FootprintsNo10.pdf

Issue Number 10

April 2007

Contents

% In Lair....................................................................................................................................... 1

The Arcane Knight by Mike Riley............................................................................................. 2

Complete Attack and Saving Throw Table by Antonio Eleuteri........................................... 9

Death From Above! a mini-module by Michael Haskell.....................................................12

Tordell’s Wonderful Road of Transfiguration by Alphonso Warden.....................................18

Beginning Magic-User Spell Table by Joel Bishop............................................................... 19

Gaining Non-Weapon Proficiency Slots by Cyrus Ayers.....................................................20

Stat This Monster Contest!....................................................................................................... 21

Dark Huntsmen by John A. Turcotte...................................................................................... 23

Caravans: Cost and Guarding by David Havard................................................................. 25

The Nightstalkers by David Ednie...........................................................................................26

Wall of Bones/Wave of Fatigue by Stuart Marshall...............................................................28

Create Food & Drink................................................................................................................ 29

The Staff

Publisher

Steve Yates

Chief Editor

John A. Turcotte

Associate Editors

Michael Haskell and Scott Sutherland

Cover Art

Joe Calkins

Title Graphics

Jim Lassiter

Interior Art

Sir Clarence, Brant Bollman, and Elizabeth Stewart

Layout

Chris Gonnerman

Footprints is published three times a year by dragonsfoot.org. It is available at the Dragonsfoot website

for download; visit http://www.dragonsfoot.org/fp/ to download other issues. To be kept up the date

with Footprints news, go to http://www.dragonsfoot.org/newsletter/ and sign up for the Footprints

newsletter. The rights to all material published herein revert to the author(s) of said work upon release of

this issue. Articles may be submitted by email to footprints@dragonsfoot.org (please, don't submit

articles by Private Message in the forums). Don't forget to include your “byline,” i.e. how you wish to be

credited.

Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, D&D and AD&D are owned by Wizards of the

Coast and their use here is not intended as a challenge to their ownership of that copyright. All

materials are used here without their permission.

All other material copyrighted to the listed author or artist, and used by permission.

% in Lair

Welcome to the tenth issue of Footprints. It seems incredible to me now that

forty months ago, the idea of a “Best of Dragonsfoot” e-zine was first bandied

about. Here we are with another issue chock-full of material for your old-school

game. We have a module from Michael Haskell, new spells from Stuart Marshall

and discussions of non-weapon proficiencies, caravans, a new NPC class and

the winners of Dragonsfoot’s “Stat that Monster” competition.

It should go without saying at this juncture, but the OOP gaming community

could not survive but for the tireless contributions of gamers like yourselves.

Please keep the submissions coming.

Game on and game well!

Footprints

-- Page 1 --

Number 10

The Arcane Knight

A New Class by Mike Riley

The Arcane Knight is a sub-class of Fighter with

the code of honour of a cavalier. All Arcane

Knights must begin their career with a Lawful

alignment. If for any reason the Arcane

Knight loses this alignment, they will lose all

their special powers and abilities and

become a normal fighter. Such fallen Knights

will still have to use the Arcane Knight

experience tables, which will slow their

advancement as a fighter. To become an

Arcane Knight, a candidate must be human

with the following minimum attributes: a

Strength of not less than 12, an Intelligence of

13 or more, a minimum Wisdom of 9, a

minimum Constitution of 9 and a Charisma of

not less than 17. If the Arcane Knight has a

strength and intelligence of more than 15,

they are entitled to a 10% experience point

bonus awarded by the Dungeon Master.

taught the basics of the Arcane or Phantasm

magics. In addition to their normal schooling,

these squires are taught how to look after the

horses and equipment that are the trademark

of the two orders. The squire starts with –1500

experience points at “0” level and 1d4 + 1 hit

points. The squire becomes a Prefect at –500

experience points and gains a further 1d4 + 1

hit points. Upon reaching 0 experience

points, the character becomes a 1 st Level

Arcane Knight and gains full membership of

one of the orders and obtains another d4 + 1

of hit points (and any constitution) bonus to

their total.

The Arcane Knights are all Lawful (both the

official and unofficial orders) in alignment

and prefer uniformity and order. As such,

they are limited to the following weapons:

lance, long sword, broad sword, bastard

sword, short sword, horseman’s mace,

horseman’s flail, horseman’s military pick,

dagger and scimitar. The Arcane Knight will

not use any other weapons as it calls their

personal honour into question. Ranged

weapons are not allowed. Ranged spells are

not considered to be a dishonourable

practice as spell casting is considered an art

form. An Arcane Knight can choose one type

of lance and one other weapon to become

their “weapons of choice.”

