Let's stat out the Knights of King Arthur

[ThorneMD]

I was watching King Arthur (again) and found myself trying to think of their classes/skills/feats (yes I know, I need help). Anyway, what do the minds of EnWorld think that they should be?

 

[Turanil]

I was watching King Arthur (again) and found myself trying to think of their classes/skills/feats (yes I know, I need help). Anyway, what do the minds of EnWorld think that they should be?

Well, it first depends on the set of rules you want to use: D&D, Heroes of Code, Legends of Excalibur, R&R Excalibur, Grim Tales, etc. Then it depends on the movie you base yourself on. Myself I only know the old movie Excalibur, but I would have a hard time determining stats from that movie. Lastly, level range is most subjective: 5-10 / 7-13 / 10-15 / 15-20?

 

[Henry]

I'll pre-empt Diaglo by saying that their stats are already in the Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia.

However, since that will not help your problem, I'll also say: Which source are you using? I'd like to be on the same page with what you saw.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

If we're talking about them as presented in the movie King Arthur (A movie, which for all its faults, I really enjoy), magic is more or less right out. So, I'd say that we have a set of fighters, knights, and maybe a ranger or two. As far as the levels, I'd say they're in the 5th - 10th bracket.

If we're talking about them as presented in folklore and legend, then it gets a little trickier.

 

[ThorneMD]

The system would be D&D (3.5)

The movie would be the most recent one named King Arthur.

My guess for levels would be between 10-15. All the knights were doing some extraordinary things throughout.

 

[Turanil]

Mmmmh... I didn't see that movie.

 

[Tamlyn]

Would it be more fun to stat out the knights as portrayed in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

 

[Aaron L]

Yes, it would.

 

[tarchon]

Mmmmh... I didn't see that movie.

If it's the 2004 one with Keira Knightly, you didn't miss too much. It was kind of a weird attempt to make a historical King Arthur film without all the fantastic mythology, but what it ended up being was not very historical and full of rather unlikely Hollywood action film conventions, basically substituting modern fantasy for Arthurian fantasy. Most of the main characters were the usual invulnerable action-film superhumans until their individual heroic death scenes came up in the script, so they were probably advanced Warhammer characters with a lot of fate points.

 

[Aus_Snow]

If we're talking about them as presented in the movie King Arthur (A movie, which for all its faults, I really enjoy), magic is more or less right out. So, I'd say that we have a set of fighters, knights, and maybe a ranger or two. As far as the levels, I'd say they're in the 5th - 10th bracket.

If we're talking about them as presented in folklore and legend, then it gets a little trickier.

As you say (more or less) it's not low-magic, it's no-magic. At least, it certainly seemed that way.

Therefore, I'd say some levels of Scout (or magic-free Ranger X), rather than the PHB Ranger class.

Also, whatever fighter or knight variants 'were being used', they don't go in for a lot of armour, so it'd need to be different versions there, too.

All in all, perhaps a d20 fantasy ruleset other than D&D itself might be better suited. I'm not sure exactly which one though.


I thought this movie was a refreshing adaptation of Arthurian myths, btw.