The Chivalric Code

The chivalric code is the set of ideals which all knights are expected to follow to the letter. However, this code of honor and truth often causes a lot of conflict for both the knight and those he travels with.

While these guidelines have been presented in many ways in previous AD&D rules books, and they have also been reprised in the AD&D 2nd Edition Complete Fighter’s Handbook, space has prevented a detailed accounting of the reasons that such a code is followed, and what the many consequences of failure might be. Herein, the code of chivalry is detailed with an eye to playability in a feudal campaign.