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didn't we promises some mountains in Westeros to the some earth fay to settle in exchange for setting up a guild in our land
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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We promised them a mountain, but didn't specify where. Given how useful they are I think they've earned whichever one they want by this point. Hopefully we don't have to displace anyone we actually like, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it if need be.
And I kept thinking what's missing... we didn't have a plan for this month...
Our promises:
Meeting with representatives of New Ghis. And in general, you need to make normal plans to close the issue of Slave's Bay. This abscess needs to be opened.
We promised the fake Renly that we'd get his original out of Limbo. The main thing here is to keep this enclave created by the fairies stable.
It would be good for us to prepare for the Great Council, where all the lords of Westeros will probably come. For example, arrange a grand opening of the last section of the bridge over the Narrow Sea that will connect Westeros and Essos.
Our promises:
Meeting with representatives of New Ghis. And in general, you need to make normal plans to close the issue of Slave's Bay. This abscess needs to be opened.
We promised the fake Renly that we'd get his original out of Limbo. The main thing here is to keep this enclave created by the fairies stable.
It would be good for us to prepare for the Great Council, where all the lords of Westeros will probably come. For example, arrange a grand opening of the last section of the bridge over the Narrow Sea that will connect Westeros and Essos.
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- Germany
I'd´say next we yell at the Yi-Tish, then we get the report from Bloodraven what he wrung out of the Lannisters, and then we should have a vote to plan the rest of the month.
Yeah this makes sense, you guys do need that information to plan.
We spread Kevan evenly across the inside of the small council chamber, and Gerion fought to the bitter end for the Lannisters. Tyrion might make it out in one piece though.
Those guys must be really sweating about that meeting. Sure Viserys was intimidating before, but coming in fresh from conquering a continent in one night is a whole different animal.
It's so bad at this point that I'm starting to feel bad for the diplomats they send after these ones to clean up their mess.
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[X] Azel
Oh, right, the delegations who banished the mimic we had minding them, insulted Viserys by implying that he needs help keeping control over his "dark magical heritage", brought in a drum with an enslaved spirit inside, and spontaneously tried to RELEASE said spirit in the middle of Viserys' court.
Granted, these actions were somewhat split between the two factions, but the Imperator is not happy at either of them for their showing at his coronation.
Oh, right, the delegations who banished the mimic we had minding them, insulted Viserys by implying that he needs help keeping control over his "dark magical heritage", brought in a drum with an enslaved spirit inside, and spontaneously tried to RELEASE said spirit in the middle of Viserys' court.
Granted, these actions were somewhat split between the two factions, but the Imperator is not happy at either of them for their showing at his coronation.
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- Germany
I'm really interested who exactly gave the Blue delegation those items.
We know that the Azure Court was infiltrated by at least one Rakshasa-summoner in a high position, can't rule out that several minor functionaries he brought in are still on the shadowy side of things and wanted to worsen our relationship with Yi-Ti.
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I don't think they needed help screwing up, since honestly Goofy and Donald Duck would have more diplomatic than either of the delegations, but it doesn't hurt to see if there's someone else pulling the strings.
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- Germany
They might not need it, but they definitly had help.
The tiefling-halo might have simply been bad taste, a genuine mistake for someone from a culture where nearly all Sorcerers are Fiend-blooded.
But the drums with the enslaved spirit? That doesn't happen by accident, any competent mage should have recognised them as a work of Maho.
Calling it now; someone is going to get so intimidated that it triggers a contingency effect in Viserys' face. Bonus points if the specific spell is effectively harmless but compounds the evil-impulses insult.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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That would be lovely.Calling it now; someone is going to get so intimidated that it triggers a contingency effect in Viserys' face. Bonus points if the specific spell is effectively harmless but compounds the evil-impulses insult.
For extra laughs, it could be a Holy Word spell.
ryuan
From Zero to Hero!
Holy word is also lethal to neutral individuals, so that's pretty much attempted murder no matter how you slice it.
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Only if you have massivly higher level.
I doubt any item they get is ten levels higher than Viserys.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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Viserys would be unaffected anyway, even if it slipped past his Spell Resistance, since he has the Beyond Morality Mythic power.
All of the other people in the massive 40 foot radius, on the other hand...
Semi-Canon Omake: Getting the Gang back together III
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- Germany
Getting the Gang back together III
Amaura waited on the seafloor, hidden in a small forest of kelp and counted her own heartbeats to get the timing right. Leafdancer had raised the corpses of the Sahuagin and had summoned many Water Elementals and within the minute she would start her distraction by attacking the front gate, hopefully drawing out most of the local head-researcher's minions.
