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

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Tomcost said:
Idea: Get a sample of Monford's body so that we can resurrect him in case he dies.
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Doesn't work like that, unfortunately. The remains used to perform a Resurrection must come from the body after death.

Thankfully, however, we can now use Miracle. One of its abilities is to recreate a person's body ex nihilo. It can them be Resurrected as normal.
 
@Goldfish At this point I am reasonably certain we have a portrait of every one of the people we would be inclined to resurrect hanging somewhere.
 
Monford: "Your Grace, I was wandering through the Imperial Palace earlier."

Viserys: "I hope you appreciated the interior decorating. I imported at least three snooty designers, one of which was a Mercury Dragon, specifically for maximum a e s t h e t i c appeal."

Monford: "It's not that... well I guess it is that..."

Viserys: "What now?"

Monford: "Not that I'm not flattered by having a portrait hanging up in that parlor, why..?"

Viserys: "Oh, so I can resurrect you even if your body gets disintegrated, vaporized, melted or burnt to a briquette and then the ashes spread across several Planes, or--"

Monford: "I think I get it."

Viserys: "--swallowed whole by some kind of sea monster, turned into glass and shattered--"

Monford: "I get it!"

Viserys: "Look, I just worry about you. Our families are ridiculously danger prone."
 
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  • [X] Plan All The Little Things - Westerlands Edition, Part 1
    -[X] The Westerlands
    --[X] Everything he knows about Tywins current activities.
    --[X] Everything on the Golden Shields, their number, order of battle, current deployments and so on.
    --[X] A short overview of the current situation between Tywin, Cersei and Robert, especially in regards to the legitimacy of Robert in the eyes of the wider realm.
    --[X] All he knows about their dragons. Location, deployments, riders and so on.
    --[X] All he knows about potential dissent or defectors in the Westerlands.
    --[X] At this point, it should be noted that it would be nice if he can keep us updated on the location of Gregor Clegane and Armory Lorch over the usual channels, since the time is approaching to make a lot of people very happy.
    [X] Along with the bodyguards assigned to Monford this month, we will also send him a care package with the following equipment:
    -[X] Bead of Newt Prevention (Single-use), Earring of Arcane Acuity, Handy Haversack, Pendant of Warding (Protection from Good, +5 Resistance bonus to saving throws), Restorative Ointment, Greater Ribbon of Disguise, Ring of Untarnished Glory (+2 Charisma, +2 Wisdom), Ring of Detect Poison (At Will), Soulfire Bracers (+1), Teleport Charm, Plane Shift Charm, Sending Stone
    -[X] With the following Alchemical items: Antitoxin x3, Antiplague x3, Auran Mask x3, Healing Salve x10
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Part MMMDXVI: Gilded Tales
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    Seventeenth Day of the First Month 294 AC

    As the hours of the night wear on beyond the heavy black curtains of the safehouse Bloodraven recounts what he knows of Tywin and his doings, less than he might like, but more than you do in any case, making use of what remains of Varys' agents in the region. "The dragons and their prospective riders have been isolated together, the better to bond in expectation of battle. As to the nature of said riders one of them are highborn, or at least so the queen belives, she dismisses the rest as swineherds and stablesweeps, so I assume they were selected for their skill with beasts. Knowing what I do of Tywin Lannister I would guess he chose prospective riders who are either deeply indepted to him for some reason, easy to control through their families or..."

    "Both," you nod. "Do you have any leads on how one might get to these dragons?"

    "A few,." He draws a strip of parchment from a hidden pocket and quickly writes down a few words on them, names. "These are all high ranking members of the Golden Shields, mages who almost certainly know where to find those dragons and much else beyond. They are all somewhat guarded against scrying, but it is far from perfect. It should not be too difficult for you to capture them, Your Grace."

    "And their numbers? Deployment?" you prompt as your own cloak reaches out unbidden to swallow the note.

