Fuck those Bulwarks. Our house is going to make some turtle soup, served in the Shell... right after we figure out who the hell we are.First roll, 3d6, determines what part of Westeros it's aligned to.Then we need SIX MORE ROLLS, each one 7d6, for its attributes. Roll multiple times per person, I don't care, but the rolls will be assigned in order.Let's get it on, /tg/.
rolled 2, 3, 6 = 11Heck, I'm game. Here's our first roll.
rolled 5, 2, 2 = 9Please not a 7...
>>19495095I don't trust the turtle soup no more.
rolled 2, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5, 1 = 22Rollan some more.
rolled 3, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 4 = 24>>19495108Mountains of the moon. Interesting.
>11The Mountains of the Moon!Liege: Jon Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie,Hand of the King, Warden of the East, RECENTLY DEAD MANThe Mountains of the Moon spread through the eastern corner of Westeros, scratching the sky with their high peaks. Infested with savage clans of mountain men, it is a wild place, scarcely under the control of its lord. One region shines brightest, however, and that’s the Vale of Arryn. Wrested from the old Mountain Kings of the First Men, the Vale of Arryn is now the seat of power for one of the purest Andal lines in Westeros and features the lands and holdings of House Arryn and those banners sworn to him. Houses sworn to House Arryn enjoy the benefits of the mountains, but there is little available land for new lords. Furthermore, the mountain clans cause endless trouble for the people living here.The turtle-lovers aren't the only ones with a natural defense: we get +20 ourselves. Along with +10 influence. Unfortunately, we get -5 lands and population, and -10 law. We'll see how that all turns out when the stat rolls line up.
That truly was Viserys's worst decision
rolled 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2 = 13Rolling again.
rolled 5, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4 = 20>>19495151Interesting. I'll throw another roll in.
>>19495133>22+20=42 defenseExcellent defenses, with man-made fortifications likely combined with defensible terrain features.>>19495145>24+10=34 InfluenceA small minor house. Examples include House Mormont and House Westerling.>>19495169>13-5=8 LandA speck of land, no larger than a single town. Uh oh!Next results coming up...
rolled 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 5, 4 = 26>>19495169>mfw House Bulwark holds about twelve times your landYou might have the just the Castle you know. We got a tower!
rolled 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4 = 11Aaaand last roll.
rolled 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 1 = 25rollin for some rp in westeros yeah
>Another SoIaF quest thread?>Time to marry off our eldest son to one of the Sand Snakes and make sure out eldest becomes a fucking wizard again.
Get attacked for threatening queenThreaten queen again
>>19495182>Just a town.Fine. We are copying Qarth.No summer islanders allowed.
>>19495173>20-10 LawBandits, raiders, and other criminal bands are afoot in your lands, causing mischief and trouble.>>19495192>26-5=21 populationTypical population. Most smallfolk live on farmsteads or in hamlets, but you might have a couple of small towns and a community around your primary fortification.>>19495207>11 power, owSmall force of soldiers largely made up of smallfolk.>>19495215>25 wealthCommon. Your family has enough to get by.Well, no auspicious beginning, but we'll see what time brings. 4 rolls of 1d6 for events, potentially more if warranted.
rolled 5, 6, 4, 4 = 19>>19495255I'd advice increasing your power and land size.
rolled 6 = 6>>19495255We're kind of a shitty noble house.
rolled 4 = 4>>19495255Rollin' for one of the events!
>>19495255Er, sorry, that's a d6 to determine age, and another d6 to see how many events.
>>19495268I'll take the first two, but in the future roll separately please.So, you're a pretty fricking new house, having come about during the Blackfyre Rebellion, and have had a pretty eventful time, with 5 whole events.Now we need 5 rolls of 3d6.
>>19495278NEW HOUSE. HAHAHAHAHA. >>19495280Two events.
rolled 4 = 4Better get some good rolls this time around
House Hyrish."As pretentious as poor"The city is called Pitthell.
rolled 2, 1, 1 = 4>>19495314Event!
rolled 4 = 4>>19495314I guess that explains why we don't have much of anything except defenses.
rolled 6, 2, 3 = 11>>19495314Sorry. Thought you asked for a roll of 4d6
>>19495340>MFW Defeat.>>19495343Infrastructure. Looks like you guys lucked out.
rolled 2, 5, 3 = 10>>19495340>4>DefeatWell, here's the problem. We met with a Defeat right off the bat.Your family fought a war or smaller conflict but was defeated, losing status, precious resources, and influence. If defeat is your first roll, your family might have been swallowed up by another house and forced to marry into a lesser branch until your original bloodline became all but extinct.Roll 6d6, because everything but Law is taking a hit.>>19495343>11>InfrastructureLuckily, the bad times didn't last.Infrastructure describes a period of peace and prosperity, a moment in your house’s history remembered for growth and expansion. Whenever you get this result, choose two different resources and increase each by 1d6.2d6, and pick 2 things.
rolled 4, 6, 5 = 15Rolling in order to administer justice across the lands of westeros and score us some fine wenches.captcha is brothers meshere
Not counting my own accidental roll as the tallier unless it's demanded.
