Who is our Liege lord?

>>16511724
See >>16511689
I.e.
> Your lands are located in the north.
If this is standard setting. Neddy Stark

>>16511689
What other assets, if any, do we have? how many family members? Hot sister? Can I whore her out to a fucking Tyrell or something?

>>16511749
That would depend on the time period, wouldn't it? Maybe it's Beron Stark.

>in the North
>last lord was a madman
Are ... are we the Boltons?

>>16511784
Green Ronin's aSoIaF rp is technically flexible like that. . . Though it seems biased to setting the game ~5 years before A Game Of Thrones

Here's a present for you OP. I tried this a while ago, but there was no interest. Best of luck to you though!


Anyway, two things. First, if our liege lord (I'm assuming Ned Stark) thinks we're a dick, we probably done fucked up somewhere along the line. Repairing that relationship should be a priority.

After that, what >>16511768 said. What sisters/daughters do we have to marry off to power? With a fuckton of lands, we have a lot to offer in potential farmland or anything else, in exchange for some cash and a seat at the grown-ups' table.

>>16511791
Dear god.

>>16511791
>your Liege Lord thinks you are a dick.
Sounds like it.

>>16511791
Maybe we are Ramsey

>>16511689
We should use what influence we have with our neighbors and see if we cannot strike some sort of deal where we can borrow their labor to supplement ours. We will then work the iron mines until we come to adequate enough wealth be build a thriving metal industry.

>>16511768
Probably not I would assume.
Why would the Tyrells want to marry into some fly speck House in the middle of nowhere? The best you could hope for would probably be marrying some unimportant son of one of the more prominent Stark Bannermen, or perhaps from the Vale or Riverlands.

ITT: OP didn't think shit through, sought to start a quest, immediately "I dunno" and ran.

.

>>16511724
Eddard Stark, lord of Winterfell

>>16511768
5 Children, 3 sons and 2 daughters

Son's age:
22
18
15

Daughter's age:
20
12

Your first son is a pretty cool guy. He is a fair hand at swordplay, and has a silver tongue
Your seconds son is renowned for his prowess at archery, and is rather good with the ladies (but not much else).
Your first daughter is rather attractive, though her disposition is icy. She is currently unmarried.

>>16511791
>>16511805
>>16511808
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

Okay, new plan.

First order: Command the servants to sew me a suit entirely of human skins. Make sure Ramsay donates generously.
Next, find out where and when the next major wedding will be in King's Landing and get ready to turn fashion on its head.
Worst case scenario, we get a proper war going to revitalize our coffers with ransoms.
Best case scenario, we found a lucrative new line of business for our leatherworkers.

>>16511809
Ramsay, thank you very much.
He's still a crazy bastard whatever the case though.

>>16511826
who said anything about marriage?
>Whore out to some Tyrell
Exotic Northern Whores. Good money.

>>16511821
We should also see about selling some of our land to our neighbors of friendly disposition. We could use the added wealth and we cannot manage these lands yet. When the time comes we'll rebuy the land.

Our house needs a name before we can continue
As do the children, and the lord.
I suggest house StrongCock.
Guess what our coat of arms will be...

>>16511841
Teach our sons about what a good ruler should be. A fair in his dealings and harsh in his punishments. Be humble in all things you do, and make sure to never, ever, over step your bounds around a greater house.

rolled 80 = 80

>>16511841
So we're not Boltons. Thank the gods.
Okay, so, I recommend introducing our second son to Loras Tyrell, down south,
Our third son is a bit old for it, but we should try and get him squired somewhere nice to improve our relationships, mend bridges. Maybe the Karstarks or the Umbers.

Important question: Why is our 20-year-old daughter unmarried? You said she's attractive... what the fuck is wrong with her that she's single at 20? Let's fix it and hitch her to someone slightly better off than us.

Construct a pylon and two warp gates. I begin to two-gate zealot push against my closest enemy

rolled 15 = 15

>>16511877
A red rooster with an iron beak, on a yellow field. We typically quarter our sigil with the giant of Umber, to represent the lineage we claim (legitimately or otherwise).

Bolton Quest? I like it.

Let's groom our second son for the Wall. Only place he'd be good for.

>>16511892
Problem: Second son is good with the -ladies- not laddies.

>>16511804
This. remember noble family members are a commodity. that is unless we're seen as ilk similar to the Frays, then it's all just fools gold...

>>16511932
Problem: We're poor and the Tyrells are famously generous. Everyone has to make sacrifices for their family. Maybe he'll even learn to like it in time.

>>16511841
Look at this, were not the Boltons, ya!

>>16511845
>>16511877
>>16511920
WERE THE STARKS.

>>16511946
Our liege lord is Ned Stark. We're the Boltons.

How many mills do have!? In this game you life or death depends on the number of mills you hold!

>>16511946
Right number of children, too wide a range spread.
Also, Bran isn't good at anything. Especially not Archery and ladies.

rolled 99 = 99

>>16511946
>>16511966
>>16511964
We've established that we're neither Boltons or Starks, based on OP's info.

We are Lord Skylar, of House Strongcock.
Our words are "Bloody Victory Or Bloody Death"

>>16511964
Sonofabitch

>>16511984
>rolled 99 = 99

>>16511984
Thank you, beloved dicerolling anon, for at least trying to get things going in some kind of direction.

can I fuck my daughter

what season is it?

>>16511996
You're welcome.
Now, if OP would kindly give us some kind of response to our many suggestions, we can continue in whatever direction I've started us in.
It's probably a downward spiral, but whatever. That's par-for-the-course in Westeros.

>>16512003
Not unless you're a Targaryen. It's their special ability.

