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>>3757324
Let's get started!

>Hold a small, private wedding to make things official and throw a larger wedding later with more guests to smooth things over with those who may feel slighted by your earlier actions

You’re going to bend the knee, but there is no reason to bend over and make this easy on your former enemies. You tell Atia of your plan to hold a private and secretive wedding, for now, and host a larger event later with far more guests. She seems a little disappointed at first, but warms to the idea of keeping the wealth a secret if it means keeping more of it away from the Crown. As a foreigner here, she bears no ill will to either side and knew that reparations would be coming, but if anything is certain, the girl does love gold.

She seems to hesitate at something before nodding to herself. “Do you know why I sought you out, Cormaic?”

“I had assumed it was because of my bachelor status and the location of my lands.”

She nods. “Just so, at least that’s what I told Papa. Do you believe in fate?”

You’re a little confused as to where this is going but say, “I suppose the Gods do have plans for us that are often out of control.”

She studies your face and decides she’s satisfied with your answer and continues. “When I was a little girl, I was easily frightened, especially of the dark. That may seem silly now, but it’s true. I never knew my mother other than that she was of Volantis. She died birthing me. Papa brought me with him on some of his voyages before he became less able to travel. One of those early trips was to Volantis. Papa brought me along in hopes that the noble families of the city would show him more deference with a child of Valyrian blood at his side.”

>>3757434

She waves this off, “it worked, I think, but that’s not what is important here. I was being brought back from a manse at night in my litter. I was so afraid of the night and all of the terrors in may have held. But then we stopped at a bridge. A tall and beautiful woman in red robes with hair the color of blood approached me. She said, ‘fear not, child, one day you will meet a man who will keep the night back.’ She reached out with an open hand towards a brazier by the bridge. She bade me look into the flames. I did and saw nothing at first, then I saw a pair of eyes gazing back at me. Your eyes.”

Your heart is hammering in your chest and you don’t know why.

She sighs and says, “I stopped fearing the Darkness so much after this. I would still light a candle every night and gaze into it, hoping to see those eyes again. I never did until I saw you. I was reviewing the information we had on eligible houses when I heard a young knight with fierce eyes that seem to glow by night recently took over a little house between King’s Landing and Gulltown. I had to see for myself, so I made my excuses to Papa and set off at once.”

“So I have a request, Cormaic. I will happily have a ceremony in the way of your Old Gods. But I wish to add something of the faith that I feel brought us together and helped me through darker times. Would you leap the flames with me, my sweet knight?”

>Agree to Atia’s request to add a small part of her religion to the end of your private ceremony
>Refuse her request, you want no part of this

>>3757465
>>Agree to Atia’s request to add a small part of her religion to the end of your private ceremony
Shes been understanding. And it couldn't hurt especially for the private ceremony.

>>3757487
+1

>>3757487
Do it

>>3757465
>>Agree to Atia’s request to add a small part of her religion to the end of your private ceremony
Raelor got us a hot wife and we got paid for it, show him some gratitude.

We converting to the one true God lads. WHEW

>Pentoshi with Valyrian features
WEE WOO WEE WOO
Just clicking on the thread didn't lure me in, but the prospect of leading the Blackfyre/Brightflame(fyre) Restoration sounds like fun.

>>3757487
>>3757498
>>3757512
>>3757616
>>3757631

“I… don’t think I could refuse something this important to you. I would be happy to leap the flames with you, Atia.”

She leaps up and hugs you, briefly startling her guard to your amusement. She kisses you a few times in between thanking you. She retires for the night soon after.

You’re awoken in the early morning by a soft knock on your door. Atia barges into your small temporary room as soon as you open it, quickly closing the door behind her. “We only have a few minutes before my absence is noted. You did much for me last night and I never returned the favor. I don’t want you chasing other women around while I’m away because you were left unsatisfied.” She pushes you back onto the small bed and lowers herself at your knees.

After breaking your fast, you leave off again for the shores of your northern coast where Atia’s ship is anchored. This time, your party is much larger, containing all of your hostages as well as Atia and her two Unsullied guards. Your sister decided to come along too, and you brought half of the Sparrowhawks as an honor guard.

You had to convince Atia to keep your betrothal to herself so as to keep up the ruse in the presence of your guests, but that didn’t stop her from making the worst excuse to get closer to you. “Oh you see my horse, she is just so sick! This won’t due,” she says in her lilting accent, “Ser Cormaic, I will ride with you. You must accept on the knightly honors!” She rides in front of you in the saddle of your new black courser as Alysanne and your sister eye her suspiciously.

You say your brief goodbyes to the party at the beach. Lady Alysanne and her Lordly father are polite and formal, if not overly friendly. Their knights actually shake hands and get some pats on the back by some of your Sparrowhawks, a small silver lining. Atia kisses you several time before moving to Ciara and kissing her on the cheeks and whispering something into her ear. The poor girl blushes crimson at the attention and Alysanne seems mortified by simply witnessing the unladylike displays of affection. You simply shrug at her as if to say, “foreigners, right?”

Cont!

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>>3757686
On your ride back, Ciara pulls her horse up beside your own. “Cormaic… why did that woman call me ‘sister’ back there?” You smile and explain the actual events of the past two days to her, leaving out certain details of your encounters.

You get on the subject of her own betrothal plans. She’s been frantically trying to gather any and all information on suitable prospects. The whole thing seems so… messy. You suppose it doesn’t help that so many young men were either killed or had drastic changes in fortune, good and bad, due to the war. You decide to offer her some guidance on which general area to focus her search in.

>The Crownlands, close to home and Loyalists to boot, though the houses here are amongst the hardest hit by the rebellion.
>The Riverlands, the Realm’s punching bag. Still, she may be able to obtain a better match than normal in such a place.
>The Vale, with a likely emphasis on Gulltown due to the obvious trade and proximity benefits and the need to repair relations.
>The Westerlands, rich houses that probably came out the best out of all of this fighting. There may end up being some bad blood with some of them, but there is a lot of opportunity there.

Please pick one!

>>3757802
>The Westerlands

West is best baby

>>3757802
>The Westerlands

>>3757879
Like the man said west is best

>>3757802
>>The Crownlands, close to home and Loyalists to boot, though the houses here are amongst the hardest hit by the rebellion.

We need to make deals with those around us. she could use the info to bargain better.

>>3757802
>The Westerlands, rich houses that probably came out the best out of all of this fighting. There may end up being some bad blood with some of them, but there is a lot of opportunity there.

>>3757879
>>3757948
>>3757992
>>3758003

I thought this would be more of a contested thing, but I can't say I'm disappointed. This should be fun! Writing now.

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>>3758115
You suggest she start her search amongst the houses of the Westerlands. She has no reason to hate them and could end up with a rising star due to the newfound prominence of the Lannisters and their banners after The Sack. She doesn’t need much encouragement at the prospect of attending court and being amongst more wealth.

>4 days later

A merchant ship swings by the shores of your fishing village to drop off a Tyroshi man by the name of Navello Tyvaltis along with several servants and some baggage. He is a squat man dressed in various garish colors with a purple forked beard and parted hair of the same shade.

He sketches an exaggerated bow in his introduction, “Great Lord, I am blessed to be the Navello Tyvaltis of the splendid shores of Tyrosh. The beautiful Mistress Atia, daughter to Magister Joro Lopathis the Magnificent, honored patron of this humble servant, has commanded me to assist in the construction of a Grand Tower to make maidens weep tears of joy and other Great Lords tears of envy. I also come bearing your tribute of your vanquished enemies, may you forever be triumphant!”

>Construction of your Grand Tower (equivalent to Hall/Keep) has begun. 24 months remaining until completion
>Acquired 2800 gold dragons, 14 wealth (you now have 19 expendable wealth in total)

You let the strange man get to his work, directing, or rather shouting at, his servants in his native tongue. You open the chest he had gestured at and quickly close it. Well that’s the most gold you’ve ever had. Perhaps it’s time to spend some of it.

You’re of a mind to commission a finer set of armor before your trip to King’s Landing. With the exception of your bow, you dress the part of a common man-at-arms or a poor hedge knight.

>You currently wear common soft leathers (2 AR, -1 AP, 0 bulk)
Do you puchase:
>Superior soft leathers: (3 AR, 0 AP, 0 bulk)
>Superior hard leathers: (4 AR, -1 AP, 0 bulk)
>Superior breastplate: (6 AR, -1 AP, 2 bulk) I know it should be 3 bulk, but I think that’s retarded.
>Superior scale: (7 AR, -2 AP, 2 bulk)
>Nothing. Keep the same gear and pinch those coppers

All options cost 1 wealth for simplicity’s sake. I left off the clinky mail options because why would a sneaky character ever do that.

Do you also:
>Commission a superior battle axe and a more artful helm (-1 wealth)
>PINCH

Please pick one from each!

>>3758228
>Superior breastplate: (6 AR, -1 AP, 2 bulk)

>Commission a superior battle axe and a more artful helm (-1 wealth)

>>3758228
>>Superior breastplate: (6 AR, -1 AP, 2 bulk)
>>Commission a superior battle axe and a more artful helm (-1 wealth)

>>3758228
>>Superior soft leathers: (3 AR, 0 AP, 0 bulk)

>>PINCH

>>3758228
>>Superior hard leathers: (4 AR, -1 AP, 0 bulk)
>PINCH

>>3758228
>>Superior breastplate: (6 AR, -1 AP, 2 bulk) I know it should be 3 bulk, but I think that’s retarded.
>Commission a superior battle axe and a more artful helm (-1 wealth)

For 200 gold, I can imagine that for just the armor that the Armor is in our house colors?

Same with the helm? No bonuses to intimidation or such?
It seems mighty expensive for something that is not plate if it doesn't come with some kind of bonuses.

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>>3758256
>>3758287
>>3758298
>>3758383
>>3758394
3 for breastplate takes it. Looks like the Armor Mastery benefit is still on the table. 3 spenders and 2 pinchers. Spending it is!
>>3758479
Oh you'll get some bonuses. I just haven't worked it out yet since I wasn't even sure what type you'd vote for.