>>19495358Forgot my face.This likely means your orginal house was destroyed during the rebellion. Perhaps the diluted blood of the Blackfyre's runs in your veins.
>>19495380>15>VillainWell, you got wenches, but no justice. +1d6 influence and power, but -1d6 Law and population.Your family produced a character of unspeakable cruelty and wickedness, a villain whose name is still whispered with dread. Such a character might have committed terrible crimes in his home, killed guests under his roof, or was simply just a bad person.
rolled 3, 6, 6, 1, 2, 5 = 23>>19495380Villain. >>19495372I'll do the 6d6.
rolled 1, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2 = 15Low rolls please...
rolled 3, 1, 5, 5, 6, 5 = 25>>19495372Ouch. Rolling.
All this interest in ASOIAF has got me thinking about the game /tg/ almost started up last year, with the bunch of houses and whatnot. Might be worth me looking in to when I get home from work.
>>19495441YOU COULDN'T HAVE WAITED FOUR POSTS, COULD YOU>>19495445YOU COULDN'T HAVE HURRIED FOUR POSTS, COULD YOU
Ha. You will bow at the knee to the mighty House Bulwark.
rolled 2, 5, 2 = 9>>19495441Another event. Come on, dice gimme some DOOM!
rolled 5, 1, 1, 4 = 11>>19495420Rolling the 4d6 for this event.
>>19495441>>19495444>>19495445Ha. I guess we can use the extra rolls for the other items. My vote to the ones increased from Infrastructure are Law and Wealth.
Not One Step Back.
>>19495464Treachery. Now we know WHY we had a villain.
>>19495471That's not how rolling works. You can't just go back to pick and choose. Roll with honour, men!
>>19495470Infrastructure again.There are our five events. Most of them bad. Wow, you guys suck. House Bulwark for life.
>>19495509That's a 4d6, not a 3d6. Learn to read.
rolled 6, 1, 1 = 8>>19495528Missed their were 4. Looking at the totals.Last event. DOOM ME!
>>19495464>9>TreacheryWell, we kind of suck. First an asshole, and now everyone's an asshole.Either you suffered the results of treachery or you were involved in committing a treacherous act. In either case, the historical event stains your family’s name.-1d6 influence and law, +1d6 power
>>19495545Scandal.
>>19495509Truth. I am interested in seeing this house develop, though. It'd be fun to have them interacting in the same game setting.
>>19495545>8>Scandal>-1d6 influence, lands, and powerYour family was involved in some disaster, a scandal that haunts them still. Good options include spawning a bastard, incest, failed conspiracies, and so on.Possible house animal: the leech, because we suck.
rolled 3, 3, 5 = 11>>194955503d6 for these
>>19495574We may be assholes, but we're assholes with some really high walls.
>>19495574My suggestion. A magpie as your emblem.
>>19495589-5 power. WOW. Just... WOW.
hey, op, out of curiosity, what tables are you using for this? are they from asoiaf rpg book? I kinda want to try rolling up a house myself, and would like to know where I can find the rules.
rolled 3, 3 = 6>>19495372Infrastructure roll!Power, because it might be all we have, and uh... I'll vote on the other one when I see the final result.
>>19495612Updated version rules.
>>19495594This. This goddamnit, this.
>>19495610Man, that's +5 power. Really, reading comprehension is your friend, especially before you post.
>>19495095We're clearly aligned with the legion of the SHREDDER.Stomp Toitles.
>>19495626House Bloody Raven.
>>19495636So...our house banner should be a rhino, or a warthog?
>>19495629I fuck up. A lot. It's that everything seems to be going bad for your house. It's kinda hard to keep track for the few things that are going well.
>>19495645And our words should be "Steady As The Rocks".
>>19495656A motto frequently proved to be ironic.
What are the stats totals so far? Everything's all over the place, it'd be nice to see it all rounded up.
my god how do we still even exist
>>19495645My vote is for the magpie.
>>19495664Yup, which is entirely appropriate given the source material being referenced.
>>19495671Just finished the tally!Defense: 39Influence: 30Land: -1 (seriously)Law: 9Population: 19Power: 18Wealth: 20With two +3s to add as you like.
>>19495705What happens if you hit a negative amount of land? Are we now noble hobos or gypsies?
rolled 90 = 90>>19495705HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You need to put that into land. You really need that inside land.
>>19495683I like to think it's a house that took heavy hits during the war and many of its heirs settled all over Westeros. Descendants are just now returning to reclaim their lands from the savages of the Mountains of the Moon. Or something.