    "Roughly three hundred in all, not counting acolytes who have not yet mastered their first spell, a little under a third of them are with the fleet with a further third acting at large in the Crownlands, Riverlands and occasionally beyond. The last third and most senior are technically assigned to the Westerlands as well as to Lannisters of note, though it is an open secret they walk other realms seeking aid, mercenaries and trade," Bloodraven explains.

    "Assigned to Lannisters..." you muse. "How is Baratheon taking his wife being able to call on a mage while he is not, and the whispers saying Tywin is king and not he?"

    "As poorly as you imagine, though he's gotten a bit better since he started fucking one of the sorceresses to spite the queen..."

    It takes you a moment to find your voice to answer that one. "He intentionally bedded one of Tywin's mages to prove a point? Presumably one with Lannister looks..."

    "Yes, and no I cannot be sure if he has a death wish either," Bloodraven replies dryly. "In somewhat more constructive attempts to rise from under the Lannister boot there has been word of calling some of Manderly's mages to court, or Winterfell's, but nothing has come of it yet."

    "If anything more of comes of it I wish to be apprised of it on the usual channels," you pause a moment, considering what else you might need to know in the coming months. "Also the whereabouts of Gregor Clegane and Amory Lorch. The time is fast approaching to make quite a few people happy."

    "I shall keep eyes on them," Blodoraven replies, his expression one that you imagine would send a shiver down even the Mountain's spine, not anger but simple calculation, like a clerk moving numbers on a ledger.

    What next?

    [] Write in

    OOC: A bit short, but once more it's really late for me.
     
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    • DragonParadox said:
    "Assigned to Lannisters..." you muse. "How is Baratheon taking his wife being able to call on a mage while he is not, and the whispers saying Tywin is king and not he."

    "As poorly as you imagine, though he's gotten a bit better since he started fucking one of the sorceresses to spite the queen..."

    It takes you a moment to find your voice to answer that one. "He intentionally bedded one of Tywin's mages to prove a point? Presumably one with Lannister looks..."

    "Yes, and no I cannot be sure if he has a death wish either," Bloodraven replies dryly. "In somewhat more constructive attempts to rise from under the Lannister boot there has been word of calling some of Manderly's mages to court, or Winterfell's but nothing has come of it yet."
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    :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

    Typical Robert. I can't wait to see how this blows up in his face.
     
    Tomcost said:
    You know, Westeros is about to enter a full scale civil war because of that and we didn't even have to lift a finger.

    I don't like it, I want my civil wars fully orchestrated from the shadows, not a matter of who can keep their underwear on.
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    I'm not happy about it either.

    In fact let's make sure to do something about it.

    [X] The North
    --[X] Status of his little plots with the youngest Stark daughter and his opinion on the likely actions of Eddard when the restoration begins.
    --[X] Update on his observations about the Wildling situation in the aftermath of our little expedition.
    --[X] Also ask him how the scoreboard looks and how many free moves we got him with those stunts.
    --[X] If he finished dragging up lore about the construction of the Wall from the Greendream, in particular information that would be relevant to attempts to deploy crew mounted, enchanted weaponry on it.
    ---[X] Make a note: You should approach that Sorceress sleeping with Robert and subvert her. You can think of any number of ways to pull on that thread.
     
    [X] Crake

    Now that we have a ton of option with the Flesh forge, should we offer some servitors to our uncle? He could use better resources.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    "Roughly three hundred in all not counting acolytes who have not yet mastered their first spell, a little under a third of them are with the fleet with a further third acting at large in the Crownlands, Riverlands and occasionally beyond. The last third and most senior are technically assigned to the Westerlands as well as to Lannisters of note, though it is an open secret they walk other realms seeking aid mercenaries and trade," Bloodraven explains.
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    This isn't exactly worrisome, but it is somewhat concerning. There is no telling what stories they are telling, what promised they are making, or whom they are dealing with. It's all too easy to imagine them inviting forces into Westeros which they cannot control, let alone banish or put down should they prove uncooperative.