>Superior breastplate: (6 AR, -1 AP, 2 bulk)

>Commission a superior battle axe and a more artful helm (-1 wealth)

If you’re going to lead a house, however small, you may as well look the part. You knew of a fine blacksmith in Maidenpool who could get some interesting colors in the metal. You could never afford his work when you were younger, though the gruff old man humored you and took down your measurements just the same. A breastplate in the colors of your house would be particularly nice. It would give you much better protection than you’re working with right now without hindering you too much. Thinking on it, your axe has seen better days. Of common make, it was already worn from use before it was abused against Lord Roland’s fine armor. You decide to sink the extra gold into an axe of finer make and a more artfully crafted helm to round off your expenditures.

You send your cousin Barth with a group of your Sparrowhawks to accomplish the task. You don’t want to send that much gold away without a proper escort. Thinking on it, you pick out one of your men of a build most similar to your own to act as your mannequin for good measure. Maybe you’ve grown in the past two years?

Before he leaves, Barth also mentions the possibility of picking up some better equipment for your troops. Some proper uniformity in their colors would help their discipline and give them even more of a sense of identity, as befitting such elite and veteran units. Your Sparrowhawks already acquired better bows from the supplies you looted last month, but their assortment of melee weapons is no better than your old axe and their armor may need changing too.

When you mention that, Barth says, “yeah, you could go and get some harder leathers, but a lot of the lads were even bitching about the soft leathers. Said armor is fine but they’d rather not get hit in the fucking first place. Can’t argue with that, but it’s your call.”

Uniforms (improve discipline by 1) for both your Sparrowhawks and Badgers:
>Yes (-1 wealth total to equip both units)
>No (PINCH)

Sparrowhawk (Elite guerilla archers) unit upgrades:
>Upgrade melee weapons (-1wealth) Y/N
>Change to padded armor, 1 AR, 0 AP (free because it would’ve been an option at unit creation and I didn’t give it to save time)
>Upgrade to hard leathers 3 AR, -2 AP (-1 wealth)
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP

This'll be my last update of the night. I'll close the votes tomorrow. Thanks for playing everyone!

>>3758523
>>No (PINCH)
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP
We've got veterans and an elite group. Discipline shouldn't be as issue. We also don't know what our future looks like. We should settle up and kingslanding first.

>>3758523
>>Yes (-1 wealth total to equip both units)
supports still need it
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP
>Upgrade melee weapons (-1wealth) Y/N

>>3758523
>>Yes (-1 wealth total to equip both units)
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP

>>3758562
I think it would be wiser to simply upgrade warfare and be done with that problem. On a much longer-term. Do you expect to buy matching outfits for every unit we have? Just because they are veterans or lower?
>>3758523
>>Upgrade melee weapons (-1wealth) Y/N
worthwhile. Gives them 1 more damage correct?

>>3758582
I'll allow it to apply to a 3rd unit in the future just to make it a more palatable option. I'm assuming the order comes with spares anyway for when someone wrecks a pair or two in the swamp because 1 gold dragon for 1 outfit is quite a lot.

>Gives 1 more damage
Correct!

>>3758523
>Yes (-1 wealth total to equip both units)
>Upgrade melee weapons (-1wealth) Y
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP

>>3758523
>Uniforms (improve discipline by 1) for both your Sparrowhawks and Badgers:
Are you guys going for uniforms because you see bigger numbers (a rise in discipline)? The units will become more identifiable and who needs that? Their mismatched looks should play into the "just your ordinary brigands" image.
Sparrowhawks are not your typical line infantry, you know. If we should get anything, it's some woodland camouflage.
Badgers on the other hand could wear our colors.
>No (Sparrowhawks), Yes (Badgers)

Sparrowhawk (Elite guerilla archers) unit upgrades:
>Upgrade melee weapons (-1wealth) Y
>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP
If our guerillas face a proper melee unit, they will get fucked with 3AR just as well.
But we could supply those who wanted a different armor, with the total averaging to soft leathers' stats. Again adding to the whole looted equipment illusion.

>>3759156
+1

>>3758523
Uniforms (improve discipline by 1) for both your Sparrowhawks and Badgers:
>>No (PINCH)
Sparrowhawk (Elite guerilla archers) unit upgrades:
>>NO melee upgrade
>>Split the difference and leave them in their soft leathers, 2 AR, -1 AP

We can organise any needed upgrades on return from KL when we actually know how much wealth we have to spare. Right now it just seems shortsighted.

>>3759231
>We can organise any needed upgrades on return from KL when we actually know how much wealth we have to spare. Right now it just seems shortsighted.
In hindsight I agree. I assumed QM asking about upgrades was due to us having more than enough gold to spend.

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>>3759156
>If our guerillas face a proper melee unit, they will get fucked with 3AR just as well.

Isn't that the truth. This may be most glass cannon army I've ever seen. I love it. Still wouldn't be a bad idea to pick up a personal guard or something. If you can ever raise the power for it...

>>3759259
Yeah, Atia's dowry is larger than the ransom money and you'll be getting it in a little under 2 months. Can't fault a little cautiousness though.

As for the uniforms, we are talking patterned gambesons for the Badgers and tabards for the Sparrowhawks. I'm not gonna do something crazy like stop you from pulling a Riverlands again just because you bought 1 removable piece of clothing.

>>3759156
>Are you guys going for uniforms because you see bigger numbers (a rise in discipline)?
I want our boys to look dapper as fuck

>>3759284
>Still wouldn't be a bad idea to pick up a personal guard or something. If you can ever raise the power for it...
20 freaking good men! (a cavalry unit)

>>3758523
>Upgrade to hard leathers 3 AR, -2 AP (-1 wealth)

This'll be my last update of the night. I'll close the votes tomorrow. Thanks for playing everyone!

Sad

>>3759284
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/3728649/
Archived

>>3759353
Thank you, Ser!!

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I'll call votes here. Going live in 2 hours!

Pic related is your new helm.

>>3760629
Sick.

>>3760629
Having a dragon helm in light of recent events might not be the smartest idea, but it looks baller so fuck it

>>3760655
This was 100% my thought process.

>>3760660
Dude walks into throne room in dragon helmet and Targaryen look alike wife
It's being said that he needs at least two servant and wheelbarrow to walk around with balls big like this

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>>3760686
>Walking into the throne room like pic related

I hope this doesnt cost us either more money or our head

>>3760686
No fucks given.

Okay, I think we are going with:

>Uniforms
>Upgraded melee weapons
>Keeping armor the same

>So -2 wealth for a total of -4 on this shopping excursion, leaving you with 15 wealth to spare!

You spend the better part of the afternoon writing down the exact specifications for all of your ordered equipment and tell Barth to depart in the morning. He does so with twenty of your Sparrowhawks for protection and another ten of the Badgers to make sure everything purchased is sorted and accounted for. They’ll be gone for about a month due to the volume of your purchase and the craftsmanship that is expected to go into your personal arms and armor. You also give them some coin for proper lodging while they’re away. It’s a nice gesture, but you’re sure they’ll set up a camp nearby and spend the coin drinking, gambling, and whoring instead. It makes no difference to you.

The next two weeks pass by uneventfully. You spend much of your time either bonding with Esmeralda or listening to your loaned architect, Navello Tyvaltis, wax on about his plans for your tower. He marveled at the white marble stone your family had slowly acquired over the years that had been languishing in your cellars. He claims the Tyroshi are masters of such craft as their city of high walls encouraged their magisters to build high spires in an effort to outdo each other.

>Can I get 3 rolls of 9d6?

Rolled 4, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 1 = 25 (9d6)

>>3760915

Rolled 3, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 1, 4, 4 = 29 (9d6)

>>3760915

Rolled 2, 1, 6, 5, 5, 3, 2, 2, 4 = 30 (9d6)

>>3760915

Rolled 6, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4 = 23 (6d6)

>>3760917
>>3760918
>>3760924
All of these 1s! Well that just won't do. Rerolling them all in order of occurrence here.

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>>3760917
>>3760918
>>3760924
>>3760938

Delicious. Writing!

>>3760961
What's the reason for the rerolling ones?

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Have we picked what kind of helmet we want yet? I found some that people might like

1/3

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>>3761032
2/3

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>>3761038
Last one

>>3761016
They're Atia's rolls and she rerolls 1s in persuasion tests.

>>3761032
Already picked one out above, friend.

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>>3761064
Oh god we're going to die

>>3761064
Your spread sheet says her stats 4D+2B? So that's 6 dice not 9 unless I'm missing something

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> Beginning of Month IX, Year 283 MONTHLY MEETING TIME

You summon your mother and Ciara to your personal chambers for your monthly meeting. A touch odd, perhaps, but your tower lacks a solar and this is the most spacious room you have that isn’t given over to your men down below. You’re quite glad to have it back to yourself now that your guests are gone. The three of you sit at the table by your only window for your monthly meeting. You decided to invite Ciara because she’s been taking on more responsibility lately and your pride likely can’t stomach a house meeting of two people with Barth still in Maidenpool.

You lounge in a stuffed chair that’s seen better days, still wearing a moleskin robe that is more comfortable than you care to admit. It had the sigil of House Frey embroidered in it, long since removed, when you found it amongst the loot of your camp raid. You assume it was meant as a gift for the Lord of The Crossing from the Waynwoods, no doubt to butter him up before betrothal negotiations commenced. Seriously, what kind of dusty old fuck would rate such a gift? Not an axe, not a sword, a robe to lounge around in and watch younger folk live their lives as you wither away your last days. A bit insensitive too, giving a man a coat made from an animal he likely resembles if his progeny is any indication. You’re doing him a favor by keeping it, really.

Getting your thoughts back on track, you ask for the first order of business.

Your mother starts off. “We received news of the end of the Siege of Storm’s End. The Tyrells bent the knee without a fight as soon as they saw the banners of the Northern Army approaching. Lord Stannis Baratheon still lives as well.” You… don’t feel strongly either way here. The Tyrells seemed to have proven singularly useless for this war, but you suppose you were feasting right along with them at the end. You shrug and wave for them to continue.

“Atia sent a letter as well.” Ciara’s turn. You have her open it and read it aloud.

>Atia’s bargaining roll vs her father
Rolled 23,25,24 +3 for friendly disposition = 28 vs DC 21
Success, 2 degrees

She smiles as she says, “She says she negotiated well with her father and he will accept 200 dragons for each of our shipments of pearls instead of the original 100 dragons, but the higher rate won’t come into effect until we have docks of our own. She says it’s his way of cutting down on shipping logistics. She also says… oh. No. Nope. I’m done.” She tosses the letter on the table. The girl is beet red. You pick it up and continue reading it to yourself. Ah. You didn’t know she could be so… descriptive in the common tongue.

