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

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Takesis said:
@Duesal, do we need to go off-plane for crafting materials? Surely we can get some from the local markets. More so with the upcoming festival bringing in more wares.

We did fine with crafting materials from Braavos, Tyrosh, and Volantis to craft what we had before.

Even Relath's "ring".

We can just skip POA for now if we can just reload on local crafting materials first.

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Short answer, yes. We have no interest in paying double for everything, and we have a LOT of items to craft.
 
So, how did we managed to protect SD from scry and die tactics?

I mean, while the important buildings are warded against divination/teleportation, what about the streets or things like that? What prevents the Lannisters or THOSE FUCKING EXTRAPLANAR ADVENTURERS /salt_off from using the same tactic and drop off a few pebbles with arcane mark for teleport?

We're not the only ones that probably have that, and the Sha'ir bitch probably can pull that spell whenever she wants.

She also probably have Contingency up and running so killing her will be a problem if she actually appears with the strike team.
 
Oh, that reminds me, we need to see how much XP Theon and Moonsong got when they gleefully destroyed our plans of a discreet invasion of the Basilisk Isles. Hopefully Theon is at or close to Level 4.
 
About Moonsong, since she does the opposite of subtle. How about we let her go full ham?
Elevate her to "Fleet Admiral" who delegates actual planning to others. All she needs to do is sing.

Let her "lead" the assault on Tyrosh's navy.
 
Takesis said:
About Moonsong, since she does the opposite of subtle. How about we let her go full ham?
Elevate her to "Fleet Admiral" who delegates actual planning to others. All she needs to do is sing.
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Not admiral. She's a damn good asset, but I would never put her in charge of the entire navy. We need someone with a far more level head for that.
 
ryuan said:
What about her afterlife prospect? We did promise her to save her from the Abyss.
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She has already talked to Yss and the Tree. For now she fnds them too boring to try for a permanent solutions with their repective afterlifes, but if she ahs reason to think she'll die anytime soon she'll make arrangements.

Until then we have given her a promise to Raise or Call her if she dies (we are not sure which one works).
Diomedon said:
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The dracolich. We need to root out the dracolich.



The preferred plan is to teleport the tower to Tyrosh as a way of transporting a nice amount of soldiers right inside the interior walls to immediately take the palace and the dragonstone walls from the inside. Heck of an opening.
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We can just carry the tower in flight.
Only Teleporting risks unleashing the Dracolich.

Snowfire said:
The actual fuck is wrong with you?
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While I think almost every player here likes the writing and character interactions, it's not necesarrily the only or primary reason to play the quest.
Some are here for the D&D game, meaning the fight-simulator and occasional puzzle.
For me using the new swarm-variant spell from the staff to find the hidden dragon was one of the most enjoyable part of our trip north, as was a relativly low level Ranger managing to Greater Cleave several monsters that each could have taken him 1v1 in a single round. That was just fun.
Others are here for the Empire building.

So I can understand that some people are a bit annoyed with Rhaella because she delayed the parts of the quest they enjoy most.
 
spiritualatheist said:
Put her in the vanguard, then?
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That would be fine. Moonsong lives for the bold and the dramatic, so it's the perfect spot for her. It's just that the admiral of the fleet has to have a cool head and a lot of the time make non-flashy but very effective moves to win the battle. Moonsong most certainly does not have the temperament to lead an entire navy.
Artemis1992 said:
For me using the new swarm-variant spell from the staff to find the hidden dragon was one of the most enjoyable part of our trip north, as was a relativly low level Ranger managing to Greater Cleave several monsters that each could have taken him 1v1 in a single round. That was just fun.
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Yeah, using the staff that way was incredible. I haven't felt a rush like that in months. :D
 
Artemis1992 said:
We can just carry the tower in flight.
Only Teleporting risks unleashing the Dracolich.
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Hrm, a lot harder to coordinate and pull off Azel's anti-divination trick. Viserys would have to fly for...hours? He'd probably need windwalk to move fast enough. Still, Dracolich searching is something that can be delegated.

Edit: Also, If I'm not awake in time for the first vote (i'm usually not), the idea for sellswords is discipline over quantity. We're shooting for ~2000-ish, but if the only people available don't have a good reputation, it might be better to just grit our teeth and do it ourselves. We cannot afford an actual sack of the city.

So, Discipline and Quality, hoping for 2000+, will be quite happy with 1000, but if we have to walk away with none we can manage, though it'll be painful. Less painful than Viserys dealing with a clear atrocity that is directly his fault.
 
