Fredrik Lundberg
03-29-1998, 03:31 AM
Hello everyone
I got an idea a few days ago about trying to transfer the Pious Knight from the Legends and Lore 2ed book to Birthright (for those of you who do not have a copy of it go to http://www.tsr.com/adndcore/oop.html there you can find an RTF version of it) and this is what I came up with. This is only the first "version" of my thoughts and now I would like your comments on it so that it might become better.
"Knights of the IronThrone.
They originated from the shattered remains of Michael Roeles elite units, (the one that campaigned with him in the Shadow World). They felt like they had failed their task of keeping Michael Roele alive and they also felt like they had betrayed him.
To redeem themselves they have taken it upon themselves to find the new emperor. They are a semi-secret order who's members often comes from the Imperial guards, and they are very particular about who gets to join. Only those people who are considered worthy are accepted. To become a member one must first be sponsored by an already existing member then the pledge is given the sacred quest of finding one person worthy of becoming the next emperor and they must also atone (as a paladin would when he has committed a sin) for each person of Anuirean decent that they have killed.
The order don't have a "leader" instead all members are given "one vote" and the decisions are then taken by a vote and the ones that have 2/3 majority are passed. This will not always be so. It is stated that the one that "found" the person that becomes chosen by the Chamberlain as the new emperor will become the head of the order, this gives the members an incentive to chose only worthy candidates when they are on their initiation quest.
The reason for the atonement is they no knight of the order may take the life of a person of Anuirean decent. This is because they consider every Anuirean as a potential new emperor. If they take the life of a person of Anuirean decent after they have been initiated into the order they will immediately be made to leave the order and the only way that one may leave the order is by death. This has it's rote in the battle when the last emperor died and every member of the order took an oath, which they still take to this day, that says that the only thing that can relieve a knight of the iron throne from his duties is death. This also makes the knights fanatics they will never ever rout of fallback because that would be to fail in their duties and since the only thing that can relieve them of their duties is death they see it as they have to die before they can be allowed rout. Since their is
no emperor at the moment but they still see themselves as servants of the empire they will only take orders from the Chamberlain or another high official of the empire.
It is not known why, since they are all fighters not priests, but since after the battle every member of the order have been able to cast clerical spells from the same sphere's as Haely Paladins but they cast spells at thier current level and use the priest spell progression table (but they do not receive extra spells from high Wisdom nor can they cast realm spells). To compensate for this they must be of an Lawful alignment and, as mentioned above, they may never take the life of a person of Anuirean decent, and finally they must always follow the orders of the highest ranking imperial official. The requirement is also strict: Strength 13, Constitution 9, and Wisdom 15. Their prime requisites are Strength and Wisdom, and a Knight of the IronThrone who has scores of 16 or more in each receives a bonus of 10 percent to the experience points he earns. Only Anuireans may become Knights of the Iron Throne. It should also be noted that it is very hard to become a member (it usually takes some sort of heroic action to get a member to support ones "application" (i.e. the person have earned a few levels as a fighter) and if one isn't a member of the imperial guard it is almost impossible."
So what do you all say. Did I come up with a totally ridiculous idea or is it something that can be of some use?
Fredrik Lundberg
I got an idea a few days ago about trying to transfer the Pious Knight from the Legends and Lore 2ed book to Birthright (for those of you who do not have a copy of it go to http://www.tsr.com/adndcore/oop.html there you can find an RTF version of it) and this is what I came up with. This is only the first "version" of my thoughts and now I would like your comments on it so that it might become better.
"Knights of the IronThrone.
They originated from the shattered remains of Michael Roeles elite units, (the one that campaigned with him in the Shadow World). They felt like they had failed their task of keeping Michael Roele alive and they also felt like they had betrayed him.
To redeem themselves they have taken it upon themselves to find the new emperor. They are a semi-secret order who's members often comes from the Imperial guards, and they are very particular about who gets to join. Only those people who are considered worthy are accepted. To become a member one must first be sponsored by an already existing member then the pledge is given the sacred quest of finding one person worthy of becoming the next emperor and they must also atone (as a paladin would when he has committed a sin) for each person of Anuirean decent that they have killed.
The order don't have a "leader" instead all members are given "one vote" and the decisions are then taken by a vote and the ones that have 2/3 majority are passed. This will not always be so. It is stated that the one that "found" the person that becomes chosen by the Chamberlain as the new emperor will become the head of the order, this gives the members an incentive to chose only worthy candidates when they are on their initiation quest.
The reason for the atonement is they no knight of the order may take the life of a person of Anuirean decent. This is because they consider every Anuirean as a potential new emperor. If they take the life of a person of Anuirean decent after they have been initiated into the order they will immediately be made to leave the order and the only way that one may leave the order is by death. This has it's rote in the battle when the last emperor died and every member of the order took an oath, which they still take to this day, that says that the only thing that can relieve a knight of the iron throne from his duties is death. This also makes the knights fanatics they will never ever rout of fallback because that would be to fail in their duties and since the only thing that can relieve them of their duties is death they see it as they have to die before they can be allowed rout. Since their is
no emperor at the moment but they still see themselves as servants of the empire they will only take orders from the Chamberlain or another high official of the empire.
It is not known why, since they are all fighters not priests, but since after the battle every member of the order have been able to cast clerical spells from the same sphere's as Haely Paladins but they cast spells at thier current level and use the priest spell progression table (but they do not receive extra spells from high Wisdom nor can they cast realm spells). To compensate for this they must be of an Lawful alignment and, as mentioned above, they may never take the life of a person of Anuirean decent, and finally they must always follow the orders of the highest ranking imperial official. The requirement is also strict: Strength 13, Constitution 9, and Wisdom 15. Their prime requisites are Strength and Wisdom, and a Knight of the IronThrone who has scores of 16 or more in each receives a bonus of 10 percent to the experience points he earns. Only Anuireans may become Knights of the Iron Throne. It should also be noted that it is very hard to become a member (it usually takes some sort of heroic action to get a member to support ones "application" (i.e. the person have earned a few levels as a fighter) and if one isn't a member of the imperial guard it is almost impossible."
So what do you all say. Did I come up with a totally ridiculous idea or is it something that can be of some use?
Fredrik Lundberg