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<blockquote data-quote="Fenris" data-source="post: 3485314" data-attributes="member: 2820">[sblock=Rystil]Hey Rystil,Thanks for the Knight so far. I can get a little further on my character. I am having trouble separating Porthos from my character. He's a little too close to Porthos in some ways! I keep channeling Dumas too much. But I had some questions regarding Rowaini society as I try to put my character in perspective.Are there multiple nations? Are there bows and/or crossbows? Would a musketeers use one or does honor prevent it? How about a knight?Would a noble use a Rowaini dueling weapon preferentially out of honor/pride?I am trying to reconcile the knight in this campaign. The knight projects that fully armored, mounted feel. The swashbuckers don't. How much will Royal musketeers have to conform? Should I be looking at full plate or a chain shirt? I am visualizing the sweet spot that is between the swashbuckler and the knight that is Tristan, but I need some societal context. I assume a standard European title/fealty system correct? I guess my question is, Tristan will be a knight, just one who is more glib and dashing out of armor, that his more stoic bretheren. But what do knights do? The king has his knights, are they part of the army? Are the musketeers his police? I am probabably getting too hung up on the terms here and need to back off a bit, but any extar infor would be helpful.The Knight Honor system is great, but there are so many choices and they define the character so well, I need to be careful of what I pick![/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenris, post: 3485314, member: 2820"] [sblock=Rystil] Hey Rystil, Thanks for the Knight so far. I can get a little further on my character. I am having trouble separating Porthos from my character. He's a little too close to Porthos in some ways! I keep channeling Dumas too much. But I had some questions regarding Rowaini society as I try to put my character in perspective. Are there multiple nations? Are there bows and/or crossbows? Would a musketeers use one or does honor prevent it? How about a knight? Would a noble use a Rowaini dueling weapon preferentially out of honor/pride? I am trying to reconcile the knight in this campaign. The knight projects that fully armored, mounted feel. The swashbuckers don't. How much will Royal musketeers have to conform? Should I be looking at full plate or a chain shirt? I am visualizing the sweet spot that is between the swashbuckler and the knight that is Tristan, but I need some societal context. I assume a standard European title/fealty system correct? I guess my question is, Tristan will be a knight, just one who is more glib and dashing out of armor, that his more stoic bretheren. But what do knights do? The king has his knights, are they part of the army? Are the musketeers his police? I am probabably getting too hung up on the terms here and need to back off a bit, but any extar infor would be helpful. The Knight Honor system is great, but there are so many choices and they define the character so well, I need to be careful of what I pick! [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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