>>19495705Welp... one of those +3's should probably go to Land, so it's not negative.Law for the other?
>>19495728All in land, man. All in land. You can't do shit with 2 land.
>>19495705>Defense: 39>Influence: 30>Land: -1 (seriously)>Law: 9>Population: 19>Power: 18>Wealth: 20Holy shit, we're like 1 or 2 below bracket in everything. That spare +3 could make a huge difference.
my god how the hell does negative land work
>>19495727>>19495722You guys aren't so much a noble house as a conspiracy of Blackfyre bastards with a Legion of Doom fortress hidden somewhere in the Mountains of the Moon.
>>19495775PIMPIN' NOBLE GYPSIES.
>>19495775Part of the castle isn't ours.
>>19495786You rent some space in another lord's castle.
>>19495775You're paying to live in The Shell.
>>19495778Not really a doom fort. It WAS a doom fort. Now it's just an above average fort.
>39 defense, next tier starts at 41Good defenses with, almost certainly, a castle, along with a few other strong points. Roads and rivers provide easy transportation. Alternatively, natural terrain features, such as mountains or swamps, provide additional fortification >30 influenceA small minor house. Examples include House Mormont and House Westerling.>31+ would push us into being as notable as the Cleganes or Karstarks, a proper house.>0 Land0 Landless, the house has been completely stripped of its holdings.>2 land would be back to having a speck.>9 LawBandits, raiders, and other criminal bands are afoot in your lands, causing mischief and trouble.>12 law would push them to the fringes>19 populationSmall population but no single community larger than a small town.>22 would bring us to a typical population>18 PowerSmall force of soldiers largely made up of smallfolk.>21 would give us actual trained soldiers and shit>20 wealthPoor. Your family has little excess. While they are able to sustain themselves and their holdings (LOL), they do not live in luxury.>21+ bumps us into "common"CHOOSE WISELY /tg/
>>19495786ALL of the castle isn't ours. We stand outside the walls and endure insults the guards throw down at us.
"Our's is what's left."
>>19495797Dammit, a full up castle is 40 points, we can only afford a small one costing 30.
>>19495814No apostrophe in "ours," but I like it.>>19495797My vote is still for Land and Law.
>>19495814Sigil found. Everyone stop looking.The motto should be some more facied up way of saying "beggars can't be choosers".
>>19495814Ours is what's left. I like it.
>>19495814Perfect.
>>19495831Seconding points to Land and Law.
>>19495797Clearly we live in a tiny keep in the middle of a vast swamp.We're Crannogmen!
>>19495831My vote is for literally anything except land and law. Having nothing but a castle beset on all sides by mountain men is this house's entire thing.
>>19495864Sigil: FrogMotto: Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit
>>19495865Without land we would not even own the castle. We'd be a House living on someone else's lands.Land and Power, then.
Voting for Power for one of the infrastructures.
>>19495864But we're aligned with the Mountains of the Moon. Clearly our castle is set on the top of a precarious cliff.
>>19495888We're in a corner of the Vale. At the very edge corner, away from the more respectable houses.
A black field, with a silver vulture. The vulture is displayed reguardant (wings spread out and body oriented upright, with its head facing the left--sinister--side of the shield).
>>19495896A brown field, with a green frog in the center. The frog is facing front with a large trolling grin.
>>19495896Alternatively, reverse this. Silver field, BLACK vulture.
>>19495896I like it.>Battle cry: Caw Caw Caw!
>>19495814To expand on that. Maybe we have inhabited an existing run down castle that was once home to a great family and we managed to repair it somewhat. The scandal is that to inhabit the castle we slaughtered many innocent people who were squatting there.We are looked down upon because we only use what we have foraged and many of our socially high ranking citizens are criminals.
>>19495831Yeh went full retard.Any suggestions for a house name? Something that relates to scavenging possibly? House Predate?
>>19495944House Bussard. It's actually a surname, too, so it works.
Do we want a proper castle, or proper troops?If we want a /real/ castle we need at least 40 defense.The only terrain we can buy is grasslands and stream. We can have at max, 2, and those each cost 1 with everything else costing 3.Holy fuck.
>>19495920I am definitely okay with this.>Apologies in advance, but this fits so well.>http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=9893
>>19495951In keeping with the proud tradition of things in Westeros being spelled by replacing other vowels with 'y', I was going to suggest House Jackyl.
>>19495953Streams and grasslands are features on terrain. You have to buy a kind of terrain first - the cheapest being Wetlands for 3. Otherwise... It's a barren waste, I guess.
>>19495980I would also be okay with this.
>charge of arms is a vulture>live in basically MordorYep, seems appropriate.
>>19495980I'd suggest Carryon
>>19496023Luggage jokes intentional?
House Rohan, Ryhan if we want to keep with this theme of changing vowels to 'y's. Means 'ascending'. I mean, if nothing else we can only go up from here.
