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. ., .. ...... NDARY BRITAIN I I Sample file Cir Rntc IS~CDitis Sir Bor- .+ Ganis Cir Dinadan Sir Gawaine Sir Kay the Seneschal Sir ---rak de Gales .A 21 IC I w- I <%. of King Arthur’s court Smite bloodthirsty giants, crush treacher- Sir ed ous invaders, brave the inysteriou? lands of faerie, and dabble in Celtic magic. To become a knight of the Round Table you must uphold chivalric ideals of couragc, honesty, fair play, and justice. Anned and armored, you are the law of land, in a life-or-death struggle to join the fellowship of the Round Table. Or, you might instead become a powerful magician using PENDRAGON’S ncw Celtic magic system. Scour legendary Britain and the lands of fae where and summoni Sir This book contains everything you need to explore the mysteries and dangers of Arthur’s Britain Its many features include a complete game system, extensive background information covering knighthood, chivalry, the magical traditions, your home and family, the feudal world,a nd chivalric duties. Clear, concise instructions make character generation easy and quick, and many examples are included Other sections teach you how to present a PENDRAGON game session and how to start your first campaign. Exotic monsters, fearsome creatures, and other peoples are described in detail. Statistics for many famous knights and nobles include Arthur, Gawaine, Lancelot, Guenever, Mordred, Merlin, and Morgan le Fay. Many adventures are pro- vided so that you can play immediately S tram t inPsw Kino Arthur P---’- Pendragon is a roleplaying game wherein you and your friends participate in heroic adventures. One player, the gamemaster, presents the story. Everyone else creates knight-characters - the heroes of the tale. Each player verbally responds to the gamemaster’s plot and the actions of the villains, and describes how his or her character reacts.You can face the same dangers that Arthur and Lancelot encountered, but this time you decide your knight’s actions! 1 Want a FREE CATALOG including all (3, Green Knight publications? Write to a 52995 SampleWIZARD’S ATTIC file --L 950-A 56th Stre i? Oakland CA 94 w based on the legend z 9 781928 999003 or call 1-800-213-1493 VI 4TH EDITION EPIC ROLEPLAYING IN LEGENDARY BRITAIN King Arthur Pendragon Sir Thomas Mallory by Greg Stafford with Sam Shirley Cover Artist: Stephen King Cover Design: Charlie Krank Cartography: Darrell Midgette, Carolyn Savoy / Artists: Lisa Free, Gud DiZerega, Carolyn - red gold goid ' savoy Arnie Swekel, Teanna Byerts, Michael Blu f n Celtic Border Decorations: Gus DiZerega 4th Edition Layout: Sam Shirley Proofreading: Anne Merritt, Jennifer Starling GREEN SampleKNIGHT file 1999 Pendragon Credits CONTRIBUTORS: Frederic Blayo, Bill Bridges, Heather NBryden, William Dunn, D. Hudson Frew, Sharon Grant, Peter Tamlyn, T. Michael Trout, Anne Vetillard. SPECIAL THANKS GO to these people, who contributed greatly or a little, but whose impact has affected the game: Stephen Abbot, Don Alaman, Marcie Alaman, Matt Bailey, Mike Beavers, Christopher Beiting, Michael Blinde, Derek Boain, Martin J. Bourne, Heather Bryden, John Camahan, Yurek Chodak, Morgan Conrad, Suzanne Courteau, Bogdan Dabrowski, Gigi D’Arn, Philippe Dohr, Bruce Dresselhaus, Christer Edling, Steve Englehart, Jason Fink, Scott Fitz, Sean Fitzpatrick, Lisa A. Free, Don Frew, Rick Geimer, Sharon M. Grant, Marc Grossberg, Steve Hartman, Keith Herber, Ed Holtz, Jim Hooker, Tony Hughes, Bill Johnson, Sherman Kahn, Ken Kaufer, Katherine Kerr, Bill Kayes, Charlie Krank, Eric Krupa, Mike Koop, Freya Lambides, Peter Larsen, Gary May, Teresa McLean, Harold Moe, Ed Mooring, Ellen Munro, Henri Naccah, Helmut Nikel, Daniel Nolte, Michael North, Carol Parker-Pollock, Gleb Perfiloff, Sandy Petersen, Jon Quaife, Richard A. Rian, Rory Root, Wolfe Schaaf, Studette Scoflaw, Frank Shewmake, Leigh Skilling, Benjy Sikora, Noah Stafford, Bob Starfire, Andy Tauber, Marcus Thomas, Anne Vetillard, David W. Wilkins, Lynn Willis, Marc Willner, Elizabeth Wolcott, Bill Zurn...and my apologies to any others who were unrecorded. FOR THIS FOURTH EDITION we owe thanks to Shannon Appel, Les Brooks, Tim Carroll, Peter Corless, Donald Dennis, Steven Kaye, Greg Maples, John Markham, Anne Merritt, Mark Morrison, Eric Rowe, Doug Schnur, Bob Schroeder, Michael Schwartz, Jennifer Starling, Richard Strong, the Player’s Guild of Central Oklahoma, and the Berkeley Gaming Croup for playtesting and thoughtful comments; and Les Brooks for his occult .....expertise and constant good advise. This work was prepared using the Penguin Classics edition of Le Morte D ’Arthur edited by Janet Cowen. The arms of King Arthur’s Knights are based on the 15th-century document known as La forme quon tenoit des tournoys in the collection of Harvard University, attributed to Jacques d’hagnac, Duc de Menours. Sample file 2 Welcome to Pendragon Table of Contents Welcome to Pendragon ......... 