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

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Hm... should probably make some more undead then. We kinda only do that whenever we are already in need of them.
 
Azel said:
Hm... should probably make some more undead then. We kinda only do that whenever we are already in need of them.
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egoo said:
Also, we might want to add lots of Soulforged Undead to next order. Tagging @Azel for reasons.
We have tons and tons of stuff in "Free Forces" we can assign to do shit at any moment, but 9 Black Champions are literally all of the SF!Undead we have that arent gonna be doing something else.
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@egoo, one more minor action:

[] Eyes in the Sky: Have the training / patrol flights experiment with mounting Serpent Stone recorders on their Wyverns to later review the footage for intelligence purposes. Try mounting it on different spots of the hull, in the cockpit and so on.

This should be well below any actual research actions, since it just amounts to bolting a few things to the hulls during regular maintenance. If this works, we can do major reconnaissance flights over Westeros in the 4th month.
 
Azel said:
@egoo, one more minor action:

[] Eyes in the Sky: Have the training / patrol flights experiment with mounting Serpent Stone recorders on their Wyverns to later review the footage for intelligence purposes. Try mounting it on different spots of the hull, in the cockpit and so on.

This should be well below any actual research actions, since it just amounts to bolting a few things to the hulls during regular maintenance. If this works, we can do major reconnaissance flights over Westeros in the 4th month.
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Sep 1, 2020 at 9:44 AM, finished with 90 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] The Undeath's End: The secret of creation of the ancient and extremely potent anti-Undead poison you received from Faceless Men is lost to eons... Yet one of the greatest poison-makers the world knows is in your employ, and few other races have as much intimate knowledge of poisons as the Snake-kin, and the Drow, both of whom you have access to. Recreate the ancient mixture (Progress: 0/50, Cost: ??)
    -[X] Elaheh Marita (4d6 Progress), Quburn (4d6 Progress)
    -[X] And if the above isn't enough for one update...
    [X] Tireless Steel, by Sorcery Moved: The art of golem-making is ancient indeed... but one has to wonder if it is possible to wring an armor in the same qualities, to create personal defense truly unsurpassable. (Requires the "Layering the Defenses"-Research Action)
    -[X] Develop the basic chassis of the Imperial Powered Armor systems - and create the Warden Pattern armor. (Progress: 8/26, Cost: 140.000 IM)
    --[X] Valeria the Wondersmith (4d6 Progress)
    [X] Tyene Level Up
    -[X] Class: +1 Mystic
    -[X] Skills (5 points): +1 Bluff, +1 Concentration, +1 Craft (Poison Making), +1 Diplomacy, +1 Sense Motive
    -[X] Spells:
    --[X] 3rd Level: Retrain Nauseating Shroud >>> Battlemagic Perception
    --[X] 5th Level: Retrain Plane Shift >>> Holy Ice
    --[X] 7th Level: Greater Plane Shift
    --[X] 8th Level: Visions of the Future
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@Goldfish, we do have enough Mindblanks to cover everyone going to Slavers' Bay, right?
egoo said:
[] Hells' Spears, Blunted: [Kill Devils and Unsullied; counter-scheme when possible]
(All PCs supplied with Mindblanks)
----[] Malarys, Tyene; Teana; Wyla; Shadow!Tor; Morwyn and Tuin - the Drow assassins; Quburn; Chung Ting Lo; Ser Criston Storm; Ceria "Storm"; Ser Denys Trainer; Aradia the Huntress; Mereth; Kira Windgraced; 1x Orphne Fey Lord
2x Very Old Myrkdreki Dragons, (CR 15) (twins); 6x Adult Mind Dragons (CR 15);
6x Umbral Spies;
3x Umbral Stalkers;
13x Black Champions (clad in Lead)
8x Heralds (put in lead-lined bags until appropriate)

