The Rules and Regional Bonus Information

**Pontifex Maximus** · November 01, 2012, 08:24 PM

Starting Incomes/Promotion Money

Weekly Incomes

Land Incomes for Nobles

The Westerlands

The Reach

Dorne

The Riverlands

The Vale of Arynn

The Crownlands

The North

The Stormlands

The Iron Islands

The Wall

Beyond the Wall

Note: You may, at most, start with two provinces. One must be poorer than the other. For example, if you have a Very Rich province, the other must be Rich or below. If you are a bannerman, you must have your overlord's permission (and an acceptable backstory) for your second province.

Taxes

Traits

In Westeros different individuals have different natural skills. These skill sets are reflected in natural traits.

Commoners
Beginning at age 20, commoners may select two skill points. A point is defined as a single bonus. So taking +1 in assassinations would be a single point. Thus you could use both points and have +2 in assassinations or split them over several skills. Every 5 years (ie 30, 35, 40, etc etc) you gain another 2 points to assign. However for balancing reasons you cannot have more points in any single trait than the first digit in your age (so a max of 3 points if your 30, 4 points if your 40, etc etc)

Nobility
At age 10 nobles may begin assigning trait points. A point is defined as a single bonus. So taking +1 in assassinations would be a single point. Thus you could use both points and have +2 in assassinations or split them over several skills. Every 5 years (ie 15, 20, 25, etc etc) you gain another 2 points to assign. However for balancing reasons you cannot have more points in any single trait than the first digit in your age (so a max of 3 points if your 30, 4 points if your 40, etc etc)

Skills
Duels +1

Field battle rolls (away from castles) +1

Siege rolls (anything involving castles or defenses. Counts whether attacker or defender) +1

Capture rolls (when capturing someone) +1

Income (Tiered)
Tier 1: 1 point (+2.5% earned
Tier 2: 3 points (+5% earned)
Tier 3: 5 points (+7.5% earned)

Survival rolls (in battles + age related rolls) +1

Assassinations (doing and defending) +1

Escape rolls (in battles and in relation to assassinations) +1

Archer (any roll using a bow, ie tournament or assassination) +1

Fist fighter (weaponless rolls) +1

Jouster +1

Birth rolls +1

Spy: +1 to spying rolls

Counterspy: -1 to spy rolls against this character

Pillager (Tiered)
Tier I: 1 point (+2.5% earned)
Tier 2: 3 points (+5% earned)
Tier 3: 5 points (+7.5% earned)

Loyalty (Tiered)
Tier 1: 1 point. Men will accept half pay for one year
Tier 2: 3 points. Men will accept no pay for a single year
Tier 3: 5 points. Men will fight for no pay for two years

Devote Member of the Faith (may excommunicate and denounce one rank higher)

Denouncer (causes extra unrest when denouncing and excommunicating) +5%

Fate (50:50 chance of a +1 or a -1 to any roll)

Sea captain (rolls at sea) +1

Ranks

**Pontifex Maximus** · November 01, 2012, 08:25 PM

Feudal System

This RPG utilizes a feudal system in order to emulate the ranks and fealty in the books.

Lands
Westeros has been divided into it's many counties, each with specific incomes (see Income Rules) and levies, both in men and ships. The lists below tell how many men and ships each province gets.

Granting of Titles
Anyone who holds a title (ie is known as 'Lord' or 'Lady') may grant those under them titles an/or land. To grant land you must own at least two provinces. You may not promote someone to the same rank as you (ie, if you are a Lord of a House that owns two provinces, you may only make a person Lords Bannerman of your second province).

Fealty
Whenever a Lord promotes someone, the person who gains the land is presumed to have sworn an oath of loyalty to their benefactor. In effect, the Lord who grants the land still owns the land, and may demote you at any time. The new lord owns the troops and ships of the land he has gained, and therefore their loyalty. In the event of demotion, if the Lord is unhappy he may rebel with his troops. For game purposes, troops are always considered loyal to their direct lord (ie, if Lord Greyjoy grants Lord Harlaw the province of Harlaw, the troops and ships associated with Harlaw are loyal to Lord Harlaw), though are also sworn to the higher lord (in this example, Lord Greyjoy). In the event of rebellion, a dice roll is performed to find the percentage of men who stick with their direct Lord, and the percentage who fight for their overlord. This only applies to the bannermen of Great Houses rebelling, not in the case of the Great Houses rebelling against the crown, as troops owe no loyalty to the King, only the Lords from the Great Houses.

Castellan
A Castellan is appointed in the event that a Lord is unable to attend to their castle, or the noble family ruling that castle is removed. A Castellan lays no claim to ownership of the castle, incomes nor levies, and retains the income of his old rank (ie a Knight appointed Castellen of Highgarden would not collect the income of Highgarden, instead collecting his normal Knightly income). A Castellan may only call his banners in order to defend the castle, not to attack.

Men-at-Arms
Some ranks afford a character a certain amount of retainers, free of charge and upkeep. Freedmen have a retinue of five men, Knights a retinue of 50 men. Lords gain 50 men for each province they control (ie a Lord with a single province has 50 men, a Lord with 3 has 150 men, and a Lord with 5 has 250 men).

Mercenaries
Whilst on campaign anyone can hire Mercenaries to supplement their armies. You can hire mercenary companies or recruit professional standing armies from their respective threads, but beware of their hire costs.

Kings Army
The King at all times has a standing army of 5000 goldcloaks. This is separate from the troop numbers listed in the above land maps, and they are free of charge + upkeep.

List of High Lordships and Minor Houses

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Province Fleet Levy

Westeros - Total Levy 1320

The Iron Islands - Total Levy 600

Reach - Total Levy 320

Westerlands - Total Levy 200

The Crownlands (provinces redistributed) - Total Levy 260

The North - Total Levy 60

The Riverlands - Total Levy 80

The Vale - Total Levy 70

Dorne - Total Levy 150

The Stormlands - Total Levy 100

Beyond The Wall - Total Levy 0

The Wall - Total Levy 30

Provincial Manpower Levy

The Reach - Total Levy: 60,500

The Riverlands - Total Levy: 53,500

The Westerlands - Total Levy: 47,500

The North - Total Levy: 31,000

The Stormlands - Total Levy 37,000

The Vale of Arynn - Total Levy 31,500

The Crownlands - Total Levy 36,500

Dorne - Total Levy 34,000

The Iron Isles - Total Levy 12,000

The Nights Watch - Total Levy 3,500

Beyond the Wall - Total Levy 12,000

Levy Compositions

The Vale:

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Westerlands, Crownlands, The Reach, The Riverlands:

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Stormlands:

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The North:

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Dorne:

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Iron Isles:

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Night's Watch:

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Levy Rules

Misc Rules, Domain Stability, Trade, and Random Events

These are a few extra rules below that just promote fair game play or do not belong under any specific headings.

Leaving a thread
All characters who posted in a thread are assumed to remain in that thread unless they post a leaving post or after two full days of non-activity. This means that if you posted in a thread that you were there, and then someone an hour later assassinated you, you can’t claim that you were no longer there unless you specifically posted that you left before the assassination attempt was made.

Letting Others Respond
In your posts if they involve actions of other characters it is a rule that you must allow them a chance to respond and refrain from one post wins. For example, you cannot just post "John cut off Jimmy’s finger". You can however post "John went to cut off Jimmy’s finger" as you can see the second version allows Jimmy to respond to your action before you've done it (since you can’t take back a cut off finger).

Dice Rolls
All chance rolls (i.e. a birth roll, or an assassination attempt) are based on a D20, and have been done so that regardless of modifiers a natural 1 will always succeed, whilst a natural 20 will always fail. Thus a roll of 15/20 will succeed on 1 - 15, and fail on a 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20. All vs rolls on the other hand (duels, jousts, etc) are based of the highest score wins. A + modifier always improves the roll odds, while a -Modifier always worsens the odds.

Winter
Every year there shall be a roll with a 10/20 chance of success to see if Winter is on the way, and when Winter is on the way there will be a roll with a 15/20 chance of success to see if Autumn ends. Then the same process is done in reverse. It must be Winter or Summer for at least 2 years before rolling starts for the change of seasons. During Winter every character shall have a roll to see if they die, this roll will have a 3/20 chance for all.

Bastards
In Westeros there are brothels a plenty and it is known for men to have several Bastards within their lifetime. The surnames of bastards are as follows:
Storm for those born in the Stormlands
Hill for those born in the Westerlands
Flowers for those born in the Reach
Snow for those born in the The North
Stone for those born in the The Eyrie
Waters for those born in the The Crownlands
Sand for those born in the Dorne
Pyke for those born in the Iron Islands
Rivers for those born in the Riverlands
A Bastard may not claim inheritance, although they can if legitimized by the King.

OOC
No use of OOC information whilst In Character. Any RP suspected of doing so will be deleted by moderators and the offending player contacted. In addition, if you have a problem with a player take it to a moderator, not the OOC thread or the other persons inbox. Any OOC fighting will be deleted and the offenders reprimanded.

Random Events
Every year a moderator shall roll a D20 to see if there is a random event, which has a 10/20 chance of passing. If the roll passes, another roll is held to find out which event happens.
Random Events Chart
1. Building Boom
There is a surplus of builders, architects and engineers in the realm. For this year, prices of upgrades or profession buildings are reduced by 20%

2. Pirates
D20*1 pirates are raiding the coast of a random area (chosen by random by a moderator). If the pirates are not defeated, the Great Lord of that area, and all his bannermen lose 10% of their income for the next year.

3. Wolf infestation
Wolves prowl the forests of the Kingdom. Any RP held outdoors is subject to a 5/20 chance of D20*1 wolves attacking for the next two years unless the King leads a hunt to their lair.

4. Metal Working Boom
The finest crafstmen in all the world gather in Westeros. All armour and weapons cost 20% less for this year.

5. Flash Winter
After a warm and welcome Summer, Winter falls upon Westeros with barely an Autumn to prepare. Queer stirrings north of the wall point to the awakening of an ancient foe.

6. Something in the Water
You've all been very busy at home. For this year all players shall receive a free roll in the Physicians House using the Maester.

7. A Dragon Arises
A person claiming the blood of the dragons has arisen in the free cities. For the next 3 years there will be a roll with a 5/20 chance of invasion. This shall be moderator controlled and will have D20 x 1000 troops.

8. A time of Lawlessness
D20 x 75 Bandits are generated. They terrorize a randomly determined province.

9. What a lovely year
Summer rules the roost, not a sign of winter in sight. This only applies to summer years, and adds one year to the length of summer (meaning no change of season roll is done next year).

10. Intrigue
A random bannerman has engaged in activity (raid, murder, refusing to pay tax) that seems questionable at best. Random roll to determine which region and which NPC lord.

11. Trade Surplus
Favourable trading conditions with the free cities leads to massive trade surpluses. The King generates an additional D20 x 2000 Dragons, and all Lords of the Realm generate an additional D20 x 1000 Dragons.

12. Famine
Crops have withered and fail in these harsh conditions. Every player loses 50% of his income.

13. Wildling Invasion
The wildlings have gathered and the King-beyond-the-Wall plots invasion. Beyond the Wall raises double it's normal levy this year, and a moderator leads an invasion.

14. Peasant Rebellion
The peasants have rebelled! D20*4000 freedmen gather at the walls of Kings Landing to confront the King. A moderator controls the siege of Kings Landing, and a final assault on the second last day of the year. A peasant rebellion ends only when the peasants are defeated in battle, the King abdicates or is killed, or the Freedman leader is assassinated or otherwise captured.

