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

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Azel said:
[X] Plan Just A Merchant
-[X] "I apologize, if I gave you offense your highness. I am after all just a humble merchant in these lands, picking up bits and pieces on my travels. With what I gathered, I felt it unlikely that the Sultan would bother you over this, given recent events." Lay it on a bit thick. She should be perfectly aware that 'humble merchant' is not exactly the title most would bestow upon you.
-[X] "It is said that many feel it in their bones that the City of Brass has become weak and complacent. Of the war going poorly and the enemies of the Sultan gathering to strike him down. Even the firewhales no longer cover in fear before the Efreeti, instead striking down their hunters and offering good coin to any who are willing to bear arms in their defense." A bit of news from around.
-[X] "There are rumors afloat of an entire convoy of his simply vanishing. They tell of a Red Dragon having come, carrying wrath in his heart against the Sultan and wielding flames that burn so hot that even spirits of pure fire are consumed by its touch. It was said that he cares not for conquest or supplication, but only for the riches he can claim from his slain foes. Some even say that he would come to aid any who oppose the Sultans armies, just to bring them low and take the spoils from those he felled." Now, if she has a good sense motive or True Sight, this should be obvious. If not, the mix of our initial offer and the tale we spin here should be more then enough to let her connect the dots while maintaining plausible deniability if the Efreeti are listening in.
-[X] "But let us not speak about politics. I am, after all, a merchant. Though I doubt that any blades I could offer would earn me anything except laughter in these halls, there are other things I deal in. Some that might be quite interesting to you in such troubled times." *procure a flask of Liquid Ice* "After all, the Efreeti garrison of your lands certainly ensures your safety, but it would not do to rely entirely on them. They might be called away to aid another loyal retainer of the Sultan. It might be wise to prepare for the event that they might suddenly disappear." We have contraband weapons and are perfectly willing to murder a few Efreeti for nothing more then their dead bodies and worldly posessions. Deal?

I like doing these kind of talks.
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We don't have any Liquid Ice at the moment.
 
spiritualatheist said:
which is why we would never give one as a gift to some random salamander queen.
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Head of the rebellion that we want to induce, central planning point and first contact. Motivated by vengeance and potentially hopeful for the future.

Someone we want to get a working relationship with and that we want to impress.
 
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BeepSmile said:
Head of the rebellion that we want to induce, central planning point and first contact. Motivated by vengeance and potentially hopeful for the future.
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Nope. Heads of state can buy their own Mindblank items. Any we purchase or craft will go to the Companions. After that, we have many, many other people who would get one before some wannabe ally.
 
BeepSmile said:
I think he means it over heals and combusts/explodes, could be a viable bomb idea if engineered, but may or may not be a great use of research time.

Might as well keep an eye out.

Lol, as if we don't look the bedrock and oceans and flames and...
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Yeah, but what it really means is that it won't double and double again round by round forever eventually testing the limits of the "infinite" Plane of Fire. It might not get it all but DP already implied a limit on the habitable areas.

Bombs are boring, there's a thousand ways to make them, what you want to do is engineer a spore ridden ball of clay around a metal sphere inscribed with Kelgore's Firebolt for fire damage per round to CL of the crafting.

It should go something like, Ball > 5ft > 10ft > 20ft... To about 80/160ft at CL 5/6.

It's a grenade of encroaching cold damage and area denial that can only be removed by Cold Damage and the assholes it is best used against have forbidden cold magic.

This is anti-efreeti AF, I'll try to write it up prettier later but that's the gist.
 
Azel said:
*sigh*

Can't you adjust the alchemy schedule to have a made a small batch before the trip? It's just such a nice dramatic effect and it's not as if the few crates full of alchemists fire aren't gathering dust right now.
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Done.

We are now the proud owners of 138 flasks of Liquid Ice, justified by the excuse that we would have prepared it prior to visiting the Plane of Fire, just in case. That will decrease our Alchemist's Fire production by 173 flasks this turn, though.

At 1.6667 IM per flask, the stuff doesn't cost us very much, but it might make a nice gift to the Salamander Queen?
 
Azel said:
*sigh*

Can't you adjust the alchemy schedule to have a made a small batch before the trip? It's just such a nice dramatic effect and it's not as if the few crates full of alchemists fire aren't gathering dust right now.
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Handwave as Viserys planning this idea as "useful things to have for making statements".

