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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3233615" data-attributes="member: 3649">With the restriction on bows it really sounds like he's going for the full-on high romantic ideal of a chivalrous courtly knight.I'd suggest:Never entering a battle with unequal weapons. If your foe has a knife and you have a greatsword, then you have to use a knife. That also means you won't be using some of the weapon and armor buffing spells against most sentient opponents. This plays off chivalry's willingness of restraint and unwillingness to take undue advantage. The normal ideas of 'use the most effective tool to do the job' and 'anything worth doing is worth overdoing' must be squashed. Politeness. Never crude or lowly, you'll be polite and courteous even to the blackest villain. (Like where Luke keeps referring to The Emperor as 'sir'). Not losing one's composure in the face of adversity is key, and remaining civilized when others are not is as well.Humility. Unwilliness to use the authority of position. A true knight is never haughty or demeaning, even to the lowest of the low. The five virtues of a knight: One is temperance, another is courage, another is love, another is loyalty, and another is courtesy.One of the main things I'd ask about is what if the foe does not behave in a chivalrous manner himself? Classically, if the foe was not a knight himself or a representative of the king you had greater leeway. You could run from a foe that surprised you with overwhelming odds, or use a normally unfair weapon against someone who was revealed to be unfair.That last part is important. A classic knight is not suspicious or cynical: he will always assume his foe will act as honorably as himself, so he might not prepare for the ventuality o treachery. To do so demeans the foe's good name unless it has been proven that he is honorless.</blockquote>

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