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Artemis1992 said:
Some are here for the D&D game, meaning the fight-simulator and occasional puzzle.
For me using the new swarm-variant spell from the staff to find the hidden dragon was one of the most enjoyable part of our trip north, as was a relativly low level Ranger managing to Greater Cleave several monsters that each could have taken him 1v1 in a single round. That was just fun.
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I'm glad you got something nice out of it. I feel that your desire to increase the amount of stuff in Planetos is frequently unfulfilled. That use of the staff was great, imo also. :D

We did make one big mistake, and I only realised later: Viserys spoke, in battle, without it being an attempt to taunt or have some other effect. Talking is not a free action.

If we had have been thinking (as players), after our taunt failed on the ice dragon, we should have said nothing and just summoned the swarm.

I think we should watch out for that in the future. Save our clever talky things for the speeches.
 
Bronn has to be on the attack of Tyrosh. He's been pretty neglected, and though I think he'll make a wonderful, pragmatic/tasteful evil loyal man if we ascend him to full party member, if we keep letting him wallow in dead end jobs he'll bolt at the first opportunity.

We have to equip him well and use him.

Edit: Please Illyrio this month. Tiamat has now a direct human cleric who can deliver Malarys type advice on him. He needs to die yesterday. Leave Stannis' third rate cultists to other PC's. Need Runestone too, those are our time priorities.
 
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bigbow said:
Bronn has to be on the attack of Tyrosh. He's been pretty neglected, and though I think he'll make a wonderful, pragmatic/tasteful evil loyal man if we ascend him to full party member, if we keep letting him wallow in dead end jobs he'll bolt at the first opportunity.

We have to equip him well and use him.

Edit: Please Illyrio this month. Tiamat has now a direct human cleric who can deliver Malarys type advice on him. He needs to die yesterday. Leave Stannis' third rate cultists to other PC's. Need Runestone too, those are our time priorities.
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Agree with the above. Illyrio, whether or not he has dragon eggs, has been put off for far too long. Plus, by interrogating him, we may learn more about Tiamat's other plans so we might crush them.
 
Snowfire said:
Assuming, of course, that she'll want to venture outside the keep for the next several months. Which I'm not seeing as vastly likely, except on rare occasions.
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Not touching the rest of the salt explosion seeing as it has settled but this does warrant a mention. Rhaella does not have good memories about being restricted to the Red Keep so even if there are all sorts of strange things out there she will probably venture out from time to time to keep her personal demons at bay.
 
Lord Bronn of Bigcastle seems to me to be the sort of person who doesn't mind a little well paid neglect.
I sill want him in the battle though, with fresh new magic gear included.
 
DragonParadox said:
Not touching the rest of the salt explosion seeing as it has settled but this does warrant a mention. Rhaella does not have good memories about being restricted to the Red Keep so even if there are all sorts of strange things out there she will probably venture out from time to time to keep her personal demons at bay.
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Well, the only reason we give a shit regarding this is that we don't want people coming to us for rezzes, or worse, going to fiend-lord types.
So, um, disguise ribbon for now, or better yet, a greater disguise ribbon and ask her to change her appearance - but only when out and about, and only until Planetos adapts a bit to the idea of bringing back the dead; so would asking her to do this sound reasonable?

The point is, we're not trying to keep this secret from our (actual) enemies, they know that this can be done, and would not be surprised that Visery Targaryen brought his mother back. It's the general population that is the problem, and they... probably won't know what she looks like.

Also, considering that we had a big ship, ludicrously expensive ship named after her, and that is the kind of thing Ares would do, can we point out (because she will notice the ship named after her) that we had it created for us as a reward for saving the life of a Keyholder of Braavos [money was not an issue for us as it was not our money], and as an experiment to see what magically augmented tools can create, and because we wanted a ship that had high survivability against monsters until the crew can deal with it.
We had it commissioned for us at 500 IM (i think) for the magic-design tools as we were being exiled from Braavos, so all in all, a good buy.
Funny thing about the situation is that we got Teleport before we could pick it up! (laugh). But it did come in handy for transporting the Evil Alien Bug Avatar Head.

... We're thinking about giving it life, but that seems a bit odd considering that it has your (Rhaella's) name, and to do that would take time that might be better spent elsewhere. <- Throw this in to distract her.
 
