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

[egoo]

Guide to Dawn Fruit​

What is Dawn Fruit?
Dawn Fruit's proper name is "Elysium Fruit", and it originally comes from the long-sundered Celestial Planes. This fruit is golden and magical, and it never rots. It's a bit difficult to grow because it can't be grown by mortal hands.

What are its effects in raw fruit form?
For the actual magical effects, in its raw fruit form its primary effect is this:

• Cures Fatigue/Lessens Exhaustion to Fatigue and grants +2 sacred bonus to saves vs. Necromancy spells for one hour
• Never rots

The part that we mainly care about is that it cures fatigue and lessens exhaustion to fatigue, which makes it perfect for forced marches for the Legion and for any high-intensity adventures where rest can't be afforded.

What are its effects when turned into mead?
Yes, our minions (specifically Thoros Voronys' brewer family) figured out how to turn the Dawn Fruit into a drink. Here's what they came up with:

• Grants a +2 alchemical bonus to charisma skill checks and a +2 moral bonus to will saves to those who have become 'intoxicated'
• It causes no physical aftereffects, but does bring about a -1 penalty to will saves for 1d4 hours after the effect has worn off from the feeling of loss
• Does not spoil

Do we have to worry about alignment changes if we eat/drink?
In raw fruit form, no. DP has confirmed it is highly unlikely to see any kind of alignment changes due to consumption if you stick with the raw fruit. The other forms like the Dawn Fruit Mead are a bit more iffy.

How many trees do we have right now?
We have two sets of trees: 12 trees by the greenhouses in Sorcerer's Deep, and then 1170 trees around the Tree of Dawn weirwood we enchanted with a triple plant growth effect. For obvious reasons the trees around the weirwood will be producing fruit much faster and more frequently.

How does that Dawn Weirwood Heart Tree work in the first place? What's the setup there?
Each Weirwood Heart Tree has a default range for its Hallow effects (and all secondary effects) of a 30 ft. radius. However, if you make all three secondary effects the exact same thing, then through efficiency the Old Gods are able to extend the range to nine times what it originally was, stretching that radius from 30 ft. to 360 ft. With the Tree of Dawn we stacked triple Plant Growth effects so that the trees would be directly exposed to divine magic from the Old Gods for growth and thus further accelerate the production of the fruit. Dawn Fruit trees are a rough equivalent of apple trees, so with the amount of space an apple tree would need we were able to fit 1170 trees into the 360 ft. radius of the Tree of Dawn so that all of them benefit from the divine Plant Growth.

How are we getting the trees watered?
A self-sustaining irrigation system has been designed by our best engineers and our bulabar (tinker fey). It's been taken care of.

We still need people to tend to the trees somehow. Who's doing that?
Since we couldn't have mortals do it, we turned to Leshys. There are currently One Advanced Druid Creature Lotus Leshy, four Advanced Giant Fungal Leshys, and fifteen Advanced Giant Leaf Leshys tending to the Dawn Fruit orchard and its central weirwood. They tend to all the trees and make sure the fruit is growing properly, and they are also tasked with its defense in case any thieves try to get lucky. The Advanced Druid Creature Lotus Leshy is the overseer of the other Leshys.

How many Dawn Fruits are we supposed to get each month considering the tree's are hooked up to the Old Gods?
Through DP-approved math we have arrived at the following conclusion:
Given that we have no apples, but celestial fruits, we assume that they yield only 5% of an apple tree, but that the Plant Growth effect means that they do so monthly.
Thus we get:
1170 trees * 500 fruits per tree / 20 = 29,250 fruits per month
It might seem a bit much from an outside perspective, but keep in mind that these trees are directly connected to ancient gods of nature (and trees specifically) and exposed to a constant and divine triple Plant Growth effect. Besides, there was quite a bit of work setting this whole thing up in the first place.

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Give this man a threadmark magpie a shiny.

 

[Snowfire]

I still want to see what Waymar comes up with if he tries to concentrate the effects of dawnfruit

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Celestial smoothie grenades.

 

[BeepSmile]

Celestial smoothie grenades.

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A weapon did not occur to me. Huh. Interesting idea.

 

[MTB]

@DragonParadox - information tab for Dawn Fruit?

 

[Goldfish]

[X] Azel

@Azel Can you add this to your plan? My paranoia will thank you. Edit as you see fit.

-[] Immediately before the coup begins in earnest, the group makes the following preparations before splitting up.
--[] Viserys casts Scinitillating Scales, Shield, Mirror Image, and Shield of Faith on Glyra and Teana.
---[] Before hostilities commence, Viserys casts Magic Army, attempting to affect as many allies as possible.
--[] Dany casts Entropic Shield, Sign, Shield of Faith, Ironskin, True Seeing, and Freedom of Movement on herself.
--[] Garin casts Nondetection, Air Walk, and Detect Scrying, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire in order to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.
-[] Teana activates her Shadow-Traced template and casts Shield, Mirror Image, and Spectral Hand, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility. She creates a Ghost Wolf for herself and each of her Shadow Traced duplicates.
--[] Lya casts See Invisibility, Mirror Images, Shield, Heightened Awareness, Invisibility Purge, Barkskin on Richard, Viserys, and herself, Shield of Faith on herself, Richard, and Garin, Owl's Insight on Dany, Overland Flight on Richard, Glyra, and herself, Life Bubble, Mass Aid, Moment of Greatness, and Blessed Aim on everyone. She uses a scroll of Keen Edge on Oathkeeper and a weapon of Garin's choosing.

