Remove ads

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

Reader mode
Evaunit02mark1 said:
[X] Crake

I forget, what's the item we're going to be breaking the bank for? I know it's the last one but I don't know/remember what it is exactly.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
This one.
DragonParadox said:
Generally speaking the items on auction are presented in ascendant order of value. From what Viserys heard beforehand (and this list may not be complete or entirely accurate) there are also the following things:
  1. The grimoire of a noted and powerful occultist
  2. Notes on Cacodeamon anatomy, particularly how they forge soul gems
  3. Some sort of text on how sentience interacts with the soul penned by a noted golem-crafter
  4. An alchemical text, dealing with potions and poisons derived from emanations of the mind
  5. A collection of outsider memories under deep enchantment recalling the experience of being born, dying and reborn
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
It's a godsend for making the Imperial Afterlife and figuring out how to make our own Imperial Outsiders.
 
[X] Crake

What fun it'll be if the final item is, in fact, a dud?
:V
 
[X] Crake

I would think this is awesome to make more thinking golems in general, something which Anu can use.
 
Duesal said:
Sue the Mimic, get our money back, possibly turn more than a few people responsible into books and trophies.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Eeh, I just reckon, that this sort of bait-and-switch with the last item not being as good as the placing would imply is kinda in the spirit of Hellven overall.

If we don't win this one (and I expect we don't), we are going to have, well, a semblance of reasonable facade to bid as far as possible on the last one, though.
We are the only one without a buy yet, iirc?

Gonna make it seem lile we are hurt by the price of 1-5 million IM though.
Gonna need a difficult bluff check for that...
:V
 
egoo said:
Eeh, I just reckon, that this sort of bait-and-switch with the last item not being as good as the placing would imply is kinda in the spirit of Hellven overall.

If we don't win this one (and I expect we don't), we are going to have, well, a semblance of reasonable facade to bid as far as possible on the last one, though.
We are the only one without a buy yet, iirc?

Gonna make it seem lile we are hurt by the price of 1-5 million IM though.
Gonna need a difficult bluff check for that...
:V
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Gilded Devil: "How did he just make that immense pile of gold appear? Wait a minute, that cloak looks oddly familiar..."
 
Remove ads
Part MMMDXLIII: A Familiar Game
  • Threadmarks
    • A Familiar Game ​

    Twenty Fifth Day of the First Month 294 AC

    You do not bid first, you do not bid last, between the angel and the devil you speak. Ten thousand more than the previous offer at first, not too much and you hope not to little, you want this far more than the anatomy book. This offer is no minor token, if not quite as much as what you hope of the last rumored item on the auction list. On the other hand you cannot afford to conjure too high a mountain of gold here, not for this. The only way you can win this fierce a bid, the simplest and most difficult way, is bluff.

    The wealth of the Opaline Vault is legendary, as much as the treasure chambers of Minauros bright with accursed relics. Perhaps Mikael Abdul-Hassan, a mage without a history in Heaven's Shore, is not simply bidding for his own interest and curiosity. Perhaps the vast wealth of the Peerless Empire is at your back and you have merely to say the word for gold and gems to flow like water. You continue chatting with Kimu as you match bids in even steps to ten thousand all the way up to two hundred thousand marks, a hundred thousand in the local currency. On the last offer you allow your tone to be just dismissive enough to hopefully get a rise out of the already frustrated devil.

    "A hundred and thirty thousand, let us respect our host's wishes and deal with this quickly," the devil hisses.

    Perfect. "Two hundred thousand." You pause the span of two heartbeats. "Make that two hundred fifty thousand."

    With that you turn your attention back to the astronomer who shrugs and smiles, dropping her bid. "It's yours then."

    Though his expression is smooth and untroubled to most eyes you can read the flash of the devil's rage in the way his black armored guards shift to accommodate him, unconsciously readying themselves for battle. The unexpected disadvantage of having long standing sworn shields, though one Ser Richard would never expose you to you are certain.

