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- Australia
If he could have, he would have. Security is at it's most basic, a barrier to use and he can't make it useless.
He might be able to do something very narrow targeting us directly but we're quite good at workarounds.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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If he could have, he would have. Security is at it's most basic, a barrier to use and he can't make it useless.
He might be able to do something very narrow targeting us directly but we're quite good at workarounds.
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Anticipate Teleportation – Spell – D&D Tools
This will be a must as wide as we can make it.
Also @Duesal did we distribute the book of human understanding to our allies?
This will be a must as wide as we can make it.
Also @Duesal did we distribute the book of human understanding to our allies?
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- France
[X] Hermetia's pre-Mindbender vote
-[X] Class: +1 Beguiler (total level 6: Expert 1/Beguiler 5)
-[X] Feat: Silent Spell (bonus feat from class), Unsettling Enchantment (to be retrained next level)
-[X] Skills (8 points): +1 Bluff, +1 Sense Motive, +1 Slight of Hand, +1 Spellcraft, +4 Intimidate
-[X] Other: Bab and saves are unchanged. Hermetia's Expert level is absent from her character sheet. Her new surname is cool and should be there. Her level 3 spells should be on her sheet, because as a Beguiler she knows them all and can thus cast them with Versatile spellcaster.
-[X] Class: +1 Beguiler (total level 6: Expert 1/Beguiler 5)
-[X] Feat: Silent Spell (bonus feat from class), Unsettling Enchantment (to be retrained next level)
-[X] Skills (8 points): +1 Bluff, +1 Sense Motive, +1 Slight of Hand, +1 Spellcraft, +4 Intimidate
-[X] Other: Bab and saves are unchanged. Hermetia's Expert level is absent from her character sheet. Her new surname is cool and should be there. Her level 3 spells should be on her sheet, because as a Beguiler she knows them all and can thus cast them with Versatile spellcaster.
Omake: Horde Thief Chapter IV
Snowfire
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Horde Thief
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
MacAnally's wasn't exactly what you'd expected, but in truth you had little to go on. Your only experience with an even slightly magical tavern was the Golden Hearth, and that had been rather more magical, if you were being honest. You'd scouted the place during the night, and found a small sign by the 'pub' stating that it opened at 11. One other thing to be thankful for, at least time seemed to work the same way here. To a briefly conjured magesight, it appeared quite mundane, but in a different world those signs could, and probably would, be differently. Once you stepped through the door, though, it was almost comforting in its sharp contrast to the rest of the city. All wood, for one.
That wasn't just it, though. Even if the building might not have any sort of detectable aura, the inside of it was clearly the result of someone who understood the power of numbers and form in magic. Thirteen very different tables scattered haphazardly across a room in front of a long, uneven bar with thirteen stools spread irregularly along its length. The same number of wooden columns, each carved with scene from stories no doubt familiar to the world. You knew enough about buildings to know that that was certainly deliberate, it didn't need that many supports. Long struts of shaped wood spun above you, again thirteen sets, whispering quietly above you. Electricity, no doubt. How this world had leashed it to their will without magic, you still didn't understand.
The door swung shut behind you with a faint thud, and the man behind the bar look up at the sound. He was taller than you, but that was expected. The shaven head wasn't, and you wondered if there was a reason for it. He was neatly dressed in dark trousers, a plain shirt and an immaculate white apron. His eyes widened as he looked up at you, so slightly that without your enhanced senses you'd never have noticed. The reaction certainly vanished quickly enough.
"What can I get you?" He asked amiably as you reached the bar, a well-practiced smile on his lips. You'd considered the answer already, and the best way to explain that you didn't have any of this nation's currency.