15. Religious Unrest
It seems a new religion has gained a foothold in (random region, determined by rolls) and that this has caused a bit of a negative reaction. If the situation isn't resolved, it could come to armed conflict between the faithful (D20 x 150 peasant rebellion, 10% roll for NPC lords to engage in hostilities based on religious conversion)

16. Gods Save the King
The King has somehow achieved wide spread popularity and the serfs worship the very ground their King walks on. For a period of 3 years, if the realm is faced with Rebellion, Civil War or Foreign Invasion, the Crown shall generate D20 x 500 Peasant Volunteers.

17. Diplomatic Opportunity
A diplomatic entourage from beyond the Narrow Sea has arrived in the Royal Court seeking aid for their Kingdom. There are the promises of Dragons and alliance. Moderators decide the origin of the diplomats and the situation requiring aid.

18: Foreign Invasion
A kingdom from across the Narrow Sea wishes to take over the Seven Kingdoms for themselves! The invasion location and motive will be decided at the discretion of the moderator. The invasion army consists of D20 x 4000 men, and shall be controlled by a Moderator.

19. Plague
Plague has reached the shores of Westeros and infected its population. All players will be rolled on a D20. A roll of 2 - 5 will result in your family falling gravely ill and becoming bed ridden for a period of 1 year. A roll of 1 will result in your main characters death by plague (and the rest of your family is bedridden for a year). For a period of 2 years the levy will not be available due to the significant cost of human life, except in the event of foreign invasion, in which case the levy shall be a quarter of it's normal strength.

20. Population Boom
The population of Westeros has swelled dramatically, and the serfs vie aggressively with each other for any work that is available, even if they are merely paid in food. For a period of 2 years, Lords of the Realm will not incur ANY penalty for raising levies for too long a time.

21. Peasant revolt
A random Lord Paramount loses 25% popularity and is confronted with a D20*200 rebellion of peasants.

Domain Stability
These new changes will affect every Lord Paramount, the King, and every High Lord. You must keep up with your own stability or there will be penalties applied. I highly recommend reading it over thoroughly. Offer constructive suggestions, especially for built in actions that can raise or lower stability. These changes will go into place with the new heirarchy. If you are currently using the stability system and have 100+ stability, you will start at 95% with the new form.

Stability Forms for the King and Lords Paramount

Lord popularity will depend on a number of factors including tax level, how often the levy is raised, and how long the levy remains raised. Drawbacks for low popularity will range from reducing the % of available levy to peasant revolts. The Stability system applies only to Lords Paramount and the King, other lords may opt in viewing a different form (see below).

Every Lord begins with 85% popularity in his domain. The points run from 0-100% and should not exceed 100%

Stability Form: Use it to calculate your stability, this form should be filled out every year. You may skip doing it if no changes occurred that year.

These fields represent a loss:
Deduct five points for every 1% of taxes levied on Land Taxes for nobles:
Deduct two points points for every 1% of taxes levied on Trade Taxes:
Deduct a point for every 500 men levied from a province:
Deduct a point for every 1,000 professional soldiers you own:
Deduct 10 points for marrying outside of your faith:
Deduct for sabotage conducted (spy costs are the same for spying rolls as sabotage rolls)
Deduct any additional points as directed by a moderator for any event not listed above
Sabotage, based on the rolls and costs for spying:
1-5 - The spy is captured and may be tortured for information.
6-7 - The spy fails to spread dissent, though remains undetected.
8-10 - The spy succeeds in raising a bit of trouble (-10 stability)
11-15 The spy succeeds in making the small folk question their Lord's abilities (-20 stability)
16-19 The spy raises a decent deal of trouble. (-30 stability)
20 - The spy succeeds in causing a large amount of tension in the region. (-45 stability)

Total stability lost:

These fields represent a gain:
Add three points for every year without Land Taxes on nobles:
Add two points for every year without Trade Taxes in your provinces:
Add x number of points for dread added to stability from temporary buildings:
Add any points as directed by a moderator (flexible):

Total Stability Gained:

Gross Stability:

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Stability Effects
95% - ( NPC levy rolls, 1-19 needed)
90% - (NPC levy rolls, 1-18 needed)
85% - (NPC levy rolls, 1-17 needed)
80% - -5% levy, -2.5% income, (NPC levy rolls, 1-16 needed)
75% - -10% levy, -5% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-15 needed)
70% - -15% levy, -10% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-14 needed)
65% - -20% levy, -15% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-13 needed)
60% - -25% levy, -20% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-12 needed)
55% - -30% levy, -25% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-11 needed)
50% - -35% levy, -30% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-10 needed)
45% - -40% levy, -35% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-9 needed)
40% - -45% levy, -40% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-8 needed)
35% - -50% levy, -45% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-7 needed)
30% - -50% levy, -45% income, 25% chance of peasant revolt (D20x200) (NPC levy rolls, 1-6 needed)
25% - -50% levy, -50% income, 50% chance of peasant revolt (D20x200) (NPC levy rolls, 1-5 needed)
20% - -50% levy, -50% income, 75% chance of peasant revolt (D20x300) (NPC levy rolls, 1-4 needed)
15% - -50% levy, -50% income, 100% chance of peasant revolt (D20x300) (NPC levy rolls, 1-3 needed)
>10% - -75% levy, -75% income, 100% chance of peasant revolt (D20x400) (NPC levy rolls, 1-2 needed)

Stability form for High Lords and Minor Lords

Lord popularity will depend on a number of factors including tax level, how often the levy is raised, and how long the levy remains raised. Drawbacks for low popularity will range from reducing the % of available levy to peasant revolts. This Stability form applies only to Lords lower than Lord Paramount.

Every Lord begins with 85% popularity in his domain. The points run from 0-100% and should not exceed 100%

Stability Form: Use it to calculate your stability, this form should be filled out every year. You may skip doing it if no changes occurred that year.

These fields represent a loss:
Deduct two points for every 1% of taxes levied on Land Taxes for nobles:
Deduct one point for every 1% of taxes levied on Trade Taxes:
Deduct a point for every 1,000 men levied from a province:
Deduct a point for every 2,000 professional soldiers you own:
Deduct 10 points for marrying outside of your faith:
Deduct 10 points if denounced by the Lord Paramount:
Deduct 10 points if denounced by the King:
Deduct 5 points if denounced by a member of the small council (may not stack with denouncement by a Lord Paramount):
Deduct for sabotage conducted (spy costs are the same for spying rolls as sabotage rolls)
Deduct any additional points as directed by a moderator for any event not listed above
Sabotage, based on the rolls and costs for spying:
1-5 - The spy is captured and may be tortured for information.
6-7 - The spy fails to spread dissent, though remains undetected.
8-10 - The spy succeeds in raising a bit of trouble (-10 stability)
11-15 The spy succeeds in making the small folk question their Lord's abilities (-20 stability)
16-19 The spy raises a decent deal of trouble. (-30 stability)
20 - The spy succeeds in causing a large amount of tension in the region. (-45 stability)

Total stability lost:

These fields represent a gain:
Add two points for every year without Land Taxes on nobles:
Add one point for every year without Trade Taxes in your provinces:
Add x number of points for dread added to stability from temporary buildings:
Add any points as directed by a moderator (flexible):

Total Stability Gained:

Gross Stability:

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Stability Effects
Nota Bene: Not all Lords will have an NPC levy
95% - ( NPC levy rolls, 1-19 needed)
90% - (NPC levy rolls, 1-18 needed)
85% - (NPC levy rolls, 1-17 needed)
80% - -5% levy, -2.5% income, (NPC levy rolls, 1-16 needed)
75% - -10% levy, -5% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-15 needed)
70% - -15% levy, -10% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-14 needed)
65% - -20% levy, -15% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-13 needed)
60% - -25% levy, -20% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-12 needed)
55% - -30% levy, -25% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-11 needed)
50% - -35% levy, -30% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-10 needed)
45% - -40% levy, -35% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-9 needed)
40% - -45% levy, -40% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-8 needed)
35% - -50% levy, -45% income (NPC levy rolls, 1-7 needed)
30% - -50% levy, -45% income, 25% chance of peasant revolt (D20x150) (NPC levy rolls, 1-6 needed)
25% - -50% levy, -50% income, 50% chance of peasant revolt (D20x150) (NPC levy rolls, 1-5 needed)
20% - -50% levy, -50% income, 75% chance of peasant revolt (D20x175) (NPC levy rolls, 1-4 needed)
15% - -50% levy, -50% income, 100% chance of peasant revolt (D20x200) (NPC levy rolls, 1-3 needed)
>10% - -75% levy, -75% income, 100% chance of peasant revolt (D20x250) (NPC levy rolls, 1-2 needed)

Trade
Each region has specific resources that generate not only specific tax revenue but a bonus for having resources within a Lord's domain. Each Lord may have only three trade lanes unless otherwise specified by a bonus.

Lords Paramount may take any percentage of the sum in parentheses, but will face a stability deduction. Minor Lords may take only 10% of the total.

Stone - decreases castle upgrade costs by 10% (50,000 taxable Dragons)
Iron - decreases armor/weapon costs by 10% (100,000 taxable Dragons)
Grains - Increases levy infantry size by 5% (100,000 taxable Dragons)
Timber - 10% reduced cost for ships (100,000 taxable Dragons)
Perfumes - Increases popularity 10% per year (150,000 taxable Dragons)
Superior Steeds - Increase levy cavalry size by 5% (100,000 taxable Dragons)
Gold - Increases land income by 5% (200,000 taxable dragons)
Fruits - Increases levy infantry size by 2.5% and increase popularity by 5% per year (100,000 taxable Dragons)
Armor - enables 15% of light infantry to become heavy infantry

The North: Timber
The Vale: Stone
The Riverlands: Grains
The Iron Islands: Iron
The Crownlands: Perfumes
The Reach: Fruits
The Westerlands: Gold
The Stormlands: Armor
Dorne: Superior Steeds

Assassinations

The Ways to Kill
Anonymous Assassination

Pick your target
Be sure to have a good reason for the assassination. This reason must be relevant and not OOC based. Moderators reserve the right to reject any assassination request if there is no valid reason that you wish to kill the target.
PM a moderator stating: The Reason, The Location, The Target and the Items you wish to use. Any character traits aiding assassinations should also be detailed.
The mod will post the rest, detailing the attempt, whether it succeeded or failed (and if so, whether you got captured). Your identity will not be released.
The time stamp of the PM will freeze the moment in time. If a character leaves the thread after a moderator responds to the assassination request, it still applies retroactively.

Open Assassination

Pick your target and get in the same thread as them
Post requesting an assassination on your target. Ensure you post what equipment and traits regarding assassinations you have.
If possible and time permits, notify a moderator with your reason for the assassination.
The mod will post the rest (success/failure, whether escaped)
The time stamp of the PM will freeze the moment in time. If a character leaves the thread after a moderator responds to the assassination request, it still applies retroactively.

Secret Open Assassination

Pick your target and get in the same thread as them. They must acknowledge that they are alone.
From here, follow standard open assassination steps.
If possible and time permits, notify a moderator with your reason for the assassination.
A mod will post the result. If successful, you are free to leave. If not, an escape roll is done, in this case a simple 10/20.
The time stamp of the PM will freeze the moment in time. If a character leaves the thread after a moderator responds to the assassination request, it still applies retroactively.

