Re: General Non-game Chat Thread

by **Lady Corrine Marsten** Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:34 pm

Wait, Nathan is running a game??

by **Nathaniel Mason** Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:36 pm

Reader wrote:Love hearing about Nathan's game, albeit mine has a slightly different power base!

Admittedly, Andivar is the Seven's sanctified Chosen of the Warrior in Westeros... so yeah.. he's a beast.

But he is not the norm by any stretch.

Lady Corrine Marsten wrote:Wait, Nathan is running a game??

I have been playing in and running a weekly game for five years now. (We trade off.)

by **Nathaniel Mason** Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:02 pm

Reader wrote:Also, bravo on the new picture, good to see all our cast age up.

Thanks very much.

It took no small amount of hunting and some frustrating photo-shopping, but I think I did quite well and am pleased with the result.

Nathan is now about 18-19. Even he can't look twelve forever.

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by **Baelon Drakeson** Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:46 am

23 per DoS... egads. And I thought that getting 10 per DoS one-handed (without Massive) as a starting character was bad.

Criticals in general fit the tone of the world.
However, the fact that this particular critical system doesn't fit the tone of the world for me. As previously stated, it makes lighter armor more effective for combat than heavy armor. That makes no sense whatsoever! I also dislike that it discourages tactical fighting - combat becomes much more about rolling as many dice as possible as often as possible... which is already quite present in the system.

If we were playing in Essos, maybe - but having knights wearing next to no armor so they can Acrobatic Dodge their way into 20+ combat defense to be crit-proof? No.... and I'm the sort of guy who plays high-dex low armor characters in my d20 games. Actually, my first SIF character was a half dornish merchant-prince that spent most of his adult life in Braavos...even without Acrobatic Dodge he had a 20 something combat defense. In friendly sparring, he beat the plate-wearing knight PC 3 times out of 4 (criticals used, and no armor houserules). I had fun, but it didn't feel like Westeros.

by **Septon Arlyn** Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:15 am

Has anyone seen the last Kingdom?

by **Ereth Redwain** Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:17 am

Yes, I have, very interesting series.

by **Septon Arlyn** Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:20 am

FedEx, I greatly enjoy the costuming. The restraints of the director used and not showing the Nobles and play it was quite refreshing

by **Septon Arlyn** Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:23 am

Battle sequences and political Intrigue or pretty good as well. It kind of is helping me with my Game of Thrones withdrawal :-)

by **Baelon Drakeson** Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:00 pm

Watched some of it, then had no time for TV and haven't gotten back to it.
I was watching Vikings at the same time, kind of gave me whiplash trying to go back and forth in the timeline like that. Razz

by **Ayleth Bartheld** Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:02 pm

I only got two episodes into the Vikings, since our alleged heroes were clearly the bad guys.

by **Lady Corrine Marsten** Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:43 am

Ayleth Bartheld wrote:I only got two episodes into the Vikings, since our alleged heroes were clearly the bad guys.

I got annoyed with it for the same reason.

by **Theomore Tullison** Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:48 am

One man's bad guy is another one's good guy :8-):

by **Baelon Drakeson** Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:14 pm

I didn't see it in terms of 'good' and 'bad' - more a clash of cultures, and both cultures have beliefs and practices that conflict with modern values.
Thinking about it though, for the most part the main characters are the 'good' guys... or at least are less bad than their enemies. Most of the time.

by **Theomore Tullison** Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:41 pm

Me? I started watching, but didn't get hooked enough to bother to keep at it.

by **Lady Corrine Marsten** Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:49 pm

Ragnar was enough of a horrible person to me that I couldn't care about him or want him to succeed.

by **Baelon Drakeson** Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:31 pm

Yeah, I definitely cared more about other characters than Ragnar. He annoyed me greatly. Actually, all of the characters annoyed me at some point or another. They are not heroes, they are people, strong but flawed individuals. The interesting part to me is seeing how those strengths and flaws interact with each other - both the intrapersonal struggles and interpersonal relationships. It's not so unlike Shakespearean characters, really - neither all good nor all bad.

by **Yoren longshore** Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:56 pm

It does not bode well for the future of westeros that our newest Character: Kayden Douhun has the initials K/D, but still: Welcome Very Happy

by Kayden Douhon Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:46 pm

Hello people of dragons dance.

by **Ereth Redwain** Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:01 am

Hello Kayden, welcome to Dragon's Dance. Don't be afraid to ask for help and advice for character building and other things.

by **Gwyneth Drakeson** Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:06 am

Hey hey! Welcome aboard!

by Kayden Douhon Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:23 am

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm getting the hang of it. Just working on a few things. Can't wait to jump in.

by **Ayleth Bartheld** Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:28 am

*Curtsies* Welcome!

by **Lady Corrine Marsten** Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:23 am

Baelon wrote:Yeah, I definitely cared more about other characters than Ragnar. He annoyed me greatly. Actually, all of the characters annoyed me at some point or another. They are not heroes, they are people, strong but flawed individuals. The interesting part to me is seeing how those strengths and flaws interact with each other - both the intrapersonal struggles and interpersonal relationships. It's not so unlike Shakespearean characters, really - neither all good nor all bad.

I appreciate that you like the show, but I think comparing it to Shakespeare is giving it way too much credit.

Also, the historical inaccuracies and anachronisms are maddening for those that care about it.

by **Baelon Drakeson** Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:06 am

I only meant to compare the style of the story to Shakespeare, not the quality. It's definitely not that good!
Just meant that it's not a "
good guys"
vs "
bad guys"
story, and the characters are more human than heroes.

by **Lady Corrine Marsten** Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:10 am

Baelon wrote:I only meant to compare the style of the story to Shakespeare, not the quality. It's definitely not that good!
Just meant that it's not a "
good guys"
vs "
bad guys"
story, and the characters are more human than heroes.

Fair enough. Apologies for my misunderstanding.

I see your point, and agree. I just personally need at least one petson I can care for/identify with/support. Like how Samwell and Brienne keep me going in GoT.

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