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2014-10-08, 09:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Best knight class?
Ok I have a few books that feature the knight class, all seem interesting yet very different at times. I was wondering which is overall the best and which one matches the flavor of knight I'm looking for. I'll list the knights and books they are within below...
Mongoose publishing power classes: knight
Adventuring classes a fistful of denarii: knight
Dungeons and dragons players handbook 2: knight
Legends of excalibur: knight
So which knight is the best?
The flavor I'm going for is a knightly swordmaster, specializing in a great sword and not being a damage taking tank.
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since this is the 3.5 forum, I think you're mostly gonna get responses about PHB2's knight. it's a pretty bad class, but person man wrote a great handbook about how to play one effectively.
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Warblade...
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Fact is, Crusader doesn't have to tank (and the OP doesn't want him to), but he can, and he's pretty good at it. But yes, Crusader and Warblade are both quite capable of the "swordmaster in shining armor" angle.
Now, OP, the first question is: Are you attached to the class name of Knight, or the concept of a Knight? There are a hundred and one ways to do a trained warrior in shining armor. In 3.5 alone, you have Fighters, Paladins, Samurai, Crusaders, Warblades, Knights, Clerics, and several dozen other options. Any one of them can be called a knight - the class name is simply a label for the mechanics involved. You could be Sir Ufric, Knight of the Furious Blade, a Barbarian, if you really wanted.
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If you're just a Knight who serves their King/Lady I can easily see a Fighter build working well, just see if the DM will let you add Diplomacy & Knowledge (Royalty & Nobility) as a class skill.
If you're looking to be more like say King Arthur or Lancelot, a highly noble, honest and fair knight I'd lean towards a Paladin. But play them for as just say having high moral standards rather than say "Smite tigh evil!" and re fluff the smite evil power as say a cool sword trick, and the lay on hands as providing inspiration to your fellow brother in arms to keep going, special mount being a whistle to call your mount from nearby. Probably should also grab a variant to make the Paladin a spell-less kind, or get really creative in re-skinning all the spells to represent some kind of leadership or amazing sword trick.Oh hello! :)
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2014-10-08, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Venger, afaik this board is as good a place as any to discuss 3rd party materials for the 3.5 game.
That said, in my opinion the best 'Knight' is the PF cavalier with the battle master archetype (archetyping over the horse abilities). Not entirely 3.5 (and even 3rd party for PF) but I has a lot of fun with it.
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It's not called "knight," but the Warder from Pathfinders Path of War is an excelent knight class.
I'm also a fan of the Cavalier Pathfinder core class, which pulls off the "knight in shining armor" schtick fairly well.Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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2014-10-09, 06:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Which book has the battle master archetype? We all play pathfinder and many of us want to be knights due to GOT. None of is want to be a mounted warrior.
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'The Genius Guide to Martial Archetypes' by SGG if I'm not mistaken.
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Knights are staples of fantasy fiction. I'm surprised theirs not a quality traditional knight sword fighter class.
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I think you're missing what others have been saying: There are many. They're just not all called "knight."
- You want the swordsman with brilliant weapon mastery and flourish? Warblade.
- You want the shining warrior with an indomitable spirit who lives to protect others? Crusader.
- You want the paragon of virtue who rides on a magical beast and wields holy justice? Paladin.
- You want the honorable warrior whose honor demands that he challenge others to just duels? Knight.
- You want the loyal swordsman vassal of a great lord? Samurai.
- You want the trained warrior, master of weapons and armor? Fighter.
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Paladins are designed to match the classic "knight" trope.
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Further to that, the traditional knight is a mounted warrior in armor that is not well represented within the rules of D&D combat.
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Knight 3 (phbII)
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Make sure to take thicket of blades, better with reach (so if you can be large size, that would be better). Now you're a heavy damage, heavy armored juggernaut that people can't get anywhere near without being punished. Combat reflexes also recommended.
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The PHB2 Knight is a bit...meh. Love the concept, but it's abilities are a little limited, and it takes a fair bit of op-fu to make it work well.
[edit] The Knight also has one of the worst skill sets of any base class. In my own games, I'm tempted to give them 4 skill points/level, and throw most of the Aristocrat skills on there as well. [/edit]
I own Legends of Excalibur, so I'll have a read over their Knight again and see how it stacks up...Last edited by Thurbane; 2014-10-10 at 06:21 PM.
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What about the green ronin cavalier? I remember it had an option to not go the mounted warrior route.
Also has anyone checked out the knight in a fistful of denarii adventuring classes for pathfinder? It's a third party supplement.
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2014-10-11, 05:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ok I plan on playing a knight and seeing how it is, I'm going to honestly try to figure this out. Might eventually make a homebrew based on an amalgam of all the classes mentioned. One that's balanced yet powerful and fun to play.
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2014-11-28, 02:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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I finally sat down and looked through ToB and POW. ToB is 3.5, can it work in pathfinder? Does it require too much customization?
I'm really digging the combat options available in both, would it be useless to make both POW/ToB available for my PCs? Some of my veteran players so both books are horribly imbalanced.
Thoughts?
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2014-11-28, 02:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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It's been suggested to at least try splicing 3.5 and PF in a single game since the latter first existed. For the ToB, I'd say that the amount of porting you'd need to do is likely limited to translating things like skill lists and mentions of the standard combat maneuvers. If they're not able to keep pace as-is, I'd be VERY surprised.
Tell the grognards to at least try it first. The only lens in which that book can be viewed as overpowered is if you think the standard set by the Fighter is where it should be. Tell them to visit this page, maybe they'll get the idea. The overall placement of things on the tiers list has not changed all that much from 3.5 to PF.
Just as a personal thing though; I'd suggest that you try to nudge your players away from taking multiple base initiator classes. That can bog down the combat almost as quickly as a minionmancer can if not in experienced and knowledgeable hands.