I’m in the process of overhauling the Pendragon RPG in the hope that I’ll, one day, run it again.
As much as think 5th edition is tighter, much better organized, game than 4th edition I do miss some of the options that 4th edition Pendragon made available. While I never used 4th edition’s magic system, as magic is something best left as a plot device, I do miss the rules that allowed characters other than vassal knights (i.e. squires, warriors, footsoldiers, sergeants, mercenary knights, knights errant, and bachelor knights) at the start of play. 4th edition also included rules for characters from multiple cultures (i.e. Cymric, Roman, Saxon, Occitanian, French, Irish, and Pict) and faiths (i.e. pagan, heathen, Christian, Jewish, and Wotanic). In order to achieve this in 5th edition, you’d need to purchase the Book of Knights and Ladies.
The first part of overhauling the most current incarnation of the rules (Pendragon 5.1) will be porting those cultures back into the game. I’ll leave that for another post…
Please feel free to comment on what your experiences with the game and on any ideas you have to improve upon it (even if you love it as is and think I shouldn’t muck about with it). 😉
Coming soon… Pendragon: Where to Begin?