>>16511918
>>16511918
>>16511918
CONTRIBOOTIN

>>16512029
thats *sister* fucking.

>>16512066
Fantastic. Needs our words though. And maybe a fancier font? Just sayin'

>>16512075
And the Lannisters are motherfuckers.

*ba dun tsh*

>>16512099
dunno "Fuck Winter..."

>>16512099
I only have mspaint.
And i've already expanded more effort in this thread than the OP, so if he comes back and this continues, I'll make a better one.
I'm essentially whoring my shittier drawfaggotry for a quest.
new low, feels bad bro.

Begin utilizing our iron mine. Send our silver-tongued elder son off to negotiate our eldest daughters marriage to a greater house, use some of our ridiculous land space as a bargaining chip. Go hunting for wild boar in our vast forests, and if it's big enough, send it off as a gift to Winterfell.

rolled 4, 5 = 9

lets start up by building some mills

rolled 4, 6 = 10

>>16512139

fuck lets try this again

rolled 2 = 2

>>16512139

fuck god damn lets try it again

>>16512179
if I come up with a story before OP comes back.
I'll just fucking take over.
Just no fucking idea where I'd go with it.

fuck it ill take it over

>>16512130

You start sending more of your meager work force to work in the mine but the villainy in your forests make the gains negligible

You send your son and daughter off with several of your most trusted troops but to which house?

>>16512212
Thank you glorious annon. Please to be tripfagging so we know who you are.
I promise a new coat of arms, better than the last!
All glory to house Strongcock!

>>16512212
We need to know more about them first.
Is our son knighted yet? If so, where did he squire? If not, why not?

And why the FUCK is our 20-year-old daughter not married?

Speaking of, we should discuss squiring arrangements for our youngest son, and betrothal possibilities for the younger girl.

(Also, trip if you're gonna take over)

Oh, and do we have any bastards?

>>16512212

Assign one of our squads of garrison troops to guard the mines and escort the miners to and from the village.

Preferably we would begin negotiations with House Manderly of White Harbor, as their wealth and prestige will help offset our shit. If not, the Karstarks of Karhold may prove useful as well.

>>16512233

the son is not knighted as he finds it droll and uninteresting, he'd prefer trading wit and banter

she was married but her husband diedi n a fishing "accident" some foul play was suspected but unable to be proven
>>16512242

no, your father kept you away from the "lower people"

>>16512277
The daughter is useless for marriage, then. Let's see about selling her to a White Harbor brothel. We need more dragons in the Coop, as I've just decided to name our castle.

The son is a bit trickier. Let's try telling him that on his 25th birthday, we'll either be calling him Ser or calling his younger brother our heir.

New Coat d'Arms.
All glory to house Strongcock.

>>16512325
She's only useless to anyone who's either intelligent or an heir we that needs to survive.
Also, she's useful as an Assassin, in her own little whorish way.

Being a Knight isn't so important in the North, IIRC. Stark only keeps a few, That whole Knighting is some Seven-Worshiping Southron bullshit. We dont' need that.

OP: Who are our Neighbors? and their dispositions?

>>16512328
Fix'd with the iron beak of our ancestors.

>>16512325

The second part of this is pure gold, do it.

>>16512359
oh, good fix, my bad.

>>16512355

The neighbors are to the north is WInterfell and your liege

to the west is another small lord, his lands are much smaller but they don't have much of a bandit problem.

to the east is unclaimed land

South is a Frey Lord

Strip down to our small clothes and waste the entire day in the great hall eating roasted capon, while watching the fool caper about.

In all seriousness though, what season is it. I'm more worried about food if we're poor as shit.

>>16512389

it is spring, you lost a lot of loyal subjects in the previous Winter due to starvation and disease

>>16512385
Thanks OP.
As Freys are to the south, are we in Flint's Finger? Or something?

Also, what year is it? (GoT starts in 298 IIRC)

Naming the Children, since no one else has bothered to do that yet:

Eldest Son: Ian
Middle Son: Calum
Youngest Son: Zachary
Eldest Daughter: Edyth
Youngest Daughter: Dina

And we are Lord Skylar, with our lovely(?) wife Lady Karyn, (What house was she from?)

>>16512359
Our helmets should reflect the Iron Beak of our forefathers!

>>16512325
>We have a son who could be Littlefinger before Littlefinger,
>Treat him like Sam Tarly
>WHY.jpg.

So our boy is clever? Good. Clever Man, Clever Lord. I say we get him down to the South, get some schmoozing done.

>>16512355
The wealthiest Houses kneel at the Sept.

Besides, becoming a knight is about discipline as much as faith. We can't leave our lineage to a fop.

OP, Could you Place the Roost for us, so we know where we are?

>>16512436
>Besides, becoming a knight is about discipline as much as faith. We can't leave our lineage to a fop.
Of course we can, as long as he's a fop who can competently administer lands, fuck women into pregnancy, and ensure that the house's wealth and influence grows.

rolled 98 = 98

I say we invite Ned Stark to a hunting trip, with one of his sons and one of ours. Purely social.

The intention of this, is to make Ned think we aren't dicks. Hope it works.

>>16512426
Let's say Karyn is some minor Frey. If they're our neighbors, it's logical.

>>16512435
Our son is clever, but not interested in matters of import, apparently. Littlefinger became what he did due to his hunger.

Our son just needs proper motivation to succeed. Tough love.

>>16512426

the year is 295

she was a Greyjoy before being married to us, through a stilted proposal that kept us out of the crushing of their rebellion

>>16512485
>98

YES! Stark should love us.

