AGoT - House Steadfast

[Jdvn1]

You rang?

I know I was an alternate before. What's up now?

EDIT:
By the way, Fridays and Saturdays are often busier days for me. So, until Sunday or Monday, my posting will be a bit delayed.

Remember, I also don't know a lot about the world. I have the AGoT book, but I'd be more comfortable playing someone who is likewise not aware of the world. If I have to have House connections, maybe something like a servant, or a farmer who grows crops for a House?

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

I probably will get my character done by Monday. A lot of good things to think over

 

[Jdvn1]

Remember, I also don't know a lot about the world. I have the AGoT book, but I'd be more comfortable playing someone who is likewise not aware of the world. If I have to have House connections, maybe something like a servant, or a farmer who grows crops for a House?

Hm, having read through the House description, I might want to try something more ambitious in character. I just dont' know how well I'll fit into everything.

 

[Widowmaker]

Jdvn1 - Yeah whatever you want to do. Play it up. I want you to be comfortable with your character. The world will come with the game. I know that is vague for making a character. The best description I can give is that it is a very feudal type of government.

 

[Voidrazor]

I would recommend that anyone who hasn't read the books give 'em a try. As Widowmaker said, they aren't necessary fot the game. But George R.R. Martin's series is the best fantasy series to come out in a looong time.

 

[Agamon]

Agreed. Great books. Read 'em if you haven't yet.

 

[Jdvn1]

I would recommend that anyone who hasn't read the books give 'em a try.

I've actually read the first few chapters in the first book. They're pretty good, though I got way sidetracked by other books. I do plan on finishing the first book, though I probably won't read past it (I'm currently jaded by series books).

 

[lissilambe]

Viviene Grove

Artisan 1/Hunter 3/Raider 2
Background: The Vale of Arryn
House Affiliation: Steadfast (Minor House)
Social Status: 0 (retainer of a Minor House)
Wealth:
Reputations: The Brat +1
Influences: None yet, until more background is filled in (27 Unassigned)

Hit Points: 17
Shock: 6
Initiative: +7
Movement: 40 ft.
Armor Class:5 (+2 Defense, +3 Dexterity)
Armor: 3 (3 ringmail)
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+6
Attack: Longsword +5 (1d8+1/19-20/x2)
Longbow +5 (+6 point blank) (1d8; x3)
Full Attack: Longsword +6 (1d8+1/19-20/x2)

Saves: Fort +6 (+7 vs. Shock), Ref +9, Will +8
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 14

Skills: Balance +11 (6), Bluff +6 (4), Climb +4 (3), Craft (Domestic Arts) +4 (4), Craft (Fletcher) +5 (5), Handle Animal +5 (4), Heal +6 (3), Know (History) +2 (2), Know (Local Area) +3 (3), Know (Nature) +4 (4), Know (Navigation) +6 (6), Know (Stewardship) +2 (2), Ride +9 (6), Search +6 (6), Sense Motive +5 (4), Spot +5 (4), Survival +4 (3)

Feats: Armor Proficiency (light, medium), Literacy, Stubborn, Mounted Warrior, Mounted Archery, Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus (longsword)

Special Abilities: Native Terrain (temperate hills), Quick to Arms, Track, Wilderness Stealth, Fast Movement

Defects: Beyond Your Station (artisan’s focus) 1 BP

Background: Viviene’s grandfather is Harrik Grove, a sword sword (possibly even a hedge knight in the house’s service?) who has given many good and loyal years to the Steadfast family. Viviene’s mother, Nineve, was married off to secure a good relationship (house undetermined, a house that’s not major, nor hugely prominent, but got some good contacts and maybe has some poor reputation…the Payne family comes to mind, though it doesn’t have to be them). Viviene was raised to be a good young lady, but chafed under the lessons of household management. Worse, she disliked her family (beyond her mother and father). When she was fourteen, she ran away to join her grandfather instead. She had always secretly trained with bow and arrow, and later swords, so when she tried to prove her worth to her grandfather and Steadfast, she did so as a scout and ranger. It took long, hard months but she has slowly proven herself a capable warrior and solid scout, though she still faces an uphill battle among the soldiers. Harrik dotes on her though, and he has made it possible for her continued efforts among the fighting men. Her mother and father are very distressed, but for now, allow her to play her games, and hoping to find some way to get her back into gowns and their house where she belongs.

OOC: this is an adaptation of an NPC being run in my tabletop game. In it, Harrik is a knight, and indeed the master of arms for the house, but I don’t want to start off claiming quite so much in this game where I’m just a player, and an unknown to the GM and group. Hope this history works for you, at least to start, and we can hammer out any of the other issues that might crop up.

 

[Agamon]

I've actually read the first few chapters in the first book. They're pretty good, though I got way sidetracked by other books. I do plan on finishing the first book, though I probably won't read past it (I'm currently jaded by series books).

That's a shame. These books read more like one very long book than a series, like Lord of the Rings (which is essentially 6 books).

 

[Jdvn1]

That's a shame. These books read more like one very long book than a series, like Lord of the Rings (which is essentially 6 books).

... Even worse.

(And I haven't read LotR)