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- 1 The C&S Red Booktm An Updated Edition of Chivalry & Sorcery 1st Edition By Edward E. Simbialist and Wilf K. Backhaus Contributors to Original Edition: Jan Vrapcenak.
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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2014) Chivalry & Sorcery, Publisher(s) (1st & 2nd edition), (3 rd edition), (Light, Rebirth, Essence v1.1) Publication date 1977 (1 st edition) 1983 (2 nd edition) 1996 (3 rd edition) 1999 (Light edition) 2000 (Rebirth edition) 2011 (Essence v1.1) Genre(s) System(s) Custom, (since 3 rd edition), Essence Chivalry & Sorcery is a that was first published in 1977. Originally created by and in 1977, Chivalry & Sorcery ( C&S) was an early competitor to ( D&D).
Historically, the two designers of the game were dissatisfied with the lack of realism in D&D and created a gaming system derived from it, which they named Chevalier. They intended to present it to at in 1977, but changed their minds once at the Con, where they met who wrote out a. After some final changes to get rid of the last remnants of D&D (e.g.
The game contained a table of 'Saving-throws' similar to D&D), Simbalist and Backhaus published the first edition of their game - now renamed Chivalry & Sorcery - shortly after the release of the first edition of Advanced D&D. According to Michael Tresca, Chivalry & Sorcery 'embraced a realistic approach to medieval France in the 12th century, complete with feudalism and the Catholic Church. Chivalry & Sorcery was most noteworthy for creating the term '.' It was one of the first games to place the setting at utmost importance over the mechanics of the game.' More focused on chivalry than fantasy, Chivalry & Sorcery had from its first version a sophisticated and complex set of rules. The game has been published four times to improve its presentation and to modernize its game mechanics.
C&S was the first to introduce new concepts like levels for monsters. Players could adventure in a variety of locations instead of being confined to a dark underground dungeon.
The action taking place outside the framework of an adventure became very important, especially for magicians, who had to spend many days to learn their spells and enchant their materials. This section is written like a that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings about a topic.
Please by rewriting it in an. (May 2011) Also called The (see image above). To reduce the printing cost, the FGU edition was printed by photo-reducing four pages onto each page of the rule book with the consequent loss of readability. Rules not only for character creation (including Monster player characters), combat and magic, but also for Knights (, political influence), a hierarchical priesthood who could perform miracles, a large section on monsters, including the Infernal Court of demons and even rules for armies were contained in the rulebook. In addition to ideas taken from Arthurian myth, the first edition also incorporated elements of including and. These references have disappeared in subsequent editions for reasons of copyright.
Thus, C&S has less of a modern literary influence than D&D which was influenced by Tolkien but also by other authors such as, and. Creating a character Creating a character begins with the random selection of the race among human, dwarf, or monster.
It should be noted that non-human races are not restricted in how many levels they can rise to as in D&D. Some non-humans races are superior to humans (possessing innate magical abilities, sometimes considerable longevity or immortality, racial bonus to certain skills, etc.). These show the influence of the world of and the elves, especially the ' are by far the most powerful race of C&S1. Once the race specified, the player randomly draws 'primary' characteristics, as well as size, weight and astral sign. Characteristics are seven in number: dexterity, strength, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, appearance, bardic voice. Some 'secondary' characteristics are derived from primary characteristics, size and weight: Body points, Fatigue points, charisma, Carrying Capacity (CC), Military Ability Factor (MAF), Personal Combat Factor (PCF) and Command Level (CL or ability to lead an army).
The astral sign, accompanied by auspices (favorable, unfavorable or neutral), determines if the character is more or less born under a lucky star regarding his vocation. For example, the sign Leo is a good sign for the while the sign Scorpio is a good sign for magicians. This results primarily (but not only) in a gain greater or lesser experience in the tasks performed. The alignment of a character from 1 to 20, corresponding to a 1-5 character Lawful and 16-20 in a Chaotic character. These concepts are very different from those of D&D, C&S they determine the behavior of a report by the teachings of the. A Lawful character would be very respectful of the sacred texts and behave like an honest citizen of good moral. A Chaotic character considers religion and moral principles which are attached as secondary or even devoid of any significance and will deliver the worst abuses that morality condemns.
