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<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 1521977" data-attributes="member: 1014">Just an add-on about knights.&nbsp; Knighthood was not herditiary, knights generally did not hold land (there were exceptions a-go-go of course), and there was typically some attempt made to provision the knight, but paying for full armor, warhorse, and barding would be far more money than any would-be-knight-maker would have to toss around.&nbsp; Sons (and since this is D&amp;D/fantasty) or daughters of a knight were typically in better positions to become knights themselves just from having more money and being in the right social circles.&nbsp; However there is one facsinating account in I believe middle ages France when a knighthood was bestowed upon a commoner who had single-handedly killed a wild boar (don't make piggie jokes, the boar were bigger and meaner then).&nbsp;&nbsp; This would actually be a very good background for a PC.My point -- and I do have one -- is just not to be quick to associate high-end gear for knights and bachelor knights.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus, post: 1521977, member: 1014"] Just an add-on about knights. Knighthood was not herditiary, knights generally did not hold land (there were exceptions a-go-go of course), and there was typically some attempt made to provision the knight, but paying for full armor, warhorse, and barding would be far more money than any would-be-knight-maker would have to toss around. Sons (and since this is D&D/fantasty) or daughters of a knight were typically in better positions to become knights themselves just from having more money and being in the right social circles. However there is one facsinating account in I believe middle ages France when a knighthood was bestowed upon a commoner who had single-handedly killed a wild boar (don't make piggie jokes, the boar were bigger and meaner then). This would actually be a very good background for a PC. My point -- and I do have one -- is just not to be quick to associate high-end gear for knights and bachelor knights. [/QUOTE]

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