Re: Game Discussion

[Theomore Tullison]

Yeah...but assassinating his mom for that?

That's just vindictive. Or provocation.

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

Absolutely. Loreia was very pleased when he finally got the axe!

"They will hear of it in King's Landing is some pot-boy or cook at Harthorn fills her belly. House Daleford's name is not entirely forgotten if your stubbornness brings shame on my house and a wild bastard for an heir unless my son can get his wife with child."

Wow, a)fuck this guy bloody with a stick, b)he has no earthly idea how close to screwed he is.

https://dragonsdance.rpg-board.net/t2890p100-looking-after-lily-closed#96187
^^ Much approval.

Yeah. Corrine has been mere inches away from reading Daleford the proverbial Riot Act pretty much the whole time.

Wouldn't it be terrible if he accidentally brutally cut his own throat while shaving?

[Baelon Drakeson]

Pfft, from (some of) their perspective Ser Jorah redirected Prince Aemond (and Vhagar!) from Battle Valley to Wyl by presenting the rebellion's letters to him. Being a little cagey here as there's more than one set of perspectives in the South and different sets of motivation - some of them hate Jorah's family, some are totally indifferent to them.

Yeah...but assassinating his mom for that?

That's just vindictive. Or provocation.

It's not like the attack on Wyl wasn't totally and unquestionably deserved, right?

Yeah, feeling a bit of guilt for having fanned the flames that led to the murder. I didn't anticipate Ser Jorah's family history coming into play. For that matter, I didn't KNOW his family's history, though in hindsight there were a fair number of clues.

Wouldn't it be terrible if he accidentally brutally cut his own throat while shaving?

Gift him a Valyrian steel razor. I've heard that there was a guy who cut his own head off with one of those things.

[Reader]

Yeah...but assassinating his mom for that?

That's just vindictive. Or provocation.

Maybe there's more to it than that. Maybe not.

Baelon - testament to Jorah that the clues are clear in hindsight, but not heavy-handed initially. This is Westeros - of course family history comes in to things.

[Ser Jorah Holt]

To be fair, nobody really knew my family background and to be fair, it was my ascension to the Kingsguard that gave them the opportunity

[Reader]

A few have bits and pieces from various ability rolls.

[Ser Jorah Holt]

but only bits until recently

[Reader]

Indeed, all coming tumbling out now!

Various bits and pieces that seemed innocuous may mean more to various people now.

[Ser Jorah Holt]

which was kinda the point

[Reader]

Indeed, think you pulled this off pretty well and opens a sad new chapter in Ser Jorah's life.

His mother had quite the life!

[Luecian LongBow]

Just to double check before I churn out some rolls, Archery contest is essentially Archer's choice in regards to their Bow(training die vs no training die)? I used my longbow while backfilling in the Riverrun tourney and later realized that might not be the optimal strategy.

[Reader]

I'd be inclined to use a longbow - most people present would be, and not using one feels a bit gamey?

[Luecian LongBow]

Luecian will do whatever the norm and the NPC's are doing...so Longbow it is!

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

I'd be inclined to use a longbow - most people present would be, and not using one feels a bit gamey?

Corrine usually uses a superior composite style hunting bow. Should I stat it as her using a longbow instead?

[Aerion Storm]

Would it be better to list base difficulties, and then actual ranges, for each roll? Then let people use whatever bow they want, but maybe having to deal with the longer range would encourage different bows (IIRC how ranges work)?

[Daveth Coldbrook]

Honestly, the mechanics are taken directly from how they were done at Riverrun.  Given what Reader's said, I'm happy saying you have to use Longbows. The entire tourney is something of a side-event, let's not make things more complex than they need to be.

And I would just like to take a moment to acknowledge that organising a tournament is bloomin' hard work!  And that's with Reader doing a fair portion of the heavy lifting.  And Reader organised a much more complex one before.

The point I'm trying to make is that times like this really hammer home how much effort Reader puts into this.  So, y'know.  Thanks.

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

Okedokes. I just wanted to make sure I didn't do something wrong.

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

That's fine.  I can switch you around.  Both you and Ben have identical Wills.

And, IIRC, Nathan's had at least a good look at both, so he'd know.

[Baelon Drakeson]

Would it be better to list base difficulties, and then actual ranges, for each roll?  Then let people use whatever bow they want, but maybe having to deal with the longer range would encourage different bows (IIRC how ranges work)?

All bows (and crossbows for that matter) have the same range in this system, they vary primarily on damage and training. Now, if the targets had AR to punch through, you could have a strategic choice of accuracy vs damage. For accuracy, hunting bow is the best (no training penalty) and the other two are the same (1b training penalty). Longbow does the most damage, though a particularly strong archer might choose a double-curved bow - or one who likes to shoot from horseback.

[Aerion Storm]

Would it be better to list base difficulties, and then actual ranges, for each roll?  Then let people use whatever bow they want, but maybe having to deal with the longer range would encourage different bows (IIRC how ranges work)?

All bows (and crossbows for that matter) have the same range in this system, they vary primarily on damage and training. Now, if the targets had AR to punch through, you could have a strategic choice of accuracy vs damage. For accuracy, hunting bow is the best (no training penalty) and the other two are the same (1b training penalty). Longbow does the most damage, though a particularly strong archer might choose a double-curved bow - or one who likes to shoot from horseback.

Yeah, I remembered seeing "Close Range" and "Long Range" on a chart somewhere, but it looks like it's a pretty broad category for each; thrown weapons and better-than-thrown-weapons, basically. I thought they might be more detailed than that.

Oh well. I figured it was worth a shot.

[Benedict Marsten]

At least we're soundly establishing that Corrine's got a type.  

There are days when Ben does worry that his parents were wed when he was concieved.

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

At least we're soundly establishing that Corrine's got a type.  

There are days when Ben does worry that his parents were wed we he was concieved.

Having met Lord Karris Blackthorne, I can believe that.

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

Unfortunately we have identical flaws.

Well.. when rounding.. minimum of one is generally the rule.

Really.. I can see Nathan facepalming though the entire narrative.  Anything else I should know about?  Are you both in full plate, carrying lances with your destriers parked at the front door?

Deception is not a strong suit of Ben's. If it helps to appease Nathan, Ben can do this event in his carnival loincloth only. It would make an interesting crawl through the tunnel.

Don't be ridiculous.  Aerion hasn't got a destrier.

I'm dying.

[Septon Arlyn]

#cold shower

Damn, it hasn't been that stemmy since... Well actually lady Corinne and been do keep the temperature warm

[Lady Corrine Marsten]

#cold shower

Damn, it hasn't been that stemmy since... Well actually lady Corinne and been do keep the temperature warm

True buckaroos know that love is real.

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