>>3761107
“You know you’re seeking your own betrothal too, right? What do you think that entails?” You say with some smugness.

Your mother cuts in before Ciara can respond with whatever witty retort she was about to stammer out. “Yes, well we have an influx of coin and should probably put at least some of it to good use on the House’s Holdings. One suggestion I might add would be to hire this architect of yours on full time. He seems to be quite good and the Gods know we have plenty of construction that needs to be done.

>Spend 10 wealth on the Architect Artisan Personage Holding (Resource gain bonus: +1 defense, reduces your build times by 20% and increases defensive bonuses of communities and defensive holdings by +1). Takes 2d6 to come into effect.
>Don’t

>>3761097
What could possibly go wrong?
>>3761106
It's normally 5D+2B for bargain because she has the Expertise: Bargaining benefit. She gets -1D from intrigues with those of higher status than her, but I'm not applying that to Essosi because of their vastly different outlooks on bastards. She picked up +2B for 5D +4B total from her Worldly benefit.

>>3761112
>>Don’t
At least not yet. We haven't been to KL yet and we don't know how much we are going to be fined. Would rather just save up and eliminate the debt at once even with the early repayment fee.

>>3761154
Agreed.

>>3761154
+1

>>3761112
>>Don’t

>>3761112
>Don’t

We already spent a good bit of are money and you never know what's going to happen

>>3761154
>>3761157
>>3761160
>>3761223
>>3761334

>Don’t, the QM is up to something with all of these spending votes.

You had been of a mind to possibly invest in an engineer to hasten your construction projects and you think this man would be just as effective, albeit with a different approach, but you don’t want to make any commitments until after your trip to King’s Landing. If you spend too much now, then you may end up taking on debts that will cripple your growth.

“We will wait on making a commitment until after I return from King’s Landing, mother. I have no reason to trust this new King and his court to offer fair terms.”

“Perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself,” she says, “I think we can all agree this hamlet and docks project of yours is the real priority here. Cormaic, you really should pay a proper visit to this nearby fishing village to see what can be done about expanding it into something more worthy of a name on a map.”

“Very well, I could use a few days away from this construction. I’ll leave in a day or two,” you say.

“One more thing,” your sister cuts in, “we should be ready to host our neighbors soon after returning from King’s Landing. The third month of the new year should be ideal. It won’t be an actual wedding, but I understand we will hold feasts and events as if it were. Do you two have any thoughts on the matter?”

Which events would you like to hold for the “wedding”? The event itself is going to cost you 2 wealth and each additional event will cost 1 wealth. 1 or 2 events would be considered appropriate for a house of your size.

>Archery contest
>Joust (why would you do this)
>Squires’ melee
>Actual melee (not commonly held at weddings, but this isn’t a conventional area)
>Other/write-in

>>3761363
Archery contest and Squire melee

>>3761363
>Archery contest
>Squires’ melee

We don't have anything to prove.

>>3761363
>>Archery contest
>Squires’ melee

>>3761406
>>3761390
>>3761383
agreed.

>>3761383
>>3761390
>>3761406
>>3761448
>Archery contest
>Squires’ melee
>Hivemind tonight, the regular melee was a trap option.

“An archery contest and a squires’ melee will do. Either one of ours wins the archery contest and makes us look good or we find some new talent. Nothing to lose there. And a squires’ melee will give all of the less blooded lads a chance at some glory. I’m not chancing a proper melee. I don’t rate our odds of it keeping contained to the ring.”

“Prizes?”

“I’ll leave you 400 dragons for preparations. You should only need a few for setup. Make sure most of the gold goes to the winners of the archery contest. I should be able to cover the squires’ melee with a knighting.” You pretend to be seriously contemplating something, “… although we could save the gold by simply offering Ciara’s hand,” you say.

Your sister stands up and makes to assault you at this before you assure her it was a jest, bringing a swift end to the meeting.

>I’m going to start writing up the fishing village scene, but are there any houses you guys are particularly interested in seeing at the event? I’m assuming at least some of your Point neighbors, but I can try to work others in within reason.

>>3761537
house crabb

>>3761537
Brune but only because we know from Malroy their lord is amused by essosi and eccentric characters, Crabb, Mooton, Hardy, Malroy.

>>3761667
Malroy comes to our wedding and competes in our archery contest and wins as a fuck you to us kissing up to the bitch that has a hate boner for him.

>>3761667
House Malroy is dead right now my guy. Brynden is across the Narrow Sea and Isis is currently a baby factory/flashlight for Redfuck

>>3761700
How many months until Brynden makes his way back across the sea?

>>3761715
I believe Brynden gets home sometime in 284 but I couldnt tell you the actual date. I'm sure Father has a record of that the absolute mad man

>>3761580
>>3761667
Yup, Brune makes a lot of sense with one of them bordering you and I can't think of a reason why you'd invite one and not the other. Crabb can't hurt either. Mooton is a nice touch so I'll add them to the list. Good on you for remembering Hardy after that camp scuffle. This may be the best way to make sure they're not too angry.

>>3761699
Unfortunately, >>3761700 has the right of it. I want to say Brynden is going to be arriving back to Steadhold for the first time in years right around the time of your party.

>>3761700
It was a joke I know.

>>3761715
Brynden came home a month after the Assault of Dragonstone. So earlyish 284AC. So probably 5-6 months from now.

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>>3761752
N-nani?!?!

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There are plenty of obvious advantages to living at the top of the tower. The view, for one. The breeze during the summer… maybe that’s it. But right now, your tower is being increased in height. The scaffolding alone was intrusive, not to mention the incessant banging and hammering and foreign obscenities in that wet and girlish language. You need a change of scenery before you kill a laborer and slow the entire project down. You decide to finally head into the fishing village that handles the bulk of your production. You ride out on your new black courser, courtesy of the Vale, alone and outdoors for what feels like the first time in months. You slow your pace after you’ve put some distance between yourself and the noises of your tower’s mote so as to better enjoy your brief moment of peace.

You make it to the village after about an hour. It’s rather unremarkable with perhaps a dozen homes as well as the building that serves as your processing plant for cleaning, smoking, and salting your people’s catches. The building you’d actuall count as homes are a few hundred feet from the water, but there are a couple of shacks made of driftwood closer to the water as well. It may be simple, but you can see the potential when you look at it. It likely would’ve expanded further on its own, but your people are forbidden from chopping your timber without sanction on penalty of death. It’s a law of the Old Way that predates the founding of you House and there has been little reason to change it. Uncontrolled growth would lead to lawlessness and your woods are one of your best lines of defense.

You dismount from your horse as you approach what passes for a main square and are greeted by… Bodger?

“Ello, cousin! Wish you’d sent word. We’d put out some proper food if we’d known you’s coming,” he says.

“…we? You… live here?”

“Aye! My whole life sofar I knows it,” he says with pride.

You catch up with him as he gives you a tour of the area, for what little there is to see. You end up finding out he has several young children running around. That he would be capable of fathering one child, let alone several, may be a thought that keeps you up at night. What have you been doing?

Cont.

>>3761830
He takes you by the processing plant that he apparently has a big hand in managing and explains some of the finer details of the work here, much of which you don’t find particularly interesting, but he does pique your interest with some sort of grand idea to raise pearl oysters in enclosed areas as if they were sheep or pigs. It sounds insane, but it could easily increase your yields if he’s right. The problem is, he says it would take quite some time to implement properly. Something about breeding conditions and water quality and a maturation period.

You’re… pleasantly surprised by him. Though you’d never admit to Ciara that she may have been right all along. In fact, you could even make him the alderman here. As you continue to walk around, you greet a few men you recognize as off-duty Badgers, but you notice many of the less familiar inhabitants are keeping their distance or suddenly finding something to do indoors. Is your presence alone truly so threatening?

>Y/N on making Bodger the alderman here (any suggestions on names are welcomed too)
>Any ideas/write-ins on how to make yourself a more welcomed sight in your future economic hub?

This will be my last update for the night. I’m going to skip running tomorrow night because I want to take the time to work on some details for the private wedding and a couple of other things, but we will resume at 7:30pm EST on Tuesday. I’ll still pop in to answer questions until then. Thanks for playing everyone!

>>3761752
Oh hey! I'd love to go over whatever notes you have on the Clawmen Lords if you're still interested. Definitely something I'd like to work into the "wedding" when we get to it in probably a few weeks.

I'll have my twitter for the quest unlocked tomorrow too (will post a link here for everyone when I do). Apparently, creating an account is grounds for suspicious activity these days.

>>3761906
>Y/N on making Bodger the alderman here (any suggestions on names are welcomed too)
Yes, also Clamtown?

>Any ideas/write-ins on how to make yourself a more welcomed sight in your future economic hub?
If we have extra wood for the expansion in our tower give it to the town's folk and grant permissions to fell a few trees per year.

>>3761906
Bodger the bloody alderman fuck yah

>>3762024
>The Bloody Alderman
sure.
> With the hamlet's that is going to be in place and with what we hope to be a vibrant community. Not sure how out of line this is, but We could buy some quality wood so the people around here could build with. Let them finance it of sorts with a low-interest loan.
They will have better homes and in theory, there should be little to no one wanting to screw their fucking lord. Having the bloody alderman keeping track and all.
Throw in a wealth toward this so the place won't look like a hobofest of people.

We should also invest in the Market. We need 1 more wealth to turn our 1d3 into a 1d6 anyway. The market seems like a great start considering we will eventually create a port and some other stuff. It just seems like a no brainer.

>>3762061
Market requires a Small Town. We'll only have a hamlet

>>3757434
>She waves this off, “it worked, I think, but that’s not what is important here. I was being brought back from a manse at night in my litter. I was so afraid of the night and all of the terrors in may have held. But then we stopped at a bridge. A tall and beautiful woman in red robes with hair the color of blood approached me. She said, ‘fear not, child, one day you will meet a man who will keep the night back.’ She reached out with an open hand towards a brazier by the bridge. She bade me look into the flames. I did and saw nothing at first, then I saw a pair of eyes gazing back at me. Your eyes.”
This was a great touch to who initially seemed a more shallow character.

