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

[Crake]

Ooh, that's really nice. We could have a statue of obsidian or something.

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Made out of black marble, maybe?

 

[Duesal]

Made out of black marble, maybe?

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That or maybe just jet. Hard to go blacker than jet.

 

[Crake]

@Goldfish Should prompt @DragonParadox for all the bounties on shapeshifter corpses people have collected off-plane over the last couple of months. For Umbral Stalker/Spy creation purposes.

 

[Goldfish]

@Goldfish Should prompt @DragonParadox for all the bounties on shapeshifter corpses people have collected off-plane over the last couple of months. For Umbral Stalker/Spy creation purposes.

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Yeah, it would be helpful to churn out a bunch more Umbral Spies. We've been holding onto the last four sets of shapeshifter remains for the much more effective (and much more expensive) Umbral Stalkers, but they're complete overkill for a lot of situations.

Speaking of Umbral Stalkers, does anyone have any objection to Lya having crafted one of those during the 1st month? I held off on filling in her crafting time on the schedule in case of emergencies, but nothing came up than desperately needed her attention so she's free to have made another Umbral Stalker.

 

[Crake]

Yeah, it would be helpful to churn out a bunch more Umbral Spies. We've been holding onto the last four sets of shapeshifter remains for the much more effect (and much more expensive) Umbral Stalkers, but they're complete overkill for a lot of situations.

Speaking of Umbral Stalkers, does anyone have any objection to Lya having crafted one of those during the 1st month? I held off on filling in her crafting time on the schedule in case of emergencies, but nothing came up than desperately needed her attention so she's free to have made another Umbral Stalker.

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That's fine.

 

[BronzeTongue]

Today's anti fey tactic: Sensory Deprivation + Oppressive Boredom. If Viserys uses something like the belt of battle to get both of these off in one turn then the fey in question will get to spend two minutes "off camera" with nothing interesting to think about. They might actually prefer being stabbed with cold iron to this.

 

[Crake]

So for average rolls on immigration this month, Sorcerer's Deep will have almost around 200,000 inhabitants.

Half of Old Town, 2/5ths King's Landing, 1/5th Braavos and 1/6th of Volantis.

Or to look at it a different way, four times the size of White Harbor, six and a half times the size of Gulltown or about the size of Lannisport.

 

[Goldfish]

Today's anti fey tactic: Sensory Deprivation + Oppressive Boredom. If Viserys uses something like the belt of battle to get both of these off in one turn then the fey in question will get to spend two minutes "off camera" with nothing interesting to think about. They might actually prefer being stabbed with cold iron to this.

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Viserys: "Bad Fey! Bad! You're going to time out!"

 

[silvanknight]

@egoo Argo is missing in the turn plan.

 

[Crake]

Time to share what I've been working on tonight.

