- Location
- Germany
Yes you can.
If any two overlap you get an astral rift and a lot of property damage.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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If any two overlap you get an astral rift and a lot of property damage.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
Well, if it is the building the demiplane is anchored to, then we totally can lift that in its fullest by stockpiling buffs onto our dragon form.
...Can someone find those calculations 3 or 4 thousand pages ago?
Ones where results allowed for several thousand tons of powerlifting to be done by a dragon-form?
Also, there is a miniscule possibility of us making an alliance with Warlocks.
A lot of people have different agendas now, than they had in show/books.
- Location
- United States
You just need to make sure they don't overlap, then. Lya can handle the details.
I highly doubt us coming to an accord with those guys.
Remember. Ghost grass. That's bad news.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
To be fair, we have no idea what is that thing really.
Too many rumors, too few actual details.
This thing may be just scary-looking posteffect of their demiplane leaking through.
Like Heart Trees are kind of scary for an uneducated person.
Or Minotaurs. Or leshies.
Etc.
...I have to admit, I'm kind of scared by a notion of fighting against someone who has Lya's PRC maxed out.
Let alone many someones.
:/
- Location
- United States
Don't get your hopes up. ASOIAF is absolutely stuffed with Lovecraft references. Ghost grass is almost certainly something eldritch.
- Location
- Germany
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- He/Him
Realistically speaking, the bigger our library the more redundant books there should be in 'found' foreign libraries.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
BTW, @Azel, I know you want Lya to research the objective gravity of the Plane of Air for future anti-gravity shenanigans, but there are be better alternatives.
We should be able to buy her a scroll of Reverse Gravity on the Plane of Air without much trouble, which she needs for the scheme to work at all.
The best solution, however, is to buy a couple scrolls of Create Demiplane – d20PFSRD, considering the 8th level version of Create Demiplane gives the option to set the effects of gravity however the caster wishes.
We would need one scroll to create the Demiplane itself, and another to add the non-standard gravity feature. Each scroll would only cost 600 IM, though.
This would also be a great time to start work on a custom demiplane of our own. For just 4,000 IM worth diamond dust, we could use Permanency on the demiplane created by the spell. It would have 150,000 cubic feet of space we could use for anything we need, from storage rooms and quarters for the Companions, to a place to keep emergency supplies, sensitive mateials, etc. It would make an excellent fallback position as well, which we could easily ward against Scrying and other types of Divination, as well as hostile intrusion.
If we don't render the second spell to adjust the gravity permanent, it would still gve Lya and Naria 15 days of time to study objective gravity created magically, rather than as an effect inherent to an elemental Plane.
We should be able to buy her a scroll of Reverse Gravity on the Plane of Air without much trouble, which she needs for the scheme to work at all.
The best solution, however, is to buy a couple scrolls of Create Demiplane – d20PFSRD, considering the 8th level version of Create Demiplane gives the option to set the effects of gravity however the caster wishes.
We would need one scroll to create the Demiplane itself, and another to add the non-standard gravity feature. Each scroll would only cost 600 IM, though.
This would also be a great time to start work on a custom demiplane of our own. For just 4,000 IM worth diamond dust, we could use Permanency on the demiplane created by the spell. It would have 150,000 cubic feet of space we could use for anything we need, from storage rooms and quarters for the Companions, to a place to keep emergency supplies, sensitive mateials, etc. It would make an excellent fallback position as well, which we could easily ward against Scrying and other types of Divination, as well as hostile intrusion.
If we don't render the second spell to adjust the gravity permanent, it would still gve Lya and Naria 15 days of time to study objective gravity created magically, rather than as an effect inherent to an elemental Plane.
- Location
- Mexico
Yeah... *Looks at Valyria*, It doesnt work that way for the Lannisters.
The Warlocks will like a collective cr 6, and their loot and library worthy of 5 archmages.
We need to capture a Lannister and check them for any hereditary feat, we must find a way to steal their luck.
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Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
Hey so, everyone, hypothetically, purely hypothetically, but what if we showed up in Qarth intent on ambushing both the Lannisters and despoiling the cracked open egg of the House of the Undying to reap the rewards of both, only to arrive and witness the Warlocks on the verge of unleashing another localized (or not so localized) apocalypse, to the point that we have to seriously consider a bit of classical teeth-clenched team work alongside the Lannisters to end the menace before it can spill out beyond all sense or reason?
@DragonParadox don't lie, I just used my infamous precognitive ability to suss out like half of your upcoming ongoing plot notes.
When I sleuth, I speak truth! TRUTH!
@DragonParadox don't lie, I just used my infamous precognitive ability to suss out like half of your upcoming ongoing plot notes.
When I sleuth, I speak truth! TRUTH!
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
True, as I suspect our library right now is the biggest one on magical matters on Plane Material...
