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

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DragonParadox said:
No, they all think it is impossible, so you have to kill the big boss without them and then sway them to your service.
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They have tried to rebel before.

If we could establish credibility by taking over a layer of Hell and killing a few higher-ups under Asmodeus I'm optimistic some of those that hate Amodeus more that logic demands will at least attempt to play both sides and let us take a shot without too much distraction from other foes.

And then try to kill us while weakened from the battle or something like that. Fucking backstabbers.
 
OK since this is pretty clear cut and it is still relatively early, vote closed.
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Jan 7, 2018 at 2:32 PM, finished with 136625 posts and 11 votes.
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DP might add it in unless he has Viserys think it might be a bad idea somehow.
*Shrugs*

But after they get a chance to talk it over, I Really want to fill them both in our conjecture, the fact that Frenly is not a fey and advise them that while they may feel some sort of injustice has been done, it is quite possible that the fey lord responsible sees what it has wrought as a fair bargain between individuals, and is not in fact inhertly antagonistic by nature. There good chance they will need to choose between persuing vengeance, or achieving an optimal outcome.

Also, we might bring Vee (also to save on spell slots) to talk to Frenly's horse.
 
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Part MDXCV: Boons of Dark Spirit
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    • Boons of Dark Spirit ​

    Eleventh Day of the Twelfth Month 292 AC

    You walk up quickly past the somewhat bemused guards, struggling to keep a slight skip from your step. The game is nowhere near played out, but you might yet be able to gain the fealty of the stormlords if not bloodlessly, then at least a good bit closer than you would have had any right to hope years ago.

    As you pass by the still pale but resolute changeling, you try to offer some advice on dealing with Stannis, but he merely smiles sadly. "Whatever I may be I know him quite well. Do not fear, I will do what is needed and see to it that your honor is not stained in the doing."

    You nod in gratitude, then add perhaps a trifle impulsively, "If what all this is done you need a place to live away from old and painful memories, know that my door is ever open to you." What a strange thing to say to Renly Baratheon's face even if he is not the one wearing it... but then you even have hopes for the remaining true Baratheon brother.

    ***​

    To keep away from the temptation of listening in on the conversation, you set out in search of Vee... and of course the Seeker and its latest donor, the most wiling one it has had yet. Beneath Bloodraven's gaze carved in bone-white wood you find her, fiend and servitor set upon identical slabs of stone side by side. Oddly she is joined by more than Ser Richard playing guard.

    "Curious about flesh-crafting?" you ask Malarys. The Sorcerer looks poised and watchful as ever, never fully taking his eyes off the seemingly unconcious fiend.

    "Somewhat... mostly cautious in such matters, and I thought I would assist the young lady with my own sorcery in case something were to go awry," he answers honestly, you think.

    Vee snorts, but she does not deny the help unasked for as she might once have done, instead keeping to her task. "So what do you want me to cut?" she asks, then looking to Malarys she adds, "It's probably not safe to add too much."

    "Indeed," the ancient sorcerer says. "I have only once seen a servitor this... improved upon, and I was told it was nearing the limits of what its form could bear without reinforcement of its base form at a flesh-forge."

    "This sort of enhancement was common in the days of the Freehold?" you ask startled.

    "I would not precisely call it that, but it was a favored sort of vanity project for a certain set of wealthy noble scions who were not quite bold enough to improve upon their own flesh." He hesitates a long moment, looking almost embarrassed. "Generally the base form was not a Seeker, but one with a more recreational purpose."

    "I can't precisely say I am glad to know all of that, but thank you for sharing it nonetheless," you answer, unable to keep back a grimace of disgust. If that was the main purpose of the Flesh Forge under Lys then you are almost glad you had found it in near-total ruin.

    How do you want to improve the Seeker? (Choose 1)

    [] Hunter's Instincts: DC 32

    [] Hunter's Mantle: DC 36

    [] Hunter's Instruments: DC 42

    OOC: If the designations look abstract, it's because the stronger the devil and the more skilled Vee is, the less it is surgery in the mundane sense. Beating the DCs by 10 or more grants additional degrees of success.
     
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    • So, Vee have Heal +13, Wisdom +4, and some strange bonus called ITH that gives +6.

    She can still get a round of Divine Insight for around ~+13 to the check, and perhaps even Alter Fortune in order to reroll a botched roll.

    What to get?
     
    We need Dany or Malarys to Imbue Vee with Divine Insight, Lya to cast Owl's Insight, and Viserys to cast Grand Destiny on her. That would give her an additional +23 bonus.

    Can we wait till tomorrow IC, @DragonParadox, to make this possible?
     
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