Blademaster
| This specialization of Knighthood concentrates on one-handed bladed weapons. This bloody skill can not only sever arteries and tendons, but cut off parts of the opponent, like the ear or scalp. The higher the skill, the more deadly and varied the effects. |
| Skill | Learned At | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blademastery | Master+0% | Mastery of the one-handed sword weapons. |
| PierceArm | Master+33% | Induce clumsiness by damaging the arm. |
| PierceLeg | Master+66% | A damaging strike to the leg. |
| PunctureChest | Gifted+0% | Increased sensitivity to pain from a precision strike. |
| Disembowel | Gifted+25% | Shred the innards of an enemy. |
| Lunge | Gifted+50% | A forceful strike that bypasses defences. |
| BladeShield | Gifted+75% | Protect yourself or an ally from attacks. |
| SliceEar | Expert+0% | Disfigure your target, inspiring disloyalty. |
| Aggravate | Expert+25% | Smart striking to aggravate existing ailments. |
| Warcry | Expert+50% | Bellow a furious roar to attract attention. |
| Poisonist | Expert+75% | Strike precisely to increase the effectiveness of poisons |
| WeakBlood | Expert+90% | A blow to weaken the blood to make your poisons stick. |
| CollapseNerve | Virtuoso+0% | Prevent an opponent from fighting. |
| Coule | Virtuoso+25% | Respond to a parry with a blow to the hands. |
| SlitThroat | Virtuoso+50% | Slice open a target's neck. |
| Stab | Virtuoso+75% | Deliver poisons deep into someone's body. |
| Intensify | Fabled+0% | Increased effectiveness against afflicted opponents. |
| GashChest | Fabled+25% | Slice open the midsection to cause paralysis. |
| PunctureLung | Fabled+50% | Make it difficult to breathe. |
| Remiss | Fabled+75% | A strike delivering a delayed affliction. |
| RavageGut | Mythical+0% | Severe damage to the internal organs. |
| LegTendon | Mythical+33% | A mutilating slice to the back of the leg. |
| Eviscerate | Mythical+66% | Spill the guts of an afflicted opponent. |
| Impede | Mythical+75% | Impede your opponents movement. |
| Haymaker | Transcendent+0% | Strike with a flurry of blows. |
Blademastery
| Syntax |
| STRIKE <target> [LEFT|RIGHT] [<bodypart>] [<modifier> [<modifier args>]] |
As a Blademaster, your skill with one-handed swords is such that you now attack even faster. Additionally, as you train in the Blademastery skill, you will learn to apply modifiers to your strikes, which increase the effectiveness of your attacks even further.
| Additional Notes: |
| Skills with the syntax "Modifier" are used to fill the <modifier> argument of Strike. For example, STRIKE ROARK PIERCEARM. Modifiers do not work with daggers, but do work with shortswords. |
Changelog:
- Bonecrushers and Blademasters will no longer be able to use a modifier and still wound their target. #1140 on 2017-Nov-14
PierceArm
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Right arm, left arm Requirements: Light wounds |
This modifier will pierce an opponent's arm, leaving them clumsy.
PierceLeg
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Right leg, left leg Requirements: Light wounds |
This modifier will cause your strikes to damage your target's legs.
PunctureChest
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Chest Requirements: Light wounds |
This wound will puncture your target's chest, leaving them sensitive to pain.
Disembowel
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Gut Requirements: Light wounds |
This modifier will damage the insides of your opponent, causing internal bleeding
Lunge
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Any Requirements: None |
This modifier will cause your strike to bypass parry, deal 25% more damage and deal double the wounds as a normal strike.
Bladeshield
| Syntax |
| BLADESHIELD [<target>|ME] |
| Power: 5 (Any) |
Effect: You may protect an ally or yourself with your blades. Any attack against will be deflected and met with retaliatory strikes. Should you be sprawled, entangled or separated from the person you are protecting, you will be unable to deflect attacks.
Additionally, all your focus must be on maintaining the bladeshield and any other action will prevent you from continuing it.
| Additional Notes: |
| Lasts 10 seconds if not interrupted. |
SliceEar
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Head Requirements: Light wounds |
This modifier will disfigure your opponent, causing the disloyalty affliction.
