I think the best knights are from the 13th century.
I have never played Pendragon
>>98159019Heresy
>>98159012>I think the best knights are from the 13th century.That's because you are based and correct. Castles peaked then too.The only real question left is what kind of princess is the best princess for a knight to marry.
>>98159091>The only real question left is what kind of princess is the best princess for a knight to marry.Are we talking about centuries or social status?
>>98159113>centuries or social statusEither. I like 14th century german princesses.
>>98159012based italian armours, good pic
>>98159091>The only real question left is what kind of princess is the best princess for a knight to marry.That's unchivalrous. A true knight practices courtly love with a princess knowing one day she'll have to marry a noble.
Hey, anons. How much armor do you think a wandering knight might wear on the road? I would as /his/ but that board just looks retarded. I feel like a mail shirt is reasonable for a knight who is travelling alone or in a small group. What do y'all think?
>>98159214Plate armour weighs less than maille, something to keep in mind.
>>98159184>the most modern incarnation of this dynamic is simping for vtubers
>>98159220Mail is much easier and faster to put on without a squire, though, and requires much less space to store.How possible is it to put plate armor on without someone helping you? Can some rich autist with a full harness in here chime in?
>>98159491Not me but I have a friend who does.It's possible but not easy, there's a reason they had squires.A wandering knight would probably go full black knight. Pitch painted for rustproofing, sleeps in his suit, etc.It's important to understand that knights were created by a military and political context. A wandering knight is a bit like a wandering tank commander. Technically possible but that's not how they rolled, a knight without fealty to some kind of landed nobility was dishonorable by default.
>>98159012Big fan of the protoheraldric knights from around the 1st - 3rd Crusade. Full length mail, all kinds of one off helmet designs.>>98159091>The only real question left is what kind of princess is the best princess for a knight to marry.Ones with great big tracks of land.>>98159167>based italian armours, good picI'm kinda hot and cold on Italian armors, but the loose mail sleeve over the upper arm harness look they started in the late 1300s was pure sex.
>>98159012nah, early 15th century all the way. Almost full harness, but still colourful and cool. Look at that fucking hounskull, it's glorious
>>98159091a fertile princess, of course.
>>98159183best quality
14th century is peak medieval
>>98159012>he thinks the worst knights are the bestAnd your mother is a hamster.
>>98160257Yes, all role-playing games have knights, especially D&D.
>>98160262How did your last game go?
>>9815901213th century is the perfect century technologically for a fantasy adventure. You are absolutely right about that.
>>98159012Thats because this is the typical arthurian movie, fantasy setting design.
>>98160102You call that a fertile maiden? This is a fertile maiden!https://files.catbox.moe/wwbmf2.jpg
>>98160271Not very well, my character died against a hydra due to a bad roll of the dice.
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>>98159091>best princess for a knight to marry.The one with the richest father, great amount of land with a manor to inherit when the old coot finally kicks the bucket and a great pair of tits to bury your face
Do you follow the ten commandments of chivalry?>1.Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches and thou shalt observe all its directions.>2.Thou shalt defend the Church.>3.Thou shalt respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.>4.Thou shalt love the country in which thou wast born.>5.Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.>6.Thou shalt make war against the infidel without cessation and without mercy.>7.Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.>8.Thou shalt never lie, and shalt remain faithful to thy pledged word.>9.Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone>10.Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.
>>98160029>I'm kinda hot and cold on Italian armorsThe only thing I really dislike about italian armours was the barbuta helmet. Just really ugly and out of place, in my opinion. But then again I like to believe armets and sallets were more popular, anyway.
>>98160344Was the beast at least slain in the end?
>>98160687Yes, by sheer luck, the hydra killed half the party.
>>98160748>Fear not, noble beast, I will save you!>NO! I'd rather die than let you save me!>Nonsense!
Bretonnia knights
Is this a good system? And do people play knights with miniatures?
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>>98159012The peak of the Middle Ages was before the 1300s. Before the Templars got betrayed and the Black Plague struck. The 1300s was truly one of the worst centuries in human history.
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>>98159012Interesting to see from the pic how coat of arms usage took off in the 1200s and then their use gradually diminished until by the era of full plate armor it stopped being used altogether.
