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

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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jul 23, 2021 at 2:44 PM, finished with 35 posts and 13 votes.
  • [X] Send them to where they are most needed to aid with the reconstruction (will hasten reconstruction)
    [X] Send them to where they are most needed to aid with the reconstruction (will hasten reconstruction)
    -[X] Give them a few days off and provide trauma counciling for the horrific deaths and survivors guilt.
    [X] Send them throughout many of the cities of the realm, prioritizing safe quiet postings and access to mind healers
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I think that at one point, we had something that laid out what we were going to do month by month… I don't remember when or where that was posted
 
TonedMite said:
When was the most recent roadmap for the future posted?
Once Westeros is civilized, where do we look next?
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General gist of things was:

Westeros --> Qohor & Norvos --> Qarth --> Slaver's Bay

Then we conquered Westeros, and Qarth proved they were a lot smarter than we gave them credit for and preemptively bent the knee, and then we conquered Norvos and Qohor.

So now it's pretty much just shoring up our defenses with those planar-grade wards, building up infrastructure, building up our military, etc.
TonedMite said:
I think that at one point, we had something that laid out what we were going to do month by month… I don't remember when or where that was posted
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There was never anything planned for month by month, that's both way too specific and way too hopeful.
 
I thought that we were just bringing them to heel, I didn't remember officially bringing them into the fold.
So… Slaver's Bay would have been next on our list, until Everfire Dale got glassed… Let's rebuild, then grab them.
 
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Interlude MCCXXXI: Forge Work
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    • Forge Work ​

    Twenty-Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month 294 AC

    'The spark of life'... 'the light of reason'... 'the flame of love', in every mortal tongue that Lya knew, and she knew many indeed, you could find these metaphors. Were they expressions of some universal truth older than all the tongues of men, or was it that metaphor carved grooves into the substrate of reality through the belief of those who uttered them?

    This answer, like so many others, was sadly beyond all reach of knowing. Not even R'hllor the Red, who of all the Imperial gods walked the sphere that most embodied fire, could not say where the first spark had been cast for even he had been mortal once and he had burned with rage and despair at the knowledge of the world's peril, or so at least the Imperatrix had heard. She did not care for the inner lives of gods nor for the secret twist and turns of history... at least not for their own sake. Like a prospector seeking gold she would follow the map to where the load was said to be. Knowledge of the shaping of souls and the songs of magic.

    Over the last few months she had sought counsel with fiends and archons, with azer and even the odd efreeti, all in service to the Lord of Light. She seen her face reflected in the polished golden doors where Flame met Radiance and she had even witnessed the long line of souls that passed under arches of living flame to be judged by the Red God's hand.

    But now was the true test, as with all great magics the deepest understanding was the practical. For all his might there was one thing R'hllor the Red could not do, and that was give her a spark of primordial fire that was not attuned to his own nature and being, for there was no such thing in his realm.

    Thus the Imperatrix set out in the company of steel winged heralds and fey of flame who were once servants of Ymeri who chose the banners of the Imperium over oaths of submission to R'hllor. She then set out into the Wild.

    As with the deserts and wastelands of the Material World there was no clear demarcation, no line in the black sand with the Civilized Sphere on one side and the roiling chaos on the other. Instead the storms grew worse, endless roiling flames not just crimson, orange and red, but pale blue and flickering purple and even once or twice something that looked rather suspiciously like a familiar green, though it was always gone before she could fly to investigate...

    Well maybe I would have gotten there if I did not have to explain my every movement to the new crop of courtiers. Honestly she had expected the body that headed out into the strangest and wildest parts of the Realm of Flame to be spared courtly protocol. Well no such luck, for the fire muses sang and the ash-nymphs praised her and even the sprites seemed to have organized into a complex hierarchy. It was what their former mistress expected of them and Lya had not the heart to bid them to stop. Still, she was glad for more than arcane curiosity when she came to the place among the storms where she had been told elementals were born.

    There she looked at beasts with six limbs, with manes of ash and eyes as embers bright, and though she still knew not their name she recognized them. Lya never forgot.

    "This is where the elemental tap lead to, the one in the Dominion Fortress..."

    Across from her, in the golden carriage they had been riding in from the borders of R'hllor's domain, Maelor looked at her curiously. He did not have perfect memory even if he had heard the tale before.