At least of those not ruined/forgotten and/or in Valyria.
But such parties as Mysterium, Maesters (and possibly Warlocks) would have libraries at least comparable to our.
And likely having a lot of specialised lore we do not have, as Mysterium hoarded Valyrian lore, Maesters have an incredible stockpile of non-magical knowledge, and so on.
So yeah.
Even though we'll not be getting any crazy numbers to our library from taking a random Free City anymore, taking these libraries will for sure add to our amassed lore substantially.
And then there is the Spire-library of Opaline Vault.
We'll need a loooot of books to trade with them to get even a quarter of their epic-grade bookhoard.
Update in beta.
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- Germany
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- He/Him
Problem: To understand gravity, respectively how spells interact with gravity, you must understand the spell (or gravity on a fundamental level). There's a slight problem with level 8 spells and understanding (except I missed a crucial Lya level up?).
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- Mexico
Sigh, antelope men, really? Yeah i'm sorry lazharene, but you are becoming a protectorate, no way you can survive out here on your own.
And no, "outbreeding them" its not a valid survival strategy on humans, yes i know It has worked for you so far, gods know It worked for the riverlands, but there are some serious threats out there.
LOOK! A STIFF BREEZE!
*Cower in fear*
See? Just, just let me do this as a favor, come, i have some lettuce, come, see? Its good, theres more, just sign the papers.
And no, "outbreeding them" its not a valid survival strategy on humans, yes i know It has worked for you so far, gods know It worked for the riverlands, but there are some serious threats out there.
LOOK! A STIFF BREEZE!
*Cower in fear*
See? Just, just let me do this as a favor, come, i have some lettuce, come, see? Its good, theres more, just sign the papers.
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Part MMCLXXXI: Soldiers, Sailors and Spirits
Of Soldiers, Sailors and Spirits
Fourth Day of the Fourth Month 293 AC
When you ask Zherys how you may aid him in his coup, his answer proves rather chilling. He hands you a slit of paper with the names of Volantine notables, all of them his supporters and likely targets of the demon conjurers' plot, explaining that he does not have the mages to protect them in addition to other more vital allies but their survival would make his ascension to power smoother. Being fair to the man what he deems 'more important' is certainly deserving of the consideration: the city's major reservoirs, granaries and major temples known to contain relics and priests whose sacrifice to the powers of the Pit could call greater fiends or beget lasting defilement.
Considering the stakes you ask to have at least some your companions assigned to these more vital tasks, but Zherys is hesitant to uproot agents that have been carefully set in place for weeks so that their lack of presence will not cause undue suspicion. In the end it is decided that any help you bring will act mostly as a mobile reserve, translocated to wherever it is most needed. They are keep their most distinctive magic in check, though not at the cost of safety to either themselves or Volantis as a whole.
"Damnably persistent as rumors can be, I would rather deal with such than poisoned aqueducts," the High Speaker says firmly.
Much of the rest of the day is given over to looking over the various points of interest, who would be best suited to protecting them, and which among Zherys allies could be trusted enough that they might be saved even at the cost of revealing your alliance with him in some manner. As the day marches on you note with some interest that Zherys seems to need food as little as you do, though he offers to have both lunch and dinner served.
You accept the latter, topics turning to somewhat more esoteric matters over fresh fried eels and mixed rice. Zherys is more than happy to explain the lore of Meraxes as he understands it in exchange for repayment in kind with regards to the Old Gods and Yss, the two divine influences of Sorcerer's Deep he knows little of, or at least so he claims.
The Dragon god Meraxes
The Watcher in the Night, the Soldier's Friend, the Duty-Bound
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Domains: Dragons, Nobility, War
Known Supernatural Servitors: Revenants of soldiers who have died in the service of some seemingly impossible duty (They gain the Law-Bound template)
The Church: The servants of Meraxes, as She is remembered in Volantis, were for centuries keepers of memory and honor whose task it was to keep alive the honor of the citizen soldier. Alas the use of Unsullied and sellswords had rendered them less and less relevant with each passing year as the priests struggled to retain some scrap of influence by aggrandizing magisters of a more martial bent, even those who only possessed the desire for glory in battle but not the skill to claim it. Yet through it all the altar was never dark, the swords still stood upon the Walk of Heroes, even those wrought of priceless spellsteel. No family would dare disgrace itself by drawing a blade sheathed in the earth besides a great general's ashes. Visions began to fly through the dreams of the keepers of the temple, whispers in the deepest night, for what is death, even a god's death, to duty's call?
Tenets of the Faith: The virtues Meraxes calls for are those for a soldier to live by, ever to have a weapon but never to draw it thoughtlessly or in haste, to keep the orders of one's superiors lest they work against the greater interests of the army and one's comrades, never to fight a war of fratricide.
