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

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TalonofAnathrax said:
Pff. @Goldfish, @Crake, you're hilarious! You badmouth London and Paris for being dangerous? Terrorism? What a joke!
You are all far likelier to die visiting the USA than here: you'll get shot. Yeah, America's fun gun violence problem makes the occasional terrorist attack look like a statistical blip (which it is. You're more likely to die hit by a bus than killed by a terrorist, but those don't make for scary photos in the media).

And @Duesal: I too want more of your Daenerys in canon omakes. They could be great!
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Well, DP should be pretty safe in the US, being White and all, provided he does not visit a school.
But he should take measures to prevent people from thinking he is russian, as Donald might try to contact him for instructions.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
And @Duesal: I too want more of your Daenerys in canon omakes. They could be great!
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You know, our Dany would be uniquely suited for delivering a "the Reason You Suck" speech to Canon Dany depending on when transposition took place.

In fact it's amusing how stark the difference would be depending on when she was transported.

Dothraki Wedding: Sympathetic and patient.
A Crown For A King: Conflicted and disappointed.
Mereen: Angry and contemptuous.

Yeah, I would say that Viserys is more independent than Dany... in a lot of ways our Dany is less independent than canon Dany, but she's a better person overall for knowing her limitations.

Viserys by contrast could be dumped in just about any setting and handle it with the same equanimity and sense of ease.


das_slash said:
Well, DP should be pretty safe in the US, being White and all, provided he does not visit a school.
But he should take measures to prevent people from thinking he is russian, as Donald might try to contact him for instructions.
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You... goddamn you. I laughed so hard I woke up my sibling.
 
Crake said:
My OCP quota is full. And it doesn't get more extreme than the bunny-cat, honestly.
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We could always do the classical nonsense and let Viserys teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Alright children. According to the government syllabus, I'm supposed to not teach you this and just give a general outline of why it is reprehensible, but I will not deprive of you of a valuable skill on the say so of an incompetent bureaucrat."

"What are you going to teach us then? Blood magic?"

"No silly. How to abuse magic and divination for financial gain."

"Oh."

"Bloodmagic is third year material."

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Azel said:
We could always do the classical nonsense and let Viserys teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Alright children. According to the government syllabus, I'm supposed to not teach you this and just give a general outline of why it is reprehensible, but I will not deprive of you of a valuable skill on the say so of an incompetent bureaucrat."

"What are you going to teach us then? Blood magic?"

"No silly. How to abuse magic and divination for financial gain."

"Oh."

"Bloodmagic is third year material."

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He'd only be able to teach that class for one school year.

But he could probably kick that crazy loon in the observatory out and take over her job, tenure or no. Then he could turn the Divination course into REAL curriculum.

Also I might actually write that series. It'd be funny, and I know the source material.
 
Azel said:
@Duesal, I'm still iffy on what the Darkest Dungeon is supposed to be and somehow thought that was a D&D module.
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Darkest Dungeon is a Lovecraft-inspired video game. The basic premise is that you play as a lordling who's inherited the absolute shittiest piece of land. Not shitty because it's rundown or backwater, shitty because the once magnificent mansion and lands have been infested with corruption and eldritch horrors, leaving the only relatively safe spot a nearby hamlet. The entire game is sending expeditions into the corrupted ruins to retrieve treasures and beat back the horrors, and steadily building up the hamlet as something vaguely serviceable.
 
das_slash said:
Well, DP should be pretty safe in the US, being White and all, provided he does not visit a school.
But he should take measures to prevent people from thinking he is russian, as Donald might try to contact him for instructions.
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Poor Russians. I mean, can you imagine trying to handle a person like that? Or worse yet, be expected by said person to just... have the answers?
 
Crake said:
He'd only be able to teach that class for one school year.

But he could probably kick that crazy loon in the observatory out and take over her job, tenure or no. Then he could turn the Divination course into REAL curriculum.

Also I might actually write that series. It'd be funny, and I know the source material.
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Question is, which year of canon to drop him off?

Second as the genuine article to Lockharts hot air? Though Viserys could solve the plot of that book in 5 minutes. Four of those needed to collect the basilisks skull.

Or fifth, as the "guest lecturer" for Divination. The interactions with Umbridge would be a never ending source of amusement.
 
I wonder how Viserys' SR would interact with Harry Potter wizards... Would the vast majority of their spells simply bounce off save for those of the more powerful wizards?
 
Azel said:
I have selective blindness to all things Worm.


@Duesal, I'm still iffy on what the Darkest Dungeon is supposed to be and somehow thought that was a D&D module.
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Aww, you should try it. It's funny!

There's only been two chapters, but one teenage villain has been reduced to ash and a teenage hero has been turtled.
 
Azel said:
Question is, which year of canon to drop him off?

Second as the genuine article to Lockharts hot air? Though Viserys could solve the plot of that book in 5 minutes. Four of those needed to collect the basilisks skull.

Or fifth, as the "guest lecturer" for Divination. The interactions with Umbridge would be a never ending source of amusement.
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I was thinking 2nd year pretty much, yeah. Replacing Lockhart just makes sense, since he literally went on all his crazy adventures, but instead of everyone eating that drivel like they do with Lockhart, Viserys has no "credibility" to his claims, so they don't buy it, and thus everyone underestimates him.
 
