New Players Look Here! [FAQ & Help Thread]

[ficenzi]

Is this forum still active?

[Honors Bastion]

Is this forum still active?

Yes it is. We are just in a little slow period due to a holiday in the Us but things should pick up soon.

[ficenzi]

So,I watched all the seasons of GoT (too lazy to read the books) and wanted to play a game. I found this forum. I read the rules and character biographies and I'm confused as hell. My idea is to create a character, a bannerlord of the North, with a fortress in the woods and an archer army.
1.When creating a character, can I choose any nobility title I want? Cause it seems unfair to start of as a great house.
2.And these traits, do I make them up, or is there a list of available traits?

[Xion]

1. The only players who claim Lord of a Great House are the Lord Paramounts. Everyone else is a Lord's Bannerman. .
2. There is a list of traits in the rules, and how many points to allocate a character gets depending on their age.

[ficenzi]

1. Is anyone playing as House Rowan of Goldengrove?
2. If the above is No, can I make up my own house and rule Goldengrove instead of playing as House Rowan?
3. Who is playing as House Tyrell?
4. How long ago did this round start?

[Honors Bastion]

1. Is anyone playing as House Rowan of Goldengrove?
2. If the above is No, can I make up my own house and rule Goldengrove instead of playing as House Rowan?
3. Who is playing as House Tyrell?
4. How long ago did this round start?

1. There was someone Rping as House Rowan but they are considered inactive at this point.

2. We don't allow player-created Houses to start ruling from the start. Only the noes that are in the lore/cannon can do that. if you want to create a House of your own design thna you must start low, as a hedge knight, and work your way up into power.

3. Currently, the Tyrells are controlled by Xion.

4. We are currently in year 6 (1 year = 1 week) of this current restart.

[mic1402]

Hi there, i'm interested in playing this again and have a few questions.

1. I've looked around and apparently there's war and stuff going on? is there anything that i would need to know?
2. what house to pick? I'm not to fussy and i noticed that each of realms had around equal amount of players, do you need someone for a specific role?
3. Also this current game has no relation to the one i played in right? (it was a while ago.) i'm unsure because of the whole Karstarks in-charge of winterfell thing.

[Honors Bastion]

Hi there, i'm interested in playing this again and have a few questions.

1. I've looked around and apparently there's war and stuff going on? is there anything that i would need to know?
2. what house to pick? I'm not to fussy and i noticed that each of realms had around equal amount of players, do you need someone for a specific role?
3. Also this current game has no relation to the one i played in right? (it was a while ago.) i'm unsure because of the whole Karstarks in-charge of winterfell thing.

This restart is basically a time-skip of our first Blackfyre Restart about ten years into the future, a few years after the Great Spring Sickness has ravaged Westeros. The ruling King was Haegon Blackfyre, the sixth son of Daemon Blackfyre, the King Who Wields the Sword. he ended up King after most of his brothers died during the Sickness and after Haegon murdered his one surviving brother to gain the Iron Throne for himself.

Now, after a number of years building a network of alliances and friendships, Maekar Targaryen has made a move to retake the Iron Throne for House Targaryen. The Blackfyres during this time were completely ignorant, having relied on the power of a one Lord Meldred Baratheon the King Maker to keep their enemies in check. After a relatively short war that had two battles being fought and resulting in the capture of Haegon in a battle and the crumbling of his armies, Maekar has won the Iron Throne and we are beginning to Rp his coronation. gthe Blackfyres still live and are poised to invade Westeros again but they aren't the only threat out there as Maekar still has many claimants amongst his own family members, at least 4 other Targaryens, who can claim the throne, with several of the major regions having their own claimant.

This is basically should be where we are now. If you need more information on specific regions, I can provide that as well.

As for the regions, anywhere but the Westerlands would be fine. The West has too many Houses now to make the regions a tad unbalanced. Although do avoid the Vale for now. There's an issue there that needs to be dealt with.

[Oakshield]

Hello..m i am an experienced roleplayer, not from an english spkeaking country (so please forgive my poor gramar and stuff) and i d like to play. I haven't quite understand the setting but i ve noticed the story has been altered to fit the game play. My first question is: would it be simpler to use a low birth character or will it make my story less playable? I mean, a gladiator or a orphan in flee botton?