Like Mammon's Avatar's corpse! :D
 
Deliste said:
Yeah, but what it really means is that it won't double and double again round by round forever eventually testing the limits of the "infinite" Plane of Fire. It might not get it all but DP already implied a limit on the habitable areas.

Bombs are boring, there's a thousand ways to make them, what you want to do is engineer a spore ridden ball of clay around a metal sphere inscribed with Kelgore's Firebolt for fire damage per round to CL of the crafting.

It should go something like, Ball > 5ft > 10ft > 20ft... To about 80/160ft at CL 5/6.

It's a grenade of encroaching cold damage and area denial that can only be removed by Cold Damage and the assholes it is best used against have forbidden cold magic.

This is anti-efreeti AF, I'll try to write it up prettier later but that's the gist.
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This is pure genius.
 
Goldfish said:
Done.

We are now the proud owners of 138 flasks of Liquid Ice, justified by the excuse that we would have prepared it prior to visiting the Plane of Fire, just in case. That will decrease our Alchemist's Fire production by 173 flasks this turn, though.

At 1.6667 IM per flask, the stuff doesn't cost us very much, but it might make a nice gift to the Salamander Queen?
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Eh. We can give her a crate as a sample and then sell it for 3 IM a bottle.

Should also sell it to the Shaitan.
 
@Azel she asked about her son and you opened with that for a reason.

A mother's love will move a heart of fire far better than another empty promise of freedom and bloody rebellion. She is not going to sell out her people for trinkets. (Many people have probably promised weapons and the like before, give her something unique).

If nothing else we could hide him on the plane of balance. Swear them to secrecy of course but...

We already told the pirates and all.

Not sure bragging about the raid is that good an idea... Could go either way really, I'll leave it to you.

Edit: anyway, back to work! Try not to forget why your opening argument was so good.
 
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zxzx24 said:
@Azel she asked about her son and you opened with that for a reason.

A mother's love will move a heart of fire far better than another empty promise of freedom and bloody rebellion. She is not going to sell out her people for trinkets. (Many people have probably promised weapons and the like before, give her something unique).

If nothing else we could hide him on the plane of balance. Swear them to secrecy of course but...

We already told the pirates and all.

Not sure bragging about the read is that good an idea... Could go either way really, I'll leave it to you.
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She wants a guarantee that bringing back one son won't lose her all of her sons and daughters, her own life and that of her people.

This is about her love for her son.

[X] Azel
 
zxzx24 said:
@Azel she asked about her son and you opened with that for a reason.

A mother's love will move a heart of fire far better than another empty promise of freedom and bloody rebellion. She is not going to sell out her people for trinkets. (Many people have probably promised weapons and the like before, give her something unique).

If nothing else we could hide him on the plane of balance. Swear them to secrecy of course but...

We already told the pirates and all.

Not sure bragging about the raid is that good an idea... Could go either way really, I'll leave it to you.

Edit: anyway, back to work! Try not to forget why your opening argument was so good.
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The thing is that the offer of getting her son back fell flat due to her fear of the Sultans armies.

So her child is still on the table and we now come to the part where the Sultans army can't do shit about it.
 
Stuff like this makes me realize why outsiders seem to think of the Plane of Balance as this werid mix of California and El Dorado.

[X] Azel
 
DUDE YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

I moved 1,700 miles East and people think California is the promised land or something.

I can't even afford to live in my native state as a bachelor.
 
spiritualatheist said:
This is pure genius.
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I was mistaken, in the worst way :cry:

Kelgore's Firebolt only does round by round damage in 4/5e, I can't recall and I don't want to. I feel dirty. @TotallyNotEvil please forgive me.

I did however find a vastly more appropriate replacement that even has a one round grace period built in for a true grenade like effect.

Sultan's Tribute

A sphere of deep red clay interspersed with burnt-brown particulates of Brown Mold, surrounding an inscribed metal core and embossed with a thumb sized portrait of a Dragon.
When depressed the Dragon Grins and the core is activated.

Effect:
When activated the core produces a Heat Metal effect causing the Brown Mold to grow until the duration has run it's course with a one round grace period for the user, doubling round by round thereafter from 5ft to an 80ft spread.
 
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