>>16512489
Our wife is a Greyjoy?
Tell Ned to bring that ward of his when he comes hunting with us. I'm sure they'd love to catch up.
>Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

>>16512485
Ned hates hunting. He only does it when Robert makes him. Just sit down with him and bro it up.

>>16512512
Would we know that, though? Most men love hunting, especially in the North. We'd have to either be close to the man or have an informant to know he hates hunting.

We should set off on an exposition south, to taste the Dornishman's wife

>>16512518
There's also the fact that hunts are the number one location for convenient deaths. Unless we personally love hunting, stick to hunting with only our closest friends.

>>16512518
That is why I put, "Hope it goes well."

I meant it to just be something to bring us closer, have some small talk while looking for deer.

>>16512485

You send a Raven to Winterfell beseeching Ned to join you on a glorious hunt to mend bonds together and hopefully smooth out some bad blood that your father caused between your two families

Ned promptly replies that he'd love to go for a quick hunt when he makes a quick tour and he'll bring Bran along for the hunt when he makes his tour around his holdings (in three weeks)

>>16512277
This is an issue. Who hates us at the moment? Or maybe someone hates her betrothed's family. Which family was that?

rolled 99 = 99

>>16512583
>everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg
I thought He'd flat out refuse us (Polietly ofc)

Well, we'd best prepare, we only have 3 weeks.
We need to clean up some bandits. Nothing is quite as embarrassing as your Liege finding out you can't keep your shit together.

We don't have any money for sellswords, and we don't have any people to spare on lynch mobs (levies) so we'll have to make due with our Garrison.

Commence the great Bandit Hunt!

Also, some domestic preparations might be in order

>>16512583

Do the thing with posting guards around the mine, so we don't get our profits jacked all the time.

>>16512583

AWESOME. Also OP, check this out.

>>16512587

rolled 96 = 96

>>16512583
>295
>bran is 6
A little young for a hunt?
At least he didn't bring Jon. Bastards are insults as it were.

rolled 29 = 29

>>16512583
On the hunting expedition, can we ask Ned for a few soldiers to help on our bandit elimination program?
Also mention that normally, we would take of this garbage ourselves, but the plagues have put a serious dent in our fighter population.

>>16512519
Caught me off guard, laughed like a fucker.

>>16512583
>Brandon coming on the hunt
>;_;
No, I don't know of anything in the future. I am not crying at that thought.

Say, based on our proximity to White Harbor, we would be fools not to offer some of our lands to the Manderlys. They're fat and wealthy, but most of their land is developed.
Maybe we could send them a raven offering the sale of a large chunk of farmland (the lightly forested plains mentioned earlier) in exchange for gold and some soldiers or miners.
We could try to seal the partnership by betrothing our younger daughter, Dina. Does Wendel have any sons in that age range?

>>16512639
Asking for soldiers is admitting weakness!
Admitting weakness is an invitation for replacement!

You can ask your trusted friends for support, asking your lord, who thinks you're a cock (tee hee) for help probably won't go well.

>>16512638
>96
>Doesn't do anything
>dammitluckiswastedonthefoolish.jpg

>>16512651
see
>>16512647

We can get soldiers from another lord, one who isn't our liege.

rolled 24 = 24

>>16512647
>>16512665
Rolling for alliance + marriage proposal between our daughter and a Manderly.
Land in exchange for gold and soldiers.

>>16512623
>>16512587

people who hate us
>Lord Gostrik of Cliin (neigbor)
>ned has a strong dislike of us because of our father ignoring his call
>the Freys are neutral to us
>Southron does not know of us
>Boltons are slightly warm towards us

You send your Garrisons out to rustle out the bandits and a few weeks later they come back, heads held high but with fewer numbers, the commander of the group barges in during a feast and announces:

"Lord Skylar and Lady Karyn we have rustled out most of the bandits but we have found some worrying news,"

and he walks up to you, whispers in your ear apologizing for this incursion, and slips you a note:

"we will give you monetary support until you force Skylar to his knees and when he is we will come in and finish him off

Gostrik"

ill news Lord what shall ye do

>>16512700
theomensfavorwar.jpg
With our luck, we just insulted them and are about to get "knighted" so to speak.
where's that 96 now >.<

>>16512700

ALL OF MY HATE

rolled 49 = 49

>>16512706
Keep our guard up, make sure the Stark's arrival is uneventful, and the hunt goes off well.

Show the note to Lord Eddard Stark. He hates conspiracies, it might just get us some help

>>16512706
Inform Ned immediately. Tell him we would not act without informing our liege first, and we ask him for suggestions on what we should do next. Although, we will not take this transgression against our house lightly.

>>16512742
well...
that's pretty...
Neutral.
Tell My Wife I Said: "Hello"

>>16512706

This is such an obvious ploy it isn't even funny. Obviously someone who doesn't like us is trying to drive a wedge between us and our allies. Interrogate the bandit leader, make him tell us who really hired him.

rolled 79 = 79

>>16512706
We are the Strongcocks.
We are at our most glorious when we emerge bloodied and victorious.

Tell the man (who needs a name, OP) that he is to go to Lord Gostrik and inform him of our planned hunt with Ned Stark.
He is to give him a date one week in advance of the actual hunt.
He is also to give him a map of our intended route through the wood, which will be lined on that day with our best archers, as well as any surviving bandits who want to earn their freedom.

If all goes well, Cliin will assault us, fall into our trap, and we'll present him and his men to Lord Stark the following week as aggressors and traitors to the peace of the realm.
We might even get their lands and -more importantly- their incomes.

>>16512706
Ofc, this is aSoIaF, so this is actually a ruse by some enemy we don't even know we have to attempt to start a feud between us and our hated neighbor so that they can swoop in and take everything.

tl;dr we're probably fucked.
Roll High good anons, roll high.