Arcane Knights are an elite fighting class from

a far away and relatively unknown area of

any campaign world. The Arcane Knight is a

knight who has the ability to cast a limited

number of spells. In their home kingdom,

magical ability is commonplace with most

peasants knowing how to cast simple non-

aggressive spells.

The Orders of the Arcane Knights form the

core of the Kingdom’s armed forces. They

were formed to guard the citizens from an

abuse of magic and to protect the interests of

the Mage King. There are two official Orders

of Arcane Knights: the Order of the Arcane

and the Order of the Phantasm. The Order of

the Arcane can cast magic-user spells while

the Order of the Phantasm utilizes illusionist

spells. Unofficially, there are rumours of

renegade knights who have rebelled against

the Mage King and formed their own dark

order of Knights, the Order of the

Necromancer, who cast necromancer spells

(see Dragonsfoot’s M ANUAL OF P ROFESSIONS II).

The Arcane Knight can make multiple attacks

with their weapons of choice and fight as

though they were five levels higher than their

actual experience as far as attacks per round

are concerned, e.g., a 3 rd level Arcane Knight

can attack 3 times every 2 rounds, as

opposed to 1 per round with other weapons.

At 16 th level and above, the Arcane Knight

can attack 3 times per round with such a

weapon.

An Arcane Knight can parry more effectively

with their weapon of choice than ordinary

fighters. They may use their attacks to parry

an attack from an opponent; e.g., an Arcane

Knight with 2 attacks per round can parry two

The Arcane Knight begins his career as a

squire. A squire is usually a magically

talented child (more than normal) and is

Footprints

-- Page 2 --

Number 10

attacks per round. Should the Knight have

more attacks per round than their opponent,

they may parry an attack and then return a

blow. A successful “to hit” roll against the

opponent’s armour class must be made to

parry an attack. The parry is used to combat

physical attacks; the knight will use the parry

attack to deflect the opponent’s sword,

claws, etc., by using either their weapon or

shield. “Area of effect” spells and attacks

may not be parried in this manner.

made to the Mage King’s coffers to pay

for their training and upkeep.

2. They must wear the most prestigious

armour available, even if it means using

normal plate mail above splint mail +5 .

3. They never accumulate men at arms,

unless they are granted a commission by

the Mage King to establish a stronghold.

In this case, all Arcane Knights (of lower

level than the character) in the area are

obliged to donate their 90% tithe to the

character. The character is then

responsible for operating and maintaining

a stronghold, training young Squires, and

providing support and shelter for travelling

Arcane Knights. The commissioned

character is also charged with the

responsibility for keeping their area

pacified and safe to travel.

All Arcane Knights are virtually born in the

saddle and as such are 75% unlikely to be

thrown from their horse. This chance

increases by 1% per level above first. The

Knight’s horsemanship improves with level

and their abilities are as follows:

● At 3 rd level, the Arcane Knight can

vault into the saddle with bulky

armour.

● At 5 th level, the Arcane Knight can

urge their mount to a charge. This

charge is made when assaulting

enemy lines. The Arcane Knight

will cause additional damage

equal to their level when using a

lance, e.g., a 5 th level character

would have a +5 bonus when

charging with the lance.

● At 7 th level, the Arcane Knight can

summon a phantom steed as the

3 rd level illusionist spell. This ability is

meant to assist the Arcane Knight if

their living horse is killed. The

duration of the spell is one turn per

level of the Knight.

● At 11 th level, the Arcane Knight can

ride a griffon or similar creature as

a steed.

● At 16 th Level, the Arcane Knight

can ride a dragon as a steed if the

dragon is willing.

The Arcane Knights use the Bard spell

progression table to determine the number of

spells that can be memorised. See Arcane

Knight Table II. The Arcane Knights may only

use armour made of adamantite. This metal

is actually classed as a material component

for their spells. If they wear any other type of

armour, their memorized spells will always fail.

Refer to spell failure table for any side effects

caused by particular spells cast when not

wearing adamanite armour.

Knights can draw upon funds and materials

from the Order’s coffers, although it has to be

for a good reason and they must be near a

stronghold of the Orders to make a

withdrawal. How much a Knight can claim

depends on their personal honour.

Each Arcane Knight has a personal honour

rating. This honour is measured by what

actions they take during play time. For

example, a 1 st level character starts with a

personal honour of 0 and as they progress

through play they will gain honour points for

their actions. If the Arcane Knight acts

outside their code of honour then they can

lose honour points. Should the Knight slip into

negative honour points, then actions are

taken by the ruling elite. An Arcane Knight

who slips too far into negative honour points

The following restrictions apply to Arcane

Knights:

1. They can never retain more than 10% of

their treasure. A mandatory 90% tithe is

Footprints

-- Page 3 --

Number 10

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: