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I'm also anticipating Tywin to crack and open the gates to Hell.
Which is kind of the reason I want the Legions armed in Imperial Steel.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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Which is kind of the reason I want the Legions armed in Imperial Steel.
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@DragonParadox
You used Horn Hill for Green and Indigo, are they close neighbours or was that a mistake?
You used Horn Hill for Green and Indigo, are they close neighbours or was that a mistake?
Green should be old oak, I edited it in my notes when I moved Indigo there, but it slipped when I transcribed the whole thing
Fixed.
egoo
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Some RAs I'll be mving to the list now that I thought them up and DP gave progress.
I know you all guys feel strongly about making Dark Sister into either an Imperial Outsider, or forging a CR20 Super!Herald out of her and the other two blades, but I urge you to think on the benefits of making her the Firstbotn Matriarch of the Imperial Steel True Dragon breed.
A) It would actually have her do things, other than being a glorified paperweight.
I give this about 8-12 months earlier date to happen than making her an Outsider, considering that Imperial deity is required first before we can even begin doing that one.
B) It would let us start a True Dragon breed with a really tight connection to the Empire.
Like, even more absurdly so than making them with some metaphysical properties of Imperial Steel.
Bonus point, this one is subjective) We already have Heralds and the Harbringer. Making bigger artificial Dragons doesn't really catch me as "progress" for our crafting-projects.
This point aside, I must note that I asked DP about options in other Dragon breeds but for comprehensiveness' sake, I don't really feel like rezzing extinct dragon breeds for no good reason.
@Azel, @Crake, @Duesal.
I know you all guys feel strongly about making Dark Sister into either an Imperial Outsider, or forging a CR20 Super!Herald out of her and the other two blades, but I urge you to think on the benefits of making her the Firstbotn Matriarch of the Imperial Steel True Dragon breed.
A) It would actually have her do things, other than being a glorified paperweight.
I give this about 8-12 months earlier date to happen than making her an Outsider, considering that Imperial deity is required first before we can even begin doing that one.
B) It would let us start a True Dragon breed with a really tight connection to the Empire.
Like, even more absurdly so than making them with some metaphysical properties of Imperial Steel.
Bonus point, this one is subjective) We already have Heralds and the Harbringer. Making bigger artificial Dragons doesn't really catch me as "progress" for our crafting-projects.
This point aside, I must note that I asked DP about options in other Dragon breeds but for comprehensiveness' sake, I don't really feel like rezzing extinct dragon breeds for no good reason.
egoo
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Okay, imma sleep now.
And no, @DragonParadox, being done with CoS doesn't exempt you from not writing Qohor!
We still have MAs to cover, fluff to get, and PCs to snatch!
Mwhahahaha!
Remaining RAs:
And no, @DragonParadox, being done with CoS doesn't exempt you from not writing Qohor!
We still have MAs to cover, fluff to get, and PCs to snatch!
Mwhahahaha!
Remaining RAs:
Remaining MAs and on-screen points of interest.
Remaining Adventures and other Hero Character actions:
[] Three Points, Three Kindred, One People, Part 3
-[] Blight's Bane
[]... and I guess Qohor.
Crake
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I'm against, since I'm on board what Azel was talking about earlier, and ultimately it makes zero difference to me whether or not Dark Sister is a paperweight if we have settled into a essentially resolved endgame for her.
It makes absolutely, zero, nada, not one iota of difference to me if nothing interesting happens with her for over a RL year.
OK writing again, sorry about being slow on this guys, but it's hot over here and I'm not quite over the damn cold.
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Crake
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You can be pretty clever.
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I have no interest what so ever to do either of those things.
Furthermore, the idea of "Imperial Steel Dragon" is a highly questionable one to me. What are those supposed to be? Half-Constructs? Because Imperial Steel is more a magic item then it is metal. It's neither a precious(-ish) metal, nor an alloy of such, unlike every other metallic dragon. And metallic dragons are not literally made out of metals. They just happen to have a coloration that looks like one.
So I'm genuine not understanding what this is supposed to be when you are talking about "really tight connection to the Empire".
From what I understood something like a steel dragon, but with VS, you guys could do that. VS claws and such, not wildfire breath though, that is a bit too energetic for any living thing.
Goldfish
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Agreed.
I don't mind is trying to use the stuff for constructive purposes, such as advanced Constructs like our Heralds, but using it to somehow create a new Dragon breed doesn't make much sense to me. I'm also not really interested in trying to recreate any other Dragon breeds.
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That would be a new one though, since I'm not aware of any metallic Dragon that has actual body parts consisting of a metal. Let alone one that is more magic then material like VS or Imperial Steel. They are all just colored in metal tones as far as I am aware.
I mean, a golden Koi isn't any more made out of gold then any other fish, and I've never heard that someone wanted to melt down a Gold Dragons scales to make coin from them either.
Goldfish
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That would be an amusing, if somewhat depressing, alternative explanation for the extinction of the Metallic Dragons. They were hunted down for the metals which could be extracted from their bodies.That would be a new one though, since I'm not aware of any metallic Dragon that has actual body parts consisting of a metal. Let alone one that is more magic then material like VS or Imperial Steel. They are all just colored in metal tones as far as I am aware.
I mean, a golden Koi isn't any more made out of gold then any other fish, and I've never heard that someone wanted to melt down a Gold Dragons scales to make coin from them either.