A character can also have one or more or fears, which allows the player to give a little more depth to his character. In C&S social status is very important and a random drawing determines the origin and social rank of the character. Finally, taking into account the characteristics, his astral sign of social background, race and his natural inclination, the player decides what role the character will follow. Depending on Social background Fighters range from the peasant soldier, through the, to the members of Religious and for the most devout the. A magician will choose among 19 different classes.
The priests were also present but are almost exclusively of a monotheistic faith with a Christian-like hierarchy (as the game was intended as a simulation of an essentially medieval Christian Europe.) Finally, there are three classes of thieves: thieves (very similar to the Lankhmar-style thieves of D&D), (most often encountered on the roadside as NPCs), and assassins. The creation of a character in C&S1 is complex and may require several hours in the company of a, but the characters have their creation story, an experience that gives them a head start in creating a back-story for the character and assisting the player's role. For this same reason, when a character dies, it is common to stop the game temporarily for as long as the player creates another character, as creating a character is not a matter of a few dice and a few minutes. This certainly influenced the game to campaigns in which the mortality figures are considerably lower than in other role-playing, which has the effect of requiring a lot of attention preparation of C&S scenarios and difficulty level by the Game Master, especially as returning from the dead is not common in C&S, compared to other games like D&D.
Combat Combat in C&S attempts to be more realistic than the abstract systems of games such as D&D, though it still has the Armour Class and Hit table concepts. C&S introduced concepts such as fatigue being separate from damage and the 'Bash' (a strong blow that can cause the target to be knocked to the ground). This means that level differentials between combatants are less prone to make one invulnerable to the other if one outmatches their opponent in level. Magick The magic system of C&S was very sophisticated and complex.
It was created by Wilf Backhaus and inspired mainly by Real Magic. The rules of magic, being scattered over several chapters of the rule book, made it difficult to follow. A magician's capability is defined by his Concentration Level (which depends on his characteristics, his bonus astral and experience) which determines Magick's Level (MKL, the 'k' of Magick is emphasized by C&S). The MKL determines what level of spells will be available (a new level of spells are available both MKL). The highest MKL a magician can have is 22 (as the 22 ' cards of ).
On the other hand, the Personal Magick Factor (PMF) of a magician depends on its characteristics and its MKL and defines its ability to affect the world around them. In practice, PMF determines the scope and duration of spells and the number of volumes of materials used by the Magick User (see below on Magic Basic). This aspect of magic is questionable because the power of a spell will depend in some cases the level of the spell (spells the highest levels being most powerful) but for Basic Magic spells will no longer depend on the level of the spell but the magician PMF is to say its power. This ambiguity persisted until the third edition of the game. Basic Magick Alongside 'classic' spells, charms, illusions, black magick, there is a special class of magic, Basic Magick (BM) dealing with spells manipulating the four elements (water, air, fire, earth) and their derivatives (ice, cold, heat, light, dark, sand, dust, rain, etc.) All sorts of BM are the result of mixing of at least one spell of creation / manipulation (and up to three) and an element. There are eight creation / manipulation spells: Create, Remove, Detach (Move), Accelerate, Amplify, Intensify, Concentrate and Affix (Fix).
Thus creating a fireball requires the following formula: Create Fire. If the magician wishes to launch the fireball at an enemy, he must use Detach Fire. A magician who wants to create and launch a fireball at the same time uses a spell with the formula Detach Create Fire. Knowing that we can combine up to three spells of creation / manipulation with an item, the number of possible combinations is immense.
A magician will generally focus on one or two elements and attempt to optimize combinations using them. BM is much more dangerous than the magic commonly found in other games. For example, an intermediate magician (e.g.
MKL9, which is the level at which teachers become magicians and can take a student) can cast a fireball that causes 130 to 240 Body points of damage, with an average damage of 180. An average man has 30 body points and an athletic one rarely exceeds 50 points. In contrast, in AD&D the fireball spell is unlikely to kill a character in a same average level as the caster. Different classes of Magick Users When a player decides to play a Magick User, the class to which he will belong must be determined randomly (or selected if his game master agrees). There are 21 classes of Magick Users are available, divided into four main categories: Magicians Nature, Arcana Minor Arcana Major and Mystics. The Wizards are the Primitive Natural Talent, who make the magic instinctively but are unable to learn spells from a book or to enchant magic items, and the Shaman, Medium, Dance and Vocal Trance which Drug learn magic by a spiritual guide, contacted in a trance, which is induced by an altered state due to the concentration of the magician, the absorption of drugs or the use of sacred songs, or else a mixture of all this.