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

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Two things we could invest some research time into would be developing the Dread Sayonna template, including a graft that constantly supplies them with blood to make them independent of having to feed, and to develop Silithar grafts.

Another thing would be researching improved explosives, better launchers and, of course, better power armor.
 
Azel said:
Two things we could invest some research time into would be developing the Dread Sayonna template, including a graft that constantly supplies them with blood to make them independent of having to feed, and to develop Silithar grafts.

Another thing would be researching improved explosives, better launchers and, of course, better power armor.
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Sillithar grafts seem like a logical extension of Qyburn and Elaheh's current line of research, IMO.
 
Something I kept wanting to reply to and kept forgetting:
TalonofAnathrax said:
I used all caps because while I know that Qyburn is normally soft-spoken, he'd better have occasional cackles and maddened ranting after this absolutely mad science.
Half-baked experimental abominations need a little instability, dammit! Or at least some disturbing ways of expressing their focus on weird, esoteric research that horrifies normal people!
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The soft-spokenness will not really go away. That's just who he is.

But there will be certain... quirks... After all, he is no longer alone in his head. Schism is a fun power when you need some intelligent conversation.
 
Damn, Qyburn scary! And he hasn't equipped any magic items yet!

I wonder if he plans to have a glamor or something give his new appearance so as to not freak people out too badly.

His health seems kinda low... @Azel how would you rate Qyburn's current form in D&D campaign terms? Like a boss, mid-boss, unique creature encounter, etc?
 
Massgamer said:
Damn, Qyburn scary! And he hasn't equipped any magic items yet!

I wonder if he plans to have a glamor or something give his new appearance so as to not freak people out too badly.

His health seems kinda low... @Azel how would you rate Qyburn's current form in D&D campaign terms? Like a boss, mid-boss, unique creature encounter, etc?
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The extra standard action he gets plus the deep tool chest from Psionic and Arcane disciplines gives him a wide variety of options. He's a squishy character who needs set up and meat shields, but he can make both happen for himself easily (undead and certain prep).

But when he has both he can just relax and yank out a solution for most problems. He can then wind down from a combat heavy turn and switch out feats to become a craft-bot on the side of his research gig.

Mechanically he can travel anywhere, become specialized for combat, then later de-escalate and become a crafting specialist, and he can switch out prepared spells that he can cast repeatedly like a Sorcerer or use Psionic abilities for unique effects the majority of characters with supernatural powers in the setting simply do not have access to.

Rated as an encounter, properly geared, properly supported, he would be an inconvenient foe to face for a competent and reasonably prepared party. They would need to have an equally diverse tool set and preferably a way to deal with minions that isn't reliant on simply using Turn Undead or any Enchantment-based solutions.

For Viserys and the party in general as they are now... he's certainly different, and brings some stuff to the table the party doesn't have, but the level adjustment from 3.5 ruling doesn't really make his character a CR 17 rated threat by any means. Properly supported and equipped to our usual standards, he might actually stand up. Give him several more levels and he will be threatening by practically any metric whatsoever.
 
Do you think Qyburn deserves a Mythic tier now?

Edit: then again not many people will know he did this, so maybe not
 
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Hold on I have a question. @Azel does Neo-Qyburn have the ability to extract memories from people like how the Illtithid would? I am only asking because there are a certain set of scholars whose brains look mighty tasty and I wouldn't want the memories to go to waste.

Edit: Also he is like Lya but Psionic?
 
Djcamodude said:
Do you think Qyburn deserves a Mythic tier now?

Edit: then again not many people will know he did this, so maybe not
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Considering what he just pulled off, honestly yes.
One Autumn Leaf said:
Hold on I have a question. @Azel does Neo-Qyburn have the ability to extract memories from people like how the Illtithid would? I am only asking because there are a certain set of scholars whose brains look mighty tasty and I wouldn't want the memories to go to waste.

Edit: Also he is like Lya but Psionic?
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That's a fairly good descriptor of him.
 
Massgamer said:
Damn, Qyburn scary! And he hasn't equipped any magic items yet!

I wonder if he plans to have a glamor or something give his new appearance so as to not freak people out too badly.

His health seems kinda low... @Azel how would you rate Qyburn's current form in D&D campaign terms? Like a boss, mid-boss, unique creature encounter, etc?
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Qyburn's HP will go up significantly once we include a Constitution boosting item with his gear. He can also use his Heart of Earth spell and Vigor psionic power to gain a bunch of Temp HP as needed.
Djcamodude said:
Do you think Qyburn deserves a Mythic tier now?

Edit: then again not many people will know he did this, so maybe not
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I think this might be the event which puts him on the path of gaining a Mythic rank, but not enough to gain one by itself. There is a heavy component of "legend" involved with first gaining Mythic power that which he hasn't really pulled off, though.
 
