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

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Artemis1992 said:
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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It's been a while since I written anything about the system progress, so here is a screenshot of what I'm currently working on:

The map is coming along decently and I finally managed to sort out movement to a degree I'm happy with. The screenshot shows part of a debug output, in which I've printed the paths that units take from province to province. This dictates the time it will take for them to make that journey, based on what cells they pass over.

Only problem is that generating those paths takes a lot of processing power, so I might need to look into re-implementing them as compute shaders.

Next step will be to get settlements, roads, rivers, forests and other adages that modify movement done. And once that is sorted out, we loop back to the economic side of things by figuring out how translate provinces into income.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Mar 22, 2021 at 5:50 AM, finished with 62 posts and 12 votes.
  • [X] Plan Post-War Order - Westerlands
    -[X] Brax, Jast and Payne lands will be seized.
    -[X] Clegane Keep will be held in trust by the Imperium while Sandor serves as Princeps Praetori.
    -[X] The fate of House Lannister will be decided as part of the trial of the family as a whole and of Tywin, Lanna, Tygett and Gerion in particular.
    -[X] Let it be known that the barbaric, cruel and insane practices of the slaver of Casterly Rock will not be held against the Westerlands as a whole and you will not tolerate others doing so.
    -[X] That being said, the actions of the tyrant and madman Tywin Lannister will be investigated in great detail and all who are found complici in his actions will be punished in accordance with their guilt.
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Part MMMDCCXXVII: Settling the Score
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    • Settling the Score ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    By now the court is accustomed to hearing your judgement laid upon the lands of traitors. Brax, Jast and Payne lands are to be seized and administered by the Crown for the moment, to be given out or retained at your pleasure. There are a few raised eyebrows when you add that Clegane Keep will be held in trust by the Imperium while Sandor serves as Princeps Praetori and not just because it is so small a fief for a king to concern himself with. More eyes are upon the last of the Cleganes in black and red than had ever been upon 'the Hound' who followed in the footsteps of first Tywin Lannister than his daughter.

    How many of them will swallow their pride and try to befriend the son of a kennelmaster? You wonder, and though you do not know the answer to that for certain one thing you do know, it will surely be more of them than the ones that manage it. Since the death of his brother and the capture of the man who held his leash Sandor had been much more likely to speak up and Dany had even caught a smile or two in unguarded moments.

    Speaking of the former Lord Lannister you explain that his fate and that of House Lannister as a whole shall be be decided as part of a formal trial including Lanna, Tygett and Gerion in particular. Then you add in parting a warning plain as you can make it. "The crimes and barbarism of Tywin Lannister do not belong to every Westerman from the Golden Tooth to the Sunset Sea. Indeed, many of those same lords have suffered most grievously from those deeds for were they not closest to the lion's maw?" You shake your head, allowing your gaze to pass along the whole of the hall and lingering most on Crownlanders looking to prove their loyalty by slinging mud over backing bricks. "I will not tolerate ill will and feuds misplaced upon the heads of those who are innocent of wrongdoing."

    Lord Brune, who had somehow managed to finagle transport to the Red Keep on one of the Manticores instead of staying in the Deep to eat, drink and be merry, starts to cheer at the words. "Hear, hear. Justice not strife! Justice." He drags most of the room with him, not that you imagine he has much love for the lords of the Westerlands, but if it is what you want than he will damn well do his best to see it done.

    Once the hall has settled, as much as it is likely to at least, you continue. "As the honorable lord says, there will be justice. The actions of the tyrant and madman Tywin Lannister shall be investigated in great detail and all who are found complicit in his dark dealings will be punished in accordance with their guilt. "

    "Looks like the Lion is about to have his head mounted on the wall," one wit opines only for Lord Celtigar to reply.

    "Literally, as the case may be. If His Majesty ever offers to show you the 'Hall of Horrors' you should certainly accept, it's worth a look or three, let me tell you..."

    "And with that my lords and ladies I must be away from here as you no doubt wish to be as well," you draw the attention of the room once more with a smile. "The day has been long, the night before it longer and you all no doubt have much to think upon as do I."

    Upbraiding Yi Tish diplomats for insults that had damn near turned into mortal peril at your coronation in your case, but there is one other matter you must see to before you can leave the Red Keep, whose keeping you shall leave the place in. It is not the capital anymore of course, but for the people of Westeros, highborn and low, it is still of significant import and the one set in charge of it is likely to receive no small number of calls upon his time; complaints, requests and everything in between.

    Who do you leave in charge of the Red Keep and King's Landing as a whole?

    [] Write in

    OOC: This does not have to be a permanent appointment, but I do need to know who is in charge and this is an important enough decision to be put to a vote. This is after all a city of half a million people.
     
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    • [X] General Torchwood will be in overall command, with all inquiries of a political nature being forwarded to the Imperial Palace.
    -[X] First order of business is establishing the bread dole and getting the sanitation under control.
    -[X] Meanwhile construction crews start remodeling the Dragon Pit as planned and installing a Mirror Vision set.

    For all the talk about it, I always come back to notice that Maelor would be exceedingly bad at ruling something and most likely would hate it after a short while. Better keep the place under military control while we sort out getting an imperial administration going.
     
    @Azel Still, of what he could think of wanting, starting a city somewhere was one of his suggestions. That seems low stakes enough that we could arrange to make it happen without undue consequences in any immediate terms.

