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Knights of the Grail – In Her Name

’...That which is sacrosanct I shall preserve,
That which is sublime I will protect,
That which threatens, I will destroy,
For my holy wrath knows no bounds...’

This is a fork/alternative edition of Gejnor's definitive Knights of the Grail mod, a soft overhaul for Bretonnia gameplay. For technical reasons it is standalone, but I wholeheartedly recommend rating up and favouring his original mod.

The original mod version is based on an earlier game patch, and sadly kept a number of stats that were already changed in vanilla. I cleaned up all such cases, as well as unnecessarily duplicated game lines, so the patch and general mod compatibility should be higher now.

There used to be issues with Norsca settlement garrisons, and the original mod version tried to address it, and apparently included garrison changes for other Bretonnian settlements. They are no longer necessary, and probably better off in a separate mod (there was popular request for that), so I removed all of these changes. This should also make it more compatible with popular garrison-changing mods.

In the original mod, only select few technologies were tweaked and buffed. I tried to expand the scope of these buffs, including a couple further minor tweaks to the economy tree (nothing overpowered, and only to the fairly weak technologies to start with) and, in a few cases, toning down the buffs of the original mod.

I found that some item stats were outdated, too strong, or just 'boring' to my taste. Vanilla game often has certain stats in certain multiples (e.g. 3x, 6x), non-rounded (e.g. 8% or 9% instead of 10%), and I tried to remain faithful to that. I also added in-built Rebanner II compatibility (currently, only one banner needed it).

Inspired by Chivalric Replenishment mod (reupload), I split off the much-needed replenishment buff into Low-Born replenishment (10% tied to Peasant Economy, like in the mod, and extra 5% to Charity technology) and Knightly replenishment ( -3%/3%/5%/7%/9%/12% for each stage of Chivalry respectively, starting with negative, and extra 3% to Hay Stores technology) - for a total theoretical maximum of 15% each.

In order to make them more viable and competitive with hier-tier choices, several low-tier units have received minor to moderate buffs: +3 BvInfantry (BvLarge) for shieldless Men-at-Arms (Spearmen-at-Arms) in line with other two-handed units (such as Polearm Men-at-Arms), +2 base ammo for Peasant Bowmen without special arrows. All Mounted Yeomen units are now massed - +33% unit size increase with corresponding price and upkeep changes.

To make dedicated province-governor Lords more viable, "Magnanimous" trait, 3rd-level Tenth Share and end-of-blue-line Bailiff skills now give province-wide benefits. All skill- and trait-based bonuses to industry income are increased 2x to make their effect more pronounced (in relation to tech tree buffs) and further close the gap between farming and industry economies.

• Green Knight melee buffs were toned down a bit, but he received 115 armor (equal to Bretonnian Lord on warhorse, and fully in accordance with tabletop stats).
  
• Bretonnian Lord "Lance" skill increased to 15% personal charge bonus.
  
• Questing Vow now gives a bit of flat AP damage, like in earlier Knights of the Grail versions.

I probably missed a few other tweaks, so this list might be incomplete.

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• Gejnor, for his Knights of the Grail mod that inspired me to learn Total War modding and create this version.
  
• Sadge, for his Chivalric Replenishment mod (original link, currently down) that directly inspired the replenishment changes in this mod.

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Lastly, you might be interested in Longer Chivalric Campaign (which doubles the Bretonnian campaign length), as well as my other Warhammer mods.