 

[Duesal]

For turtles and trophies!

[X] Azel

 

[DragonParadox]

@DragonParadox has Taena got herself a nice crossbow to leverage with her figment ability

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Yes, she has

 

[Artemis1992]

[X] Azel

I wonder how Dany will turn back a mix of mercenaries and cultists from the temple.
She could use Holy Word, but the deathcount would propably be unpleasant for her.
With 14HD that leaves bad chances for mooks.

 

[Azel]

[X] Plan Cleaning House
-[X] Dany, Glyra and the Roaming Chaos go to the temple. They will try to leverage her celestial appearance to disperse the mob.
-[X] Garin, Lya, Teana and a dispatchment from Benerro will clear the manses of Old Volantis.
-[X] Viserys, Richard and a few of Benerros elites will take the reservoir right before the coup starts.
-[X] Once they are done there, they join the main forces of the Fiery Hand to march against the Unsullied. Use Magic Army and Searing, Agonising Mass Fire-Shield to buff them.
-[X] Immediately before the coup begins in earnest, the group makes the following preparations before splitting up.
--[X] Viserys casts Scinitillating Scales, Shield, Mirror Image, and Shield of Faith on Glyra and Teana.
--[X] Dany casts Entropic Shield, Sign, Shield of Faith, Ironskin, True Seeing, and Freedom of Movement on herself.
--[X] Garin casts Nondetection, Air Walk, and Detect Scrying, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire in order to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.
--[X] Teana activates her Shadow-Traced template and casts Shield, Mirror Image, and Spectral Hand, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility. She creates a Ghost Wolf for herself and each of her Shadow Traced duplicates.
--[X] Lya casts See Invisibility, Mirror Images, Shield, Heightened Awareness, Invisibility Purge, Barkskin on Richard, Viserys, and herself, Shield of Faith on herself, Richard, and Garin, Owl's Insight on Dany, Overland Flight on Richard, Glyra, and herself, Life Bubble, Mass Aid, Moment of Greatness, and Blessed Aim on everyone. She uses a scroll of Keen Edge on Oathkeeper and a weapon of Garin's choosing.

 

[Goldfish]

[X] Plan Cleaning House
-[X] Dany, Glyra and the Roaming Chaos go to the temple. They will try to leverage her celestial appearance to disperse the mob.
-[X] Garin, Lya, Teana and a dispatchment from Benerro will clear the manses of Old Volantis.
-[X] Viserys, Richard and a few of Benerros elites will take the reservoir right before the coup starts.
-[X] Once they are done there, they join the main forces of the Fiery Hand to march against the Unsullied. Use Magic Army and Searing, Agonising Mass Fire-Shield to buff them.
-[X] Immediately before the coup begins in earnest, the group makes the following preparations before splitting up.
--[X] Viserys casts Scinitillating Scales, Shield, Mirror Image, and Shield of Faith on Glyra and Teana.
--[X] Dany casts Entropic Shield, Sign, Shield of Faith, Ironskin, True Seeing, and Freedom of Movement on herself.
--[X] Garin casts Nondetection, Air Walk, and Detect Scrying, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire in order to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.
--[X] Teana activates her Shadow-Traced template and casts Shield, Mirror Image, and Spectral Hand. She creates a Ghost Wolf for herself and each of her Shadow Traced duplicates.
--[X] Lya casts See Invisibility, Mirror Images, Shield, Heightened Awareness, Invisibility Purge, Barkskin on Richard, Viserys, and herself, Shield of Faith on herself, Richard, and Garin, Owl's Insight on Dany, Overland Flight on Richard, Glyra, and herself, Life Bubble, Mass Aid, Moment of Greatness, and Blessed Aim on everyone. She uses a scroll of Keen Edge on Oathkeeper and a weapon of Garin's choosing.

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I updated Teana's section to also borrow Viserys'Grimoire to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.

 

[Azel]

I updated Teana's section to also borrow Viserys'Grimoire to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.

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Updated.

 

[egoo]

[X] Azel

 

[Goldfish]

[X] Azel

I wonder how Dany will turn back a mix of mercenaries and cultists from the temple.
She could use Holy Word, but the deathcount would propably be unpleasant for her.
With 14HD that leaves bad chances for mooks.

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She has Clarion Call prepared to easily make herself heard, and she also has a Greater Command spell prepared which can knock a good chunk of people on their ass non-lethally.

 

[Artemis1992]

She has Clarion Call prepared to easily make herself heard, and she also has a Greater Command spell prepared which can knock a good chunk of people on their ass non-lethally.