>>16512706
Either Gostrik fails at skullduggery, or this is a setup to pit us against each other. If the former, we just killed the guy who was making the deal with Gostrik. Could we have some men scout out the area where we found the note, in hopes of capturing Gostrik's liaison to the bandits? Don't do anything more drastic until talking it over with Ned.

rolled 95 = 95

>>16512769
Rolling to support this action.

>>16512769
see
>>16512790
>>16512785

rolled 76 = 76

>>16512785
The closest thing the North has to subtlety and skullduggery is that Bolton Bastard, Ramsay.

Double-crossing and triple-crossing are southron passtimes.

Ask our maester if we have any samples of Gostrik's handwriting (or whoever it is who takes his letters.) Compare that shit.

rolled 37 = 37

>>16512800
>95

Has newOP abandoned us?

>>16512826
This is actually a very smart idea.

And tell us about the maester while you're at it, OP.

>>16512769
Obvious trap is obvious.
Decent roll tho...
>>16512800
WHY DO WE WASTE THESE 90+ ROLLS?!

>>16512769

You send Watch Commander Kelor to Cliin bloody and bruised with information about a celebratory hunt of the leaving of Winter, you don't know if he took the bait or not

>>16512700
The Manderlies politely decline saying they have no eligible men for wed

though as your daughter left she thought she could hear something about her being not fit for their dogs

rolled 94 = 94

>>16512826
Seconding this!

>>16512837
we might not actually *have* a maester.
IIRC, they only send them to important Lords.
We hold woods in the middle of nowhere from a "Hall" (Big house with a fence) With a grand total of 300 men in our service, 1/3 of which are glorified poachers, and the rest are town watch.

>>16512845
Watch Commander Kelor has done a good job.
Reward him with some kind of roast meat.
Peons love roast meat.

>>16512859
Generally speaking, you're not a lord without a maester, you're just some guy in a big house.
Maesters are the ones who send and tend ravens, heal the sick and injured, educate the noble children, etc.
It's about whether or not you can afford one, not your status as an important lord.
We have to have a maester, even if it means tightening our belt elsewhere.

So do we just wait for the hunt now?

>>16512891
Nah, we wait for OP.
Besides, any potential shenanigans with Lord Gostrik will be before Stark arrives.

>>16512885

you do have a Maester his name is Herla, a large man with a balding head and a long golden-brown hair

he insists that you strengthen the hall because of Cliins treachery
(there is still a week till the supposed ambush, and two weeks till the hunt with ned)

Wow, OP, that is an awesome idea. I'm actually running ASoIaFRPG now, started just yesterday in fact.

We're on the completely opposite side of the world though.

also i would like some info on Lord Skylar and Lady Karyn like looks, hobbies stuff like that

(Lord Skylar has a pet Eagle he takes hunting with him btw)

>>16512926
Let's talk to the surviving bandits. How many survived, how many are skilled, armored, etc.

Some may want to earn their freedom through indentured service in our guard.

rolled 79 = 79

>>16512940
>ASoIaFRPG

That is the weirdest ancornym ever. I know what it stands for, but, damn is that crazy.

rolled 51 = 51

>>16512926
maesters advice is sound.
If Cliivis is both a trator, and not terminally dull, he'll probably see our "ambush" as the ideal time to attack our hall.

Lets reinforce our Hall

>>16512964
I named him, I'll describe him.

Skylar Strongcock is a crafty man, tall and skinny, and pushing 40. His father was cruel and died old, but Skylar is determined to improve the family name and restore the House's honor.
However, due to their small lands and the size of the men under his command, Skylar is an avid reader of military history and tactics, and often practices war games with his men and miniature armies.
He prefers stealth and trickery to chivalrous combat when possible, in order to turn the numbers to his advantage.
His high forehead is split by a rough widow's peak, his long dark hair thinning at the crown of his head, but draping down to his shoulders in the back. He wears a close-cropped beard, now salt-and-pepper. Though no Mountain, he's got a wiry strength, and fights with a shield and bastard sword.

>>16513008

Excellent, a great description. I approve.

>>16512964
Lord Skylar is tall but somewhat lanky. In battle, he prefers the lance and the joust over the sword and the melee.
Skylar views physical violence as a means to an end rather than an end unto itself, but he's perfectly willing to get shit done when it needs to.
He enjoys falconry and hunting. Lord Skylar is also something of an amateur cartographer, and collects as many maps and geography books as he can afford. He thinks that to know the land is to know the people.

>>16512926
Does he think the letter we found is genuine?

>>16513008
Whoops, should have checked before posting this:
>>16513026
They aren't entirely incompatible, though.

>>16512965

you round up the surviving bandits (of which there is a measly 12 archers and 18 spearmen) you ask them to either work for you in services in your Guard or face the Wall, they don't look to enthusiastic about either but begrudgenly accept your offer, some with scowls plastered on their face

>>16512977

you send our some of your woodsmen and garrison to fell some of the larger trees deeper in the forest, they return several days later with several Old Growth Oaks to shore up the gate and the small Palisade

>>16513026
>>16513008
Then it is decided, Lord Skylar is this man described.

rolled 76 = 76

>>16513058
Make sure each ex-bandit has a loyal guardsman assigned to watch over him (though the bandits shouldn't be informed of this). The bandits are confined to barracks, feast hall, and training yard until further notice.
If all goes well, nobody will betray us. Let's roll for it, though.

