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Houses Information and Background.
If you wish to reply to anything in this thread, please do so in the Houses thread - here.
Please refrain from posting in this thread, i wish to keep it clear and free of comments, thank you.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Houses
There are five houses;
Sun-Moon, Dusk-Dawn and Chaos.
There are 6 positions in each house.
A deck of 31 cards.
The Deck
Example:
House of Spades
King - Throne male card - V or VI
Queen- Throne female card - V or VI
Jack - Warrior card - IV
Ace - Magic card - III
Ten - Occupation card - II
Joker - Herald card - I
First position filled becomes House Guardian (until a Throne Card position is filled) they have combined say with Master of the Deck over who joins their House.
First Throne card position filled, rules the house and will be moved to the top of the house command chain.
Last edited by Apoc; February 26th, 2008 at 00:09.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
The Cards
There are six cards to each House; two Thrones, a Warrior, a Magi, one Occupation card and a Herald, titles of these positions vary with House.
Each House card has a defence and an attack scoring ability.
Attack points inflict damage to rival houses, defence points are what your house gains in victory.
An unaligned card is also in the fray.
Master of the Deck - 0
This card is the judge of the game, the rule book and the organiser. This card cannot participate in battles nor join a house...it is impartial, its house is the whole deck.
Position titles may be changed when a member ascends into one...but title must be recognisable to the position title its replacing, Master of the Deck will negotiate name changes should a member wish one. Name changes must be approved by Master of the Deck.
Card values (points earned upon victory and discounted in defeat)-
Herald -
Attack-5, Defend-20
Occupation -
Attack-10, Defend-18
Magic -
Attack-15, Defend-15
Warrior -
Attack-18, Defend-10
Thrones -
Attack 20, Defend 5
Values (attack and defence) explanation -
Example: In a duel between a Herald and a Warrior.
If the Herald Card where to be victorious in battle, it would inflict a 5 point damage on its rivals House (its attack) and score 20 points for its own (its defence). If the warrior card wins however, the Heralds House would be dealt a blow of 18 points (the warriors attack) and the Warrior would score for their House, 10 points (its defence).
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Entry/Ascendancy
Entry to Houses
The Master of the Deck will deal five cards at the start of play, not necessarily Throne cards, but these first five will be the Guardians of each House, the Gate keepers for entry into the houses.
After this, each House will have five cards still to be dealt, and by the House Guardians decision and that of the Master of the Deck, members will be dealt cards so as to ascend into a House position.
Throne cards when dealt will assume the rule of the House and by their decision and that of the Master of the Deck, will inform the Guardians who may enter.
Not all cards need be dealt, House positions could stay open for a long, long time, both the Master of the Deck and the Guardian or Throne have to agree for an ascendancy to occur, House positions will likely be difficult to attain so as to have positions go to the absolute right people.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Competitions
Each House has a starting total of 100 points.
Each card in a House has an attack and defence points value depending on position.
Each month there will be one big House war, winning House accumulates points upon victory in this war of the total of all its cards entered defence value. Losing Houses lose points to the value of the single winning cards attack value (this being the card that wins the competition).
Competitions don’t necessarily need Master of the Deck approval, but notification that one is happening is needed for the points to be counted and added to your Houses total.
If the Master of the Deck doesn’t know, it may not be seen.
Competitions can be anything- a story competition, 100 words, an avatar war, an art competition, a poetry comp, a haiku comp, a book review comp, general knowledge comp- anything, as long as its a competition of some kind.
Smaller competitions called duels can be played also, between two members from rival houses, these can be in anything also, one must simply challenge another to a duel, “~slaps buck~ i challenge thee to a duel”, “~slaps cass back~ I accept!”
If a duel is declined, the challenger gains half the points of the cowards defence value, the coward loses a point for their house. Duels will be judged by two non competing rival house members elected by the Master of the Deck.
Judging of main House competitions will be the duty of chosen members from the three Houses not participating in battle between two houses...these members will be preselected by the Master of the Deck before a battle commences, their judgings will be sent to the Master of the Deck. Judges names will be kept secret, only their comments and scores will be made available to everybody.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Rewards
House pride and a card and title of your own.
~grins~
Title/position in your post profile with coloured House of membership also, and being part of a team/group to compete against others in fun competition.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Other
A front page feature, being a post with the ranking scoreboard of the Houses;
Battles Won, Battles Lost, Duels Won, Duels Lost- total points and the positions in the Houses and who has what position, this will be run and maintained by the Master of the Deck.
Links to members cards will be on this as will all House information; disposition, history...basically everything pertaining to the Houses will be linked also. Links to a FAQ, introduction, rules...it'll have everything.
The requested more in depth explanation of houses disposition is being created by buck and shall be a linked feature on the front page post.
House descriptions can be worked on by the Thrones and Guardians of a House, but approval from the Master of the Deck is required for changes to be made.
If you wish to reply to anything in this thread, please do so in the Houses thread - linked here.
Please refrain from posting in this thread, i wish to keep it clear and free of comments, thank you.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
High House Sun
~
King -
Queen -
Champion -
Aes Sedai/Asha’man -
Priestess -
Herald -
~
Re: Houses Information and Background.
High House Moon
~
King -
Queen - Nightfaery
Knight - Dregs
Aes Sedai - Jennifer
Assassin - Eyreplenh
Herald - Waffles
~
Last edited by Apoc; September 16th, 2007 at 13:23.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
High House Dusk
~
King - Nachtnoir
Queen -
Knight - Chrono
Magi - LT
Soldier - Apoc
Herald -
~
Last edited by Apoc; September 16th, 2007 at 13:23.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
High House Dawn
~
Amrylin -
Lord -
Sword of Truth - Buck
Aes Sedai - Amelia
Seamstress/Weaver -
Herald -
~
Last edited by Apoc; September 16th, 2007 at 13:20.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
High House Chaos
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Lord - Archley
Consort -
Knight -
Warlock -
Philosopher -
Fool -
~
Last edited by Apoc; September 16th, 2007 at 13:18.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Unaligned
~
Master of the Deck -
~
Last edited by Apoc; September 16th, 2007 at 13:16.
Re: Houses Information and Background.
Houses of the Quill
The Pantheon
High House Sun
Battles - 0 - W-0 L-0 Duels - 0 - W-0 - L-0 - Pts-100
High House Moon
Battles - 0 - W-0 L-0 Duels - 0 - W-0 - L-0 - Pts-100
High House Dusk
Battles - 0 - W-0 L-0 Duels - 0 - W-0 - L-0 - Pts-100
High House Dawn
Battles - 0 - W-0 L-0 Duels - 0 - W-0 - L-0 - Pts-100
High House Chaos
Battles - 0 - W-0 L-0 Duels - 0 - W-0 - L-0 - Pts-100
Unaligned
~click on House to view positions held~
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