Execution by the King
If at any point you find yourself imprisoned in the Kings dungeons, he may at liberty lop off your head without an escape roll. If, after 4 real life days of captivity he has not killed you, you receive an escape roll, weighted against you. For every real life day after this, you receive one escape roll.
If you have been caught by a Lords men and transferred to the King, you receive one escape roll weighted against you, before you are put in the dungeons. After that, the above rules apply.

The Rolls and Chances
Depending on your rank and location, the chances of being assassinated differ. Below, players are split into either Noble or Yoeman. A noble here is defined as: King, Prince/Princess, Lord/Lady, Lords Bannerman, the High Septon, Most Devout Septon, Lord Commander of the Night Watch, Commander of a NW Castle, First Officers of the Night Watch (First Builder, Steward Ranger), Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Any seat upon the Small Council.
A yoeman is any man who isn't one of the above ranks.

At your Home (the thread you use to receive visitors)
Nobles: 2/20
Yoemen: 5/20

In a neutral house (any other home thread except yours and the assassins)
Nobles: 4/20
Yoemen: 8/20

In the assassins home (the thread he uses to receive visitors)
Nobles: 15/20
Yoemen: 17/20

Any other indoor situation (ie a RP that takes place inside, like a wedding)
Both: 10/20

An outside situation
Both: 13/20

Group Assassinations
If more than one person wishes to murder someone, the assassins may work together. Each extra person wishing to assassinate will add 1 to the chances of success. This comes at a price however, as groups are easier to catch than a lone ranger. If the group is attempting a closed or open assassination, each extra assassin takes one from the escape rolls, making it more likely you get caught.

Hired Help
There are options to help reduce the risk of an assassination.

Retainer (nobles only)
Instead of attempting yourself, you may opt to have a retainer (an NPC from your household) attempt for you. In this case, you must equip the retainer with any equipment. Note that retainers tend to be clumsy, so 2 is taken from the success and escape chances. If the retainer gets caught, you automatically lose the equipment you gave him, and standard questioning rules apply.

Assassin
If one is willing to spend some money, say 100000 Dragons, one may hire the luxury of an assassin, who benefits from a +2 to all rolls, even if caught. With the assassin, there is less chance of your identity being revealed.

Faceless Man
If one is entirely desperate, and will easily part with a sum of 500000 Dragons, you buy the efficiency of a faceless man. The only way a victim may escape from the Faceless man is by rolling a straight 20. Even then, there is no escape roll as the Faceless Man kills by poison, and leaves before the chance of being discovered.

Special Items
Certain items may be bought in the shop to either aid or discourage assassination. Details may be found in the shop thread.

Armour
If a target is wearing armour, the modifier of that armour becomes an anti-assassination modifier, however the target must have posted he is wearing armour, unless he is on a battlefield, in which case he is assumed to be wearing armour.

Escape
All escape chances after an assassination (failed or successful, unless it is a secret open assassination) start at 20/20 (meaning you will always escape). Depending on the situation, certain modifiers reduce the chance of escape. These are:

If using a melee weapon -1
If in a home thread -2
If in an enclosed area -1
Every guard present -1
Every neutral player present -1
Mods may, at their discretion, take up to -3

Failed Escape
If you fail your escape roll, you are at the mercy of your captor. If you yourself attempted the assassination, you may as well start kissing the feet of your captor and hope the King forgives. If you sent a retainer or an assassin, they will be tortured for information. The rolls below are for a retainer, for an assassin take two from the chances for each roll.

1-5 - Captive dies in questioning without revealing anything
6-10 - Captive dies in questioning but reveals the identity of his master
11-20 - Captive survives and reveals the identity. He may be used as evidence in court.

Battlefield Assassinations
If a commander is killed on the battlefield, morale takes a hit. Reflecting this, is a noble character gets assassinated on the battlefield, they cause a hit to the rolls according to rank.

King is assasinated -5 to the armies battle roll
Lord is assasinated -3 to the armies battle roll
Bannerman is assasinated -2 to the armies battle roll

Spying

Much of the political intrigue and plotting in Westeros goes on behind closed doors, or via the ravens on secretive letters. Although careful steps are taken to keep plans secret, highly trained individuals exist who can spin vast webs of conspiracy from scraps of information. For various prices, different members of the Guild of Whispers may be hired, giving various returns. The possible spies are as follows:

Trainee Spy - 10000 Dragons - Due to being a beginner, this spy is by far the cheapest, however takes a -2 hit to all rolls.
Adept Spy - 20000 Dragons - A fully fledged guild member, though nothing special. He has no bonus to the base rolls.
Master Spy - 60000 Dragons - A highly trained spy, often found heading regional guildhouses. He has a +2 to all rolls.
Guildmaster - 100000 Dragons - The leader of the Guild of Whispers, the guildmaster receives a +4 bonus to all rolls.

The Rolls
To spy, a player must PM a moderator explaining which spy the are hiring, and which thread they wish to target. The mod will then perform the rolls, and depending on the result disclose a certain amount of information on any 'secrets' the thread may contain. This allows previously OOC only knowledge to become IC knowledge.

1-5 - The spy is captured and may be tortured for information.
6-7 - The spy fails to gain any information, though remains undetected.
8-10 - The spy happens upon a small amount of information, revealing the brief outline of a hidden plan.
11-15 The spy happens upon a medium amount of information, revealing some details of a hidden plan.
16-19 The spy happens upon a large amount of information, revealing an in depth plan.
20 - The spy happens upon the jackpot, revealing all aspects of a hidden plan.

*Note*
Moderators remain all discretion when revealing the plans of the target. Their decision based upon the roll and the context is final - you accept this when you ask for the spy roll to be done.

Any main character may engage in spying. Main characters registered with the sole purpose of spying in a particular situation will not be tolerated. (registering a 40-50 year old spy, stacking his traits, and sending him in)

Spy Rolls
1-3: Captured
4-10: No information gathered
11-14: Some information collected, but not very much
15-18: A decent amount of information gathered, with some important holes
19-20: Much information gathered, perhaps even some evidence of activities as well

Spy Roll Modifiers:
Within your home/holding: +3
Within a neutral party's home/holding: -1
Within an avowed enemy's home/holding: -5
Other RP situations at the discretion of the moderator

Counterspying
Rest assured, your plans may yet be safe - if you are as devious as those after your secrets. Those who do not make it in the Guild of Whispers, yet learn of their methods, may be hired on a permanent basis to discourage spying. For each counterspy (purchased from the shop), you receive a +1 bonus against spies. Furthermore, if a spy is captured, there is a +2 bonus to the torture roll, in account of the fact your counterspy knows how to loosen their tongues.

Rogues

Character bit

The Rogue is a man of no sense of justice; dispensing hard justice to all those who are weak and rich. Whilst they are seen as monsters; they are all professional and follow a strict code of conduct, selling their wares, goods and services to anyone, if they have the coin that is.

Base Pay:
3000 dragons

Home Thread:
A Rogue can create a Bandits guild; mainly situated out of reach and in very isolated areas.

Bandits Guild;
Cost - 20,000 Dragons. The guild is where these shadowy figures lurk; all congregating in one area to train themselves in the secret arts and await a suitable contract. Building one of theses gives the Rogue character a standing force of 25 men and an additional 2 full-time Assassins.

A Rogue may build multiple guilds; gaining another 25 men and 1 Assassins/Thieves in the process for each one constructed. They also grant the constructors an additional +1 for escape rolls for each construction.

Assassins
Assassins are the masters of killing; and as such are the perfect individuals to call upon when you need someone disposed of. They can be used to attempt to eradicate a target, having a +1 bonus in assassination. Unlike normal people; they are trained not to release the names of their clients and have a reduced chance of releasing information under torture.

Thieves
Thieves are the masters of stealing and procuring items; leaving no trace of their actions behind. They can be used to try and steal money or certain items from a individuals homes/vaults; having a rolled chance of whether they are successful in stealing or not.

Bringer of Death
The Rogue gains a +1 Assassination bonus when assassinating a target personally.

A Born Thief
The Rogue gains a +2 Pillaging bonus when targeting small settlements of individual targets.

A Rogue only may pick one of the above.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:*

Thieves- Same as above and take a cut of the profit for themselves, which is 25% of the payout. Cost x amount for hiring and come in 3 levels-
Novice (no roll bonus)
Professional (+1)
Master (+2)

Thieves Guild- For Rouges specializing in Thievery. +1000 to income, grants 50 Thieves and costs 20,000 dragons. Can be upgraded to include defenses and stuff.

Jobs- The Guild Master can send out thieves on various jobs (the Skyrim ones) with differing chances of success and profit for each one. Naturally the higher paying ones are harder

**Pontifex Maximus** · November 01, 2012, 09:26 PM

Greenseers, Wargs and Shapeshifters

Child Birth and Adoptions

Child Birth And Adoptions
- Frequency
As a rule each female character over the age of 14 may receive one childbirth roll per in game year. Only mains or rolled auxes may request a roll.

- Costs and Chances
The below costs represent not only the cost of the birth, but other expenses such as the doctor traveling to your home to deliver the child etc. There are two chances, first a chance for the wife’s survival during the birth and a second for the child’s survival. A roll is also performed to determine the gender of the child.

No Physician (literally on your own without medical assistance) - Free
Chance of Wife's survival: 12/20
Chance of Child's survival: 10/20

Poor Physician - 1500 Stags
Chance of Wife's survival: 14/20
Chance of Child's survival: 12/20

Average Physician - 3000 Stags
Chance of Wife's survival: 16/20
Chance of Child's survival: 14/20

Renowned Physician - 5000 Stags
Chance of Wife's survival: 18/20
Chance of Child's survival: 16/20

Maester - Free
Chance of Wife's survival: 19/20
Chance of Child's survival: 17/20

Gifted Rolls

- Adoption
In Westeros you might sometimes wish to adopt a child. Providing that it isn't the rolled child of another player. The following rolls are made depending on your station in life. These are to represent the risk of childhood disease. Any adoption is subject to the kings whim. So if he dislikes you adopting, he is within his rights to demand that they not take your family name (and thus unable to inherit). Adoptions are subject to the one week gap rule, just as births are.

Lower Class (Freedman or equivalent) - 10/20 chance of survival
Middle Class (Knight or equivalent) - 13/20 chance of survival
Upper Class (Swornsword, Bannerman or equivalent) - 15/20 chance of survival
Nobility (Lords, Princes and Kings) - 16/20 chance of survival

As for any survival roll, birth roll chances are capped at 19/20, as there is always a slight chance of death in childbirth, even in the real world.

Special Items

Family Rules

In regards to your main characters we have a set of rules to promote fairness to all players.

- Family Rules
In Westeros our RP shall be based around a family setting. You can have a family as big as you wish it to be, but you can only RP 6 of them at a time. These 6 will have individual accounts within your vault for their personal purchases and shall be subject to all rules. These 5 characters are the main ones from your family and could differ greatly, you could have one who is a tourney knight, but couldn't fight on the field to save his life, another who has forsaken his family to trade as a Merchant and does not want the life of a knight, and yet another that can fight on the field and command like nobody's business, yet couldn't look into a book of numbers to save their life. For reasons of fear of abuse, you are allowed one Merchant/Sellsword/Sellsail per family so that nobody sells Merc's for a quarter of the price and gives money for free...

