Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 6253050" data-attributes="member: 6695890">Asking purely out of interest, what would a Knight fighter subclass get you that wouldn't come with an appropriate Trait in a background? I think there's a social and a training side to a knight, but while the classic knight-in-shining-armour has both, the concepts aren't exclusive.You could have a knight background with a knighthood trait, giving you some rights (and expectations). Since all the background traits are supposed to be achievable in play, that means you have built-in mechanics to reward people in play with a knighthood. That way you can start out in play with the social status of a Knight, or achieve it during play regardless of your class.For the training side, the traditional set of skills might best work as a Cavalry fighting style, available to any martial fighting class. Something that would complement but not replace the Mounted Combatant feat that anyone can take - maybe disadvantage on attacks of opportunity against you or your mount if you move, attack, and then move again. Or am I missing something that's essential for a &quot;knight&quot;, to you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 6253050, member: 6695890"] Asking purely out of interest, what would a Knight fighter subclass get you that wouldn't come with an appropriate Trait in a background? I think there's a social and a training side to a knight, but while the classic knight-in-shining-armour has both, the concepts aren't exclusive. You could have a knight background with a knighthood trait, giving you some rights (and expectations). Since all the background traits are supposed to be achievable in play, that means you have built-in mechanics to reward people in play with a knighthood. That way you can start out in play with the social status of a Knight, or achieve it during play regardless of your class. For the training side, the traditional set of skills might best work as a Cavalry fighting style, available to any martial fighting class. Something that would complement but not replace the Mounted Combatant feat that anyone can take - maybe disadvantage on attacks of opportunity against you or your mount if you move, attack, and then move again. Or am I missing something that's essential for a "knight", to you? [/QUOTE]

Verification