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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6677742" data-attributes="member: 996">The Cavalier in 1e, the Knight in late 3.5, and the Knight in Essentials all got various abilities to try to make them more knightly or better at the sort of 'defend the weak' shtick.Essentials presented two fighter sub-classes, the Slayer and the Knight.&nbsp; The 5e Champion is very similar to the Slayer, so a 5e Knight sub-class might look a lot like it's Essentials counterpart.&nbsp; Maybe not to the point of having a &quot;Defender's Aura.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;The empowered-by-God/divine-grace Galahad extreme of the knight in shining armor, yes. &nbsp;I'd expect it to harken back to the 1e-UA Cavalier, which was a full class, technically, that the Paladin was ret-conned to be a sub-class of instead of fighter.&nbsp; Most likely, though, it'd be a Fighter sub-class.&nbsp; The Cavalier got bonuses knightly weapons, mounted combat and access to custom heavy armors that absorbed hp damage.&nbsp; Perhaps in 5e it would get a new Combat Style or other bonuses with Weapon &amp; Shield or mounted combat?&nbsp; Maybe it'd even get a credible lance.&nbsp; :shrug:Another possibility for a Knight would be a non-divine Oath (to serve a King, knightly Order or other cause, for instance), perhaps even giving you a non-casting paladin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6677742, member: 996"] The Cavalier in 1e, the Knight in late 3.5, and the Knight in Essentials all got various abilities to try to make them more knightly or better at the sort of 'defend the weak' shtick. Essentials presented two fighter sub-classes, the Slayer and the Knight. The 5e Champion is very similar to the Slayer, so a 5e Knight sub-class might look a lot like it's Essentials counterpart. Maybe not to the point of having a "Defender's Aura." The empowered-by-God/divine-grace Galahad extreme of the knight in shining armor, yes. I'd expect it to harken back to the 1e-UA Cavalier, which was a full class, technically, that the Paladin was ret-conned to be a sub-class of instead of fighter. Most likely, though, it'd be a Fighter sub-class. The Cavalier got bonuses knightly weapons, mounted combat and access to custom heavy armors that absorbed hp damage. Perhaps in 5e it would get a new Combat Style or other bonuses with Weapon & Shield or mounted combat? Maybe it'd even get a credible lance. :shrug: Another possibility for a Knight would be a non-divine Oath (to serve a King, knightly Order or other cause, for instance), perhaps even giving you a non-casting paladin. [/QUOTE]

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