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Chaos Knight
| Chaos Knight Level Progression | Chaos Knight Spell Progession | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| level | XP | Title | HD | THAC0 | D | W | P | B | S | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1 | 0 | - | 1d8 | 19[0] | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 2 | 2,750 | - | +1d8 | 19[0] | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 3 | 5,500 | - | +1d8 | 19[0] | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 4 | 12,000 | - | +1d8 | 17[+2] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 5 | 24,000 | - | +1d8 | 17[+2] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 6 | 45,000 | - | +1d8 | 17[+2] | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 7 | 95,000 | - | +1d8 | 14[+5] | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - |
| 8 | 175,000 | - | +1d8 | 14[+5] | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - |
| 9 | 350,000 | - | +1d8 | 14[+5] | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | 500,000 | - | +2 | 12[+7] | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 11 | 650,000 | - | +2 | 12[+7] | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 12 | 800,000 | - | +2 | 12[+7] | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 13 | 950,000 | - | +2 | 10[+9] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | 1,100,000 | - | +2 | 10[+9] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Chaos knights are warriors bound (whether willingly or not) to the service of an infernal patron—a chaotic deity, demon, or devil.
Alignment: A chaos knight must be chaotic. If the character’s alignment changes (for any reason), they lose all class abilities and becomes a fighter of the same level. The referee may allow the character to perform a mighty sacrifice in order to regain their status as a chaos knight.
Prime requisites: A chaos knight with at least 13 in one prime requisite gets +5% to XP. If both STR and WIS are 16 or higher, the character gets a +10% bonus.
Combat
Chaos knights can use all types of weapons and armour.
Divine Magic
See Magic, for full details on divine magic.
Holy symbol: A Chaos knight must carry a holy symbol
Patron disfavour: Chaos knights must be faithful to the tenets of their alignment and religion. Chaos knights who fall from favour with their deity may incur penalties.
Spell casting: From 9th level, a chaos knight may pray to receive spells. The power and number of spells available are determined by the character’s experience level. The list of spells available to chaos knights is found in Old-School Essentials (chaos knights have the same spell selection as clerics, typically using the reversed versions of spells).
Unholy Resistance
Chaos knights are immune to all disease.
Life Drain
Once per day, a chaos knight can make a life draining melee attack. If the attack hits, the target loses 2 hit point per level of the chaos knight (in addition to normal damage). The chaos knight is healed of damage equal to the hit points drained.
Vow of Bondage
A chaos knight may keep only a total of one suit of magical armour, one magical shield, and one magical melee weapon. They must also spend at least 10% of all income on sacrifices to their patron.
Infernal Steed
A chaos knight of 4th level or higher may summon an infernal steed—a horse with AC 5 [14], 5+5 HD, and a movement rate of 180’ (60’). If the steed dies, another may not be summoned for 10 years.
Commanding the Undead
Chaos knights of 3rd level and higher can invoke the power of their patron to command undead monsters encountered. To command undead, the player rolls 2d6. The referee then consults the table opposite, comparing the roll against the Hit Dice of the undead monsters targeted.
Successful Commanding
If the command attempt succeeds, the player must roll 2d6 again to determine the number of HD affected.
Command undead: Will obey the chaos knight’s commands for 1 round per level of the character.
Excess: Rolled Hit Dice that are not sufficient to affect a creature are wasted. However, at least one creature will always be affected on a successful attempt.
Mixed groups: If command undead is used against a mixed group of undead monsters of different types, those with the lowest HD are affected first.
| Hit Dice of Monster Type† | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | 1 | 2 | 2* | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7-9 |
| 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | C | 7 | 9 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | C | C | 7 | 9 | 11 | – | – | – |
| 6 | C | C | C | 7 | 9 | 11 | – | – |
| 7 | C | C | C | C | 7 | 9 | 11 | – |
| 8 | C | C | C | C | C | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | C | C | C | C | C | C | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | 7 |
| 11 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| 12 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| 13+ | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
* 2 HD monsters with a special ability (i.e. with an asterisk next to their HD rating, in the monster description).
† At the referee’s option, the table may be expanded to include more powerful types of undead monsters.
Commanding Table Results
–: The commanding fails.
Number: If the 2d6 commanding roll is higher or equal, the commanding attempt succeeds.
T: The commanding succeeds.
D: The commanding succeeds; the monsters are destroyed, not simply caused to flee.
After Reaching 9th Level
With the permission of their patron, a chaos knight can build a stronghold and control the surrounding lands. The chaos knight may be granted a title such as Baron or Baroness. The land under their control is then known as a Barony.