The Watcher in the Night, the Soldier's Friend, the Duty-Bound
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Domains: Dragons, Nobility, War
Known Supernatural Servitors: Revenants of soldiers who have died in the service of some seemingly impossible duty (They gain the Law-Bound template)
The Church: The servants of Meraxes, as She is remembered in Volantis, were for centuries keepers of memory and honor whose task it was to keep alive the honor of the citizen soldier. Alas the use of Unsullied and sellswords had rendered them less and less relevant with each passing year as the priests struggled to retain some scrap of influence by aggrandizing magisters of a more martial bent, even those who only possessed the desire for glory in battle but not the skill to claim it. Yet through it all the altar was never dark, the swords still stood upon the Walk of Heroes, even those wrought of priceless spellsteel. No family would dare disgrace itself by drawing a blade sheathed in the earth besides a great general's ashes. Visions began to fly through the dreams of the keepers of the temple, whispers in the deepest night, for what is death, even a god's death, to duty's call?
Tenets of the Faith: The virtues Meraxes calls for are those for a soldier to live by, ever to have a weapon but never to draw it thoughtlessly or in haste, to keep the orders of one's superiors lest they work against the greater interests of the army and one's comrades, never to fight a war of fratricide.
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Fifth Day of the Fourth Month 293 AC
The next morning you meet with Garin in the anonymous environs of a tavern well away from the walls of Old Volantis, the sort of place where you can see with your own eyes the mood of craftsmen, peddlers, and clerks. Most seem tense, but with a hopeful buzzing of excitement over the conquest of the Rhoyne underlain with the odd dark muttering about 'feckless slaves'. The Elephants do not seem to be working very hard to discredit Zherys' army, perhaps in hopes of luring him into a false sense of security.
Garin has slightly more nuanced news, particularly from the harborside where the Volantine Fleet's ships usually lie at anchor. There have been trouble keeping the galley slaves in line the past few months with several marines and sailors killed in failed revolts, a pittance next to the number of slaves killed of course, but enough to sour a significant portion of captains and crews of Zherys' ideas.
"It's probably the lack of glory to be had as much as anything," Garin continues. "A few galleys light enough to sail up the Rhyone were sent along to protect the supply ships from pirates and the like, but such work does not gilded wreaths make."
"Did you hear any captains or officers talking about following suite?" you ask. "Simply releasing the galley slaves."
"Of course not. It's cheaper to work slaves to death at the oars than pay freemen." He takes a long drink of beer as though to get some unpleasant taste out of his mouth. "It never occurs to them that having oarsmen that want to kill the rest of the crew is part of the price they are already paying, not to mention the fact that a freeman might push himself beyond his ordinary limits at the promise of more coin or a rousing speech, but in all likelihood whipping a slave to do the same will just break him. Little wonder they kept losing at sea..."
"So, I wonder what Glyra's doing," Maelor says with somewhat forced good cheer, likely recalling his own stint as a slave aboard a ship.
"She still needs time she says," you answer, going on to explain that Glyra was not able to find any fire fey by the feel of their magic, which she deemed a fortunate thing because the ones easiest to find thus are the truly mighty among the spirit-kin. However, she had remained convinced that there must be some servants of Ymeri in the city slipping through the cracks in the world to aid their mistress' cause in small ways. She asked for three days time for the task, or at the very least finding some sort of rumormonger wiling to trade it away for a price.
How do you address Benerro?
[] Write in
OOC: This includes topics approach and also who you want to take with you to the temple.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Reverse Gravity is level 7, which Lya can cast now. Studying the objective gravity within an artificial demiplane will not only be safer for Lya, but should also provide insight into how to manipulate it better.
egoo
Totally Not Creating Problems Where None Existed
- Location
- Russia
A LN god?
Well, here goes a fine addition to our pantheon.
Old Gods, Yss, Merlin King and Meraxes will make 4.
...I really don't think we can count Burny (for all numbers of his worshippers), or Moonsingers' as part of pantheon, not really.
One is too much of an asshole, and others are against many of our "religious practices" :/
Well, here goes a fine addition to our pantheon.
Old Gods, Yss, Merlin King and Meraxes will make 4.
...I really don't think we can count Burny (for all numbers of his worshippers), or Moonsingers' as part of pantheon, not really.
One is too much of an asshole, and others are against many of our "religious practices" :/
Just as a note She might be LN but a lot of her priests tend to be LE and almost none of them are LG simply because of how theology and ceremony was influenced by Valyrian values and norms.
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- ?????????
The last of the dragon gods... it's almost sad in a way.
Is she now? In their tombs ever dead gods may dream...
- Location
- France
Okay, that's incredibly cool and evocative. I love it!
Don't worry, soon Daenerys will pick up the slack.
- Location
- Mexico
Well, LN is almost saintly by Valyrian standars, if a bit naive.
I have a Valyrian-calibrated alignment chart somewhere...
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