Playing The Knight

Self-sacrificing, heroic, caring, and frightened. The Knight

is threatened by something powerful and dangerous
that they can’t face, in part because they can’t or won’t
put themselves first. They could save everyone, but they
can’t save themselves.

The two stat lines for The Knight let you choose
between harsh and measured (Volatile 2 & Cold 1) or
overly friendly (Hot 2 & Volatile 1). The Knight is
woefully unprepared to face the reality of how bleak the
world can get, hence their low Dark.

The Dragon is the core of The Knight’s playbook, and

what specifically it is can drastically change the themes
and scope of The Knight’s story. A literal dragon or other
monster is certainly an option, but a helicopter parent,
concerns about your sexuality, or the looming threat of
college are all also options. Work with your MC to
determine whether you want the threat to be
supernatural, mundane, or a mix of both!

Dragonslayer allows you to face down threats to the lives

of others, but not to whatever threatens your own life.
However, if someone is threatening you and your little
sister, that’s enough for you to pull a beatdown on them.
A threat to someone’s life doesn’t literally have to mean
they’ll die; it could mean getting grounded for an entire
year, being horribly cursed, or being forced to keep
living with an awful family.

The Knight
You’re a hero. The Knight in shining armour, there to save the day. How
many times have you saved a friend’s ass? You’ve lost count. Point is, you’re
real good at it. But you’ve got a problem, sorta.

Credits There’s a Dragon on the loose, now. I’m sure it’s not a big deal, right? Other
people have bigger problems to worry about. Stick to what you’re good at:
helping people. Even if it means you can’t help yourself.
This is a fan Skin for Monsterhearts 2, designed by C.M.Ruebsaat.
Art by C.M.Ruebsaat.
Check out the game at buriedwithoutceremony.com
Identity
Name: Chastity, Gawain, Robin,
Percy, Raseem, Lance, J,A., Trish,
Artura, Kay, Morgan
Look: brilliant, strong, optimistic,
battered, suck-up
Eyes: righteous eyes, unsure eyes,
shining eyes, wrathful eyes, friendly
eyes
Origin:, heraldic line, sword from a tree,
overbearing home life, chivalric romance
novels, LARPer
Knight Moves
You get The Dragon, and choose one
more:
● The Dragon
You have a Dragon in your life,
some big, looming threat that you
are too afraid to face. When you
come in contact with The Dragon,
it may give you a Condition.
❍ In Shining Armour
You have a suit of ‘armour’ that is
(circle 1): a costume, cardboard,
sports equipment, biker gear.
When you wear your armour, all
harm you suffer is reduced by 1,
and nobody can take advantage of
your Conditions when trying to
harm you.

Your Backstory Strings When you successfully defy, ❍ Martyr

You fear The Dragon. It gains 3
Strings on you. It cannot be
defeated if it has Strings on you.
You see somebody else’s problems
as more important than your
own. Gain a String on each other.
Darkest Self
You don’t have a chance of
slaying The Dragon. Hell, you
can’t even stand your ground and
face it. You’re no hero, you’re
lonely, pathetic, and scared. You
can’t save anyone, least of all
yourself. Escape your Darkest Self
by getting a clear, undeniable
win, or when someone faces
their own mortality because you
were too scared to save them.
Harm
Experience ❍❍❍❍❍
❍ Add +1 to one of your stats.
❍ Take another Knight move.
❍ Take another Knight move.
❍ Take a move from any Skin.
❍ Take a move from any Skin.
❍ You lead an Honourable Order.
Conditions
defeat, or drive off The Dragon,
clear a Condition and erase 1 of its
Strings on you.
❍ Dragonslayer
When you face down a threat in
someone else’s life, add 1 to your
rolls and harm.
❍ Can’t Save Everyone
When someone gets hurt because
you were too busy to help them,
mark experience and they take a
String on you.
When someone with Strings on
you is about to take harm, you
can show up in the nick of time
to protect them. You take the
harm instead, and gain a String on
them.
❍ Righteous Cause
When you declare your intentions
to someone, ask them if you are
on the right path. If they answer
yes, they take a String on you and
you take 1 Forward. Otherwise,
they can give you a Condition.

Hot -1 Cold 1 Volatile 2 Dark -1 Sex

When you have sex with someone, ask them if they feel
like you have things worse than they do. If they say that
you do, mark experience, but The Dragon gains a String on
Hot 2 Cold -1 Volatile 1 Dark -1 Move you. If they say you don’t, take a String on each other.