No, I think the institution emerged from Orys Baratheon being Aegon’s “strong right hand” and then losing his hand and it built off that. 

That’s how you get to own a third of the place, yes.

kingsmooter:

racefortheironthrone:

kingsmooter:

doublehex:

kingsmooter:

racefortheironthrone:

Arguably the best RPG ever made, a beautiful game. 

in my dreams, CDPR spends 10 years making an ASOIAF RPG 

They took a lot of liberties with the books though. I think they would need to set it after the books are done, or perhaps have it be set in Essos. That really works to their strengths as storytellers and worldbuilders.

I was thinking more along the lines of real early pre-conquest/post-andal invasion era, with established worlds and kingdoms, but free to come up with pretty much any story

Sounds like a good idea to me. Honestly, I would like to see cd projekt red’s distinctive vision of Westeros rather than trying to copy the look of the show, as other video games have done. 

Yeah i think we can definitely just leave the show out of it. My only concern is that outside of very very early first men vs the long night, we wont be able to fight the Others/army of the dead. Maybe as a bonus mode or nazi zombies esque party mode

If you need supernatural evil, you can always do it on the small scale. Squishers in forgotten grottos dotting Cracklaw Point, Deep Ones in the depths of the Hightower, etc. 

For example, I had this idea for an RPG campaign set in the Riverlands where the Brackens and Blackwoods are fighting amidst the Great Spring Sickness. Blackfyre agents and Bloodraven spies running around, rumors of secret cures, woods witches, and holy men, which would lead up to the realization that the Brackens are secretly supporting a new Faith Militant while the Blackwoods are conducting human sacrifices to their undead weirwood tree in order to shield themselves from the plague.

Thus you have politics and the supernatural, but without breaking the worldbuilding.

I got three words for you: The. Great. Game. It’s perfect for a Witcher 3 type game: war, political intrigue, multiple factions with distinct iconography that lends itself to different visual designs. Plus, there’s a lot of blank spaces on the timeline, so the designers could run with whatever they wanted and as long as everything ends in inevitable stalemate as it should (b/c that’s what the Great Game is about, thematically) there’s no adverse impact on the timeline. 

In terms of places:

• the Riverlands would be a great place to encounter the Riverlanders, but also the Westermen, the Valemen, the Stormlords, maybe the North or the Ironborn.
• The Dornish Marches would give you the Reach, the Dornish, the Stormlords, and if you extend it over to the Narrow Sea you can throw in the Free Cities of Essos too. 
• Definitely some of the cities: Oldtown and Lannisport definitely, although I’d love to see Braavos as well. 

kingsmooter:

doublehex:

kingsmooter:

racefortheironthrone:

Arguably the best RPG ever made, a beautiful game. 

in my dreams, CDPR spends 10 years making an ASOIAF RPG 

They took a lot of liberties with the books though. I think they would need to set it after the books are done, or perhaps have it be set in Essos. That really works to their strengths as storytellers and worldbuilders.

I was thinking more along the lines of real early pre-conquest/post-andal invasion era, with established worlds and kingdoms, but free to come up with pretty much any story

Sounds like a good idea to me. Honestly, I would like to see cd projekt red’s distinctive vision of Westeros rather than trying to copy the look of the show, as other video games have done. 

Marianism refers to the practice of veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Catholic Church above the other saints, as a unique protective and intecessory force. 

Arguably the best RPG ever made, a beautiful game. 

warsofasoiaf:

I have, as has @racefortheironthrone and @poorquentyn, who compares the Others to the fae every so often (he may, in fact, be past due, he’ll need to check his schedule). I’d recommend using the term ‘fae’ or ‘The Fair Folk’ when it comes to talking about the historical faeries for better reception. The ones where we called them the Fair Folk not because they were particularly fair, but because we were scared of them being upset with us and because they were enchanting and horrifying.

The Others are straight out of the Unseelie Court…unearthly creatures who look at humans the same way we look at insects. Their inhumanity is emphasized every time they finally creep out of the shadows into the main narrative. Whether it’s dancing around Waymar Royce or slicing a torchhead off as they might flick off a fly, they are emphasized as too fine for our clumsy world. They parry Waymar Royce in an “almost lazy” fashion, they are as “light as snow on the wind.” They’re elegant in a fashion so beyond even the most intricate and precise of humans that it’s straight up terrifying.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

I’m right on schedule, man.