Hmm... we have over twelve votes and a lead. I think I'll do an update today, wrap up heaven tomorrow and then do the snake port interlude when Viserys gets home .
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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Part MMMDLVI: Of Chance Unlooked For
Of Chance Unlooked For
Twenty Fifth Day of the First Month 294 AC
"Perhaps I can be of assistance," you mentally address Garantos, with Varys as your intermediary just as the two are about to turn a corner. As he looks around startled and understandably wary you add: "A friend from the Secret City where fire is lain in oils above the waters." He did have a fondness for riddles and obscure smilies after all, the reference to the painting his lover made for the Sealord should hopefully assuage his suspicions.
"Prince Viserys?" comes the startled reply as he gives some kind of hand signal to the warrior next to him to stop and attend. To the credit of their friendship Uruiz does. "How did you even..."
"Magic," Varys cuts him off without your prompting.
The azata picks Ser Richard out of the crowd before he does you, likely familiar with his mannerisms even behind the veil. Then his eyes meet yours. Confusion gives way to dawning understanding, though not all the wariness goes out of his expression, not that you can blame him. One who lets go of all their suspicions in this city might as well do the same with their will to live.
"What manner of help?" asks the spirit who had once played the bravo by the canals of Braavos.
"A cause to fight for that isn't Bel's endless blood-drenched defense of Avernus," you bid your familiar reply, already thinking of where in the city you could have enough privacy to speak at length. Probably nowhere truth be told. You could take them home and then return to Heaven's Shore to wrap up a few loose ends.
Alas that loose ends are closer than you might think.
"There's and imp watching from the windowsill of the tavern," Varys interjects, her own thoughts more serious this time. "It's hiding too well for idle curiosity. I think it is trailing Garantos and his friend."
"Lover," you reply absentmindedly. You had not been sure why they were arguing but when they settled into the swift detente, the easy closeness and way their body language flowed showed intimacy beyond what friendship alone could account for. Perhaps Azema's flirting had struck closer to the mark than you had anticipated all those years ago.
"Is there any reason why you would have an imp on your tail?" you ask the azata plainly.
To his credit he replies in like manner: "I have been associated with several resistance bands here in the city, mostly as a messenger. One of them might have been infiltrated of late. If you've a mind to get the two of us out of Heaven's Shore... well there is more that would be interested in a quiet exit from the stage."
You cannot say you are not tempted. You are always looking for more talent, but for now you need to shake that imp in a way that is not so blatant as to alert its superiors so you can actually speak to Garantos about the matter in more than broad generalities.
How do you shake the imp trailing Garantos and his companion?
[] Keep up the mask of Mikael Abdul-Hassan, invite them to have dinner at one of the better establishments in the Court of Travelers, one warded against such petty spies
[] Keep it simple, they go down a blind alley where you and Ser Richard wait unseen within a wall, one spell and you are in the deep beyond prying eyes and ears
[] Write in
I know you guys wanted to go to the slave market, but you rolled high on the encounter, this is a chance for a few more recruits than that would have given you as long as you do not arouse undue suspicion.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
Good night guys, see you tomorrow with the wrap up here and that snake port interlude.
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Don't we already have a mimic vassal?
Anyway, certainly want to recruit heavenly resistance members.
- Location
- United States
A dumb mimic vs a highly intelligent auctioneer. Not really comparable.
[X] Tomcost
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Nothing that comes to mind that doesn't involve swapping to a new disguise. I think it would be best to just slip away with our old friend and his new buddy.
[X] Keep it simple, they go down a blind alley where you and Ser Richard wait unseen within a wall, one spell and you are in the deep beyond prying eyes and ears
- Location
- Texas
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Tomcost
- Location
- Australia
Probably best to put together a minor construct with the relevant skills and spells but yeah you can speed things up with Amanuensis and Scrivener's Chant, you can find the relevant sections with Commune with Texts as usual*.
Scribe's Binding does state that there is explicitly a page per day of existence for the bound so you might need to get a ruling on that for the spells that state "a normal sized page" or "X words per minute".
