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

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Azel said:
The only things that make sense to add on the Imperial side right now is flesh-forged stuff and undead. Everything else doesn't exist in large enough numbers / can't be made in large enough numbers to matter.
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Makes sense, though our heroes can of course also make an impact.
An army with Viserys attached would perform measurably better, even aside from his personal firepower, things like high-CL Magic Army and his Beacon of Will feat makes a difference.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Mar 17, 2021 at 8:13 AM, finished with 110 posts and 14 votes.
  • [X] Plan Give Him Options
    -[X] Off him the choice:
    --[X] You hold the keep in trust until you have found out what the Illithid might want from him. You privately recognize him as the Lord of Kayce, but won't do so officially until you can guarantee his safety.
    --[X] You name him the lord right here and now under the condition that you will station your own servitors there, Inquisition, undead and flesh-forged mostly. Make no mistake, Kayce would become a trap for the Illithid and everyone within would be bait.
    -[X] Either way, you would ask for his participation in some research to figure out what they wanted from his family as it could be helpful to defend the realm or at the very least to better predict the Illithids movements.
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Part MMMDCCXVII: To Boldly Stand
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    • To Boldly Stand ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    "There can be no question, Ser, that you are the rightful heir of Kayce," you solemnly address the knight. "The choice that stands before you now is how you wish to approach the matter given the threat from the sea."

    "As R'hllor is my light in dark places I do not fear them, Your Gr... Your Majesty," the knight replies, stumbling a little over the new title. You suspect you will be getting quite a lot of that, especially from the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, for it is not a familiar styling. "I shall take on whatever task you see fit to see to it that the monsters who... who did this are put to fire and steel."

    "I had thought you might say that, my lord." Bold, but then a man less bold would not have taken up the challenge of wandering the world in your service seeking ills to right and monsters to slay. A pity he had come home to find monsters yet more terrible here as well. "In that case I would assign servitors forged in Gogossos and Lys, living and undead, to prepare the ground. Make no mistake, my lord, your presence here would make you the bait upon the hook for the Deep Ones seeking to finish what they started."

    "If I am to be a worm then may the sons of bitches choke on the hook," the knight says, his voice breaking slightly. "I... Lord above, I am going to have to figure out who my heir is if I do not live through this. Could you..." He cuts himself off. "Never mind, of course I will get clerks to help me manage all this, every lord does."

    "Most lords do not find themselves the stewards of a empty keep and fearful folk," you interject firmly. "If you have need of more personnel please do not hesitate to call upon whatever ministry would be most useful in your tasks."

    He kneels then and speaks his vows there in sight of none but your Companions and a rather bored looking Qyburn, but then no more is needed. This is the last man who would need the threat of public shaming to need to recall his vows.

    "There is one other thing I would ask of you, Ser Knight," you say as you reach to help him up, more from simple reflex than any sense of drama.

    "Anything, Your Majesty." You wish people would get out of the habit of replying like that, especially High Lords. There are far too many beings that would take advantage of that particular slip of the tongue, but not is not the time to lecture Ser Kennos on the matter.

    "Your participation in studies to see what it was the illithid sought of your kin. It might be of help in protecting the realm, or at the very least help us in understand what drives them so that the realm might be better protected against their machinations." You are not blind to his uneasy look towards Qyburn. A man might be brave as a lion in the face of war and still not wish to face the unknown and perhaps unknowable works of the flesh-smith's art. "You shall not be harmed or changed by it, these are simply studies to see what the enemy might seek of you."

    "I understand and obey, Your Majesty," the knight says, bowing low.

    You turn to Dany. "Is Benerro still here? He might need to unburden himself, and a priest seems like the best we can do at the moment."

    "Lady Melisandre is," she replies after a moment's thought. "She wanted to have a look at the crypts to make sure we are not actually missing an actual death mage while hunting squids. It would be like Them to hide in the shadows of another's schemes. Still, she has not found anything the rest of us did not, so we can rest easy at least in that regard."

