[Lord Ben]

Apologies to RadicalD who is also running an ASOIAF game on Skagos but the idea has appealed to me for quite a while and this is the same geography but a different style game without using the rules for playing as part of a House.

System: http://greenronin.com/sifrp/

Skagos is approximately the size of Iceland, forested, mountainous, and deadly. Surrounded by rumors of savagery even before the events in the book and not a place people visit except for a few of the towns and those are hundreds of miles away with the harshest wilderness this side of the Wall standing between you.

Characters - some room to fudge on the characters so if you want something and a prereq is a useless benefit like patron or heir when the game won't have much (any?) contact with civilization ask and maybe we can eliminate it. I just don't want a shipwreck with a half dozen heirs holding valyrian swords. Unfortunately the same thing occurs with some of the drawbacks like debt where they're not really a drawback at all.

Equipment - Ring or less armor + a weapon of your choice + whatever you buy with starting money. Your horses died on the ship, sorry.

Skills at 1 - Can do this once only for the +50xp.

Jousting - if by some freak of a chance we should end up jousting every time you successfully stay on the saddle the next time is +3 higher.

Patron/Heir/Wealthy - Not much point in taking them unless it's as a prereq to something. Annointed Knight, etc. With a good concept I'll waive the prereq.

Magic - Rumors say the big red comet means it's back. It's possible to learn magic of some variety at some point as you discover things work better than they used to. I see them mostly belonging to characters who are Pious or Miracle Workers or have Knowledge:Magic or something of that nature. Axe Fighter I/II and Berserker is less likely... While you might discover more of it in game it's natural to want to know ahead of time what you're getting yourself into. I don't have specifics but I imagine anything to work much like annointed or pious or blood of the ironborn, etc.

Critical Hits - I'm not using them, the armor penalty is enough of a detriment to heavy armor. I don't like making crits easier too.

Advanced Reach - Not using it, too confusing in pbp and not worth the hassle. Either the giant snow bear can reach you or it can't.

Spending Destiny/Fatigue for lesser actions - Only one extra attack per round with this.