Do we have a mibbit? You betcha we do:http://cbe005.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23Carrion&server=irc.mibbit.net
>>19496023Not Carryon, that just makes me think of luggage.
>>19496031>>19496041Huh... didn't think anything near that.
>>19496032>House RohanIf we can afford any cavalry units whatsoever...
+3 defense, +3 powerHouse Bussard was formed from a now-vanished house's remnants during the Blackfyre rebellion. Its survivors took residence in the Vale, and bolstered their numbers by allying with a band of the savage men living there.They acquired their current home, a castle of solid stature, when they were invited inside by the Benards, a house sworn to the Vale. Lord Bussard and his men struck before they had tasted bread or salt, and struck off the outstretched hand of aid. The castle and its women now theirs, they managed to stave off a siege by the rest of the Vale by immediately swearing fealty--and their fortified position at a time when the Vale had other problems was of no small consideration. As part of the terms, all lands surrounding the castle were stripped from them. They live on what little they have, and are often paid to keep the savage hillfolk occupied--and away from the Vale's trade routes.
>>19496085I like this backstory.
>>19496085Yessssssss.
>>19496085Again. We cannot live in the castle if we do not have any points in land. No points in land = owning no land.Our story would go so far as taking residence in the Vale or during our stay with the Benards, before killing them.
It's too bad we don't have just a bit more power, else I'd recommend an elite house guard unit called the Carrion Guard.
That backstory covers all the events, even. Nice.
House army name could be The Corpse Eaters, because we're filthy scavengers who stole a castle.
Stats can't go under 0. If we added 3, we'd have 3. Enough for one type of land.
From the description of 31-40 defense: "Alternatively, natural terrain features, such as mountains or swamps, provide additional fortification."It wouldn't work with the backstory, but 0 land doesn't prevent us from living in a well-fortified cave.
>>19496151Yeah. If we substitute +3 Defense for Land, we can keep the awesome backstory. The cost would be we'd have to settle for a smaller castle.
>>19496177We could also have a smaller army instead.
>>19496151So if we put our pluses in Defense and Land, we could have a castle?
>>19496181A larger castle. We can have a castle without putting the +3 in defense.But for a larger castle we pay the cost of worst armed men. They'd be useful in an area as lawless as ours.
>>19496181A small castle is fine too guys.
>>19496209And the guys we screwed over weren't exactly super big shots themselves, so it makes fair sense that they only had a Small Castle.
>>19496209>>19496218Ah, okay, I was under the impression we'd have no castle without the plus to Defense. We definitely need the armed men, then.
Vote for Land and Power
>>19496237Seconded.
>>19496237Thirded.
>>19496237Fourthed
>>19496085This works for land and power.
Final Stats:>39 defenseGood defenses with, almost certainly, a castle, along with a few other strong points. Roads and rivers provide easy transportation. Alternatively, natural terrain features, such as mountains or swamps, provide additional fortification >30 influenceA small minor house. Examples include House Mormont and House Westerling.>3 LandA speck of land, no larger than a single town.>9 LawBandits, raiders, and other criminal bands are afoot in your lands, causing mischief and trouble.>19 populationSmall population but no single community larger than a small town.>21 PowerA modest force of soldiers, including sometrained troops.>20 wealthPoor. Your family has little excess. While they are able to sustain themselves and their holdings, they do not live in luxury.
We can have up to two heirs with that influence, if we like.
>>19496307Why the hell not?
>>19496296Time to spend those stats on holdings!Defense--wat do?
What should we have renamed the castle to?
>>19496345Well, we want a Castle. And a castle we get for 30 points. A tower is 10 points, so we can't get anything else. The other 9 points can be kept for later spending.
>>19496345Small castle. We don't really have the land for much more. Or the defense.
We have a small castle, and the other 9 points go to waste, sadly.I don't see any reason not to have an heir and either a second son or a firstborne daughter (to marry off).What we really should decide are how to compose House Bussard's lands, wealth, and power.
>>19496362The Bloody Beak.
>>19496337Because then we have less influence floating around to modify rolls.
>>19496384Good point. One Heir then.
>>19496378The Iron Beak, so called for the large iron spikes we attached to all the crenelations (pointed straight up menacingly).
>>19496400Delicious.
I don't want to hijack this thread advertising for my SIFRPG, but do these threads make you guys more or less likely to want to play in one using these same Green Ronin rules? As a pnp game over IRC versus a quest thread on /tg/.
>>19496400Or maybe the Iron Talons?
>>19496400To impale our enemies on obviously. God damn, /tg/ loves them the doom fortresses.
>>19496427iron beaks been decided, let's move on for the sake of progression.
>>19496437For a House this ill-omened, it's quite appropriate.
>>19496427Claw Craig.The Talons.The Claws.
How are we going to spend our (limited) wealth? An Artisan to make castle-forged weapons? A Maester? Maybe a mine?
