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

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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on May 20, 2020 at 2:10 PM, finished with 94 posts and 16 votes.
  • [X] Plan Pruning the Opposition
    -[X] Once Qyburn is back from his trip, he will make a custom Necrocraft that will not use his special techniques and instead appear like an undead giant aligned with the Others. Give him a Blue Ice weapon to add to the ruse.
    -[X] Said creature, controlled by a Greater Bloodclot Mold together with two Very Old Myrkdreki and a larger number of disposable animal zombies will ambush Brynden Tullys forces. The Myrkdreki will not show themselves, instead using illusions to sell the Other connection of the undead and using offensive spells to kill VIPs in the chaos, mainly the more level headed of the bunch.
    -[X] Dany imbues both Myrkdreki with Rest Eternal, to be cast on Brynden to assure his demise.
    -[X] The fake giant will call to duel Brynden, allegedly to collect on a debt made by Lysa Arryn, and slay him in battle before being felled by his knights. The mold uses it's powers to teleport away at this point.
    -[X] Ask Dalla and Bloodraven to keep a close eye on the knights afterwards. Further encouragement might be in order to ensure they get it into their head to slay Lisa Arryn and her "monster child".
    -[X] Prepare to exfiltrate Lisa Arryn, preferably in the wake of an attack on her, to sow the maximum amount of confusion. Those wishing her death will claim she has absconded with her dark fey allies, while those loyal to her will accuse the first group to have killed her for political gain, ensuring that the Arryn loyalists and Seven fanatics attack each other.
    -[X] Move on to the Kings Landing topics.
    [X] Plan Pruning the Opposition, no involving the Others.
    -[X] Once Qyburn is back from his trip, he will make a custom Necrocraft that will not use his special techniques and instead appear like an generic monstrous nature fey
    -[X] Said creature, controlled by a Greater Bloodclot Mold together with two Very Old Myrkdreki and a larger number of disposable animal zombies, designed to look like dark or corrupted nature spirits, will ambush Brynden Tullys forces. The Myrkdreki will not show themselves, instead using illusions to sell the Other connection of the undead and using offensive spells to kill VIPs in the chaos, mainly the more level headed of the bunch.
    -[X] Dany imbues both Myrkdreki with Rest Eternal, to be cast on Brynden to assure his demise.
    -[X] The fake giant will call to duel Brynden, allegedly to collect on a debt made by Lysa Arryn, and slay him in battle before being felled by his knights. The mold uses it's powers to teleport away at this point.
    -[X] Ask Dalla and Bloodraven to keep a close eye on the knights afterwards. Further encouragement might be in order to ensure they get it into their head to slay Lysa Arryn and her "monster child".
    -[X] Prepare to exfiltrate Lysa Arryn, preferably in the wake of an attack on her, to sow the maximum amount of confusion. Those wishing her death will claim she has absconded with her dark fey allies, while those loyal to her will accuse the first group to have killed her for political gain, ensuring that the Arryn loyalists and Seven fanatics attack each other.
    -[X] Move on to the Kings Landing topics.
    [X] Abstain
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Acolyte said:
Actually have we considered what would happen if brynden won against ths necrocraft.
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I mean, its highly unlikely with two Very Old True Dragons helping from behind the scenes. And even if Brynden earns a mythic rank beating all of this, so long as it gets the general message of "Lysa made a deal with some bad shit!" out, it would be enough to cause strife in the Arryn ranks.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on May 20, 2020 at 2:10 PM, finished with 94 posts and 16 votes.
  • [X] Plan Pruning the Opposition
    -[X] Once Qyburn is back from his trip, he will make a custom Necrocraft that will not use his special techniques and instead appear like an undead giant aligned with the Others. Give him a Blue Ice weapon to add to the ruse.
    -[X] Said creature, controlled by a Greater Bloodclot Mold together with two Very Old Myrkdreki and a larger number of disposable animal zombies will ambush Brynden Tullys forces. The Myrkdreki will not show themselves, instead using illusions to sell the Other connection of the undead and using offensive spells to kill VIPs in the chaos, mainly the more level headed of the bunch.
    -[X] Dany imbues both Myrkdreki with Rest Eternal, to be cast on Brynden to assure his demise.
    -[X] The fake giant will call to duel Brynden, allegedly to collect on a debt made by Lysa Arryn, and slay him in battle before being felled by his knights. The mold uses it's powers to teleport away at this point.
    -[X] Ask Dalla and Bloodraven to keep a close eye on the knights afterwards. Further encouragement might be in order to ensure they get it into their head to slay Lisa Arryn and her "monster child".
    -[X] Prepare to exfiltrate Lisa Arryn, preferably in the wake of an attack on her, to sow the maximum amount of confusion. Those wishing her death will claim she has absconded with her dark fey allies, while those loyal to her will accuse the first group to have killed her for political gain, ensuring that the Arryn loyalists and Seven fanatics attack each other.
    -[X] Move on to the Kings Landing topics.
    [X] Plan Pruning the Opposition, no involving the Others.
    -[X] Once Qyburn is back from his trip, he will make a custom Necrocraft that will not use his special techniques and instead appear like an generic monstrous nature fey
    -[X] Said creature, controlled by a Greater Bloodclot Mold together with two Very Old Myrkdreki and a larger number of disposable animal zombies, designed to look like dark or corrupted nature spirits, will ambush Brynden Tullys forces. The Myrkdreki will not show themselves, instead using illusions to sell the Other connection of the undead and using offensive spells to kill VIPs in the chaos, mainly the more level headed of the bunch.
    -[X] Dany imbues both Myrkdreki with Rest Eternal, to be cast on Brynden to assure his demise.
    -[X] The fake giant will call to duel Brynden, allegedly to collect on a debt made by Lysa Arryn, and slay him in battle before being felled by his knights. The mold uses it's powers to teleport away at this point.
    -[X] Ask Dalla and Bloodraven to keep a close eye on the knights afterwards. Further encouragement might be in order to ensure they get it into their head to slay Lysa Arryn and her "monster child".
    -[X] Prepare to exfiltrate Lysa Arryn, preferably in the wake of an attack on her, to sow the maximum amount of confusion. Those wishing her death will claim she has absconded with her dark fey allies, while those loyal to her will accuse the first group to have killed her for political gain, ensuring that the Arryn loyalists and Seven fanatics attack each other.
    -[X] Move on to the Kings Landing topics.
    [X] Abstain
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Part MMMDXIII: Finger Upon the Scales
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    • Finger Upon the Scales ​

