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Cameron Guill, Joshua Raynack

Ryan Rawls

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A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to

Knights

Writing:

Cameron Guill

Joshua Raynack

Editor:

Alea Publishing Group

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Game Design:

Cameron Guill

Joshua Raynack

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Joshua Raynack

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Chapter Seven: New Spells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Cleansing Fire 50

ark ire 0

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Melt Weapons 50

Sense Evil 51

Sense Good 51

Silent Arcana 51

Still Arcana 51

Appendix One: Hill Lands Supplement. . . . . . 51

Ancient Bath 51

Ancient Plain 51

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Asbrae 54

alis 4

Carpathos 54

Iron Tooth Castle 55

Knight’s Pass 55

i ’s ad 5

alsara esert 5

Ocean of Dreams 56

Orc Fang Keep 56

Orc Village 56

Orc Seer Tree 57

Soul Keep 57

South Peak 57

Whalebone Graveyard 57

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Appendix Two: Monsters and NPCs. . . . . . . . 58

Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

What this Book Provides 4

Brief Overview of Knighthood 4

Chapter One: New Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Critical Armor Bonus 5

Critical Damage Reduction 5

elay i e 5

rag 5

arity al e 5

Chapter Two: Feats, Skills, and Fighting Styles. . . 6

New Uses for Skills 6

New Synergy Bonuses 7

es f eats 7

eat escri ti s 8

i ti g t les 2

at ills 2

Combat Skill Descriptions 13

Chapter Three: Prestige Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Ancestral Knight 17

lack i t 8

ark a i n 9

ar en r 1

allen i t 2

Knight Champion 23

Knight of the Dawn 25

Knight Hospitaller 26

i t e lar 7

Knight of the Wild 29

i t- rra t 1

ire 2

Teutonic Knight 34

Troubadour 35

Chapter Four: Knight Followers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Human Followers 37

Typical 1st Level Followers 37

Typical 2nd Level Followers 39

Typical 3rd Level Followers 40

Typical 4th Level Followers 41

Typical 5th Level Followers 42

Typical 6th Level Followers 43

Chapter Five: New Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

r r 4

ea s 5

Ite s 5

Item Variant: Whetstone 46

Historical Variant: Swords 46

Historical Variant: Armor 46

Chapter Six: New Magical Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Green Knight

Rust Knight

Sir Gerard Winters of Dabny

Tables

3-1: Ancestral Knight

3-2: Black Knight

3-3: Dark Champion

3-4: Dwarven Tor

3-5: Fallen Knight

3-6: Knight Champion

3-7: Knight of the Dawn

3-8: Knight Hospitaller

3-9: Knight Templar

3-10: Knight of the Wild

3-11: Knight-Errant

3-12: Squire

3-13: Teutonic Knight

3-14: Troubadour

5-1: Armor

Awakened Items

5-2: Weapons

Armor Enhancements

5-3: Goods

Weapon Enhancements

5-4: Sword of Dawn

Wondrous Items

5-5: Sword of Fallen Lords

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During arid sieges, crusading knights, desperate to

satisfy their thirst, were forced to drink urine or the

blood of animals. Disease ran rampant due to unsanitary

conditions within medieval towns and fortresses.

In addition to these everyday hardships, many

religious orders asked potential members to endure

greater self-sacrifices. These hopefuls, in exchange for

religious instruction, discipline, order, and to belong to a

unique sense of brotherhood, were promised possible

glory in battle amidst foreign lands.

Upon entering the Order of Knights Templar,

hopefuls were interviewed by a preceptor with a

sobering insight: “You seek what is a great thing, but

you do not know the strong precepts of the Order; for

you see us from the outside, well dressed, well mounted,

and well equipped, but you cannot know the austerities

of the Order . . . for when you wish to be on this side of

the sea, you will be beyond it, and vice versa, and when

you wish to sleep, you must be awake, and when you

wish to eat you must go hungry. Can you bear these

things . . . and the safety of your souls?” Needless to

say, to except such a task in youth speaks volumes of

bravery, courage, and determination.

Those not belonging to an order also spent many

years far from home waging war for king and country

whether it was on crusade in the Middle East or some

foreign land fighting against others like themselves.

When captured, a noble knight, depending on his status,

was treated accordingly to his station. Usually these

knights, placed under house arrest, enjoyed many

luxuries and comforts from their capturing host until a

ransom could be raised. The ransom, more than likely,

would leave the noble knight destitute when paid, with

only his title and honor intact. However, this was not

always the case.

Saladin, a brilliant and shrewd commander who

posed a great threat against crusaders, refused to ransom

battle skilled Knight Templars and usually killed them

once captured for fear that they would return to the

battlefield. As a result, in years and crusades to come,

many Knight Templars declined to be ransomed,

knowing full aware of their fate once captured.

Needless to say, how realistic you wish to present

the duties and role of a fantasy knight in your game, is

entirely up to you. With this in mind, read and enjoy,

and take from this supplement what you wish.

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Introduction

The imagery of knighthood exemplifies the epitome of

courage, gallantry, honor, and valor beyond normal

standards of any individual. Literature, as well as

motion pictures, revealed the mighty prowess of the

mounted soldier, whether through conquest, glory,

religious beliefs, or greed.

This book enables a player to add a certain depth to

a fighter, bard, paladin, cleric, and even a rogue

character. It also furthers to enrich any fantasy world

with societies, crusades, and emerging brotherhoods.

What this book

provides

Presented in A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to

Knights are new rules, feats, and prestige classes to fur-

ther specialize your character. This book enables you to

recapture the legacy knighthood established and have it

exist in any campaign. It brings the fear of a cavalry

charge or the heavy armored mounted soldier to a place

it has yet to exist: the d20 gaming world.