"Whatever's good for a weary traveller, far from home," you said, the odd syllables of 'English' still strange to your ears, even with a fluency born of wishcraft. The proprietor, presumably the titular MacAnally, nodded shortly and turned away towards the sheet of metal behind him. A slice of meat came out from below the counter onto the sheet and an immediate hiss filled the air. Already heated, then, but how…
"Not heard an accent like yours before," he noted, turning back from the large stovetop. That was expected. Valyrian wasn't exactly like any language of this realm that you'd discovered, and it still coloured your words. "What do you think of the city?" His eyes twitched ever so slightly, and you followed the motion to a small wooden sign hanging above the far end of the bar with three words burned into it: ACCORDED NEUTRAL TERRITORY. A corner of it was scorched. You didn't recognise it, but it must mean something important to the supernatural in this realm. Which led to the question of how, exactly, this man had identified you as one.
"Different," you said, making the choice then. Better to speak plainly then deal with this web of uncertainty. You needed answers, and the lore of this place implied it had seen enough of the supernatural to supply them. "Is that why your establishment is safe?" You asked, nodding to the sign.
"It's a good neighbourhood," the man answered, turning to lean on the bar and keep an eye on the cooking meat. "But that's not what you're asking, is it."
You shook your head. "No."
He reached below the bar and you tensed for a moment, wondering if maybe your magic had led you wrong, but all he pulled out was a glass bottle of what looked to be beer. "A name to call you and this and that," he jerked his head towards the grill, "are on the house. Seems like you need some answers." Then, before you could speak. "Just to call you, doesn't have to be real."
"Corlys Waters," you answered. An old name, but one still familiar enough to you to be easily spoken. Perhaps it was real, the expression on the man's face said nothing to doubt it. "You'd be MacAnally, then?"
"Call me Mac," he said, lips quirking as he set the bottle down and twisted the top off. "You must have come long a way to not know what that sign means." As openers went, it was a fair one.
"Not a journey I'd planned on," you said, looking back at the sign. Neutral ground was simple, but accorded meant something had made it that. "Accorded by whom?"
"A bit ahead of things there," Mac replied. "What it says is what it means. Neutral ground. Hold to the duties of a guest, offer no harm nor violence to another, take any disagreement outside."
"Or?" You had to know.
"Or Winter exacts justice." Your host said emotionlessly. "No matter how long it takes. It's patient." He reached out, picking out a strange implement and flipping the steak once. Hissing rose from the other side, and you sniffed the air appreciatively. The ring on your finger might mean you didn't need food, but that didn't make you appreciate it any less. "Want a better explanation, there's a representative you can talk to. Could set it up."
The man turned back to the hot metal, clearly leaving you to think. Some sort of supernatural law, that made this place safe. Better than nothing, but you doubted you could stay here, it didn't seem the type of place to have guest rooms. Across the bar, Mac produced a knife and cut the steak into thin strips with easy motions. Too practiced to just be a cook.
"Why are you helping me?" You asked finally, as he flipped the strips onto thick slices of bread.
"A lost traveller should know the rules of the game." He replied, as if that explained everything. He slid the sandwich onto a plate, so thin compared to the pottery you knew, and slid it onto the bar towards you. "Be happy to know how you heard to come here, though. Might have a favour to pay."
That brought a smile to your lips, as the mention of Winter finally connected to the man whose possessions had led you here. You reached into the folds of glamoured gold and withdrew a small item of tanned hide. It rattled slightly as you set it down, before you flipped it open and pulled out a small card made of a strange, brittle material. "This representative," you asked, "he wouldn't happen to go by the name of Harry Dresden?"
A painting of your short-stay captive's face, more precise than anything you'd ever seen, stared from one side of the card. Red letters above it spelled out the name Illinois. It hadn't seemed wise to try mind magic on someone so deeply tied to Winter when you'd caught him. If he was a wizard worth his salt, he'd probably be trying to track it, but until now your crown would have stymied that.
"He would." Mac confirmed, wiping his hands on a pristine cloth from below the bar and taking the card from your offering fingers. "Though if you're on these sort of terms, there's another you could talk to. You'd have to make an appointment, though."
"What he's known as?" With the Wayfinder, that should be all you needed. Even a false name would return something.