    Seventeenth Day of the First Month 294 AC

    You share the thought of how you might deal with Brynden Tully, what allies you might call upon and at last who you might blame for reaping a bloody harvest through the flower of chivalry in the Vale.

    Bloodraven listens carefully, not a sound nor shift in expression to betray his thoughts... then he laughs appreciatively, probably the longest you have ever heard him do it, though that might have something to do with the fact that in this form it is not painful for him to do so. "You mean to frame the Others for the Blackfish's death. In all the dreams that I have seen of their shadows stretching over the land there have been few brazen enough to try it, and none that I can think of more likely to succeed."

    "For his death and the potential unrest in the Vale," you add. "Having the clansmen deal with those the Old Gods count their foes was useful, but that has run its course I think. After the conquest I will have to negotiate peace with Dalla and those who followed her, giving them all a common foe, one present in the flesh not just in pamphlets and tales of the Far North, would go a long way to solidifying the new order of things."

    "What are your plans for the child?" he asks in a more serious manner. There is no edge of judgement there, that you would spare Robert Arryn, as there had been when you had proposed the possibility of doing the same for Aegon Blackfyre. It is clear he does not consider the boy the same sort of threat.

    "He will probably end up in Riverrun. I do not intend to strip the Tullys of all their lands unless Lord Hoster is particularly obstinate, otherwise Winterfell. The boy will not lack for sanctuary, though his mother will perhaps not be so lucky depending on what manner of pacts she has forged and what price she has already paid," you reply.