    Gain Clockwork Familiar of Heronious

    As the sphere of gears and light floats away from the auctioneer you cannot help but wonder what the unseen watcher, if indeed there is one among the patrolling sentinels, thinks of your acquisition, but though you strain your hearing to its utmost you hear nothing beyond the crash of stone feet upon the cracked stone floor.

    You are tempted to envelop the construct in the folds of your cloak where none can reach it, but doing so in the presence of a presumably favored agent of Mammon seems to be tempting fate, so instead you motion to Ser Richard to make use of his own far less noticeable enchanted bag.

    "Excellent choice," Eshyr proclaims with a nod that is less a movement of their body and more eyes migrating downwards and then back up again. "Now for our penultimate offering, one of the more unique alchemical texts I have had the pleasure of encountering. It appears to be a blend of aboleth and baatezu theories, and we all know each in their own way possess great alchemical lore, but this is not something either alone could master. Distilling poisons from the very emanations of the soul, to slay with rage, send into deep torpor with sorrow or even to seal flesh and soul from one another with cold detachment. All these and more can be within your grasp if you can but win this next bid. No common spell will undo the work of these venoms."

    Sixth Piece on Offer: Tome Soul Poison (Allows one to distill the negative emotions of powerful souls into unique poisons resistant to magical wards or cures)

    Asking Price: 200,000 IM

    Do you bid?

    [] Yes
    -[] How high

    [] No, wait out the bid

    OOC: In this case, 'resistant to magical wards and cures' means up to 'needs wish or miracle to fix', though the DCs for making them are to match. You practically need someone with a specialized poisoner class like Tyene to even attempt making them, and they take considerable time and effort to brew.
     
    Last edited:
  • Threadmarks
    • DragonParadox said:
    OOC: In this case 'resistant to magical wards and cures' means up to 'needs wish or miracle to fix', though the DCs for making them are too match. You practically need someone with a specialized poisoner class like Tyene to even attempt making them and they take considerable time and effort to brew. Not yet edited.
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    I'm tempted, really tempted.

    Something like that stashed away for a rainy day would solve a good few potential problems, of course the ingredients would be a bit of an issue to acquire.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    Gain Clockwork Familiar of Heronious
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    Nice. This is going to be amazing for Anu.

    If we manage to get that one artifact from the Marid, that special anvil from Axis, we'll slowly start collecting the pieces we need to put that plane back in order. 👌
    DragonParadox said:
    Fifth Piece on Offer: Tome Soul Poison (Allows one to distill the negative motions of powerful souls into unique poisons resistant to magical wards or cures)

    Asking Price: 200,000 IM
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    I am very tempted.
     
    We almost never use poisons.
    We still have Mammon's bottled and unused, for fuck's sake!

    The Giant Spiders are also there for milking whenever we want to get 2d6 Strength at dc of... 28, iirc.
    And we never used them over the past 2 years we has them.

    We also have the access to our own "It will fuck you up"- anti-undead poison, courtesy of the Faceless.... after we do an RA.

    Yss can get us "so strong it can hurt a Deity"'-poison if we throw enough sacrifices at him.

    And that is all without starting on how Tyene, our only relevant-grade poisoner, never uses them herself.

    Let's be real, this one is absolutely pointless for us, even as "lore to have more lore".

    [X] No, wait out the bid
     
    Last edited:
    Duesal said:
    I am very tempted.
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    You wanna take the shot or save our funds for the bomb drop at the end?

    'Cause I'm looking forward to that so, so much.

    Mimic: "And here we have a delightful-"

    Viserys: "1 million."

    Everyone else: "...the fu-"

    Viserys: "2 million."

    Mimic: "Do, do I hear 3-"

    Viserys: "You heard 5."

    Mimic: "I think I'm having a heart attack, what a novel sensation."
     
    Reader mode
    You must login or register to reply here.
    Remove ads
    Back
    Top