Ringan

Oh for sure! Always interested in placing the tales in the context of the happenings of the wider world. (I read a good thread yesterday about trying to re-create a cheeseburger in Roman days 😁)

That sounds good, too! BTW, for anyone who isn't aware of it, I'm a big fan of GURPS Camelot as a general sourcebook.

Thanks for all the perspectives! I feel like I have a good understanding of the situation now.

Yeah, maybe something like the Dragons of Britain, which I believe @sirlarkins contributed to.

All right, now say you are a single knight riding in the woods and you spot a band of three Saxon marauders. I see a few ways this might be approached: Surprise attack them (i.e. unopposed attack) - is this dishonorable? Charge at them. You get the charge bonus but you're probably too loud on your horse to be "surprising" - no dishonor here, right? Hail them and formally announce you'll attack them, allowing them to prepare - overkill, right? For 1 and 2, does the scenario of being an outrider, in a build-up to an imminent battle change the honorableness?

What is the general consensus on surprise melee attacks? KAP says "it is very dishonorable" to attack an enemy from surprise. Yet there are a couple instances of battles where the Cymri catch the Saxons by surprise, and these aren't characterized as dishonorable moves. I'm wondering if surprise is ok on a relative basis, like: vs. beasts: not dishonorable. vs. honorless men (e.g. bandits, Saxons): not dishonorable, but gain less glory to do so. vs. fellow knights: dishonorable.

Seems like nocturnalmediaforum is down. Does this mean migration is happening soon?