>>3761107
> It had the sigil of House Frey embroidered in it
And this made me chortle. Fucking details, man, I love them. Also fuck the Freys.

>>3761363
>Actual melee (not commonly held at weddings, but this isn’t a conventional area)
I liked the melee option because it would let us scope out some candidates for the foundation of our third unit. Can always hold it later or use other methods though.

>>3761906
>>3762022
Wood-felling permissions for peasants willing to relocate to the fishing village to encourage faster growth into a proper hamlet, sure.

>Yes, also Clamtown?
I like it, so long as the suggestion doesn't come from Cormaic.

While we're passing the time until the summons, we should do something for our bride. Lets go on a hunt and get Atia a shadowcat coat, since she is so fond of furs.

>>3762480
We find a Shadowcat Den kill the mother and then bring the kittens to the women in our life. Kinda dark but whatever

I'm thinking Bogshire for the town name.

Some great ideas all around so far. Extra wood/buying wood would be handled by a resource conversion. If you guys were to spend that last point of glory then you would be up to 6/10 land, so it would cost 8 wealth to convert up to 10 land. Given the aversion to spending 10 wealth on a very useful holding, I think I'll hold off on putting it to a vote until after we see where your next house fortunes falls. You have 2 months before that roll happens. Whenever that will be. I think we are starting to see some of the difficulties with this house here when dealing with these non-wealth resources. Once every 3 months on house fortunes with a decent chance of getting nothing.

A market would be excellent when you finally get a small town, especially if you do end up getting some artisan craftsmen down the road. The architect is the most immediately useful, but I think a jeweler would go a long way with a house that pulls pearls out of the water. And you guys voted for your sister to seek a marriage in the region with world renown for their precious metal mines... now there's some potential.

>>3762480

Thanks for the feedback, anon! I actually added in the backstory after she absolutely dunked on you guys in that initial intrigue roll off. Seemed like a fun way to explain it. I would've done at least part of that scene earlier, but she was getting very few votes for more interaction because players understandably wanted to give Alysanne a fair chance.

Sounds like we are in need of a good hunt soon. Should be fun. This area isn't exactly known for shadowcats though. Those tend towards more mountainous areas.

War Hounds*: +5 Wealth; 2d6 months. The dog kennels
produce not just hunting hounds but also those trained for
combat and military use. Unit Bonuses: Any non-mounted,
non-ship unit may be equipped with war hounds for a cost
of 2 Wealth, granting a +1B to melee attack rolls and increasing that unit’s melee damage by +2. This damage bonus is not limited by the normal maximums for a unit’s damage.

It makes it a bit harder for our main unit to get shot down. Mechanically makes a little sense. And I'm not sure why It's only a +1B considering its pack of trained attack dogs I don't see how that isn't a decent distraction in and of its self enough for our unit to send our another volley or two. Potentially delay the enemy for 1 round of damage?Especially for our ranged soldiers. But it is pretty balanced in that it does give 2 damage I guess. Keeps with them being stealth units. Just makes them that much more destructive. And less likely to be hurt if we can hurt them enough the first time around.
Especially if we plan on using the horses elsewhere. Doesn't seem like we would be going to war with horses, considering 100 horses galloping around might be too noisy. But it does get us potentially around other units fast enough to get behind enemy lines and tie them up and sneak attack from there.

I am clearly talking about simply buying a unit of trained war hounds. To add to the sparrowhawks.
>>3762797
So we would really have to go out of our way to try and find a shadow cat, likely in another domain?

>>3762797
I also meant to ask, are any of our neighbor's lands short on food? Or someone we could reliably sell food to? That we know we could meet at our wedding?Or kings landing So we can officially start to trade our surplus of food.

And more about our cousin's idea. How much would it cost to increase our pearl's operation?

>>3761953
Sorry for the late reply, but yeah I'm definitely still up for that. Hit me up with a DM on Twitter whenever you get the chance and I'll send you over the document as well as expound and explain anything else you'd like to know on my end. Looking forward to it!

>>3762797
>artisan craftsmen
Clam rancher, obviously!

>>3762851
Odd that it can be attached to any unit, not just those that have animal handling. Imagine having to control a huge pack of dogs trained to kill humans. But we do have our trusty Badgers to cover that.
Not a fan of using them as a disposable distraction however.

>>3762797
Didn't mean to scare you with the whole "find shadowcat litter, get animal cohort, train our killing machine" implication, QM. If not shadowcat, Atia could use a pair of fancy lizard shoes/gloves or a leather reticule just as well!

I do however aim to advocate getting and training a falcon/hound/some other reasonable creature.

>And you guys voted for your sister to seek a marriage in the region with world renown for their precious metal mines... now there's some potential.
You mean like house Reynold? Would Tyrus still be a bachelor? lol

>>3762851
>dogs
This is a good idea and one that will become an option when you get to a market big enough to seek out such a purchase. I'd allow the scouting dogs as an alternative too. I don't think I'll be allowing them to soak a full round's worth of hits because I would picture the purchase as maybe 20 or so dogs rather than some absurd number like 100. However, you may notice that I added hit and run and swift qualities to the guerillas to better represent what an elite unit of such can do. It makes more sense thematically to fire and fade away rather than try to soak an infantry charge.

>But it does get us potentially around other units fast enough to get behind enemy lines and tie them up and sneak attack from there

That's mainly what I pictured too. Honestly, I'm not sure if people appreciate how impractical an actual cavalry unit would be for a house with such a limited ability to field them outside of simple patrol duty. They're not practical in swampy terrain and they're more a hinderance than a help when considering your new naval commitments (your father-in-law's real reason for okaying a marriage). I love cavalry units, but it just feels odd for this house.

>So we would really have to go out of our way to try and find a shadow cat, likely in another domain?

Absolutely in another domain at the least. The good news is you have a solid month before you need to get back for Atia's return and little else on your schedule.

>Bodger's aquaculturing
It'll be 5 wealth and will double your monthly output from 5 units of superior pearls to 10 units. The catch being it takes even longer than your tower upgrade.

>Food
I'll have to work that out. More to come!

>>3762960
>However, you may notice that I added hit and run and swift qualities to the guerillas to better represent what an elite unit of such can do. It makes more sense thematically to fire and fade away rather than try to soak an infantry charge.
Wow, that's freaking fantastic!

>Honestly, I'm not sure if people appreciate how impractical an actual cavalry unit would be for a house with such a limited ability to field them outside of simple patrol duty. They're not practical in swampy terrain and they're more a hinderance than a help when considering your new naval commitments (your father-in-law's real reason for okaying a marriage). I love cavalry units, but it just feels odd for this house.
The sole reason I continuously associate our third potential unit with cavalry is that its high cost suggests knight-like prowess in battle. And the added mobility of course. What other unit of 20 can be as powerful?
Cormaic once called bullshit on a knight being worth five men, but mechanically it is still so.

>aquaculturing
Absolutely hilarious, double so if he actually uses the actual word.

>>3762941
>You mean like house Reynold? Would Tyrus still be a bachelor? lol

...huh. No idea what his eligibility looks like. Joe could speak more to that. His house history doc has Tyrus listed as being born in 267, the same year as Ciara. If so, then they'd both be 16. A second son of a Lord to the sister of a Landed Knight... I feel like he'd be slightly above her in the social hierarchy, but not ridiculously so. Maybe the fact that she has similar enough hair and eyes to the lovely matriarch of the house would help? But I don't want to give a definitive yes or no because I don't want to interfere with any plans Joe may have. His story is still pre-rebellion and a lot can happen in between then and now.

>>3763003
>What other unit of 20 can be as powerful?
I personally would be using the Personal Guard unit as 20 men instead of 100, just like Karban did. Combine them with the guerilla unit type for the extra fluff and you have a mean little unit right there that can still sneaky sneak and fight on boats. Still not as good as cavalry in an open field, but what are you doing fighting there anyway?

>Absolutely hilarious, double so if he actually uses the actual word.
I'll admit, having a man that comes off as a simpleton (but who would've made an excellent maester if not for a quirk of fate) invent such a word is painfully tempting.

>>3763042
>Combine them with the guerilla unit type for the extra fluff
Awesome. I'll be thinking of ways we could assemble such a band of (in)glorious bastards. Perhaps our wife-to-be knows certain individuals.

>>3763042
>Guerilla+personal guard
Fucking yes.

The last couple of threads I've been thinking about what the best option is for our third unit and I came to the conclusion of personal guard+scouts)
We've got stealth and ranged combat from our Sparrowhawks, we need is something that synergises with that, something with stealth and melee.
Personal guard provide the melee power our army is lacking. They also have the discipline to pull of difficult manuevers and not break under pressure.
Crossing them with scouts or guerillas only costs 2 power but it provides the unit with stealth as a key ability AND the ability to fight at range. That means we'd have a unit able to keep up with our Sparrowhawks when they're sneaking far behind enemy lines on a strategic level and ambushing or just outflanking enemy units on a tactical level. This means we won't be forced to split our forces and fall prey to defeat in detail. Then, when the battle is joined BOTH units will be able to sit back together and rain down arrows upon the advancing foe. Again, we're not forced to split up. The personal guard wouldn't be as effective as our archer-specced Sparrowhawks but they'll be able to contribute. By the time the weakened enemy are almost within melee range, they get countercharged by the personal guard and ripped to pieces by what they thought was just a group of archers.

I'd suggest scouts over guerillas. Both add stealth as a key ability and both add the ranged combat trait. The difference is that scouts have long-ranged bows but guerillas only have close-range thrown weapons. If we want the unit to keep up with the Sparrowhawks then we should go with the option that gives them the same range. By the time the enemy has reached thrown weapon range then the personal guard should be preparing to countercharge anyway.

Boggsdanoff

>>3763233
You know if we are mixing in anything to personal guard. It would be to minmax them so they can sneak with our sparrowhawks right? So i doubt they would be of much use as ranged fighters.
They would act more as a great defensive line. And hammering down weak units.

>>3763233
>>3763664
Yeah I too think you got carried away. I can see them having some secondary thrown weaponry but their main combat skill should be melee. Having both fighting and marksmanship is imbalanced.
They would be our melee powerhouse able to hold the line if need be but more of a precision tool than your typical personal guard. (So I guess replacing Endurance for Stealth by default?)