    You hum noncommittally. She does not strike you as the comforting sort, though you suppose there is nothing stopping her from being so if she wishes to be. Whatever the case you cannot linger much longer on the matter. You have oaths to accept, and if the feast ended as most such events do, brawls and quarrels to settle.

    What do you do next?

    [] Accept the oaths of the lords who willingly swore to you and judge which lands must be taken from those who did so only reluctantly

    [] Deal with the Dragonpit, the thing is an eyesore and a legacy of hubris and stupidity you do not wish associated with your House

    [] Maelor seeks to bind the Red Queen to his will, witness the event and then see about granting your friend a city or a charter to build his own

    [] Write in

    OOC: The actual garrison of Kayce will be decided when we get to the new system. I know I am giving you guys a bit of an indirect spoiler that nothing will happen this month, but I meant what I said about not wanting to run another battle with no system in place.
     
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    To Boldly Stand ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    "There can be no question, Ser, that you are the rightful heir of Kayce," you solemnly address the knight. "The choice that stands before you now is how you wish to approach the matter given the threat from the sea."

    "As R'hllor is my light in dark places, I do not fear them, Your Gr... Your Majesty," the knight replies, stumbling a little over the new title. You suspect you will be getting quite a lot of that, especially from the lords of the Seven Kingdoms. It is not a familiar styling, after all. "I shall take on whatever task you see fit to see to it that the monsters who... who did this are put to fire and steel."

    "I had thought you might say that, my lord." Bold, but then a man less bold would not have taken up the challenge of wandering the world in your service, seeking ills to right and monsters to slay. A pity he had come home to find monsters yet more terrible here as well. "In that case, I would assign servitors forged in Gogossos and Lys, living and undead to prepare the ground. Make no mistake, my lord, your presence here would make you the bait upon the hook for the Deep Ones seeking to finish what they started."

    "If I am to be a worm, then may the sons of bitches choke on the hook," the knight says, his voice breaking slightly. "I... Lord above, I am going to have to figure out who my heir is if I do not live through this. Could you..." He cuts himself off. "Never mind, of course I will get clerks to help me manage all this, every lord does."

    "Most lords do not find themselves the stewards of an empty keep and a fearful folk," you interject firmly. "If you have need of more personnel, do not hesitate to call upon whatever ministry would me most useful in your tasks."

    He kneels then and speaks his vows there in sight of none but your Companions and a rather bored looking Qyburn, but then no more is needed. This is the last man who would need the threat of public shaming to need to recall his vows.

    "There is one other thing I would ask of you, Ser knight," you say as you reach to help him up, more from simple reflex than any sense of drama.

    "Anything, Your Majesty," You wish people would get out of the habit of replying in that way, especially High Lords. There are far too many beings that would take advantage of that particular slip of the tongue out there, but now is not the time to lecture Ser Kennos on the matter.

    "Your participation in studies to see what it was the ilithid sought of your kin. It might be of help in protecting the realm, or at the very least help us in understanding what drives them so that the realm might be better protected against their machinations." You are not blind to his uneasy look towards Qyburn. A man might be brave as a lion in the face of war and still not wish to face the unknown and perhaps unknowable works of the flesh-smith's art. "You shall not be harmed or changed by it. These are simply studies to see what the enemy might seek of you."

    "I understand and obey, Your Majesty," the knight bows low. You turn to Dany. "Is Benero still here? He might need to unburden himself, and a priest seems like the best we can do at the moment."

    "Lady Melisandre is," she replies after a moment's thought. "She wanted to have a look at the crypts to make sure we are not actually missing an true death mage while hunting squids. It would be like Them to hide in the shadows of another's schemes. Still, she has not found anything the rest of us did not, so we can rest easy at least in that regard."

    You hum noncommittally. She does not strike you as the comforting sort, though you suppose there is nothing stopping her from being so if she wishes to be. Whatever the case, you cannot linger much longer on the matter. You have oaths to accept and if the feast ended as most such events do, brawls and quarrels to settle.

    What do you do next?

