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<blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 7739587" data-attributes="member: 6796566"><p>I don't think I'd stat Lancelot as a paladin. He never uses magic in the legends, but there are a couple of stories about him that suggest he is as unbeatable without armor as he is in his full kit. Also, a paladin build makes him very similar to any other knight of the round table, when he should really be something special because of his fey origin.</p><p></p><p>I'd make Lancelot a barbarian zealot. He tends to lose control when he fights (killing Gaheris and Gareth, for example) and is sometimes depicted as needing to get the hell out of town to spend time in the forest and get his head together. I see nothing that would make the zealot incompatible with knighthood, and it would reflect Lancelot becoming an unstoppable force when he gets going.</p><p></p><p>Also, to reflect the supernatural favor of his step-mother (the arch-fey Lady of the Lake) I'd give him the charm of heroism (DMG 228) once per day. I'd make his strength and dexterity good, but not freakishly good--either 18 and 16 respectively, or 16 and 14, depending on the campaign and his role in it. What I would make ridiculous, though, would be his constitution. I'd shoot that all the way up to 20 to reflect his almost inhuman "unbeatable" resilience.</p><p></p><p>The death of Lancelot in the movie Excalibur is totally "Rage Beyond Death" (the zealot capstone.) Returning to the battlefield, Lancelot aggravates his old self-inflicted wound which will inevitably be fatal. He's a dead man walking, clutching his side and about to fall over, yet still decimates any who would stand against him. Finally, he finds Arthur who absolves him and restores his honor, at which point the rage fades and Lancelot dies.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that's how I'd do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epithet, post: 7739587, member: 6796566"] I don't think I'd stat Lancelot as a paladin. He never uses magic in the legends, but there are a couple of stories about him that suggest he is as unbeatable without armor as he is in his full kit. Also, a paladin build makes him very similar to any other knight of the round table, when he should really be something special because of his fey origin. I'd make Lancelot a barbarian zealot. He tends to lose control when he fights (killing Gaheris and Gareth, for example) and is sometimes depicted as needing to get the hell out of town to spend time in the forest and get his head together. I see nothing that would make the zealot incompatible with knighthood, and it would reflect Lancelot becoming an unstoppable force when he gets going. Also, to reflect the supernatural favor of his step-mother (the arch-fey Lady of the Lake) I'd give him the charm of heroism (DMG 228) once per day. I'd make his strength and dexterity good, but not freakishly good--either 18 and 16 respectively, or 16 and 14, depending on the campaign and his role in it. What I would make ridiculous, though, would be his constitution. I'd shoot that all the way up to 20 to reflect his almost inhuman "unbeatable" resilience. The death of Lancelot in the movie Excalibur is totally "Rage Beyond Death" (the zealot capstone.) Returning to the battlefield, Lancelot aggravates his old self-inflicted wound which will inevitably be fatal. He's a dead man walking, clutching his side and about to fall over, yet still decimates any who would stand against him. Finally, he finds Arthur who absolves him and restores his honor, at which point the rage fades and Lancelot dies. Anyway, that's how I'd do it. [/QUOTE]
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