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

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DragonParadox said:
Oh right

Doing the math here so there's no confusion

11 ("the best battle tactic is murder") - 1 (Talon moving off) +1 (Takesis) = 11

11 (Off we go) +1 (Talon) + 1 (ndh) = 13

Going off wins. Vote closed.



Pretty much yes.
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seems like our kind of god, like that's our things this one would fit in great in the imperium
 
It's a shame to lose a vote (especially one with a name that I liked) but seeing as I ended up voting against my won vote...
In a way, I win whichever way things go!
 
Well, now all that remains to be seen is if the hostile admiral notices our next gambit early enough.

The subverted ships are still part of his fleet, so he might notice the unusual movements and know that his plan failed.
Then he could at least act quickly to slay the controlled captains and regain his fleet with reduced losses.
 
Winning vote

[] Although the Efreeti fleet is a tempting target, Melisandre's plan has been discovered and complete failure all too likely. We will instead order our subverted ships and Corsair allies to withdraw.
-[] Once the fleet has reached a suitable location, Melisandre will then begin issuing orders to her Commanded Efreeti that will make it as easy as possible for our people and Salamander corsairs to capture the crews of those ships.
--[] The Corsairs might be disappointed to miss out on a greater share of treasure, but an easy fight for generous pay and little danger should be acceptable, and the Efreeti will still be losing access to nine powerful and expensive vessels.
 
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Part MMMCCCLXXXIV: The Better Part of Valor
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    • The Better Part of Valor​

    Nineteenth Day of the Twelfth Month 293 AC

    There is something faintly surreal about Melisandre of Asshai leading four enthralled efreeti into your study, still wearing the insignia of captains in the Brazen Fleet, still garbed in gleaming djezet and weapons at their sides. They look ready to strike you or flee by some enchanted talisman, in truth they could no more disobey the priestess then the salmon can reject the instinct to return to the waters of their birth to perish. R'hllor's hand is upon their hearts and he is not a merciful master.

    "These are the ones whose ships we managed to capture intact, two shield and two sword ships" she explains. "Our salamander allies were left with the more damaged sword ships to rebuild from the keel. It would be unwise for them to sail brazenly in the Sultan's stolen vessels." It takes you a moment to realize she had made a jest for all that her expression gives nothing away, but when you do you chuckle.

    Gained 2 Shield Ships and 2 Sword Ships

    Loot:
    66x Greatswords +1
    46x Sets of Plate +1
    4x Belts of Strength +2
    4x Cloaks of Charisma +2

    XP:
    Vee: 1400
    Rina: 2100

    Glancing down at the written report in Siduri's careful hand you ask: "How were three ships damaged and the last turtle sunk reduced to wrecks when you commanded the captains?" Your tone is measures to show interest, but not censured. Battle against a skilled foe is never an easy thing and from the way your agents' ambush was almost turned about you suspect this High Whip of the efreeti is one such.

    Melisandre's next words confirm the impression all the more. "The commander of the fleet had some sort of flame-wraith warn several of the pact-bound officers. It was not nearly as effective as a general pronouncement would have been and we were able to deal with it before it spread the news too far."

    "But the main fleet was not able to arrive in time to join the battle?" you surmise. Hopefully the Sultan in his blood madness does not realize his commander's competence and executes him for losing so much of his fleet.

    One of the spell-bound efreeti practically shakes with rage, but the priestess does not give him leave to speak. "Yes, owing to the ash clouds and the dragon harassing them by up snatching crewmen off deck and hurling them into the sea," She sounds as though she respects Amrelath's boldness in spite of herself, but does not wholly approve. "The reinforcements were not able to reach the bound ships before the officers and warriors aboard had been killed or captured."

    "Were there any losses among your forces?" you ask. None among the erinyes you had assigned for the task, you knew already, and Yrten and Siduri were loud enough in patronizing the taverns of Sorcerer's Deep that one could not imagine either suffering any harm.

    "A handful of the Golden Wind's crew, far less than they had expected when they first heard the plan for dealing with the Brazen Fleet," the priestess explains, allowing a thread of pride into her words. She finally turns to her captives. "What are you planning for these, Your Grace? A gift for our esteemed allies of stone and wind or... a sacrifice?"

    You know at once she does not mean a sacrifice to the Old Gods, Yss or to the Merling King, but the the flame of R'hllor, fire onto fire given. The notion has merit of course, without Melisandre's power over the spirits of flame the entire plan would have been impossible. Siduri could not master true efreeti. On the other side of the scales, you had not captured them, nor risked anything in the battle. Should it not then be the priestess' own boon?

    What do you do with the efreeti captains?

    [] Pass them on to the Shaitan

    [] Pass them on to the Djinn

    [] Make a sacrifice to R'hllor

    [] Give them to Melisandre to sacrifice

    [] Write in

    OOC: I rolled the battle and there just was not enough interesting events to showcase, victory was never in doubt so I went with a summary so we could see Mell and Viserys play off each other again.
     
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    • So interrogation and then hand them off to Mel? She was extremely clutch and while her plan didn't reach full fruition, it still got us some interesting things.
     
    So, ah, are we planning on finishing up the rest of the fleet next month?
     
    [X] Give them to Melisandre to sacrifice
    -[x] After interrogating them with magic and sharing information with the shaitan and djinn.
    -[x] only the prisoners, keep the ships to sell the metal to the shaitan and djinn to expand our economy.

    I'm not sure if mel would go so far as to sacrifice the ships along with the sailors, or if it would be accepted, but just in case...

    Actually, don't the ships have bound elementals in them, that could be sacrificed?

    @DragonParadox with mel having compelled the efreeti, can we just say that we have all relevant information they can provide without further questioning?
     
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    [X] Give them to Melisandre to sacrifice
    -[x] After interrogating them with magic and sharing information with the shaitan and djinn.
    -[x] only the prisoners, keep the ships to sell the metal to the shaitan and djinn to expand our economy.
     
    I have zero issue with these dudes being sacrificed. I wish it was us gaining the favor, but Melisandre earned them fair and square.

    [X] dragon
     
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    Azel said:
    Yes. I explicitly proposed White Half-Dragon Kobolds, so that's fine in general.
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    Should we make some Half-dragons to harass the Efreeti then? Ice breath to do cold damage (once a day) and then speck them with Ice spells to cause more chaos. I think it could really bolster any raiding force we have in the Plane of Fire. And then later we can sick them on Valyria to help us reclaim that hellscape.
     
    Goldfish said:
    I have zero issue with these dudes being sacrificed. I wish it was us gaining the favor, but Melisandre earned them fair and square.

    [X] Give them to Melisandre to sacrifice
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    We could always throw a few other things on the pyre while we are at it. Would be neat to properly christen the temple in SD.

    @Duesal, do we have anything fancy but expendable in the larder?

    @DragonParadox, what does Burny appreciate in his food?
     
    One Autumn Leaf said:
    Should we make some Half-dragons to harass the Efreeti then? Ice breath to do cold damage (once a day) and then speck them with Ice spells to cause more chaos. I think it could really bolster any raiding force we have in the Plane of Fire. And then later we can sick them on Valyria to help us reclaim that hellscape.
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    No, doesn't quite work that way. If we made them Half-White to inflict Cold damage, they would be Vulnerable (+50% damage) to Fire, which would make the Plane of Fire very hostile to them. It's not worth the effort and cost to mitigate that weakness when we can just make Fire immune creatures which don't have Cold breath.

    I'm less concerned with growing PoF-capable creatures than I am with gorwing more which can operate on Planetos, especially in aquatic environments, for the inevitable clash with the Deep Ones.
     
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