Aggravate
This passive ability will increase the damage of your strikes for each of the following afflictions on your opponent: Damagedleftleg, damagedrightleg, damagedleftarm, damagedrightarm, disloyalty, anorexia, asthma.
Warcry
| Syntax |
| WARCRY |
Your warcry is now so powerful and intimidating that many creatures attacking your allies will be forced to consider you their primary target. You will not be able to produce a proper warcry while off-balance or on the floor, and most loyal creatures are simply so devoted to their cause that your warcry will have no effect.
Poisonist
| Syntax |
| COMBATSTYLE POISONIST |
Choosing a poisonist fighting style will increase the chance of delivering a venom from your weapon at the expense of damage.
| Additional Notes: |
| "at the expense of damage" means it applies a -1/-8 universal damage debuff. |
Changelog
- Blademaster Poisonist has been improved, it will increase the odds of applying a poison by 1.4x.
- - this will be a variable adjustment, the higher the chance, the more this increases it. (#2398 on 2021-Mar-15)
WeakBlood
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Power: 3 (Any) Targetable Body Parts: Any |
Two hidden poison afflictions and the target will not be able to shrug poisons for the next 10 seconds.
CollapseNerve
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Right arm, left arm Requirements: Heavy wounds |
This modifier will damage the nerves in your target's arm, leaving them unable to attack.
Coule
If you succeed in parrying an attack, your blade will automatically slide down the shaft of your opponent's weapon and strike their arms.
SlitThroat
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Head Requirements: Heavy wounds |
This modifier will slice open the throat of your target, damaging it.
Stab
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Any Requirements: None |
This modifier will guarantee that your strike will deliver the next venom on your sword.
| Additional Notes: |
| [Please verify] This modifier requires and uses balance for both arms. |
Changelog:
- Blademaster Stab will bypass immunity effects such as Nekotai Spit and Poisons Immune (#2685 on 2022-06-04)
Intensify
This passive ability will increase the damage you deal with your strikes based on how many afflictions your target has.
*This does not include the lust affliction.
GashChest
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Chest Requirements: Heavy wounds |
This modifier will leave a painful gash across your target's chest, leaving them unable to move.
PunctureLung
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Chest Requirements: Heavy wounds |
This modifier will puncture your opponent's lung, leaving them gasping for breath.
Remiss
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Any Requirements: None |
This modifier will apply one or two afflictions a few seconds after your strike lands. This requires and uses balance from both arms.
Changelog:
- Blademaster Remiss and Haymaker will now afflict with two afflictions from things like Nightkiss, FesteringBlade, RighteousBlade, Deathweapon, AncestralBlade, Drawdown, Chaosaura and Timeflux. (#1933 on 2019-Dec-29)
- Blademaster Remiss no longer consumes puissant charges. (#1422 on 2018-Jun-11)
RavageGut
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Gut Requirements: Heavy wounds |
This modifier will damage the internal organs of your target.
| Additional Notes: |
| Damagedorgans removes all poison shrugging chance. |
LegTendon
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Right leg, left leg Requirements: Critical wounds |
This modifier will cause your strikes to mutilate your target's legs.
Eviscerate
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Chest Requirements: Critical wounds, two internal afflictions, two physical afflictions |
If your target is sufficiently wounded and afflicted, you can modify your strike to rip their insides from their body, killing them.
Impede
| Syntax |
| IMPEDE <target> |
| Power: 5 (Any) |
Impeding a target will prevent that target from leaving for the next 8 seconds. You must focus entirely on impeding their progress and any other action will interrupt your ability to impede them.
Haymaker
| Syntax |
| Modifier |
| Targetable Body Parts: Any Requirements: None |
This modifier will cause you to launch into a series of brutal attacks against your opponent, delivering damage scaling up with the total number of wounds on your target. This modifier bypasses the Rune of Absorption and related effects.
Should your target be under 25% of their maximum health and sprawled on the ground, Haymaker will instantly kill them.
Changelog:
- Blademaster Haymaker now requires the target to be prone instead of the warrior performing it. (#2138 on 2020-Jun-29)
- Blademaster Haymaker can no longer be used with one arm off balance. (#1406 on 2018-May-31)