Okay, so there still won't be an update tonight, but this discussion has given me enough ideas to still put up an option for everyone to vote on until tomorrow evening. In light of the fact that you are very limited on founding a new unit any time in the next... probably at least a year with your limited ability to gain Power and your commitment to forming at least one naval unit, I will allow you to do some force restructuring JUST THIS ONCE.

I'll give you the opportunity to form a unit of Veteran Personal Guard+Guerillas(or scouts). This unit costs 13 power. How would you gain 13 power? You would be breaking up your Badgers (Veteran Support Corps), allowing those with more of a disposition towards domestic pursuits to be free to work on your upcoming hamlet or whatever suits them. The dozen or so Badgers with an aptitude for real fighting would be split between your Guard and he Sparrowhawks, giving them the Field Medic benefit (allowing them to retain their best of 2 on the casualty table, yes I just made this up, but it fits with how I allowed you the rerolls when you were out raiding and your Support was back in camp and is a little nod to your old unit). There's 7 power. You would also be recruiting some of your meanest fuckers from the Sparrowhawks, reducing them back to Veteran from Elite. Now you're at 9 power. The last 4 would come from converting your Population to Power as a House Action (16 Pop to 12 Pop). The restructuring process will take 3 months, so the new unit's first action would be to accompany you down to King's Landing.

Note: While I normally love write-ins and creative solutions, the above is the ONLY way I'm going to let this pass. Partially because it is a fair conversion and what I think fits narratively and partially because I want to keep this a simple vote without opening the floodgates to "what if we...instead." I think this is a fair trade with positives and negatives on both sides and isn't meant to be a freebee. The vote will be open until tomorrow.


>Restructure your military with the above plan
>Keep things the way they are

Please pick one!

>>3763870
>>Keep things the way they are

>>3763870
>Keep things the way they are
If only because I don't think just changing stuff is fair.

>>3763870
>>Keep things the way they are

>>3763870
>Keep things the way they are

>>3763870
>>Keep things the way they are
I would like to change to the personal guard. But I think we should be forced to commit to the choices we make. We won't be creating another fighting unit beside the giant warship for a while I am fine with that. We can also use the ship as a trading vessel of sorts. So that's more than worthwhile it.
We also need the population if we plan on creating a small town.
I never got exactly how the requirements fit for that. But I can only imagine we have to meet a certain population requirement among other things. If someone could care to explain it that would be great

Table 6–7: Feature Costs
Feature Cost Example
Coast +3 Stony Shore
Community Hamlet +10 Winter Town
Small Town +20 Mole Town
Large Town +30 Gulltown
Small City +40 Lannisport
Large City +50 King’s Landing
Grassland +1 Much of the Reach
Island +10 Bear Island
Road +5 The Searoad
Ruin +3 Oldstones
Water Stream +1 Much of the Riverlands
River +3 Tumblestone
Pond +5 Much of the Neck
Lake +7 Long Lake
Woods Light +3 Sunkenwood
Dense +5 The Wolfswood

Like we would need +x population to buy/own that?

>>3763870
>>Keep things the way they are
You are a very generous man. But if anon makes stupid choices anon gets stupid prizes. For not thinking if the long term.

I have been enjoying the support group.
And really they will be useful even on a warship. So I am happy with the choice we made. After our warship we can invest in a personal guard that will be hard to obtain.

>>3763941
It's odd, but the towns/cities are all bought with land. There's no purpose to population beyond house fortune rolls. Personally, I'm going to require you to reach at least 21 population to spend the extra 10 land to upgrade a hamlet to a small town because that just makes sense.

>>3763941
You technically can have a city on your holdings for rp sake, but it simply doesn't provide a benefit to a roll.

Same thing with stuff like Septs, blacksmiths, etc. Pretty much everywhere has a place for them, they just don't benefit fortunes.

Doing some prewriting. Can I get 3 rolls of 1d100 for your hunting encounter?

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>3764161
Hope we aren't attacked by Rodents of Unusual Sizes.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>3764161

Rolled 16 (1d100)

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>>3764206
Oh man I hope you guys roll well for this. Would suck if it got away.

So it wouldn't really make sense to have a master to help with the house, considering our wife has head for numbers. Between us both we should be pretty damn good.
We should also look for ways to increase our influence. Slowly but surely.

>>3764285
Just build up our holdings bit by bit will raise our influence.

Also btfo the Saltygars when they try to take our clay.

>>3764307
Yeah, makes sense..
I was thinking we run a tournament for what we did this time as well as an actual melee so we can get some new strong blood recruited into the house so we can build up the personal guard. Expand our power. Have some more knights under our employ if possible.

>>3763881
>>3763884
>>3763907
>>3763926
>>3763941
>>3763947

I know I said I'd leave it open until tomorrow, but 6 votes to keep it them same and 0 in the other direction is a good enough indicator for me. In truth, I thought this was going to be a much more contested vote and I'm pleasantly surprised. I really think you guys made the right choice. The Sparrowhawks met two damage thresholds by a single point of damage on your first fight. They only did so because of the +1 damage from your Badgers' successful preparation roles. There's a high chance they would've taken damage and rolled with a -1 on the casualty table had they not hit those numbers. They also would've definitely been dropped to Trained instead of upgraded to Elite if it weren't for the best of 2 for casualty/promotion table rolls after the second fight because the first roll was a 1. That's huge.

Downgrading your only elite unit and taking a hit on Population that would've put you dangerously close to dipping into -5 to house fortunes territory was arguably not worth an extra unit, but there seemed to be some popularity for such an extra unit and restructuring militaries and disbanding certain units is simply a fact of life for smaller and weaker houses.

>>3764307
Oh I'm looking forward to those encounters.

>>3764648
Could increase population by trying to offer the people, let say 1 silver a month to every family with at least 3 children to boost population some tax breaks?

>>3764681
Noooope. You can convert 400 gold dragons for 1 population though. Otherwise you gotta focus on it slowly through house fortunes. That or invest in a slave market. (Please don't do this) Do it!

>>3764681
We can convert wealth to population at a 2:1 rate, I imagine that's the sort of thing it includes.

>>3764732
Now why wouldn't we want a slave market?
We can introduce a breeding program to make all our people more attractive....

>>3764753
I thought slavery was outlawed in Westeros? if it's not...

SLAVE MARKET SETTLEMENT
Time:
12+1d6 months.
Requirement:
Marketplace holding
Investment: 10 Wealth
While not exactly a well-respected business, the slave trade
can be very handy when a House needs extra hands for the
fields or has a few too many mouths to feed come winter
time. Assuming such actions are legal, the slave trade can
provide extra coin while also helping the House deal with
manpower issues, assuming the slaves don’t take matters
into their own hands. If the slave trade is not legal and a
House builds a slave market, they are likely to face serious
consequences if their liege lord finds out.
New Rule: By taking the Manage Resources House Action, the House may convert Wealth to Population or Power, and Population or Power to Wealth at a 1:1 conversion.
Improvements
The following improvements are available for Slave Market Holdings.
Skilled Slave Stock*: +5 Wealth; 1d6 months. Your slave
market specializes in highly skilled individuals instead of
common rank-and-file laborers. Other Holding Discount: You
can reduce the cost of any Personage Wealth holding by 2.
Penal Slavery*: +5 Wealth; 1d6 months. Your House
makes a regular practice of selling criminals into slavery.
New Rule: Gain +1 Law when your Wealth increases by
House Fortunes rolls.
Soldier Slaves*: +5 Wealth; 1d6 months. While your
House likely ransoms the more valuable captives it takes
in war, it sells any common soldiers captured into slavery.
New Rule: If your House destroys another house’s unit in
battle and wins the battle, it gains 1 Wealth from selling
off the survivors. If your House captures an entire unit, like
tricking it into surrendering before battle is joined, it may
sell it into slavery, gaining Wealth equal to the Power of
the unit.

Heavy investment but slave market + soldier slaves might be worthwhile.
But turning wealth into power or population at 1:1 might be the biggest gain there. We would only be checked by our ability to house units. We would be forced to expand.

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>>3763941
>beside the giant warship
>giant
My concern here is not to go over the top with its design.

A larger than average (double-decked?) war galley with additional sails is what it could be. Given that a unit of five warships can transport a unit of infantry and a galley typically having 35 combatants per 100 oars, two decks should be the right size for it.
Add a ballista and a prow ram and we're set to sail.

>>3765263
what about catapults? or battering rams tipped with wildfire?

>>3765313
Wouldn't a ram studded with valyrian steel be better? And yes to catapults, but only if they throw chunks of obsidian. Courtesy of Bodger's military genius.

>>3765326
>ram studded with valyrian steel
Where do you think we could buy that?
Creating/forging valarian steel is a lost art... Or something. We would be much better doing something else with our time if it's as rare as I think it is.

>>3765333
Steal these tryhards' heirlooms and melt them down of course.

>>3765336
I think every single person in Westeros would probably hate you cause that is a lot of freaking Valyrian steel not to mention we would have to steal everybody's weapons

>>3765364
Would be absolutely worth it in my opinion. Nobody will withstand the might of our dreadnought. And obsidian catapults will prove essential when we bring the war to the white walkers.

>>3765373
The reaction of all the Lords of Westeros when they see Valyrian tip battering ram would be priceless.

>>3765326
Won't the ship get stuck then?

With the exploding ram, you can set the other ship on fire and then ditch the ram, or attach a new one.

>>3765373
>>3765388
Maybe if we made it portable on land too, it would work.

>>3765405
You mean like put the ship on wheels?

>>3765476
Now we put the wheels on the land and said over the earth.

Imagine the movie Waterworld but instead of water its dirt and loose soil everywhere. If the ground has a problem with that we introduce Valyrian steel to its face.

>>3765516
>[Bohemian Wagon fort Intensifies]

>>3765522
Because a flaming wagon of death is a good thing

>>3765546
Ironclad warship.

If we don't call our ship Boggsmarck I will be disappointed

i like bog, i want to visit bog with rich biodiversity

How about engineers?

>>3765588
Green ones cost only 3 power. If we go with big ship they can setup and operator siege engines what would give us massive advantage in naval warfare. They can make our tower more defensive.

>>3765263
It wouldn't be over the top. Just a flagship type like those already described in the books. I think I remember a regular warship, the ones that come in units of 5, would have around 80 oars. Flagships such as the Fury and King Robert's Hammer have 300 and 400 oars respectively. Cersei was planning some silly shit with twice as many oars as that before her fall from grace. Yours would be close in size to Fury.

