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Old 04-29-2021, 09:29 AM   #6
Crystalline_Entity
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: England
Default Re: Are knightly characters ineffective?

I'd say a knight needed to be leveraging their social status and wealth here.

For example, for status they may be the only person in the party allowed to wear a sword in town, or allowed to bring a weapon into the presence of the king - so when the adventurers are invited to a royal ball after slaying the dragon, only the knight will actually have a weapon when assassins strike.

Wealth could potentially enable the character to short-cut many problems by throwing money at it, but if it's costing points, the player should get some utility from it. Hire lots of people - wealthy people historically had lots of hangers on and servants. These might be Allies, but could just be hirelings paid with money.

Need a particular spell the party wizard doesn't know? Use your status to browbeat the Wizard's Guild into letting your hire their specialist to teach him. Sick of riding a horse and foraging for rations? Buy a carriage to travel in, a groom to drive it, and hire servants to cook the most sumptuous meals every night. Need somewhere to stay? Rather than stay in the flea-ridden bed at the inn, go and visit your third cousin once-removed who is lord of the local manor who will be more than happy to have you to stay for the night in luxury.

For that matter, the knight could bankroll the whole party, which should give them some power over the party's decisions.
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