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Old 06-21-2011, 08:36 PM   #41
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The Tyrells were never Kings and the Riverlands were never a kingdom of its own... so there would maybe another distinction ...

I have given Houses like Bolton or Frey some more status, because they rivaling the great houses in power and could become greater house if the respective greater house would some how fall. So i think there is some distinction inbetween greater houses and between Bannerhouses. So there are some of avarage status, above avarage status and below avarage status minor houses ...
Sure, that's what Status 4-5 are for. Some are on (or long past) the cusp of greatness; some have farther to go.

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Iam not sure if administrative Rank fits cause every noble has some deal of administrative purpose, its basicly the whole point in feudalism.
I'd just roll it into Status for the nobility when it comes to their normal functions running their own property, but I would definitely use it for guys like Varys and Littlefinger who hold important bureaucratic positions in the kingdom.
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Old 06-24-2011, 05:35 AM   #42
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I'd just roll it into Status for the nobility when it comes to their normal functions running their own property, but I would definitely use it for guys like Varys and Littlefinger who hold important bureaucratic positions in the kingdom.
I agree with this, Varys or Baelish have little status in there own right.

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More likely an issue of wealth really, with the higher status coming from the wealth.
So they would have a higher defacto status ... its the diffrence between a plus +1 or +2...

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Old 06-24-2011, 08:25 AM   #43
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The Tyrells were never Kings and the Riverlands were never a kingdom of its own... so there would maybe another distinction ...
The Tyrells, at least, are claiming to be the best heirs of Garth Greenhand, once the Targaryens extinguished house Gardener.

In any case, I'm not sure a distinction is important. Both de facto and de jure, the Tullys and the Tyrells are on the same footing as the other Great Houses. I wouldn't bump the Martells up to Status 7 just because they retain the privilege to be styled "Prince".

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I have given Houses like Bolton or Frey some more status, because they rivaling the great houses in power and could become greater house if the respective greater house would some how fall. So i think there is some distinction inbetween greater houses and between Bannerhouses. So there are some of avarage status, above avarage status and below avarage status minor houses
So did I, I just split noble houses between Status 4 and 5 instead of 3 and 4. Your scheme has lesser nobility and gentry too far down. Look at the Status table on B. 265: great nobles are 5, lesser nobles 4, landed knights 3. Westeros has the Great Houses at Status 6, above other nobles, for the same reason the king is Status 8 instead of 7.
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Old 06-24-2011, 02:57 PM   #44
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I wouldn't bump the Martells up to Status 7 just because they retain the privilege to be styled "Prince".
The implication from what we see of them in AFfC is that they retain some other powers beyond the style, IIRC.
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The implication from what we see of them in AFfC is that they retain some other powers beyond the style, IIRC.
It doesn't seem to me that the Martells retain any substantive additional powers per se, rather that several unique features of Dornish law were retained despite the merge (notably allowing women to inherit lands and titles).
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In any case, I'm not sure a distinction is important. Both de facto and de jure, the Tullys and the Tyrells are on the same footing as the other Great Houses. I wouldn't bump the Martells up to Status 7 just because they retain the privilege to be styled "Prince".
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Just because something is a Job does not mean it doesn't come with Status or Rank. In fact, some jobs specifically do come with Status/Rank, such as 'King' or 'General' or even 'Beat Cop', and you need to pay for that stuff.

Thus, this whole argument that Warden of the North, Master of Coin, etc are jobs doesn't matter one bit. Jobs aren't advantages in GURPS, and any advantages a job gives you you need to pay for.

You must have skipped several of my posts, Langy. It's okay. I'll pull up the relevant posts for you.

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You just agreed with me, dude. :)
I have argued that some titles are linked with jobs, in GURPS terms. Others are just courtesy rank. Some are military , religious, or administrative rank- and also linked to a job. Some are just part of status.
Langy, did you not read this?
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Warden may be just courtesy rank, yeah, We really don't know much about what it really entails.


Keep in mind that in my view of how this stuff works, there's absolutely no reason why one can't have one title as part of Status or Rank, another title just a courtesy rank, great personal Wealth, another source of Independent Income, and the job (you don't pay character points for this) of running a Great House.

Note that jobs in GURPS are often tied to wealth and status. They may also come with legal enforcment powers.
A job isn't something that you pay CPs for, but you may have to pay CPs to qualify for it (wealth, status, skills, special advantages that come with the job, etc).

Ned definitely could have exploited the heck out of his new job, had he been a less honorable man.
Notice the mention of paying CPs for advantages required for some jobs?

Notice the specfific mention of how jobs are not advantages?

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Status 6 + Courtesy Status 1.
That seems reasonable.
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