How do you chose a class for a noble PC

[Jenka]

If you were going to start a game at 1st lvl as a Unlanded Knight, Scion of an ancient and noble house. What class would you take? Warrior seems a no brainer but there’s a lack of skills. Skills like Knowledge Nobility or deplomacy. How would you handle this?

 

[Scharlata]

If you were going to start a game at 1st lvl as a Unlanded Knight, Scion of an ancient and noble house. What class would you take? Warrior seems a no brainer but there’s a lack of skills. Skills like Knowledge Nobility or deplomacy. How would you handle this?

Hi!

You could substitute fighter for warrior to get more feats, but it seems not unsound to substitute expert for warrior to get the skills you need.

Kind regards

 

[Darkness]

You mean Fighter, no? If not, I'd recommend Aristocrat rather than Warrior.

Assuming PC class:

Fighter with modified class skills.

or

Get a feat that makes certain skills class skills for you.

 

[Jenka]

er.. Yes I ment a fighter. I didn't even know there was a "Warrior" class.

 

[Tonguez]

Aristocrat is cool and isn't to weak compared to a PC class

Cleric is an option (lots of saints like St Tomas Aquinas and St Francis of Asisis came from a wealthy merchant families)

 

[Shin Okada]

It depends highly on what kind of nobles they are. Or, how nobles are in your campaign.

I say Fighters, Paladins or even Barbarians, are perfect for real european medieval knights. Most of them could not even read books.

Aristocrat may be good, too.

 

[MadBlue]

The Dragonlance Campaign Setting has a Noble class. It's a lot like the Aristocrat NPC class, but it has special abilities similar to the Star Wars Noble. It's worth checking out. Dragonlance Campaign Setting was done by WotC for 3.5, so it should be easy to insert the Noble into your game.

 

[Darkness]

The Dragonlance Campaign Setting has a Noble class. It's a lot like the Aristocrat NPC class, but it has special abilities similar to the Star Wars Noble. It's worth checking out. Dragonlance Campaign Setting was done by WotC for 3.5, so it should be easy to insert the Noble into your game.

That one's kinda like a weaker, non-spellcasting bard, no?

 

[Shin Okada]

How about Marshal class (in Miniatures Handbook)? Though not a spellcaster or the top class combatant, those auras are good (I prefer those ones to raise saves). You may later take some cleric or paladin classes to maximize the usage of cha score.

 

[S'mon]

Normally this guy would be a Fighter IMC, though a player could take Aristocrat if they wanted to play a fop or dandy and didn't want Rogue abilities (darn role-wimps!). Fighter is flexible enough to cover both a traditional armoured knight & dashing swashbuckler. A typical Knight would _not_ have good diplomacy, I might give them 2 free ranks in Kno(Nobility) and make it a class skill if they asked nice. If they want Diplomacy as a cs I'd charge a Feat.