- Auxiliary Characters
These are characters you can play from time to time for more in-depth and creative RP, they can hold no actual money or items and are used solely for RP purposes. Auxes can hold Ranks as long as they are lower than that of your Main Character. These ranks give no advantages and are solely for the purposes of RP. Major Aux characters should be registered here this is to provide background for other players who may come across your Auxes. However spur of the moment Auxes do not have to be registered.

- Killing Auxes
For an aux to be killed, there must be just as good a reason as if they were a main.

When it comes to the actual assassination, the same roll is used as if the character was a main but the success rate of the assassination attempt is doubled. However as with all rolls 19/20 is the highest success rate. Heirs shall not receive this penalty and will be rolled as if they were a Main Character.

Escape rolls apply at the normal (not doubled) rate. Murder is murder regardless of who's killed.

-Aging
Characters age at a rate of one in game year per real week. At the age of 50 your characters will be subject to natural death rolls done each week by the moderators, the chance of natural death being 2/20. Every 5 years the chance of death will go up by 2/20 (Ex. at age 55 4/20, age 60 6/20 etc...) The character can see out the remainder of any thread in which he is RPing, but must die by the end of that game year.

- Heirs and Wills
When your main character dies you must post a will detailing the distribution of your lands, belongings and money within 24 hours of death. Only proper “birth rolled” children and other main characters are eligible to receive anything from a deceased main character. (Note that since you can only have one main character at a time, if you main dies and you have no “birth rolled” heir, all your lands, belongings and money can only be passed to another person’s main character. NOT YOUR NEXT MAIN CHARACTER)

Campaigning

Campaigning, Scouting, Battles, and Pillages

Battles have a predominantly RP purpose as this not a strategy game, therefore in order to keep wars fluid and moving a simple battle system is in place which quickly determines the outcomes of battles providing the info required for fun RP of the battle. All battles take place in the Feast for Crows sub forum.
Scouting:
When scouting is requested, the mods do one D20 roll with the following possible results:

1-4/20 - Scouts captured by the enemy -The scouts are captured and may now be tortured for information.
5-10/20 - Scouts fail to return with any information
11-12/20 - Scouts return with 20% accurate range - Mods post back a wide range of possible army numbers (20% accuracy)
13-14/20 - Scouts return with 40% accurate range - Mods post back a narrower range of possible army numbers (40% accuracy)
15-16/20 - Scouts return with 60% accurate range - Mods post back a small range of possible army numbers (60% accuracy)
17-18/20 - Scouts return with 80% accurate range - Mods post back a ting range of possible army numbers (80% accuracy)
19-20/20 - Scouts return with exact enemy numbers

When posting back results, mods do not post the actual roll they performed just the random range of numbers based on the accuracy of said roll outcome. When deciding the range, mods simply take the actual troop numbers x inaccuracy (opposite of accuracy) which will give them their interval, which they can apply into a range any way they like (as long as the actual army numbers fall within the range).

For example: The interval of 20% accuracy on 1000 troops is worked by 1000x0.8=800, thus the range is 800 wide. Now the mod can post back any range of 800 hundred that they like as long as 1000 is within that range. For example 800-1600 range, or 950-1750 or even 1000-1800.

- Setting Up A Battle
Simply post a new thread in the Battlegrounds sub forum with some lead up RP as to why your armies are there and who they are fighting against. Include a count of your troop numbers and update as others if any join in on the engagement.

- Moderator Assigned Battle Modifiers
In certain cases the moderators may feel that a slight modification is required to the rolls in order to reflect certain battlefield situations, these can be anything but typically include factors like fortifications, surprise etc. These modifications are applied to an army roll to enhance the outcome providing a bonus for one army and a negative for the opposing side. In setting up of your battle thread you can request these types of modifications, but they are solely up to moderators discretion and should not be viewed as a given. Also, Moderators are able to give out additional bonuses based upon RP and other factors as they feel fit.

- Naval Battles
Ships may carry 100 men, in addition to the crew

- Battle Roll System
A battle occurs when two opposing generals, with any other characters, choose to engage by creating a thread in the Battlegrounds sub-forum. It shall take the following steps:

Battles will commence in the following way:

When two armies come face to face across the field of battle, both armies will be divided into three parts, the left, center, and right. For each section of the army, generals will send in strategies of attack or defense to the battle moderator. Once all of these orders have been sent, read, and understood, moderators may form the basis for how the engagement will be carried out. Generals may be as creative as they want in their strategies, but should contain only realistic directives.

In the event that an army consists of multiple commanders, the overall highest ranking nobleman will have the highest authority in the army, but lesser lords or knights do not necessarily have to follow the orders they are given.

Once orders have been given, a system of rolls will determine the overall effectiveness of each action. A D20 roll will determine effectiveness. The lower the number rolled, the less successful the action. To use a simple example, if two bodies of massed infantry simply charge into one another, and Body A rolls a 15 while Body B rolls a 5, Body A's charge is considered more devastating by a factor of 2. Casualties should be noted accordingly.

However, modifiers will exist based on the traits, terrain, situations, or any extra factors moderators deem appropriate. In fact, modifiers should be added in our revised example event. Suppose Body A is composed of heavy infantry, while Body B consists of light infantry. The charge effectiveness of heavy infantry should give them a considerable advantage against light infantry.

Capturing troops after a pitched battle
When a victory occurs along the entire front of a battle then there should be a Roll made by the mods afterwords through a Dx20 die. As long as the Victor has chosen so,
RearGuard

1

2-5

6-9

10-13

14-17

18-20

However here is where the problem with no rearguard. Your troops are unable to reorganize, and instead flee south with any reasonable goal. your army cannot participate in any Rp made in the Next3-4 days (half year/campaign season)

- Casualties
Battles of the time almost never ended in total destruction of the losing side. Therefore we have the following system for casualties. To calculate the percentage of the winning side’s casualties we take the lowest battle score divided by the highest battle score giving the winners casualty percentage. To calculate the losers casualties percentage we do the opposite, taking the highest battle score divided by the lowest battle score.

Usually a 50% max limit is placed on the casualties either side can take. However at a moderators discretion this may be removed. Sieges are a common example.

Example:
Continuing from the battle example above, Bannerman B won the day therefore their casualties are as follows:

Left (Lord A's):
Winner Bannerman B: (15,000/20,000)x0.5=0.375 or 37.5%. Therefore 1,000 men x 0.375=375 men were lost.
Loser Lord A: (20,000/15,000)x0.5=0.66 or 66%. As it is higher than 50% and there are no special circumstances we simply use 50%. Therefore 1,500 men x 0.5=750 men lost.

Centre:
Winner Lord A: (6,000/32,000)x0.5=0.094 or 9.4%. Therefore 2,000 men x 0.094=188 men were lost.
Loser Bannerman B: (32,000/6,000)x0.5=2.66 or 266%. As it is higher than 50% and there are no special circumstances we simply use 50%. Therefore 1,000 men x 0.5=500 men lost.

Right (Lord A's):
Winner Bannerman B: (15,000/17,000)x0.5=0.44 or 44%. Therefore 1,000 men x 0.44=440 men were lost.
Loser Lord A: (17,000/15,000)x0.5=0.56 or 56%. As it is higher than 50% and there are no special circumstances we simply use 50%. Therefore 1,500 men x 0.5=750 men were lost.

Overall:
Bannerman B won the day by winning two sections, he lost a total of 1315 men and has 1685 remaining.
Lord A was forced from the field by losing two sections, he lost a total of 1688 men and has 3312 remaining.

Wounded:1- you always, no matter what have the men supplied by your counties (which is 50 per county you own, regardless of size. Own 6 counties, that is then 300 men)

4- casualties are always injured for a week from the point the dice was rolled. So if the dice for that battle is rolled at 7pm on a Monday, at 7pm the week later they will be available to use again.

5- those that die, obviously have to be replaced.

Campaigning II (Garrison and Levy replenishment rules)

Garrison
Only 75% of the regional levy can be garrisoned within a castle except for a single holding of the Lord Paramount, to be decided by the Lord Paramount which may hold 100% to begin with.

Levy Replenishment
Men of the levy that are killed replenish at a rate of 50% per year.

A character fighting on the front-line could be matched up with an enemy character, at least in the wing/center he's been assigned to. Then a duel with the usual rolls & stuff is done for them, instead of randomly delivering them their fate. A character without an engaged partner would still have his fate rolled as before. Your dueling characters' dueling/survival skills & equipment will be applied, of course.

For example, say A/B/C/D are fighting E/F/G. One character to each flank & one to the center, with D also being assigned to the right flank of Army 1 with C. A would then be matched against E, B VS. F, C VS. G, and D would have his fate rolled.

The aftermath of battles were a confused state, therefore your character will be given a D20 roll by a mod to determine your individual outcome. (only if a character isn't engaged in a duel)

Killed In Action – 1-2/20 (if a 1 is rolled your character is killed and a 2 is mortally wounded)
Captured - 3-7/20 (you are captured by the other side and must be ransomed or escape)
Wounded - 8-12/20 (there will be a further roll to see what type of wound)
Free - 13-20/20 (you get through the battle without being captured or wounded)

- Wounded
If it is rolled and you are wounded during a battle there shall be another roll under this category to see where the wound is. This roll will only give you a general area, after that it is up to you to RP it.

Head wound - 1-5/20 (you have taken some sort of wound to the face or head)
Arm wound - 6-10/20 (you have taken some sort of wound to the arms or hands)
Leg wound - 11-15/20 (you have taken some sort of wound to the legs or feet)
Torso wound - 16-20/20 (you have taken some sot of wound to the back, stomach, chest area.)

In the event that the overall leader in command, or one of the section commanders is killed, a negative modifier may be added to the army/army section who losses a commander. The size of the modifier will be determined by moderator discretion. A more central, militarily accomplished character will be more of a loss and blow to morale than an incompetent commander.

- Pillage and Loot
One of the main motivations for a Noble Lord participating in Westeros - this was the grease which kept the cogs of war running. Bannermen and Lords just simply wouldn't embark on campaign unless there was a guarantee of loot and plunder, and if the King failed to provide such revenue it would result in him becoming incredibly unpopular indeed. In Westeros we have a very simple method for representing the sack and pillage of foreign settlements or indeed other nobles settlements during times of warfare. Castles and Cities are delegated by the moderation team as one of four different types of settlement.

Village: A small village or town with no walls. No Pillage.

Minor settlement: A small town surrounded by a pallisade including a small garrison (usually with a maximum of 2+ fortifications). Capturing this settlement yields D20 x 1000 Stags, to be distributed by the King or Campaign leader

Minor City: A Large town surrounded by a stone wall, keep and moat, including a large Garrsion (usually with a minimun of 4+ fortifications) Capturing this settlement yields D20 x 5000 Stags, to be distributed by the King or Campaign leader ~~at the end of campaign.~~

Capital City: A very large and extensively fortified city, with an equally large Garrison (8+ fortifications) Capturing this settlement yields D20 x 10000 Stags, to be distributed by the King or Campaign leader

Baggage Train: All Westerosi armies on campaign carried baggage trains. This is where the loot from the campaign is stored. When an army loses a battle whilst on campaign, a D20 is rolled on the following table;

1-2: Loot seized - The entire baggage train and all loot is captured by the enemy
3-10: Loot raided - The enemy has pilfered the loot. 50% of the loot goes to the enemy
11-20: Baggage train escaped. Thank the Gods they didn't get our loot.

