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Jan 7, 2022 11:05:32 GMT 1
Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 7, 2022 11:05:32 GMT 1
There's something to be said for bringing the cast back together, as we've all been apart for a LONG time in character and OOC. Makes things easier on players and narrator and lets us have scenes together.
OOC, not fussed on Roland/Alicent's wedding being a big IC scene, as cool as that would be.
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Post by Mikel of Harroway on Jan 7, 2022 17:43:57 GMT 1
An event for everyone to be together would be nice, and if it's a wedding I feel like that's easy in father in two ways,
1) Wedding stuff seems pretty typical. 2) You won't be thinking up something different for everyone because their all in the same place.
Maybe you could even ask for player story recommendations as you have before, to help with this and allow you to focus more on whatever is next.
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Jan 8, 2022 13:00:44 GMT 1
Post by Father on Jan 8, 2022 13:00:44 GMT 1
Hmm, one option is to scramble the plan a little to postpone all the big weddings (and maybe other stuff) until after Chronicle 2. I know I'm late to the party on this and will add some more comments later but I think ending Offseason with a Fire and Blood wedding would wrap things up nicely and close out some long planned events. Roland the Lesser and Alicnet Yronwood. Delia Blackbriat and Preston Oakheart. It gives each side an event to participate in and provides some tough choices for Companions, or should I say Wildfyre. And of course it gives a chance to bring in new people or scheme with old NPCs. Those two would be more colored by personal likes/dislikes than overall factions actually, the one at Old Oak being the more interesting since Walgrave dislikes half of the PC's. I have been toying with the idea of rival tourneys held by bigwhigs of each camp, too close to one another in time and too far away in distance for anyone to manage to attend both.
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Jan 8, 2022 15:15:37 GMT 1
Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 8, 2022 15:15:37 GMT 1
Totes postponing Roland's wedding and rocking up at Old Oak as a mystery knight. Don't think Roland would get invited to this one (although it would be interesting to just show up in full heraldry - we don't really get knights being not invited to particular tournaments in the source material as far as I can remember? At least those of certain station and proven knighthood). Roland likes Preston Oakheart but hasn't like his lordly father since serving under him in the Dornish wars. Glad that antagonism has continued from Roland's background in to the game, and that it has been complicated by adding a friendship with Preston in to the mix. We did competing events earlier with a simultaneous wedding (? blood) and hunt (fire) I think. I remember because Roland went to the Fire festival.
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Jan 8, 2022 15:45:04 GMT 1
Post by Davos Dayne on Jan 8, 2022 15:45:04 GMT 1
Davos would love to attend a Fire-hosted event that wasn't being hosted by Oakheart or another of his racist ilk. Going to the Oakheart/Blackbriar wedding would be damn near suicide.
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Post by Father on Jan 8, 2022 16:17:20 GMT 1
So far it's people like Dunk being denied entry (as he would in Hedge Knight if not for Breakspear's intervention).
The PC's aren't high enough on the food chain to be specifically invited to anything without a connection to the host, (although various lords might try and lure Roland in the hope of adding prestige to their event), but nobody will be surprised if they do show up, and most hosts will be glad if they do.
But a petty host with grudges can also make things a little miserable for guests he doesn't like.
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Jan 8, 2022 18:44:41 GMT 1
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 8, 2022 18:44:41 GMT 1
Yeah, that’s how I interpret things too. Will check books/web sources for any stricter entry stuff we’ve missed but this feels right. The hedge knight was exactly what I was thinking of! Petty hosts and turning up where you’re not wanted is where the fun is at. Plus I liked Roland taking part in macho activities at the Fire hunt but suffering small mechanical elements on bits of it. Felt right and made successes more meaningful. Plus I’ve enjoyed Roland ending up on the “wrong” side relative to his conservatism, knightly focus and friends, so it’s good he can attend the odd fire event to make see his Fire friends. Civil wars are about tragically facing old friends and fighting alongside old foes. That said, still want something terrible to happen to Simon Tarly.
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Post by Balon Blackbriar on Jan 8, 2022 19:09:19 GMT 1
Does being gelded count as something terrible (keep up the good fight Robyn and Mikel). I don't think Simon would show up to the Oakheart wedding while his area formerly known as the Frank and Beans is healing up. His family might though... As to just having one wedding I'm all for getting the band back together as Roland suggested. The reason I mentioned two was Walgrave's dislike of Roland and outright hatred of the Starkwoods, specifically Davos. Roland entering as a mystery knight might irk Walgrave but he wouldn't kick him out, maybe have him sit at a table fit for "lesser" people of note similar to Helicent Cockshaw's alledged treatment by the current Queen.
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Jan 8, 2022 21:18:22 GMT 1
Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 8, 2022 21:18:22 GMT 1
His gelding won't exactly be a loss for the women of Westeros. I'm not a strict utilitarian and naturally think a majority shouldn't get to vote something that benefits the group at the cost of one member, but it's merited in this case!
I do like people being seated more poorly/better than their status demands due to politics/intrigue. Or somebody ending up seated at the top table due to a championship that their host would rather they hadn't earned!
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 8, 2022 22:37:31 GMT 1
In fact, as pointed out IC Roland is no Maester (cunning 2!) and he hasn’t forged a silver link. But in Simon’s case he’s willing to do the surgery. With a war hammer.
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Jan 9, 2022 0:06:04 GMT 1
Post by Father on Jan 9, 2022 0:06:04 GMT 1
Odds does seem to remain in favor of Simon getting protection by politics....but we shall see, he won't at all be happy with certain PC's agitating for his gelding no matter how it ends.....
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Post by Laena Pyre on Jan 9, 2022 20:25:04 GMT 1
Have your wits about you man. Didn't Lady Cuy take in one of the Great Bastards? This may be more dangerous than any of the day's tilts if this is another Laena Pyre you're bandying words with. Pfft. Everyone I've murdered had it coming*. And you aren't even aware of those IC. I feel like I'm getting something of an unfair rep, just because I'm manipulative, deceitful, fickle, ruthless, obfuscatory..... okay, maybe it's a *bit* fair... *For a given definition of 'had it coming'.
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 9, 2022 20:44:07 GMT 1
Roland think fairly well of you, for someone who pushed him in to taking a civil war stance against most of his friends. Imagine what his inner monologue would be like if he knew about the murders too! Roland has cunning 2, so mainly thinks of Laena as “dangerous political operator and socially important”. As so often, you’re in the most danger when you’ve gained a little knowledge and think that you’ve begun to understand the situation…
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Post by Balon Blackbriar on Jan 9, 2022 20:46:49 GMT 1
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world (s)he didn't exist.
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Jan 9, 2022 21:26:22 GMT 1
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world (s)he didn't exist. That’s a top trick, pulling off an “I Claudius” or “The Usual Suspects” so nobody thinks you’re a threat. End of this arc I reveal Roland has deception 5, stealth 5 and was the hooded man all along.
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