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

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BronzeTongue said:
Could we just carry around a rock with Antipathy cast on it and tag everyone with Hide from Undead? We'd need to check the average alignment around here to make the antipathy spell as broad as possible, but if the unintelligent undead can't detect us and the intelligent ones need to make two high DC will saves just to interact with us we can likely just slip by.

If someone does make the save we just slap them with an Undead Beacon and leave while the other undead eat them "alive".

Normally I'm all for negotiation, but these guys are almost certainly too deeply enthralled to safely deal with while we're on a time limit.
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I've been trying to come up with spells we can use, too. Hide from Undead seems like our best bet, IMO. I don't think Antipathy will work unless we can make the AoE effect mobile. Since we don't have any specific Undead to target, I don't think we can use Undead Beacon in this manner, either. I was thinking about maybe using Summoned creatures as decoys, but that would be problematic due to limited duration and resource wastage.

Was also thinking of using Aura of the Unremarkable in conjunction with Hide from Undead. Viserys' has a Metamagic Rod of Threnodic Spells, so he could make the Mind-Affecting spell affect Undead. Between both spells, that would be two high DC Will saves any given Undead would need to make in order to target us.
 
This whole delve-thing feels unreasonably risky at this point.

Like, even more so than fighting Golden Company and Tiamat has been-
At least we knew what we were facing there.

Augh, the suspense is making me anxious!

...Thankfully, the "namevote and don't read chapters until the arc's done"-method of combating chapter-induced anxiety still works for me :V

[X] Goldfish
 
egoo said:
...But then again, we all (or Viserys, Richard and Lya at the very least) have an effect on our gear, that iirc DP ruled as piercing through it :V
Gravewatch, beeyatch.
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He ruled that the effect can be suppressed as easily as hiding the amulet under a shirt or inside your armor. You lose the bonus to AC vs Undead, but also the penalty that makes it easier for them to see you.
 
Upon further thought, I agree with @BronzeTongue. I don't think we can reason with these particular Undead, not in this time and place. Our best bet is probably to go into stealth mode and get this part of the journey over with as quickly as possible.

[X] Run the gauntlet
-[X] Lya will use two charges from her Circlet to recall one of her expended Harmonic Chorus spells, then cast an Encouraging Harmonic Chorus spell on Viserys.
-[X] Viserys casts another Moment of Greatness spell, then uses Miracle to cast a Greater Hide from Undead (DC 37 Will save) spell on everyone with an Extend Spell Metamagic gem (increasing duration to 460 minutes), the Shoggoth included. He then cancels his Moment of Greatness buff while casting Greater Shadow Enchantment to duplicate an Aura of the Unremarkable (DC 37 Will save, 26 minute duration) spell modified by his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod so that it affects Undead. Any Intelligent Undead which manage to avoid the Greater Hide from Undead must then overcome the Aura of the Unremarkable. If necessary, he uses Aura of the Unremarkable and his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod two more times before the rod's magic is expended for the day. Viserys, Lya, and Richard tuck their amulets with the Gravewatch effect into their clothing or armor to prevent Undead from seeing them more easily.
--[X] Once the group is back underway, Viserys will use Blood Wish to cast Rapid Burrowing on the Shoggoth to increase its Burrow speed to 80ft, he'll then heal the Charisma damage with his Orb of Mental Renewal. If the illusory duplicates don't exist outside of the Greater Hide from Undead and Aura of the Unremarkable effects, Viserys, Lya, and Qyburn each cast Mirror Image spells to further obscure themselves.
 
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Goldfish said:
He ruled that the effect can be suppressed as easily as hiding the amulet under a shirt or inside your armor. You lose the bonus to AC vs Undead, but also the penalty that makes it easier for them to see you.
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That...
Feels like a cop-out.

Fine, whatever.
The pendant's effect would have been a far more interesting balancing act if it hasn't been as easy to hide, though. :/
 
egoo said:
That...
Feels like a cop-out.

Fine, whatever.
The pendant's effect would have been a far more interesting balancing act if it hasn't been as easy to hide, though. :/
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The effect is caused by the light the item emits, so if that light is covered up, you lose the benefits and penalties it provides. Seems pretty straight forward and sensible to me.

Now if the effect was on your nose ring or codpiece, then you might be in trouble.
 
Goldfish said:
The effect is caused by the light the item emits, so if that light is covered up, you lose the benefits and penalties it provides. Seems pretty straight forward and sensible to me.

Now if the effect was on your nose ring or codpiece, then you might be in trouble.
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Maybe add hiding them in the plan specifically, then?

Also, how fucked is our spell list after this?
 
egoo said:
Maybe add hiding them in the plan specifically, then?

Also, how fucked is our spell list after this?
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It should be automatic to hide the Undead attracting lights when you're trying to hide from Undead, but it won't hurt to include that in the plan. Will add it now.

We're doing quite well on spells actually. I've been careful to conserve resources as best we can. Everyone's Mythic Power is full, almost all high level spells are still available, and few limited use items have been activated. My current plan will use Viserys' first 9th level spell slot of the journey, and Aife has used her Repulsion and Sacramental Seal spells, along with 7 of her 23 daily Turnings for Divine Metamagic. She still has her prepared Miracle spells and her various anti-Aberration spells.
 
