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Tournament Rules

The rules are updated from the Full Tilt GW game and should be read through. Your Knight will be jousting one random adversary each round. The goal is to break three of your lances. Hitting the crest of your opponent is worth two broken lances and unhorsing him automatically wins you the round.

All Knights will be considered having Hero statistics in the tournament. This means that Knights will hit others on a 4+

All Knights will have lances, shields, heavy armour and barded horses, and thus an armour save of 2+. 

    Only one roll to hit will be allowed in each pass, but each round might consist of several passes. If the to hit roll succeeds, the Knight will be allowed a roll to wound. All Knights will wound others on a 2+. If you roll a successful hit and wound you are considered to have broken your lance even if the wound is saved. A wounded Knight will be unhorsed on a further roll of 1, 2 or 3. Any Knight suffering a second wound will automatically be unhorsed. The first Knight to break three lances or unhorse his opponent wins the round.

Armour saves will be made with a -3 due to the strength of charging with lances. This means that Knights will usually save on 5+. As tournament lances are rebated (blunted), the wounds caused will not actually kill the Knights, but the wounds will not heal from one round to the next either.

• 1. Aim for Shield: This tactic allows you to strike first.
• 2. Aim for Helm: This tactic gives your Knight or Wood Elf a +1 modifier to his strength, thus lowering his opponent's save by one point. He will strike before an opponent aiming for his crest, making a swipe or a dodge, but he will strike after an opponent aiming for his shield.

• 3. Aim for Crest: Knocking your opponent's crest off counts as two broken lances. You will be at -1 to hit and can never wound or unhorse your opponent. If you hit the crest it will be knocked off on a further roll of 4, 5 or 6. This tactic allows your Knight or Wood Elf to strike before anyone making a swipe or a dodge, but after anyone aiming for the shield or helm. Note that each Knight or Wood Elf only has one crest and that after it is knocked off it will no longer be an eligible target. Crests are however mended between rounds.
• 4. Swipe: This tactic is acceptable, but not considered very honourable. It will give you a +1 modifier to hit. You will strike after anyone using tactics 1, 2 or 3, but before anyone using a dodge.
• 5. Dodge: This tactic is defensive and you will strike last. It is considered dishonourable and will probably bring down hisses from the crowd. Your opponent will get a -2 to hit modifier and you will get a -1. This tactic can just be used once per round. A Knight using this tactic twice in the same round will be disqualified from the tournament for cowardice.

    Bretonnian Knights are allowed two virtues (one always being the Knight's-, Questing- or Grail Virtue), others are not. The virtues have the following effects in a tournament:

• Knight's, Questing or Grail Virtue: Every Bretonnian Knight has one of these virtues, but they have no further effect on the joust.
• Virtue of Devotion: This virtue gives a Knight an automatic lady's favour, entitling him to three rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first three failed rolls.
• Virtue of Discipline: A Knight with this virtue will get a +1 to his armour saves.
• Virtue of the Impetuous Knight: This virtue will allow the Knight to count his tactics choice as the choice above it in the list when it comes to deciding who strikes first. Example: If the Knight chooses to aim for the helm he would normally strike after someone aiming for the shield, but in this case their attacks will be simultaneous.
• Virtue of Knightly Ardour: This virtue entitles the Knight to a +1 modifier to his strength, thus lowering his opponent's save by one point.
• Virtue of Knightly Temper: This virtue entitles the Knight to reroll any failed to hit roll in the first pass of each round.
• Virtue of Noble Disdain: A Knight with this virtue will automatically disregard the first wound he suffers.
• Virtue of Purity: A Knight with this virtue will never use the Swipe or Dodge tactics but he will be able to reroll any failed armour saves.
• Virtue of Valour: A Knight with this virtue will automatically have a random lady's favour. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.
• Virtue of the Joust: A Knight with this virtue will never use the Dodge tactic, but will always have a +1 modifier to hit.

    Before the jousting starts the contestants will parade before the assembled crowd. During the parade ladies might want to bestow favours on their favourite champions. Each contestant rolls two dice, if he gets doubles he will get a favour. The favour takes the form of a garment which the lady ties to the lance of her champion. The favours have the following effects:

• Double 1s - Veil: This favour entitles the Knight to one reroll. The reroll will automatically be used for the first failed roll.
• Double 2s - Wimple: This favour entitles the Knight to two rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.
• Double 3s - Kirtle: This favour entitles the Knight to three rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.
• Double 4s - Girder: This favour entitles the Knight to four rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.
• Double 5s - Garter: This favour entitles the Knight to five rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.
• Double 6s - Tress: This favour entitles the Knight to six rerolls. The rerolls will automatically be used for the first failed rolls.

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