[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 69, Issue 2

Thu Jun 14 14:17:46 PDT 2012

Aliera had Pathfinder. It was integral to her plan for surviving Vlad's
plan with the Morganti dagger.

However, we have ample evidence (from Issola) that Aliera does not always
think to employ Pathfinder effectively. Also, we don't know precisely how
Pathfinder works or what its limits are. It could be like Saberhagen's *
Wayfinder* or not. Who knows if it can locate gold?

-Max

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:09 PM, <kieronthecontent at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not think Aliera had Pathfinder at this point time, right? And a large
> part of the reason that Daymar's mind probe worked is that Mellar was
> thrown into a ball of confusion with everything else going on.
>
> Also, I am not sure Kragar had proof that Mellar infected Onarr's wife, he
> merely suggested it was highly likely.
>
>
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> >   1. Re: alternative solutions to Jhereg? (Jerry Friedman)
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> > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:43:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>
> > To: Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info>
> > Subject: Re: [Dragaera] alternative solutions to Jhereg?
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> > > From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
> > > To: Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info>
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> > > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 11:30 PM
> > > Subject: [Dragaera] alternative solutions to Jhereg?
> > >
> > > During a discussion about the difficulty an outfielder experiences
> > catching a
> > > ball hit directly at him, someone mentioned that a lunge with the point
> > > extending on a line is harder to pick up and parry.? I forget whether
> the
> > > classic Dragaeran style calls for the sword held high directed at the
> > > opponent's eye (and the poignard directed at his or her heart).
> >
> > Yep.
> >
> > "'Draw your blade,' I continued, 'and get into a guard position.'"
> >
> > "He
> >  did so, standing full forward, with his blade level with his own head.?
> >  His blade... formed a straight line from his eyes to mine."
> >
> > /Jhereg/, Ch. 16
> >
> > > Anyway, I wanted to mention two possible alternative solutions to
> > _Jhereg_,
> > > without, admittedly, having searched the Text for counters.
> > >
> > > First, boringly, the Jhereg treasury is 9M gold; they don't use 10% of
> > that
> > > on a regular basis, surely, and I have to think the Dragon treasury, or
> > > Sethra's sub-basement if you think Aliera wouldn't loan a copper to the
> > > council to save dozens
> >
> > Thousands?
> >
> > > of lives, could cover the deficit for 17 days.? Then
> > > it's just a question of squelching any remaining leaks or speculations.
> >
> > Since there won't be any new leaks with money in the safe?
> >
> > > Secondly, Kragar apparently has solid evidence that Mellar had Lord
> > Onarr's
> > > wife infected and cured by witchcraft.? (How Kragar could learn this
> some
> > > hundreds of years after the witch or witches died is beyond me.)
> Sending
> > that
> > > info to Onarr might well result in Mellar's immediate death. Well, I
> > guess
> > > Vlad wouldn't countenance Morollan's hospitality being flouted in that
> > > way, so never mind.
> >
> > You're right.
> >
> > "...'What about a Dzur?? Couldn't you maneuver a Dzur hero into taking
> him
> > out for you?'"
> >
> > "I
> >  shook my head.? 'No good, beloved,' I said, thinking of Morrolan's
> > speech earlier.? 'Aside from the chance that Morrolan would figure out
> > what happened, I'm just not willing to do that to him.'"
> >
> > Ch. 14
> >
> > > Ok, instead Aliera has Pathfinder find the 9M in gold, or
> > > all the ownerless buried treasure in the world,
> > > and then as above.
> >
> > I'd
> >  only thought of trying the same trick with Daymar that actually worked
> > in the text, but much earlier.? As soon as Vlad knows that Mellar is at
> > Castle Black, presumably without the 9 million gold, he should be trying
> >  to locate the treasure.? If he can get it back, Mellar hasn't succeeded
> >  in robbing the Organization and there should be much less pressure.?
> > And Vlad can address Mellar as "dead man".
> >
> > This also suggests that Mellar should have had the money in his luggage.
> >
> > > Incidentally, http://dragaera.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Onarr says various
> > things
> > > about Onarr that I don't recall from the Texts.
> >
> > "Dragon-Issola crossbreed"?? That's not in /Jhereg/.
> >
> >
> > Jerry Friedman
> >
> >
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