>>16513058
You'd think the little shits would be grateful for three hots and a cot, and no oath of celibacy to boot. Throw them a little welcoming party, and wrangle up some ale and whores. See if that lightens their spirits.

rolled 87 = 87

>>16513058
Let's keep a careful watch on those men to make sure that they know who to stab, shall we?

rolled 96 = 96

>>16512964
Well... I named the rest so I guess I should get to work on them...

Lady Karyn is quite short, as is typical of the Iron Men, perhaps a full 5' on a good day. She has a long, flat nose and rather plain features. She has the Black eyes and hair typical of the Greyjoys, but he hair has begun to grey with age. She is fiercely stubborn, and "Ill mannered" not having the luxury of being raised to know the "Greenlander" etiquette. Despite this, she is a skilled verbal combatant, and far less useless than most noble ladies should push come to shove.

I'll leave hobbies open to other Annons, but I imagine they include henpecking her husband, and nagging her (male) children to be more... Ironmanly.

>>16513008

Sweet! Thanks for that info,

It is now the Eve before the supposed Ambush, and Kelor approaches you with worry wrought over his face, he pulls you aside and asks if this is such a good idea to go through with this, you can tell splitting up the forces is leaving him distraught

>>16513114
Fuck me drunk.
That's the second wasted 96 in this thread.
Whatisthisidonteven

>>16512970
Yeah well I can't exactly be assed to type out "A Song of Ice and Fire RPG" Every time. I could just call it Game of Thrones but there's another system with the same name in the same setting but its not quite as good in my opinion.

rolled 76 = 76

>>16513114
>Hobbies include...nagging her (male) children to be more... Ironmanly
Oh god a thousand times this.
This will be beyond hilarious.

>>16513131
How many soldiers do we have to deploy either way?

>>16513131
Keep a couple of younger men, swift of foot, at the edge of the forest, and another pair on the highest tower in the Roost. Once we know where the Cliin men are assaulting, we can rally our troops around for a second-wave defense on their target.

rolled 6 = 6

>>16513131

"Kelor, I've looked at the maps, I've played out the scenarios. Assuming it is Ciin, and he falls for the trap, we're nearly assured a win.
And if not, well, The Strongcocks are not a middle-measures family, Commander. Victory, or Death.

>>16513141
should I describe some of the children?
Or do we need more chefs to cook our failsoup?

>>16513141
This kind of shit is what made Littlefinger so Littlefingery. I hope we give our elder son manly brograbs and tell him we like him just the way he is.

>>16513188
I have failed to assuage our Commander, brothers.

Let us hope the battle itself goes more smoothly

(roll it out for what you guys do)

you have 1 unit of Veteran Archers
and two Units of trained Garrisons (one sword/board and one who despite your displeasure your wife insisted they were armed like ironmen)

so 1 vet archers
1 garrison equipped with swords shields and spears
1 garrison equipped with throwing axes, a hand axe and a round shield

rolled 21 = 21

>>16513212
Send half the bandits out with one garrison to watch the woods, keep everyone else in the Roost.
Make sure most of them are hidden though, especially the archers. We want the place to look lightly defended until they're close enough to kill.

rolled 30 = 30

>>16513212
Split the archers in half, and deploy them to the woods as backup for the full squad of Ironmen (their axes will be more effective than swords in the woods) and one third of the standard garrison dudes.
The rest will hold the hall.

rolled 63 = 63

>>16513243
Dice goods guide my aim.

rolled 33 = 33

>>16513267
I fail at rolling and spelling, lets hope we don't all die.

>>16513267


at your behest Kelor orders that you have half the bandits go out into the forest with the Axe Garrison, to visible disgust, but being a man that obeyed his master he goes through with it, scowling he asks if he should accompany you to the forest or stay here to watch the keep

though trying to keep quiet you wake up your wife, who joins you at your side upon realizing what you plan on doing she turns to you slaps you and demands to know why you haven't thought of telling her of this, but even more that you thought that she wasn't capable enough of guarding her home by herself

>>16513243
>>16513252
>>16513267
>>16513292
>dat horrible rolling

>>16513327
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>Playing Song of Rape, Incest and Pedophilia
>(Usually in some sort of combination)
I'll pass.

rolled 91 = 91

>>16513327
Send Kelor to supervise the men in the forest, with orders to bring them around to the Roost at the first hint that Cliin is coming for it.

Karyn will stay with us to defend our home.

rolled 46 = 46

>>16513327
"Must you always do this," Skylar said as he rubbed his cheek. He thought for moment what sick twist turn of fate that had put him in this position. He then replied, "In all honesty, I simply forgot. Our sons have no ambition, other than sleeping with pretty girls. Lord Stark hates us, and this action will most likely sower things. And now even you miss understand my intentions. Enough self pity. I'll tell you everything." He then proceeded to tell his loving wife all that had happened up to this point, hoping it would calm her down.

>>16513348
You are UNWORTHY of house Strongcock!
BEGONE.

rolled 68 = 68

>>16513327

Announce to the ex-bandits that any man who slays a Cliin warrior will be rewarded with gold, wine, and freedom. The one who brings us Gostrik, or any member of his house /alive/ will be granted a few acres of land to do with as he wishes, along with several more immediate rewards.

>>16513381
"Must you always do this," Is based on my assumption that Skylar has a history with his wife slapping him in the face. He remembers this from the first time they met, when he said while drunk out of his mind to her, "I'll show you how us Strongcocks earned our name."

>>16513412
Agreed. She seems like the slap-happy type.

>>16513381

Hearing it she turns a little pale "the Gall of him, you better not hope i get a hold of him or else i'll feed him his own cock" she storms off and you turn back to Kelor and apologize for the outbreak

"you will go with the forest to see if he attacks there and me and Karyn will stay here to hold down the keep, you will take the Ironmen with you and half of the turncoats with you in case he is there, i cannot stress it enough but i want him alive for Ned"

what do you do Lord will you take to the walls or will you lead from the tower?

