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

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Can someone help me with writing up an action for the turn plan? I want to assign someone to recruiting additional Fire Whales for gem harvesting, the word of mouth method is a bit too slow in my opinion.
 
So are we moving back Empire Day to the First Day of the year, or make it a 9 day celebration still?

I was kinda hoping the Moonchaser joins our Sky Parade and be launched by the evening as the feasting closes.

[X] Crake
 
[X] East and West rumors.

I really should have read the vote in more detail and made this point while it was still being voted on. This last update felt really weird : the order in which things were presented made the whole thing seem scattered and unfocused. IMO we should have started with Zathir and perhaps the descriptions of Vialesk, and ended with the trade and education stuff (which is explicitly harder to follow for most people).
I dunno. There ought to have been some sort of order or transitions. This feels like a low Diplo roll to read through, almost like Viserys was running through a bullet point list in no particular order.
 
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Interlude DCCLXXI: Where Winds and Whispers Meet
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    • Where Winds and Whispers Meet ​

    First Day of the First Month 294 AC

    It was not just the lawmen who could not be out celebrating on a day like this. The wheels of the state could never afford to stop turning; documents needed to be written, letters to be delivered, and inquisitorial reports sealed and sent off. At least I get to work inside away from all the noise and nonsense, Inquisitor Hiram thought as the arcane signet pressed into hot wax, the magic shaping it into a far finer rendering of the book and sword than simple metal could do. More importantly it would also secure the report against tampering until it got to where it was supposed to go, the High Inquisitor's hands or perhaps the King's.

    If it were up to him alone Hiram would not have wanted such a detailed account of happenings across two continents to ever exist lest it fall into hostile hands, but he allowed that the King was probably talking to mirrors and forging pacts with otherworldly realms to follow what he would have considered proper secrecy. If nothing else at least the King and Companions could not be divined in thought or deed, he had corroborating reports from five of his colleagues to the effect.
    Reports from the East:

    Brewing Treachery: Though the Green Prophet of Qohor has survived attacks by the old order time and again, both covert and overt, the mood among what remains of the city's aristocracy remains mutinous. Quite apparent from religious upheavals the taxes imposed, in part of help fend off the threat of famine, have not been popular with the major landholders, not even the ones who actually converted to the Green Faith. A petition is even now being formulated to curb the power of the priesthood in secular matters. What the current ruler of Qohor will think of it none of the agents newly inserted into the city can say.

    At the World's Edge: Envoys from Elyria have arrived in Tolos to discuss trade and tribute with Governor Relath. He graciously accepted all their gifts before telling then them they aught to be talking to another Dragon. Though the representatives of the Council of Elders might have declared themselves cheated under other circumstances, one does not lightly accuse a Dragon.

    Wandering Shadows: The Shadowbinder who offered to create an arcane school in Lorath has left the city after the Princes accepted the offer to become part of the Imperium. The mage professed to have no ill will towards the King or the newfound realm, but also 'no interest to share his lore with ten-thousand strangers.' As one of our agents was present at his last meeting with the Princes, it should be possible to scry him

    Reports from the West:

    A Trout in a Stag's Court: Hoster Tully has unexpectedly traveled to King's Landing in person. Rumors abound as to the precise reason from the mundane to the fantastical, but contacts close to his son make it clear that it is rumors of ever bolder bandits in the Riverlands, particularly in Frey lands, that trouble him. Ordinarily Walder Frey would be quick indeed to call upon his overlord to deal with organized bandits rather than spend his own blood and coin, but he has been silent in this matter. What precisely he will asks of the king no one besides the old lord knows.

    Poisoned Tides: Someone is spreading ill rumors about the legitimacy of Lord Monford Velaryon's young son throughout Driftmark, much to the distress of his lady wife. Given that Monterys is still well shy of his third year and his father's only direct heir with Valaena being missing it would create a murky succession indeed were the Lord of the Tides to die anytime soon.

    Bloodletting: By all most accounts Brynden Tully is proving quite adept or at least lucky in facing the Mountain Clans, having shattered three clans in clever counter-ambushes and attacks on their camps. According to Dalla she is simply allowing him to kill 'fools and boneheads' who would be unlikely to give up raiding. A military analyses of the situation indicates the truth is somewhere between the two positions though closer to the Godspeaker's. Dalla cannot yet deal with the Blackfish's knights, so she is wearing him down while removing her own rivals. Given the limited number of mages the Tully knight managed to gather to his banner it seems unlikely he will be able to tip the scales in his favor even without any imperial intervention.

    What next?

    [] Palace construction opening

    [] More rumors
    -[] Write in

    [] Write in

    OOC: A bit more than rumors in many places as you guys get agents on the ground.
     
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    • TalonofAnathrax said:
    [X] East and West rumors.

    I really should have read the vote in more detail. This last update felt really weird : the order in which things were presented made the whole thing seem scattered and unfocused. IMO we should have started with Zathir and perhaps the descriptions of Vialesk, and ended with the trade and education stuff (which is explicitly harder to follow for most people).
    I dunno. There ought to have been some sort of order or transitions. This feels like a low Diplo roll to read through, almost like Viserys was running through a bullet point list in no particular order.
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    There was a lot of stuff to cover, it was going to feel a little bare bones no matter what unless I made it four thousand words or something crazy like that.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    Wandering Shadows: The Shadowbinder who offered to create an arcane school in Lorath has left the city after the Princes accepted the offer to become part of the Empire. The mage professed to have no ill will towards the king or the newfound realm but also 'no interest to share his lore with ten thousand strangers.' As one of our agents was present at his last meeting with the princes it should be posibile to scry him
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    I feel like we should go and talk to this man...see what he has got. He could be an interesting addition. Sounds like he wants to teach and we did have a shortage no?