*Obviously armies invading Westeros will also roll for their loot and be accompanied by a baggage train. If the Westerosi manage to defeat a foreign invader in battle they will also get a chance to seize the loot of the campaign

Ruination: A sacked fortress of city will lose all of its defensive values to represent the absolute leveling of the city. These defensive fortifications will have to be 're-constructed' at a price of half the original value of the fortifications. In the Castle Upgrade thread in the Iron Bank of Braavos, the fortress/city will be classified as 'Ruined' until reconstruction is completed/and paid for.

*Important Note: Besieged defenders of cities and castles may be subject to disease and starvation rolls. These rolls will be based on the RP situation and will attempt to reflect the situation realistically. Additionally, large armies (traditionally over 70k) and armies on ships will also trigger disease/starvation/desertion rolls.*

Unit Types

Raiding

Raiding is simple and works as follows.

1. First a detection roll is made to see what resistance(if any) the raiders will face
2. The raiders face the resistance(if any is rolled) on the battle field
3. If the resistance is beaten(or no resistance was faced) a second roll is made (d20) which determines the x% looted from the province.

ex: Raiding a Rich province successfully and rolling a 10 for the loot roll means you get 10% of 60,000, or 6,000 dragons as loot.

Modifiers
Very poor - 20,000
Poor - 30,000
Prosperous - 40,000
Very prosperous - 50,000
Rich - 60,000
Very rich - 70,000

Raid detection rolls
1-5: Raid goes ahead totally undetected, province's population's resistance is negligible. No problems, raiders successfully loot the province & go home before a proper response can be mounted. (5/20 chance)
6-10: Raid runs into some trouble and despite initial success, the smallfolk are able to organize a militia and prepare to do their best against the raiders while the local lord's response will still be too slow. 1d20*100 Light Infantry + 1d6*100 Archers will mobilize to oppose the raiders. (12/20 chance)
10-18: Raid is substantially opposed initially, but perhaps more pressing is the fact that the smallfolk identified your banners and it is know known who conducted the raids. Initially, however, 1d20*100 Light Infantry + 1d6*100 Archers will mobilize to oppose the raiders. (12/20 chance)
18-20: Player Controlled only: The raid gets spotted in advance, and the raiders identified. The Lord gets to respond to any attacks with his professional troops, while a D20*3 will indicate what percentage of the levy can be hastily called up to defend the province against the raiders. NPC: Raiders identified, 1d20*100 Light Infantry + 1d6*100 mobilized in defense. (3/20 chance)

Ironborn have perfected the art of raiding, and will gain a base modifier of -2 for all detection rolls.

Reavers - the raiders of the Ironborn, famed for their fierceness in battle and their drunkenness out of it - 1d10(in formal battles) and 1d14(in raiding battles, IE detection rolls of 8-17)
(Note: Each Ironborn ship will have 60 of these units)

Duels

Jousts

Freedman Professions

The freedmen professions are professions only available to those who hold no other rank, apart from sworn swords who can be mercenaries.. All freedmen ( and sworn swords for mercenaries) earn the base 3000 Dragons for being a freedman, and then any income from their profession on top of that.

Sell Swords

1. Starting Up

2. Guilds

3. Buildings

The mercenary can construct some addons to their guild to assist them. Bonuses listed here are applied directly to your character.

Basic Additions:
10,000 Dragons, requires a Small Guild.

- Map Room. Plan your campaigns and battles more effectively. Grants +1 Field Battles/Sea Battles.
- Company Medic. Hire a trained healer for your company. +1 Survival rolls.
- Raven Roost. Acquire a Raven roost. Allows you to send and receive ravens, which non-nobles normally cannot do.

Advanced Additions
20,000 Dragons, requires a Medium Guild.

- Training field. Drill your troops for superior discipline. +1 Field Battles/Sea Battles, +1 Duels. Requires a map room.
- Medical Tent. Expand your company medic into a dedicated battlefield medical team. +1 Survival rolls. Requires a company medic.
- Quartermaster. An organised armoury and accounts process yields benefits. 25% cheaper weapons and armour.

Elite Additions
30,000 Dragons, requires a Large Guild.

- Drill Sergeant. A grizzled, experienced veteran retained for training purposes. +2 Field Battles/Sea Battles, +2 Duels. Requires a training field.
- Battlefield Surgeon. A highly experienced and talented man of medicine. +1 Survival rolls. Requires a medical tent.
- Recruiting Sergeant. A veteran kept on to recruit potential new fighters. Allows an additional 2000 men/10 ships to be fielded.

Specialisms
50,000 Dragons, requires a Large Guild, only one allowed.

- Master Scout. A quick, quiet, elite pathfinder. +4 to your own detection rolls, -4 to detection rolls made against you. Only works in the field, won't help you hide in a castle, for example.
- Master Recruiter. A true poet, attracting many young men to your company. Allows an additional 3000 men/15 ships to be fielded. Requires Recruiting Sergeant.
- Master Surgeon. This man could amputate your leg and attach a peg-leg before you'd even noticed he'd started. +2 survival rolls. Requires Battlefield Surgeon.
- Master Armsman. What do we say to the God of Death? Not today! +2 duels. Requires Drill Sergeant.
- Master Tactician. Apparently there is no such thing as a no-win scenario. +2 field battles/sea battles. Requires Drill Segeant.

[Mod notes:
Max skills therefore:
+4 battles
+3 duels
+3 survival
Without a specialism. Max you can get is +6 battles OR +5 duels OR +5 survival if you pick that specialism. It comes down to whether you want your character to be a good general, difficult to kill, or dangerous with a weapon, or you can pick the company specialisms that make your troop count larger or your company very difficult to track. I figure Sellsword characters should be the best base-stats fighters since they're professional soldiers. Nobles will have the money to kit up in awesome gear which a Sellsword will struggle to match with their low salaries.]

4. Perks

- Knowing the trade enables you to hire your men at half the cost.
- Being that you ARE a mercenary company, you don't pay upkeep costs. You may set your own hire price to the discretion of the moderators: a 15,000 man company would not take a 5,000 dragon fee.
- A high level mercenary guild represents a very powerful standing army, that could significantly augment any force and shift the balance of power.

5. Drawbacks

- Be wary of where you site your guild. Fuedal law means the local Lords may shut it down. (eg Lord of Lannisport can do it in Lannisport, Lannisters can do it anywhere in the Westerlands, King can do it anywhere in Westeros).
-- Your guild house does not cease to exist, you merely cease to own it. You can try to get it back through talk or steel.
-- You keep the standing troops you have if you lose the guild house, but cannot hire any other troops until you get it back or make a new one.
-- You lose all the perks given by the guild house if you lose it.

- Be wary of who your enemies are. Mercenaries have very few ways to increase their protection against assassination and virtually no standing in courts.

Merchants

For those with a smaller thirst of blood and a respect for knowledge they should work on becoming a merchant where battles are fought with words and coin, instead of men and sword.

Starting Up

Buildings

2. The buildings and incomes are re-organised to balance the trees:

Rules
- You must have at least one asset of the previous level before acquiring one of the level above it.
- This is tree-specific: You cannot buy a level 2 Caravan without a level 1 Caravan. Level 1 Ships or Lodging Houses do not count.
- You may decommission lesser assets once you have moved up. If you have a level 1 Ship, and buy a level 2 ship, you are regarded as being on level 2 of that tree. You can disband your level 1 assets and continue to purchase level 2 items.
- You must start from level 1 on the tree if, for any reason, you lose all your assets in that tree. For example, if you own 4 level three ships, and all 4 are lost, you are considered "ruined" and must start from level 1 ships to rebuild your company. See "Losses" for more detailed information.
- There is a 1 week cooldown between purchases: your buildings start working for you the moment you buy them (and their incomes can be added to your vault at the turn of the year), but you must stay on the tier you are on for 1 year before moving up. (eg you cannot buy a L1 Ship and then immediately purchase a L2 Ship in the same year)
- Assets don't "upgrade": if you have a level 1 Inn and buy a level 2 Inn, you have a level 1 and 2 Inn, not just a level 2 Inn. You may need to delete your level 1 Inn once you buy the level 2 Inn if you're at your limit of ownable assets.

Level One Trade Asset
- 15,000 to acquire.
- 5,000 Dragons a year in income.
- Small Inn
- Small Caravan
- Trade Cog

Level Two Trade Asset
- Costs 30,000 to acquire.
- 15,000 Dragons a year in income.
- Lodging House
- Trade Caravan
- Trade Hulk

Level Three Trade Asset
- Costs 60,000 to acquire
- 30,000 Dragons a year in income.
- Large Tavern
--- Grants +1 to spy rolls for your Merchant in the city it is located in. Represents tavern gossip yielding information. These do not stack: having 3 Large Taverns in King's Landing nets +1, not +3.
--- Merchants can hide people or items in the inns in secret. If, somehow, their pursuers trace them to the inn a detection roll must be made, weighted in favour of the hidden player/thing.
- Lucrative Trade Caravan
--- Grants a private army of 50 Light Infantry per Caravan, representing sellsword henchmen/guards, which can be used as the Merchant pleases.
- Trade Galley
--- The Galley can be converted for use as a Warship, and its large size gives it a +3 to battle rolls.

Level Four Trade Asset (Only one allowed)
- Costs 120,000 to acquire.
- 60,000 Dragons a year in income.
- Whorehouse (Tier 4 Lodging House)
--- Grants +2 spy rolls for your Merchant in the city it is located in. This represents the prostitutes passing along information from clients.
--- Secret entrance/exit. Clients value privacy, players or items hidden in this inn get an escape roll if their enemies make a successful detection roll. If the hidden player/item makes a successful escape roll, they escape without being seen.
- Trade Route (Tier 4 Caravan)
--- Grants the Merchant a private army of 200 Heavy Infantry that he employs on his Trade Route. They can be used for other henchmen things...
- Organised Smuggling Ring (Tier 4 Ship)
--- Grants the Merchant the ability to bypass blockades and move things in and out of cities undetected, subject to a roll, weighted in their favour.

Guild Houses

Losses

Final Remarks

**Pontifex Maximus** · November 01, 2012, 10:29 PM

These men are professional soldiers who can be used to bolster your levy or offer an advantage in battle. These men can be invaluable, if you have the coin to pay for them. Make sure you update your home thread with the size of your troops and your income thread for the expenses.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Basic Soldiers
Armoured Spearmen - heavy infantry (+1 against light cavalry)
Size: 1 unit = 300 men
Cost: 6000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 1700 Dragons per unit

Archers (-1 against armored units)
Size: 1 unit = 250 men
Cost: 5000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 1500 Dragons per unit

Northern Axemen - light infantry (+1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 1 unit = 150 men
Cost: 8000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 1800 dragons per unit

Light Cavalry
Size: 1 Unit = 100 men
Cost: 7000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 1500 Dragons per unit

Outriders
Size: 1 unit = 130 men
Cost: 5000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 1400 dragons per unit

Professional Soldiers
Men at Arms (Light infantry, +1 against Pikemen/Halberdiers)
Size: 1 unit = 150 men
Cost: 7,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 2400 Dragons per unit

Armoured Archers (+1 against light infantry, -1 against armored units)
Size: 1 unit = 200 men
Cost: 8000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 2000 dragons per unit

Heavy Axemen (+1 against heavy infantry, -1 against pikemen/halberdiers)
Size: 1 unit = 200 men
Cost: 11,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 2500 Dragons per unit

Heavy Cavalry (+1 to rolls against light infantry, +1 to rolls against light cavalry)
Size: 1 unit = 200 men
Cost: 14,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 3000 Dragons per unit.