----[Inquisition Forces]----
Anya the Inquisitor; Mia the Inquisitor; Shara Rogare; Alysande Redsail; Azema;
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I vaguely remembered something about having >10 of them lying around...
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Sep 1, 2020 at 9:44 AM, finished with 90 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] The Undeath's End: The secret of creation of the ancient and extremely potent anti-Undead poison you received from Faceless Men is lost to eons... Yet one of the greatest poison-makers the world knows is in your employ, and few other races have as much intimate knowledge of poisons as the Snake-kin, and the Drow, both of whom you have access to. Recreate the ancient mixture (Progress: 0/50, Cost: ??)
    -[X] Elaheh Marita (4d6 Progress), Quburn (4d6 Progress)
    -[X] And if the above isn't enough for one update...
    [X] Tireless Steel, by Sorcery Moved: The art of golem-making is ancient indeed... but one has to wonder if it is possible to wring an armor in the same qualities, to create personal defense truly unsurpassable. (Requires the "Layering the Defenses"-Research Action)
    -[X] Develop the basic chassis of the Imperial Powered Armor systems - and create the Warden Pattern armor. (Progress: 8/26, Cost: 140.000 IM)
    --[X] Valeria the Wondersmith (4d6 Progress)
    [X] Tyene Level Up
    -[X] Class: +1 Mystic
    -[X] Skills (5 points): +1 Bluff, +1 Concentration, +1 Craft (Poison Making), +1 Diplomacy, +1 Sense Motive
    -[X] Spells:
    --[X] 3rd Level: Retrain Nauseating Shroud >>> Battlemagic Perception
    --[X] 5th Level: Retrain Plane Shift >>> Holy Ice
    --[X] 7th Level: Greater Plane Shift
    --[X] 8th Level: Visions of the Future
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Interlude DCCCLXXXII: Of Poison and Steel
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    • Of Poison and Steel ​

    Twenty Seventh Day of the Second Month 294 AC

    Gogossos, Sixth Level of the Flesh Forge

    As he watched the substance bubble through delicate seeming tubes of glass enchanted to be as hard as granite, pulse through false organs of necrotic flesh designed in an arcane mirroring of a liver's purifying function, Qyburn wondered for the first time what would have become of him if at some point in his long and frustrating years as an acolyte he simply snapped. If he had tossed the glittering links into the Honeywine and taken ship to Braavos and sought an apprenticeship from those who did not fear cutting into living flesh, Would they have taken him, the merchants of death? Would he have found some semblance of the strange peace-in-endings he glimpsed behind their unwavering gazes?

    The thought was at once enticing in the freedom he might have had for some many decades, not having to scramble and hide like a rat in the dark and be horrified in what he had come to understand of their philosophy. The once-maester understood in the abstract why they must be, the servants of the many faces of death, guards against the Void that would snuff out all knowledge and all minds that might appreciate them. Yet the idea that he might have become hobbled to a single mortal life and glad of it when sorcery could make him so much more... it sickened him. Truly his stomach lurched and twisted at the thought, though there was no physical cause for it. Was this the unease he saw in the eyes of so many who looked upon his creations?

    Looking across the hall to his fellow brewer of arcane poisons he simply asked her. Elaheh was more knowledgeable in the shaping of minds than him and she did not find the habit of asking questions unfiltered by the pointless frippery of polite discourse troubling.

    The kyton hummed thoughtfully, a multi-tonal sound that was the mark of the constant tinkering with her voice box. "No, it is not analogous. The feeling you are describing is much more cerebral and abstract. Disgust, such as many creations of the flesh can invoke in the narrow-minded, is at its core a impression of the hind brain that something is not edible. How and why that poisons so much of their impressions of the world, including of things they would never be expected to eat, is hard for me to judge."

    Qyburn nodded. He was not really that curious about the precise flaws in reasoning among the common run of humanity, though perhaps soon he would have new insight into the workings of all minds just the same.

    The Undeath's End Progress 23/50

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    Outskirts of Gogossos

    In a place not so distant as the crow flies, or perhaps as the mole borrows, another artificer was working upon a task no less complex than refining a poison to strike down those already dead, though her work could afford to gleam brightly under the summer sun and not be hidden way in secret caverns. A tree, a giant of the forest, smashed down among its follows with a dozen cracks like thunder and the squawks of countless winged lizards who did not appreciate the rude awakening. Below it was what looked like a giant of a knight in armor marked with the seals of the Empire, or perhaps some new construct, motioning victoriously at the sky.