    Edit: Does he not have a Mindblank?
     
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    Do we care about a random magic practitioner, so long as our background checks don't show him as a danger to us/ours?
    Do we really, at this point?

    I feel like we shouldn't bother.
     
    egoo said:
    Do we care about a random magic practitioner, so long as our background checks don't show him as a danger to us/ours?
    Do we really, at this point?

    I feel like we shouldn't bother.
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    I am just curious tbh. I am not inclined to recruit him. I am just wondering why he thinks opening an arcane school is a good idea when he doesn't have Mindblank even. Also, I want to know what Shadowbinder magic is. And I thought we needed more human teachers. If we don't then whatever I don't care.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    At the World's Edge: Envoys from Elyria have arrived in Tolos to discuss trade and tribute with Governor Relath. He graciously accepted all their gifts before telling them than they aught to be talking to another dragon. Though the representatives of the Council of Elders might have declared themselves cheated under other circumstances one does not lightly accuse a dragon.
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    Should send an envoy of our own to make up for Relath being an ass.
    DragonParadox said:
    Wandering Shadows: The Shadowbinder who offered to create an arcane school in Lorath has left the city after the Princes accepted the offer to become part of the Empire. The mage professed to have no ill will towards the king or the newfound realm but also 'no interest to share his lore with ten thousand strangers.' As one of our agents was present at his last meeting with the princes it should be posibile to scry him
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    Didn't we vote to have Teana talk to him?
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    Poisoned Tides: Someone is spreading ill rumors about the legitimacy of Lord Monford Velaryon's young son throughout Driftmark, much to the distress of his lady wife. Given the Monterys is still well shy of his third year and his father's only direct heir with Vlaena being missing it would create a murky succession indeed were the Lord of the Tides to die anytime soon.
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    Lannisters.
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    Bloodletting: By all most accounts Brynden Tully is proving quite adept or at least lucky in facing the Mountain Clans, having shattered three clans in clever counter-ambushes and attacks on their camps. According to Dalla she is simply allowing him to kill 'fool and boneheads' who would be unlikely to give up raiding. A military analyses of the situation indicates the truth is somwhere between the two positions though closer to the Godspeaker's. Dalla cannot yet deal with the Blackfish's knights so she is wearing him down while removing her own rivals. Given the limited number of mages the Tully knight managed to gather to his banner it seems unlikely he will be able to tip the scales in his favor even without any Imperial intervention
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    Might be a good moment to send further aid to Dalla so that the losses are confined to those we need to get rid of.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    There was a lot of stuff to cover, it was going to feel a little bare bones no matter what unless I made it four thousand words or something crazy like that.
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    My issue wasn't that it was barebones, it was that the order in which the topics were presented didn't make much sense. The intended audience varies wildly. IMO it would have been best to either start with stuff that's interesting to laymen (new God, Water city, Yi-Ti expedition...) and then go into progressively less obvious stuff (war at sea, trade and education policies and their justifications, Lorath...), or to start with war and alliances and then move onto internal policies, or some similar progression.
     
    We should probably check that someone isn't planning to kill Velaryon soon, since there's no reason to mess with the succession of a man who is young and healthy if you aren't intending to speed things up a little.
     
    Azel said:
    Didn't we vote to have Teana talk to him?
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    You did, but she never caught up with him due to low rolls.

    TalonofAnathrax said:
    My issue wasn't that it was barebones, it was that the order in which the topics were presented didn't make much sense. The intended audience varies wildly. IMO it would have been best to either start with stuff that's interesting to laymen (new God, Water city, Yi-Ti expedition...) and then go into progressively less obvious stuff (war at sea, trade and education policies and their justifications, Lorath...), or to start with war and alliances and then move onto internal policies, or some similar progression.
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    It felt like it flowed pretty well to me, but I'll be more careful about establishing order in the future. I know very large votes can be a bit overwhelming.
     
    [X] Plan Odds And Ends
    -[X] Elyria: Send a missive where you thank them for their gifts and promise them to personally visit their city once the Empire Day festivities are over.
    -[X] Tully, Hoster: Keep a close eye on developments there and make sure that Pycelle and Bloodraven tell you promptly what they learn, just in case you need to make some accidents happen on short notice.
    -[X] Monford Velaryon: Promise him to have someone look into the matter. With extreme prejudice.
    -[X] Tully, Brynden / Dalla: Ask Dalla for a more detailed report on Bryndens tactics and her planned response. You will supply something that can thin out his forces while looking like a random monster attack.
    -[X] Proceed with laying the first stone of the Imperial Palace, a richly decorated Adamantine block with Truespeech inscription that commemorates the occasion.
     
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    DragonParadox said:
    Wandering Shadows: The Shadowbinder who offered to create an arcane school in Lorath has left the city after the Princes accepted the offer to become part of the Empire. The mage professed to have no ill will towards the king or the newfound realm but also 'no interest to share his lore with ten thousand strangers.' As one of our agents was present at his last meeting with the princes it should be posibile to scry him
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    Thaaat's a fiend.
     
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