever bag a Erinyes. Or if he tries his luck with Elaheh.

Speaking of people with a one-track mind, what's Bronn up to these days?
Bronn is in the CoB with Maelor. He's actually got a better chance of hooking up with an Erinyes than Oberyn does, assuming one of the three Erinyes assigned to the shop gets bored and can't find any better way to pass the time.
 
My money is still on Richard and Mereth.
I've been shipping that one almost since Mereth entered our service.

It was a match made in...Hellven? Anyway, there are totally gonna be a brood of Half-Fiend Lonmouths in a decade or two, then they'll go on to serve as the founders of a storied Tiefling bloodline in the following centuries.

So it is written, so shall it be!
 
I've been shipping that one almost since Mereth entered our service.

It was a match made in...Hellven? Anyway, there are totally gonna be a brood of Half-Fiend Lonmouths in a decade or two, then they'll go on to serve as the founders of a storied Tiefling bloodline in the following centuries.

So it is written, so shall it be!
And once every few centuries, when the Imperium is in the need of a champion, one of them shall prove worthy of wielding the legendary artifact Oathkeeper and once more fulfill the ancient pact it represents.
 
I love dilemmas like these that msgic can't solve. Also can we change the name of the spell. Mindrape is just an awful name
Its an awful spell.

Im curious how the preceptor Archons would handle him. Will handle him?

Depending on how many prisons weve built we should have a fairly hefty psychology division.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jan 27, 2020 at 12:36 PM, finished with 94 posts and 11 votes.

  • [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 Benerro contact Burny for more intel on Cole.
    [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
 
Part MMMCCCXIV: Silent Watchers and Unholy Messengers
Silent Watchers and Unholy Messengers

Tenth Day of the Twelfth Month 293 AC

Finding a true dragon among a dance of drakes, even ones so blessed by Tiamat the Many-Hued, is anything but difficult. One has merely to search where the drakes are not for Lizzirth is a proud creature and as curious as a cat, peering through wizards' grimoires and looking over the rituals of the priest-mages for just as the drakes, no priest of the Dark Queen among the golden tents would dare to bar her way. You learn that she often speaks deep into the night with mages who are meant to be sacrificed and on two occasions had demanded that one such be released into her keeping.

The first time it had been granted, though neither the priests nor the officers had been pleased, and the mage a, Nefereese necromancer, had died shortly thereafter under circumstances no one had discussed in the hearing of any shadow spirit over the past month and a half, the second time the dragon had 'adopted' a former shaman of the Jogos Nhai and this one she kept a far closer eye on. By far the most interesting part of the tale, though still frustratingly incomplete, was the rumor that the dragon was trying and had perhaps succeeded to learn magic beyond what her young age would imply.

"She can get into all the places we can't on account of being a dragon, even if we have to sneak and she can just brazen it out," Tyene sighed as one more search of a healer's tent revealed no new insights into precisely what sorts of magics this shaman and his predecessor could have taught their new mistress. "She can't be that much more powerful than Ysandryx, dragons can learn things but it's not easy..."

"She's been in battle, not just studying, it would serve us ill to underestimate her," Dany counters darkly. "After all, I was a child of a breed far less fearsome endowed and look at me now."

"I'm more worried about other sorts of dragons," Waymar grumbled. "Remember that big bastard Viserys fought in the Dreamlands when we first traveled to Volantis? There's been talk of nightmares going 'round..."

"Soldiers going into battle always have nightmares, that's half the reason they're so fond of whores and wine," Ser Richard countered.

"There is definitely something out there," you point out. Trying to look for something or someone warded from divination was akin to trying to see a glamoured assassin in pouring rain by looking for dry spots where his feet had been, technically possible, practically vastly difficult. About all you had manged to ascertain is that there was a watcher or watchers looking in on the works of the Golden Company from another Plane, ready to aid them should they be attacked by the mages and armies of the Orange Emperor. Why these watchers did not show themselves openly you can only speculate, pride perhaps, or a desire to meet any unexpected attack with overwhelming power.

Lost 100 IM (Divinations)

As you are about to turn back to do another attempt to divine the unseen watchers you hear the telltale hiss of displaced air behind you that marks translocation, though before you can reach for magic you hear the mind voice of the erinyes you had left in Benerro's company to serve as a messenger after asking him to commune with his god on the matter of Ser Dick Cole. "His faith is sincere, born of loss and sorrow, but he has resigned himself to serving under the eye of the priests of Tiamat until the campaign is done," the devil's tone speaks volumes for her feelings on the subject of a traitor without even the conviction to act on his turn of heart.

The timber of her mind voice grows almost respectful when she adds: "The priest Benerro has offered his services against our mutual foes should you desire them." She departs a moment later, not wishing to linger where she might be seen or sensed.

"I have fought beside him," Teana muses. "He is a more skilled sorcerer than me, as much as Zherys I would say, though much like Zherys I would say his greatest skill is in inspiring others. Perhaps he could help us turn this hidden worshiper into an asset."

"Given what a lot of those who look to R'hllor think about Viserys would we even need a priest?" You can feel a grimace stretch out over your face at Dany's question, but it is not without merit.

"The ones' who think he is Azor Ahai love him, but some of the ones who think otherwise really do not love him at all," Tyene replies before you can do so. "We don't really know what sort Ser Cole is though given the company he endures at the very least..."

What do you do next?

[] Continue Scouting
-[] The wizards in general
-[] The priests of Tiamat
-[] The elephant riding mages
-[] The drakes and their riders
-[] The boy Aegon and any immediate guards or companions
-[] Write in targets

[] Contact Ser Cole
-[] Alone
-[] With Benerro's help

[] Try to find out more about the mind-blanked watchers
-[] Write in


OOC: The plural for any flight-capable draconic creature is dance, I mentioned this before some time ago, but it's odd enough I felt it deserved a reminder.
 
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Tempted to try and flip the Dragon.

Getting scraps from Tiamat's table can't be good for a Red's pride, maybe we can make better offers.
 
[X] Continue Scouting
-[X] The priests of Tiamat


This is propably the next most important thing to Aegon. They make the reinforcements happen, at least most likely.
 
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