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Sure, but between hardcore-cultists and mercenaries I don't expect her looks and voice to dissuade many, she'll likely have to turn to violence.

 

[Dracikral]

[x] Azel

 

[Azel]

Preferably she manages to shake the mob while Glyra and her minions drive the cultists together, then she can blast the core of their force with a Holy Word.

Most of the actual slaves will most likely turn tail once the angel starts shouting at them and calling out the wickedness of their leaders.

 

[MTB]

[x] Azel

 

[Goldfish]

Sure, but between hardcore-cultists and mercenaries I don't expect her looks and voice to dissuade many, she'll likely have to turn to violence.

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Her loadout for this mission also has Ice Slick, Sound Burst, and a couple Barbed Chains spells, all of which can be used to inflict a minimum of damage while still putting people in their place. She has plenty of options.

 

[Azel]

The important part here is timing. Once a few Succubi rise from the mob to attack her while Babau start slaughtering people, nobody will be terribly sympathetic to any human who drops from her Holy Word. They will just assume they were more disguised Demons, cultists or what not.

Give them a nice speech about the weight of their sins. That they should go home and seek to free themselves of the burden they had taken upon their soul. Lest it one day crush them.

You just need to offer a decent narrative why the people who died totally deserved it.

 

[T_of_A]

[X] Azel

 

[egoo]

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Adhoc vote count started by egoo on Aug 7, 2018 at 10:13 AM, finished with 213038 posts and 8 votes.

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  [X] Plan Cleaning House
  -[X] Dany, Glyra and the Roaming Chaos go to the temple. They will try to leverage her celestial appearance to disperse the mob.
  -[X] Garin, Lya, Teana and a dispatchment from Benerro will clear the manses of Old Volantis.
  -[X] Viserys, Richard and a few of Benerros elites will take the reservoir right before the coup starts.
  -[X] Once they are done there, they join the main forces of the Fiery Hand to march against the Unsullied. Use Magic Army and Searing, Agonising Mass Fire-Shield to buff them.
  -[X] Immediately before the coup begins in earnest, the group makes the following preparations before splitting up.
  --[X] Viserys casts Scinitillating Scales, Shield, Mirror Image, and Shield of Faith on Glyra and Teana.
  --[X] Dany casts Entropic Shield, Sign, Shield of Faith, Ironskin, True Seeing, and Freedom of Movement on herself.
  --[X] Garin casts Nondetection, Air Walk, and Detect Scrying, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire in order to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility.
  --[X] Teana activates her Shadow-Traced template and casts Shield, Mirror Image, and Spectral Hand, then borrows Viserys' Grimoire to cast Heart of Water and See Invisibility. She creates a Ghost Wolf for herself and each of her Shadow Traced duplicates.
  --[X] Lya casts See Invisibility, Mirror Images, Shield, Heightened Awareness, Invisibility Purge, Barkskin on Richard, Viserys, and herself, Shield of Faith on herself, Richard, and Garin, Owl's Insight on Dany, Overland Flight on Richard, Glyra, and herself, Life Bubble, Mass Aid, Moment of Greatness, and Blessed Aim on everyone. She uses a scroll of Keen Edge on Oathkeeper and a weapon of Garin's choosing.

  • Azel
  • Goldfish
  • Duesal
  • Artemis1992
  • egoo
  • Dracikral
  • MTB
  • T_of_A

 

[DragonParadox]

Vote closed.

 

[Duesal]

Turtles and trophies! Fingers crossed for an impressive-looking demon. We might finally get a proper demon corpse instead of having to resort to marble statues. Then we'll have the full fiendish collection.

 

[TotallyNotEvil]

@egoo What are you talking about? Poison sacs are there precisely so the creature doesn't poison itself.

Afaik, poison doesn't run in the blood for creatures like snakes or spiders,

Hey, I think I found a problem: the fiendish template gives spell resistance of 5+HD. Colossal Monstrous spiders have 32 HD each, for SR 37 I think DP forgot about it, because we really shouldn't have gotten both firebrands to work.

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To a maximum of 25, read the template.

After all a dead man's shoes would been filling."

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Would need filling,

Volantine mage pouring a map of the city in unexpected company,

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Pouring over a map.

Dany is far less quiet in her disdain letting loose a trio of brief but virulent insults, though she at least does so in the tongue of Hell least the demons should have some way to listen in on words spoken in their own black utter

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It occurs to me we should chide her for that, she's got into a habit now.

We have two sets of trees: 12 trees by the greenhouses in Sorcerer's Deep, and then 1170 trees around the Tree of Dawn weirwood we enchanted with a triple Plant Growth effect. For obvious reasons the trees around the weirwood will be producing fruit much faster and more frequently.

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Not to be confused with Dawn Age tree. That threw me for a loop there.

 

[Duesal]

Not to be confused with Dawn Age tree. That threw me for a loop there.

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Yeah, I've been musing on that problem for a while.

I'm thinking of naming the petrified weirwood the Tree of the First Age instead as a callback to Waymar's PrC. Less confusing, and just as cool of a name.