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A Lion's Pride (Closed Quest / ASOIAF)

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Hmm, out of all of the choices Bronn seems to be the most interesting. As it would be a look at the 'smaller fry' I suppose as he is a character who does not hold any political power. He is also a character who is purely out for himself, instead of a cause or a legacy. I am always one for higher levels of magic because I love magic. I also love being a motherfucking sorcerer.
 
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@Vesvius, @Van Ropen, @hmmbot, given that we can choose whether to have Others or not, can I convince you to go with canon levels of magic on he basis of at least having the choice later on on whether or not to actually pursue it and have it be a large part of the quest? i'd rather have it as an option, if not for us, then for other characters to make things interesting.
 
[X] Bronn
[X] Canon-level (You know the drill. Warging. Others. Shadowbabies.)
[X] Alternate Universe (Your birth causes a wide range of butterflies, such as people being born different years, different gender, etc)

Sellsword quest!
 
Probellum said:
Voting to have magic does not mean we have Other-Pocalypse. Mazrick has confirmed that if we choose to have magic, we'll get another vote on whether we want Others or not.
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Basically this:
Jean Danjou said:
Magic in ASOIAF always felt too incongruent with the world, it doesn't mix well in my opinion. Fantastic beasts? Yes please. Warging? Eeeeeh, it just either feels cheap or useless. It just feel like a crutch that SV keeps insisting on, no matter what.
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I'm all for magic in quests, it's just that asoiaf magic is shit. Knowledge is rare and unless we are focusing on it 100% is not going to be of much use to us. Magic in canon is so spread out that unless you change the world or do other things (like adding a dovah or voting for high magic or moving to essos and becoming a mage) it plays like every other medieval quest regardless. So i figure we should cut it out entirely.
 
hmmbot said:
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I'm all for magic in quests, it's just that asoiaf magic is shit. Knowledge is rare and unless we are focusing on it 100% is not going to be of much use to us. Magic in canon is so spread out that unless you change the world or do other things (like adding a dovah or voting for high magic or moving to essos and becoming a mage) it plays like every other medieval quest regardless. So i figure we should cut it out entirely.
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So? If it changes nothing for you without devoting things to it 100%, why cut out the option when it can be interesting when used against us? That kind of thinking makes no sense to me.
 
I meant to say that about ASOIAF magic, I love magic. High Fantasy is my favorite genre, but ASOIAF magic always felt both cheating and a bit dirty to me. It's like that asshole cousin that is always shitting from the mouth but you keep around because he can drive and have a car.
 
hmmbot said:
I'm all for magic in quests, it's just that asoiaf magic is shit. Knowledge is rare and unless we are focusing on it 100% is not going to be of much use to us. Magic in canon is so spread out that unless you change the world or do other things (like adding a dovah or voting for high magic or moving to essos and becoming a mage) it plays like every other medieval quest regardless. So i figure we should cut it out entirely.
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If you want to cut out magic entirely then why not just play a medieval Europe quest? As there are many more characters throughout history who are just as interesting as the characters in ASOIAF.
 
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Also, without magic, no Fantastic Beasts. they'll have existed, but none will exist. SO no Direwolves, no Dragons, no Unicorns, etc.
 
Probellum said:
@Vesvius, @Van Ropen, @hmmbot, given that we can choose whether to have Others or not, can I convince you to go with canon levels of magic on he basis of at least having the choice later on on whether or not to actually pursue it and have it be a large part of the quest? i'd rather have it as an option, if not for us, then for other characters to make things interesting.
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I'd argue that introducing magic would be detrimental to the Quest, all other ASOAIF Quests that used are either obsessed with it or are increasingly relying on it for everything, focusing mainly on it as time pass. It was a huge fight on the Stannis to not let him become a 10yo blood mage instead of an Explorer like already agreed. Also, the sick necessity of dragons annoys me to no end.
 
Jean Danjou said:
I'd argue that introducing magic would be detrimental to the Quest, all other ASOAIF Quests that used are either obsessed with it or are increasingly relying on it for everything, focusing mainly on it as time pass. It was a huge fight on the Stannis to not let him become a 10yo blood mage instead of an Explorer like already agreed. Also, the sick necessity of dragons annoys me to no end.
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Except his Quest has a whitelist with more level headed people able to debate and see things clearly. I don't want Jaime or whoever our protag ends up being to be reliant on Magic or anything, but I do want it in the world because it opens up more possible plots and storylines.
 
Cteatus said:
I don't know either. We're probably going to do something stupid like turning him into a functional member of society.

Let's just have killer. Maybe fuck off to Essos and be a mercenary.
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Again, Mazrick wants to mainly stay in Westeros, though some Essos shenanogans are possible I don't think he wants to spend great portions of time there, however.
 
Jean Danjou said:
I'd argue that introducing magic would be detrimental to the Quest, all other ASOAIF Quests that used are either obsessed with it or are increasingly relying on it for everything, focusing mainly on it as time pass. It was a huge fight on the Stannis to not let him become a 10yo blood mage instead of an Explorer like already agreed. Also, the sick necessity of dragons annoys me to no end.
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I may love magic but I would never go against the wishes of the thread. I more love that their is higher magic to the world as a whole. To me magic is essential to the Fantasy Genre.
 
Probellum said:
Except his Quest has a whitelist with more level headed people able to debate and see things clearly. I don't want Jaime or whoever our protag ends up being to be reliant on Magic or anything, but I do want it in the world because it opens up more possible plots and storylines.
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True, but I need to be convinced. ASOAIF magic, like I said, feels dirty to me. It's just so 'unmagical', no magnificence, nothing wonderous. All examples I remember are either decadent, decaying or disgusting.
 
Jean Danjou said:
True, but I need to be convinced. ASOAIF magic, like I said, feels dirty to me. It's just so 'unmagical', no magnificence, nothing wonderous. All examples I remember are either decadent, decaying or disgusting.
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So you're saying Mazrick might not be able to spin what GRRM has given us to make it fit a bit better?
 
Cteatus said:
I don't know either. We're probably going to do something stupid like turning him into a functional member of society.

Let's just have killer. Maybe fuck off to Essos and be a mercenary.
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I like the way you think though I believe we will have to stay in Westeros. There is no reason to turn away from the character.
 
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Either is a Bro with Tyrion so that's cool.

Plus gives opportunity for more Charles Dance Tywin goodness if you wind up close to the Lannisters.
 
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