A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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Diomedea
A piece of the continent
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I'm assuming you mean disadvantage.
Ehhhh, with how easy it is for us to set fire to things with magic, fire ships quickly become much less appealing.
Ideally, we achieve surprise and can trap the enemy fleet inside their own harbor, which will mean when the city falls a lot of those ships become our ships. Maelor/Glyra should get us a better idea of what the harbor defenses look like and if we can use them to trap their fleet. We know from canon that the Bleeding Tower is part of the harbor defenses, so I have hopes for a harbor chain, which would let us trap them if we took the tower via a PC team.
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- United States
There have been many dreams of a fleet of flying ships.
Diomedea
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There have been many dreams of a fleet of flying ships.
It would be nice if we could just fly up to the red keep and drop gangplanks to Maegor's Holdfast, and take the Red Keep from the inside out. Ah, the dream...
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- Germany
DP said they are mortal, so it's almost certain they have souls like literally every other humanoid, mortal race in D&D.
We'll take Maegor's Keep ourselves, I'm assuming.
We should never get in a habit of throwing bodies at enemy strongpoints.
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- washington
So do we plan to someday get flying ships?
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- United Kingdom
I didn't realise our arcanums could be physically male. This has potential... 
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- United Kingdom
If it's about us getting something the safe answer is usually yes.
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- Mexico
We had one, however briefly, however we needed the money more and so we sold it.
Also, it kinda used enslaved elementals to move, and we didnt have the means to bring it to our home plane. (i think)
OK finally back on he thread. Sorry for vanishing on you guys. My power went out unexpectedly and well it was past midnight... there is not much one can do in that situation besides go to bed, since the internet connection obviously went with it.
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You haven't been off any longer than your usual sleep, so I don't think there's anything to apologize for?
Vanishing is normal at that time.
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- Philippines
Isn't this supposed to be three seeing as we brought Vee, Tyene and Lya with us?
Yeah, but I did do it in the middle of a conversation in the thread that might have done with an interjection from me (though thankfully it seems to have resolved itself). I'm however thankful it did not happen just after I posted the update at least.
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You poor thing no internet passed midnight a fearful thing to be told.
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- being near locations is my passion.
We'll forgive you, if... You write updates.
.Also, from my perspective, this happened around when you sleep, so... Welcome back to the Internet, I'm glad didn't loose access during day.
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Daeron's non-existence is spreading through the meta to other characters!
Anyway, let's see the vote count.
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@DragonParadox
[X] Snowfire
If it's worth anything regarding voting; I liked his/her point about letting Rhaella ask about Lya if she wants.
[X] Snowfire
If it's worth anything regarding voting; I liked his/her point about letting Rhaella ask about Lya if she wants.
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In light of all the third-hand counseling @Snowfire does this week, I have a question.
@DragonParadox, how much of that brittleness of Rhaella's mind is kind of self-fulfilling prophecy initiated by our local psychology expert? I don't think you planned her to get immediately crazy if we had no one to word last votes carefully in order to keep her away from SAN loss.
[x] Snowfire
Edit to @Goldfish : your vote looks like Viserys is bragging here "look, ma, I've got a girlfriend!"
@DragonParadox, how much of that brittleness of Rhaella's mind is kind of self-fulfilling prophecy initiated by our local psychology expert? I don't think you planned her to get immediately crazy if we had no one to word last votes carefully in order to keep her away from SAN loss.
[x] Snowfire
Edit to @Goldfish : your vote looks like Viserys is bragging here "look, ma, I've got a girlfriend!"
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There was always a good chance of her if not breaking, then at least cracking under the strain. That said if the votes had been less carefully crafted I would have done more work on them myself/given more hints etc...
This was never supposed to be trivial.
Anyway vote closed.
Part MDCLXI: Of the Mind and the Heart
Of the Mind and the Heart
Twenty-Third Day of the Twelfth Month 292 AC
Looking at your mother's surprised, or more properly, shocked expression, you are not entirely sure if this had been a wise decision. Though there is something to be said of exposing her to your friends outside the unusual environs of the Deep and having the first encounter be brief, perhaps you could have prepared her for Lya more... Then again, what could you say that could not be misinterpreted when seen through the lens of the world as it was in decades past?
Some part of you wondered how she might react to the notion that Lya had simply spun life, body and soul, from the fundamental forces of the spheres. Alas, the answer is simple enough to guess: 'mute incomprehension'. So instead you merely say: "Mother, it is my honor to introduce three of the friends and allies I've told you of: Vee, Tyene Sand and Lya, some of my first fellows in magic," you say, indicating each in turn. "All of them possess powers rivaling my own, and have used them to protect the world, as well as my humble self, from horrors beyond counting."
Dany giggles, the sound likely sounding entirely natural to someone who did not know her as well as you did. "Did you just call yourself humble?" Then to the girls beside you, "Did he hit his head back home?"
"Would have fixed him if he did," Vee shrugs, the subtle power of sorcery making her words understandable to all, thanks to Malarys being free with his blessings.
The jest is helps to relieve something of the pressure as well as give your mother the time to actually look over the new arrivals properly so that by the time you introduce her she manages as fine a greeting as she had ever done at court.