Spoiler: Business Assets

Red Scales Holding
	Shareholders 100% - King Viserys Targaryen Description This company was founded to allow for a centralized administration of Viserys Targaryen's various business ventures. Assets 100% Share of Stepstones Manufacturing, worth 3,813,000 IM 90% Share of Astral Currents Stock Exchange, worth 140,346,000 IM 70% Share of Silver Serpent Enterprise, worth 22,400,000 IM 70% Share of Golden Fields Agriculture Consortium, worth 520,800 IM 60% Share of Great Northwestern Trading Company, worth 675,000 IM 60% Share of Southlands Fruit Company, worth 135,000 IM 55% Share of Lyseni Spice Company, worth 676,500 IM 50% Share of Royce Alchemy Works, worth 444,000 IM 50% of Verdant Vistas, worth 396,000 IM 5% Share of the Glass-Maker Guild of Myr, worth 135,000 IM Estimated Value 168,777,800 IM
Silver Serpent Enterprise
	Shareholders 70% - Red Scales Holding 15% - Garin Drekelis 15% - Hermetia of Volantis Description The first mercantile business founded by Viserys Targaryen. While the initial company was liquidated upon his exile from Braavos, it was refounded later during the early months of his reign in the Stepstones. This company has expanded into a vast fleet of four hundred ships, with contacts, routes and offices across the known world. From Westeros to far-off Qarth, Ibben or the Summer Isles, all have seen the serpent flags and tasted the bounty of its punctually arriving luxury cargo. Both the name and the coat of arms is a nod towards the ancient god Yss who is aiding its operations with his divinations and thus is often regarded as the unofficial patron of the Silver Serpent Enterprise. Assets 20,000,000 IM capital Income 5% of the capital (meaning 3.5% of the capital for Viserys) currently 1,000,000 IM total and 700,000 IM for Viserys Estimated Value 32,000,000 IM
Verdant Vistas
	Shareholders 50% - Red Scales Holding 50% - Lord Sorin Fairwind Description Founded as a joint venture of Viserys Targaryen and Sorin Fairwind, this business is trading in the often ignored swamps around Braavos and acquiring rare plants and reagents which are produced there by the locals and some of the mercantile-inclined Fey. Estimated Value 792,000 IM
Astral Currents Stock Exchange Company
	Shareholders 90% - Red Scales Holding 5% - Iron Bank of Braavos 5% - Glass-Maker Guild of Myr Description Formed as part of a vast financial scheme that spans multiple Planes, in coordination with the Iron Bank of Braavos and later on Myrish artisans interests, this company offers fast, secure, and reliable communication between the Headquarters in Sorcerer's Deep and over a dozen major metropolises, some home to millions of souls, and all hungry for goods from near and far. With such vast mechanisms of economic outreach on hand, it will work to offer the negotiation of contracts and exchanges of stock between all of these locations for a fee. Assets Office in Sorcerers Deep Office in Braavos Office in Tyrosh Office in Lys Office in Myr Office in Dagger Lake Office in Volantis Office in Tolos Office in Mantarys Office in Ibben Office in Lorath Office in Stone Head Office in Opaline Vault Office in Armun Kelisk Cargo Moved 100,823 tons per month Expenses Formula: 375 IM per office Current: 5,250 IM per month Income Formula: 3 IM per ton of cargo moved Current: 350,865 IM Viserys Share: 315,778 IM Estimated Value 140,346,000 IM Value is estimated at yearly revenue, with monthly revenue assumed to be 100 IM per ton of cargo. Regular growth: 4d10 - 10 Percent -> Average of 12% Growth for building new offices: 20% or 1,000 tons, whichever is higher.
Stepstones Manufacturing
	Shareholders 100% - Red Scales Holding Description Founded as holding company for the various industries being created in Sorcerers Deep, the sole purpose of this company is to offer centralized accounting, sales and purchase service to its constituent companies. Assets 100% Share of Everflame Steelworks, worth 1,404,000 IM 100% Share of Stepstones Forestry Group, worth 774,000 IM 100% Share of Stepstones Shepherds Union, worth 930,000 IM 100% Share of Crown Royal Vintages, worth 258,000 IM 50% Share of Earths Bounty Jewelry, worth 492,000 IM 50% Share of Sand Textile Works, worth 99,000 IM Estimated Value 3,861,000 IM
Everflame Steelworks
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Created around the first Everfire Smelter in the village of Everfire Dale, this company produces various metal goods with the largest share of it being taken up by steel consumer goods. It also produces a large share of the arms and armor being exported from Sorcerer's Deep. Assets Ironworks Manufactory in Everfire Dale (Size 6, Profitability 7) Everflame Smelter Estimated Value 1,404,000 IM
Earths Bounty Jewelry
	Shareholders 50% - Stepstones Manufacturing 50% - Tyene Sand Description Using materials from the Plane of Earth and various precious materials such as pearls and corals from the sea, this company produces some of the finest jewelry in the world. The styles are as eclectic as the customer base, though a distinct Dornish influence can be seen in many of its pieces. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 3, Profitability 8, Profitability for Viserys 4) Exclusive trade rights for maritime luxury materials with the Triton Tribes near Sorcerer's Deep. Estimated Value 984,000 IM