"Freeholding Lord of Chicago." Came the gruff answer. You'd realised early on that your host wasn't the type for small talk beyond what was necessary, and there'd been a lot of words since you entered. A good thing perhaps that there were no other patrons present. But he relented enough to give you a name. "John Marcone." He set the card down on the bar and pushed the plate and bottle towards you. "Let me know which you'd prefer. Or just wait after you're done, I'm sure the owner of that will be along to collect."
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- Location
- Germany
Status update from the engineering workshop. Currently putting the finishing touches on general rules for AG-Vessel construction and finishing the plans for the first prototype.
The good news: It will be awesome.
The bad news: It will be awesomely expensive.
Anyone who wants to get an early glimpse at everything before I post the finished product can give me a shout and I will add them to the conversation.
The good news: It will be awesome.
The bad news: It will be awesomely expensive.
Anyone who wants to get an early glimpse at everything before I post the finished product can give me a shout and I will add them to the conversation.
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I thought about it for a while, and in the end decided that Dresden is probably distracted enough about things to take his wallet with him. There's a spell that lets you see where an object has been that he knows, we used it on a piece of Lannister gold, and Mac's Pub would come up when Viserys cast it on the wallet. Also the idea of Viserys taking Dresden's wallet just makes me giggle.
Quite a talky piece, which I'm not entirely happy about given how Mac is meant to be quite short about things. Then again, he's also a good host, and I'd expect him to make a point of ensuring that a completely lost stranger asking for help would actually get it. Not quite sure I did him justice, but such is life. If nothing else, blame Viserys' supernatural charisma for some of it. Next up, Dresden will be looking to collect. If his quarry will be there waiting is another matter!
Quite a talky piece, which I'm not entirely happy about given how Mac is meant to be quite short about things. Then again, he's also a good host, and I'd expect him to make a point of ensuring that a completely lost stranger asking for help would actually get it. Not quite sure I did him justice, but such is life. If nothing else, blame Viserys' supernatural charisma for some of it. Next up, Dresden will be looking to collect. If his quarry will be there waiting is another matter!
- Location
- United States
For now it's against our best interests. We're setting ourselves up as the main middle man for the moment. With time there's no problem in giving it to them, but while things in our alliance are being finalized I don't want to give them a diplomacy bonus against us.
@TalonofAnathrax, I'm folding your vote into an overall vote so we can also get Relath's levelup taken care of. ... I'm still unsure on whether the skillpoints for him are right or not, but the spells are definitely what I want them to be.
[X] Final Touches
-[X] Negotiate further
--[X] Propose an exchange of lore
---[X] Everything you can safely give them on Prime Material (culture, history, nobility & royalty, geography, religion, nature, etc) in exchange for an equal value of planar lore from each of them, with special focus on lore of their own respective peoples
-[X] Afterwards, proceed with the signing of the Accords.
-[X] Relath Level Up
--[X] +1 Level Sorcerer
---[X] Cantrip: Message
---[X] Level 3 Spell: Call of the Void
---[X] Skillpoints: +5 Spellcraft
-[X] Hermetia Level Up
--[X] Class: +1 Beguiler (total level 6: Expert 1/Beguiler 5)
--[X] Feat: Silent Spell (bonus feat from class), Mastery of Dreams
--[X] Skills (8 points): +1 Sense Motive, +2 Sleight of Hand, +1 Spellcraft, +4 Intimidate
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I wouldn't think Viserys would pass up an opportunity to meet on Neutral ground, if it wasn't Neutral ground sure, but Viserys just found out, that he was in a place where fighting is not allowed, even if he don't like Dresden, Viserys tend to like to know his enemies if possible, so I would think he would wait for Dresden, it's not like he has any particular reason to run with the vallet either, it has already served it's purpose, the money in it is just chump change for Viserys.
- Location
- Brazil
Daylight isn't sunlight for metaphysical purposes.
I'm pretty sure we can grow plants with it.
Snowfire
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Well, it would be. If Viserys had any modern American currency.
Which he doesn't. And it's more about his priorities here. Does he want to meet with the enforcer or the lord? It's not the correct interpretation of what Mac told him, but it's not entirely wrong, either. And there's...quite a bit that Viserys could offer Gentleman Marcone. Something quite personal, too, if you've read Death Masks.
