i mean they can be good or bad but lets do the full i think to kind of get a taste for them as a group?

House fortune is a Status check?

Yes, with Steward bonus dice. And we have a NC Steward with 5+2B

No one else seems to have an opinion on the number of rolls. So if any two players please roll seven dice and drop the lowest two to see what we get.

19:39, Today: Catelyn Harlaw rolled 22 using 7d6, dropping the 2 lowest rolls with rolls of 3,4,6,5,3,1,4.  House Fortune.

21:04, Today: Lucas rolled 27 using 7d6, dropping the 2 lowest rolls with rolls of 6,6,3,6,6,2,1.  House Fortune.

Seems like a good result!

Growth and Blessing. Growth will improve one resource by 1 point. Which one would you prefer?

We'll get into exactly what Blessing gives you at a later stage.

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 105):

If we invest in land, can we spend it right away?

What do you want to invest the Land point in?

When people start arriving, do you want to RP meeting and greeting each family? That will be a minimum of 14 houses. That way you get to interact with your guests and the Corbray and Melcom families who are binding themselves together in marriage as they arrive and get your first feeling for them IC. On the other hand, it may feel a little repetitive. Some options:
* Meet and greet all of them in the main thread for the wedding.
* Meet and greet all of them in a secondary thread or several secondary threads.
* Meet and greet some of them in the main thread.
* Meet and greet some of them in a secondary thread.

You will over the next few days have the possibility to interact with your guests as you choose.

It all depends on what you would find interesting.

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 107):

Grassland would be my idea.

I'm fine greeting everyone, what say you fellow house members?

I would appreciate a bit of narrator guidance in terms of which characters are relevant to the upcoming story - i.e. I don't think it's necessary to meet all of the families "on screen" if ten of them are going to be irrelevant to the forthcoming tournament.

I there are particular houses that players have a reason to meet with [family relations, rivals, nemeses etc] then it might be worth meeting them even if they aren't relevant to this chapter of the story, as they may become relevant later on.

I think scenes should ultimately serve the greater story in some way, or why have them?

I think Galad Hunter's comments are good, which would lead toward the third or fourth option. As for main or secondary, that would probably best be based off how much other stuff the main one will hold and if secondaries are needed for related things (such as tournament stuff).

I will be posting today. My allergies have just been killing me lately.

Lost of good chunk of my internet connection for well over a week. Back up and running now.

Good to have both of you back!

Cat, feel free to interact with both the Corbrays and the Manderlys if you like.6

All the guests have now arrived and things move on to the great hall and the first meal.

Who are seated in the High Seat?

What do you want to do?

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 115):

I'll be posting today!

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 115):

The High Seat is for the family, right? My brother and I will be there, and probably Cat too.

Yes, it is generally for the family. Letting guests sit there is a way to honor them. During the feast after the wedding, it would be where the newlyweds would sit.

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 118):

Then I think the heads of the two families who are getting married and our new Martel guest should be invited. I'm really curious what she's up to. Would it make sense to invite the bride and groom? I'm not sure if they are supposed to meet beforehand.

Having the couple meet before the wedding is not a problem, but having them in the High Seat before the wedding would be out of the ordinary.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:19, Mon 07 Dec 2020.

I noticed that I accidentally skipped the Melcolm family in my list of families you were to be introduced to when they arrived. That's why I seated several of you with members of that family.

This seems to have turned into a solo game for you Sharra. Let me know how you want to proceed.