Anyway, vote closed.
Adhoc vote count started by Sqweaktoy on Jan 26, 2018 at 8:58 PM, finished with 145139 posts and 11 votes.
  • [X] Use the brazier to make contact with your allies in Braavos to see what they turned up.
    -[X] If some are available, you'll want to personally meet and measure their worth.
    -[X] If no full companies were available through their contacts, instead teleport to check in on your Dothraki.
    [X] Before you teleport out, introduce your mother to your remaining close companions (Waymar, Garin, and Maelor), Lady Alinor, our stewardess, Ser Gerold, our guard captain, and Valaena Velaryon, who you sort of kidnapped on her father's suggestion.
    -[X] She's free to come to you with questions, but you know of your tendency to hare off on some errand or other. You suspect she'll be spending a lot of time with Dany, but you'd encourage her to associate with Tyene, who is a very astute judge of character and likely is the best informed about the goings on in your "court," such as it is. Valaena too went through a...fairly rapid adjustment period, and might prove someone good to talk to.
    [X] Quietly request Tyene to ensure when she informs Doran of Rhaella's return that he understands we did not pass over Elia for this, but was the fruit of years of work that could not be re-targeted. However, it is proof it can be done, and we already have begun work towards Elia.
    [X] Azel
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DragonParadox said:
Anyway, vote closed.
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Ah, can we mention to Waymar what Bloodraven said regarding his sister and the witch (maybe a bit how we could offer the suggestion (friendly, with a dragon's "smile") that she get Waymar's sister to aqquire for her a PfE? Useful item), and this looks to be a case of a witch not wanting to spend effort for nothing, so she asks for a loose, minor favor, and then finding out that it really wasn't worth the trouble or anxiety asking for the favor has caused.
 
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Interlude CXCIX: In the Court of the Sorcerer King
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    • In the Court of the Sorcerer King​

    Twenty-Fifth Day of the Twelfth Month 292 AC

    As Rhaella made her way through her son's keep, responding to greetings and small-talk with the near instinctive skill born of a lifetime's experience, she tried to weigh and measure it against that experience and found herself struggling. It was not the truly fantastical things: the marvelous lanterns everywhere, the plate of drinks borne by no mortal hands, not even the glimpse she caught of sliver monkeys that chattered not as beasts do, but as men in truth, for that was so strange as to barely make a ripple upon her consciousness. It was the sheer informality of it all, a place where half the servants forgot to say your grace or milord, and little wonder when it seemed like half the most distinguished people in that court bore no title of rank, or indeed even a second name.

    Perhaps she should suggest to Viserys that he simply ennoble them for valor, the dowager queen had thought. The notion would have been absurd a few days ago, laughable even, but she was slowly realizing that mere absurdity was a small thing in a world gone mad, where legends might walk beneath the light of day and men might speak of gods as something to be fought against.

    The steward was having an affair with the captain of the guard, she realized abruptly as she looked between the two, reading the signs beneath their strange Essosi mannerisms. The Dornish girl caught her eye... a small nod, showing that she knew, no that everyone knew and did not care.

    Rhaella breathed out slowly through her mouth, thankful that the Royce boy was more than happy to fill the silence with talk of his exploits. Who was there to care really? There were no pious lords and ladies to be shocked, no septons to condemn, and king himself openly flaunted... no, that would imply defiance that was not there... showed his mistress. Little wonder that those around him would pay scant mind to the matter, when the highest of councils of the realm held children, commoners and commoner children. Why would any of them care?

    "It's alright, Mother," Daenerys appeared as if by magic at her side, perhaps it had been by magic for all she knew.

    "It's hard to take in all at once," she admitted, in a whisper just as soft as her daughter's. Then wearily: "Except it's not really all at once, is it? It just feels like it."

    "You can come lay down for a bit, we can talk too if you'd like," her daughter said. "You've met everyone. There is no need to make small-talk for minutes on end." The reassurance was also a reminder of just how strange everything was, but on the other hand there was a sort of relief to it.

    What had all the courtesies and all the pious lords done in Aerys' court? What had all the gallant knights in polished armor and bright surcoats done for the madness that festered beneath the glittering facade? The thought was not a new one, but for the first time it was not filled only with bitterness, but with a sort of vindication for having escaped from it.

    Rhaella made her excuses to the boy opposite to her and allowed Daenerys to lead her away. As they climbed to the apartments royal, she asked: "Could you tell me of the history of those in attendance below? I was too busy talking to them to listen." A stray giggle escaped her. "That sounds truly ridiculous to say, doesn't it?"

    "A little," Daenerys admitted. "Everyone's lives have their small absurdities if you think of it."

    "The lives of royals more than most." A pause lingered between them, then the dowager queen said words she was surprised to find coming truthfully to her lips: "I'm glad you did not have to grow up at court."

    "At father's court," her daughter countered. "I'm sure with your help we can make this one much better."

    With her help... hearing the words was a balm, but also a reminder that she could not just wallow in confusion forever. Her children needed her and to help them she would first have to understand.

    Rhaella Targaryen listened to her daughter's tales over the next few hours as closely as she ever had to anything in her life.

    OOC: I was originally going to do an ordinary update then this just spontaneously popped into my head in the middle of the first paragraph and I had to write it down. Next up Viserys dealing with sellswords.
     
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    • Another slam dunk. Kind of giddy for the next turn planning session to start! It's gonna be a fierce battle.
     
    Have the Monkeys elected a new leader? Or does the presence of a living god make that position redundant?
    Im asking because of we are going to make a few people nobles (our companions mostly), then i want to make a monkey a noble.
    And perhaps Grant him a Tiny hat and a monocle.
    .. do not judge me.
     
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