He's met the pre-requisite for eligibility, but like Rina didn't actually rank to gain a legend.
 
Great update azel. It even broke through my apathy.

On a completely different note, I have been enjoying the new baldurs gate game and can't help but think that the psychic nautilus is very fun ship that I would like to fight.
 
Massgamer said:
Damn, Qyburn scary! And he hasn't equipped any magic items yet!

I wonder if he plans to have a glamor or something give his new appearance so as to not freak people out too badly.

His health seems kinda low... @Azel how would you rate Qyburn's current form in D&D campaign terms? Like a boss, mid-boss, unique creature encounter, etc?
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He won't be asking for such an item, but neither would he fight it if he got one. He's never been the most social man, so not going into the streets is not much of a sacrifice for him. As for people who have to interact with him, like potentially Scholarium pupils or the like... well... not his fault if they have a weak stomach, right?

I'd class him as an endboss or overarching campaign main villain. Both personality and ability wise, he fits the bill, even if he is not that powerful compared to the main party here.

What would make him much stronger would be two more levels, granting him the Fusion power. That would allow him to absorb other Abberations to make himself more powerful. If he has access to a forge that can make Abberrations, that means he could craft himself symbiont like creatures that he can he can use to boost his abilities.

The fun thing about Qyburn is that he can completely alter his own build and strategy from day to day and even within an encounter.
 
Azel said:
I'd class him as an endboss or overarching campaign main villain. Both personality and ability wise, he fits the bill, even if he is not that powerful compared to the main party here.
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Think so?

As far as his behavior so far shows he looks for an organisation or patron, rather than being his own boss.
Mostly so he can concentrate on his mad science without having to gain funding by himself too.

His lack of interest in everything but his work leaves him as a better choice for a miniboss below someone else, if I had to use him in normal D&D.
Though he could of course be more dangerous than his nominal boss (who only needs to be rich and accept his work after all).
 
Artemis1992 said:
Think so?

As far as his behavior so far shows he looks for an organisation or patron, rather than being his own boss.
Mostly so he can concentrate on his mad science without having to gain funding by himself too.

His lack of interest in everything but his work leaves him as a better choice for a miniboss below someone else, if I had to use him in normal D&D.
Though he could of course be more dangerous than his nominal boss (who only needs to be rich and accept his work after all).
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The thing is that finding people who are fine with giving him as much free reign and resources as Viserys does would be pretty hard. In most settings, he would either have to strike out on his own or deal with courtly shenanigans of whatever evil empire he shacks up with.

A hero party would most likely clash with him when he is procuring resources or additional knowledge. It would work well to introduce him as a bigger scope threat after fighting something more mundane, like run of the mill cultists or maybe a major pirate group, whom he attacks simultaneously with the heroes and snatches away some arcane McGuffin before their nose.

His relationship with a party would be largely one-sided, with the heroes wanting to stop his mad research, while he is mostly annoyed by the interruptions.
 
Azel said:
The thing is that finding people who are fine with giving him as much free reign and resources as Viserys does would be pretty hard. In most settings, he would either have to strike out on his own or deal with courtly shenanigans of whatever evil empire he shacks up with.

A hero party would most likely clash with him when he is procuring resources or additional knowledge. It would work well to introduce him as a bigger scope threat after fighting something more mundane, like run of the mill cultists or maybe a major pirate group, whom he attacks simultaneously with the heroes and snatches away some arcane McGuffin before their nose.

His relationship with a party would be largely one-sided, with the heroes wanting to stop his mad research, while he is mostly annoyed by the interruptions.
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Ah, I would have imagined the first contact between any heroes and him to be when the heroes fight whatever minor warlord pays his bills and gets him corpses (say Bolton) and some of said guy's troops are Qyburns advanced Undead.

Basically an overarcing story of "Lord X has been getting more dangerous and attacks his neighbours, investigate what caused the change", that starts with border-skirmishes, follows up by infiltrating and investigating his lands, finding out about the mad science being done and culminating in a dungeon-raid on his fortress where the heroes than fight Qyburn personally for the first time (only having met his creations before).
 
Artemis1992 said:
Ah, I would have imagined the first contact between any heroes and him to be when the heroes fight whatever minor warlord pays his bills and gets him corpses (say Bolton) and some of said guy's troops are Qyburns advanced Undead.

Basically an overarcing story of "Lord X has been getting more dangerous and attacks his neighbours, investigate what caused the change", that starts with border-skirmishes, follows up by infiltrating and investigating his lands, finding out about the mad science being done and culminating in a dungeon-raid on his fortress where the heroes than fight Qyburn personally for the first time (only having met his creations before).
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That would require the party to be strong enough to take Qyburn in a fight though, so this would nake him a one-time miniboss by design.
 
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