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<blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 3046522" data-attributes="member: 16077">Sorry, I don't buy that.&nbsp; All of the canon for Cormyr is pretty clear on this - a &quot;knight&quot; in Cormyr&nbsp; is a 3rd level Fighter (Cormyr, pg. 26) and &quot;...because of the heroic actions of their leaders, the Purple Dragon knights.&quot; (FRCS, pg. 49) indicates that the commanders generally have this prestige class as a form of an order of chivalry or an order of merit - kind of like the US military's officers receiveing the Legion of Merit award - but that there is only *one* knightly order in Cormyr that is based upon fealty to the lords, nobles, and royalty.&nbsp; Any other knightly orders would be religious in nature.My point is that the PHB2 &quot;Knight&quot; class - he is nothing more than a heavy cavalry soldier with a few tricks thrown in.&nbsp; You can pretty much do the same things with a fighter and the right feats.&nbsp; There is really nothing compelling about this as a base class for me.&nbsp; If I want a super heavy-duty fighter, I'll choose the Gallowglass.&nbsp; If I want a really good mounted combatant, I'll qualify for and take levels in the Cavalier PrC.&nbsp; If I want FR-specific knightly order flavor, I'll pick one of the FR-specific PrC or substitution levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3catcircus, post: 3046522, member: 16077"] Sorry, I don't buy that. All of the canon for Cormyr is pretty clear on this - a "knight" in Cormyr is a 3rd level Fighter (Cormyr, pg. 26) and "...because of the heroic actions of their leaders, the Purple Dragon knights." (FRCS, pg. 49) indicates that the commanders generally have this prestige class as a form of an order of chivalry or an order of merit - kind of like the US military's officers receiveing the Legion of Merit award - but that there is only *one* knightly order in Cormyr that is based upon fealty to the lords, nobles, and royalty. Any other knightly orders would be religious in nature. My point is that the PHB2 "Knight" class - he is nothing more than a heavy cavalry soldier with a few tricks thrown in. You can pretty much do the same things with a fighter and the right feats. There is really nothing compelling about this as a base class for me. If I want a super heavy-duty fighter, I'll choose the Gallowglass. If I want a really good mounted combatant, I'll qualify for and take levels in the Cavalier PrC. If I want FR-specific knightly order flavor, I'll pick one of the FR-specific PrC or substitution levels. [/QUOTE]

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