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

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Ha. The Dornish's face must have been great.

Lampand: Can I have these caves?! I want them to mope in!

Doran: Uh...I dunno, those caves with no obvious mineral wealth and otherwise completely empty are...very valuable to Dorne.

Lampad: I'll serve you for one hundred years and a day!

Doran: Uh...sure?
 
She's a Lampad.

They're always depressed.

Comedians are usually more likely to be depressed, yet have the energy and motivation to get out on stage and perform for audiences/do filming for movies and shows.

And that aside... fey. Who knows what mechanism guides the psychology for the supernaturally sad or how it doesn't interfere with daily activity for them.
 
Once we've trained up some bards, we can send them out across the land to spread our glory and virtue!
 
Crake said:
She's a Lampad.

They're always depressed.

Comedians are usually more likely to be depressed, yet have the energy and motivation to get out on stage and perform for audiences/do filming for movies and shows.

And that aside... fey. Who knows what mechanism guides the psychology for the supernaturally sad or how it doesn't interfere with daily activity for them.
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I know being depressed is her usual state, but when we met her she was unusally down, even for a Lampad, due to her mistakes leading to harm for her fellows from those Warlocks.
It's even mentioned in her description:
Though sorrow is the natural lot of these fey of the deep earth, it does not mean they cannot be driven to despair beyond what marks their ordinary lives. Such an unfortunate among her ever-weeping kin is Selyn who transgressed against her lady and her court unknowingly and was sent into exile, into the harsh light of the upper world yet.
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But if she is ruling some cave-system now she seems to have recovered.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Apr 7, 2018 at 10:03 AM, finished with 175344 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Velen comes with us to Sorcerer's Deep in three weeks.
    -[X] We get copies of whatever books in their library we don't already have.
    --[X] In exchange, the Dornish get copies of the primers of magic from the Scholarum, the ones that explain the basics of magic and warn of its various dangers, as well as copies of a few more valuable tomes on subjects Velen says they need more knowledge on.
    -[X] We see if they are willing to part with any dangerous artifacts they have found. We're looking, not outright buying just yet.
    -[X] They give us information on the state of their magic school, how strong the casters are, how many casters there are, what magic items they have, etc.
    -[X] For the exchange, this needs to be done carefully. In an ideal world we could do this as openly as we do with Mantarys, but this needs to stay relatively hidden. Dornish mages and Scholarum mages can be exchanged on a one-to-one basis if they are of equal power and skill, but they have to be carefully vetted first to make sure they will be discreet about it.
    --[X] This exchange cannot unfortunately occur immediately as we have recently instituted changes to the Scholarum that we would like to see mature before introducing yet more changes.
    --[X] As for knowledge to exchange, they give us the necessary information to start awakening Mystics, and we give them information on how to make Wizards and Archivists.
    [X] Velen comes with us to Sorcerer's Deep in three weeks.
    -[X] We get copies of whatever books in their library we don't already have.
    --[X] In exchange, the Dornish get copies of the primers of magic from the Scholarum, the ones that explain the basics of magic and warn of its various dangers, as well as copies of a few more valuable tomes on subjects Velen says they need more knowledge on.
    -[X] We see if they are willing to part with any dangerous artifacts they have found. We're looking, not outright buying just yet.
    -[X] They give us information on the state of their magic school, how strong the casters are, how many casters there are, what magic items they have, etc.
    -[X] For the exchange, this needs to be done carefully. In an ideal world we could do this as openly as we do with Mantarys, but this needs to stay relatively hidden. Dornish mages and Scholarum mages can be exchanged on a one-to-one basis if they are of equal power and skill, but they have to be carefully vetted first to make sure they will be discreet about it.
    --[X] This exchange cannot unfortunately occur immediately as we have recently instituted changes to the Scholarum that we would like to see mature before introducing yet more changes.
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DragonParadox said:
Sea Stories​

Twenty-First Day of the Tenth Month 289 AC

Grazdan says the first thing you would need is the trust of the crew a hard thing to earn at your age. Then he adds ruefully: "And when you are old and grey you can have too much trust just as you have too many years."

Seeing your look of incomprehension he continues: "I'm too old to be a captain boy, too slow, too damn likely to die of the sorts of things I would have shrugged off twenty years ago. If I can't be captain I'd be worse than useless on the Blood Price 'cause people would look to me 'stead of the actual captain. Worst thing you can have on a fighting ship, that sort of confusion, would rather try to sail with three quarters landlubber crew, have done it in fact."

At this last statement Koron guffaws loudly into his drink: "Funniest thing I ever saw, that prize ship, it's a wonder half the "crew" didn't hang themselves in the rigging by accident."

For a moment Grazdan tries to look stern but then smiles ruefully: "Got the damn thing into port didn't I?"

Here Menel interjects: "Indeed you did my friend, I estimate that you were doing a tenth of the work on your own. But the young man is not here for sea tales, he wants advice and I for one aim to give it to him."
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I have begun rereading the quest, and I must say I think we should look up Grazdan if he hasn't died yet, from his stories I suspect he's at least a 6th level sailing related class, that's well worth paying for a reincarnate, to get captaining one of our ships.