Snowfire
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Rereading Cold Days today has given me a truly evil idea of how to apply this statement in a way that is likely to be highly amusing to everyone watching the event unfold except those involved in it.
Snowfire
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Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
- Location
- USA
I refuse on the principle that that name is silly
What if Viserys is trying to be silly?
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- United States
I never suggested that we couldn't grow plants with it? In fact, I suggested it specifically to grow the plants. Full quote for reference:
Daylight is perfectly serviceable for growing plants.
Yes, but at the same time the fact that it does give them a diplomacy boost and the fact that we're in the middle of negotiations with them can't be ignored. I'm happy to do it afterwards, but not now. As for Yrael, giving him a book is a given. He's our vassal now.
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Doesn't really fit the scene.
Also, at the suggestion of a friend after I realised that this series is actually starting to cut into my work for my own quest, I'm going to start operating these omakes on a personal reward system as I've found myself really enjoying writing them - not that I don't enjoy PW writing, but it's different. Whenever I finish a PW section, I'll do one of these. Should help keep me focused on something a bit more long running that I want to remain committed to and help keep things moving here, if a bit slower. Or it might speed up my PW writing, who knows. We can hope for the latter!
Also, I believe someone mentioned wanting to be 'sold' on the Practice War a while back. This is the sort of writing that makes up most of it at this point.
So if you enjoy this, you'll probably enjoy my other work. Stealth plug, awaaaaay!
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Well, he could just pay things with gold dragons and enjoy people scrambling to get it
A Gold Dragon should be worth 1750 USD on the weight of the coin alone, if it's 5GP.
But these are coming out seriously great, keep them coming, I'm feeling like picking up more Dreaden book so now.
Was going to comment the same thing.
Sorry, my brainmeats are only good for calculating electric fields, potentials and such things for at least until tomorrow.
T'was me, I'm on just before they invade the hidden infowar station that was disguised as debri.
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Well, he could just pay things with gold dragons and enjoy people scrambling to get it
A Gold Dragon should be worth 1750 USD on the weight of the coin alone, if it's 5GP.
But these are coming out seriously great, keep them coming, I'm feeling like picking up more Dreaden book so now.
Given this is post-Westeros conquering and we just started the process to go to a full fiat currency, he may have fewer of those than you'd think. Although that does lead me to another question. How do you think DF personages would react to adamantine? Because I'm thinking he has quite the haul of things stuffed into Serpent's Sin, before we even get onto scrolls, spare magical items, and the likely monstrosity that his Grimoire of High Arcana should be by now.
Glad you're enjoying these though, they've been almost slightly too much fun to write, as my post up above has probably explained.
'Tis a silly name
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Not to mention that the Wayfinder could put Dresden's side job completely out of business.Given this is post-Westeros conquering and we just started the process to go to a full fiat currency, he may have fewer of those than you'd think
Although that does lead me to another question. How do you think DF personages would react to adamantine? Because I'm thinking he has quite the haul of things stuffed into Serpent's Sin, before we even get onto scrolls, spare magical items, and the likely monstrosity that his Grimoire of High Arcana should be by now.
We do have a lot of great magic items, though, and we tend to carry a lot of them with us in the Satchel of the Crimson Wyrm.
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Not to mention that the Wayfinder could put Dresden's side job completely out of business.
Well, it still can't go through wards, but yeah...just a bit. Sadly (fortunately for Dresden) Viserys can't make them himself.
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The OG are not gods. Should help with selling the idea imo.
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- United States
Viserys gets to cheat further. He can use Miracle to duplicate Discern Location.
They'd allow it, but it's about the image we want to project. Functionally, the Old Gods are divine. We might have a close partnership with them, but they are not the state religion, we don't have a state religion, and we certainly don't want to imply that there is one considering the overall attitude of the genies towards the divine. We can just inquire about growing a Heart Tree down in their divine quarter in the Opaline Vault once we make sure it shouldn't mess with any part of the city in any way.