    I did want to build one at the Mouth of the Mander--a place which is... seemingly undeveloped for whatever reason, despite how strategically vulnerable the river made the Reach to inland raiding, probably similar to the reasons why Westeros isn't even more urbanized over three centuries of Targaryen rule--Lords clamored to prevent charters from being handed out.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    Settling the Score ​

    First Day of the Fifth Month 294 AC

    By now the court is accustomed to hearing your judgement laid upon the lands of traitors. Brax, Jast, and Payne lands are to be seized and administered by the crown for the moment, to be given out or retained at your pleasure. There are a few raised eyebrows when you add that Clegane Keep will be held in trust by the Imperium while Sandor serves as Princeps Praetori, and not just because it is so small a fief for a king to concern himself with. More eyes are upon the last of the Cleganes in black and red than had ever been upon 'the Hound', who followed in the footsteps of first Tywin Lannister then his daughter.

    How many of them will swallow their pride and try to befriend the son of a Houdmaster? You wonder, and though you do not know the answer to that for certain, one thing you do know is that it will surely be more of them than those who manage it. Since the death of his brother and the capture of the man who held his leash, Sandor had been much more likely to speak up and Dany had even caught a smile or two in unguarded moments.

    Speaking of the former Lord Lannister, you explain that his fate and that of House Lannister as a whole shall be be decided as part of a formal trial including Lanna, Tygett, and Gerion in particular. Then you add in parting a warning plain as you can make it. "The crimes and barabarism of Tywin Lannister do not belong to every Westerman from the Golden Tooth to the Sunset Sea. Indeed, many of those same lords have suffered most grievously of those deeds, for were they not closest to the lion's maw?" You shake your head, allowing your gaze to pass along the whole of the hall, lingering most on Crownlanders looking to prove their loyalty by slinging mud over backing bricks. "I will not tolerate ill-will and feuds misplaced upon the heads of those who are innocent of wrongdoing."

    Lord Brune, who had somehow managed to finagle transport to the Red Keep on one of the Manticores instead of staying in the Deep to eat, drink, and be merry, starts to cheer at the words. "Hear, hear, justice not strife! Justice." He drags most of the room with him, not that you imagine he has much love for the lords of the Westrlands, but if it is what you want then he will damn well do his best to see it done.

    Once the hall has settled, at least as much as it is likely to, you continue, "As the honorable lord says, there will be justice. The actions of the tyrant and madman Tywin Lannister shall be investigated in great detail and all who are found complicit in his dark dealings will be punished in accordance with their guilt."

    "Looks like the lion is about to have his head mounted on the wall," one wit opines only for Lord Celtigar to reply. "Literally, as the case may be. If his Majesty ever offers to show you the 'Hall of Horrors', you should certainly accept. It's worth a look or three, let me tell you..."

    "And with that, my lords and ladies, I must be away from here, as you no doubt wish to be as well," you draw the attention of the room once more with a smile. "The day has been long, the night before it longer, and you all no doubt have much to think upon as do I."

    Upbraiding Yi Tish diplomats for insults that had damn near turned into mortal peril at your coronation in your case, but there is one other matter you must see to before you can leave the Red Keep. Into whose keeping you shall leave the place? It is not the capital anymore, of course, but for the people of Westeros, highborn and low, it is still of significant import and the one set in charge of it is likely to receive no small number of calls upon his time, complaints, requests, and everything in between.

    Who do you leave in charge of the Red Keep and King's Landing as a whole?

    [] Write in

    OOC: This does not have to be a permanent appointment, but I do need to know who is in charge and this is and important enough decision to be put to a vote. This is after all a city of half a million people. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.
     
    Okay, something weird just happened. Did some posts just disappear? I poked the Next button and instead of going to the next thread page, it jumped me back a few pages, then when I refreshed the page things were back in place but I swear something is missing.

    Is Skynet fucking with me again?
     
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    Okay, something weird just happened. Did some posts just disappear? I poked the Next button and instead of going to the next thread page, it jumped me back a few pages, then when I refreshed the page things were back in place but I swear something is missing.

    Is Skynet fucking with me again?
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    That was me, I wanted to edit a bread and circuses joke below my vote and I accidentally deleted it instead. Too much time without sleeping I guess.
     
    Crake said:
    @Azel Still, of what he could think of wanting, starting a city somewhere was one of his suggestions. That seems low stakes enough that we could arrange to make it happen without undue consequences in any immediate terms.

    I did want to build one at the Mouth of the Mander--a place which is... seemingly undeveloped for whatever reason, despite how strategically vulnerable the river made the Reach to inland raiding, probably similar to the reasons why Westeros isn't even more urbanized over three centuries of Targaryen rule--Lords clamored to prevent charters from being handed out.
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    I can see Maelor enjoying that sort of position, having the opportunity to oversee a new city growing from scratch, one not plagued by the infrastructure hurdles common to a newly developed and underpopulated land.

    [X] Azel
     
    Crake said:
    @Azel Still, of what he could think of wanting, starting a city somewhere was one of his suggestions. That seems low stakes enough that we could arrange to make it happen without undue consequences in any immediate terms.

    I did want to build one at the Mouth of the Mander--a place which is... seemingly undeveloped for whatever reason, despite how strategically vulnerable the river made the Reach to inland raiding, probably similar to the reasons why Westeros isn't even more urbanized over three centuries of Targaryen rule--Lords clamored to prevent charters from being handed out.
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    That city would fall under the duchy of the Mandervale (Tyrell) or Oldtown (Hightower) though and no, I'm not willing to mess around with land division there to change that.

    To be honest, where I could see him is ins New Lyceos, reclaiming parts of Valyria. Dangerous frontier seems much more his speed.
     
    Crake said:
    Maelor. We were just talking about Maelor.

    Also, on the matter of Lannisters' direct lands (which includes Lannisport), we are delaying that announcement until after the trial.
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    I was just catching up on the thread and the last story post had us not saying that we were giving Theon Lannisport.

    I was referring to that
     
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