tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2458819768071626606..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: Original Edition Options - Paladin, Cavalier & SquireJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85099112659979196762009-03-04T17:05:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:05:00.000-05:00How does this version handle in the underworld?Thi...<I>How does this version handle in the underworld?</I><BR/><BR/>This version still, I think, suffers a bit as a dungeon-delving character class, because one of its main class abilities pertains to mounted combat. I think it'd work better in a wilderness-oriented campaign.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49678436183178799062009-03-04T09:29:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:29:00.000-05:00Whenever I see a "Cavalier" class, I want to partn...Whenever I see a "Cavalier" class, I want to partner it with a "<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhead" REL="nofollow">Roundhead</A>," a mythologised version of Cromwell's "Russet-coated Captain," that combines new <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Model_Army" REL="nofollow">professionalism</A> in soldiering with fanatical (religiously inspired) loyalty and a strong preference for meritocracy. It might be a really interesting rethink of the Paladin.<BR/><BR/>...not that everything has to happen down the dungeon, but a Cavalier with all his equestrian buffs always seemed a little out of place to me in the canonical environment, in a way that no other class did (oddly, even the Ranger). How does this version handle in the underworld?richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61776438773741626012009-03-03T20:26:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:26:00.000-05:00I actually bought the Greyhawk adventures book in ...I actually bought the Greyhawk adventures book in order to have the 0 lvl rules to take for a spin. The campaign I envisioned, where the part starts out as essentially children in a typical fantasy village and "grow up" together thru a series of adventures as 0 lvl characters that would lead them into 1st lvl character classes gradually, never took off.Blotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993967190131485391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26805948761277162802009-03-03T19:56:00.000-05:002009-03-03T19:56:00.000-05:00I always loved the idea of 0-level characters - th...I always loved the idea of 0-level characters - the idea mind you, they never really seemed to work in practice because you're basically retrofitting a feature into a system that it doesn't support well. You can't really get very far with 1 hit point unless your DM "pretends" to do his job, in which case, what's the point?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032571379507709854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55976903198392951742009-03-03T17:56:00.000-05:002009-03-03T17:56:00.000-05:00I don't see any inherent connection between the sa...<I>I don't see any inherent connection between the saintliness of the paladin and the knightliness of the cavalier.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. One of my most memorable experiences as a player was discovering that the the dark, brooding PC in the corner could detect evil-- because he was a paladin!Brian (brian_cooper at hotmail d o t com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805168206752602148noreply@blogger.com