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Noble's Book

Published: 1985
Author: Bill Dunn

This supplement tells you how to roleplay a nobleman in King Arthur Pendragon (1st Edition). Noblemen are knights of great distinction who hold large fiefs and bear titles like count and duke. Each nobleman has a personal retinue and leads his own vassal knights. Noblemen live in castles and wage private wars. Each nobleman stands near his king and performs important duties.

Included are:

Nobility

  • Duties and benefits for both players of bannerets, counts, dukes, and kings, and their characters.
  • Hosting a tournament - five simple steps.

Economy

  • Land ownership, annual economic procedures.
  • Standard Fiefs, generating a fief.
  • Taxes.
  • Building a castle.

War

  • Rules for sieges, raids and invasions.
  • Battlements - illustrated examples of typical fortifications, including a 16-page fold-out explanation of the parts of a castle.

Genres: Fantasy (Arthurian)

Types: Sourcebook

Games: Pendragon (1st - 6th Editions)

Settings: Arthurian Legends