Sand Textile Works
	Shareholders 50% - Stepstones Manufacturing 50% - Tyene Sandviper Description Founded with major influence from Tyene Sand, this company produces both regular and highly luxorious clothing for costumers across the Narrow Sea. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 1, Profitability 4, Profitability for Viserys 2) Estimated Value 198,000 IM
Stepstones Forestry Group
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description In an effort to leverage the growth stimulating magic to the maximum extend, to stabilize the soil of the Stepstones and to become less reliant on imports from other regions, this company was founded to promote forestry efforts on the islands. Beside good wood for shipbuilding, the forests owned by the SFG also contain various rare woods, which find many buyers among the artisans of Sorcerers Deep and out in the Planes. Assets various forests on the Stepstones (Size 3, Profitability 9) Estimated Value 774,000 IM
Stepstones Shepherds Union
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Expanding upon the limited shepherdry efforts from before the founding of the kingdom, this company promoted small and large scale keeping of sheep flocks, fueling the voracious appetite of artisans and manufacturies in Sorcerers Deep. Assets various sheep flocks across the Stepstones (Size 5, Profitability 3) Estimated Value 930,000 IM
Crown Royal Vintages
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Another subsidiary of Stepstones Manufacturing, these compose the vineyards in the Stepstones owned by House Targaryen, the breweries bought out by King and the distilleries owned by the Crown, all of which produce higher proof alcohols and higher quality beers, ales and wines, as well as the world famous Dawn Mead of celestial origin and the Sorcerer's Purple, a bio-luminescent drink which glows with a hint of magic. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 1, Profitability 9) Exclusive contract with the Golden Hearth Inn for certain vintages. Patronage of a local brewery owned by House Voronys, the only one of which produces Dawn Mead. Extremely fertile vineyards grown in magically produced volcanic soil. Estimated Value 258,000 IM
Royce Alchemy Works (Civilian Parts)
	Shareholders 100% - Red Scales Holding Description Using unique machines and much arcane knowledge, this company produces alchemical goods on an unprecedented scale. Half of it's products are for civilian use, but it also produces vast quantities of ammunition for the imperial military. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerers Deep (Size 4, Profitability 6, Profitability for Viserys 3) Estimated Value 888,000 IM
Lyseni Spice Company
	Shareholders 55% - Red Scales Holding 45% - mixed ownership by Lyseni nobility Description After the conquest of Lys, which followed the massacre of many high-ranking magisters in the city by the Fool of Lys, this company was formed to stabilize the vast assets and keep them in trust for the heirs of the fortunes that went into it's creation. The company has taken over much of the old Spicer trade routes and dabbles in creating it's own manufacturies in Lys and the former Disputed Lands. Assets shipping and manufactury businesses in Lys (Size 5, Profitability 8, Profitability for Viserys 4) Estimated Value 1,230,000 IM
Great Northwestern Trading Company
	Shareholders 60% - Red Scales Holding 40% - Lady Maege Mormont Description Owned in conjunction with House Mormont, this comprises essentially every sector of industry on Bear Island you can imagine, from shipwrights, forestry, fishing and whaling, there has even been talk of shipping ice in the future, though Lady Mormont puts a swift end to any overenthusiastic locals attempting to strike it rich sailing off to the Frozen Shore to catch their death and perhaps bring it back with them, at least for now. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 5, Profitability 10, Profitability 6 for Viserys) Lush forests and virgin fishing and whaling grounds. Estimated Value 1,350,000 IM
Golden Fields Agriculture Consortium
	Shareholders 70% - Red Scales Holding 30% - mixed ownership by Myrish nobility Description Founded after the annexation of Myr, this company bought up many unproductive fields in the rural areas of the former free city, making them much more productive by using ritual magic and diversifying the produced crops. Assets Farms in the Daughters March (Size 3, Profitability 4, Profitability for Viserys 3) Estimated Value 744,000 IM
Southlands Fruit Company
	Shareholders 60% - Red Scales Holding 40% - Salladhor Saan Description After the former Pirate Prince Salladhor had thoroughly settled the southern isles around the northern coast of Sothoryos, he, in conjunction with the King, decided that there was profits to be had there in the still rarely tasted and sorely sought after exotic fruits. So seek profits they did. Assets Orchards spread throughout the Bassilisk Isles (Size 1, Profitability 10, Profitability for Viserys 6) Estimated Value 270,000 IM