>>16513348
I don't recall a lot of combinations. Some of the rape probably qualifies as ephebophilia, but otherwise it's basically one depravity at a time.

This is to help set the mood while the battle escalates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymw3bGXaxk0&feature=related
Our men walk through the woods, then, [Stuff Happens]

>>16513348
You forgot the part about objectifying women, and not driving a hybrid!

rolled 61 = 61

>>16513436
Lead from the tower, hanging back behind walls instead of commanding your men is cowardly.

>>16513436
We keep our men hidden behind our walls, with archers likewise in the towers.
When the Cliin bastards get close, we rain down hell on them with flaming arrows, and charge while they're dealing with that, hopefully taking them by surprise.

We keep Karyn close by our side, and lead (mounted) from the middle of our soldiers.

rolled 98 = 98

>>16513468
Derp, forgot to roll.

>>16513472
Oh my god that roll.

>P.S. Image is animooted.

>>16513472
ohwow. finally a good roll
Lets hope something good happens...
And not epic failure...
We need a drawfag. Pitty I lack tablet and mouse-drawing skills both.

OP! Hello!

Bump.

>>16513501

Several Hours pass after Kelor and the Ironmen left for the "Ambush" and as you look around Men start to laze about, when a large horn sounds from the forest...wait that wasn't Kelors signal, he was supposed to send a runner or raven as you scramble up to the ramparts you see Criins men and banditry surround your forest

he approaches your gate and throws something off the back of his horse it looks to be a large bag covered in blood...

>>16513596

Two of your Guard rush out and grab the "bag and bring it back inside towards you, as it nears you you can hear groaning coming from it. opening it up you see Kelors body with a note on it that says

"if you're going to buy out people, at least do it with money"

looking up you notice a small object falling towards you...actually hundreds of small objects...

>>16513596
shitshitshitshitshitSHIT

Why weren't our archers raining hell before he got to our gate?
How many men does he have with him? Horses? Armaments?

>>16513596
yeeeeeeeeeeeeah
see, we didn't really have the manpower to *fight* anyone head on...
so now we're going to burn.
sweet.

rolled 88 = 88

>>16513596
"Criins! You bastard!" Skylar yelled from his position. His mind was already thinking of all the things that could be in that bag, none of them good. Skylar ordered a man to fetch the bloodied bag. His thoughts went wild why he waited for one of his men to pick up the bag.

Sklyar knew one thing though, if he fell today, then Criins could lie to Stark and slander the name of Strongcock for all of history. He, could, not, let, that, happen.

>>16513636

rushing up to the tower you see his forces it looks to be one unit of archers and 2 units of banditry and Cliin and his honour guard, you might be able to force the bandits flee the field, between the entire bandit force there are four with horses, they might be of import

>>16513662
Dammit I put a lot of heart into that writefaggotry, only to figure out that was part one of two.

AND I got a good roll.

rolled 50 = 50

>>16513676
"We must break the horde, focus on the mounted men, they're probably commanders!"
Fire archers ahoy!

rolled 11 = 11

>>16513685
3 good rolls wasted this thread and counting.
someday...

rolled 63 = 63

>>16513700
This.
Command our archers to target the horses first, specifically those under Criin's honor guard. Shoot to wound, not to kill. A live horse, wounded and panicked, will help us plenty.

In the meantime, we should be getting to some kind of cover from the arrows. And have our men keep the gate sealed.

>>16513676

Now Lord Criin, This may be your turning point for your family, plan well...
(you may now start rollan)

also how close are we to autosage?

>>16513700
we can get a better ransom if they are alive. Try and wing them. you are vets aren't you!

rolled 29 = 29

>>16513747
sry new at this...

rolled 60 = 60

>>16513734
181 replies, we're fine for a while before we get in any danger of autosage.

Did you just call us Lord Criin? Are we playing MSPA now?

rolled 48 = 48

>>16513734
>Now Lord Criin, This may be your turning point for your family, plan well...

Wat. Who are you talking to? Us or Lord Criin.

Anyways, rolling for us to focus on those horses, wound don't kill. Focus on honor guard, keep the gate closed, infantry posted at the gate to hold it.

>>16513794

lol my bad, i typed this all out and forgot to proofread it

>>16513806

There are 50 Archers you can see, 40 Bandits what seem to look like they are carrying cudgels and about 50 who have slings/javelins

vs your 60 Sword Garrison and 60 Vet Archers (both of which are equipped with padded leather jerkins in addition to their normal gear

>>16513806
Happens to the best of us.

Help set the mood, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=320Te91vWnY

rolled 53 = 53

>>16513837
That... is not NEARLY as bad as I anticipated.

Yeah, as we've already stated, have our archers wound the horses, starting with the honor guard.

rolled 90 = 90

>>16513837
FIRE AT THOSE COMMANDERS PEWPEWPEW.
Try to snipe out anyone who looks important. Bandits first (they'll break easiest) Then his footmen, personal guard last (They're probably tough/well armored/well disciplined)

rolled 70 = 70

>>16513870
Another wasted roll.
Don't waste arrows on the bandits, fool! Focus on those most loyal to Criin. Once they're down, the bandits will come over to the winning side.
And don't bother sniping the footmen OR the riders. Go for horses, who can whip up a nice panic amidst the enemy's ranks.

>>16513870
AWESOME!

A 90! OUR HOUSE MAY JUST MAKE IT!

Hey OP, will you continue this? Cause that would be awesome. HOUSE STRONGCOCK FOREVER!

