3.x Deathknight

[ghrezdd]

I know that WOTC published a version of the Deathknight (or at least I think so) and I think that someother d20 publishers have as well; but for the life of me I can't remember what books they are in!

Does anyone know?

 

[shilsen]

Monster Manual 2. It's among the templates at the back.

I believe it's appeared elsewhere too.

 

[Mark Hope]

There's another version of the death knight in the Dragonlance campaign setting (possibly updated in the Bestiary of Krynn - not sure as I don't have that), and a third version in Necromancer Games' Tome of Horrors (where it is called the Demonic Knight).

 

[Echohawk]

Monster Manual II, p207 or Dragonlance Campaign Setting, p212 for the Krynnish version.

 

[Cam Banks]

The version we use in the DLCS (and subsequently used elsewhere, such as Lord Soth's stats in War of the Lance) differs from MM2's death knight in that the more powerful death knights gain spell-like abilities such as power words, and gain see invisibility at will. Death knights of Krynn may also create skeleton warriors (also included in the DLCS).

Tome of Horrors is still somewhat faithful to the original Fiend Folio death knight from 1st edition AD&D, but it's much more demonic in nature and their creator is given as Orcus, not Demogorgon.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Garnfellow]

An additional but Open (!) take on the death knight template was done by Scott Greene and appeared in Mongoose's Necromancy: Beyond the Grave book. DnDChick has a groovy 3.5-updated version on her website:

http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/necromancy.html

Although I believe the 3.5 update booklet for MMII neglects to mention it, the DR for a death knight should be 15/magic and bludgeoning.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Is the one in the MM2 the same as the one that was published in Dragon? I think it was issue #291/292. It was part of the LGJ, an amazing article I must say.

 

[Alzrius]

Is the one in the MM2 the same as the one that was published in Dragon?

It is, I checked.

 

[Pants]

I did a psuedo-update of the death knight here.

 

[ruleslawyer]

Aw, heck. While we're at it, here's another entry for the sweepstakes.