Stepstones Toll:

Required Ships for Toll: 20

Grants +50% Tax Income in the province of the Stepstones.

Fleet-wide Enhancements: Food and Water Purification, Three-Eyed-Raven Messengers, Triton Scouts

Ta-da~!

Updated Business Assets.

Incidentally, our mega-corporation is now worth 168,777,800 IM in assets and capital.

 

[Jack vile Ripper]

Incidentally, our mega-corporation is now worth 168,777,800 IM in assets and capital.

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168,777,800

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The numbers Mason, what do they mean?!

But seriously though, damn! Just a few more centuries and we could match the Opaline Vault in terms of gilded roads and walls.

 

[Crake]

To put that in perspective, that's roughly €/$337,555,600,000.

Or over a quarter trillion dollars.

That's like the GDP of an entire modern country...

 

[Goldfish]

Time to share what I've been working on tonight.

Spoiler: Business Assets

Red Scales Holding
	Shareholders 100% - King Viserys Targaryen Description This company was founded to allow for a centralized administration of Viserys Targaryen's various business ventures. Assets 100% Share of Stepstones Manufacturing, worth 3,813,000 IM 90% Share of Astral Currents Stock Exchange, worth 140,346,000 IM 70% Share of Silver Serpent Enterprise, worth 22,400,000 IM 70% Share of Golden Fields Agriculture Consortium, worth 520,800 IM 60% Share of Great Northwestern Trading Company, worth 675,000 IM 60% Share of Southlands Fruit Company, worth 135,000 IM 55% Share of Lyseni Spice Company, worth 676,500 IM 50% Share of Royce Alchemy Works, worth 444,000 IM 50% of Verdant Vistas, worth 396,000 IM 5% Share of the Glass-Maker Guild of Myr, worth 135,000 IM Estimated Value 168,777,800 IM
Silver Serpent Enterprise
	Shareholders 70% - Red Scales Holding 15% - Garin Drekelis 15% - Hermetia of Volantis Description The first mercantile business founded by Viserys Targaryen. While the initial company was liquidated upon his exile from Braavos, it was refounded later during the early months of his reign in the Stepstones. This company has expanded into a vast fleet of four hundred ships, with contacts, routes and offices across the known world. From Westeros to far-off Qarth, Ibben or the Summer Isles, all have seen the serpent flags and tasted the bounty of its punctually arriving luxury cargo. Both the name and the coat of arms is a nod towards the ancient god Yss who is aiding its operations with his divinations and thus is often regarded as the unofficial patron of the Silver Serpent Enterprise. Assets 20,000,000 IM capital Income 5% of the capital (meaning 3.5% of the capital for Viserys) currently 1,000,000 IM total and 700,000 IM for Viserys Estimated Value 32,000,000 IM
Verdant Vistas
	Shareholders 50% - Red Scales Holding 50% - Lord Sorin Fairwind Description Founded as a joint venture of Viserys Targaryen and Sorin Fairwind, this business is trading in the often ignored swamps around Braavos and acquiring rare plants and reagents which are produced there by the locals and some of the mercantile-inclined Fey. Estimated Value 792,000 IM
Astral Currents Stock Exchange Company
	Shareholders 90% - Red Scales Holding 5% - Iron Bank of Braavos 5% - Glass-Maker Guild of Myr Description Formed as part of a vast financial scheme that spans multiple Planes, in coordination with the Iron Bank of Braavos and later on Myrish artisans interests, this company offers fast, secure, and reliable communication between the Headquarters in Sorcerer's Deep and over a dozen major metropolises, some home to millions of souls, and all hungry for goods from near and far. With such vast mechanisms of economic outreach on hand, it will work to offer the negotiation of contracts and exchanges of stock between all of these locations for a fee. Assets Office in Sorcerers Deep Office in Braavos Office in Tyrosh Office in Lys Office in Myr Office in Dagger Lake Office in Volantis Office in Tolos Office in Mantarys Office in Ibben Office in Lorath Office in Stone Head Office in Opaline Vault Office in Armun Kelisk Cargo Moved 100,823 tons per month Expenses Formula: 375 IM per office Current: 5,250 IM per month Income Formula: 3 IM per ton of cargo moved Current: 350,865 IM Viserys Share: 315,778 IM Estimated Value 140,346,000 IM Value is estimated at yearly revenue, with monthly revenue assumed to be 100 IM per ton of cargo. Regular growth: 4d10 - 10 Percent -> Average of 12% Growth for building new offices: 20% or 1,000 tons, whichever is higher.
Stepstones Manufacturing
	Shareholders 100% - Red Scales Holding Description Founded as holding company for the various industries being created in Sorcerers Deep, the sole purpose of this company is to offer centralized accounting, sales and purchase service to its constituent companies. Assets 100% Share of Everflame Steelworks, worth 1,404,000 IM 100% Share of Stepstones Forestry Group, worth 774,000 IM 100% Share of Stepstones Shepherds Union, worth 930,000 IM 100% Share of Crown Royal Vintages, worth 258,000 IM 50% Share of Earths Bounty Jewelry, worth 492,000 IM 50% Share of Sand Textile Works, worth 99,000 IM Estimated Value 3,861,000 IM
Everflame Steelworks
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Created around the first Everfire Smelter in the village of Everfire Dale, this company produces various metal goods with the largest share of it being taken up by steel consumer goods. It also produces a large share of the arms and armor being exported from Sorcerer's Deep. Assets Ironworks Manufactory in Everfire Dale (Size 6, Profitability 7) Everflame Smelter Estimated Value 1,404,000 IM
Earths Bounty Jewelry
	Shareholders 50% - Stepstones Manufacturing 50% - Tyene Sand Description Using materials from the Plane of Earth and various precious materials such as pearls and corals from the sea, this company produces some of the finest jewelry in the world. The styles are as eclectic as the customer base, though a distinct Dornish influence can be seen in many of its pieces. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 3, Profitability 8, Profitability for Viserys 4) Exclusive trade rights for maritime luxury materials with the Triton Tribes near Sorcerer's Deep. Estimated Value 984,000 IM
Sand Textile Works
	Shareholders 50% - Stepstones Manufacturing 50% - Tyene Sandviper Description Founded with major influence from Tyene Sand, this company produces both regular and highly luxorious clothing for costumers across the Narrow Sea. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 1, Profitability 4, Profitability for Viserys 2) Estimated Value 198,000 IM
Stepstones Forestry Group
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description In an effort to leverage the growth stimulating magic to the maximum extend, to stabilize the soil of the Stepstones and to become less reliant on imports from other regions, this company was founded to promote forestry efforts on the islands. Beside good wood for shipbuilding, the forests owned by the SFG also contain various rare woods, which find many buyers among the artisans of Sorcerers Deep and out in the Planes. Assets various forests on the Stepstones (Size 3, Profitability 9) Estimated Value 774,000 IM
Stepstones Shepherds Union
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Expanding upon the limited shepherdry efforts from before the founding of the kingdom, this company promoted small and large scale keeping of sheep flocks, fueling the voracious appetite of artisans and manufacturies in Sorcerers Deep. Assets various sheep flocks across the Stepstones (Size 5, Profitability 3) Estimated Value 930,000 IM
Crown Royal Vintages
	Shareholders 100% - Stepstones Manufacturing Description Another subsidiary of Stepstones Manufacturing, these compose the vineyards in the Stepstones owned by House Targaryen, the breweries bought out by King and the distilleries owned by the Crown, all of which produce higher proof alcohols and higher quality beers, ales and wines, as well as the world famous Dawn Mead of celestial origin and the Sorcerer's Purple, a bio-luminescent drink which glows with a hint of magic. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 1, Profitability 9) Exclusive contract with the Golden Hearth Inn for certain vintages. Patronage of a local brewery owned by House Voronys, the only one of which produces Dawn Mead. Extremely fertile vineyards grown in magically produced volcanic soil. Estimated Value 258,000 IM
Royce Alchemy Works (Civilian Parts)
	Shareholders 100% - Red Scales Holding Description Using unique machines and much arcane knowledge, this company produces alchemical goods on an unprecedented scale. Half of it's products are for civilian use, but it also produces vast quantities of ammunition for the imperial military. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerers Deep (Size 4, Profitability 6, Profitability for Viserys 3) Estimated Value 888,000 IM
Lyseni Spice Company
	Shareholders 55% - Red Scales Holding 45% - mixed ownership by Lyseni nobility Description After the conquest of Lys, which followed the massacre of many high-ranking magisters in the city by the Fool of Lys, this company was formed to stabilize the vast assets and keep them in trust for the heirs of the fortunes that went into it's creation. The company has taken over much of the old Spicer trade routes and dabbles in creating it's own manufacturies in Lys and the former Disputed Lands. Assets shipping and manufactury businesses in Lys (Size 5, Profitability 8, Profitability for Viserys 4) Estimated Value 1,230,000 IM
Great Northwestern Trading Company
	Shareholders 60% - Red Scales Holding 40% - Lady Maege Mormont Description Owned in conjunction with House Mormont, this comprises essentially every sector of industry on Bear Island you can imagine, from shipwrights, forestry, fishing and whaling, there has even been talk of shipping ice in the future, though Lady Mormont puts a swift end to any overenthusiastic locals attempting to strike it rich sailing off to the Frozen Shore to catch their death and perhaps bring it back with them, at least for now. Assets Manufactory in Sorcerer's Deep (Size 5, Profitability 10, Profitability 6 for Viserys) Lush forests and virgin fishing and whaling grounds. Estimated Value 1,350,000 IM
Golden Fields Agriculture Consortium
	Shareholders 70% - Red Scales Holding 30% - mixed ownership by Myrish nobility Description Founded after the annexation of Myr, this company bought up many unproductive fields in the rural areas of the former free city, making them much more productive by using ritual magic and diversifying the produced crops. Assets Farms in the Daughters March (Size 3, Profitability 4, Profitability for Viserys 3) Estimated Value 744,000 IM
Southlands Fruit Company
	Shareholders 60% - Red Scales Holding 40% - Salladhor Saan Description After the former Pirate Prince Salladhor had thoroughly settled the southern isles around the northern coast of Sothoryos, he, in conjunction with the King, decided that there was profits to be had there in the still rarely tasted and sorely sought after exotic fruits. So seek profits they did. Assets Orchards spread throughout the Bassilisk Isles (Size 1, Profitability 10, Profitability for Viserys 6) Estimated Value 270,000 IM

Stepstones Toll:

Required Ships for Toll: 20

Grants +50% Tax Income in the province of the Stepstones.

Fleet-wide Enhancements: Food and Water Purification, Three-Eyed-Raven Messengers, Triton Scouts

Ta-da~!

Updated Business Assets.

Incidentally, our mega-corporation is now worth 168,777,800 IM in assets and capital.

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Beautiful... 😭

 

[Crake]

Doing more math, but at the current rate of immigration, Sorcerer's Deep (the city) should break 1 million people near the start of canon, in 298 AC.

So our capital will grow essentially x5 its current size in four years. And it should be the largest city on the Plane before 300 AC.

 

[Goldfish]

Doing more math, but at the current rate of immigration, Sorcerer's Deep (the city) should break 1 million people near the start of canon, in 298 AC.

So our capital will grow essentially x5 its current size in four years. And it should be the largest city on the Plane before 300 AC.

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Imagine the nightmare such a city would be if it was just allowed to grow organically in a typical medieval time period, without planning, anything but the most basic infrastructure, or building standards.

Thankfully, with plenty of undeveloped land, the advantage of being able to plan and include vital infrastructure during expansion, a bureaucracy willing and able to enforce building codes, obscene amounts of magic to bypass the most labor intensive aspects of construction, and the Hardening Chamber to render all building materials virtually indestructible to any natural forces which they may be exposed to, Sorcerer's Deep is going to be the next city to gain the nebulous title of extraplanar metropolis. It'll be a trade hub linking most of the other extraplanar trade hubs.

