Younger Knights

[Luca Cherstich]

We need to knighten a couple of younger brothers when they are 19 and 20, instead of 21.

I've found in BoK&L p.68 that the minimum age requirement is 18....but what about mechanics?

I've seen Morien's suggestions on doing Step.3 the other way around....

https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/10356-moriens-house-rules/?tab=comments#comment-153611

....But, do we have any other official answer in the books?

I mean: if I well understood, Morien's suggestion is 2 options per year = -1 Attribute and -1 trait/passion?? Since subtracting 1d6 skill points seem odd.

OK?
 

[Morien]

11 minutes ago, Luca Cherstich said:

....But, do we have any other official answer in the books?

You could use the Squire rules in Book of the Entourage. However...

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I mean: if I well understood, Morien's suggestion is 2 options per year = -1 Attribute and -1 trait/passion?? Since subtracting 1d6 skill points seem odd.

Not quite. The standard character generation rules of KAP 5.2 give you 4 raises on step 3. in p. 38: 

"3. Heighten any four unique statistics chosen from among
the following: Attribute scores, Traits, Passions, or Skills.
Heightening a Skill (or Combat Skill) increases it by
up to 5 points, while heightening an Attribute, Trait,
or Passion increases it by 1 point. Thus, for example, a

character could increase (i) his SIZ, STR, and DEX by 1
point each and his Axe Skill by up to 5 points; or (ii) his
Energetic Trait and his Love (Family) Passion by 1 point
each and his Horsemanship and Hunting Skills by up to
5 each. Any combination of four increases is allowed,
within the restrictions given above."

So in other words, you just reduce the number of those raises by 1 per year that the character is younger than 21. So a 20-year old character would get THREE choices rather than four and a 19-year old character TWO choices. So you do this reduction already in the character generation phase. Sure, the characters end a bit more powerful (at 21) due to the experience checks gained in play than a character who starts at 21, but this is not a huge difference, generally. A year here or there won't make a big difference. And most importantly, this is an extremely easy thing to do in character generation; it is simple and it works.

Edited May 3, 2020 by Morien