Lawner Character Types: Knight

Knights are people who do a great service, justice, or honour for their kingdom and are given an honourary rank, becoming a Peer of nobility. Alternatively, a Page can be commissioned to a knight, and their order if they have one, and be trained to fulfil a position of nobility. Unless Evil, all knights are very good and lawful as well as chivalrou. having high standards of respect for everybody who is lawful, good, and respectful to others.

A knighthood is bestowed in various ways. Their are many stages in the growth of knighthood and many forms of knight. A king or lord can grant a knighthood if one of their peers is loyal to a great extent.These knights are then trained in the manner of knighthood.Or, they can be made a Knight Batchelor, to reward some great deed or achievement.

Pages are usually taken as youths, not younger than ten Dodecates, not older than fifteen. They become kngihts in time, after schooling and training with wooden weapons, law, the arts of writing, war and ettiquete, but the page is never allowed near danger or to fight.

When the page reaches an orderly age, or about eighteen, they may become a Squire to the knight who teaches them, or another who works for their liege. This rank may entail fighting, if necessary, to protect the knight, armour, and horses, all of which are under the squire's care. The aquire must pay for their own horse and armour, as well as any weapons the knight allows them to use. Should poverty claim the squire, then they will never make knight themselves unless they can commit some great deed on the battlefield. Squires also aid the knights in duels and tournaments. A page or squire can be dismissed at any time by the kngith due to laziness, dishonour, or incompetence.

The Knighting comes after the squire has acquired the correct experience or performed some goodly deed. They usually kneel before the king or Field Commander and are struck three times with the flat of a sword on the shoulders; this however does alter somewhat depending upon the kingdom and customs. If bestowed by a king or lord, a ceremony usually is held. The squire again kneels with their head bowed if an honour, or held high if a great deed is being rewarded. They are then given robes, arms, spurs, a Pennon-Banner with their arms displayed, and other items appropriate. they are then touched three times with the lord's sword.

Knights can also be ordained into a religious order, following the ways and tenets of the cloth. These knights are often called palladins. The squire is trained in the religion, then knighted with holy water, holy devotions, and insignia, and then agin struck with a holy weaponor symbol,again this ritual differs greatly with each religion. Some religion's palladin equivelants are trained and raised in completely different and unique ways.

An honour bestowed upon a person who has performed some deed of valour on the field of battle before their king or lord who is not a knight can be made a Knight Batchelor.

A Knight Banneret is an honour upon personal distinction of a knight, or a request of promotion by the knight themselves to the commander of the army, and if it is judged worthy of preferment, then the herald is called to cut the tails from the Pennon-Banner.

Common deities worshipped by knights include: Meter, Enos, Tamour-Brun, Tep.

TITLE	RANK	LEVEL	XP	APPROX AGE	ABV/DBV	INT	DEX	STR	END	BONUSES
Accompanied by teaching order or knight	Page	0	0	12	+1/+1	0	+2	+1	0	-
		1	300	14	+1/+1	+1	+1	+3	+2	Etiquette +10, gain one Language chance
		2	750	16	+2/+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	Cook +10, Riding +5, gain one Language chance
	Squire	3	1,250	18	+2/+2	0	+2	+1	+2	Roll for Weapon Flare, Knighthood +5, Bardic +10, Law +20, Wear light armours and carry up to Medium Wood shields, Attack one opponent only
		4	1,750	20	+3/+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	Bardic +10, Riding +10, +50 to divide between Languages as wished (1-4 max) Wear light armours and carry up to Medium shields (including bronze or iron), May split attack between multiple opponents
		5	2,750	23	+4/+3	+1	+2	+1	+2	Bardic +10, Daggership +10, Hunting +5, Oratory +10, Riding +10, +50 to divide between Languages as wished (1-4 max) Wear any armour (except Full Plate) and large shield for single combat, Carry any shield with medium or lighter armour, Subdue +2
Novic	Knight	6	4,000	25	+6/+5	+15	+38	+26	+26	Roll for Weapon Flare again (cumulative possible), Wear any armour, Daggership +5, Subdue +10, Knighthood +10, Hunting +10, Riding +10, +50 to divide between Languages as wished (1-4 max) +1 opponent without splitting attack
Adept		7	6,000	30	+8/+6	+2	+2	+2	+1	Knighthood +10, Hunting +10, Riding +10
Adept		8	10,000	34	+10/+7	+1	+2	+2	+1	Knighthood +10, Riding +10, Roll for Weapon Flare again (cumulative possible),
Master		9	14,000	38	+12/+8	+2	+1	+3	+1	Knighthood +10, +1 opponent without splitting attack
Hero		10	20,000	42	+15/+10	+1	+1	+3	+2	Knighthood +10, +1 opponent without splitting attack
Legend	Knight Barronet	11	40,000	45	+18/+12	+4	+1	+5	+5	Choose Weapon Flare (cumulative possible), Knighthood +10, +1 opponent without splitting attack
	Note: All bonuses/penalties are cumulative

Knight Batchelor experience table. Once knighted, the character must either cease their old profession (and class) and start anew with this one (compulsory for Fighter class), or split XP between classes with the Knight Batchelor class gaining at least 60% always.

TITLE	LEVEL	XP	ABV/DBV	INT	DEX	STR	END	NOTES
Adept	1	6,000	+3/+2	0	0	+25	+0	APPLICABLE ONLY IF NOT ALREADY HIGHER
	2	12,000	+4/+2	0	+16	+6	+2
	3	18,000	+5/+2	+1	+2	+5	+28
Master	4	24,000	+6/+2	+16	+3	+4	+3
Hero	5	30,000	+6/+3	+2	+3	+3	+3
Legend	6	60,000	+7/+3	+2	+3	+2	+4
Note: All bonuses/penalties are cumulative

LAWNER CHARACTER TYPES:

KNIGHT