    Before she could reply a gout of white fire exploded from the molten sand. "Now..." Lya sent to the herald who had been prepared for the task.

    Obediently the construct snapped its wings and dove towards the flame, a small runed mold at the end of long thin rod in its hands. As soon as it was immersed into the flame the spell bound within triggered and the fire was trapped. It was not yet an elemental, but close.

    The nice thing about fire is that it is easy to catch.

    Create a Fire Elemental Forge: 50 (Success)

    Where do you place the new Fire Elemental Forge?

    [] In the Westhaven for security

    [] In Hinterlands of Mantarys to take advantage of the nearby Valyrian flames eventually

    [] In Dorne, the sands may not be as hot as those of Valyria, but they are also not as perilous

    [] Write in

    OOC: Much of the forge is to be run by the fire fey, this was my chance to remind you guys that you did get some of those from the Ymeri campaign.
     
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    • [X] In Sorcerer's Deep for better security

    This isn't even a question. All forges need the best security, and for now we don't have the security to spare, so Crown City it is.

    @DragonParadox, when can we cover the specifics of what we can pull off with the Fire Elemental Forge? Also we still need to cover the Qohor Flesh Forge details.
     
    I thought under the new system it is better not to put things of military importance into cities, when possible at least?

    To minimize collateral when there are attacks. Azel made it quite clear that we couldn't protect entire cities against determined strikes.

    So better in a military base than any of those options.
     
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    DragonParadox said:
    Forge Work ​

    Twenty-Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month 294 AC

    'The spark of life'... 'the light of reason'... 'the flame of love', in every mortal tongue that Lya knew, and she knew many indeed, you could find these metaphors. Were they expressions of some universal truth older than all the tongues of men, or was is that metaphor carved grooves into the substrate of reality through the belief of those who uttered them?

    This answer, like so many others, was sadly beyond all reach of knowing. Not even R'hllor the Red, who of all the gods who walked the spheres most embodied fire, could say where the first spark had been cast for even he had been mortal once, and he had burned with rage and with despair at the knowledge of the world's peril, or so at least the Imperatrix had heard. She did not care for the inner lives of gods nor for the secret twists and turns of history... at least not for their own sake. Like a prospector seeking gold, she would follow the map to where the load was said to be. Knowledge of the shaping of souls and the songs of magic.

    Over the last few months, she had sought counsel with fiends and archons, with azer and even the odd efreeti, all in service to the Lord of Light. She had seen her face reflected in the polished golden doors where Flame met Radiance and she had even witnessed the long line of souls that passed under arches of living flame to be judged by the Red God's Hand.

    But now was the true test. As with all great magics, the deepest understanding was the practical. For all his might, there was one thing R'hllor the Red could not do, and that was give her a spark of primordial fire that was not attuned to his own nature and power, for there was no such thing in his realm.

    Thus the Imperatrix set out in the company of steel-winged heralds and fey of flame once servants of Ymeri who chose the banners of the Imperium over oaths of submission to R'hllor. She set out into the Wild.

    As with the deserts and wastelands of the Material Worl, there was no clear demarcation, no line in the black sand with the Civilized Sphere on one side and the roiling chaos on the other. Instead, the storms grew worse, endless roiling flames not just crimson and orange and red, but pale blue and flickering purple, and even once or twice something that looked rather suspiciously like a familiar green, though it was always gone before she could fly to investigate...

    Well, maybe I would have gotten there if I did not have to explain my every movement to the new crop of courtiers. Honestly, she had expected the body that headed out into the strangest and wildest parts of the realm of flame to be spared courtly protocol. No such luck, for the fire muses sang and the ash-nymphs praised her, and even the sprites seemed to have organized into a complex hierarchy. It was what their former mistress expected of them and Lya had not the heart to bid them to stop. Still, she was glad for more than arcane curiosity when she came to the place among the storms where she had been told elementals were born.

    There she looked at beasts with six limbs, with manes of ash and eyes as embers bright, and though she still knew not their name, she recognized them. Lya never forgot.

    "This is where the elemental tap lead to, the one in the Dominion Fortress..."
    Across from her in the golden carriage they had been riding in from the borders of R'hllor's domain, Maelor looked at her curiously. He did not have perfect memory even if he had heard the tale before.