Armoured Swordsmen (Heavy infantry, +1 to rolls against light infantry)
Size: 1 unit = 200 men
Cost: 15,000 Dragons per unit
upkeep: 4000 dragons per unit

Armoured Halberdiers - heavy infantry with cavalry advantage (Heavy infantry, +1 to rolls against cavalry)
Size: 1 unit = 200 men
Cost: 16,000 Dragons per Unit
Upkeep: 3500 dragons per unit

Crossbowmen (+1 to rolls against armored units, -1 against light infantry and light cavalry)
Size: 1 unit = 300 men
Cost: 16,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 4500 Dragons per unit

Mounted Hedge Knights (+1 to rolls against light infantry)
Size: 1 unit = 250 men
Cost: 16,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 5000 dragons per unit

Dismounted Hedge Knights (Heavy infantry, +1 to rolls against light infantry and light cavalry
Size: 1 unit = 300 men
Cost: 16,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 5000 dragons per unit

Heavy Galley (+5 to battle rolls against smaller vessels, -2 damage modifier dealt to this ship)
Size: 5 ships
Cost: 20,000
Upkeep: 10,000

Elite Soldiers
Grand Warship (+10 to battle rolls against smaller ships, -5 damage modifier dealt to this ship - can have multiple decks)
Size: 2 ships
Cost: 40,000
Upkeep: 20,000

Elite Crossbows (+2 to rolls against armored units)
Size: 200 men per unit
Cost: 20,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 11,000 Dragons per unit

Mounted Household Knights (Heavy Cavalry, +2 to rolls against light infantry and light cavalry)
Size: 200 men per unit
Cost: 25,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 15,000 Dragons per unit

Dismounted Household Knights (Heavy infantry, +2 to rolls against light infantry and heavy infantry)
Size: 250 men per unit
Cost: 25,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 15,000 dragons per unit

Lord's Retinue (Bodyguards, Heavy cavalry, +3 to rolls against light infantry, light cavalry specifically and +1 to all others)
Size: 100 men per unit
Cost: 30,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 18,000 Dragons per unit

AOR Units
Essos:

Dothraki Horsemen (Light infantry, +1 against all unarmored units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 15,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 6000 Dragons per unit

Professional Unsullied (Heavy infantry, +3 against all units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 50,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: None

Ghiscari Legions (Mixed infantry, +1 against unarmored units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 13,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 4500 dragons per unit

Braavosi Bravo's (Light infantry, +1 against pikemen/halberdiers)
Size: 250 men per unit
cost: 15,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 5000 dragons per unit

Elephants (Heavy cavalry, +1 against all infantry)
size: 50 elephants per unit
cost: 25,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 20,000 dragons per unit.

Westeros:

The Westerlands: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Westerlands in addition to their special skill

Mounted Westerlander Knights (+1 against unarmored units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Dismounted Westerlander Knights (+1 against all infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Westerlander Crossbowmen (+1 against all armored units)
Size: 350 men per unit
Cost: 16,000 per unit
upkeep: 8000 dragons per unit

Lannister Outriders (+1 to scouting rolls)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 10,000 per unit
Upkeep: 5000 dragons per unit

Guardians of Casterly Rock (+1 against all infantry)
Size: 200 men per unit
Cost: 20,000 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 10,000 Dragons per unit

The Reach: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in The Reach in addition to their special skill

Reachman Lancers (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7000 dragons per unit

Reachman Broken Lances (+1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 17,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7500 dragons per unit

Hightower Axemen (+1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 250 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 dragons per unit
upkeep: 9000 Dragons per unit

Dorne: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in Dorne in addition to their special skill

Mounted Yronwood Knights (+1 against unarmored units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Dornish Spearmen (+1 against all cavalry)
Size: 1 unit = 250 men
Cost: 8500 Dragons per unit
Upkeep: 4300 Dragons per unit

Dismounted Knights of the Dawn (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 250 men per unit
Cost: 20,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 10,000 dragons per unit

Guardians of Sunspear (+1 against all cavalry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 17,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 7500 dragons per unit

Sand Steed Riders (+1 to scouting rolls)
Size: 300 men
Cost: 16,000 dragons per unit
Upkeep: 8000 dragons per unit.

Stormlands: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Stormlands in addition to their special skill

Mounted Stormlander Knights (+1 against unarmored units)
Size: 250 men per unit
Cost: 17,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7500 dragons per unit

Dismounted Knights of Griffins Roost (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Bronzegate Axemen (Heavy infantry, +1 against heavy infantry)
size: 350 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 Dragons per unit

Crownlands: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Crownlands in addition to their special skill

Duskendale Archers (+1 against light infantry and archery units)
Size: 400 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 Per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Rosby Lancers (+1 against all infantry)
Size: 200 men per unit
Cost:17,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7500 dragons per unit

Kingswood Woodsmen (Axemen) (+1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 500 men per unit
Cost: 10,000 per unit
Upkeep: 5000 Dragons per unit

Riverlands: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Riverlands in addition to their special skill

Knights of Riverrun (+1 against unarmored units)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Guardians of the Twins (Halberdiers, +1 against all cavalry)
Size: 400 men per unit
Cost: 19,000 per unit
Upkeep: 8500 Dragons per unit

Seagard Archers (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 400 men per unit
Cost: 17,000 per unit.
upkeep: 7500 Dragons per unit

The Vale: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Vale in addition to their special skill

Falconguard (Pikemen, +1 against all cavalry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 20,000 per unit
Upkeep: 10000 dragons per unit

Dismounted Knights of the Bloody Gate (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 250 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Knights of the Vale (+1 against light infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 19,000 per unit
Upkeep: 8500 dragons per unit

The North: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the North in addition to their special skill

Dreadfort Cleavers (Heavy infantry, +1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 350 men per unit
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 dragons per unit

Umber Axemen (Light Infantry, +1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 300 men per unit
Cost: 17,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7500 dragons per unit

Stark Swordsmen (+1 against all infantry)
Size: 400 men
Cost: 20,000 per unit
Upkeep: 10000 per unit

Crannogmen (+1 against all units, THE NECK ONLY)
Size: 100 men
Cost: 6,000 per unit
Upkeep: 3,000 per unit

The Iron Islands: All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting in the Iron Islands OR during raids in addition to their special skill

Ironborn Hearth-Warriors (Heavy Infantry, +1 against light infantry)
Size: 350 men
Cost: 18,000 Per unit
Upkeep: 9000 per unit

Ironborn Berserkers (Heavy infantry, +1 against heavy infantry and heavy cavalry)
Size: 300 men
Cost: 20,000 per unit
Upkeep: 10000 per unit

Harlaw reavers (Light infantry, +1 against pikemen/halberdiers)
Size: 400 men
Cost: 18,000 per unit
Upkeep: 9000 per unit

Ironborn Warships (+2 against all ships)
Size: 3 ships
Cost: 15,000 per unit
Upkeep: 7,500 per unit

Beyond the Wall (Wildlings ONLY): All units gain a general modifier of +1 while fighting Beyond the Wall in addition to their special skill

Thenn Axemen (Light infantry, +1 against heavy infantry)
Size: 500 men
Cost: 5000 per unit
Upkeep: 1000 per unit

Wildling Raiders (Light infantry, +1 against pikemen/halberdiers)
Size: 400 men
Cost: 6000 per unit
Upkeep: 1500 per unit

First Men Clansmen (Heavy infantry, +1 against light infantry)
Size: 600 men
Cost: 7000 per unit
Upkeep: 2000 per unit

Wilding Garrons (Light Cavalry, +1 to scouting rolls)
Size: 300 men
Cost: 5000 per unit
Upkeep: 1500 per unit

Wildling bowmen
Size: 200 men
cost: 3000 per unit
Upkeep: 1500 per unit

**Pontifex Maximus** · November 02, 2012, 12:04 AM

Regional Bonuses

~Incomplete regions to be completed by request~

The Reach

Highgarden

Fertile lands: The seat of the Gardener Kings, Highgarden is surrounded by bountiful lands, and there are great stockpiles beneath the city that allow for food to be stored for the harsh winter months, giving -1 to all character death rolls. The lands also breed excellent horses, giving all characters +1 to jousting.
Ancient Fortress: Highgarden was once the seat of House Gardener, Kings of the Reach. It is an ancient castle, with strong tiered walls, giving +3 to all siege defense rolls.

The Arbor

Island Nation: The Arbor is a great island of the West coast of Westeros, and as such can only be attacked by sea. The people of the island know this, and are prepared to defend their coastlines. +1 to naval battle rolls around the Arbor for the owner. Additionally, all characters receive +1 to sea captain.
Bustling island: The Arbor is renowned not only in Westeros, but as far away as Slaver's Bay as the producers of the finest wines. People flock to the Arbor from the corners of the world to trade for their wines, and this gives the controller of the Arbor an additional trade route.

Oldtown

The City Watch of Oldtown: The city is defended and policed by a force of 250 men, which the owner does not need to pay for. These help protect against spying and assassination rolls in the city, and also are used in defense battles. -2 to spying, assassination and escape rolls for foes in the city, plus 250 extra troops in seige defense .
The Citadel, home of the Maesters and learning: The owner of Oldtown has access to a Maester to help in childbirth and healing, even if the city is owned by a minor house.
Bustling Port: Oldtown is the second largest port in all of the Seven Kingdoms, second only to King's Landing itself. Traders from all corners of the known world come here to sell and buy wares, allowing the owner one additional trade route.
Oldtown: Large city - may garrison an additional 200% of the levy. Requires at least 1,000 men to defend or a -1 siege defense modifier is applied.

Ashford

Historic Tourney Site: One of the few places outside of King's Landing and the seats of the major houses where a tournament may be held.
Thick castle walls: Ashford castle lies next to the town, and is built in the shape of a triangle, with towers reaching 30 feet tall at the points of the triangle. Thick walls run between the towers, making it an excellent and defensible castle, giving +1 to seige defense rolls.

Horn Hill

Densely wooded: The area around Horn Hill is thick, and can hide an army fairly well. -2 to all scouting rolls in the region for players not in control of the region and +2 to scouting for the Lord or his allies in the region. The woods are also full of game, making it an attractive location to any lords who wish to hunt.

Shield Islands

Defenders of the Mander: Situated at the mouth of the Mander river, the Shield Islands serve to protect the lands upriver from raids by ironborn. They are well prepared for naval attacks, and get +2 to naval battles around the islands, and +1 to siege battles against those who make it onto the shore.

Brightwater Keep

Strong Walls: Brightwater Keep is one of the stronger castles in the Reach, with sturdy stone walls and plentiful larders stuffed with goods & game from the Honeywine. +2 to seige defense rolls.
The Light of the Honeywine: Brightwater Keep sits at the top of the Honeywine River, the agricultural capital of the Reach, and thus could easily stock its larders to near-bursting in time for winter. -1 to death rolls.

Bitterbridge

The Bitterbridge: The castle is named after the ancient stone bridge crossing the Mander near it, which needless to say will cause problems for any invading army and has been a blessing to many defending forces. +2 to battle rolls for the defenders.

Cider Hall

Fed by the Mander: Cider Hall is located on the shores of the Mander, and the swift river makes the lands surrounding Cider Hall extremely fertile. -1 to character death rolls.