Also included are ready-made knight followers for

those who select the Leadership Feat described in the

DMG .

Additionally, the appendix introduces a first look

of the world of Terra: overflowing with new cities,

towns, full color maps, art, monsters and powerful

NPCs.

The world of Terra is presented in a regional map

of the Hill Lands, a place of ancient cities and crusading

armies. It is available in this format so that you can

either begin examining the world of Terra and its

inhabitants or place the region in an already existing

campaign for your knightly crusading orders to venture.

Brief overview of

knighthood

The historic aspects of knighthood deviates, to some

extent, from the imagery romanticized in literature. Life

as a knight, whether belonging to one of the various

religious orders, or a servant to a nobler lord, was filled

with discipline and hardship.

A Historical or Fantasy Campaign?

Throughout this supplement we provide variant rules

that allow a more historical portrayal of general

medieval times. Incorporating these rules can make a

campaign unique by bringing a historic feel while

maintaining the many fantasy elements a d20 campaign

offers. Also, look to our website for free web

enhancements detailing medieval life.

for his Elven Chain (Market Price: 4,150 gp).

This allows a more realistic portrayal of taking

time to search out the items a character wishes to

purchase. Additionally, a Delay Time does not

necessarily transfer into an actual set time. For instance,

Ramirez the Black may find someone willing to sell his

or her Banded Mail of Luck on the 4th day, however he

negotiates over a price the remaining 15 days.

Chapter One:

New Rules

The following rules presented in this chapter will add a

new addition to a campaign as well as compliment the

rules found in the Core Rulebooks.

Critical Armor Bonus

Critical armor bonus is a new type of bonus that is

applied to the armor class when determining the result

of a critical threat. Some pieces of armor provide

additional protection, such as the kidney belt (described

in Chapter Five: New Equipment ) . A knight wearing a

kidney belt in addition to full plate armor has an armor

class of 18 and an armor class of 19 against a critical

threat (+8 armor bonus from the full plate armor and +1

critical armor bonus from the kidney belt). As with all

types of bonuses, critical armor bonuses do not stack

with other critical armor bonuses.

Drag

Drag is a new combat option available to those with the

Shot on the Run feat. In order to execute this tactic, a

mounted character or charioteer, must first make a

successful trip attack with a whip, lasso, or net while

using the Shot on the Run feat. Afterward, an opposed

Strength check is needed to drag the victim. The

mounted rider gains a +1 circumstance bonus to the

opposed Strength roll for every ten feet the rider moved

before making the attack. A successful check results in

the victim being dragged suffering 1d6 points of

nonlethal damage for every ten feet the horse traveled

after the attack. The victim is subsequently released. A

failed Strength check results in the rider becoming

unhorsed or, in the case of a charioteer, fall from the

vehicle.

Critical Attack Bonus

A critical attack bonus only applies to an attack roll

following a critical threat. As with most bonuses,

multiple critical attack bonuses do not stack with one

another.

Rarity Value

A group of adventurers have just rescued the beautiful

damsel and slain the nasty red dragon, Kormath, whom

has plagued the small town of Seven Arrows. Hauling

the treasure back into town, each adventurer announces

that they will be purchasing ancient plate, a relic of the

days of yore. What is a DM to do? Due to the large

dragon haul they have enough to armor themselves in

plate armor forged hundreds of years ago. Have no fear.

Assign a Rarity Value to the item.

Some items are hard to find and thus have a Rarity

Value. All items featured in the Core Rulebooks are

considered to be common and easily found items,

however there are others that take a little time. To find

the availability of an item, determine the average party

level and multiply that number by the item's Rarity

Value (Uncommon is 20%, Rare is 10%, and Ancient is

5%). For example: Jarix of the Silver Citadel is 6th

level, Hodge Lil'thorn is 10th level, Iris of Carpathos is

5th level, and Omi the Eastbound is 7th level. The

average party level is 7th level (7 x Rarity Value

determines whether an item is found). The example

adventurers have a 140% chance of finding an

uncommon item (values of 100% or more are considered

to be easily found), a 70% chance for a rare item, and a

35% chance of finding an ancient item. Thus, this group

of adventurers will have a 35% chance of finding one

suit of ancient plate (a Rarity Value of Ancient).

Critical Damage Reduction

Critical damage reduction is a new type of reduction that

is only in effect if a critical threat is confirmed. Some

items (see Chapter Five: New Equipment f or details on

these items) provide damage reduction against certain

types of successful critical hits. Critical damage

reduction does not stack with normal damage reduction.

Apply the higher damage reduction if a character has

both a critical damage reduction rating and a normal

damage reduction rating on a successful critical hit.

Delay Time

Aside from assigning a Rarity Value ( see below) to an

item you can add a Delay Time when either acquiring or

selling a particular magic item. When characters buy or

sell magic items it is assumed that they hunt throughout

a town looking for a particular item as well as a person

willing to sell or purchase the item rather than going to a

“magic store”.

A Delay Time is easy to configure into the items of

the Core Rulebooks, other books, or items specifically

created by you for your campaign world. To assign a

Delay Time, look at the cost of an item or the price a

character is willing to sell an item for. It takes a

character a day to sell or buy a magic item for each

1,000 gp in the price of the item. For example, it will

take Ramirez the Black nearly 19 days to find and

purchase Banded Mail of Luck (Market Price: 18,900

gp) while he will require at least 5 days to find a buyer

In addition, the item's availability is still

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