    [] Accept the Oaths of the Lords who willingly swore to you and judge which lands must be taken from those who did so only reluctantly

    [] Deal with the Dragonpit, the thing is an eyesore and a legacy of hubris and stupidity you do not wish associated with your House

    [] Maelor seeks to bind the Red Queen to his will, witness the event and then see about granting your friend a city or a charter to build his own

    [] Write in

    OOC: The actual garrison of Kayce will be decided when we get to the new system, I know I am giving you guys a bit of an indirect spoiler that nothing will happen this month, but I meant what I said about not wanting to run another battle with no system in place. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
    [X] Deal with the Dragonpit, the thing is an eyesore and a legacy of hubris and stupidity you do not wish associated with your House
    seems like something to do before accepting oaths as to further set the tone that is a different sort of dragon king compared to what Westeros has known before
     
    Random thought: If we had offered to resurrect Lyanna Stark, could we have hypothetically gotten Robert Baratheon to swear to us? That would have been the ultimate 'fuck you' to the Lannisters, and Cersei in particular. It seems like almost everyone in his inner circle was, if not actively fucking him over, then at least not particularly loyal to him. It seems almost pitiful. For that matter, if he had survived, what would have even happened to him?
     
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    @DragonParadox, we had already included plans to turn the Dragonpit into a big coliseum in an earlier vote.

    [X] Accept the Oaths of the Lords who willingly swore to you and judge which lands must be taken from those who did so only reluctantly
    -[X] Do so in the throne room of the Red Keep with the Legion command post that is actively coordinating the Imperial military within Westeros as a backdrop.

    Perfect moment to remind the reluctant ones why they surrendered, lest they get cold feet.
     
    TonedMite said:
    Random thought: If we had offered to resurrect Lyanna Stark, could we have hypothetically gotten Robert Baratheon to swear to us? That would have been the ultimate 'fuck you' to the Lannisters, and Cersei in particular. It seems like almost everyone in his inner circle was, if not actively fucking him over, then at least not particularly loyal to him. It seems almost pitiful. For that matter, if he had survived, what would have even happened to him?
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    Lyanna would not have accepted that Resurrection. Even making the offer to Robert would have made us her avowed enemy.
    DragonParadox said:
    Maelor binding the Dragon Maelys, caleld the Red Queen. He was assigned it but never had the chance to actually do the ritual.
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    Ahhh, my ASOIAF lore check fails yet again.

    [X] Azel
     
    Perhaps just send him to the Wall, then? FWIW, I have only ever read, like, the Prologue of the first ASOIAF Book, and I only really remember the part about the Dire Wolves.
     
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    TonedMite said:
    Perhaps just send him to the Wall, then? FWIW, I have only ever read, like, the Prologue of the first ASOIAF Book, and I only really remember the part about the Dire Wolves.
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    The issue there was that Robert would be an obvious claimant and would likely foment unrest as long as he was alive. He was actually a anointed king. You know assuming you could somehow sell Robert Batratheon on that.
     
    Real talk, even if you could talk Robert down from flailing violence, the man would tell you he has no real reason to be alive, other than spite. Which would just send him spiraling back into the pits of depression.

    Killing him would be a mercy in comparison to what Cersei did. At least that way he could have had a chance for an adventure, surviving or being soul-obliterated on his own merits.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    [] Deal with the Dragonpit, the thing is an eyesore and a legacy of hubris and stupidity you do not wish associated with your House
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    Rather than simply destroying it weren't we going to lift whatever curses there were and turn it into the arena of King's Landing?
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    Real talk, even if you could talk Robert down from flailing violence, the man would tell you he has no real reason to be alive, other than spite. Which would just send him spiraling back into the pits of depression.

    Killing him would be a mercy in comparison to what Cersei did. At least that way he could have had a chance for an adventure, surviving or being soul-obliterated on his own merits.
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    Honestly, poor Robert. He never should have been king. He would have been far happier as the commander of some sellsword company.

    Imagine Robert Baratheon against the Dothraki.
     
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