Post by jbrams on Dec 28, 2018 11:30:20 GMT
i had a few thoughts about Robert's bastards and what happens if cersei's children are revealed as bastards.
Firstly Mya Stone should be listed as a child of Robert rather than just rfat=317 - sure Edric is the only child that Robert officially acknowledged, but he did know Mya existed, spending time with her whilst she was a baby, Robert even suggested bringing her to court before Cersei's threatened her, Ned knew the child and had met her, if memory serves Catelyn works it out immediately, and it is such an open secret in the Vale that Sansa knows who she is within a day of having met her - she clearly stands apart from other children of Robert like Gendry or Bella in Stony Sept that he probably had no idea even existed, so I think she should get acknowledged as a child of his.
Secondly, I think there should be some sort of mechanic to auto acknowledge the children of Robert if you rule that Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella are bastards - varys, baelish, Cersei, and Jon arryn all kept files on Robert's bastards, Stannis met most of them whilst researching with Jon Arryn so people know who a lot of Robert's children are, so it would be fairly lore compliant to make an event after Robb, Renly, or Stannis win against Joffrey saying "Though the children of King Robert's marriage were bastards born of incest, he left many baseborn children, easily recognisable by their clear Baratheon looks, some of these bastards are known to you, shall you acknowledge them as children of Robert Baratheon to continue his line?" Then if you select yes they get acknowledged- not legitimised, just acknowledged as bastard children of Robert with the potential to be acknowledged later - as it stands the only two ways of doing that are either save file editing which always feels cheaty or giving gendry some land and hoping someone investigates his legitimacy and it's basically impossible when it comes to Mya and Bella as they can't be granted land directly.
Thirdly, I'm unsure if it's for an event but in the history files baby Barra has the fat=317 #ed out and in the save files is listed with no father, if it is not for an event why not make her rfat=317 like the other bastards so she at least has Robert as a secret father.
Firstly Mya Stone should be listed as a child of Robert rather than just rfat=317 - sure Edric is the only child that Robert officially acknowledged, but he did know Mya existed, spending time with her whilst she was a baby, Robert even suggested bringing her to court before Cersei's threatened her, Ned knew the child and had met her, if memory serves Catelyn works it out immediately, and it is such an open secret in the Vale that Sansa knows who she is within a day of having met her - she clearly stands apart from other children of Robert like Gendry or Bella in Stony Sept that he probably had no idea even existed, so I think she should get acknowledged as a child of his.
Secondly, I think there should be some sort of mechanic to auto acknowledge the children of Robert if you rule that Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella are bastards - varys, baelish, Cersei, and Jon arryn all kept files on Robert's bastards, Stannis met most of them whilst researching with Jon Arryn so people know who a lot of Robert's children are, so it would be fairly lore compliant to make an event after Robb, Renly, or Stannis win against Joffrey saying "Though the children of King Robert's marriage were bastards born of incest, he left many baseborn children, easily recognisable by their clear Baratheon looks, some of these bastards are known to you, shall you acknowledge them as children of Robert Baratheon to continue his line?" Then if you select yes they get acknowledged- not legitimised, just acknowledged as bastard children of Robert with the potential to be acknowledged later - as it stands the only two ways of doing that are either save file editing which always feels cheaty or giving gendry some land and hoping someone investigates his legitimacy and it's basically impossible when it comes to Mya and Bella as they can't be granted land directly.
Thirdly, I'm unsure if it's for an event but in the history files baby Barra has the fat=317 #ed out and in the save files is listed with no father, if it is not for an event why not make her rfat=317 like the other bastards so she at least has Robert as a secret father.