>>3765588
The military unit: Excellent if you have the backbone of an army already and the money to give them toys to play with. You have neither and won't for a very long time.

The personage holding: also great for similar reasons, though I'd recommend the Artisan Architect holding for 5 less wealth and the same build time reductions.

>>3765570
FROM THE MIST, A SHAPE, A SHIP IS TAKING FORM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWEb-At8yc

ship + archer = Assassin Creed Odyssey

I gave you +4 exp for all of the ransom negotiations and social niceties, bringing you up to 23 exp total. Would you like to spend it now on raising rank 2 abilities to rank 3 and/or picking up a bonus dice or 2? If not, we can wait until you hit 30 exp to raise a rank 3 or 4 ability up.

>>3765588
We don't enough space for 2 units right now, let alone a 3rd or 4th.

I do like the idea of eventually upgrading the Badgers to engineers though. Like you say, only costs 2 power and it's not hard to afford a bevy of scorpions for them. The Badgers are first and foremost a support unit so they I wouldn't want to upset or distract the troops by sending them to the front lines but scorpions would let them skewer knights, archers and everyone else without any real risk to themselves.

>>3765729
Hold off for now. Agility is what I'm most interested in upping, it'd boost our combat defense and ranged damage.

>>3765729
>Would you like to spend it now on raising rank 2 abilities to rank 3
Animal Handling 3: better at riding, better at training prereq. for animal cohort too.
And Knowledge 3/Endurance 3/Will 3/Survival(Hunt 1)/AH(Training 1).

I have this idea of ingratiating ourselves with Bobby B through hunting. Possibly become the royal jegermeister? The other guy used by Cersei to ensure that Robert doesn't return from that last hunt?

>>3765729
I would like to do this if i get the support:
will 2-->3
end 2-->3

Let me go ahead and format this better so it doesn't turn into a mess.

>Save exp until we get to 30
>Spend it now (pick 2 from animal handling, endurance, healing, knowledge, warfare, will, or bonus dice)

I'll close voting tonight at 9pm est. for those joining us later. Story still picks up at 7:30pm est.

>>3765774
>>Save exp until we get to 30

>Animal handling
Horses are rubbish in the swamps, it's hard to stealth on a courser and our elite troops are footmen
>Endurance
Increases our health but I'd rather just not get hit. Fight smart, not hard. And we've already got thsat bonus from Blood of the First Men
>Will
Improves our composure but we have our dearly beloved to take the lead in serious intrigues.
>Knowledge, Healing
Just not really our thing.
Improves our

>>3765774
>>Save exp until we get to 30

>>3765774
>Save exp until we get to 30

>>3765774
>Spend it now
>AH->3 (because Crawclaw point isn't the entirety of Westeros, plus the other plan)
>Survival(Hunt 1, will reflect well on the upcoming session and further)

All saving does is lead to another pigeonhole choice later.

>>3765774
>>Spend it now
>>AH->3 (because Crawclaw point isn't the entirety of Westeros, plus the other plan)
>>Survival(Hunt 1, will reflect well on the upcoming session and further)

>>3765834
>>3765879
One quick thing I should mention. I love the idea of specializing more into survival/hunt especially in conjunction with the idea above , but you won't actually roll on it via survival for this outing. It's simply because the creature you ended up with has lead me to inject in some Plot(tm). Figured I'd give a heads up in case the next session was a major reason for selecting it.

>>3765774
>>Spend it now (pick 2 from animal handling, endurance, healing, knowledge, warfare, will, or bonus dice)
endurance, will.
we will need these now that we have a wife

>>3765879
samefag alert

>Save exp until we get to 30
Kind of want animal handling so we can maintain the purebred horses, and maybe even breed them.

>>3765894
>Figured I'd give a heads up in case the next session was a major reason for selecting it.
I believe picking an upgrade for quick benefit alone is lame, but I offered a simple justification for anons on the fence.

Let me just say that there will be circumstances where you won't be able to depend on other characters to carry you. Likewise social and physical 'meatshields' won't always be there for us. It's more fulfilling to be a rounded character than be the guy who shoots.
We should diversify a little in the beginning of the quest (and it will pay dividends), but don't get me wrong, I agree Agility 4 will be a great future investment for a number of reasons.

>>3765969
Nah, it's just an anon who could've added more originality to his only post.

>>3765991
It is unlikely that between our meager holdings and unfavorable terrain we will become a horse house. Dogs and/or hunting birds I can get behind.

>>3765999
What about the horses we got from war? Some of them are of very good stock.

>>3766015
And are probably geldings, and you need a fair handful of horses to start a breeding pool with enough genetic diversity that we dont start inbreeding and diluting the pool. Plus we dont know or have the pedigree for any of these horses and are unlikely to be able to get them without big cash money.

Also the Horse Husbandry holding is 10 wealth and I just ain't here for that when the major horse lord in the Crownlands is about to start up again with a vengeance.

>>3765774
>>Spend it now (pick 2 from animal handling, endurance, healing, knowledge, warfare, will, or bonus dice)
Animal Handeling & Warfare
I've gotten more and more open to the idea of the shadow cat. It provides us with more damage. That we will need when fighting close combat. And is good at sneaking.
Warfare is pretty great to have at a basic three. We do not lose much having it at three. Only benefits. It can be argued that there may be better things to upgrade. But why bother waiting to do it later if the plan is to do it anyhow.

I really want double shot, but if we are commiting animal cohort we should commit to it before our hunt. May help to just get animal handeling. And spend the DP when we need it.
After this upgrade for both. We never have to touch these two stats again. And they pay good dividends each.
Animal handeling is always nice to have, trained horse rider and such. If we ever get to jousting. Which God help me is a terrible idea..but options.
And Warfare is obvious is a good thing. I don't see why anyone would have issue with this. Especially if we ever get into some naval battle experience.

>>3766085
>And Warfare is obvious is a good thing. I don't see why anyone would have issue with this. Especially if we ever get into some naval battle experience.
Absolutely. I was one of its early proponents. Though it may not come in handy for a time.

And if the consensus does go in favor of AH (+ cohort), I'd like to switch my second XP spending choice to Survival (Train 1), as it is the prerequisite. Kinda complicates the vote.

>>3766085
Can we please drop the idea of getting a shadowcat as campanion. There is a reason people dont have mountain lions (pumas, vast amounts, cougars whatever your region calls them) and it's because cats are fucking dangerous. They arnt like dogs, birds or horses which all make somewhat sense as long as you get a bird from a chick and it imprints on you.

Not to mention we dont have any mountains, which Boggs specifically said they lived. If we lived in the North, or hell even a first men family in an isolated corner of the vale I'd be on board but considering our location and what not...no. Just no.

>>3766190
Catamounts*

>>3766190
W-what about Bludo, sempai?

>>3766190
Second. I really don't think the idea is anything other than meta gaming. A falcon or dog is a better better for Cormaic if we want to go down this route but honestly the animal cohort thing has already been done such Malroy. Can we just keep focusing on being a stealth archer and super nontraditional knight? That's a way more fun angle.

>>3765774
Spend it now
Animal handling
will

I probably will be limiting animal cohort to a bird or dog, if it even wins the vote. It has some steep competition in the Benefits department.

>>3766309
Mad about but having a good hound is never a bad thing

>>3766260
So getting a hawk or a dog isnt meta gaming? A shadow cat fits more closely to our need. Something quick and is good at sneaking. It compliments us perfect is why I think it would be great. It fits in line.
Yeah and it's a horse, completely different animal.. it's not like we can all of a sudden ride a cat.
That being said I do believe a hawk is just as good as it should in theory help us scout better.
Our support group has animal handeling 4. We could get support from there if we go hunting we should take a couple of them.
Again just throwing out options. I would personally be happier with double shot. We are only missing 1b in bows. And train for it in game and we are done.
Just going with the flow for things.
If people want to commit to animal cohort, warfare and Animal Handling
If we want to commit to Double shot, Warfare and Bows 1b.
I do not see why we should wait for 7 more exp. If these are real things we want to commit to anyway.
And realistically we never have to put any more points into these things again. One and done. Then we can worry about Will and Endurance and then agility.

>>3766260
>the animal cohort thing has already been done such Malroy
Elaborate, please.

Do you mean Goldsong? That's entirely on narrative, no character benefits attached.
Get ourselves an extraordinary destrier(?), name it and it can be another such thing.

As for non-traditional, employing a trained animal is quite there in the uncommon territory.
And a reminder that an animal provides 1D in Fighting by itself as a distraction and without actively engaging. It is a fun angle.

>>3766309
>competition
Animal cohort
Double shot
and Armor mastery, correct? I aim to get all of them eventually. Preferably in this order.

>>3766328
>Do you mean Goldsong? That's entirely on narrative, no character benefits attached.

Yeah it is? Brynden literally has the Animal Cohory Benefit, he's had it since day one.

>>3766328
>extraordinary destrier(?)
Courser.

>>3766338
Imagine not knowing this.

>>3766260
Isn't having a shadow cat probably one of the most untraditional things that we could probably do? Also having a horse companion compared to a hound or a shadowcat will play completely differently

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>>3766327
>If people want to commit to animal cohort, warfare and Animal Handling
Also requires one in Training specialty.

An eagle/hawk can hunt with us, intercept ravens, do simple scouting (Cormaic is not a skinchanger, he can't communicate with it obviously, but we can train the bird to perform something like returning upon spotting people and leading us to them).

A hound is faster than a wolf but a bit less stealthy.
If not an eagle, a wolf can fill the spot. Distract an enemy (lowers CD), sick the wolf on him to perform a knockdown attack (idk why a large hound can't pull off the same maneuver) and stomp a prone opponent.
A hound/wolf companion can also become the cornerstone for our future kennels, if we decide to go that way.

>>3766338
Really? Shit, I never noticed it while following the quest nearly from its inception. Shame on me.

>>3766327
>So getting a hawk or a dog isnt meta gaming?
No? Not sure how it ever could be. They're common animals. A shadowcat, however, comes off as simple minmaxing to me when they don't even live in your lands.