    "Alright now, I want you to climb the log and run along it as fast as you can and tell me how it runs." Valeria called out calmly. They could have just used any of a number of ledges and walls in the city itself, but the jungle really did need cutting back out here so they might as well help out, and if any beasts of the deep jungle decided to come out and try to make a meal of whatever was demolishing the jungle that too could be a test of the armor.

    The thick plate of crystal that served as the armor's visor flashed in the sun as the figure nodded and then it launched itself into an unexpectedly graceful jump for something made of so much steel to make, unexpected to someone who was not Valeria at least. Making the Warden Armor strong had been straightforward, making it nimble had been almost painfully frustrating at times, but no less necessary. No matter how strong you make something there is always something stronger it should get out of the way of.

    Unfortunately she did not need to ask for a verbal report. The armor was still favoring its right leg after jumping, even with the modifications to the spell of animation. It evened out in a few moments but that sort of obvious predictable flaw was simply unacceptable in Valeria's craft. Lives would depend upon the reliability of these armors, perhaps even the fate of whole battles.

    "Alright, get back here, we aren't finishing this month, but I'll be damned if this armor does not run perfectly by the time we are done," she called out, mind already on the next potential solution.

    Tireless Steel by Sorcery moved Progress 14/18

    What next?

    [] Qohor and its Nightmares

    [] A Midnight Visitor (Yin Background Event)

    [] The Swamps Dried

    [] Write in

    OOC: I hope putting two interludes together like this is not too jarring.
     
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    • DragonParadox said:
    Of Poison and Steel ​

    Twenty Seventh Day of the Second Month 294 AC

    Gogossos, Sixth Level of the Flesh Forge

    As he watched the substance bubble through delicate seeming tubes of glass enchanted to be hard as granite and pulse through false organs of necrotic flesh designed in arcane mirroring of a liver's purifying function, Qyburn wondered for the first time what would have become of him if at some point in his long and frustrating years as an acolyte he simply snapped. If he had tossed the glittering links into the Honeywyne and taken ship to Braavos, then sought an apprenticeship from those who did not fear cutting into living flesh? Would they have taken him, the merchants of death? Would he have found some semblance of the strange peace-in-endings he glimpsed behind their unwavering gazes?

    The thought was at once enticing in the freedom he might have had for so many decades, not having to scramble and hide like a rat in the dark, and horrifying, in what he had come to understand of their philosophy. The once-maester understood in the abstract why they must be, servants of the many faces of Death, guards against the Void that would snuff out all knowledge and all minds that might appreciate them. Yet the idea that he might have been hobbled to a single mortal life and glad of it, when sorcery could make him so much more... it sickened him. Truly, his stomach lurched and twisted at the thought, though there was no physical cause for it. Was this the unease he saw in the eyes of so many who looked upon his creations?

    Looking across the hall to his fellow brewer of arcane poisons, he simply asked her. Elaheh was more knowledgeable in the shaping of minds than him, and she did not find troubling his habit of asking questions unfiltered by the pointless frippery of polite discourse.

    The kyton hummed thoughtfully, a multi-tonal sound that was the mark of the constant tinkering with her voice box. "No, it is not analogous. The feeling you are describing is much more cerebral and abstract. Disgust, such as many creations of the flesh can invoke in the narrow-minded, is at its core an impression of the hind brain that something is not edible. How and why that poisons so much of their impressions of the world, including of things they would never be expected to eat, is hard for me to judge."

    Qyburn nodded at her answer. He was not really that curious about the precise flaws in reasoning that afflicted the common run of humanity, though perhaps soon he would have new insight into the workings of all minds just the same.

