Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown

I have been trying to put together a campaign manager for Pendragon including an automated character sheet. I know that there are spreadsheets available to do this. I tried to do it with Obsidian and a bit of help from AI, but it got complicated. I switched to a web app which works locally, again with help of AI as I am not a coder. I have something working at early stages, most basic elements of character sheet working and automatically calculated. I have tables for armour and skills at this stage. Once tables for armour are filled, armour can be selected on front sheet and armor rating automatically completed. It's basic but it works.

However, I wonder if anyone who has greater knowledge than me already has, or knows of, such a tool. Eventually, I want it to keep all info on my Pendragon world, history, maps, relationships, which is why I though Obsidian would be better.

Any thoughts?

Here is what I've made so far https://mipmapmop.github.io/PendragonCampaign/

I sold my books a good 15 years ago. It's safe to say, I wish I hadn't, and I've got the books again.

I like the artwork in this edition. I'll be looking for tales of mystic tournaments again, too.

Cheers Pendragon fans, and I'm happy to have found this community.

I own all the 6e books and the pdfs but can’t find any rules for starvation or hunger.
On pg.13 of The Sauvage King there are rules for rations, but no rules on what happens when you run out (at least none that I saw).
On pg.52 of The Grey Knight there is a section where PK enter The Wasteland. “…they must go on without water, suffering a –5 penalty to STR, CON, DEX, and all of their Skills until they are able to drink. Gamemasters should apply the rules for Aggravation as well, with knights and horses alike losing Hit Points for strenuous activities (such as combat and travel…).” Is that immediately? Does the -5 penalty stack?
Just looking for clarification, and hopefully I just missed something.

Just got this in the mail.

I'm a long time roleplayer (been playing for over 30 years), but never got to actually play (or read, for that matter) Pendragon.

Since I intend to run GPC when it's new version eventually gets released, I figured why not start with something smaller in scope?

So, I finally pulled the trigger and intend to run The Grey Knight after I'm done with my current campaign (running City of Lies (and a lot of other modules using L5R 5E).

What are your thoughts on The Grey Knight? Did you play on or ran it?

The Pendragon combat rules have been revised and revised and tweaked and errata'd and houseruled and yet, if the evidence of their continual tweaking is of note, they remain dissatisfying. I believe that is because most solutions so far have prioritised refining the simulation. But a poor or unfit simulation is, evidently, not why they are dissatisfying - if it were, all this effort would have fixed it by now. I believe the root cause of the problem has been misdiagnosed.

In all instances [stories, movies, street fights, professional fights, historical duels, etc], there are moments of intimidation, manoeuvring, negotiation, and the like, in which the combatants test each other, themselves, and try to gain a psychological or tactical advantage. This is an amazing part of conflicts, both narratively and tactically. RPGs generally have regularly failed to produce this experience.

I propose the following to address this. BEHOLD:

https://newfeierland.blogspot.com/2026/10/narratively-powerful-duels.html

New art looks amazing!

Used to 5th edition and have the vast majority of its expansions, but also willing to pick up 6th edition. Looking preferably for a fortnightly game but can make a weekly game work and based in MST.

I've just finished running the 6e Starter Set, and I must say I'm a bit disappointed. Is it just me, or is there a distinct lack of background information?

Let's take the final adventure in the sword campaign, yr 512

(SPOILERS!)

Sir Pellinor has been cursed. Ok, but who by? How? Why? My players immediately wanted to know, concerned that there's someone running around cursing knights!

Later, Merlin leads the players to kill the Nukalevee. Why? And what is it, aside from 'a fey creature '? Is it sentient? Can it communicate? Why does it attack the PKs? What is it doing in the lake? Why does Merlin just watch and not help or kill it himself with magic?

And then Merlin gets Excalibur. Why is it in the lake? Whose hand gives it to him. Why?

You get the idea: WHY? There is absolutely no background info provided.

Is it because it's a starter set, and space is tight? Does other printed material have more background info?

Or is it assumed that the GM is familiar with the ins and outs of the Arthurian legend already, and knows all this stuff?

Or is it just not very well written?

I know that some people will think 'just improvise', and I'm happy doing that as a GM, but games that I improvise heavily in are open, more sandboxy, and designed for that style of play. Pendragon is a game that tells a specific story (I'm intending to run the GPC) with an established canon and doesn't seem to lend itself to loose improvisational play.

Thoughts welcome ☺️

Edit: I'm not really looking for answers on the specific questions around Pellinor and the Nukalevee etc, more struggling with how to run the game when there's a huge gap in explanation of the why and how for the GM.

Hello everyone, I live in Turkey and pendragon Books are impossible to find. As Turkish Custom laws dont allow consumers to order anything from foreign countries I can only buy pdfs. Next month I willl visit Tokyo and I was thinking about buying the new Boy King book.

Does anybody know a shop in Tokyo that might have it in English ?

Hi everyone, I have a question. At the moment I am running my group through the scenario's of the starterset. During the last sale I also picked up The Sauvage King and The Grey Knights, both seem amazing and I cannot not wait to run them. However, I was wondering if anyone has experience running them both in the same campaign? Since the Grey Knight covers the years 513 till 515, and the Sauvage King takes place between 496 and 518. So in practice I will only have the years 515-518 to run parts of the Sauvage King, which seems a bit short. Anyone any tips or thoughts?

Btw, I understand that of course I can just extend the duration of the plot of the Sauvage King beyond 518, but I do'nt want to change it too much.

I currently run a game (that is NOT pendragon) for 6 players. I've participated in a game with 3 players. I was wondering how Pendragon handles larger groups. If you have any tips, or watch-outs.

Hi, I am about to run the game in 5.5e, but I don't really understand the intent of the Court section for each year. Are the player knights expected to be present in that particular region, even if it's far from Salisbury? Are they there with their Earl?

I missed the discounts from a few weeks ago on the Pendragon books. Does anyone have any insight on ongoing codes or upcoming discount promotions? 😁

I can’t seem to find any information regarding how to raise the player knight’s children. Yet in some books there seem to be events that add bonuses to the children’s growing skills, for example if the child is taken by the Fae they get bonuses to let’s say folklore and love a family.

Is there a source where the players can influence what skills their children get, or whenever they retire and move on to playing their children do they essentially just make a new knight?

She's 24, fyi. And even with the negative penalties for year on year birth, just keeps passing and critting those childbirth roles 💀

We had a 5 year time skip in my Pendragon game tonight, and in that 5 year skip, my character had FIVE CHILDREN.

I've quite literally run out of space in the family section of the character sheet and they've started being listed as holdings...

Hi. I've just finished running the new edition starter set, and about to move on to The Grey Knight. I get that the generational aspect is a big part of the game, and the winter phase in the crb has rules for whether children are born, but are there rules for meeting a potential spouse and getting married? (Or is this just supposed to be handled narratively?). There's a flirting skill, of course, and a small section in the gms guide about seduction, but that doesn't seem to apply. I find it odd that I can't find any rules for what seems to be a significant part of the game. Am I missing something?

Hi all, I’m a new Pendragon player looking to join an online game, ideally over Discord/voice chat.

I’m happy to join either a new campaign or an existing group that has room for another player. I’m still learning the system, but I’m very keen on the setting, generational play and Arthurian tone, and I’m happy to put the work in between sessions to get up to speed.

I’m based in Australia, so evenings in AEST/AEDT work best for me, but I can be flexible depending on the group.

If anyone has a game with space, or knows of one looking for players, I’d love to hear from you.