    Before she could reply, a gout of white fire exploded from the molten sand. "Now..." Lya sent to the Herald who had been prepared for the task.

    Obediently, the construct snapped its wings and dove towards the flame, a small runed mold at the end of long thin rod in its hands. As soon as it was immersed into the flame, the spell bound within triggered and the fire was trapped. It was not yet en elemental, but close.

    The nice thing about fire was that it was catching.

    Create a Fire Elemental Forge: 50 (Success)

    Where do you place the new Fire Elemental Forge?

    [] In Sorcerer's Deep for better security

    [] In Mantarys to take advantage of the nearby Valyrian flames eventually

    [] In Sunspear, the sands of Dorne may not be as hot as those of Valyria, but they are also not as perilous

    [] Write in

    OOC: Much of the forge is to be run by the fire fey, this was my chance to remind you guys that you did get some of those from the Ymeri campaign. Not yet edited.
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    Here's an edited version of the chapter, DP.

    Great interlude! Keep making reality your bitch, Lya. Ultimate cosmic power suits you!

    Damn, she's come a long way since that scared girl we found in the Moonsinger's temple all those years ago. So proud... :cry:
     
    Artemis1992 said:
    I thought under the new system it is better not to put things of military importance into cities, when possible at least?

    To minimize collateral when there are attacks. Azel made it quite clear that we couldn't protect entire cities against determined strikes.

    So better in a military base than any of those options.
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    Sorcerer's Deep is a fairly large area, not merely the limits of the city itself.

    Building the Fire Elemental Forge in SD doesn't mean it's going to be right next to the palace or squeezed in between one of the Godswoods and a market square.

    @DragonParadox, I'm not saying it's worthy of a Mythic rank or anything, but this seems like a really cool and significant undertaking for Lya. Worth some XP, maybe?

    [X] In Sorcerer's Deep for better security
     
    Duesal said:
    [X] In Sorcerer's Deep for better security

    This isn't even a question. All forges need the best security, and for now we don't have the security to spare, so Crown City it is.

    @DragonParadox, when can we cover the specifics of what we can pull off with the Fire Elemental Forge? Also we still need to cover the Qohor Flesh Forge details.
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    The same things you can do with the water elemental forge at this point, basic elementals in various sizes
     
    @DragonParadox, since it was already pointed out by others, yeah, Sunspear would be a really bad idea. Especially when Dorne has a ton of empty desert to put it instead, where you don't paint a target on anyones back.

    As for Sorcerers Deep, yeah, adding even more military targets to it makes it ever more likely to be attacked in force.
     
    Azel said:
    @DragonParadox, since it was already pointed out by others, yeah, Sunspear would be a really bad idea. Especially when Dorne has a ton of empty desert to put it instead, where you don't paint a target on anyones back.

    As for Sorcerers Deep, yeah, adding even more military targets to it makes it ever more likely to be attacked in force.
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    Right that slipped my mind, edits done to keep the forge away from population centers.
     
    Azel said:
    @DragonParadox, since it was already pointed out by others, yeah, Sunspear would be a really bad idea. Especially when Dorne has a ton of empty desert to put it instead, where you don't paint a target on anyones back.

    As for Sorcerers Deep, yeah, adding even more military targets to it makes it ever more likely to be attacked in force.
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    What spare wards do we have? If we're putting it away from population centers we can't skimp on this or we'll just get casually bombed again.
     
    Duesal said:
    What spare wards do we have? If we're putting it away from population centers we can't skimp on this or we'll just get casually bombed again.
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    I feel like we're going to have to eventually restrict the Wardstones to only critical military targets (I.E. Flesh Forges, major bases, major centers of industry, the Imperial Palace) due to scarcity, which may mean leaving our population centers undefended.
    Thankfully, they're less likely to strike at our cities. They don't stand to gain particularly much from such a strike, especially compared to what they could lose from our retaliatory strike(s). This is the Brazen Throne, not demons or daemons or illithids or Others.
    I'm more worried about a surprise decapitation strike, or something else that effectively removes us as a major player, whether temporarily or permanently. Given the disparity in power, that would probably be, if not perhaps entirely trivial, then certainly well within the Brazen Throne's ability to accomplish.
     
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