    The Undeath's End Progress 23/50

    ***​

    Outskirts of Gogossos

    In a place not so distant as the crow flies, or perhaps as the mole borrows, another artificer was working upon a task no less complex than refining a poison to strike down those already dead, though her work could afford to gleam brightly under the summer sun rather than be hidden way in secret caverns. A tree, a giant of the forest, smashed down among its fellows with a dozen cracks like thunder and the squawks of countless winged lizards who did not appreciate the rude awakening. Below it, what looked like a giant in the armor of a knight marked with the seals of empire, or perhaps some new construct, motioned victoriously at the sky.

    "Alright, now I want you to climb the log and run along it as fast as you can and tell me how it runs." Valeria called out calmly. They could have just used any of a number of ledges and walls in the city itself, but the jungle really did need cutting back out here, so they might as well help out, and if any beasts of the deep jungle decided to come out and try to make a meal of whatever was demolishing the jungle, that too could be a test of the armor.

    The thick plate of crystal that served as the armor's visor flashed in the sun as the figure nodded and then it launched itself into an unexpectedly graceful jump for such a large form, unexpected to someone who was not Valeria at least. Making the Warden Armor strong had been straightforward, making it nimble had been almost painfully frustrating at times, but no less necessary. No matter how strong you make something, there is always something stronger from which it should get out of the way.

    Unfortunately, she did not need to ask for a verbal report. The armor was still favoring its right leg after jumping even with the modifications to the spell of animation. It evened out in a few moments, but that sort of obvious predictable flaw was simply unacceptable in Valeria's craft. Lives would depend upon the reliability of these armors, perhaps even the fate of whole battles.

    "Alright, get back here. We aren't finishing this month, but I'll be damned if this armor does not run perfectly by the time we are done," she called out, mind already on the next potential solution

    Tireless Steel by Sorcery moved Progress 14/18

    What next?

    [] Qohor and its Nightmares

    [] A Midnight Visitor (Yin Background Event)

    [] The Swamps Dried

    [] Write in

    OOC: I hope putting two interludes together like this is not too jarring. Not yet edited
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
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    [X] Research Action Reports
    -[X] A Baleful Mirage: You have recently been forwarded a set of spell-scripts and samples by which the Efreeti have been made use of to manipulate the 'Grey Veil'.
    --[X] While this may be a technological dead end, studying it will prevent its usage from being as effective in the hands of your enemy and may even be of some use to your allies (Progress: ??, Cost: ??).
    ---[X] Beryl the Strategist (4d6 Progress), Anu of Sallosh (4d6 Progress), Volantis Scholarum Branch (+2d6 Progress)
     
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    This sounds interesting!

    [X] A Midnight Visitor (Yin Background Event)
     
    Duesal said:
    [X] Research Action Reports
    -[X] The Mind's Games: The psychological effects of repeated and sustained enchantment on the mental state and brain of the average person (Progress: ??, Cost: ??).
    --[X] Velen (4d6 Progress), Mantarys Scholarum Branch (+2d6 Progress)
    -[X] A Baleful Mirage: You have recently been forwarded a set of spell-scripts and samples by which the Efreeti have been made use of to manipulate the 'Grey Veil'.
    --[X] While this may be a technological dead end, studying it will prevent its usage from being as effective in the hands of your enemy and may even be of some use to your allies (Progress: ??, Cost: ??).
    ---[X] Beryl the Strategist (4d6 Progress), Anu of Sallosh (4d6 Progress), Volantis Scholarum Branch (+2d6 Progress)

    Speaking of which, Velen would be good to bring on the Ymeri assault.
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    we alreaddy had Velen report on the minds games this month i believe, unless it was last month
     
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    Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Sep 1, 2020 at 1:45 PM, finished with 14 posts and 8 votes.
    • [X] A Midnight Visitor (Yin Background Event)
      [X] Research Action Reports
      -[X] A Baleful Mirage: You have recently been forwarded a set of spell-scripts and samples by which the Efreeti have been made use of to manipulate the 'Grey Veil'.
      --[X] While this may be a technological dead end, studying it will prevent its usage from being as effective in the hands of your enemy and may even be of some use to your allies (Progress: ??, Cost: ??).
      ---[X] Beryl the Strategist (4d6 Progress), Anu of Sallosh (4d6 Progress), Volantis Scholarum Branch (+2d6 Progress)
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