Post by ConsiderableFlux on Jul 29, 2020 23:04:20 GMT
Hi again.
So, I've thought some about interfaith marriage (again). And I still find it way too cripling. If you are R'hllor, and play in Westeros, you can't marry anyone, except from across The Narrow Sea.
So I thought, what if the primary interfaith marriage determiner is culture, and then faith afterwards?
Like, in ASoIaF, it seems as if people are more concerned with foreigners, than they are with heretics. This further varies from religion to religion.
Now, the gameplay mechanic sought after, as I understand it, is to prevent too much intermarriage from various places on the globe. So my suggestion is, to make it primarily about culture, and then about faith.
So that people who are of Westerosi cultures will only intermarry with other Westerosi (and High and Westerosi Valyrians). Unless they are of the same faith as them. In which case they get a hefty foreigner opinion penalty to accepting the marriage.
On the other hand, if the culture is an accepted culture (Westerosi cultures, and High and Westerosi Valyrian), but the religion is different, there will be a false/foreign religion penalty, depending on the religion both of the character seeking marriage, and the person who is the target of said marriage. For example, a follower of the Old Gods would be more likely to accept a bride of a different religion, than would a follower of The Seven, or even worse, a follower of R'hllor or The Drowned God. But all would get a penalty. If specific religions would never intermarry lore wise, you could simply make the religion penalty high enough to prevent that (Moonsingers/R'hllor perhaps?).
By allowing first culture and then faith to be a deciding factor in this fashion, you can get a more intricate and closer to lore representation of who can marry who in the world. Preventing such scenarios as a R'hllor Westerosi lord who can only seek brides in Essos. If you're the lord of Casterly Rock and The Westerlands, people will marry you for other reasons than faith. Mostly.
In Volantis, the culture modifier could simply say that the Essoi Valyrians will only marry other Valyrians, To prevent too much, or any, intermarriage with their Essoi subjects.
I even think this could work for court invites as well. Also making Westeros seem like a cultural whole, rather than religious silos.
What do you think?
So, I've thought some about interfaith marriage (again). And I still find it way too cripling. If you are R'hllor, and play in Westeros, you can't marry anyone, except from across The Narrow Sea.
So I thought, what if the primary interfaith marriage determiner is culture, and then faith afterwards?
Like, in ASoIaF, it seems as if people are more concerned with foreigners, than they are with heretics. This further varies from religion to religion.
Now, the gameplay mechanic sought after, as I understand it, is to prevent too much intermarriage from various places on the globe. So my suggestion is, to make it primarily about culture, and then about faith.
So that people who are of Westerosi cultures will only intermarry with other Westerosi (and High and Westerosi Valyrians). Unless they are of the same faith as them. In which case they get a hefty foreigner opinion penalty to accepting the marriage.
On the other hand, if the culture is an accepted culture (Westerosi cultures, and High and Westerosi Valyrian), but the religion is different, there will be a false/foreign religion penalty, depending on the religion both of the character seeking marriage, and the person who is the target of said marriage. For example, a follower of the Old Gods would be more likely to accept a bride of a different religion, than would a follower of The Seven, or even worse, a follower of R'hllor or The Drowned God. But all would get a penalty. If specific religions would never intermarry lore wise, you could simply make the religion penalty high enough to prevent that (Moonsingers/R'hllor perhaps?).
By allowing first culture and then faith to be a deciding factor in this fashion, you can get a more intricate and closer to lore representation of who can marry who in the world. Preventing such scenarios as a R'hllor Westerosi lord who can only seek brides in Essos. If you're the lord of Casterly Rock and The Westerlands, people will marry you for other reasons than faith. Mostly.
In Volantis, the culture modifier could simply say that the Essoi Valyrians will only marry other Valyrians, To prevent too much, or any, intermarriage with their Essoi subjects.
I even think this could work for court invites as well. Also making Westeros seem like a cultural whole, rather than religious silos.
What do you think?