Goldengrove

Golden canopies: -2 to all enemy scouting rolls in the region and +2 to all ally scouting rolls, due to Goldengrove's forested terrain.
Marchlands: +2 rolls against all attacks coming from the north (ie Westerlands).

To be done:

Grassy Vale
Harvest Hall
Honeyholt
Old Oak
Sunflower Hall
Tumbleton
Three Towers
Blackcrown
Bandalon
Longtable
Uplands
Holy Hall
Ivy Hall
Red Lake

The Westerlands

Casterly Rock

"All the gold in Casterly Rock...": A famously rich region, the vaults of Casterly Rock are said to be filled with more gold than those of any other city or castle in Westeros. All characters start with an additional 50,000 Gold Dragons.
Talent for Coin: It is one thing to amass a fortune, and another to expand it. The Lannisters have done just that for centuries, and all characters get +5% income
Ancient Fortress: The Rock was built in or before the Age of Heroes, making it at least 8,000 years old, possibly older. It is carved into a great stone hill, giving it excellent natural defences, which are added to by thick walls and towers. Casterly Rock has never been taken in recorded history. it is the second largest castle after Harrenhal. +3 to defense rolls.
The Bowels of the Rock: The rocks prisons are renowned as the foulest and darkest prisons in the world, worse than the black cells. -3 to escape rolls when captured in the rock.

Castamere

Gold Mines: Castamere is a rich region, though not as rich as Casterly Rock, as like the Rock the land is rich with veins of gold. All characters start with an additional 50,000 Gold Dragons.
Formidable Fortress: Castamere, being one of the wealthiest areas in the west, is also one of the most fortified. +2 to siege defence rolls.

Lannisport

Wealthy city: Lannisport is situated perfectly for making money. It sits at the meeting point of the sea road, the gold road and the river road, and is one of the largest ports in Westeros, allowing its owner one additional trade route.
City Watch: Lannisport is patrolled by the City Watch, renowned for being far better trained than their Oldtown counterparts. This gives Lannisport an additional 2000 men for siege defence and -2 to assassinations, spying and escape rolls to foes within the city.

Golden Tooth

Gold mines: The Golden Tooth is a rich region, though not as rich as Casterly Rock. It is aptly named, as like the Rock the land is rich with veins of gold. All characters start with an additional 50,000 Gold Dragons.
Strategically Vital Stronghold: Golden Tooth sits in a mountain pass between the Westerlands and the Riverlands, and it is widely agreed that the only way to attack the Westerlands from the East is to take the Golden Tooth. As a result, its defences are very strong on the Eastern side, but weak on the Western side. +1 to siege defence for attacks from the East, but -1 to siege defence for attacks from the West.

Fair Isle

Raiding target: Historically, Fair Isle has been raided on multiple occasions by the ironborn. Now, it's people are prepared for attacks. All characters get +1 to sea captain, and +2 to naval rolls in the vicinity of the isle.

Ashemark

Hilly Area: The territory around Ashemark itself is renowned for being quite hilly and hard to secure. +1 to siege defence rolls.

Clegane's Keep

Commanding View: +1 to scouting rolls and -1 to enemy scouting rolls in the region

To be done:

Sarsfield
Silverhill
Greenfield
Cornfield
Kayce
Crakehall
Feastfires
Hornvale
The Crag
Banefort

Dorne

Sunspear

The Spear Tower: A huge stone tower, with a spear of gilded steel at its top, the Spear Tower is the tallest building in Sunspear, and the upper floors serve as prisons for any highborn captives. The prisoners are generally well treated, but escape is extremely difficult, as the height of the tower means any attempting to leave must fight their way down the entire tower. -2 to all escape rolls from Sunspear.
Triple Walls: Sunspear is protected by three great winding walls encircling one another, dating well before the times of the Targaryens. The only way to enter the city is through the Threefold Gate, a trio of gates, one in each of the three walls, that line up with one another, allowing straight access to the city. Not only that, but Sunspear is surrounded by the sea on three sides, meaning it can only be attacked from one direction, giving it excellent natural defenses. +3 to seige defense rolls.

Yronwood

Guard of the Boneway: Yronwood sits at the entrance to the Boneway Pass, and defends Dorne from any intruders seeking to traverse the Red Mountains from the Stormlands. As a result, the castle is highly fortified on the Northern side. +3 to seige defense against attacks from the North.

Starfall

Important Castle: Starfall is situated near Dorne's Eastern border with the Reach, and lies on one of only three paths into Dorne by land. This makes it an incredibly important castle, and it's defenses are suitably strong. +3 to seige defense rolls.

Vulture's Roost

Mountain Stronghold: Vulture's Roost lies deep within the Red Mountains, and is a strong enough castle to be considered a stronghold. Though it does not lie directly along the Stone Way, any invading through the Stone Way must take or besiege Vulture's Roost, or risk an attack from the rear. +3 to seige defense rolls.

Prince's Pass

Pass through the Mountains: The Prince's Pass is one of the only land routes into Dorne, so it is protected with strong defenses. +2 to seige defense rolls.

Kingsgrave

Mountain Stronghold: Kingsrave lies deep within the Red Mountains, halfway through the Prince's Pass, in a valley alcove. Because of it's geographic position, any invading force passing through the Prince's Pass must take or besiege Kingsgrave, or risk an attack from the rear. +2 to seige defense rolls.

To be done:

Lemonwood
Planky Town
Godsgrace
Blackmont
Ghost Hill
Hellholt
Spottswood
The Tor
Wyl
Salt Shore
Skyreach
High Hermitage
Red Dunes
Sandstone

The Stormlands

Storm's End

Mythical fortress: Storm's End is one of the oldest strongholds in Westeros, allegedly built by the Storm King Durran during the Sawn Age. Legends say that the Children of the Forest helped him construct the castle, weaving their magics into the stone walls, so that the vicous winds could find no purchase. Others say that Durran was aided in the construction by a young Bran the Builder. Regardless, Storm's End has endured many sieges in it's time, but has rarely been taken. +4 to seige defense rolls.
Storm's End is known for being able to marshall a large force. +5% to total levy size from this region of each unit.

Nightsong

Dornish Marches: Nightsong is the main settlement in the Dornish Marches, an historically war-torn zone between the Reach, Dorne, and the Stormlands. Nightsong is a strong castle, and has to be to hold this dangerous region. +1 to siege defense rolls.

Tarth

Strong fleet: Tarth, though a poor island, provides much of the fleet of the Stormlands, and is vital to the regions naval power. As a result, all characters get +2 to sea captain during naval battles in the stormlands.

Griffin's Roost

Strong Defensive Position: Griffin's Roost is surrounded on three sides by the Shipbreaker Bay, and the only approach is past a fortified gatehouse and through the 'griffin's throat', a long bare ridge where the defenders can easily shower any hostiles with missiles from the two towers around the castle's main gates. +3 to siege rolls.
Strong levy: The levy in this region increases 2%

Blackhaven

Defense of the Boneway: The castle of Blackhaven sits at the bottom of the Boneway, the last stop on the Stormlands side of the narrow passes of the Dornish Marches. +2 to siege rolls.

Stonehelm

Stonehelm is situated at a key position in the Stormlands, controlling River access deeper inland. +1 to trade routes.

Summerhall

Summerhall is the pleasure retreat of the Royal House Targaryen, and as such is graced with sudden infusions of cash: +5% to income
Summerhall has been fortified in order to protect visiting Royals. +2 to siege rolls.

Haystack Hall

The breadbasket of the Stormlands, granting it a +5% general levy number

Estermont

Mountainous Shores: Having steep shores below it, Greenstone is perched upon the mountainous reaches of Estermont, and protected from naval attack. -2 to All enemy attacks against Estermont
Cape Wrath: -3 to all naval rolls of ships not from Estermont, Mistwood, or Rainhouse.

Mistwood

Eyes and Ears of the Owl: The foggy shores and woods of Mistwood are known best by their owners. -2 Scouting rolls for enemies here, +2 scouting for Mistwood here
Cape Wrath: -3 to all naval rolls of ships not from Estermont, Mistwood, or Rainhouse.

Rainhouse

The Rainwood: The foggy shores and woods of the Rainwood are known best by their owners. -2 Scouting rolls for enemies here, +2 scouting for Rainhouse here
Cape Wrath: -3 to all naval rolls of fleets not from Estermont, Mistwood, or Rainhouse.

To be done:

Haystack Hall
Broadarch
Bronzegate
Crow's Nest
Felwood
Gallowsgrey
Amberly
Grandview

The North

Winterfell

Hot Springs: Winterfell stays relatively warm, even in winter, giving a -1 to all character death rolls in winter.
Brandon's Walls: Legends say that Winterfell was built some 8000 years ago by Brandon the Builder, who used giants to help him construct the castle. The castle is surrounded by two huge, thick granite walls, with a moat between them, making it incredibly defensible. This gives the defenders +3 to seige defense rolls.
Bastion of Strength: Though those in the North will fight on even if Winterfell is taken, it represents the strength of the North, and whoever holds it gains a huge morale boost and the loyalty of many in the North, allowing it's owner to recruit troops at 75% of the normal cost, though upkeep remains the same.

White Harbor

Wolf's Den: An ancient, now disused castle which serves as the dungeons of the city. Once made to stop people getting in, now it has been engineered to stop people getting out. -2 escape rolls for captives in the city.
Good smiths: White Harbor is well known for having some of the best smiths north of the Neck, particularly silver smiths. All weapons and armour cost 10% less to buy.

Dreadfort

Fortress: The Dreadfort has high walls and triangular merlons that look like teeth, making for an intimidating sight. +2 to seige defense.
Volcanic vents: The Dreadfort is situated on volcanic vents which, much like the hot springs of Winterfell, keep the fortress warm in dark winters, giving -1 to character death rolls in winter

Torrhen's Square

Strong Keep: Though not as fearsome as the Dreadfort or Winterfell, Torrhen's Square is nonetheless considered a difficult castle to take, and the defenders get +2 to seige defense rolls.

Greywater Watch

Wandering Castle: Greywater Watch is built on one of the strange floating islands found in the swamps of the Neck, and is notoriously difficult to find. Any wishing to seige the castle must roll to see if they can find it (20% chance). If they do not, they may try again in a year.
Dangerous Swamps: Greywater Watch is surrounded by bogs and marshlands, almost impossible to navigate without a local guide. Any army wishing to pass through the neck must either have the permission of whoever holds Greywater Watch or lose a % of their men dependent on a d15 (so up to 15%)

Bear Island

Targeted by Raiders: Despite its lack of wealth, Bear Island is often attacked by raiders from the Frozen Shore or the Iron Islands. As such, all characters have some naval prowess, and get +1 to sea captain near the island.
Warrior Women: When the men of Bear Island are away, the women are left to defend their homes, and this has created a warrior culture among the women. Bear Island gains an additional 750 defenders when besieged (1d10).

Moat Cailin

The Causeway: Moat Cailin controls the only safe land route out of the Neck from the South, and into it from the North. Those who wish to travel through have three options - besiege the fortress, pass through with the permission of the Lord who holds it, or risk the dangerous swamps, losing a % of their men dependent on a d10 (so up to 10%).
Ruined Sronghold: Though only a few towers of Moat Cailin still stand, it is capable of defending against a much stronger invading force from the South because of its position, and gains +3 to seige defense rolls when attacked from the South.