The outpost itself was a small one, most likely to the laboratory of some Squid powerful enough to claim a minor fortress for his own use, though you could never be quite sure with the Aberrations. It consisted of a network of caves below the seafloor, with only a single spire of Bilestone serving as the main entrance.
After the passing of exactly one minute, short enough not to risk losing the blessings and protections Leafdancer had cast on her, Amaura sank into the ground silently, emerging into a room that she had chosen after Leafdancer's magic had revealed it would be small and have a metal door. She had hoped for a storeroom or something similar, but as she broke through the ceiling she was immediately attacked by a screeching sea-born monstrosity clawing for her legs. A powerful kick hit its head with a sharp crack, and the mad beast was stunned long enough to stab it through openings in its natural armor several times, quickly killing it.
Upon closer inspection she could see the that the creature had been operated on recently, two rings of extremely thin shell on the back of its head giving the impression that someone had carved away the thick natural armor to get into the brain and then only applied the minimum amount of healing necessary to seal the wound.
She listened at the door if the commotion had drawn any attention, but though there was some sound of fast swimming, nothing seemed to linger at her door. Most likely the distraction full at work then. She decided to wait until the commotion moved away from her entrance and busied herself drawing a warding sign on the door. Once she had opened the door and the next passerby looked upon it, the sign would freeze nearby water, hopefully blockading the corridor for a while.
After the sounds had stopped she focused herself on the violence to be done and with a single slice carved through part of the iron door and the bar that held it locked on the other side.
She further snuck through the corridors, avoiding occasional Sahuagin and Skum by simple invisibility, until she came close to the only scrying-proof room in the outpost.
Four more of the shelled creatures she had just killed stood in the antechamber, these ones all alert and with eyes shining with some enchantment, most likely something to spot invisible intruders like her. Even if she could pass them by, they'd certainly notice the door opening and the enchantment that had allowed her to move through stone had long run out.
So she chose the best option left to her, with a surge of mind-shattering magic she struck the nearest of the creatures and took a step back into the corridor to face them where their size would be a hindrance. Unfortunately the plan failed as only the one she had tried to take out by magic came at her directly, while the remaining three raised their claws and struck the empty air, only for three lances of pure pain to hit her, nearly causing her to double over and float helplessly in the water. But despite the shattering headache she drew herself up and dodged the charging aberration's attack with a clean dodge, only to retaliate with half-a-dozen slices and stabs of her knives, more than sufficient to color the water around them with the pale substance the Aberration had instead of blood, while its body became limp.
With a quick step she was between the remaining foes and as her daggers tasted their flesh again and again with ever increasing fury they could barely find the concentration to strike back, never mind to try for another magical strike. Finally, as all three were bleeding out, a thin beam of green energy passed through the door they had been guarding, almost hitting her straight on, before she twisted out of the way in the last moment.
Her charge shattered the door and brought her nearly eye to eye with the Mindflayer that had attempted to kill her. His next blast of psionic energy failed to even daze her, and while in range of her blades he could not make a second try.
Taking his head and anything with a magical aura on his body took only moments, before she retreated along the same way she had come. When she was back in the small chamber through which she entered the outpost, after shattering a layer of ice her trap had left around the door and pushed aside a frozen corpse floating in her way, she only had to wait another minute before a Sending from Leafdancer reached her, and after she conveyed her success the small Singer passed through the ceiling and dragged her out of the fortress.
With the satisfaction of a job well done she took the bounty for the corpse and followed Leafdancer to the next step of their journey, back on the Material Plane.
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First attempt at writing an actual fight, hope it flows reasonably well.
I think it should be reasonable obvious what Amaura is by now, with her description in the last part and some of her SLAs in this one?
Part II
Amaura waited on the seafloor, hidden in a small forest of kelp and counted her own heartbeats to get the timing right. Leafdancer had raised the corpses of the Sahuagin and had summoned many Water Elementals and within the minute she would start her distraction by attacking the front gate, hopefully drawing out most of the local head-researcher's minions.
The outpost itself was a small one, most likely to the laboratory of some Squid powerful enough to claim a minor fortress for his own use, though you could never be quite sure with the Aberrations. It consisted of a network of caves below the seafloor, with only a single spire of Bilestone serving as the main entrance.
After the passing of exactly one minute, short enough not to risk losing the blessings and protections Leafdancer had cast on her, Amaura sank into the ground silently, emerging into a room that she had chosen after Leafdancer's magic had revealed it would be small and have a metal door. She had hoped for a storeroom or something similar, but as she broke through the ceiling she was immediately attacked by a screeching sea-born monstrosity clawing for her legs. A powerful kick hit its head with a sharp crack, and the mad beast was stunned long enough to stab it through openings in its natural armor several times, quickly killing it.
