NecroKnight

A Splintered Realm. (GOT AU)

@Melkor

Fair enough. I accept.

A Splintered Realm. (GOT AU)

@Melkor

I will stay around here, I won't leave just yet - just had been curious if there was any way of playing a canon char or not. If not, I shall see what characters are gonna be made and what I could make in addition.

A Splintered Realm. (GOT AU)

@NecroKnight Sorry to see you go.

@Melkor

I mean, I feel that if the GM has all the canon characters - that it might be too much to bear. OR that we won't be able to affect that much change.

I mean - I assume I won't be making some knight that can match Robert in a one-on-one fight and be able to kill him easily...

A Splintered Realm. (GOT AU)

@NecroKnight The way I'm doing this is that everything will proceed normally with them. The differences that will make changes, large or small, is the addition of characters. Battles that might have been very close might have different outcomes. More advisors might cause different canon character decisions to be made. I'm sorry if this is a deal breaker, but I'm pretty hard line on making your own character. In your interactions with canon characters you can still treat them as NPCs. If you look in the interest check, my second post contains this.

Also, as to the why not question. I am strongly of the opinion that you and I or anyone who didn't make the character will write them wrong. I'm not a fan of when comic books change writers or when shows change writers. I notice subtle differences in speech patterns and it irks me. I don't really like keeping canon characters as NPCs but I can bear that. Again, sorry if this ruins your ideas about the game.

@Melkor

Well it kind of does.

Considering that in Robert' Rebellion - most of the action and leadership WAS done by canon characters. There isn't much to do in my opinion, if we can't play any canon characters. Considering it's a time of war - and most of the leaders of the armies WERE canons in that regard.

One can't just replace away Robert or Renly or the Mad King. This is Westeros we are talking about after all - where the fantasy tropes are broken easily and no one man can change fate itself.

A Splintered Realm. (GOT AU)

@Melkor

Wait. We can't use canon characters? Why not? How can we play an AU if we can't play as Aerys, Robert or Tywin?

I thought this was 1.5? Ala where we can change how Robert's Rebellion can end. Instead of following canon ending.

Gods, Men and Everything in Between

Echo...

Game of Thrones RP

Okay, what I was thinking for 1.5 was to start off the rebellion in the same way but let it play out in whatever direction it goes. So the main events or characters don't have to be conserved. When I get back from work I'll check in and see if others also want 1.5 then I'll get started on it.

@Melkor

I like the idea a lot. I had some ideas for it myself. If you need a co-GM I can be handy to offer a ✋ hand.

Game of Thrones RP

@Melkor

Idea 1.5. I've had an idea like this before, Robert's Rebellion yet with a twist.

Game of Thrones RP

That or we just assume that the world is round, and Arya would've just ended up in Asshai.

Game of Thrones RP

@ethanjory

What he said.

Best to keep things in Westeros.