>Animal cohort, Double shot, and Armor mastery, correct? I aim to get all of them eventually. Preferably in this order

Those are probably the main ones. Armor mastery is particularly good considering it brings you down to bulk 1 in armor. I could see Pious making the list as well, if only because I plan on opening up the Destiny point vote immediately after your wedding.

Let's see... Furtive is good. So is Great Hunter. Or I could do a lot with that storywise at the least. I can't recommend intrigue benefits with a straight face with your drawback.

It's a big decision because you won't be getting another for quite some time.

>>3766388
I am honestly less and less finding animal cohort a good option.
>>3766364
20 points to invest in.
Chance encounter to find
Invest whole turns training and hopefully succeed in the training. I would much rather double shot or a clean armor mastery.
I didnt know there was also a 1b die of training required.

>>3766433
The chance encounter part was back when I was considering allowing a more exotic animal, which I don't want to do at this point because I just don't think it fits. That would've better suited the Warg option I gave at character creation.

I'm not going to make you jump through hoops for a dog or hawk. It is still a 20 exp investment in stuff that you really won't have much use for otherwise and the +1D is only for fighting, not marksmanship and only applies when the animal is actually on hand. One of those things that can be nice and flavorful, but not necessarily the greatest mechanically for this particular character. Not trying to dump on it because it could be fun, just breaking it out.

>>3766388
>I could see Pious making the list as well, if only because I plan on opening up the Destiny point vote immediately after your wedding.
It is an unexpected but enticing path. I don't see Cormaic coming to believe (in R'hllor?) during the span of several months but maybe later along the way.

>It is still a 20 exp investment in stuff that you really won't have much use for otherwise
Lets put it this way: if anons are amenable to building kennels further on, the investment may find more use. If not? Lets not waste XP and a destiny point.

>AH 3 and AH (Training 1)
or
>Warfare 3 and Bows 3

Changing from >>3766306 to warfare 3 and bows 3

>>3766493
>>Warfare 3 and Bows 3
Sounds good.

>>3766493
>Warfare 3 and Bows 3

Continuing now! Also, here's a link to the twitter: https://twitter.com/CormaicB

>Make Bodger the alderman

You call for the inhabitants of the village to come join you in the square. Many seem hesitant but aren’t about to refuse you either. You speak to them simply and honestly because they are simple and honest folk. You talk of your dreams of expanding their village into a more vibrant community, of which they’d be the foundation. You announce your plans to raise your cousin Bodger to the position of alderman, which garners plenty of cheers and well wishes. Apparently, he’s popular here.

You let them go about their business after your short announcement. They’re clearly still wary of you, but you’re used to it. Few that aren’t well used to you are able to find comfort in your presence. You’ll be content to allow your actions to speak for themselves. They’ll see their improved fortunes and come around.

You spend the night in the village, drinking some piss pour ale in your cousin’s house talking with Bodger of his plans for creating some sort of oyster farm. He thinks it could be done with an investment of 1000 dragons but cautions again that it would be around two years to see some results. You tell him you’ll think it over. The house is quite large for this sort of village and has entirely too many of his spawn running about. Turns out Barth built it for Bodger’s mother before she passed a few years back. You file away this unexpected sentimentality for later. Before you leave in the morning, you tell him that he has permission to fell a few choice trees, but to be sure to keep a good handle on it.

Cont.

>>3766751
You’re of a mind to go on a hunt. In part because you usually are and also because you’d like to get a gift for Atia and know she enjoys her fur coats. You could never see yourself buying the skin of an animal you could hunt yourself. It would be like hiring a headsman when you have a perfectly good axe yourself. Doesn’t feel right.

Something simple won’t due for your future wife. She would probably gush over a deer or fox pelt for your thoughtfulness and then never wear it out. The best you could hope to find would be a bear and even that is no sure thing. You’re seeking more exotic game and there is only one place on the Point where you think you may find it without “trespassing”, as some like to call it. The Whispers.

You make your way south, crossing through the deep woods of your neighbors, Brown Hollow Brunes and eventually cutting through the meager lands of House Cave, much reduced from their recent conflict with the more formidable Brune Houses. You could’ve made better time going through the coastal domain of House Hardy, but you see no reason in risking further provocation. You’ll bury that hatchet at your wedding celebration, or you’ll bury it later permanently. Their choice.

Your trek through the woods and wetlands is slow going, especially when you’re avoiding the hospitality of your neighbors. You’re unsure of where you fall with them right now and don’t want to find your answer alone and unannounced. It’s of no concern to you. You were born near these woods and know your way about as if by instinct. You reach the lands around the Whispers mid-morning of your third day. The old ruin of a castle came upon you suddenly through the mist, overgrown with the wilderness and with few towers still standing. The sounds of waves lapping at the cliffs and caverns below adding to the natural eeriness of the scene.

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>>3766769
Natural eeriness aside, there is a certain… wrongness in the air. You’ve all heard the stories of curses and witches and talking heads as children growing up. Hearing tales from a thousand years ago just doesn’t compare with the feeling of being here in the flesh. Few live in the surrounding woods aside from some common offshoots of the Crabbs, considered a touch backward even to your ilk. You see no signs of inhabitants in the ruins themselves. It seems there are places even the descendants of the castle’s old masters won’t bed down.

You take the time to explore the grounds, finding nothing of any particular use. The keep is collapsed rubble and the bailey is nothing but godswood at this point, with a young weirwood tree at the center. Having gotten a feel for the lay of the land in daylight, you make camp in the alcove of what must’ve been the entrance to a ruined bastion. The sun sets and the temperature drops, despite the spring air, so you begrudgingly light a fire. Even the flames seem erratic here. You catch a quick nap as you wait for darkness to truly fall and your hunt begins in earnest.

As you awaken a few hours later, movement catches your eye in the light of the moon. Along the tree line near the ruined walls, a large white shape… a White Hart! Rare beasts, considered good fortune by those of the Old Gods. Many a huntsman goes his entire life without seeing one. This would be a trophy worthy of your wife-to-be that even the Ladies of King’s Landing would look to with envy. Still… there are some, those who cling the most fervently to the Old Gods, who may take offense to the killing of what they call a spirit of the forest.

Will you…

>Hunt the beast. You’re unconcerned with the Old Gods, as is Atia, and such an opportunity only comes but once
>Do not attempt to harm the White Hart. You won’t risk the wrath of the Gods or your more pious neighbors

>>3766820
>Hunt the beast. You’re unconcerned with the Old Gods, as is Atia, and such an opportunity only comes but once

Cormaic doesnt strike me as a particularily religious man. Does he believe? Maybe. But is it a character trait like Ser Landon Grallner? Nope. Let's get our wife something nice. Plus fuck the old gods, if we're going to be a fanatic, we are worshipping the One True God, The Lord of Light, R'hollor. FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF TERRORS!!

>>3766820
>>Hunt the beast. You’re unconcerned with the Old Gods, as is Atia, and such an opportunity only comes but once

>>3766824
+1

I have a feeling Bogg is going to make us feel the wrath of God after we kill this thing

>>3766820
>>Do not attempt to harm the White Hart. You won’t risk the wrath of the Gods or your more pious neighbors
Just try to sneak up on it to pat it on the rear. Surely touching such a creature without harming it will give us great luck.

>>3766820
>>Hunt the beast. You’re unconcerned with the Old Gods, as is Atia, and such an opportunity only comes but once

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>>3766835
Ain't no gods but the true God my guy.

Is this finally going to be the house where we get to play as a worshiper of the red god? My body is ready

This would be completely out of character but we should sacrifice to meat to a god

>>3766869
The*

>>3766824
>>3766834
>>3766835
>>3766845
>>3766852
Hunt it is!
>>3766857
To be fair, he used God in the singular. Maybe he is a convert without even realizing it.
>>3766869
What are you doing with my notes??

>Hunt the beast. You’re unconcerned with the Old Gods, as is Atia, and such an opportunity only comes but once

You’ve never been a firm believer in the Old Gods, finding their worship to be rooted more in old tradition than in something worthy of more reverence. They’ve never answered your prayers. You even went as far as to dabble in The Seven during the excursions of your early teens, finding it to be much the same except with even more tedious ceremony. But when Atia told you her childhood story… your heart was pounding, as if from a great terror or excitement, and you felt a sense of something… more.

You’ll hunt this beast and come home with a trophy worthy of song. You grab your bow and begin heading in its direction, trailing a path through the shadows.

>>3766869
>Roasting up some of the meat over a fire
>Gaze into the fire, thinking about what Atia told you about her vision
>Chuck a nice fatty chunk of the meat into the fire
>"Hey R'hllor. If you're there, thanks for getting me paid to marry a hot Targ looking cutie. You're alright."

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>>3766882
Forgot to add...

>Please give me 3 rolls of 5d6 for SNEAK

Rolled 5, 1, 6, 6, 4 = 22 (5d6)

>>3766888

Rolled 1, 5, 6, 1, 2 = 15 (5d6)

>>3766888

Rolled 4, 1, 3, 1, 6 = 15 (5d6)

>>3766888

God we suck

>>3766890
>>3766895
>>3766901
>Rolled 21 vs DC 15 (its active awareness roll)
2 degrees of success!

…It never sees you. It never hears you. Perhaps it smells you, but if it does it can’t pinpoint your location or nearness. You’re just another shadow.

You creep up within a few dozen yards before you stop, unwilling to risk getting any closer as you nock an arrow and prepare to draw…

>Please give me 3 rolls of 8d6+1 for some ambush marksmanship

Rolled 1, 3, 6, 3, 4, 6, 3, 5 + 1 = 32 (8d6 + 1)

>>3766914

Rolled 6, 4, 6, 2, 6, 4, 4, 6 + 1 = 39 (8d6 + 1)

>>3766914

Rolled 6, 3, 5, 1, 3, 3, 1, 5 + 1 = 28 (8d6 + 1)

>>3766914

>>3766915
>>3766916 did this creature do something to you personally, anon?
>>3766919

>Rolled 33 vs CD of 11
4 Degrees of success!
24 damage vs 12 hp

You draw and loose as the White Hart looks in your direction at last. It’s too late. Far, far too late. The arrow takes it through the eye and the massive beast stumbles before collapsing in a heap, even its final flight instinct obliterated by the shaft protruding from its massive skull. You finally let out the breath you’ve been holding and take your walk up to it. Even mythical beasts are little use against such brutal and direct force.