We also need to do the most important bit--TROOPS!
A few things to keep in mind when coming up with terms for this house, courtesy of Wikipedia:"A group of vultures is called a wake, committee, venue, kettle, or volt. The term kettle refers to vultures in flight, while committee, volt, and venue refer to vultures resting in trees. Wake is reserved for a group of vultures who are feeding."
>>19496547Don't suppose it's way too late to change our House's motto to "A Wake For The Dead", eh?
>>19496542Oh, yeah. We need to get a troop list. Infantry is our only real option outside a sucky garrison, considering we have no freaking land.
>>19496616Ours is what's left is straight up cooler, but yours is damn clever.
With only 3 land, we can't have the hills or mountains required for a mine.
>>19496634it's ok, we'll take hill tribe land and force them into the mines.
>>19496629It even applies a double-meaning of mourning the destruction of our original house and pride in our less than savory ways. I like it, and think that perhaps it could be a second unofficial motto.
We could also get guerillas specced for mountain fighting. Because where else are we gonna fight?
>>19496672not much use in a standing army but then again we could become the vanguard specialists.
I think our military ambitions mostly amount to guarding our shitsack castle and the occasional busting of Hill tribe heads. A garrison and a unit of infantry or raiders is probably all we really need, maybe throw in scouts or archers if we have some points left over.
>>19496672Let's go with this. Or scouts. Scouts are cool too.
>>19496634Ruins or light woods, perhaps?
>>19496690makes sense, make our priority controlling what we have and systematically eliminating tribe chieftans in raids etc. Also raise infighting between them if we can, like raid one clan and leave the banners of a rival tribe.
>>19496690Oh hell yeah, raiders!
>>19496426I'd like to give it a shot sometime.
>>19496426Depends on when
We could have a totally badass elite personal guard. A huge investment but would let us kick the ass of those hillsmen around us (and be more reason for people not to try and pry us out of the Iron Beak).
>>19496711Yeah. So, scouts?
No one fucks with House Bulwark, evidently.
>>19496830yes let's take scouts.
Elite Personal Guard and Veteran Raiders? Showing the core people who stayed with us after disaster fell on our house (and their replacements since), plus the one group of seasoned clansmen who joined us when we fled to the Vale.We are small, but our trials have hardened us considerably and our regular fighting with the clans keeps our edge honed.
>>19496863a grand vision, but for now, scouts.
>>19496863That eats all our points, but being such a small holding we can't really justify having more than 200 troops anyways, and this ought to let us smack around the clans with some measure of impunity (plus be very hard to defeat in our castle).
>>19496863I like it!
>>19496426When would this be run?We demand answers!
>>19496919exactry, if we have scouts to begin with and expand to archers and swordsmen we can route them with impunity and repel attempts to raid with a garrison of archers.
next order of business then? and i Dl'd a pdf of the corebook, which page is the one mentioning recruiting soldiers?
Veteran Personal Guard (Elite is supposed to be better than we would reasonably have), trained raiders, and green scouts since that one guy really wants them (aka the clans are getting better at hiding/ambushing and our Lord wants to train up some better eyes/ears for the rest of the force).
>>19497001Sounds good to me.Someone want to roll up the Lord?
Lord Bussard should be the sort of Lord who goes and leads from the front.Also, anyone who is awesome should see about making us a Bussard sigil/motto pic. The Bulwarks shouldn't get all the good shit just because ours is what's left!
I say he's probably an older dude, and has SEEN SOME SHIT in his day.
Darn, thread seems to have really slowed. At least we had a cool run.
>>19497011I would if i knew what i had to roll?
is OP even still around?
>>19497127they always just leave
>>19496426I'd be down, email added.
>>19497104Uh... it's more of a pick thing for some parts, but let's say 7d6 to make his character personality from the charts, and 3d30 for his feat-like things (that we can instead pick if they don't match).
>>19497127>>19497139Here, yo. Bit caught up in a skype call though, my bad.
rolled 2, 5, 2, 1, 6, 6, 6 = 28>>19497173
rolled 27, 21, 12 = 60>>19497173
>>19497173Pssst.It's 7 rolls of 2d6, buddy.
>>19497184>>19497201Crap, my bad. Redo?
rolled 4, 2 = 6>>19497173
rolled 3, 5 = 8>>19497226srry, how do you link together 6 2d6?
rolled 1, 1 = 2Here's a 2d6 for you.
rolled 1, 1 = 2>>19497226
rolled 6, 1 = 7>>19497226fucking snake eyes twice in a row
rolled 3, 1 = 4>>19497226
rolled 6, 5 = 11>>19497226
rolled 5, 3 = 8>>19497301>>19497284>>19497272>>19497263>>19497246>>19497240>>19497228that's all 7.
rolled 5, 6 = 11Will compile them in just a moment, that double snake eyes is worrying...
don't leave us now OP...