Edit: Though keep in mind there's nothing to limit copying multiple parts of the book at once.
Amanuensis and Scrivener's Chant are both Cantrips though, I think it's very reasonable to develop higher level versions that work faster.
*During the spell's duration, you can search the texts and immediately find the most relevant information regarding any topic the collection holds, potentially including singling out spellbooks or scrolls containing individual or particular types of spells.
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If we're sure of the watcher, we could always get hide ourselves and apply Melf's Slumber Arrows, though mind blank might make this noteworthy when they check what happened later. We should also attempt to avoid creating situations where they might decide to look closer because running into the blunt object of mindblank makes them more interesting. Mirror Hideaway prior to shifting to the plane of air would defeat most basic divinations without looking suspicious, and would lead somewhere normal looking if they spring for better spells. Give me a few minutes and I'll dig up that anti divination spell that generates bad data instead of blocking them and we can use that before taking them to the prime material.
Edit: found it, False Future. 1 hour/ CL spell lets us replace the results of a divination with our own narrative which anyone divining the target needs to make a will save to see through.
It only protects you while you're under it, so later divinations will be able to see the truth, but if we keep them under it for a few days they'll probably be fine since they aren't important.
Edit: found it, False Future. 1 hour/ CL spell lets us replace the results of a divination with our own narrative which anyone divining the target needs to make a will save to see through.
It only protects you while you're under it, so later divinations will be able to see the truth, but if we keep them under it for a few days they'll probably be fine since they aren't important.
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[X] Instruct them to go down a blind alley, where Viserys and Richard will be waiting unseen.
-[X] Immediately cast False Future on both of them, planting an image of them leaving the city and being waylaid by bandits at some point while traveling to another settlement.
—[X] maintain this effect for at least two days, using scrolls if none of the companions are available.
-[X] cast Smokey confinement on both of them, then leave the city from a randomly select safe plane shift point for the plane of air.
-[X] Fly for 15 minutes in a random direction, then plane shift a second time to SD.
edit: even if we don't bother with divination games we should still have at least one stop between here and home. I don't recall if there's a plane shift version of trace teleport, but it seems like exactly the kind of thing that these guys would have. Making one stop, flying in a random direction for 15 minutes, then plane shifting again would make us much safer. I'm adding the physical movement to my plane to avoid them just tracing us twice in a row.
edit2: fixing autocorrupt errors.
edit3: added Goldfish's safe plane shift steps and changed some things to make sense with the delay.
-[X] Immediately cast False Future on both of them, planting an image of them leaving the city and being waylaid by bandits at some point while traveling to another settlement.
—[X] maintain this effect for at least two days, using scrolls if none of the companions are available.
-[X] cast Smokey confinement on both of them, then leave the city from a randomly select safe plane shift point for the plane of air.
-[X] Fly for 15 minutes in a random direction, then plane shift a second time to SD.
edit: even if we don't bother with divination games we should still have at least one stop between here and home. I don't recall if there's a plane shift version of trace teleport, but it seems like exactly the kind of thing that these guys would have. Making one stop, flying in a random direction for 15 minutes, then plane shifting again would make us much safer. I'm adding the physical movement to my plane to avoid them just tracing us twice in a row.
edit2: fixing autocorrupt errors.
edit3: added Goldfish's safe plane shift steps and changed some things to make sense with the delay.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
That's overly complicated, IMO. Viserys could just use Wild Arcana to Mind Blank both of them to accomplish the same outcome, but far more effectively.
- Location
- Argentina
Gentlemen, unless we keep these two forever under mind blank, they will ping the divinations about how they left for our realm eventually.
The only thing to make sure is to not lose our Hassan persona to this. The rest is optional. Now it can be divined that Viserys has been at Hellven and that Garantos had a conversation with him.
The only thing to make sure is to not lose our Hassan persona to this. The rest is optional. Now it can be divined that Viserys has been at Hellven and that Garantos had a conversation with him.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
It could already be divined that Garantos has literally met Viserys far prior to this meeting, so they could make some serious assumptions about that previous connection which could be wildly off the mark.