TSR 9323 HR2 Charlemagne's Paladins.pdf

Charle

ne’s

Paladins

Campaign Sourcebook

by Ken Rolston

and His Paladins ..

Chapter 2: A Survey of Carolingian History . , 4

Chapter 3: Character Design

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Chapter 4: The Setting ....................

Chapter 5 Equipment and Treasure ........ 52

Appendix: Predesigne

Credits

Editing: Mike Breault

Additional Editing: Don ”the Barbarian” Watry

Illustrations: Roger Raupp

Typography: Gaye OKeefe

Cartography: John Knecht

Playtesting: Paul Harmaty, Anna Harmaty, Henry

Monteferrante, Dana Swain, Richard

Garner, Brian Cummings

ISBN 1-560763930

Special Thanks Alan Kellogg

CHAPTER

One of the greatest challenges facing a DM is

to create a detailed, dramatic, and plausible

campaign setting for role-playing. Adapting a

historical setting like the Carolingian period of-

fers some spectacular advantages for meeting

this challenge. The historical and legendary per-

sonalities and events of Charlemagne’s time pro-

vide a wealth of epic themes for a role-playing

campaign.

We suggest you choose one of the following

three strategiesto develop an AD&D@role-play-

ing campaign set in the time of Charlemagne. As

you read this book and consider how to use it in

your campaign, keep the following three options

in mind.

The Fantasy Campaign

This type of campaign mdds a weak-magic

AD&D fantasy campaign with various historical

and legendary elements associated with Charle-

magne and his times. Except for some restric-

tions on player characters md magical items,

players are expected to usg their PCs pretty

much like they would in any pther AD&D game

setting.

The big advantage of this is that the players

get all the abilities they are accustomed to, while

the DM has access to abunda it campaign setting

detail to adapt for fantasy scenarios (many his-

torical books are available at the public library).

The Historical Campaign

This type of campaign should be held to the

same standards for accuracy as a historical novel

or film. Such standards vary greatly, especially

in the action-adventure genre. Often we forgive

inaccuracies so long as the tale is dramatic, but a

careless disregard for detail ruins our pleasure in

the historical setting. Most significant for

AD&D game players, the visible effects of magic

in a historical world must be far more subtle

than those found in a more typical AD&D cam-

paign.

Great differences exist

west, north and south, i

t be true of an-

The Legendary Campaign

This type of campaign exploits the legends of

Charlemagne and his Paladins as recounted in

late Medieval tales. Unfortunately, certain as-

pects of these legends (plate armor, jousting, chi-

valric romance, and others) are historically

inaccurate. However, the sorcerers, magical

swords and rings, and marvelous fairy king-

doms should be retained and adapted to the Car-

olingian setting. They can enhance or expand

any campaign.

In a legendary campaign, the restrictions on

spellcasters and spellcasting are somewhat re-

laxed. Encounters with mythical creatures, such

as hippogriffs and pegasi, and with sinister sor-

cerers are standard fare. Though spells and mag-

ical effects are somewhat restricted, a legendary

campaign is considerably closer to the standard

ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS@

game than is a historical campaign.

As your research pr

realize that we don’t kn

in the Dark Ages. You

what you’ve learned fr

sessed with facts. Your m

Chapter One

Introduction

istory

"Illustrious race of the Franks, instituted by

God himself, courageous in war, in pea& con-

stant. . ., of noble stature, brilliant whiteness of

skin, exceptional beauty, daring, swift, and har-

dy, converted to the Catholic faith free of her-

esy. . . . Long live Christ, who loves the Franks."

-From

Saxons.

the prologue to a compilation

of the laws of the Franks

The greatest king of this fortunate race of

Franks, Charlemagne (or Charles the Great,

Carolus Magnus), by the grace of God, by

boldness in war, and by mercy and enlighten-

ment in peace, brought the Dark Age barbarian

peoples of Europe together under one rule in

the Carolingian Empire. Great in history and

legends, Charlemagne and his Paladins became

symbols of the struggle to rise from the vio-

lence, disorder, ignorance, and paganislr .-( the

Dark Ages toward the noble, heroic, just, and

enlightened society idealized in chivalric Medi-

eval romances.

comes emperor.

884: Carolingian empi

time under Charles the

ited for the last

Timeline

7ll: The conquest of Spain begun by Muslims

of North Africa.

714: Charles Martel (1st Carolingian) inherits

effective rule as Mayor of the Palace under a

weak Merovingian king.

c. 725 Probable composition of Beowulf.

732: Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Battle of

Poitiers.

751: Pepin, son of

nently partitioned.

911: Carolingian line c

ny; Charles the Simple

an end in Genna-

Charles Martel, crowned

King of Franks.

768 Pepin dies and Charlemagne is crowned

king.

773: Charlemagne invades Lombard Italy.

774: Charlemagne defeats Lombards and makes

himself their king.

778: Charlemagne's Spanish campaign fails; Ro-

land is killed at the Pass of Roncesvalles.

782: Alcuin, Anglo-Saxon scholar, joins

Charlemagne's court and becomes head of pal-

ace school.

789: Anglo-Saxon chronicles record first Viking

attack in-England.

797: Irene becomes Empress of Byzantine Em-

pire amidst doubts that a woman can legally rule

the empire.

tian dynasty.

Chapter Two

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