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

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tarrangar said:
Steady sources are better than plopping it all down at once, and icebergs unlike Decanters of Endless water are free.
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Except that you wouldn't create a steady source. You would just throw down chunks of water now and then.

I'm firmly opposed to investing Viserys Time for something like that when we have perfectly viable alternatives.

And again. The "ice is melting slowly" is not fixing any issue of evaporation or erosion, since you would still need the same amount of water per second then with other solutions to fuel the whole edifice. However, now you add "needs to accommodate having a few thousand tons of ice thrown into it" to the list of requirements.
 
tarrangar said:
There are a spell for renewing the soil, we use that plant a bunch of trees and make sure they have enough water, and with time it should begin to bloom.
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I figured that was the idea. @Goldfish found a spell to change earth into pure blocks of anycommon element and another that explicitly makes a desloate land very fertile. I figured we'd use the first to make a mix of ideal water tetaining ground of our lakes, the second to make the areas around them fertile and plop an iceberg to slowly melt into the cleared lake a really to melt and presto an Oasis. Do it a couple hundred times along perfect trade routes and Doran doesn't have to worry so much about that wind tunnel anymore.

The Canals idea was just regular asoiaf uberproject making. Basically link Oasises (Oases?) to a network of underground water canals ( more underground rivers but canals just fit) to more underground lakes (these even larger in size as evaporation shouldn't be a problem underground and so can effectively serve as reservoirs). Link these to a series of fountains to lead to ABOVE ground aquaducts and canals in cities and surrounding areas. With attached
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I don't actually expect this to be a project for even the mediun timeframe. Basically I figure when Viserys has gone full Godemperor of Planetos he can spend his free time in that age old asoiaf passtime of Building Canals. This time just in Dorne as well as the Neck. You know, for variety!

Plus what's one measly Big Canal compared to a Desert Kingdom spanning Network of them! The old God's finished most of the first one anyway.

Basically Viserys treats Dorne as a guy does turn a sandbed in his new backyard into a little Zen Garden. With attached water works and koi ponds.
 
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Cast Suspension on a big slab of stone and have this Flash flood item create a Sky Waterfall, put it a little higher and we're making localised rain, higher again and we're essentially creating clouds.

With it's duration we wouldn't even need to permanency it, we can just pop over once a month to renew.

If the Glacier idea is at all feasible I'm sure it'd do the job better in the sky too.
 
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Part MCMLXVII: Dealing with the Dead
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    • Dealing with the Dead​

    Twenty-Fifth Day of the Second Month 293 AC

    Vee's beleaguered assistants have been asked to do many things in the service of their admittedly significant pay, many odd, some perilous, and most unexpected. But none could quite compare you imagine to the task of force feeding and otherwise caring for rats possessed by neverborn spirits utterly unconcerned in the well-being of their hosts. Still after it became clear that they truly could not escape their prisons of flesh the handlers seemed mildly pleased with the luck of the draw that had seen them granted this task over others they may have been granted. Considering the fact that such tasks include caring for calves that breathed stinging vitriol, driving giant flesh-eating bugs, or trying to train to the saddle beasts with the instincts of hawks and horses in equal measure and an uncanny way of changing between one and the other at a moment's notice, you can hardly blame them.

    Fye Safely Bound

    The next task, however, will prove far more fraught with peril, for not all the unliving are as accommodating as the mindless neverborn. With Dany still by your side you ascend the narrow steps leading to Amrelath's lair to explain his part in the conquest of Tyrosh.

    The bones still lie scattered as in your last visit, perhaps a mark of whatever torpor serves the living dead in place of slumber. Just as before, however, the moment you formally call aggregating in the tongues of dragons the bones gather with a sickening rattle, leprous green witch lights sparking in the empty hollows of his skull.

    "Finally," the dead wyrm declares, thin whips of tainted vapors rising from between his jagged teeth. "I was wondering how long you would keep the tattered mask of thine lesser kin in place."

    "And do you count me lesser for still cleaving to this from in all but dreams of power?" Dany asks. The words might easily have sounded defensive, perhaps even frightened in the face of Amrelath's shroud of black terror. Instead they merely hold a cool but courteous interest, smalltalk of sorts, if it could said to be exchanged in such company as this.