    From there the conversation swiftly shifts to matters of the Usurper's Court, the members of his Small Council and Kingsguard both. You learn that there is serious talk of naming Hoster Tully himself Master of Laws, a position that has not been properly filled since the late Lord Mallister's untimely death, though the Old Trout does not seem inclined to bite. He had come to King's Landing in search of royal aid to deal with Ser Benjcot's Lads, not to become embroiled in the increasingly tangled and paranoid politics of the court.

    "Wise of him really, I've had to deal with no less than three daemonic cults since I took over the position from Varys," Bloodraven explains lightly. "They can smell despair like vultures smell carrion."

    "How bad...?" you begin, images of Tyrosh in flames with daemons abroad and loose in your mind's eye. Flea Bottom is as dreadful a breeding ground for despair as could be found in any slaver city.

    "Nothing I could not handle, Your Grace," he interjects. "Two cults were dedicated to the aspect of War and one to Death which did briefly concern me, thinking it was a deeper malice, but in the end all of them were dealt with without showing 'Varys' to be competent in any troubling ways. The worst that can be said of it was that the last one seems to have shaken Baelish quite badly. He's been less active in the service of his supposed 'Ghiscari' allies. I think he is planning to run, and not to any mortal realm."

    "An ambitious attempt," you muse, not that anyone would ever accuse Littlefinger of a lack of that particular quality, nor wits for that matter, it's just everything else about the man you find lacking. "Does he possess the magic for the journey or is he planning to pass though the Terminus?"

    "He acquired a token of passage should you be less than pleased with his planned treachery," Bloodraven explains dryly. "He shall have to be dealt with soon, one way or another, lest he muddy the waters of succession in his haste to ingratiate himself."

    "What is he planning?" Baelish may not be a magician, but that does not mean he is not dangerous. Varys had proven just how far wit, skill and spite could take one.

    "He subverted one of the recently raised Kingsguard, Ser Henry Stokeworth, I suspect in a manner that has something to do with his brothels." A look of revulsion passes over his features and you are suddenly quite sure you do not want to know the details of how the knight had been breaking his vows. "I suspect Littlefinger means to make a second kingslayer of him, though likely by subtler means, poison or borrowed sorcery as soon as your forces look poised to take the city. How he plans to prove he was behind the knight's actions I was not able to find without arousing suspicion."

    1. Lord Commander Barristan Selmy
    2. Ser Jaime Lannister
    3. Ser Arys Oakheart
    4. Ser Mandon Moore
    5. Ser Renyard Banford
    6. Ser Eldert Hasty
    7. Ser Henry Stokeworth

    What do you ask about next?

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    OOC: Yes, I know that is not all the KL questions, but this felt like a natural end point and in any case I had to do a lot of background rolling for this, more than some major battles.
     
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    • DragonParadox said:
    "He subverted one of the recently raised Kingsguard, Ser Henry Stokeworth, I suspect in a manner that has something to do with his brothels." A look of revulsion passes over his features and you are suddenly quite sure you do not want to know the details of how the knight had bene breaking his vows. "I suspect Littlefinger means to make a second kingslayer of him, though likely by subtler maans, poison or borrowed sorcery as soon as your forces look poised to take the city. How he plans to prove he ws behind the knight's actioins I waas not able to find without arousing suspicion."
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    Aw that's adorable~, he's going for the old "I was your friend all along" ploy, like we were a fucking idiot.

    I'd be amused if I wasn't so insulted.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    How he plans to prove he ws behind the knight's actioins I waas not able to find without arousing suspicion
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    Ah, Bloodraven. You're thinking like a mortal plotter!
    In this world of magic he can just rely on us having Discern Lies active. Or be willing to submit to Brain Spider (which is actually not a bad plan, if he's convinced that acting in our interest is always the best plan and believes that a Brain Spider or Probe Thoughts will reveal it to us, making us recruit or use him instead of killing him).
    He's wrong, of course, but that's because we're irrational and occasionally have ethics (and a hatred of incompetent serial backstabbers).
     
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    You know...

    Bloodraven as Spymaster was the best thing that could have happened to Robert. See how he is taking care of everything and preventing it from exploding and taking the whole city to Abaddon in ritual sacrifice.
     
