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[x] Azel
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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- The interblag
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- She/Her
For generic NPC the pathfinder Creating NPCs page is really useful (just remember not to use pathfinder feat progression). Generally use the Basic statblock unless there is an IC winnowing process (like promotions, or the requirement needed to become a wizard instead of a hedge-mage), in which case bump up the stats that directly apply very slightly, to represent the above average people. You can also move around stats a little bit to better reflect IC lifestyles, for example I expect the night's watch sorcerer to be stronger and have better constitution than normal, and perhaps a weaker casting stat to reflect how he's lived most of his life. Slightly sub-optimal in build, but better from a simulationist perspective.
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[X] Azel
- Location
- United Kingdom
[X] Azel
- Location
- France
Sorcerer Spheres are in Dragon#330, but you can find them by googling "molivero.com 3.5 Sorcerer ACF" or similar.
How do you get to a fire CL of 9? I see 1+1(fiery burst)+2(bloodline of fire)+1(Draconic Power)+1(sphere of fire), for a fire CL of 6.
Good point.
And @tarrangar, here is another reason not to just let our magelings walk away from us: we spent a shitton of money on them! 45IM is years of pay!
At the very least we ask for our gear back, or have them pay for student loans or something.
[X] Azel
Seems super risky, but whatever. What if he asks for passwords, or if he usually o my has contacts through daemons?
Well, our social skills should help.
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- United States
I miss brain-melting.
Using that against the Mindflayer Wizard is a fond memory.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
I expect them to sign a contract for 5 years or so working for us in return for teaching them magic, my point was more about once those 5 years were up, and about those who joined already having magic.
And 45 IM isn't years of pay for a mage, even a level 1 mage is likely to pull in more than that a year.
Evaunit02mark1
S-s-smell the Prey, S-s-start the Hunt.
I'm torn between wishing you a happy vacation and blinding jealousy.
[X] Azel
Apply fist/blunt object/sleeping spell to forehead, repeat as necessary to force compliance.
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- Location
- Brazil
[X] Azel
I was imagining them at level 6, which is why I exemplified with Fireball. So 6 + Draconic Power 1 + Fiery Burst 1 + Bloodline of Fire 2 + Sphere of Fire 1 = 11.
Just enough for killer Searing Scorching Rays.
Huh, I thought you mean the Fire Bloodline, which gives spells. Didn't know of that +2 CL, quite good.
I was imagining them at level 6, which is why I exemplified with Fireball. So 6 + Draconic Power 1 + Fiery Burst 1 + Bloodline of Fire 2 + Sphere of Fire 1 = 11.
Just enough for killer Searing Scorching Rays.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Azel
- Location
- Brazil
... What?
You join the Scholarium for life. There's no contract, you are either part of an official Mage guild or you better have a damn fine excuse as for why you aren't.
You have the funniest ideas.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
If it's any consolation, I'm not really doing anything special this week. Just gonna hang around the house, then head back to my home town for a few days. I've been taking staycations since before anyone made up that stupid word. Actual vacations just seem more stressful to me than going to work.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
@DragonParadox We have a consensus.
@Azel Do you think bringing "Gorgeous" along with us, hidden under an Invisibility spell, would sell the whole encounter a bit more thoroughly?
@Azel Do you think bringing "Gorgeous" along with us, hidden under an Invisibility spell, would sell the whole encounter a bit more thoroughly?
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- Germany
Look, the point is not that we don't want to punish murderers.
The point is that we don't want to punish crimes that happened at a time and place and in a tradition were they weren't crimes, because that's a slippery slope that would take incredible amounts of time and effort to make anywhere close to just and even then likely cause more vendettas than anything else.
Better do as Diomedon said, make a few examples and then call it Tabula Rasa and start anew with no look at the past.
And if anyone tried to get away with new crimes against former slaves in our city they'll pay as the law demands.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
You are part of the Scholarium for life unless you leave our domain, that don't mean you are directly working for us for life, the 5 year contract is how long you are expected to work directly for us as opposed to starting up an independent business, and also how long you are contractually obligated to stay with our realm, once you have served that term, you are allowed to emigrate out of our lands if you really want to, and if you leave our land, then you are not expected to stay in an official Mage guild.
The problem is that the relatives of the slaves murdered before it became illegal will want revenge, and I really don't want to punish them for taking that revenge, unless they take it out on innocent members of the one who killed their relatives family.
I would rather deal with 5 situations where there's someone clearly in the wrong, than 1 situation where I have to execute someone whose actions I think were right.
And then there's the fact that it feels extremely unjust, to let people like the brother of that Watch commander live, after they had a girl executed because said brother fell in love with her, especially since he most likely used a form of torturing her to death to kill her.
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- United States
They're going to be punished for taking that revenge, because they'd be taking the law into their own hands with vigilante "justice" and that's unacceptable. We are not going to permit lawlessness in our Imperium.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
Then our laws should be just, it's not just to tell them that they wont get reparations, either in blood or coin for their slaughtered loved ones.
Tabula Rasa suck when one side is clearly the wronged one, especially when it's enforced by an outside force, as opposed to something the wronged side agrees to.
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I see no real way around that.
UNless they are very, very good at taking that vengance, then they'll either get away with it without being caught (or even the murder identified as such), or someone higher up might take interest enough to recruit them.
As always, exeptions only for people doing PC-worthy deeds.
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- United States
They're just going to have to deal with it. We're not going to allow this kind of shit. When we take over there should be zero tolerance for vigilante justice.