    "Thou art the liar who played the Hoardtaker false, masks and deceptions become thee, young one," comes the reply, a compliment no less sincere for being edged with mirth and malice, you think.

    From the troubled look that flashes over your sister's features you suspect she is inclined to agree.

    "I come to ask your aid, elder one, in claiming the city of Tyrosh to the east of here under my dominion as part of our agreement," you interject. "I would claim not only the land and its treasures but the people also and see as many of them spared death that they may serve..."

    "Whatever for? They breed so very swiftly..." When he sees that you were not going to take the bait he snorts. "I have no cause to wreak ruin upon this realm whose name is nothing to me."

    "It is a former colony of the Freehold," you carefully announce, lest he discover the fact at a poor moment.

    "So are half the east-lands. Blind beggars stumbling in the wake of seers, remarkable only in the manner they debase the memory of their forefathers," Amrelath replies.

    "How do you know?" Dany asks curiously.

    "Not even a dragon dead and damned as I am is beyond Dreams," he hisses back curtly.

    Rather than press what you suspect is a painful matter, you instead hasten to explain his desired role in the conquest, both with regards to snaring the greater dead to prevent slaughter and chaos and battling greater fiends where he can. To your surprise he even proves amenable to drawing back the mantle of Dragon-fear from your own legions where he can. However, he does ask for a share of the spoils.

    "You are at the head of this conquest so the lands are yours, the people within them and the treasures surrendered, but I ask for my own whatever slay or bind and their possessions..." Perhaps seeing your expression darken he adds. "I would, of course, be amenable to trade if any of these things should catch your eye."

    What do you reply?

    [] Agree (Amrelath gains ownership of anything he kills or binds and any possessions on them)

    [] Counter offer
    -[] Write in

    OOC: He knows he can't keep the undead indefinitely so he would probably trade them back relatively cheap.
     
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    Wants to take our sacrifices?! :mad:
    *TRIGGERED*

    ahem.
    Don't mind me, I'm just a tad bit unused to losing (potential) loot.
    Frankly, whatever he gets to keep, It's only undead/daemons that are captured I'm interested in.
    The Trees shall grow.
    And it shall be awesome.
     
    [X] Agree

    Not seeing much reason to refuse him. Whatever he gets will pale in comparison to the city itself.
     
    Even when we have a Dragon by the metaphysical balls, sworn to our service and dependant on our goodwill to gain a new body, they insist on more and more.

    And people wanted to bring more of them...
     
    [X] Agree

    I'm with Azel here. This is far from a bad deal. We'll be getting the dragon's share of the loot. If Amrelath wants us to buy back the undead corpses for a few hundred IM I'm willing to indulge him.
     
    TotallyNotEvil said:
    Is that domain ACF original? Because forcing you to take your first known spell from the domain, and then saying you can only cast it once a day, is huge kick in the balls for any sorcerer.

    Either remove the limitation on uses or add them besides normal known spells.
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    No, that ACF isn't homebrew. But I could replace it with a feat like Arcane Disciple. Doesn't change much now, but it does mean that she won't have to take Reincarnate as her only spell known this level. And she can get the Metamagic Specialist ACF, which is good.

    What do you think of this?

    Sarah the Healer: Human Sorcerer 7
    HP: 26, Initiative: +0,
    AC: 10, Touch: 10, buffed 22 (+8 natural armor from Alter Self, +4 Mage Armor)
    Fort: +3, Ref: +3, Will: +7,

    STR 8, DEX 10, CON 13, INT 12, WIS 14, CHA 16,

    Feats: Able Learner, Still Spell, Flaw (noncombatant), Flaw (shaky), Versatile Spellcaster, Sculpt Spell, Touch of Healing, Arcane Disciple (Renewal),
    ACF: Metamagic specialist (4 times per day, use Metamagic without increasing casting time), no familiar.
    Skills: Concentration +11, Heal +7, Profession (Healer) +7, Knowledge (arcana) +11, Knowledge (Religion) +5, Spellcraft +9,
    Equipment: Everyday clothing, dagger,
    Attack: N/A, BAB is +3, Flaws= -2 to melee and ranged attacks,