From the stories we heard about him back then, he was pretty much a legend when young, I want to see what he can do with all that experience if returned to his prime.
 
tarrangar said:
I have begun rereading the quest, and I must say I think we should look up Grazdan if he hasn't died yet, from his stories I suspect he's at least a 6th level sailing related class, that's well worth paying for a reincarnate, to get captaining one of our ships.

From the stories we heard about him back then, he was pretty much a legend when young, I want to see what he can do with all that experience if returned to his prime.
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Check out the Windward Society Regulars under Braavosi Contacts, Grazdan is listed as Class: Fighter 5/Legendary Captain 2. Honestly, we could offer the same deal we offered Menel to the others.
 
We should destroy the Lyre of Building before the theft attempt (assuming it hasn't/won't be cancelled) or make sure it's on Viserys/Ser Richard

And if we can get anyone else - an NPC to play it, then Xor can adventure and teach for a bit (he really wanted to teach bard to people).

Edit: hmm, has it been more than a week than Menel asked us to come back to Brravos?
 
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tarrangar said:
I have begun rereading the quest, and I must say I think we should look up Grazdan if he hasn't died yet, from his stories I suspect he's at least a 6th level sailing related class, that's well worth paying for a reincarnate, to get captaining one of our ships.

From the stories we heard about him back then, he was pretty much a legend when young, I want to see what he can do with all that experience if returned to his prime.
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We should be looking at all of the Windward Society. It's filled to the brim with experts.
DragonParadox said:
Aubert Flowers: A bastard of the Reach that has been banished since the Fourth Blackfyre Rebelinon better than fifty years ago. It seems to you his eyes follow you a bit too closely for comfort, though it could just as easily be your imagination. Even if he does suspect something aproaching him may confirm his suspicions.

Grazdan the Grim: A former slave in Mereen that manged to rise up in bloody rebellion seize the ship that was transporting him and, along with his fellow former slaves, bring the newly renamed Blood Price to port in Bravos. So impressed were the Braavosi at his act that mirrored the very founding of their city that he was given many honors and no small amount of coin. He administered his funds wisely if not brilliantly and along with Koron was once a scourge upon the slavers out of Volantis, occasionally making the longer trip to prowl the waters near the remaining Gyscari cities.

Koron Redmane: A man who's wide shoulders hint at great strength in his youth. His features would not seem odd in the more Andal dominated parts of Westeros but he is a native Braavosi. He made his fortune hunting slavers for bounties put up by the government. Sadly he was every bit as good at spending money as he was at making it off the backs of slavers so that fortune does not currently amount to much. His ship the Seeker has been sold to his former first mate because in Koron's words she would miss the sea.

Lohos Saan: A member of the far flung Saan clan most well known for never having quite managed to figure out that the saying: "the first king was a lucky pirate" implies that the kings should give up piracy. Lohos is the odd one out in that he always was more interested in seeing what is beyond the horizon than plundering it, which is not to say he did not done enough plundering to keep him comfortable in his old age.

Menel Goldentooth: A slim aristocratic looking Lorathi with a passion for charts and maps of all types. He supposedly once traveled as far as Yi TI. He has quite a bit of wealth from his days as a Merchant Venturer. In temperament he is generously absent-minded having once handed Dany a full Volentine Honor for fetching a book from the library for him. Seeing the chargined look on the face of the nearest maid Dany turned around and handed the coin to her.

Tor Longstrider: The oldest of the remaining Windwalkers for all his eyes still glitter alertly beneath thick silver eyebrows Perhaps the most dangerous of your guests Tor has always had an interest in the arcane gaining the mostly ironically used name of "the magician." As an actual sorcerer you are not inclined to so easily dismiss this reputation. On the other had with the danger as even comes potential gain...
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We executed Tor and have his skull for expertise in magic.

We recruited Menel and are going to give him back his youth in exchange for having him employed by us.

Etc. The others are bound to be insanely useful as well. We could offer all of them their youth.

And while we're on the vein of useful people, I'd like to go back to Braavos and snatch up that one female blacksmith who made us the silvered weapons.
 
BeepSmile said:
We should destroy the Lyre of Building before the theft attempt (assuming it hasn't/won't be cancelled) or make sure it's on Viserys/Ser Richard

And if we can get anyone else - an NPC to play it, then Xor can adventure and teach for a bit (he really wanted to teach bard to people)
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I know it seems like we've had it for quite some time, but we've only gotten 2-3 turns out of it. And when it's not in use Viserys is carrying around on his person.
 
Ok just checked the Windward society out, and I want to reincarnate every single one of them who would take the offer, they all seem like they are worth the cost of a reincarnate, and they all have that spark that mean they are likely to continue leveling once reincarnated.
 
tarrangar said:
Yeah we should do that, bring memory moss so we can erase their memory if they refuse of course, but if they agree, well 200 IM for a level 6 character is a very good deal.
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Eh, Reincarnate isn't akin to Raise Dead or Resurrection/True Resurrection that we'd prefer to keep on the down low, I think? If they refuse for whatever reason, so be it, but I doubt they'd pass up the opportunity.
 
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