>>16513890

yeah i'll continue this, im loving this, plus i've got a few surprises

teehee

Bump.

Just to get some attention, more people never hurts.

rolled 91 = 91

>>16513928
incorrect.
More people often hurts.
Rolling to support shooting horses. Those delicious bastards need to die.

>>16513870

Slowly the Arrows arced down, slicing through your ranks men start to look around uncertainly, your wife seeing this backhands the nearest Archer Captain and with a few shout words that made several of the men around her grow paler. the Captain turns to his men and orders a return fire.

Watching from your vantage point several of the arrows strike true one hits a horse in the eye causing it to panic and kick several of the bandits behind it before being brough down by its rider in all the damage seemed to take out no more then a handful of enemy men unpreturbed by this, several of the bandits near the back start rushing forward with ladders intent on climbing the walls

>>16513959
>Someone rolls a 90
>Our own men die despite being told to get to cover, and barely any damage is done to the enemy despite solid tactics, which are pretty much the only hope we have.
This is starting to feel more one-sided than it's supposed to be. As if fate/OP is conspiring against us.

>>16513959
This. Read the Comic, that is what we do. Pull up the ladders. Even tell the Archers not to fire at the ladder bearers and keep focusing on those damn commanders and horsemen.

rolled 91 = 91

>>16513973
Dammit forgot my roll. Come on I need a good roll.

>>16513966

Not to mention that they are supposedly Veterans. I'm letting it slide, no big deal at all.

rolled 90 = 90

>>16513966
People die in mass combat. It happens.
JUSTASPLANNED FLAWLESS VICTORY is a 100 =p

>>16513990
>90

rolled 71 = 71

taunt the enemy and then start throwing chickens, cats, dogs and cows towards them

>>16513973

You start yelling when you see them running forward with ladders to grab them and pull them up! you get some confused looks from your troops but they go to it anyways they successfully pull up the majority of the ladders before the bandits could react and kill them all before they could run back to their lines

>>16514058
Could you work on the sentence structure a bit. I don't know who fell back to the lines, ours or theirs.

rolled 66 = 66

>>16514075
we're on a wall, we don't have lines.
Order a volley fire on the Personal Guard and the Commander. Lets kill us some neighbors! (Stark gonna be pissed son!)

>>16514075
>>16514058

You start yelling at your men to grab rope for the ladders, you get confused looks but several of your men grasp the idea. As the ladders reach your wall, Men start to lash rope to the ladders and start pulling them up men still attached, slowly your troops pull up all the ladders killing the bandits on them, and the ones trying to flee back to the lines.

You see several of the bandits in the rear of the army start to slink away after seeing that

my bad im writing up an astronomy report right now so im sorry if some of it doesnt make a lot of sense or if i start talking about stars

>>16514106
Just continue the battle tomorrow if you're dividing your attention to the point of damaged combat, OP.
We'll be here.

>>16514173

nah its cool, its was mainly proofreading, which i can do tommorow (well im supposed to do as a group but i hate it when i do it as a group, because of idiots)

rolled 12 = 12

>>16514106
Dont get Cocky men! Keep to cover and continue firing, and will someone shoot those damn archers!

Anyone else have ideas/suggestions/plans/rolls? lets keep it goin'

>>16514200
It would be nice if we could just continue the strategies we've already set out. Keep the gates barred and the enemy besieged.

>>16514106
Set loose the exploding pigs! we'll panic those horse and knock those noble pansies onto their arses. Plus they'll do plenty of damage to the lines.

rolled 85 = 85

>>16514200
the bandits dont really have much hope for this assault.
Maybe a call for them to turn and kill the enemy archers, and they keep what they've earned. Adding in a threat for many rectal based executions if they dont or flee to just be hunted down.

rolled 45 = 45

>>16514227
shit, forgot my roll

>>16514093

Points at the Criin, your archers follow your finger and launch volley after volley at him you see one fall but can't see if it was Criin or not.

Thinking you hear a loud Horn sound from the west and the sounds of Heavy Calvary meet your ears...

rolled 13 = 13

>>16514240
An even more opportune time for the exploding pigs!

rolled 24 = 24

>>16514240
Looking towards the west, Sklyar hoped that it might be Stark, no, he prayed it was Stark. Perhaps he could finally explain what the hell was going on. He ordered the men to continue firing, and not to stop no matter what.

>>16514279
Hell, if it's Stark our ass is SAVED. We're pretty clearly under siege here, and there's no kind of evidence that we did anything wrong.
If it's Criin's backup, it's time for /bloody/ defeat.
I burn, you burn, we all burn together.

>>16514296
If it's Stark, we may be saved from Criin's men, but we may yet lose our head to Ice. His is the way of the first men. The first men dislike necks.

Heavily forested areas can be cut away with logging expeditions that can reduce places where bandits can seek refuge. The wood can be used to produce furniture for export as well as materials for housing and fortification as needed. Also barrels and booze.

Captured bandits go to the Wall. They'll love us for keeping the Watch numbers up. Sorta.

Have your finest craftsman make a new table and chairs for the Starks' great hall for brownie points. Send as a gift, of course.

to the west a handful of armored men crested the hill and seeing the battle unfolding charged towards the center flying the Wolf of Stark, you can see Stark in the center with Ice on his back. At the sight of the Lord of Winterfell the Bandits break and fled into the forest but not before several more died to your archers.

You see Criin rush out to meet Stark, a large fat man in piecemeal plate armor riding what appears to be a donkey, best not leave him alone with stark...