Not OP, but this is what I had from the compilation, not sure I did it right...Age: Young AdultBackground: You served another house (page, sworn sword).Goal: EnlightenmentMotivation: HatredVirtue: CourageousVice: Scheming
>>19497646Sounds good.
Background>6, You traveled across the narrow sea for a time.>8, You kept the company of a famous individual.>2, You served another house (page, sworn sword).>2, You served another house (page, sworn sword).Goal>7, PowerPrimary Motivation>4, FearVirtue>11, PiousVice>8, LicentiousSounds like pretty excellent material for Lord Bussard, whose first name must be chosen.I'll write it up into a proper background but it's going to take me a bit thanks to stuff happening here.
Sounds exactly like a lordly vulture
>>19497646I'd rolled him up as middle-aged myself. Looks like a pretty kicking heir though.What do we name these two?
>>19497646>>19497706Not sure which one I like better for Lord Bussard...
>>19497722Lord Damien Bussard, and his son Tybalt Bussard.Also, if we went with Veteran Personal Guard as part of our military, I know what to call them.The Wakeguard.
>>19497733Pious guy for lord and the schemer for heir.
>>19497733I like >19497706 as the lord and the other as an heir. How about Morn Brussard for the lord and Esra Brussard for the heir?.Morn for a house in mourning, looking to regain what is lost out of fear, and Ezra was a biblical figure who tried to rebuild Jeruselem (for enlightenment?)
>>19497791The first one makes me think too much of Star Trek, the second sounds more like a woman's name even though the Biblical figure probably wasn't.
>>19497791 Morne and tybalt?
>>19497807Spelling it "Morne" would do.
>>19497807Works for me.
>>19497807Sounds good
Would this be acceptable, my lordships?
so what's next on the agenda for House Bussard?
>>19498161Not bad.
>>19498161Fuggin' awesome.
>>19498161Much obliged!
>>19498164Time to choose qualities for our Lord and Heir... oh and spend our wealth.
>>19498372Does someone have the image that lists all the traits?
>>19498372http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1339/73/1339734693610.pnghttp://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/tg/image/1339/73/1339734776495.pngBenefits and drawbacks. As a middle aged lord, you get 3, but one is already taken (Head of House). You can also take drawbacks to get more. Any you don't use you get Destiny Points for (at least one is probably a good idea).See anything you like, /tg/?
You Bussard curs cannot hope to stand against the men of House Bulwark. Our Shell is impenetrable and our spears are whetted against any who stand to break themselves against us.Strength is our watchword, resolution our sigil! Not One Step Back!
>>19498164We can afford a second son or a first-born daughter if someone wants to roll one up, 7 2d6.
rolled 6, 6, 1, 1, 1, 3, 6 = 24>>19498422Let's... have a daughter?
rolled 5, 6 = 11>>19498430Fuck, just realized it was 7 2d6. Just use the first two of that.(2/7)
>>19498422We can also use those points to increase the first one's status, or spend them later on intrigue sorts of things.
rolled 6, 6 = 12>>19498441On a roll...
rolled 1, 2 = 3>>19498447gogogo (4/7)
rolled 3, 3 = 6>>194984575/7
Wait, was our Lord the one who stole our castle, or did this happen a couple generations back? Haunted could be a good drawback if it was he who personally murdered the former lords of the castle
rolled 5, 3 = 8>>19498464This takes forever. I guess I could have rolled 14d6? (6/7)
rolled 4, 6 = 10>>19498474Last one.
just found this threadloving it
>>19498412Step outside of your shell and we'll see how loud you're talking then, worm.
>>19498473Couple generations back.
I actually found this house cooler than the Bulwarks just because they had everything they needed and something amazing besides. The Bussards have a pittance compared to them, but look at how badass they are despite that.
rolled 1, 5 = 6>>19498483>>19498474>>19498464>>19498457>>19498447>>19498441>>194984306/6; 5/6; 6/6; 1/2; 3/3; 5/3; 4/6noideawhatimdoing.jpg
>>19498473I think that would have been his father or grandfather... not sure how long ago the Blackfyre rebellion was.Reviled might be a good one, the Bussards aren't exactly loved even if they're making the Vale a better place for the non-clansmen.
>>19498542Roll a d4 for her age.
rolled 2 = 2>>19498580Just roll meister over here.
>>19498560Good call. What sorts of benefits should we have though? What sort of character do we want or Lord to be. We know he's traveled in foreign lands, and that he was companions with someone famous (though we don't know if he was a famous foreigner or Westerosi). I think we need to flesh out what he was doing over there, and who he was with.
>mfw a Vale houseDo continue
>>19498603perhaps he fought as a sellsword companion of Oberyn Martell (who also fought in Essos as a sellsword)
>>19498497Hey, we're in King's Landing right now, and we're about to compete with Gregor Clegane for first Fatality of the Tournament.>>19497569
>>19498412>Bulwarks>BussardsThose are unfortunately similar names. Why didn't we notice this earlier.
