RosaQuartz

I mean, what is the deal?

Here's an example of a possible "Dark Support" powerset:

1. Twilight Shield, Ranged, Foe -To Hit, -DMG, -Regen, Team Heal
2. Dark Embrace, Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Negative, Toxic)
4. Death Shroud, Toggle: PBAoE, Minor DoT(Negative)
10. Shadow Fall, Toggle: PBAoE, Team Stealth, +DEF(All), +Res(Energy, Negative, Psionics, Fear)
16. Obsidian Shield, Toggle: Self +Res(Psionic, Sleep, Hold, Disorient, Fear)
20. Shadow Dweller, Auto: Self +DEF(All), +Res(Immobilize), +Perception
28. Fade, PBAoE Team, +Defense(All), +Res(Defense Debuffs)
35. Soul Absorption, PBAoE Team +Regen, +Recovery (Special)
38. Dark Servant, Summon Dark Servant: Ranged Debuff Special

All existing powers.

But... the *crunch* sound is so satisfying!

I think it's way more than a sliver. Pretty sure the gravedigger on the Quiet Isle that Brienne comes across is Sandor.

A buck-o-five.

1. The Martells are in a facinating position. They have a seat on the Small Council, one that is about to be filled. They are sending Arienne to treat with Connington (and may be the first of the major houses to find out about Young Aegon). It could be that Dany loses out from Quentin's death more so than the Martells, because I don't see a scenario where the forces of Young Aegon and Dany work in harmony.

2. If the Stormlands and Dorne back Aegon, and I think they will, anything is possible. The Lannister-Tyrell alliance is falling apart, the Riverlands are in shables and will soon be starving, the North has to resolve the Stannis-Bolton mess (and winter is coming), and who knows how Littlefinger will play things.

3. The Power of the Pocketbook has been a recurring theme in ASoIaF.

4. The Faith is a huge wildcard right now. I think something with Margaery Tyrell's trial is going to go horribly. Kings Landing is a powerkeg, and open conflict between the Tyrells and the Faith Militant in the streets could destroy the power of Highgarden.

5. And something will definitely go crazy at Cersei's trial-by-combat. I hope Sandor Clegane is involved.

First off, there's no "side-quests". His story is his story, and he and Dany will either meet up or not depending on how such a meeting would serve the plot. Expectations on plot events in a book belong to the reader, and Martin has no obligation to fulfil them.

My comment is that prospects for a Dany-Tyrion meet-up look even more dismal now than after Book 3, so by assuming that it will happen in Book 6 you are probably setting yourself up for more disappointment.

In fairness, it's pretty clear that when Anakin pledges himself to Palpatine in the immediate aftermath of Windu's death, that Palpatine does something with the Force to Anakin. It's subtle and certainly open to interpretation, but it's there.

I suspect that he uses the Force to essentially slightly adjust Anakin's worldview. Certainly Anakin's behavior before that and after was markably different.

Fair enough, but I don't think the current powers team is interested in half-measures. If they were, they'd just have made Dimension Shift an immobilize and call it a day on the Grav updates.

I'd love for Rooted to lose the -Jump, but I don't know if that would solve the Jekyll and Hyde feel of the set.

There's a dragon who dragged his mother off to the Dothraki Sea that may disagree with you.

The first rule or warning to anyone reading ASoIaF: if any character comes up with a plan of some sort, 95% of the time it will fail, and fail spectacularly and/or heartbreakingly.

Cool, I need to catch up on that.

Darkest Night with Blaster mods would definitely not be game-breaking.

I can see your point with Dark Regen, if they use the same version as Dark Armor. They could either modify it by reducing the heal or reducing the number of targets, or as you say simply make it Siphon Life.

GRIFF: And how you you plan on pleasing the Queen?
TYRION: With my tongue.

I enjoyed Tyrion's journey quite a bit in ADwD. It was fun finally seeing him outside of Kings Landing, where he'd been stuck for two books. And quite frankly, I don't see any meeting between Danaerys and Tyrion going particularly well for either of them.

And there's no such thing as "plot immunity" in this book. All characters exist to serve the plot, either through their life or their death. Tyrion will live as long as he serves the story Martin is telling.

I think he's mildly surprised whenever someone reminds him that he has a daughter.

I don't actually think that they've shared a scene together.

I suspect the next book will have a lot of resolutions to some dangling plot threads. I just finished listening to Storm of Swords, and that book blew up everything after the mostly slow boils of Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings. I think we'll see something similar in Winds of Winter, with Dream of Spring wrapping things up.

Just think of all the deaths from Storm of Swords; Robb and Catelyn, Joffery and Tywin, the Old Bear and Ygritte, Lysa and Ser Dontos, Gregor (sorta) and Sandor (maybe)... and those are just the main "speaking roles". I think the next book will have a similar bloodletting.

Since it's a comic book game, I'm going to pretend it's a Flex Mentallo homage.