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There is a precedent: Realms Helps Creature: Dragon, Adamantine AncientThat would be a new one though, since I'm not aware of any metallic Dragon that has actual body parts consisting of a metal. Let alone one that is more magic then material like VS or Imperial Steel. They are all just colored in metal tones as far as I am aware.
I mean, a golden Koi isn't any more made out of gold then any other fish, and I've never heard that someone wanted to melt down a Gold Dragons scales to make coin from them either.
Adamantine Dragon's natural weapons are treated as Adamantine.
That would be a new one though, since I'm not aware of any metallic Dragon that has actual body parts consisting of a metal. Let alone one that is more magic then material like VS or Imperial Steel. They are all just colored in metal tones as far as I am aware.
I mean, a golden Koi isn't any more made out of gold then any other fish, and I've never heard that someone wanted to melt down a Gold Dragons scales to make coin from them either.
True, but it's not like replacing claws and teeth (which are not actually alive) with metal would be that much of a stretch by flesh-forge capabilities. Anyways if you guys don't want to go for it that's fine, I was just answering questions about hypotheticals.
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ACKCHYUALLY...
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Sorry @egoo, but I'm on board with making Dark Sister, Blackfyre, and the Harbinger all CR 20+ outsiders. I don't mind if it takes a while, either.
This part confuses me. Aside from the random request for Metallics which usually is shot down for a wide variety of reasons (chief among them being Bahamut hates us), there aren't plans to resurrect extinct species of dragons. At best there were vague plans to modify and adapt, like making our own winter dragons.
Interlude DCCCXCVIII: A Tale of Lights Part Five
A Tale of Lights Part Five
The High Court: The hill was there before Highgarden was raised and wild roses bloomed upon it by the tears of summer betrayed. So it was prophesied of old that should all hope fail and the darkness in the North should consume all life than the last flowers would abide here in defiance against the end. Such was the prophecy given to the mortal Garth long ago, Garth Greenhand, Garth Fey Friend. He dwelt beside the Fair Folk and his heirs after him for such a time that even the deathless fey grew accustomed to it and to them. There in the heart of the Reach lies the Heart of the Stars, alone of all the things known to the bight courts to have endured the shifting tides of the Feywild since those days of yore.
Cold and shadowed were the gardens when the queen returned filled with sighs for the line of Garth had failed and by fire burned, but He was Garth of the Green and saw further than most mortal men and so where the first branch might wither a thousand others sprang forth, high and low, proud and humble mortals beyond even the eyes of the Gold claimed the blood of Garth and his heritage. The roses grew again into a maze that framed the sky and spilled into the waking world, a maze, a ward, a weapon? None but the queen now knows, but on those paths shadowed and bright the fate of realms and the plots of the Eldest are measured one against the other.
Guards there are, each in their own manner and by their own court summoned, and princes in runed panoplies, gifts of older times, but the true strength of the court lies not in its walls of thorns nor gleaming spears and graceful bows. Here stands the monarch to stand in judgement and by it all oathsworn are bound. Here on each midwinter when her power ebbs almost to naught stands the monarch to be judged and the court to ponder her dealings with mortal men, with gods disdained and with the land itself.
Without the crown the bond is less than it might once have been, but those who stand here yet abide by ancient pacts and hopes older still. Men say the fey do not look back and disdain to recall what was unless bound by oath of vengeance or of friendship, but some wounds bleed too deep to be forgotten and so they will the stars to set aright from towers of true silver, from humble roses seeds.
Relationships Between the Factions:
Gold and Violet move together with reluctant grace, those who see the world for what it is and those who can weave veils before the eyes of others that they might be lead upon the path the queen wishes. Azure and Green stand in fellowship sometimes and rivalry at others, for both see darkness and peril in the world and seek the means by which they might thwart it, but were they diverge is in what they see as the greater peril to the world. The Key holds that the interloper, fiend, elemental or darker things as the greater peril where those who follow the Green banner would sooner look upon the tyrant, the bandit and others who work evils upon their own kind, for are not are fey born and nurtured of mortal tales. What might they become in this darker realm?
The lords of the Orange keep their own own counsel, though the nearness of Far Realm horrors to the heart of its power drives them to take a more active role in the defense of the court than is common or entirely comfortable for them.
Last though certainly not least the Indigo Mask keeps his own counsel and alone of all the powers begins making tentative overtures to the Shadow Fey, though not yet the Orphne. Whether they seek to spy or to bargain is uncertain, though given the claims old and new that are about to clash on Wsterosi soil the point might be moot.
What next?
[] Write in
OOC: Finally done, including rolling background actions for all the factions and other important players.
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Goldfish
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Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
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[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)
I don't actually know what this is supposed to be. What is the Grey Veil and how have we seen the Efreeti use it? But we tossed 10d6 progress at it, so hopefully we get something.
-[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)
I don't actually know what this is supposed to be. What is the Grey Veil and how have we seen the Efreeti use it? But we tossed 10d6 progress at it, so hopefully we get something.
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Looking over the remaining stuff, the only thing I'm seeing that really needs information would be the "A Baleful Mirage" report. Everything else is mostly clerical stuff and a info dump on Marwyns group and their knowledge.
[X] In Order:
-[X] "A Baleful Mirage" results
-[X] Info dump on Marwyn and what he knows about the Lannisters
-[X] Qohor
[X] In Order:
-[X] "A Baleful Mirage" results
-[X] Info dump on Marwyn and what he knows about the Lannisters
-[X] Qohor