Jesus fuck, our poor, poor sister:Age: YouthBackground: You were held hostage by another house as a ward or prisoner.Goal: JusticeMotivation: MadnessVirtue: ChasteVice: Cruel
>>19498619I like this idea.
>>19498678Oh hey, you fucking rolled Sansa. Good show.
>>19498658They're just close enough to be interesting but different enough not to be silly. I like it, personally.
>>19498678Held captive by the Mountain Clans?
>>19498725Probably a nearby more powerful house as a traditional trade (a guarantee as part of our fealty or something similar) to ensure our family doesn't decide to expand it's lands the next time the vale is in trouble.
>>19498678>Age: YouthSo she was even younger when held hostage>Background: You were held hostage by another house as a ward or prisoner.probably gangraped by hill people as a child>Goal: Justicewants to see them pay>Motivation: Madnesswas driven mad by the gangrapings>Virtue: Chastewon't touch a dick ever again>Vice: Cruelwants to take her pain out on othersbackground complete
>>19498767standardwesterosinoblegirl'slife.jpg
>>19498745That probably is more realistic. Though being a prisoner of the savages could explain some character traits nicely. She was raped and such, which emotionaly scarred her (explaining all those negative traits). Our heir personally led the rescue of her, but not before she was savaged, which caused his burning hatred of the mountain clans (his primary motivation)
Where is the system for this?
>>19498596Adolescent, right.Background event:>12, You were held hostage by another house as a ward or prisoner.Goal>11, JusticeMotivation>12, MadnessVirtue>3, ChasteVice>6, CrueltyThis girl has not had a kind life. The Iron Beak being a poor place for a young girl, she was sent elsewhere in the Vale for a proper upbringing. The house who took her in was lax in their care, and... something happened, during her time there. Nobody talks about it, but a bastard's flogged and hung body was delivered in a box when she was returned to her family. The poor girl's mind has never been the same since, and she's as like to sit silently staring into the corner as she is to be cutting the wings off a fly.
>Background: You were held hostage by another house as a ward or prisoner.That's like Theon Greyjoy, or any time someone is chucked into a prison cell. Not exactly captured and sodomized by savages.Now, while you're a captive, things can still happen, as >>19498790 decided.
>>19498790not really held hostage
>>19498786Song of Ice and Fire RPG, available on /rs/
>>19498790She needs a name!
>>19498819Depends on when it happens. With the Bulwark maester, it was his youth so I assumed he was a ward, but Ser Casey rolled it for later in life so he was probably captured in war
>>19499006Ophelia.
Where do I find these rules for noble house generation? I'm looking through the basic book right now.
>>19499157Should be Chapter 6.
>>19499157Nevermind. Found it. I was just a few pages away when I posted.
>>19498186>>19498330>>19498339Thanks. I was planning to put in the motto, too, but I don't seem to have a proper font. Still, pleasure being in this thread.>>Captcha: Greaves, ofeystSomeone remind ofeyst of those, alright?
>>19499233If you find one, please add it! Would love to have a full image to add to /tg/'s own.
>>19498790That girl needs some distracting-how fare she in needlework?
Soon... soon... we will have enough houses to populate the entire continent of Wes/tg/oros!
>>19499339That would actually be pretty entertaining, I think. It'd take a lot of coordination though.
>>19499254I tried some things out, though I kind of had to copy/paste a lot with this one, so spacing may be pretty out of whack. What do you think?>>Captcha again: eightson consistedSo we shall not rest ere our House has eight strong sons. You heard the seer, and by the Black Knight he is vindicated, o Lords of Wes/tg/eros
>>19499457Very awesome. Now we just need somebody with the photoshop skills to make a picture banner like the one made for House Bulwark with the real turtle.
>>19499293Well, depends on what skills she takes!
>>19499487I like this better than the real turtle one.>>19495573This one here, that's the best Bulwark motto pic made.
>>19499487So like the one in >>19495573, with the motto on the left and the illustration / a more realistic vulture head on the right?Or like the one in >>19495481, with the actual turtle?Because something like 573, I could probably do if I keep the illustration and just reposition it, but 481 might be a tad out of my league.
>>19499584You could do one like 573? Yes and please, sir. Maybe a more realistic vulture head though.
>>19499584Why not reverse the position of the heraldry and the motto? It'll make them look more like each other's opposition.
>>19499615This.Closing in on autosage, by the way.
>>19499457>>19495573Those are some really good words.
>>19499637Bump limit is a lot higher nowadays
>>19499611>>19499615Alright. I'll see what I can do. Might take a while, though, I'll likely be off to work in a little above an hour.