    Spells Known (Spontaneous Caster):
    Level 0: Arcane Mark, Detect Poison, Detect Magic, Message, Mending, Read Magic, Prestidigitation (6/day)
    Level 1: Grease, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Sleep, Charm Person, (7/day)
    Level 2: Alter Self, Glitterdust, Lesser Restoration (Renewal Domain spell), (7/Day)
    Level 3: Deep Slumber, Remove Disease (Renewal Domain spell) (5/day),
    Note: Each day she can cast a maximum of once Renewal Domain spell of each level. They are Wis-based. As long as one is uncast, Touch of Healing can be used as an at will standard action and up to 1/2 of target's max HP. Each use heals 3 points of damage per level of the highest-level conjuration (healing) spell available.

    Focus: She's a passable healer with a focus on AoE control/save-or-suck spells - she has a good selection of those and can use Sculpt Spell as a full-round action if needed. Mage Armor and Alter Self (and the Knowledge skills to know that Humanoids with +8 Natural Armor exist) give her a good AC for a long duration.
    She's a decent AoE control sorcerer who can also heal all day and has access to some great healing spells in an emergency (Lesser Restoration, Remove Disease, even Reincarnate soon). And having a minor caster with access to Reincarnate means being able to sell de-ageing services to those rich enough to pay for components but too poor to pay for us to Bloodwish them into a human. But a young gnome is better than an old human, after all... And if they're lucky they'll land "elf" and get 300 extra years to live!
     
    @DragonParadox did you see @Diomedon and @Azel 's points about Legion armor? They should already be clad in black armor with a red tabard on top, targ sigil on the shield. They explained the reasons why in their posts, but basically it should have been done with no extra cost.

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    bigbow said:
    Famous last words Azel. Now he'll kill something increadible and have us begging for the scraps.
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    Let me tell you about Tyrosh. It's a city with three well known industries. The first are skilled smiths, who make artful arms and armor. The second is the production of their famous pear brandy. The last is the harvesting of the local sea snails to produce rather expensive dyes.

    If Amrelath thinks a 50,000 IM item looted from a high-level daemon is the better deal, we will just nod solemnly, congratulate him on the great deal he made and then quietly snicker when our monthly income report rolls in.

    Exporting pear brandy and dyes to the Opaline Vault. Importing iron to make steel in SD and have it forged en masse by Tyroshi smiths. Add importing silk from the east and some other materials from the Opaline Vault to produce high-quality garments.

    We will make more in a single month then he can possibly get from this.
     
    Azel said:
    Let me tell you about Tyrosh. It's a city with three well known industries. The first are skilled smiths, who make artful arms and armor. The second is the production of their famous pear brandy. The last is the harvesting of the local sea snails to produce rather expensive dyes.

    If Amrelath thinks a 50,000 IM item looted from a high-level daemon is the better deal, we will just nod solemnly, congratulate him on the great deal he made and then quietly snicker when our monthly income report rolls in.

    Exporting pear brandy and dyes to the Opaline Vault. Importing iron to make steel in SD and have it forged en masse by Tyroshi smiths. Add importing silk from the east and some other materials from the Opaline Vault to produce high-quality garments.

    We will make more in a single month then he can possibly get from this.
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    Yes. But what about all those undead that we wanted to sacrifice to make Heart Trees around the city?
     
    We really should have invested in those Weirwood Spears for the leagionaire captains. We could have made our banner staffs out of them if need be.

    Meh! At this point a couple grand worth in looted artifacts in exchange for them isn't that bad a deal. I mean we've walked on literal yellow brick roads. What he'd ask for them would be a garbage pile in the Opaline Vaults.... You know thinking about it that way the Shaitain must have some weird views about dragons.
     
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    Was looking over the Tyrosh plans, Rina of course wasn't with us when they were made, there was talk of sending her with Moonsong's group (group 4 I guess). Was that formally decided on? Has anyone even talked to her to see if she knows about this yet? I'd guess not. Who do you think should handle that?
     
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