>>98161187Sometimes I imagine the miniatures come to life, live little adventures in the real world, and kiss Barbie dolls.It has nothing to do with the topic, but I wanted to mention it.
>>98161296Thats ok. But weird. But i liked the movies Night at the Museum and Toy Story too.When i look at those minis i think more of movies like A Knights Tale.
statue of King Arthur
>>98160195>10,001,399 dead saracens>world is a fuck>line of moonrunes>byzantium eterna
>>98161176Check out the historical wargames general hwg. All I know about Baron's War is that the minis look good.
>>98162131Context?
>>98162338Though my favorite is the F4 phantom II version.
>>98162247Thx
>>98160338Prithee, grant a humble squire a source, my lord?
>>98162777Here you go, my young squire, enjoy it.Werewolf (2005):https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Werewolf
Am I the only one worried that there's a lady at the lake giving away weapons?
>>98159012>>98160325I actually prefer the late 1100s early 1200s. Closed helmets are way more kino then great helmets. Having a face plate and crown, but not surrounding the ears just feels way more elegant. Just covered enough that you start having the classic "full armored knight" feel, but not to the point where any bulk takes away from the elegance. It also helps that it is both the period of Richard the lionheart and the magnum opus of the definitive Arthurian sagas of Chretien de Troyes. Also the Hight of Crusading spirit, and general expansion of the Knightly world.I was actually thinking about writing an essay at some point about how the modern concept of the Masked hero begain with this period, as it is a start of the faceless apex warrior, and the idea of a secrete identity can be seen in chretian's Yvain, who wears a helmet that conceals his identity as he wins the tourney match as an unknown black knight with no heraldry.
>>98159019I just started a solo campaign recently and I'm having a real blast. It's a really great game to play on your own!
>>98160540I've got Leon Gautier's book "Chivalry" where he outlines these 10 rules based on history and the chansons de geste. Found a neat passage where he recounts the knighting of Galien by Roland.>"As evening fell the knights perceived a young man covered with blood, descending the mountain side. This was Galien, who had avenged his father(Oliver). The hero, however, was not yet a knight, and then they were spectators of a great miracle. The inanimate corpse of Roland was there under the eyes of the Emperor, full in Galien's sight! In the dead silence of the scene the right arm of the illustrious friend of Oliver was raised slowly, and extended to Charles the sword held by the blade. The king understood, and presented to Galien this incomparable weapon; then with a sudden inspiration the king said: 'You shall be made a knight.' But such a hero must not be conventionally dubbed, so the son of Pepin stooped toward Roland, took the arm of the dead warrior and with this cold hand bestowed the colée on Galien. Never had it been administered before, and never since. This is the only occasion even in romance in which a living knight has been created by the hand of a dead chevalier.">>98160679The barbute is the one that does it for me. Especially the Y and T faced ones. Though it might be a fetish formed from the steel helmet in TES IV Oblivion.>>98160748Yvain and the Knight of the Lion is the only romance I can think of that had me laughing. All the opponent knights getting cold feet asking him to lock his lion in the other room so they can have a fair fight.>>98163892Nice, keep us updated on your chivalric adventures.
What great deeds and feats should knights do other than slaying dragons, wooing the maidens at tournaments and slaughtering the local orc rabble?
Thoughts on space/sci-fi knights
>>98164803donate great wealth to the poor
>>98164803Become legendary swordsmen and make sure their knowledge is passed down to their squire. Write it down into a manuscript so the HEMA community 600 years later will have something to chew on.>>98164819Very nice. But sci-fi knights as a neofeudal title or knights as guys in sci-fi plate armor and swords?
>>98164819Kino, when done properlyThe idea of knights riding on some cybernetic horse or a space bike in the shape of a horse flying across space using some laser glance to fight some alien dragons or a tournament over some black hole has always been an idea in the back of my mind, but I never seem to have the time to actually work on it
>>98163321How else will we obtain weapons and appoint our kings?
>>98159012>>98159091it kills me inside that we'll never know what would have come after the 1400s if guns/cannons hadn't happenedshit just kept getting cooler until guns, then BAM, everything is shit forever afterwards