Duesal said:
The XP from this is going to be fantastic.
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I really wish we could have brought Maelor down here with us, but he just wouldn't have had much to contribute and it would have been seriously dangerous for him, too.

It would be great if Lya gets enough XP to level up. She's been at 17th level for a really long time now, and next level brings access to 9th level Arcane and 8th level Divine spells for her. Richard is nowhere near leveling up, but Qyburn might be. If so, that would get him access to 6th level spells.
 
Goldfish said:
I really wish we could have brought Maelor down here with us, but he just wouldn't have had much to contribute and it would have been seriously dangerous for him, too.

It would be great if Lya gets enough XP to level up. She's been at 17th level for a really long time now, and next level brings access to 9th level Arcane and 8th level Divine spells for her. Richard is nowhere near leveling up, but Qyburn might be. If so, that would get him access to 6th level spells.
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We're probably also going to see Myrkdreki getting levels. They've been in a lot of serious battles, but this takes the cake.
 
Annatar said:
But-but cool dimension cutting! Viserys could Judgement Cut a demon lord into little itty bitty pieces using Dark Sister and Time Stop! He could slowly sheath his sword and right as it clicks in they would fall to pieces!

Think of the showmanship, the pageantry, the spectacle the pizzazz!
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"Foolishness, Tiamat."
"I need more Mythic Power!"
 
Continuing with the glorious DMC shitposting...

I am the Storm that is escaping,
Evading, parental obligations!
I am the changer of my name!
Off the Grid! Hiding from debt!
Just try to find me, you won't get a cent!
 
Vote closed.

This might take a little longer than usual, the weather just turned and that makes my hands hurt more.
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jan 2, 2021 at 7:00 AM, finished with 42 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Run the gauntlet
    -[X] Lya will use two charges from her Circlet to recall one of her expended Harmonic Chorus spells, then cast an Encouraging Harmonic Chorus spell on Viserys.
    -[X] Viserys casts another Moment of Greatness spell, then uses Miracle to cast a Greater Hide from Undead (DC 37 Will save) spell on everyone with an Extend Spell Metamagic gem (increasing duration to 460 minutes), the Shoggoth included. He then cancels his Moment of Greatness buff while casting Greater Shadow Enchantment to duplicate an Aura of the Unremarkable (DC 37 Will save, 26 minute duration) spell modified by his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod so that it affects Undead. Any Intelligent Undead which manage to avoid the Greater Hide from Undead must then overcome the Aura of the Unremarkable. If necessary, he uses Aura of the Unremarkable and his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod two more times before the rod's magic is expended for the day. Viserys, Lya, and Richard tuck their amulets with the Gravewatch effect into their clothing or armor to prevent Undead from seeing them more easily.
    --[X] Once the group is back underway, Viserys will use Blood Wish to cast Rapid Burrowing on the Shoggoth to increase its Burrow speed to 80ft, he'll then heal the Charisma damage with his Orb of Mental Renewal. If the illusory duplicates don't exist outside of the Greater Hide from Undead and Aura of the Unremarkable effects, Viserys, Lya, and Qyburn each cast Mirror Image spells to further obscure themselves.
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DragonParadox said:
Vote closed.

This might take a little longer than usual, the weather just turned and that makes my hands hurt more.
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jan 2, 2021 at 7:00 AM, finished with 42 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Run the gauntlet
    -[X] Lya will use two charges from her Circlet to recall one of her expended Harmonic Chorus spells, then cast an Encouraging Harmonic Chorus spell on Viserys.
    -[X] Viserys casts another Moment of Greatness spell, then uses Miracle to cast a Greater Hide from Undead (DC 37 Will save) spell on everyone with an Extend Spell Metamagic gem (increasing duration to 460 minutes), the Shoggoth included. He then cancels his Moment of Greatness buff while casting Greater Shadow Enchantment to duplicate an Aura of the Unremarkable (DC 37 Will save, 26 minute duration) spell modified by his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod so that it affects Undead. Any Intelligent Undead which manage to avoid the Greater Hide from Undead must then overcome the Aura of the Unremarkable. If necessary, he uses Aura of the Unremarkable and his Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod two more times before the rod's magic is expended for the day. Viserys, Lya, and Richard tuck their amulets with the Gravewatch effect into their clothing or armor to prevent Undead from seeing them more easily.
    --[X] Once the group is back underway, Viserys will use Blood Wish to cast Rapid Burrowing on the Shoggoth to increase its Burrow speed to 80ft, he'll then heal the Charisma damage with his Orb of Mental Renewal. If the illusory duplicates don't exist outside of the Greater Hide from Undead and Aura of the Unremarkable effects, Viserys, Lya, and Qyburn each cast Mirror Image spells to further obscure themselves.
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Could you, just, not?
Please?

I get that writing is an outlet for you, but this is unhealthy. And unreasonable.
You know it, I know it, every-fucking-one knows it.

If it gets worse - drop the writing for the day.
This is a demand now.

I'm losing all of the few fucks I had to give.
I refuse to take part in this quest if you deliberately hurt yourself to write it, no matter how much or little.
 
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