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