[Shankbot de Bodemloze]

Honestly, it will be far more interesting for you to play as a Lord character - both in terms of actual RP and how the rules are catered. There are of course options to play as low-born/freedman like Sellswords and Merchants, but often you will find players take these as 'secondary' characters because the amount of RP available to them is limited unless you get creative. Alternately, if you only want to play a small role in the game they could be a good way to go in order to get a taste of what things feel like.

However I would still recommend playing as a Lord character for your first run-through, even if it is a fairly unimportant one, to get a proper experience of what the GoT RP has to offer.

Hope this helps, and welcome.

[Iron Aquilifer]

As Shank said: lordly character, the Vale needs some more High Lords so I would recommend starting there. Any Qs ask.

[Oakshield]

Ok... i ll look it up but i ll say already that beeing from the vale was kinda my option already: is bloodygates stil available as a home?

[Xion]

The Bloody Gate is a hereditary title the Arryns can give a vassal, so I don't believe you can pick it as a province. But you could sign up a house and try to become Knight of the Bloody Gate if Arryn hasn't assigned one yet.

[Oakshield]

After Robert's Rebellion, which led to House Targaryen's downfall, Lord Jon Arryn named Ser Brynden Tully (latter he should return to Riverun) the Knight of the Gate. So... That chararcter must be ar the gate... otherwise i am free to ask (off game) the permition to create a house that could ocupy that position. Right? Would that pearson be Mic? The player that RP as the Lord of the Vale? I need a link to the ruls of point distribution also if you could be so kind!

[Gandalfus]

I control Brynden Tully, who in my version never became Knight of the Gate. So the position is free for you to make a character to take

[Oakshield]

Nice... i ll keep diging for the char creation rules and point distribution and soon we ll meet ingame. Tks

[McScottish]

Looking at, possibly, getting in on this so 3 questions;

Question the first: May I please have a quick overview of what's going on in the realm at the moment? Anything especially important?

Question the second: Is there any particular region/area/province in need of character(s) or Houses?

Question the third: Are foreigners allowed I.E. A Meerenese pit-fighter (freed, of course) or such?

Oh, one last thing, what is the dealeo on Sellsword companies/bands? Would they be allowed at all?

Eeeeerr...s'all I have for now, so any answers would be very much welcomed!

Muchos Gracias.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Question the first: May I please have a quick overview of what's going on in the realm at the moment? Anything especially important?

No wars or anything, just a tenuous regency and some riots in the capitol which are going to be squashed soon. There's a tournament at Highgarden and a lot of side adventures going on right now.

Question the second: Is there any particular region/area/province in need of character(s) or Houses?

The Crownlands are quite bare at the moment, other than that anywhere would be fine.

Question the third: Are foreigners allowed I.E. A Meerenese pit-fighter (freed, of course) or such?

Yes, but depending on how authentic you wanted to keep that backstory you would be limited to several classes. For example, you couldn't register a character like that as the lord of, well, anything.

Oh, one last thing, what is the dealeo on Sellsword companies/bands? Would they be allowed at all?

Yes, there is a specific system/class and tree for sellswords and sellsword companies. However, be advised that it is peacetime and there likely won't be a major war for some time so it might get boring.

[TraykxSkyle]

Wow only just found this forum and I've been searching for a good 3/4 months. I've read the rules and merely wanted to ask a few questions.

1) Can I join an already established player house (if so) do I contact the head of that house for permission?

2) What would you suggest as a start for a new character.. a low born or a Lord or even something in between? I'd love to play a Knight but am unsure of those searching for any.

[Jokern]

Wow only just found this forum and I've been searching for a good 3/4 months. I've read the rules and merely wanted to ask a few questions.

1) Can I join an already established player house (if so) do I contact the head of that house for permission?

2) What would you suggest as a start for a new character.. a low born or a Lord or even something in between? I'd love to play a Knight but am unsure of those searching for any.

Hi, welcome to the forums! Always fun to see new players here.

1) Yes, as long as they agree there is no problem.

2) Most people play as a lord, but you can also play as a sellsword (mercenary) or a merchant. Playing as a high lord is pretty easy, then you get some influence and power to play with as well. If you want to focus solely on characters, then a single knight/sworn sword character is always available. You will always find someone who'll take you into their service, so don't worry about that.