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

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Ladoss said:
Huh. Placing phoenix as the Leto's watcher is essentially like making that cat Silvanshee minder of Viserys. Of course she's going to be annoyed about weakling lecturing her about morals.
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From our own experiences Velen was a lot more helpful than preachy.

We always liked him, even though he had the same alignment as the Silvanshee.
I think the Lesser Phoenix, if he is anything like Velen, would handle Leto much better than Shadow worked with us.

Still not a good idea, in total, but Phoenixes seem a lot less annoying than most Good Outsiders without the elemental components.
 
Azel said:
Again there was a sad shake of a flower that was also a head. "Don't worry, you will know how to use it when it's time. As for an explanation, I can't give any. Some things have to play out on their own. All I can give you is this." It paused and straightened itself to it's full, impressive height, which was barely eye-level with Anya now that she was sitting on the ground. When it spoke next, it's words seemed distant and strange to her ears, as if it recited something. Something not quite meant for her ears. "Treason abounds, yet only one traitor walks the nights. Find his path and remember thyself."
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I guess this is why people don't like Fey, even the nice ones.
 
Artemis1992 said:
I guess this is why people don't like Fey, even the nice ones.
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The next chapter will shed some light on why the Leshy couldn't do more then this and had to stay mum about what it knew.

Though, to fuel the wild guessing, a Leshy is a plant spirit animated by the Old Gods, not a Fey. It's not story logic that ties it's hands.
Crake said:
I just noticed that we always seem to post them close together, is all. Was that planned? :lol
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If so, then on your side. I've said yesterday that I will write a bunch today.
 
lancelot said:
Because once again and this is important they can't be tracked by Magic and you can't track them with mundane methods when they're flying through the fucking air.
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"Hi Yss, is within the next week one of our mountain villages suffering an unprecedented number of deaths? If yes, when and where?"
 
lancelot said:
Alright first I never said anything about an army of dragons I said that once a dragon got to the adult stage do need a small army to have a chance in hell of dealing with him. Unless you had a group of people eats like hours who can't exactly be everywhere at the drop of a hat. Got in caves are more than enough it would be different if the bitch goddess hadn't made all of her new Red Dragons apparently divination proof so that they can't be found with magic. What she did so you would have to search all the various mountain ranges and every Cavern in those mountain ranges as somebody who is visited the national parks in the Rocky Mountain areas of North America good fucking luck with that.

Nevermind all the other creepy crawlies in a fantasy world that will try to eat the shit out of armies trying to crawl their way through the Peaks and valleys of what is probably some very large mountain ranges on fantasy world fuck the seasons. I'm sorry but if you don't have an idea of the sense of scale we're talking about when we're talking about entire mountain ranges in the uncountable caverns that are in those mountain ranges I can't explain to you that scale. They could stay up there for decades and even if we assign entire armies to search from Valley to Peak day in and day out you would never find them all. If they were feeling murderous any Village nearby they could just fly their way down towards a couple of buildings eat the corpses and fuck off on home and we went be able to do anything about it until after the fact. Because once again and this is important they can't be tracked by Magic and you can't track them with mundane methods when they're flying through the fucking air.

Tiamat's chromatic dragons if not dealt with now or a long-term exponential threat, if we can't deal with them ourselves here now before they go into hiding and before the priests make more of them we need their natural enemy who is also pretty much without exception in Canon the natural allies and Protectors of nearly every Mortal race except for Drop and such for good reason.
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You started this whole tangent saying "Dragons are a long-term issue. They will multiply and be a problem. We should introduce Good ones to keep the Evil ones in check".
Therefore, we are focusing on the following points:
1. Dragons don't fight together. Swarms of Dragons laying waste to the countryside are unlikely to be a real issue. Indeed Dragons are territorial and fight each other!
2. Long-term, all of this is irrelevant. This Plane is incredibly inhospitable to young Dragons. They won't ever grow to a dangerous size.
3. The small number of Mindblanked Dragons won't be a long-term concern. We're killing them ourselves before they can grow much. Daenerys is dedicated to it IC and we care about it OOC. They're fucked.
4. Long-term, WE EXIST. We'll handle it when it becomes too much of a problem.
 
Artemis1992 said:
This should be a Call in the Ether, since we don't intend to sacrifice the Erinyes.
[X] Goldfish
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Ah, thanks for point that out. The turn plan and schedule have been corrected to reflect the proper actions.
Azel said:
@DragonParadox, I think you want these parts for the fleet matters:

I would also like to point out that we should be able to replace the lost galley automatically, since the infrastructure and personal is costly enough that the ship itself should be a rounding error when we just use a captured slaver vessel.
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And now that the Hardening Chamber is up and running, @DragonParadox, every part of the ship, including all of the wooden structural components, should be Hardened before being assembled. This war galley would be the first of a new breed of war ships, a virtual ironclad in terms of durability.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
This Plane is incredibly inhospitable to young Dragons. They won't ever grow to a dangerous size.
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To be fair, that isn't explicitly true.

Just like we are interested in eradicating them, Tiamat is interested in them surviving.
A powerful goddess, mind you.
One whose schemes we haven't been actively counteracting for a while.

I have my bets on dozens of dragons already having been hatched and hidden wherever she can.
We have to put an effort in eradicating them all while they are small.

Next month, we are getting orb.
Then we sacrifice it to either Yss or OGs and try to get a reliable unlockable way of scrying out dragons and dragon-blooded on great distances.