I would be interested in trying a SOIAF RP out online.
if I ever run a SoIF game, I'm definately having house Bussard in it, either as npc's or players
captcha: mandibles idenoun
>>19497646Born a lord. Born lord of what? Some sticks and stone stuck in the mire at the ass end of the Eyre. High born, they say, but I know the truth. My house is one that has always fought for the scraps.We have schemed, and betrayed, and hated. And when the Tortoise's precious castles and vaulted wealth crumbled into dust... when all other houses destroy themselves... we will still be there.And ours...Ours will be what is left.
>>19499983Oh dear God it's beautiful
>>19499983
>>19499983I...I think I love you.
>>19497706In my travels, I have seen many things. I have seen kingdoms rise, and I have seen great men fall. I have seen everything given to a man in one moment... and ripped away from him in the next.By the Seven it shall not be so for me and Mine. Though it be little, though it be scraps, though it be almost nothing at all, still we shall feast. In war. In famine. In sickness. In death. We will still survive. My sons shall number the heavens, and by the will of the Seven, everything that is Left..Everything that is left will be Ours.
>>19500092
>>19498790When I was but a girl, I was sent away. Away from my home, my beloved Iron Beak. No place for a young girl, they said. No, better to primp and prance like a common whore in so high-lord's castle.Do you know what I learned? Do you know what I learned, those long nights when that filthy lordling bastard rutted on me? I learned that I loved my home. The rest of the world could burn for all I cared, as long as I had my father, my brother... and my home.Madness, they call it. Madness, to never let a man besides my brother ever touch me again. Madness to demand justice where others would let privilege rule. Madness, that no matter what, I shall do what must be done for my family.Madness, to do what is necessary.Ours is what is left.And we shall keep what is left forever.
>>19500161I think we've got ourselves a crew, we do.
>>19499611>>19499584Aaaaand... here I am. Probably not quite as planned, but I'm kinda happy with it.Also, nice work, >>19499818
House Bussard is officially the most badass minor house ever
>>19500267Or, actually, ya know what? Have this streamlined one 'stead of the test version. My bad.
>>19500304That's ballin'. Now, what are the goals of the house? Besides surviving against all odds, of course. Is there any way to bring them into opposition with House Bulwark?
>>19500304Then of course, and mainly just because we can, there is the version more in keeping with the color scheme. But that'll be it from me for now.
>>19500362Derp, forgot pic.>>Captcha: Sec. oreigardShould that be what the second son is named?
>>19500359A hopeless war to eradicate the local mountain clans, which they do not have the men to wage?
>>19500359One of the lords the Bussards slew in their treachery was a loyal friend to the Bulwarks? And duty and distance keeps it, for the most part, from being anything more than personal animosity between house members?
>>19500359We're bannermen to Arryn, while they're bannermen to the Baratheons.I'd imagine our first order of business would be finding out who the FUCK killed our liege lord. Also murdering, blackmailing and poisoning our way to glory.
>>19500359Thanks, man. Making these was fun, and it finally got me to get the GIMP.But as for content: Our darling sister was taken advantage of, and we hold high the flags of hate and madness. What else to do then to go full JustAsPlanned and sic the mountain tribes onto the noblemen that wronged our noble house?Also, will re-anon now, and then be off. Hoping to catch the rest of this, though. Cheerio.
We've a house and an agenda. What now?
Keeping in tune with the vulture theme and our House Motto, I propose this for our approach: We simply utilize the constant tribal disputes between neighbouring hill tribes to our advantage, either swooping down in the dead of night to slaughter the hill tribes as they recover from battle, weak and weary, or we instigate conflict between the tribes through framing, bribery, kidnapping etc. and then go back to strategy A.It's all for the good of the Vale. For the good of our House. They may view us with distaste, but without the carrion feeders, they'd soon be swamped in filth and corpses. We just keep it from washing up on their doorsteps.
>>19500694I like your style. Even though the hill tribes hold a special hatred for us, they are unable to breach our glorious fortress!
>>19500636Now...WE SAMBA!...More seriously, I dunno. Continue collaborative fictioning? I'd say quest, but that seems to be a dirty word on modern /tg/.
This thread dead?
What-Is-Left-Bump
did anyone archive this thread?
>>19500382>>19500304Badass, sir. Badass.
>>19502542It was indeed.>>19501217What is dead can never die.
Nah, we give it a day or two for me (OP) to compile and present in its full glory as a completely statted playable house for any campaign.In time, we make another. And another. Wes/tg/oros needs houses. The rest will do itself.
>>19502878But rises again, harder and stronger!
>>19500694"Too much peace in the Vale." Those had been my father's words. Too much peace in the Vale, indeed. It had been too long since we had feasted upon the blood and squalor. It was time again to make some meat.So again I took a brace of my father's men, and we went up, up from the muck and mire surrounding Iron Beak, up, into the mountains to sow discord among the savages.
