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The Winter Phase, Synopsis

Step 1: Perform Solo

If your character was not played last year, this is expecially important.
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Step 2: Experience

Roll a d20 once for each experience check. If the number rolled is greater than the current value, then add one point to that value. If the value is at 20 or greater, a roll of 20 still boosts it by another one point.
If your primary squire has any checks, roll for each skill normally.

Step 3: Aging

Increase the character's age by one year at this time.
After 35 years of age or more, roll on the Aging Table.
Roll 2d6 and consult the Aging Table

Step 4: Economics

If needed, to go the YOUR OWN LAND When you know the knight’s Wealth Level, find the modifiers to his upcoming Stable, Marriage and Children events.

Impoverished Knights

-15 to Horse Survival and Child Survival; no children born, -1 to armor, make CON roll, where failure = lose 1 CON.

Poor Knights

-3 to Horse Survival and Child Survival, cumulative each poor year;
-5 to Childbirth Table rolls

Ordinary Knights

No special effects

Rich Knights

+1 to Child Survival Table rolls
+3 to Childbirth Table

Superlative Knights

+2 to Horse Survival Table
+3 to Child Survival Table
+5 to Childbirth Table

Step 5: Stable Rolls

Use for special horses. Normal ones are easily replaced.

Step 6: Marriage (Optional)

Marriage requires the agreement of the bride’s caretaker, whether father, brother or warden. Wealthier heiresses have less freedom than ordinary ones since their fate involves economic opportunities. The woman has no final say in the choice of her husband, save for that granted by familial affections. Love is irrelevant—this is a business agreement between two families.

Marriage below Character’s Class

Roll Loyalty (Lord). Success = permission to wed. Dowry = 1d6 £, Glory = 10

Marriage within Character’s Class

Roll Courtesy. Success = either: a. Roll on the Random Marriage Table; OR, wait a year, and get +1 on the eventual Random Marriage Table result.

7. Children

Go to New Childbirth Tables

8. Family Events

* Indicates roll on Family Member Table (below) to find person affected. If the result is ridiculous, like your mother remarrying when your father is alive, reroll.

Step 9: Training and Practice

Choose one:

1. Change a Personality Trait, Statistic, or Passion
   One trait, statistic or passion value may be changed by one point.
   Restrictions: Traits cannot be increased over 19. Passions cannot be increased over 20. No statistics can be raised higher than its maximum cultural value, which is usually 15, 18, or 21. SIZ may not be increased after age 21 and no statistics may be increased after age 35.
2. Train Skills Up to 15
   Get 1d6+1 skill points.
   Restrictions: Raise a skill only to a value of 15.
3. Train a Skill Up to 20
   Increase one skill over 15 by one point.
   Restriction: a maximum value of 20.

Step 10: Glory

Glory from Play: Recorded in detail on the back of the sheet with a date attached, equal to the number in the “Glory this Game” box.
Glory from Solo Scenarios: If done.
Glory from One-time Honors: Being knighted, married, appointed to Round Table.
Conspicuous Consumption: For each £ spent last, year, add 1 Glory; for last year: Rich knight = 10 Glory, Superlative knight = 15 Glory; Tournament Sponsorship, see “In the Future” chapter.
Annual Glory: For holdings (Vassal knights get 6 Glory per manor), all Traits and Passions over 16 get Glory equal to their number; Chivalrous knights get 100 points; Religious knights get 100 points.

Step 11: Glory Bonus

If the threshold of 1000 Glory has been passed, add the Bonus Point.

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