One small problem: bar some minor dabbling, I've not played much of Crusader Kings. I'm going to take in the big picture, and play the pawns against each other. I'm going to scheme and sneak, backstab and betray. It lets you start plots against people, build spy networks, even kill your own wife. Crusader Kings 2 simulates all the intrigue of thousands of power-plays moving and interlocking across a vast political landscape.
It's what gets him killed, and it's a trait I don't intend to take on myself.
In the books, Ned is naïve and unflinchingly honourable-to his own detriment. Ned doesn't even make it through one book before he has his head lopped off by his pal's son and kingly replacement: Joffrey Baratheon. Robert, after successfully rebelling against an incumbent king, loses a fight with a boar and unceremoniously dies in bed with his guts falling out. Ned is naïve and unflinchingly honourable-to his own detriment.
