Tizun Thane

Not at all. I fear there is a misunderstanding between us. Maybe because of my bad english.😅 The Triple Quest stays in 522-523. The adventure of the Knight with a Lion (aka the Chrétien's novel) can be placed, like jeffjerwin suggested, in 536-538, to stay faithful both to the GPC and Chrétien's work. Marhaus does not appear in the novel, so his death is not a concern.

It's a bit late, of course, but your old campaign sounds very interresting. How dit it turn out?

It seems that great minds think alike 😁 I use the exact same houserule, and it's working fine, to lower the death of mothers to an acceptable rate. Women with good Con have "good hips"...

By the past, I used to roll every joust with the complete rules. It's a burden, and it's very difficult for the PK to win in the long run. The rules for the joust in the GPC work well for me. However, for the Grande Mêlée, my quest for finding the good rules is not over. The rules for battle (Like in the book of battles) do not work well with a mocked battle, even with army of knights. With the rebatted weapons, there are many rolls without any real meaning. In classical Tournaments, the Grande Mêlée is supposed to be the highlight, but in play, it's kind of... tedious? In my game, I hesitate to create a new rule of non-lethal damag efor non-lethal weapons to recreate the feel of a real battle. Have you any tips to make the Grand Melee entertaining?

Yes, the two stories are in the same timeline (they overlap as you said). I tried to ignore that to fit the adventure in the timeline of the GPC. As Yvain is called the Knight with the Lion in 524... And in the third edition, the character sheet of Ywain had a love (wife) 20, which of course indicate that Yvain has met his wife in 531. But, I admit that I love your idea more! It gives something to do for PK during the abudction without Lancelot stealing all the glory. Your forthcoming book sounds very intriguing... I would love to hear more 😁 Sure, but his influence is huge, and like I said, I just love the books

In french culture, Chrétien de Troyes (1130-1190) is respected and his work still studied, as the first french novelist, and the first to write about arthurian mythos and to "invent" the Graal. But King Arthur Pendragon and his GPC is massively based on Thomas Malory's work, and Chrétien's is a tertiary source at best. I think it's a missed opportunity. To be more faithful to the french sources, more ancient than Malory by a few centuries, I tried to insert more Chrétien in the GPC, to make it more to my taste. First, let's begin with my favorite novel, Yvain ou le chevalier au Lion. It's a great arthurian story anyway, and I encourage everyone to read it. There is some differences of course. In the french novel, Yvain et Gauvain are first cousins by their fathers. In the english one, they are related by the mothers. In the french novel, Yvain, already the son of King Urien, is not the son of Morgan le Fay! And yet, she is portrayed in a positive light as a healer. Anyway... In 522, The GPC said that Yvain [the french way, I'm a rebel] is dubbed and goes immediatly to the Triple Quest (like in Malory). In 523, after a year of questing, he is at the court of the King Arthur, to tell his adventures. In 524, he is appointed to the Round Table, with his nickname "The Knight with the Lion". Considering that the novel begins at the Royal Court, and he gained his nickname during the adventures of the novel, case closed: The adventures of the novel are setted in 523. Except... there is still some issues. His adventures are segmented into half. In the first half, he revenged his cousin Calogrenant, marry the duchess Laudine, and he is happy and then go to tournaments. In the second half, one year after, he became crazy after betraying his love before going for many mores adventures, with a finish in duel against Gawaine. The GPC is still working. The first adventures and his wedding are in 523, and the rest in 524. The GM can add to the GPC the events of the novel during this two years. Or, he can be even more ambitious, and adapt the novel for his players...

Thank you! There is two problems: 1) App can be boosted with beautiful clothes and jewels. So an average guy with App 10 can be relooked into a beautiful man with App 20, and never miss a roll... 2) This rule can be abused by canny players. I fear you have to put a limitation to the number of "inspiration" under App. One by event is a good idea, I guess.

In my curent campaign, one of my PK convert to Christianism, after he met un monk during a feast and keep him as a servant to learn the faith. His conversion was motivated by his desire to wed a christian lady he was in love with, even before she raised any objection... He didn't care about religion, so why not? I just changed his religious traits, a chek in wordly,et voilà! If it was a sincere spiritual conversion, I would have give him a few checks in the religious virtues and spiritual. The next year in game, but the day after IRL, PK go to war against Rome, the monk always in his entourage. I designed a special encounter with sire Priamus from Mallory, the sarracen who wants to convert to christianism. Canonically, Priamus met Gauvain. After a duel (with the player crushed by he way), Priamus talks about his curiosity for christianism. The Player then said "I just convert myself recently, and I have a monk, an expert, just for you!" They became fast friends, Priamus was baptized after the Battle of Milan, and the rest is history... True story

I think the best teaching is to let the PK make their own choices and to live with the consequences. Just the glory you win is sufficient. If thy're Pathfinder players to the core, you have to remind them the it's a dynastic game. The Character is not that important. The family is. For a GM, you have to show them that women are real and everywhere Not only heiresses, but also the sweet sister of another player, the hostess on the road or his daughter, the damsel in distress, this kind of things. If you play them, the players will notice them. After that, weddings will be in the air.

RAW, App is a dumb Stat. As a houserule, i use a fake "inspiration" under App for all social skills. The PK can "inspire" under App, if the GM feels that his target can be influenced by App. It's more than sexual attraction. Have you a honest face or not? Sources are full of these kind of consideration. -sucess: +5 to the skill - failure: -5 to the skill -crit: +10 (You're her type!) - fumble: -10 (You're not) I think it's simpler that way, and it's working well.

In my games, i authorize the inspiration for trait (love (lady) to resist temptation for exemple) and Stats as well. No game breaker. No big deal.