    Jesus, Varys as an actual force of stability in Robert's court. The absolute actual hilarity of it all. And cool, looks like Other memetic power's aren't that strong, go ahead and frame away. Though I'm thinking depending on how weird the kid is, it might join the changeling triplets et al as Viserys' ward on virtue of being an interesting magical oddity.

    And man I'd love to know exactly what shook Baelish up so much. Did one of those Daemons Hannibal lecture him on how shallow and self defeating his whole "king of the ashes" shitick is?
     
    Tomcost said:
    You know...

    Bloodraven as Spymaster was the best thing that could have happened to Robert. See how he is taking care of everything and preventing it from exploding and taking the whole city to Abaddon in ritual sacrifice.
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    Yeah, Fleabottom alone would have been a devastating ritual. You could probably open a daemonic portal with all the human suffering.
     
    TalonofAnathrax said:
    Ah, Bloodraven. You're thinking like a mortal plotter!
    In this world of magic he can just rely on us having Discern Lies active. Or be willing to submit to Brain Spider (which is actually not a bad plan, if he's convinced that acting in our interest is always the best plan and believes that a Brain Spider or Probe Thoughts will reveal it to us, making us recruit or use him instead of killing him).
    He's wrong, of course, but that's because we're irrational and occasionally have ethics (and a hatred of incompetent serial backstabbers).
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    No, he's thinking like someone with the divinatory powers of a major god at his disposal. He has run the question numerous times and each time invasive spells on Baelish's brain end up with him getting revealed (and Baelish dead, but that is hardly worth the cost).
     
    DragonParadox said:
    No, he's thinking like someone with the divinatory powers of a major god at his disposal. He has run the question numerous times and each time invasive spells on Baelish's brain end up with him getting revealed (and Baelish dead, but that is hardly worth the cost).
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    You misunderstand. I'm saying that Baelish doesn't need material proof that he was behind a murder : if he wants to prove it to us, he can rely on us having access to a pile of magic which could prove it.
    Physical evidence could be fabricated, but it's hard to fake months of detailed memories. IIRC the only way would be godlike levels of Modify Memory (tons of spell slots, high skills) or the spell Programmed Amnesia (which can be dispelled).

    IMO Bloodraven should have thought of this possibility. Unless he assumes that Baelish would never let us look into his brain?
     
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    DragonParadox said:
    No, he's thinking like someone with the divinatory powers of a major god at his disposal. He has run the question numerous times and each time invasive spells on Baelish's brain end up with him getting revealed (and Baelish dead, but that is hardly worth the cost).
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    Would he like us to step in and "interrogate" the man?

    Edit: Where does he sleep? If you can get us a hair then we can do somethings.
     
    I wonder where Littlefinger plans to go. I mean, I guess he could become a decent accountant for shatian or something.
     
    Ah, King's Landing, you're such a shit hole...you actually breed tumors on reality.

    That place isn't going to be recognizable by the time we're done remodeling it.

    As for Baelish, I'm not sure if he is useful enough to continue allowing him to live, y'all.
     
    TalonofAnathrax said:
    You misunderstand. I'm saying that Baelish doesn't need material proof that he was behind a murder : if he wants to prove it to us, he can rely on us having access to a pile of magic which could prove it.
    Physical evidence could be fabricated, but it's hard to fake months of detailed memories. IIRC the only way would be godlike levels of Modify Memory (tons of spell slots, high skills) or the spell Programmed Amnesia (which can be dispelled).

    IMO Bloodraven should have thought of this possibility. Unless he assumes that Baelish would never let us look into his brain?
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    Simply being under our power would place us in the capacity to read his mind without him immediately knowing since we DO in fact have all of the spell slots to do exactly this but in reverse of intent.

    If he's paranoid enough to understand the logical conceit of the above, that means either he would never try to betray us (he's Baelish) or it's a distraction.
     
    Goldfish said:
    Ah, King's Landing, you're such a shit hole...you actually breed tumors on reality.

    That place isn't going to be recognizable by the time we're done remodeling it.

    As for Baelish, I'm not sure if he is useful enough to continue allowing him to live, y'all.
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    He's fine to stay as is, Bloodraven is more than enough to handle him. We can kill him when we take the city and he tries to join us.
     
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