Sounds good, @Duesal, @Azel, @Goldfish?
Seeing as everyone wants that thing gone instead of immediately putting it to use against Tiamat, at least we can try to make something useful out of it :/

And then, its all scry-and-die.
 
egoo said:
To be fair, that isn't explicitly true.

Just like we are interested in eradicating them, Tiamat is interested in them surviving.
A powerful goddess, mind you.
One whose schemes we haven't been actively counteracting for a while.

I have my bets on dozens of dragons already having been hatched and hidden wherever she can.
We have to put an effort in eradicating them all while they are small.

Next month, we are getting orb.
Then we sacrifice it to either Yss or OGs and try to get a reliable unlockable way of scrying out dragons and dragon-blooded on great distances.

Sounds good, @Duesal, @Azel, @Goldfish?
Seeing as everyone wants that thing gone instead of immediately putting it to use against Tiamat, at least we can try to make something useful out of it :/

And then, its all scry-and-die.
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We know the Orb won't be disturbed for at least six months. I don't want to commit to trying to retrieve it next month, as we don't know what else will come up in the meantime. We've already for the expedition to the Plane of Water and the ruins of Valyria next month.
 
Goldfish said:
We know the Orb won't be disturbed for at least six months. I don't want to commit to trying to retrieve it next month, as we don't know what else will come up in the meantime. We've already for the expedition to the Plane of Water and the ruins of Valyria next month.
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And I believe we were trying to limit ourselves to two major 'outside action' points a turn for the near future, given how things are coming together in Essos.
 
Goldfish said:
I take this to mean that you want Viserys to learn Legendary Proportions as his next 7th level spell?
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Eventually yeah.

Oh, and you mentioned that the crafting Wishlist was growing short?
Does Azema have stuff there? She really really needs something to enhance her natural weapons - to get past DR, to deal more damage... Without that she's a subpar combatant for her level. With it she has some pretty great lifesteal. Of course if possible a sneak attack item would be perfect for her too, but maybe it'd be too expensive...

EDIT: And of course we could do with more magical improvements to our cities. Give Tyrosh upgrades!
 
egoo said:
We have to put an effort in eradicating them all while they are small.
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No we don't.
Dragons grow very slowly, most are too proud to put in the learning needed for classlevels and they are extremly unlikely to unite.

We can absolutly afford to stay reactive rather than active when it comes to dragons and only kill them when they attack our territory.
Preferably before or while that happens, by divination.

The only Dragons dangerous to usare extraplanar ones, who could grow old, strong and wise in much more dangerous regions than Planetos.

The True Reds on our plane are not even a threat to our Legion right now and it will take centuries of growth before they could try to challenge the current Viserys, nevermind the future one.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
Eventually yeah.

Oh, and you mentioned that the crafting Wishlist was growing short?
Does Azema have stuff there? She really really needs something to enhance her natural weapons - to get past DR, to deal more damage... Without that she's a subpar combatant for her level. With it she has some pretty great lifesteal. Of course if possible a sneak attack item would be perfect for her too, but maybe it'd be too expensive...

EDIT: And of course we could do with more magical improvements to our cities. Give Tyrosh upgrades!
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We've given Azema some basic equipment, though that could stand to be increased, too. I'll add a Ring of Natural Weapons +1 (x2 Claw Attacks) to the crafting schedule for her.
 
MTB said:
"Hi Yss, is within the next week one of our mountain villages suffering an unprecedented number of deaths? If yes, when and where?"
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Except for Tiamat these Red Dragons are her personal project and her tool for fucking us over. I'm all but certain that if we ask that DP's answer would be about as accurate as a Magic 8 Ball. Signs of Cloudy ask later because that bitch is paying attention to you and his warning her little hateful weapons.

@dragon paradox that reminds me seeing how were a red dragon and we have there for a mystical connection to that bitch. Does that mean it's easier for her to spy on and pay attention to us to keep tabs on us?
 
Goldfish said:
And speaking of Essos, don't our plan for Lys also come to fruition next turn as well?
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The fuse lights this turn, I believe, so yes. However I see Lys as more of an internal action, as they're already ours. They just don't know it yet.

Still, giving @Azel the time he asks for will be critical in the next few months. Bringing in Mantarys, Volantis, Myr, Tolos and Lys isn't going be easy over the timescales I think we're running on. Taking out Pentos to bind Braavos to us is in a month or two as well, if I recall right.
 
Artemis1992 said:
No we don't.
Dragons grow very slowly, most are too proud to put in the learning needed for classlevels and they are extremly unlikely to unite.

We can absolutly afford to stay reactive rather than active when it comes to dragons and only kill them when they attack our territory.
Preferably before or while that happens, by divination.

The only Dragons dangerous to usare extraplanar ones, who could grow old, strong and wise in much more dangerous regions than Planetos.

The True Reds on our plane are not even a threat to our Legion right now and it will take centuries of growth before they could try to challenge the current Viserys, nevermind the future one.
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I honestly see it being incredibly worth it in sheer saying "No, fuck you, and fuck your attempts at restoring your precious children" to Tiamat.

They are all great sacrifices and great crafting materials.
Those blessed by Tiamat are also especially worth killing/sacrificing while blessing holds, so that she is weakened.
And that time window is somewhat limited, I believe.

I want her to expend more power.
I want her to fail.
I want to kill all "successes" of her.
This is our damn plane, and we are the top dragon here.

So yes, I'd rather be proactive here.

But I see that noone is interested at bringing an end to her ongoing operations for at least 3 months, so I'll just shut up about it and be salty.

Going for a nap now, too bored.
 
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