Upon closer inspection she could see the that the creature had been operated on recently, two rings of extremely thin shell on the back of its head giving the impression that someone had carved away the thick natural armor to get into the brain and then only applied the minimum amount of healing necessary to seal the wound.
She listened at the door if the commotion had drawn any attention, but though there was some sound of fast swimming, nothing seemed to linger at her door. Most likely the distraction full at work then. She decided to wait until the commotion moved away from her entrance and busied herself drawing a warding sign on the door. Once she had opened the door and the next passerby looked upon it, the sign would freeze nearby water, hopefully blockading the corridor for a while.
After the sounds had stopped she focused herself on the violence to be done and with a single slice carved through part of the iron door and the bar that held it locked on the other side.
She further snuck through the corridors, avoiding occasional Sahuagin and Skum by simple invisibility, until she came close to the only scrying-proof room in the outpost.
Four more of the shelled creatures she had just killed stood in the antechamber, these ones all alert and with eyes shining with some enchantment, most likely something to spot invisible intruders like her. Even if she could pass them by, they'd certainly notice the door opening and the enchantment that had allowed her to move through stone had long run out.
So she chose the best option left to her, with a surge of mind-shattering magic she struck the nearest of the creatures and took a step back into the corridor to face them where their size would be a hindrance. Unfortunately the plan failed as only the one she had tried to take out by magic came at her directly, while the remaining three raised their claws and struck the empty air, only for three lances of pure pain to hit her, nearly causing her to double over and float helplessly in the water. But despite the shattering headache she drew herself up and dodged the charging aberration's attack with a clean dodge, only to retaliate with half-a-dozen slices and stabs of her knives, more than sufficient to color the water around them with the pale substance the Aberration had instead of blood, while its body became limp.
With a quick step she was between the remaining foes and as her daggers tasted their flesh again and again with ever increasing fury they could barely find the concentration to strike back, never mind to try for another magical strike. Finally, as all three were bleeding out, a thin beam of green energy passed through the door they had been guarding, almost hitting her straight on, before she twisted out of the way in the last moment.
Her charge shattered the door and brought her nearly eye to eye with the Mindflayer that had attempted to kill her. His next blast of psionic energy failed to even daze her, and while in range of her blades he could not make a second try.
Taking his head and anything with a magical aura on his body took only moments, before she retreated along the same way she had come. When she was back in the small chamber through which she entered the outpost, after shattering a layer of ice her trap had left around the door and pushed aside a frozen corpse floating in her way, she only had to wait another minute before a Sending from Leafdancer reached her, and after she conveyed her success the small Singer passed through the ceiling and dragged her out of the fortress.
With the satisfaction of a job well done she took the bounty for the corpse and followed Leafdancer to the next step of their journey, back on the Material Plane.
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First attempt at writing an actual fight, hope it flows reasonably well.
I think it should be reasonable obvious what Amaura is by now, with her description in the last part and some of her SLAs in this one?
Part II
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egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
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- Russia
@DragonParadox, @Azel, we do have a post-Reconquest turnvote we've voted on.
Right here, beneath the Reconquest-plans, are the month-plans.
I'd feel bad if we decided it suddenly not being applicable? I kinda worked hard to produce it.
Bottom line, we have:
1) Yi-Ti delegates to yell at.
2) Quarth delegation that promised us some answers, and in general we have to establish what/how the city does now that we're grabbing it.
3) then there's a few actions Viserys is ought to do as he's been voted to, though it can be well enough done off'screen: two people in Slavers' Bay ought to be diplomanced for out anti-devil efforts to continue.
Finally, we have to get quick reports on all the other actions.
A lot of them are combat of army-sized units, but we can just roll through one last time, methinks.
We'll apply a new system starting the next month, one that'd have new RA-values and different way assignment of tasks, but we ought to clear the table of what was already started.
Right here, beneath the Reconquest-plans, are the month-plans.
I'd feel bad if we decided it suddenly not being applicable? I kinda worked hard to produce it.
Bottom line, we have:
2) Quarth delegation that promised us some answers, and in general we have to establish what/how the city does now that we're grabbing it.
3) then there's a few actions Viserys is ought to do as he's been voted to, though it can be well enough done off'screen: two people in Slavers' Bay ought to be diplomanced for out anti-devil efforts to continue.
Finally, we have to get quick reports on all the other actions.
A lot of them are combat of army-sized units, but we can just roll through one last time, methinks.
We'll apply a new system starting the next month, one that'd have new RA-values and different way assignment of tasks, but we ought to clear the table of what was already started.
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So I speed read the whole incident and...wow the more I read the worse it gets.
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- Who knows?
Phoenix Wright can be an actual Phoenix!!!! And the lawyer superpower gang (super eyes ans super hearing) would actually fit in this setting lmao.