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<blockquote data-quote="pneumatik" data-source="post: 4712386" data-attributes="member: 21087"><p><strong>Knights of the Aquiline Cross</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Knights of the Aquiline Cross</strong></p><p></p><p>The KotAC actually emerged out of Sindaire over twenty years ago. They have a small chapel in every city in the known world, and a larger chapterhouse in most countries. They are generally well received by the populace, who know they can count of the KotAC to heal them when they're hurt or sick. More significantly, people who know the knights know that they risk their lives to protect innocents. This activity can get them in a little bit of trouble when it comes to governments, because they can be more proactive at protecting innocents than local rulers who don't like being shown up. </p><p></p><p>Their membership is open to anyone with an alignment of LG, NG, CG, or LN. The organization, while not exactly militant, does have a hierarchy at is at least clear to its members. This structure allows the KotAC to easily direct resources to where they can do the most good – healers aid the injured while warriors dispatch foes.</p><p></p><p>Knights often speak of following a higher cause, or being driven by a greater purpose, though they never divulge details. Knights sometimes even claim that they were only able to accomplish some task because of some sort of power they were given by whatever teachings they follow. Game-mechanically, if these powers exist they'll be handled via feats open to knights with the appropriate knowledge.</p><p></p><p><strong>Titling</strong></p><p>Despite calling themselves a knighthood, their members are not actually ennobled, so they're careful to not assign any true titles of nobility – their knights are not sirs and dames. Junior members are titled <em>squire</em>. Full knights are titled <em>staret</em>, and have a post nominal title of <em>adjective</em> Vigil. As knights become more senior, they add adjectives and adverbs to their post nominal, and replace Vigil with the names of various monsters. Generally speaking, the longer and more fanciful the title the more senior the Knight.</p><p></p><p><strong>Credit where credit's due</strong>: The material I'm adding to the KotAC is based on the Knights of the Watch from the Living Greyhawk campaign. That material was developed for the Living Greyhawk Campaign by Jeff Kahrs, Nick Perch, and Pete Winz, and is based on material published by Wizards of the Coast. Just so no one thinks I came up with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pneumatik, post: 4712386, member: 21087"] [b]Knights of the Aquiline Cross[/b] [b]Knights of the Aquiline Cross[/b] The KotAC actually emerged out of Sindaire over twenty years ago. They have a small chapel in every city in the known world, and a larger chapterhouse in most countries. They are generally well received by the populace, who know they can count of the KotAC to heal them when they're hurt or sick. More significantly, people who know the knights know that they risk their lives to protect innocents. This activity can get them in a little bit of trouble when it comes to governments, because they can be more proactive at protecting innocents than local rulers who don't like being shown up. Their membership is open to anyone with an alignment of LG, NG, CG, or LN. The organization, while not exactly militant, does have a hierarchy at is at least clear to its members. This structure allows the KotAC to easily direct resources to where they can do the most good – healers aid the injured while warriors dispatch foes. Knights often speak of following a higher cause, or being driven by a greater purpose, though they never divulge details. Knights sometimes even claim that they were only able to accomplish some task because of some sort of power they were given by whatever teachings they follow. Game-mechanically, if these powers exist they'll be handled via feats open to knights with the appropriate knowledge. [b]Titling[/b] Despite calling themselves a knighthood, their members are not actually ennobled, so they're careful to not assign any true titles of nobility – their knights are not sirs and dames. Junior members are titled [i]squire[/i]. Full knights are titled [i]staret[/i], and have a post nominal title of [i]adjective[/i] Vigil. As knights become more senior, they add adjectives and adverbs to their post nominal, and replace Vigil with the names of various monsters. Generally speaking, the longer and more fanciful the title the more senior the Knight. [b]Credit where credit's due[/b]: The material I'm adding to the KotAC is based on the Knights of the Watch from the Living Greyhawk campaign. That material was developed for the Living Greyhawk Campaign by Jeff Kahrs, Nick Perch, and Pete Winz, and is based on material published by Wizards of the Coast. Just so no one thinks I came up with it. [/QUOTE]
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