RPG: Game of Thrones Crossroads Saloon OOC Chat

[Gandalfus]

Why not.

 

[Pericles of Athens]

I'd prefer to let something else shine (like Warhammer), but if we had to do this we would need a bigger player base than we had in our last game.

 

[Jokern]

Yeah, I think we can let GoT sleep a bit longer and let Warhammer play out and see how that goes.

 

[Lord Dread]

Unless Endhammer doesn't fail horribly within the first weeks for whatever reason, it's unlikely for GoT to happen.
But would be in for it, technically.

Thing is though, Warhammer also sounds promising.

 

[Pinkerton]

Traitors.

 

[Alexandrine]

Off with their heads.

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Also I'd only return for a game with the whole of the seven kingdoms, where I could be a Stark. Preferably a targ succession or Robert's Rebellion, where we start with the build up or the fighting of the war itself.

 

[Dirty Chai]

Oz has been chirping in my ear about an idea he got from Xion (is that correct?) about continuing that Blackfyre timeline of ours

Posting a gif like the others suggests you're down, but the gift itself says you're not.
You're usually saying no to anything being restarted again, though, so which is it?

 

[Pinkerton]

Oz has been chirping in my ear about an idea he got from Xion (is that correct?) about continuing that Blackfyre timeline of ours


Posting a gif like the others suggests you're down, but the gift itself says you're not.
You're usually saying no to anything being restarted again, though, so which is it?

Wasn't that our most succesful run?

So, of course, vot yes

 

[Pericles of Athens]

I really liked that Dance of Dragons game we did, I think dragons should be a bit more powerful, but outside that I thought the game was one of our most enjoyable ones.

 

[Oznerol]

Xion should post it, but the general outline is:

A Ninepenny Kings style of setting, but withing our own timeframe, in fact it would be a timeskip of our latest Blackfyre run. It's very interesting becauce even if it's Martin's world we'd be basically working with our own lore and characters: Tybolt (the Targaryen-Lannister), Haegon, Maelys "Flowers" and his line, the Northern triumvirate, the Princes of the Vale, etc, etc...

As I said Xion has all the details.

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

Question is which of Maekar's descendants would rule as King of the Iron Throne for this setting?

Last I remembered, they were all pretty much alive when I warred for Maekar to be King.

 

[Jokern]

Question is which of Maekar's descendants would rule as King of the Iron Throne for this setting?

Last I remembered, they were all pretty much alive when I warred for Maekar to be King.

Why don't we role a dice for it and create a story from there?

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

Well Xion and I talked about it and, for one, lets not with canon and have Aegon V. Either of the other three sons, Aemon, Aerion and Daeron would be good.

Daeron III would be like Robert Baratheon since he is a drunkard.
Aerion would be more like a Maegor the Cruel (he is mad, but more cruel and arrogant, not mad like Aerys II).
Aemon would be like another Jaehaerys or Baelor; well-educated and learned.

Last time we roleplayed the scenarion, Aemon did not go to the Citadel and Daeron was married to a Martell and not a Dayne.

If we were to have Aerion (or his son, Maegor) be King though, I would want Oz to rp him as he rped Brightflame when I was Maekar and did a very good job at it.

I also have a better idea for Maekar to die than just being killed at the Peake Uprising because of the fact that, when Maekar became King when I rped him, he did regain Blackfyre. House Blackfyre would have to gain their ancestral sword for it is their main means of legitimacy towards the Iron Throne. Xion liked my idea too as it made sense, since it included how the Blackfyres regained the VS sword.

 

[Pinkerton]

LETS DO THIS

 

[Dirty Chai]

I really liked the zoomed-in setting
True feudalism

 

[Gandalfus]

I'm down for it


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[Pericles of Athens]

Eh, I never took part in the first one of these so I don't really get the back story. But from what I can tell my favorite houses are either dead/dying or broken beyond recognition. I'll probably sit this one out.

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

What favorite houses?

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Mainly the Starks and their blade Ice are gone, and you know I've got a love affair with them. Greyjoy (and most all Ironborn), Reyne, and Manderly are in shambles, from what I recall from the last time skip. I don't really know too much about the south in the setting.

I'm not pissing on the parade, just its not all that welcoming to any new people who might want to join - who would need to know not only ASoFaI lore but also learn this new world's lore. Plus a lot of houses have established actions, backgrounds, and characters - which would blow for creativity.

