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Very well put, the problem I run into with experienced DnD gamers in the last ten years or so, is that they actually get mad if they don't know what a monster is or how many points of whatever they need to defeat it. I agree with the underlying concept that things should be on the up and up, I...

This sounds like a great campaign. This is similar to the way I try to run my campaigns, though I probably don't do it as well. I use the familiarity (at least on an intuitive level) of a rich historical background as a dangerous and nuanced world which is interesting in it's own right, and...

Try borrowing a few from Ars Magica, there are an infinity of cool spells on their wiki G.

People seem to like this game for much the same reasons they like Warhammer FRPG, things like an overall more 'dangerous' feel, faster more realistic and / or cinematic combat, rarer and more 'magically' unpredictable magic. This is essentially how a lot of people used to home rule DnD when I...

Bit more on Great Helms. A lot of people probably wonder about these, without realizing how they were actually used. Their construction seems to emphasize protection at the expense of everything else, including the ability to see, move your head or breathe. Though they aren't nearly as...

You should definitely rent the Seven Samurai and also, The Magnificent Seven which is a copy of it set in the Wild West. Both great films, especially the former. Set in a small village, peasants hire the experts to defend their town, but it could give you lots of ideas for how to do such a...

I selected "Other": I agree iterative attacks is a clumsy rule: use the Martial Pool instead. Give your players a Martial Pool dice at a certain rate, say one at first level plus one per every 3 BaB. (Or alternately do as we do and give them one per BaB with a cap at 4th level) Then once...

Funny you mention that, I have them done up, should be ready for upload to codexmartialis.com later today or tonight, depending on when I find the time. EDIT: they are uploaded now.

On the subject of knights, here is a cool website on Greathelms, if you ever wanted to know anything about them. 75years - Great Helms

Be glad to send you a comp if you run out :) I did three characters yesterday, a knight, a samurai and an Irish raparee (a type of bandit) I haven't made the PDF yet but I'll probably finish it tomorrow night, I'll let you know when they are uploaded. G.

Yes but keep in mind, that is only one way of playing - maybe the way the rules tend to push you in 3.5 / 3.75, but not everybody wants or needs to play godlike characters. Quite a few people play DnD low-magic / low fantasy and enjoy playing something similar to one of the real-life heros from...

Ok so lets continue to try to create some rules for our specialized warhorses. 3.5 OGL SRD I am looking at right now lists three types: a heavy and a light warhorse, and a war pony. SRD - Animals The Heavy Warhorse costs 400 gp, 4 HD, Str 18, Dex 13, Con 17, Base Speed 50', attacks with...

I'm supposed to do some sample Characters for our website, I may do some tomorrow. I just converted ten monsters for the codex which are on the website now as a PDF (it's still in beta, when it's finished there will be 23 Monsters) If I get a chance I'll do 3 or 4 Characters tomorrow and...

Ok I'm done with my chores so a bit more delving on the situation of our knight: Ok so, some quibbles: 1) I don't think a 1st level commoner is really accurate for a militia. 2) I definitely don't think a knight would be a Warrior class in most cultures, an Aristocrat is a good fit as I...

Yeah I think iterative attacks, fighting defensively, combat expertise, power attack and all that can and should be basically thrown out the window and replaced with the martial pool. My point is merely that the 4 dice on each side really doesn't feel like all that much in practice, though it...

Hey I don't have a lot of time but I just wanted to pop in here, and say thanks for crunching the numbers, that's some good stuff! I think maybe we need to also explore the idea of what the infantry was all about in this period as well in order to determine the context of our knight so we can...

You both have a point, and it is indeed tempting to make a new class for the knight isn't it? In fact I agree the Aristocrat is the logical starting point (with a few changes I'll get into shortly). But my initial goal was to try to make a knight out of an ordinary DnD fighter so we could see...

Knight an his Lance part III of III The Knight and his Lance part III of III I'm somewhat limited for time so I'm actually going to subdivide part III of this into two parts... A Thirteenth Century Knight in 3.5 DnD As popular as the idea is, the Knight is not a common archetype in most RPG...

Thanks I'm delighted that y'all like the thread. I hope some of it is useful for peoples campaigns, character backgrounds or game design efforts. I'm going to try to tie some of this stuff back directly into DnD in my next post (part III of the Knight / Lance blog) Please chime in if you have...

Yes it was, perhaps ironically, very good as I mentioned earlier in this thread though I haven't read that parituclar one, their Celtic Age and Vlad the Impaler books were some of the best researched historical RPG supplements I ever saw. Whoever decided to do all the cheesecake on the covers...