    They're most likely to find willing aid from the disparate Dominions of the Plane of Water, I would think, and among those forces are several Brine Dragons. I don't think Lanna and Gerion would condone working with the Efreeti, and the Djinni and Shaitan are our close allies. Hell is just as unlikely as the City of Brass, at least so long as Lanna steers the Golden Shields, and Abaddon and the Abyss just aren't on the table.

    Of mercenaries, however, that's a bit harder to predict. They might find willing bands of mercs just about anywhere, though paying them could be an issue. Gold isn't worth nearly as much out in the Planes as it is/was on Planetos, and the easy movement of trade goods through our Planar Terminus' means they don't have the buying power they would have had a year ago.

    I think we need to put out the word among our extraplanar contacts and allies that we wish to know of any others from the Plane of Balance making inquiries into hiring mercs or trying to convince the larger powers to aid them.

    [X] Crake
     
    Goldfish said:
    This isn't exactly worrisome, but it is somewhat concerning. There is no telling what stories they are telling, what promised they are making, or whom they are dealing with. It's all too easy to imagine them inviting forces into Westeros which they cannot control, let alone banish or put down should they prove uncooperative.

    They're most likely to find willing aid from the disparate Dominions of the Plane of Water, I would think, and among those forces are several Brine Dragons. I don't think Lanna and Gerion would condone working with the Efreeti, and the Djinni and Shaitan are our close allies. Hell is just as unlikely as the City of Brass, at least so long as Lanna steers the Golden Shields, and Abaddon and the Abyss just aren't on the table.

    Of mercenaries, however, that's a bit harder to predict. They might find willing bands of mercs just about anywhere, though paying them could be an issue. Gold isn't worth nearly as much out in the Planes as it is/was on Planetos, and the easy movement of trade goods through our Planar Terminus' means they don't have the buying power they would have had a year ago.

    I think we need to put out the word among our extraplanar contacts and allies that we wish to know of any others from the Plane of Balance making inquiries into hiring mercs or trying to convince the larger powers to aid them.

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    Mind you, we are hiring basically anyone and everyone in Water for our war in the Deep. Why should the Lannisters have better luck than us, considering we are offering lucrative trade and magical contacts through our business there, and everyone hates the Deep Ones more in comparison?

    I imagine we can also outbid them.
     
    Oh god Robert. No. Why. Please be less sad and focus on making your own mages instead of futiley trying to fuck away your inadaquecies.

    [X] Crake
     
    One Autumn Leaf said:
    They are but I am fairly certain that Bloodraven can maximize the use of those far better than we can.
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    We have 6 Umbral Spies and 2 Umbral Stalkers. That's a massive boon for a single operation but it's a drop in the bucket for an information network. I think we can apply them more judiciously than he can, he has to switch his focus too often to apply more than lower-middle tier minions, and the occasional higher tier one, to their best use.
     
    One Autumn Leaf said:
    [X] Crake

    We should give Bloodraven some of our shadow creatures. Those ones that we have. What are they called again?
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    Crake said:
    Umbral Spies/Stalkers?

    Well, they're hard to produce.
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    We've got six Umbral Spies that can be assigned as needed once their current work is completed, but the two Umbral Stalkers are going to be occupied for the foreseeable future. There are enough of the Shapechanger remains to make four more Umbral Spies/Stalkers. We could make a couple of the lesser Umbral Spies for Bloodraven if ya'll want.

    We could also assign him a Plant-Imbued Shadow Creature Cat (w/+4 Racial HD) (CR 6, 6 HD). They're not high-powered combat servitors, but they're sneaky and clever.
     
    Hmm. The fact that these people are mindblanked means that if we kill them and put someone disguised in their place... nobody would ever notice.

    Can't we make a bunch of copycats and replace everybody before they manage to break Westeros even further?
     
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