Edit: Actually Manderly is still alive, and I played them on the last restart. Still it'd be off-putting to start a game without a Stark in Winterfell - let alone a Stark in the whole world. And I don't like the restrictions of the decisions people made in the last game effecting the direction my house (whatever one it might be, as the cool houses were probably all taken in the original) is allowed to realistically take.

I'm clearly in the minority, but a fresh start would strike my fancy while a time skip part-2 does not. I feel like the Dance deserves another shot after we butchered it last time. We could have a decade time skip after the dance if we wanted to keep things lively.

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

Greyjoys are a bit more civilized, that's the only difference. Remember that Order of the Kraken that Hengest made?

As for Starks, well, yeah they lost Ice. Which would be more of a reason to possibly join Blackfyres in the hopes of regaining the blades reforged from Ice from the Lannisters and regain that lost prestige. There is some fun in that!

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Just losing Ice woulda been fine, but the Stark line is extinguished - a sword can be reforged(and would make for some awesome conflict/RP), but you cant bring a dead family back to life. A Karstark with his name changed to Stark isn't really the same. Its not a threat or me pouting its just my dedication to play a major house isn't there when the Starks are six feet under or MIA.

Unless I could RP it as one of the surviving Starks returned (as two up in vanished) and claimed Winterfell, etc., etc.

 

[Xion]

The sword that Tybolt Lannister had, I believe Fang, was taken by Aerys Blackfyre when Tybolt was captured at the Battle of the Kingswood. Aerys then returned it to the Lord of Winterfell before heading to Essos.

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

Hmmm... well if I remember correctly, one of the last male Starks (who was a mysterious armored knight if I remember correctly) had two bastard daughters. The surviving Stark could be descended from either of them and become a legitimate Stark by reclaiming Winterfell and instilling their rule over the North. The surviving Stark could also be descended from the other male who was locked up, if I remember correctly, and was a lunatic.

Oh yeah! I do remember that, Xion. Half of Ice was returned to the Starks before Aerys left for Essos. I think that was done to ensure the Stark support in the future to come.

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Xion brought up a good idea, a Post-Robert's Rebellion setting where Robert lost and Rhaegar ascended the throne. The rebels (-Robert) survive by the new King's mercy. This leads to three major power groups.. Loyalists (Reach + Dorne + Crownlands), former-rebels (North, Vale, Stormlands), and two independent factors (Westerlands and Iron Islands). It keeps things interesting and opens up a lot of possibility while still keeping the flavor of the books/show alive and well.

I mean if I could plays as a surviving Stark who had some kind of legitimacycy/already ascended to Winterfell It'd be dope. Though I still think there are better settings, always easier to create something new rather than chase after the path.

 

[Lucius Malfoy]

I am sort of done with Robert Rebellion settings (canon or not). We done those a plenty I feel. First setting was an alternative post-Robert's Rebellion, its successor was another Robert's Rebellion. I think we have had that setting about 5 - 6 times now. I really feel we need to give that setting a really long break.

Knowing this community, Perry, I believe we could find some way to have the Starks have some kind of legitimacy or having ascended to Winterfell. However, even if your character is a Karstark, who takes the Stark name, you're still a Stark. After all, when Lord Karstark was executed by Robb, during the Clash of Five Kings, he called him a Kinslayer since Karstarks are a bastard branch of the Stark family.

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Fair enough, if the community is gonna pick a new GoT I rather be able to take part in it. As long as I can play a Stark I'm happy, after all the North know's 'no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark'

 

[Dirty Chai]

No one likes this idea anymore?

I really like the idea of being a zoomed-in "county", with landed knights and a look at the foundations of feudalism on the rural level.
But everyone loves their Lannisters and Starks eh?

Wheel of samsara indeed, over and over and over again..

 

[Pericles of Athens]

Everyone does love their Lannisters and Starks. The uniqueness of the major houses and the unique identities of the various peoples (Ironborn, Northermen, Westermen, etc.) is what makes the setting small. Shrink it and the scale is more focused, but you lose the people that like/love x or y. Like when we cut off the North and the Iron Islands from being playable.

 

[Jokern]

Yeah, I'm one of those that don't want to shrink and focus the setting on a smaller county. The different lords and the grand history we create is what makes this RPG awesome.

Also, the Reynes were mostly wiped out by the Lannisters in the Blackfyre game, but one was allowed to live and was granted Castamere when he came of age. Leo Reyne, I think his name was.