This thread is designed for all pre-game discussion and will be replaced with an OOC and IC thread when the game begins.

Phase 1: House Creation;

Phase 2: Character Creation;

Phase 3: Final Tweaks and integration of characters and lore.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:14, Sun 20 Sept 2020.

Howdy everyone (and by that I mean just me for now), Player One here!

The Many Faced God has gone ahead and rolled the baseline stats for us, and it looks like we're playing with:

Defense: 20
Influence: 23
Lands: 24
Law: 26
Population: 32
Power: 26
Wealth: 31

So not too shabby at all.  Granted, this is before history screws us over happens.

The first thing I think we need to figure out is how old?  I'm inclined to say relatively new, because I detest, absolutely detest, the historical events table, so 1d6-2 suits me just fine.  Can't tell you the number of times that 1d6+2 events has resulted in stats in all of our the teens.

I would like to vote for 1d6-1.

Players One & Three, do you have a primary character concept. I a few I could go with depending upon what other people are playing.

The Many Faced God, do you have a target number of players you are looking for? Can we keep moving forward with house creation or should we wait for the rest?

Truthfully, a lot depends on how the house build ends up, so while I have some ideas, that's really it until we see how the rolls shape up.

Hello everyone!

On the number of events...I'm open. I do generally like more, because it is interesting - but I'm open to doing less as well.

As far as character types go, I'm willing to fill in where needed but generally hope to play a noble member of the family in some capacity.

For a Player count I'm probably looking for 6-7, in the expectation that we have a drop out or two. Given that we have hit a quorum of Four players, I'm happy to proceed with some tentative decision making and hope to hit a full quota in the next couple of days.

For the Revised Timeline of King Arrec's Rule we're probably looking at this:

[ANCIENT] Age of Heroes [1d6+3 Events]
[VERY OLD] Andal Invasion [1d6+2]
[OLD] Justman Conquest [1000 Years Ago] [[1d6+1]
[ESTABLISHED]The Anarchy and Fall of House Justman. The Rhoynar Invasion [700 Years Ago] [1d6]
[RECENT] The Battle of Six Kings and The Durrandon Conquest [300 Years Ago] [[1d6-1]
[NEW} The Century of Blood [Within the last 50 Years] [[1d6-2]


The two factors to consider would be the number of events you end up with, with the fact that Recent or New houses are likely to be viewed with disdain or suspicion by their peers, since they have arisen during the reign of the Storm King. This would include, for example, House Frey.

I'm trying to keep a rough timeline in order and it is turning up interesting ideas, like the Fall of House Justman and the Rhoynar Invasion apparently happening in similar eras, which I'd never put together before.

Blech, I can live with 1d6, and pray we roll low.  Which would seem to make Two and Three happy.  So I'd say go for it and tell us what terrible fate has befallen our house?

I am fine with more events, or the 1d6 proposed. Events add story, and story trumps numbers.

I'm right there with you on the above statement. I think even low numbers can create a good story of how your House came to have fallen to their state over time, and also can leave you more to grasp for.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:21, Mon 21 Sept 2020.

Seems like 1d6 is the acceptable compromise then.