4 Saxons ....................... Chivalric Duties ............. 247 Which Arthur is This? . Glory and Ambitions ......... 115 .......... 247 Pendragon Chronology . Sample Glory Table ................ 120 The Hunt .......... What Your Characte Ambitions ........................ 123 The Feudal World 11 Romance ......................... 252 ................... Women 138 Religion .......................... 254 Chivalry ........................... 12 ..................... Traditional Roles .................. 138 Adventuring ...................... 256 Britain and Europe ................... 16 Battle 256 ................. 21 Generating Female Characters ........ 140 ............................ The Role of the. Warrior Woman ...... 142 Battle System ..................... 260 .................29 Woman's Character Sheet . Magician Character Generation 264 Character Generation 31 Game Mechanics ............ 146 Insight ........................... 264 ......... Magic Traditions ...................264 Your First Character .................3 1 Basic Concepts ....... 146 147 Magician Character Sheet ............ 266 First Knight's Character Sheet ...... 35-36 Make Character ............... 269 Default Knights ..................... 37 149 Your Advanced Character Generation ........ 47 150 Magic and Faerie ............ 274 Knight's Character Sheet. 49-50 Experience ....................... 151 Talents ........................... 285 Movement ....................... 152 Your Family 59 Enchanted Britain .................. 2% ................. Combat .......................... 157 Magic in Faerie .................... 300 Your Father's History ................ 63 Skills............................ 165 LandsoftheDead.................. 302 The Lands 67 Injury and Health .................. 178 ................... The Winter Phase ...... .... 185 Scenarios ................... 303 Geography of Britain .................67 Introductory Scenario ............... 303 Travel in Britain .................... 69 Ideals and Passion ........... 192 The Knighting Ceremony ............ 309 How to Use the Regional Sections ...... 70 Personality Traits ....... Solos ......................... Logres ............................ 72 Passions .............. Adventures .................... Religions 207 Short Adventures................... 320 ................... Stories ........................... 328 TheNorth ......................... 86 Christianity ....................... 207 Characters and Creatures ..... 329 Ordinary Characters ................ 329 Judaism ......... ......... 333 France ............................ 98 Gaul ............................. 100 Your Home ................. 223 Hunted Beasts The County of Salisbury ............ 223 The Peoples ................ 102 Castles .......................... 235 Cymri ............................ 102 Travel inBritain .................. 236 Appendices .................344 French ........................... 105 Character Generation Synopsis ........ 344 Occitanians ....................... 106 Wealth ..................... 238 The Winter Phase .................. 345 . 108 Standard Price. List ................. 240 Bibliography ...................... 347 ............. 110 Great City Price. List ............... 242 Appendix ......................... 349 . 112 Major Investment List .............. 246 Index ............................ 350 Sample file 3 Pendragon Welcome to Pendragon Join the Story of King Arthur! ENDRAGON IS UNLIKE any game you have played. It together. The dates and politics are those of the sixth century, has many revolutionary features which are novel to the so-called Dark Ages or Early Middle Ages, when King roleplaying games. It provides an imaginary method Arthur really lived. But the customs and fashions are those for you to participate in the wondrous world of King of the High Middle Ages, when the literature about him was Arthur. first written. As a result, in this chronology feudalism was This game portrays the legendary era of King Arthur instituted by Uther Pendragon circa 480-495, in the style of Pendragon, the mythical ruler who unified Britain, repelled his contemporary, Clovis of the Franks. Chivalry, which the Roman Empire, vanquished the Saxons, and led the refines the brute ways of knighthood, is introduced by young invincible brotherhood of heroes called the Round Table. King Arthur after he ascends to the high kingship in 510. The myth of Arthur’s world has grown over the fourteen Romance, the art of fine amot is popularized by Queen centuries of its literary existence, added to by many authors, Guenever after her marriage to Arthur in 5 14. whose ranks

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