Tyene of course responds with aplomb and the skill of one raised in the court of Sunspear. "It is wonderful to see you, your grace. Your passing has ever been yet one more cruel, senseless twist in the dark days of the war."
"You say that as though returning from... the dead is the simplest thing," your mother answers, bemused.
"Not simple, no, but a blessing to be grateful in these days, a reminder that for all the perils which surround us we live in a world of marvels. A sign of hope even..." You find yourself rather grateful for the delicate way in which the Dornish girl paves the way for explaining your agreement with her uncle.
Vee on the other hand is visibly flustered, though you do appreciate that she attempts a bow, an occurrence that can be counted on the fingers of one hand with room to spare. "I'm going to go heal up the watchmen," she blurts out.
Aemon is quick to aid her in finding a guide, obviously driven by concern as much as the duties of a host.
"Is it entirely safe for a young girl out there?" your mother asks, echoing the same sentiments.
"Yes, she will be quite fine," Dany explains. "Vee is probably the best out of all of us if it ever came down to facing a small army alone." The seemingly off-handed remark is also calculated you would wager.
Then it is finally Lya's turn to speak. She gives a bow as deep as Tyene's and just as graceful, though her owes more to a flash of sorcerous insight than years of training. "Your grace, an honor and a joy to see you returned to the world." Her words hold nothing but sincerity, and her smile is open.
The moment seems to stretch unnaturally almost as though you were in the midst of battle, then your mother responds in kind, though it is a practiced sort of smile and her eyes are wary. "And glad I am to be here, even if it is not precisely the world I knew, and I have no memory of where I have been in the interim," she answers, the last sounding more like a slip than something she intended to say as part of a greeting.
"That is entirely natural and nothing to be concerned about," Lya replies at once. "An adaptation of the soul passing between discreet states without straining itself, passing from a timeless existence back under the empire of time..." She stops, a faint blush upon her cheeks. "If I ramble on too much never hesitate to stop me."
You suppose confusion is a better state of affairs for now, at least if it is partaken of in moderation.
Thankfully Maester Aemon chooses that moment to return and invite you all to to follow him into the vaults. There is only a little chatter as you descend the stairs from the tower's height down into the depths of the earth to what the maester calls the 'wormwalks,' the only way to pass between the different buildings of Castle Black in winter when the snow lies thick or the winds blow fierce.
From there you pass deeper still into halls of ancient stone gleaming dark grey in the light of the mage-lanterns you had brought with you. Here you see scrolls and parchments laying heavily upon sagging shelves or even stacked upon the dusty floor... in truth some look like they may soon join the dust.
"I do not suppose there is an index?" Lya asks, without much in the way of hope.
"Nothing that would be worth the name," Aemon replies sadly. "No Maester of the Watch has ever had the time to catalog everything properly in addition to their other duties, though a few have tried including myself upon my first arrival. That should offer you a place to begin at least."
"It is good that we brought help then," you say, offering Lya an encouraging smile.
Soon the chamber is filled with the glittering forms of golden scribes and the air with the scratch of ink-stained claws on parchment.
"I can think of at least two Masters of Coin who would have killed for one of these little things," your mother says, shaking her head in wonder, unknowingly echoing Bloodraven.
For a time you work, with nothing to fill the silence but talk of the simpler goings on of the Deep, mostly from Tyene as well as a recounting of your journey to the others as well as Measter Aemon. The reputable Captain Moonsong has returned to port having captured a settlement in the Basilisk Isles along with news that Myr is seemingly 'boring' in Maelor's estimation while Lys had been more fraught with peril, as something kept setting the guard on them.
Then as a lull grows in the conversation on your side of the room your mother comes close and whispers, "You love her, don't you?" she sounds resigned.
Seeing no point in playing games with something that must have been clear in your every actions, for you had not tried to act any differently then usual with Lya, you answer plainly: "Yes."
She pauses a moment as though unsure how to continue, the visibly steels herself. "A mistress is not the worst thing for a king to have, though I imagine she would be among the most visible to have ever graced the court. I imagine one with the air of a maester would at least distract some people while she gets her footing, but she really needs to learn to handle herself better." Another pause while you consider how the hells you are going to explain that you have no intention of demeaning Lya by offering her such a base arrangement.
"Perhaps you could ask Tyene to tutor her in such matters. The Dornish are uniquely skilled in handling such positions, which is a blessing twice over of course." Looking into her eyes you see no anger and no judgement. She is trying to help even now, within the confines of what she considers reasonable at least.
What do you answer?
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OOC: That came off about as well as it could have, though some of it was Dany breaking out the social buffs to help smooth things over. She did not go all out, just as far as to make herself highly competent by the standards of veteran courtiers. And of course Lya cheated too, but her Viserys noticed.
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Well, uh... I can see where she got that impression. I don't really have any idea of how to handle this so I will call upon others to help. Snowfire?
I mean, Lya was basically a commoner and would've become a priestess at best had we not come along, I don't see how being the mistress of the king would be a demeaning position <.< . Royalty IRL regularly married politically and chose concubines and mistresses for love (or lust, whichever). Hell, we could even make any future child with her the heir if we wanted to, yes that will piss off the family that our wife comes from but we could inform them of that beforehand.
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Short answer, no. We were not considering fire ships. We were instead musing over flying ships and how to get them.