Skagos

Perilous Waters: The mountainous island of Skagos is surrounded by rough waters, so that any attacking the island by sea get -2 to their rolls.

Deepwood Motte

The Wolfswood: This sprawling, dense forest can prove a dangerous maze for those unfamiliar with it, and provides excellent oppurtunities for ambush. The houses that live around Deepwood Motte are excellent woodsmen, so the controller of the castle gains +3 to battle rolls in the woods, including at Deepwood Motte itself.

Karhold

Strong Castle: Karhold is certainly not the equal of Winterfell, or even the Dreadfort, but it is still a strong castle. +2 to seige defense.

To be done:

Last Hearth
Ramsgate
Widow's Watch
Hornwood
Barrowtown
Flint's Finger
Oldcastle
The Mountains of the North
The Rills
The Stony Shore

The Riverlands

Riverrun

River Defenses: Riverrun has excellent natural defenses, as it is situated at the meeting point of two roaring rivers, the Tumblestone and the Red Fork. It even has a third man-made ditch covering the land around the walls between the two rivers, that can easily be filled with water from a sluice gate in times of siege. This effectively turns Riverrun into an island, making any attacks all but impossible. +3 to siege defense rolls.
Well Watered Lands: Fed by the many rivers coursing through it, the Riverlands are one of the most fertile regions of Westeros, matching the Reach in its bounty. Riverrun's vast stocks are usually stuffed to bursting by the bounty reaped by the Riverlords, providing an ample reserve to last the winter with. -1 death rolls.

Seagard

Defender of the Coast: Seagard was built to protect the coast of the Riverlands from raiding ironborn. It proved its usefulness in the Greyjoy Rebellion, when Lord Jason Mallister slew Rodrik Greyjoy beneath the walls and threw the ironborn back into the sea. It is an impressive castle in its own right, and can defend from both the sea and land. +3 to seige battles, +2 to naval battles around the castle
The Booming Tower: A massive tower in Seagard named for its immense bronze bell, this tower is used to sight longships and sound the bell, alerting the townsfolk to the threat. The tower is manned day and night, making surprise sea attacks on the city impossible except in very dense fog. +3 to raid rolls (For discovery and defense)

Oldstones

Ruin: The old seat of House Mudd, Kings of the Rivers and the Hills, Oldstones had thick curtain walls, but now stands as a ruin. The result is eerie, causing enemy soldiers to lose morale (-1 to battle rolls of aggressor force)

High Heart

Though little more than a tall hill, High Heart makes an excellent place to camp, as the land surrounding it is low and flat, making it very defensible. +2 to seige defense.

Harrenhal

Immense Castle: Built by Harren the Black on an enormous scale and burnt by Aegon's dragons, Harrenhal is one of the largest castles in the Seven Kingdoms, and anyone with enough men to defend it properly will find it to be one of the strongest too. +4 to seige defense, rising to +6 if the defender has at least 10,000 men.
Harrenhall: Large castle - may garrison an additional 200% of the levy. Requires at least 1,000 men to defend or a -1 siege defense modifier is applied.
The Curse of Harrenhal: Harrenhal is notorious in that those who control the castle often meet horrific ends, ever since Harren was burned to death in his castle. Chance of death in death rolls increases +1.

The Twins

The Crossing: Consisting of two identical castles straddling the Green Fork, The Twins is not a pretty fortress, but it is a fortress nonetheless, and a vital one, for it controls one of the few river crossings. +3 to siege defense.
Toll: Due to the influx of merchants and lords who cross the twins, House Frey has made a pretty penny on crossing fees. +2.5% to income.

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Maidenpool
Saltpans
Stoney Sept
Lord Harroway's town
Pinkmaiden
Fairmarket
Raventree hall
Stone Hedge
Acorn Hall
Atranta
Darry
The Trident
Willow Wood

The Vale

The Eyrie

The Giant's Lance: The Eyrie is situated at the peak of the Giant's Lance, the highest mountain in all Westeros, and is further protected by the Gates of the Moon at the mountain's feet, and the three smaller castles of 'Stone', 'Snow' and 'Sky'. It is considered virtually impenetrable to any besieger foolhardy or unfortunate enough to have to attack it. +6 to siege defense rolls.
The Sky Cells: The Eyrie's prisons, the Sky Cells, are small open shelves in the mountainside that ever-so-slightly slant downward. They are notorious for terrifying their unlucky occupants so greatly that many choose to commit suicide than to continue to rot there, in danger of simply rolling off the edge in their sleep every night and constantly exposed to the elements. Escape is impossible from the Eyrie. Additionally, all prisoners have a 2/20 chance each year to die while in the Eyrie.
Flee to nowhere: Capture rolls of all characters in the Eyrie are increased by +2 chance of capture

Gulltown

Prosperous Port: One of the largest ports in Westeros and one of only a few that can genuinely claim to be a city, Gulltown is the largest and perhaps most important settlement in all of the vale. Supplies flow into the city from Westeros and across the Narrow Sea. The owner of this city may have one additional trade route.
Sailor's Den: Gulltown's location on the Narrow Sea and the fact it is a booming trade hub means that many great sailors are attracted to the city, and their great collective experience can easily be drawn on if a man buys them a drink or two. The ruling House of Gulltown get +1 to Sea Captain.

The Bloody Gate

"Who would pass the Bloody Gate?": The question traditionally asked of all who seek to travel through this route into the Vale. Built at the narrowest point of a valley, and consisting of two long parapets built into the stone of the mountains and two watchtowers connected by a bridge, the Bloody Gate is in a naturally strong defensive position. +2 to seige defense.

Runestone

The Lord of Runestone possesses an ancient set of bronze armour, which supposedly is engraved with runes that protect the wearer from harm. -2 to assassination rolls against the Lord of Runestone, +1 to his survival.

Iron Islands

Pyke

Clifftop Stronghold: With many of it's towers standing on thin stacks in the sea, it is a miracle that so much of the castle of Pyke is still standing. A thick curtain wall surrounds the area of the castle which stands on the mainland, and the towers are connected by thin bridges, meaning that storming them is incrdibly difficult, as many of the bridges are too small for two men to cross side by side. +3 to seige defense.
Home of the Ironborn: Few of the ironborn would say that any one of their islands is more important than the others, but to those from the mainland Pyke is the main island, as it is the home of the Lords Paramount, House Greyjoy. All characters get +10% pillage.
Capitol of the Iron Born: Discount of 15% for all naval units.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.

Saltcliffe

Home of the Ironborn: Though not particularly notable, Saltcliffe is still one of the islands where the ironborn live, and like the rest produces excellent sailors. All characters get +10% pillage.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.

Great Wyk

Home of the Ironborn: The largest of the Iron Islands, Great Wyk is the home of great sailors just as much as the rest of them. All characters get +10% pillage.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.

Old Wyk

What is Dead may Never Die: Considered by the ironborn to be the holiest of all the islands, Old Wyk is the place where the first ironborn found the Seastone Chair, and where the Grey King is said to have slain the sea dragon Nagga. All characters get +2 Denouncer.
Home of the Ironborn: Like the rest of the Iron Islands, the people of Old Wyk live on the sea as much as they do the land. All characters get +10% pillage.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.

Orkmont

Home of the Ironborn: Like the rest of the Iron Islands, the people of Orkmont live on the sea as much as they do the land. All characters get +10% pillage.
Seat of House Hoare: Orkmont was the capital of the Hoare kings, a well fortified stronghold of the ironborn. +2 siege defence.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.

Blacktyde

Home of the Ironborn: Like the rest of the Iron Islands, the people of Blacktyde live on the sea as much as they do the land. All characters get +10% pillage.

Harlaw

Home of the Ironborn: Like the rest of the Iron Islands, the people of Harlaw live on the sea as much as they do the land. All characters get +10% pillage.
Wealthy Island: The wealthiest of the iron islands, all characters on Harlaw get an extra 2.5% to income.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.
Largest Island: Harlaw is a large ironborn island, and thus has an increased population: +5% land levy size.

Ten Towers

Home of the Ironborn: Like the rest of the Iron Islands, the people of Blacktyde live on the sea as much as they do the land. All characters get +10% pillage.
Strong Castle: The newest castle in the Iron Islands and one of the strongest, Ten Towers (so named because it looks more like ten castles pushed together than one castle) was built by House Harlaw after their previous seat of Harlaw Hall flooded. +3 to seige defense.
Ironborn Fleet: The Ironborn lords have access to a large amount of longships: 10% discount when buying ships.
Largest Island: Ten Towers is a large ironborn island, and thus has an increased population: +5% land levy size.

The Crownlands

Kings Landing

The Capital: Kings Landing houses half a million people, and is the centre of royal power in westeros. As a result, when the city is besieged, thousands answer the call to arms. d10*1000 Peasant Volunteers are generated when the city comes under attack.
The Gates and Walls: Kings landing has many well fortified gates and walls, making it a hard nut to crack. +2 to siege defence when the walls are being attacked.
The Red Keep: A natural fortress, the red keep was built on top of Aegon's Hill, the highest of the hills in the capital. It has huge walls and towers, with many different holdfasts and keeps built into it. +3 siege defence when the red keep is being attacked.
The Black Cells: Some of the most feared prisons in Westeros, named due to them being incredibly dark and dingy. -3 to all escape rolls whilst held prisoner in Kings Landing.

Dragonstone

Valyrian Fortress: Built by the architects of the Valyrian Freehold, Dragonstone is an extremely tough castle to take. It is built into a cliff; wrought from mysterious black stone. +4 to siege defence rolls.
Narrow Sea Lord: The chief lord of the lords of the narrow sea is the lord of Dragonstone. As such, he commands an larger ship levy than other lords. +5% ship levy.
Map of Westeros: Dragonstone has access to a huge map of westeros, engraved into the table of Dragonstone to prepare for Aegon's conquest. As such, the Lord of Dragonstone has a higher tactical knowledge of the area. +1 field battles.

Driftmark

Largest Island: The largest island in the narrow sea, Driftmark commands a higher levy than the other islands. +5% land levy.

Claw Isle

Treasures: House Celtigar is renowned for its wealth of treasures; a valyrian steel handaxe, and a horn that can summon Krakens from the sea, among other items. All characters start with an extra 20,000 Dragons.

Massey's Hook

Sharp Point: A large watchtower in which a great fire burns atop, Sharp Point aids in the navigation of the waters surrounding Massey's Hook. +1 to naval battles around the area.

Stokeworth

Food Supplies: The breadbasket of the Crownlands, Stokeworth has access to a larger regional levy. +5% to land levy.

Duskendale

The Dun Fort: The Dun Fort is a large castle that overlooks the town of Duskendale. It is the seat of House Darklyn. It has a large square keep and big drum towers. +2 siege defence.
Royal Seat: Duskendale used to be the royal seat of the Darklyn Kings before they were conquered by the Stormlanders. As a result, it is a settlement of great importance, size, and wealth. +5% land income.

The Whispers

Old Legend: The whispers get their name from the Legend of Ser Clarence Crabb, who used to bring the old heads of kings and lords back to life to give him counsel. This old legend does not aid the eerie atmosphere of the ruined castle. -1 to all offensive rolls against the castle.

The Kingswood

Huge Forest: The Kingswood is a sprawling forest, and has no real centre of power. Due to this, it is very hard to capture. -2 to enemy siege rolls, -1 to enemy field battle rolls within the region.

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