Duesal said:
I wonder how Viserys' SR would interact with Harry Potter wizards... Would the vast majority of their spells simply bounce off save for those of the more powerful wizards?
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No kidding, that was the first thought that when through my mind when I read @Azel's post.

And yes, I believe he would be basically invulnerable to most direct magic, except that coming from unusually powerful or experienced magic users in the HP setting. Right now with SR 27, unless a caster is using a spell which ignores SR, has special feats to help them overcome SR, or using a spell like Assay Spell Resistance, Viserys is basically immune to anything a 6th level or lower spellcaster could throw at him.
 
Goldfish said:
No kidding, that was the first thought that when through my mind when I read @Azel's post.

And yes, I believe he would be basically invulnerable to most direct magic, except that coming from unusually powerful or experienced magic users in the HP setting. Right now with SR 27, unless a caster is using a spell which ignores SR, has special feats to help them overcome SR, or using a spell like Assay Spell Resistance, Viserys is basically immune to anything a 6th level or lower spellcaster could throw at him.
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Okay but question. Would Death Ward basically make him immune to Killing Curses?
 
Crake said:
I was thinking 2nd year pretty much, yeah. Replacing Lockhart just makes sense, since he literally went on all his crazy adventures, but instead of everyone eating that drivel like they do with Lockhart, Viserys has no "credibility" to his claims, so they don't buy it, and thus everyone underestimates him.
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Still leaves the problem that he can Bloodwish: Stone to Flesh the plot of that book to shambles, even if he can't gut the Basilisk early on or detect Ginnys passenger.
 
Azel said:
Question is, which year of canon to drop him off?

Second as the genuine article to Lockharts hot air? Though Viserys could solve the plot of that book in 5 minutes. Four of those needed to collect the basilisks skull.

Or fifth, as the "guest lecturer" for Divination. The interactions with Umbridge would be a never ending source of amusement.
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Fifth year!
The ploy of year 2 was dumb, and can be solved through brute force.
Year 5 involves politics and diplomacy, which is where this quest shines!
 
Crake said:
Okay but question. Would Death Ward basically make him immune to Killing Curses?
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Assuming the spell is actually a Death effect, yes.

Of course, there are various fanon interpretations of the effect; from a Death effect, to a method to simply shut off the nervous system, right on up to destruction of the soul.
 
He could True Sight to at least see something up with any student's odd behavior, so even if it wasn't Ginny who ended up with the diary, he'd eventually figure it out, then collect the book and study it, find out it's a Horcrux, take it to Dumbledore, see through his transparent attempt to deflect his attention away from it, and... yeah, the plot would go kinda crazy from there.

"You're just WILLFULLY ignoring an Evil Overlord when you know he's alive still?!"

"Well... prophecy."

"FUCK prophecy, just tell me where the little bastards are and I'll handle it!"

"Well, that would be difficult..." *explains circumstances, also death eaters, and Harry Potter (a little)*

Viserys, gaping: "Is everyone with even a little authority around here insane?!"

Dumbles: "Well, we are wizards."

Viserys: "I'm a Dragon. Your argument is invalid."

Albus: "So it is."
 
Ah! Time for omakes is it? Soon you say?

There's been one percolating around my head for a while, ever since that fateful night in the salt cave when the Quest almost died. It's about a veteran quester introducing a few new ones to the veritable complex that is the Salt Cave and its numerous denizens.

A fun crossover would be to import Viserys to Azel's Quest, teach those River-Nomads a lesson :lol.

Seriously though, I think an awesome crossover would be to insert Ser Richard into canon ASOIAF just when Ser Darry dies. Sure, he's this uberknight with magical gizmos and weapons that could take on the whole Kingsguard and live to tell the tale, but he's still in a world of painfully low magic with an infant liege who has no magic + his little sister. What would he do I wonder?


Duesal said:
Darkest Dungeon is a Lovecraft-inspired video game. The basic premise is that you play as a lordling who's inherited the absolute shittiest piece of land. Not shitty because it's rundown or backwater, shitty because the once magnificent mansion and lands have been infested with corruption and eldritch horrors, leaving the only relatively safe spot a nearby hamlet. The entire game is sending expeditions into the corrupted ruins to retrieve treasures and beat back the horrors, and steadily building up the hamlet as something vaguely serviceable.
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The art style reminded me of Frostpunk's trailer. Great game, can't recommend it enough.



DragonParadox said:
for she alone had spoken to a Greenseer who was not Blodoraven.
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Sound like an old school Nu-Metal Band :rofl:.

Azel said:
And everyone on Planetos knows what happens to things Viserys Targaryen considers a liability.
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I wonder when this statement will become one of those things that are simply known and accepted by everyone, like Tywin's ruthlessness or Oberyn's love of poisons.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
Fifth year!
The ploy of year 2 was dumb, and can be solved through brute force.
Year 5 involves politics and diplomacy, which is where this quest shines!
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No, it would be 4th year. Viserys in Red Dragon form would have been taking a nap in a nice mountain lair while trying to figure out how the hell to get back to Planetos, when the next thing he knows, he wakes up in an arena full of snot-nosed children, laying on a pile of odd-looking eggs. Hilarity ensues.
 
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