>>16514367

goddamn this thread moved fast. I was catching up on reading, made my post, and see the situation's changed...

rolled 80 = 80

>>16514376
"Bring me my Horse!" yelled Sklar, then he thought he should say it, "Cease fire archers." As his horse arrived Skylar departed, but not before saying goodbye to his wife. He road out to meet Stark. When he would arrive, he would bow, and wait for Criins to tell his lie. After that, he would ask for Stark to listen, if he wanted. Skylar had every intention of getting Stark to listen.

That hunting trip is going to be a very damning thing right about now.

>TL:DR We go out to talk to Stark

>>16514408
>No let's not proof read, we need to reply fast

Anyone still playing?

rolled 34 = 34

>>16514430
Naah, the gms use of meta knowledge is too strong for my taste

>>16514443

If your refering to Stark arriving, why wouldn't he. Actually, Criin might have called for him. Ohshit.

>>16514408

grabbing your horse's reins from the steward you hop on and rush out to meet Stark before Criin does, but he seems to have the same idea, he spurs his donkey to greater speeds and arrives....shortly behind you.

trying to blubber from his thick jowls ned silences him with a raised hand and looks at you with an inquisitve stare

"So Lord Skylar...why was Lord Criin Besieging you?"

>>16514443

better to have a DM that knows the history then one that doesn't

plus i'm going to bring it to a close after this next roll late night /tg/ isn't populated enough for these kinds of threads

rolled 18 = 18

>>16514477
Wrong kind of meta

knowing the setting is good

using knowledge of the players plans that the characters the players oppose wouldn't have to defeat them, or altering occurrences based on player speculation however is not.

rolled 49 = 49

>>16514469
"Lord Stark," Skylar said, praying that the sencerity would be appearent, "I sent my men to quell the bandits rampant in my land. When we came across their main encampment, we found a note. It was from Lord Gostrik of Cliin, it said, we will give you monetary support until you force Skylar to his knees and when he is we will come in and finish him off."

"I set up ambush in the woods, so that I could present you with the dog. But, Cliin knows no bounds in treachery. That is all I have to say Lord. "

rolled 97 = 97

>>16514497
>sincerity in his words would be apparent

Fix'd

>>16514477
Agreed. Metaknowledge is necessary for aSoIaFRPG due to the high level of "political" interaction.

As for action, I'm pretty stuck, we're kinda boned here by failplans.
Only thing I can really think of to do is to come clean about the whole bandits/note/suspicion thing. Downplay our... failtrap.

>>16514509
Umm, that was a reroll as well. Yeah, that what it was.

rolled 8 = 8

>>16514516
goddamn roll eating captcha

rolled 74 = 74

>>16514521
Fuck.
Eagerly awaiting the headsman.
Should this be archived or otherwise stored for future generations/threads?
Or will this not continue?

>>16514497

Looking at you from a top his horse, Ned sighs and rubs his forehead, I've been on the road for too long and i need to rest, i was hoping to stay at Lord Criin, but i find him here besieging you, i'll sleep on this before making a final judgement, but until then both of you bring the evidence and reasons why to do this tommorow at sunrise but not before" and with that he spurs his horse to a gallop and summons his bannermen to him

And with that Lord Strongcock invites him into his house to clear his throat of travel dust and to gather a case against Criin, who is no doubt doing the same to him.

Find out more tommorow at 5PM MST to find out what happens to our beloved Skylar Strongcock

>>16514526

this will be continued tommorow at 5 MST, so an archive would be best at the end of the session today we have:


Eldest Son: Ian (who likes to cross wit more then swords)
Middle Son: Calum
Youngest Son: Zachary
Eldest Daughter: Edyth (husband who died in a fishing "accident")
Youngest Daughter: Dina
Watch Commander Kelor (heavily wounded in failtrap may/may not live)
Maester Herla

>Lord Gostrik of Cliin (neighbor enemy)
>ned has a strong dislike of us because of our father ignoring his call
>the Freys are neutral to us
>Southron does not know of us
>Boltons are slightly warm towards us

Skylar Strongcock is a crafty man, tall and skinny, and pushing 40. His father was cruel and died old, but Skylar is determined to improve the family name and restore the House's honor.
However, due to their small lands and the size of the men under his command, Skylar is an avid reader of military history and tactics, and often practices war games with his men and miniature armies.
He prefers stealth and trickery to chivalrous combat when possible, in order to turn the numbers to his advantage.
His high forehead is split by a rough widow's peak, his long dark hair thinning at the crown of his head, but draping down to his shoulders in the back. He wears a close-cropped beard, now salt-and-pepper. Though no Mountain, he's got a wiry strength, and fights with a shield and bastard sword.

Lady Karyn is quite short, as is typical of the Iron Men, perhaps a full 5' on a good day. She has a long, flat nose and rather plain features. She has the Black eyes and hair typical of the Greyjoys, but he hair has begun to grey with age. She is fiercely stubborn, and "Ill mannered" not having the luxury of being raised to know the "Greenlander" etiquette. Despite this, she is a skilled verbal combatant, and far less useless than most noble ladies should push come to shove.

>>16514557
ARCHIVE ON SUPTG NOW.

The next great quest thread!

>>16514583
Really better than I thought. OP, you need a name though, not just NewOp, also, a trip. I'll leave this up to you.

>>16514583

done look up Fire and Ice Quest

just postan on future mega quest

Vote + on the suptg archives!

>>16514557
>His high forehead is split by a rough widow's peak, his long dark hair thinning at the crown of his head, but draping down to his shoulders in the back. He wears a close-cropped beard, now salt-and-pepper.


Not sure if this is quite what you had in mind

>>16514998
That's actually a pretty marvelous rendition of what I was picturing when I described him.
This is the best quest thread I've ever been in on the ground floor for. Let's hope it continues.

Glory to House Strongcock!