So, I think it has some pretty cool mechanics that could be implemented not just for the Dothraki, but for the wildlings as well, don't you think? Are you going to keep the old ones, new ones, or maybe mix a little?
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Horse Lords is quite awesome. I would hope they would just use the new nomad system tweaked a bit.
It would be cool if the when you become the king beyond the wall your government changes to be more like a horde and less like a tribe.
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Dothraki shouldn't be able to wage actual tributary wars (turning the conquered state into a tributary) until they are empire tier, and Merchant Republics (i.e. the cities of Slaver's Bay and the Free Cities) should immediately get a Liberation casus bellum on the Dothraki.
I think the various Castles and keeps should have a holding restructuring, so one can no-longer take the Red Keep before the city.
Tribal population could be interesting for most tribal groups; not just the wildlings, but also Skagos and such.
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Why? I mean, if you have the men to harass someone, why wouldn't you? Would you seat down expecting to be a greater Khal? Besides, the whole point of making people your tributary is to help you grow and sustain a bigger horde on the rise, and then wage more aggressive wars. Who and when to make tributaries is all part of the horse-lords strategy.
The idea of a small Dothraki horde forcing Volantis or Qohor to fight on their behalf makes me laugh, that's why. They should be able to extort money as the current CB allows, but little more until they get to a certain size or strength.
To extort the money they must win a war first, which shouldn't be easy to win at all, so that's enough to stop a small Dothraki horde. If a good Dothraki commander defeats them with a rather small force, well... defeat is defeat, good for the Dothraki.
All nomads are empire tier for game mechanical reasons IIRC. Not sure how the AGOT team will deal with that one.
I have no idea if it is moddable at all, but would it be possible to expand on the dynamic mercenary mechanic so that Westerosi in general, but the Northmen and Ironborn in particular, can go off and form their own bands (of about 500 men or more)? I was brought to thinking of it specifically because of the Company of the Rose, which was a group formed by a large group of Northerners (men and women apparently) who refused to live under Targaryen rule and so left Westeros. The impression that the world book gave was that it might well have been in the thousands, a sort of early Golden Company as it were (it might also explain what happened to some of Torrhen's son). Similarly, Daemon's campaign in the Stepstones was apparently made by younger sons and children of lesser branches of the noble Houses.
So, could something like that be possible? Where if either a) a character is ambitious, and/or b) has a negative feeling towards their liege, they can gather funds, and randomly go off and form their own companies?
So, could something like that be possible? Where if either a) a character is ambitious, and/or b) has a negative feeling towards their liege, they can gather funds, and randomly go off and form their own companies?
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