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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3045685" data-attributes="member: 16077">Hmm - then how do you resolve this with the fact that there are specific prestige classes and/or substitution levels for the various knights in the Forgotten Realms (Purple Dragon Knight, Knight-Errant of Silverymoon, Crescent Moon Knight, Darksong Knight, Knight of the Blue Moon, Knight of the Flying Hunt, Knight of the Weave, Mystic Fire Knight, Silverhair Knight, Ruby Rose Knight, Thayan Knight, Triadic Knight, Vengeance Knight, Wary Swordknight)Not only thay, but there are at least a few Knight prestige classes in the splat books - Knight Protector, Knight of the Chalice, etc.I constantly find myself in a situation where I look at a core or splat book's classes and see a similar Forgotten Realms specific one that is more balanced, has more flavor, or is otherwise preferable.  In fact, they've taken some Forgotten Realms specific ones and thrown them in the "Complete" books and 3.5 DMG as generic ones.  Additionally, some from F&P also appeared in a Complete Divine web enhancement (and some people are of the opinion that these lost their flavor in the web enhancement version.)I think that the PHB2 Knight is similar to the S&F Master Samurai - a completely misnamed class that misleads the player into roleplaying a character a specific way.  In my opinion, the generic "Knight" should be looked upon similarly as was done in the D&D Rules Cyclopedia - the Knight is a Neutral fighter type, while the Paladin and Avenger were Lawful and Chaotic fighter types.</blockquote>

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