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* Languages, regardless of Rank only ever cost 10xp per rank to raise.
 
* Languages, regardless of Rank only ever cost 10xp per rank to raise.
 
* The '''Sponsor''' Benefit now functions as follows: You gain +2 Intrigue Defense against Character who hail from the same Region as your Sponsor, and whose Status is equal to or less than yours.  Unless otherwise determined by the Narrator, this has no effect on Characters with a Status of 1.
 
* The '''Sponsor''' Benefit now functions as follows: You gain +2 Intrigue Defense against Character who hail from the same Region as your Sponsor, and whose Status is equal to or less than yours.  Unless otherwise determined by the Narrator, this has no effect on Characters with a Status of 1.
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* The '''Spy Network''' Personage Wealth Holding now works as follows: Each time the Connections Benefit of a cell of spies is employed, the Character who controls the Network must succeed at a '''Challenging (9)''' Cunning Test.  Every 5 full points of Law in the Domain where the Spies are operating increases the Difficulty by +3.  On a success, the Connection Benefit applies in that Domain.  For every two degrees of success beyond the first, that Connections Benefit also grants a static +1 bonus to Streetwise Tests made for that Domain.  Failure means the Spies fail to uncover any useful information.  The Target House may attempt to discover the Spies in their midst.  This is a Cunning Test whose difficult is the Spy Master's Cunning Result to activate the Cell.  Should the target House succeed, the spies are caught and killed and the Spy Master's House suffers Influence Resource Loss of 1d3+3.
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* The '''Sabotage Plot (House Action''' add the following:  If the Target was Wealth Holding, a successful test disrupts the Holding in question and it provides no benefit to their owning House of a number of Months equal to the Degrees scored.  Land Holding may no longer be specifically targeted.  If the Target was a Defensive Holding, reduce the Combat Defense Bonus that Defense Holding provides garrisoned units by 1 per degree of success.  This effect lasts until the owning House invests one point of Defense Resource into that Holding through a House Action, with a minimum of one month.  If a Power Holding is targeted, the unit suffers -1D Penalty to all tests for the next month, per degree scored.  If this penalty equals or exceeds the Units Endurance Ranks, that unit cannot be deployed during Warfare Scale Battle.
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* The '''Assassination Plot (House Action)''' add the following: The target Character suffers a 5 Damage per degree of success scored on the Master's Cunning Test.  This damage cannot be reduced with Armor, Injuries or Wounds.  If the damage exceeds the Characters Health they are slain.  Primary Characters may burn a Destiny Point to avoid this fate, but must immediately take a suitable Drawback.

Revision as of 01:48, 3 August 2014

Book One: The Dragon's Tears
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Though it is properly known as the Stone Way, the great road that leads through the nigh-impenetrable Dornish Marches mountains is best known as the Boneway, for the many armies that have clashed there over the generations, and the bones of thousands upon thousands of soldiers that lie there.

This is the story of those Houses who lay claim to domains within the Marches along the Boneway, and who are charged with its first line of defense.

Player Characters

House Deltario: A House of ancient origins, House Deltario's history has been wracked with treachery and kinslaying. Despite this, they yet retain a significant degree of power and wealth...for now.

Narrator Characters

Banners of House Deltorio

Other Houses of Dorne

  • House Martell (Great): Princess Naerys Martell is the ruler of Dorne, and princess of House Martell. The cunning and headstrong princess has thus far refused to marry any of the paramours, despite bearing multiple children to several of them, including her eleven-year old son and heir Doran, currently fostered at Salt Shore, with House Gargalen. The Princess has been in extended mourning following the deaths of her next two children at a young age, but with the recent births of her two youngest - a daughter, Elia and a son, Oberyn - seems to be emerging from that period.
  • Houses of the Boneway: House Yronwood (Major), House Redmont (Knightly; sworn to Yronwood), House Sungold (Minor; sworn to Yronwood); House Wyl (Minor)
  • Stone Lord Houses: House Dayne (Major), House Dayne of High Hermitage (Knightly); House Blackmont (Major); House Fowler (Major); House Manwoody (Major)
  • Salt Lord Houses: House Jordayne (Major); House Toland (Major); House Gargalen (Minor)
  • Sand Lord Houses: House Qorgyle (Major); House Uller (Major); House Vaith (Minor); House Allyrion (Major)

The Royal House

Dorne

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The Boneway

The Boneway is XXX.

King's Landing

Chronicle

Song of Ice & Fire Roleplaying Resources


Updated Rules for the Chronicle

  • Languages, regardless of Rank only ever cost 10xp per rank to raise.
  • The Sponsor Benefit now functions as follows: You gain +2 Intrigue Defense against Character who hail from the same Region as your Sponsor, and whose Status is equal to or less than yours. Unless otherwise determined by the Narrator, this has no effect on Characters with a Status of 1.
  • The Spy Network Personage Wealth Holding now works as follows: Each time the Connections Benefit of a cell of spies is employed, the Character who controls the Network must succeed at a Challenging (9) Cunning Test. Every 5 full points of Law in the Domain where the Spies are operating increases the Difficulty by +3. On a success, the Connection Benefit applies in that Domain. For every two degrees of success beyond the first, that Connections Benefit also grants a static +1 bonus to Streetwise Tests made for that Domain. Failure means the Spies fail to uncover any useful information. The Target House may attempt to discover the Spies in their midst. This is a Cunning Test whose difficult is the Spy Master's Cunning Result to activate the Cell. Should the target House succeed, the spies are caught and killed and the Spy Master's House suffers Influence Resource Loss of 1d3+3.
  • The Sabotage Plot (House Action add the following: If the Target was Wealth Holding, a successful test disrupts the Holding in question and it provides no benefit to their owning House of a number of Months equal to the Degrees scored. Land Holding may no longer be specifically targeted. If the Target was a Defensive Holding, reduce the Combat Defense Bonus that Defense Holding provides garrisoned units by 1 per degree of success. This effect lasts until the owning House invests one point of Defense Resource into that Holding through a House Action, with a minimum of one month. If a Power Holding is targeted, the unit suffers -1D Penalty to all tests for the next month, per degree scored. If this penalty equals or exceeds the Units Endurance Ranks, that unit cannot be deployed during Warfare Scale Battle.
  • The Assassination Plot (House Action) add the following: The target Character suffers a 5 Damage per degree of success scored on the Master's Cunning Test. This damage cannot be reduced with Armor, Injuries or Wounds. If the damage exceeds the Characters Health they are slain. Primary Characters may burn a Destiny Point to avoid this fate, but must immediately take a suitable Drawback.