You set to work skinning the massive creature, but it’s slow going with it being the size of a palfrey. Maybe these were the beasts that legendary heroes of old such as Clarence Crabb rode into battle. The antlers themselves are the most difficult. They could be made of steel. You end up giving up on and hack away the entire head with your battle axe. You drag the head back along with a couple choice cuts of meat and the beast’s bright white coat. You’d like to take more, but you’ll be traveling heavily enough with what you already have. Makes you wish you brought a horse. A bear will be along for soon enough if nothing else gets to it first.

You don’t want to drag a rotting meaty head around for the next two or three days so you decide to clean it by placing it in your small fire with some extra kindling and fat from the carcass. Some heat won’t damage those antlers anyway. You're happily feasting away on your fresh meat when you turn to the skull in the flames. As the meat slogs off and the bone appears, the unexpected happens…

Cont.

>>3766950
>did this creature do something to you personally, anon?
I wanted to spare it!

Did we at least get the full Pelt? How much did the thing weigh and how far are we from home?

>You see shapes in the flames. Impossible shapes. Castles on rocks, held together by bridges… a great tusk piercing the air, spilling blood and wine both… a sea awash with green flame… a dragon with three heads flying over a body of water… a snow so cold you can feel it through the flame…

You jolt backwards at the last flash, shivering uncontrollably and without warning. You drift off to sleep, trying to warm yourself by the fire.

You awake the next morning with a splitting headache. The flames have long since guttered out, leaving only a smoldering pile of ash with a blacked skull and silvered antlers behind. You break camp shortly after, wanting to rid yourself of this place. You take your time getting back with your heavier load. The antlers in particular are an absolute pain in the arse, snagging on branches and just generally being unwieldy.

Your arrival back to the motte must’ve been a sight to behold. You’re sure the rumors will be swirling as smallfolk and even your battle-hardened elites watch with awe and, in many cases, more than a little fear as you come skulking out of the brush covered in mud, blood, and smoke and holding what anyone can recognize as the trophy of a beast from their nursery tales. Your first words to the silence of your household in the better part of two weeks are a call for wine and a bath, in no particular order.

>>3766970
Yeah, the pelt is fine. You didn't wreck it. It all weighed enough for you to take a lot more breaks and curse your way through the wilderness for several days.

Okay, I did say 9pm est for that exp vote. It looks like it fell solidly over to spend. Give me a sec to see what we're ending up with...

>>3766986
So we saw alot of stuff

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>Warfare increased to 3!
>Bows increased to 3b!

Barth and the rest of your men arrive back from the Maidenpool trip, flush with new castle-forged steel for your Sparrowhawks along with tabards and gambesons in your House Colors for all of your men-at-arms. He seems especially excited to show you your new armor.

“Your new battleaxe is of as fine a make as any could hope for, as are the two hatchets that were thrown in. Get it? Thrown? HAH!” You fix Barth with a blank stare until he continues. “You didn’t order them, but the blacksmith said you were paying a sword price for the axe and he wouldn’t have anyone calling him a cheat.”

“Now the breastplate… you’ll fit right in with those King’s Landing nonces. I bet they all ask where you got it from. The thing’s a work of beauty, Cormaic.” And it is. You don’t know how he did it, but he managed to work the coat of arms of your house into the steel with both black and green colorings prominent. He also worked the four swamp flowers in with garnets and beads of gold. It’s more than you could’ve hoped for.

“Ah, and then there’s the helm! You wouldn’t believe how cheaply he sold it over, Cormaic. Said he can’t see why anyone would be willing to pay full price for it now. The man must’ve lost his mind. I mean, just look at it.”

Ah. That definitely looks like a dragon helm. It looks menacing, a blackened reptilian thing. You can see lesser men being unmanned at such a shape coming from the shadows. Or perhaps one would simply be afraid of a man willing to wear such a thing openly in these times.

>>3767067
I have a feeling that Bobby B is going to tell us to throw it off a balcony in kings landing

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>I went back over everything and found that while swearing to Cersei had some vocal support, it was never really put to a vote. I’m not going to railroad you into her arms based on 3 or 4 people talking about it outside of a vote. The vote itself was to put your house before the crown. So here we are, I’m going to leave it in your hands to decide whether swearing to the Queen over the King is in the best interests of your house.

You receive a raven in the very last days of the month announcing the coming wedding of King Robert Baratheon, first of his--- to the Lady Cersei of House Lannister, daughter of Lord Tywin Lannister, the man who ordered the Sack of King’s Landing. Sister to the man who stabbed the previous king in the back despite being sworn to do the opposite. Like the High Septon becoming a whore. The family ultimately responsible for the death of your daughter’s mother.

You’re conflicted. Swearing an oath to the Queen seemed a simple “fuck you” to the King veiled under historical precedence and house tradition with a decent chance of gaining a powerful sponsor. But a Lannister? You would be doing a service to a house that you have little and less reason to love. On the other hand, this girl had nothing to do with The Sack. Should she truly be blamed for the actions of her father? For all you know, she may be the greatest queen since the coming of Aegon the Conqueror. There is still much to be gained here. But can you stomach it?

>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

This will be the last post of the night. I know it’s still early, but I want to make sure the next session with the wedding is as fine-tuned as it should be. We will have a destiny point to spend at the end of it all. I also want to give this vote time to be considered carefully. It’s a very important decision and can take the story in completely different directions. I will say this: the decision will have no impact on your reparations/debts whatsoever.

Next session will be on Thursday, 8-22 at regular time, I’ll post on the twitter/in here if there are any changes to the time. Thanks for playing everyone and have a good night!

>>3767127
>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.

>>3767127
>>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family

>>3767127
>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.

>>3767140
+1

>>3767127
>>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

>>3767127
>>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

>>3767127
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

By the way, >>3766952 ID is me, it's just that my internet is fucky right now due to a storm. So no samefagging on my end.

>>3767127
>>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…
Fuck it, if we have tradition of swearing to a queen. We may as well commit to that behind our obvious ass kissing.

>>3767127
Swear to the queen.
I want to see how it plays out.

>>3767127
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

>>3767127
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

>>3767127
>>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

>>3767223
Shame about the beast, we could have tried to breed more of them.

>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…
How's our wife feel about is sleeping with the queen?

>>3767127
>>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.
I know it's futile but I want to stay as far from Queen cunt as possible.

>>3767127
>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side

Never trust the Lannister if they would betray the mad king and his allies they would betray us as well

And king Robert rewards loyalty look at how much his allies gained from the war

>>3767438
We weren't on his side of the war, and he holds hate boners for all who weren't. Plus if we ever cozy up and he meets our wife and sees our armor, well...

>>3767127
See you then Boggs, enjoying the quest so far

>>3767097
>I have a feeling that Bobby B is going to throw us off a balcony in kings landing
fixed

>>3767127
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family
It is a more cunning thing to do that go with the king-swearing bandwagon. Lannisters decided not fight a losing battle that's all, I think Cormaic can appreciate such prudence.

>>3767395
>>3765991
What is it with you and breeding, anon?

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>>3767465
>What is it with you and breeding, anon?

>>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.

>>3767097
Lol yeah I wouldn't recommend walking into the throne room with it on. Or any helmet on really. That would come off as posturing. You'll have the option of wearing your breastplate though.

>>3767395
>How's our wife feel about us sleeping with the queen?
You or her?

>>3767460
Glad to hear it!

>>3767465
What is it with you and not breeding, anon?

>>3767441
> he holds hate boners for all who weren't
That's a stretch during the war he was more than willing to befriend and forgive the bannermen who rose up against him. And then after the trident the whole healing Barristan thing. I think his hate boner is purely for Targs. It might be different if we had a liege lord who supported him but being sworn directly to the crown/ queen, it's not like he can find much fault with our loyalty. I like the idea of swearing to the queen though.

>>3767629
I'd say this is correct. Bobby B has a record of at least showing respect, if not outright favor to those he sees as warriors. I've always thought it was because this is the type of person he can actually relate to. Our only major action was quite successful and he doesn't strike me as the type to hold a grudge against someone who boldly followed an order that he would've issued himself (though he'd never admit to such). You stopped fighting entirely when the orders stopped coming. Plenty will fault you for that, but he will be decidedly neutral and dismissive on the subject.

I'm looking forward to making a chart showing more detailed dispositions of the various houses that do know of you just after King's Landing.

>>3767592
>Where did you get the helmet
>Got it from a lord I met
>He didn't need it anymore
>*Smiles*

>>3767127
>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.

Not a fan of the Lannisters desu

>>3767592
Nothing wrong with a 4some with some incest throw in.
Us+wife+Jamie+Cersei? Rob can watch sitting on the chair.

>>3767836
Neither am I but *we* don't know that yet...

>>3767127
>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

Nothing tonight?

>>3769215
Nvm
Swear to the king.

>>3767127
>>Swear to the King. Everyone else will be and it won’t draw any undue attention from any side.

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Well that's a solid majority for the Queen. Gonna close the vote now. First post will be up in a little under 2 hours!

>>3770512
Damn, Cersei looks like THAT? So sorry, wife of ours

>Swear to the Queen. Unique move to play with varied reactions from everyone, but her family…

You swallow your anger… for now. You will not alter your plans to spite the young Queen for the sins of her father. Someone will need to answer for what happened, but this girl should be but a year older than your own sister. You can’t say you truly loved Ynys after your short time together and little real bonding beyond the physical, but she was still the mother of your child. Her death demanded retribution. Blood for blood. It was your way. Perhaps you could find more answers as to which of the Lannister host caused her to turn to the edge. That should be enough to settle your debt.

>First week of Month X, Year 283

You’ve been in a foul mood for the past week. You’d already been on edge from your own impending wedding and uncertain thoughts of your experience at the ruins of Whispers. The letter of the Royal Nuptials served as the final nail in turning your restlessness to wroth. And on top of it all, that damnable. Fucking. Hammering.

You’ve been taking the time to head out to the yard each day and do some hammering of your own on some archery targets. You’ve always had a natural knack for archery, but you feel as if you’ve improved with all of your recent opportunities for real world application. Those about the yard along with a few of the laborers sometimes stop to watch on your more difficult shots. Satisfied for now, you begin to leave off until you see a rider approaching. One of your Badgers from the village, he informs you that a merchant ship is approaching your shores. Atia. You thank the man and rush back inside to make yourself more presentable.