Add in the city-wide blessings of year round mild weather, the Keep Watch effect to remove the residents' need for sleep, the Greater Age Resistance effect to eliminate the physical infirmities associated with aging, and the Fox's Cunning effect to make everyone more intelligent and capable, and Sorcerer's Deep will be the place to be. It won't just be the wealthy who wish to live here, though. Scholars, artisans, crafters, etc., will continue to settle here, especially those devoted to their chosen vocations, since they'll be able to practice it better, for longer (in both the sense of day to day work and living longer), and for more value.

We'll probably be building magitech arcologies below ground, above it, and under the sea within a decade to account for population growth without causing overcrowding.

 

[Crake]

We'll probably be building magitech arcologies below ground, above it, and under the sea within a decade to account for population growth without causing overcrowding.

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@Goldfish Not that those buildings wouldn't be useful in limited numbers for extreme weather conditions, we won't need to build arcologies for centuries even with continuous outrun population growth. You can fit a lot of people in the amount of space that makes up the island of Manhatten (about as many as will be living in SD in about six years).

SD being on a really big island, even building up and down with taller buildings and an under city, that in effect would make it take longer for arcologies to be a necessity to fit excess population.

To say nothing of the fact that we can literally just magic up some prime real estate...

 

[Jack vile Ripper]

To say nothing of the fact that we can literally just magic up some prime real estate...

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Oh yeah, we could just expand the landmass if the Island gets a little too crowded can we?

I suppose there's a spell for that. But for something of such magnitude...

 

[Duesal]

Oh yeah, we could just expand the landmass if the Island gets a little too crowded can we?

I suppose there's a spell for that. But for something of such magnitude...

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Keep in mind we can make skyscapers of hardened steel and glass and stone, we're going to have an expansive Undercity, and there are other islands in the stepstones to put our extra residential areas. We'll be plenty fine.

 

[Jack vile Ripper]

Undercity

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Let's make sure that those shifty ratfolks are properly sanctioned before giving them such quarters. Just in case...

 

[Artemis1992]

-[X] Ask for the aid of the Hunt against the Court of Stars
--[X] We can craft a special non-sentient mount for Seilenos in our Flesh or Fungus Forge and have it blessed by the Old Gods, or craft non-sentient hounds or other creatures of the Hunt for him
--[X] If it comes to it we are open to crafting non-sentient creatures en mass for Seilenos pending on how extensively he intends to aid us against the Court of Stars
-[X] As a side note, invite him to view the Hall of Horrors, as a potential glimpse at the kinds of creatures you could hunt together

@DragonParadox, the issue is this doesn't give us much of anything to go off of. We don't have a good idea of the value of what's being offered, so we're kind of floundering in regards to how to deal fairly with them on our end. Compounded with that, this is a Fey, so we can't assume we can just buy our way out of this.

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Please no non-sentient mounts and hounds, they have better ones that most of what we can craft:

Wild Hunt Hound – d20PFSRD

www.d20pfsrd.com

Wild Hunt Horse – d20PFSRD

www.d20pfsrd.com

The beasts and riders of the Hunt are one.
Most of what we could offer might insult them.

 

[Crake]

Please no non-sentient mounts and hounds, they have better ones that most of what we can craft:

Wild Hunt Hound – d20PFSRD

www.d20pfsrd.com

Wild Hunt Horse – d20PFSRD

www.d20pfsrd.com

The beasts and riders of the Hunt are one.
Most of what we could offer might insult them.

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On the contrary, with Templates we can make all kinds of nasty business. If not sheer killiness, utility is always nice.

Not that I think we can really offer them anything they'd be interested in for mounts or warbeasts.

Now something to hunt? Hell, we could go on a trip into the jungles and grab some dinosaurs for them to tackle. They'd get a kick out of that.

 

[Artemis1992]

Now something to hunt? Hell, we could go on a trip into the jungles and grab some dinosaurs for them to tackle. They'd get a kick out of that.

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That I can support, but offering them crafted hounds and horses when they have a strong bond with their already-present hunt-companions might be insulting, so I would prefer to leave that out.

 

[egoo]

[X] duesal

 

[DragonParadox]

We are talking about arcologies already? Best get on that spaceflight before the magic-tech SF gets ahead of me.

 

[egoo]

We are talking about arcologies already? Best get on that spaceflight mefore the magic-tech SF gets head of me.

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You are already Sci-Fi