SWATT

You spend time honing the broad skill set required to be a true combat master.

Each level of this skill costs 15 XP. This skill has no effect but certain levels are required by other skills

You build stamina and endurance whilst practising fighting styles in various degrees of encumbering armour. As your skill as a warrior increases you find yourself better able to perform great feats of combat mastery whilst wearing more and more encumbering armour.

Without this skill you may wear up to 4 points worth of Armour. For each level of this skill you may equip an additional 4 points of armour. Each level requires an equal level in the Warrior Skill

You allow your anger to fuel your strength and endurance during a fight. Certain things trigger a towering rage within you driving you into a furious combat that lacks the finesse and tactical presence of some Warriors but contains the raw strength and aggression that allow you to defeat the source of your anger.

When purchased you may activate it 1/day to gain the following effect that lasts for 1 encounter or what the cause of the rage is removed or you are unconscious (which ever occurs first):

"Increase your damage calls by 1 degree, you may not cast Spells or Miracles or undertake any task requiring fine control or concentration. You must pursue and destroy the cause of the rage even if doing so is unwise".

Whilst this skill is active you are no longer capable of complex or strategic thinking. Only your goal matters to the detriment of all else, including your allies.

The description above loosely covers the roleplay that comes with being a berserker. However the details of what happens are the prerogative of the player. A character without the Berserker skill can still act in the same manner. If you have bought the Beserker skill, and are unsure as to how to behave with it, speak to the refs.

The "extra rage" skill allows you to go berserk more times per day, and to add additional berserk triggers.

You have practised sensing opponents whilst blindfolded. Note: You may take aggressive or defensive action whilst affected by the BLIND call (Including wielding a weapon and casting spells).

1. (Requires Melee Lv 3) When affected by the BLIND call you may parry blows but may not call any damage except NOTHING (even with damage bonuses).
2. (Requires Melee Lv 5) Your damage is only reduced by 1 when affected by the BLIND call.
3. (Requires Melee Lv 7) You may fight as normal when effected by the BLIND call.

The character is more aware of the cut and flow of combat than others, and can occasionally anticipate a blow and move to avoid its damage.
For every 4 ranks of Combat Awareness, Agility and/or Dodge you possesses you gain a point of DODGE.

This skill gives a character the ability to add damage when in a berserk rage one more time per day for each time they buy this skill. They may also choose to add a new berserk trigger every time they buy this skill. This trigger should be relevant to the character's experiences, and preferably related to something that has occurred since they entered play.

For every 4 levels of Health (see General Skills page), Fitness and Fortitude (in any combination) you gain 1 extra hit point on each location.

For every 4 levels of Health (see General Skills page), Fitness and Fortitude (in any combination) you gain 1 extra hit point on each location.

Melee is the skill which allows a Warrior to do damage with close combat weapons.

1. Call SINGLE naturally when striking with a Specific Weapon.
2. Either:
   • Call SINGLE naturally when striking with any melee weapon (Including two-handed weapons) OR
   • May use a Shield
3. If not picked at level 2: Call SINGLE naturally when striking with any melee weapon (Including two-handed weapons) OR Either:
   • May use a Shield
   • Ambidexterity
4. Either:
   • May use a Shield
   • Ambidexterity
5. You natural damage amount is increased by +1 degree when striking with any melee weapon.
6. Further training with melee weapons, granting the ability to add one degree of unnatural damage to the character's first weapon blow in an encounter. This refreshes as Dodge does.
7. Yet more training with melee weapons, granting the ability to add one degree of unnatural damage to the character's first two weapon blows in an encounter. This refreshes as Dodge does. This replaces the ability gained from Melee level 6.
8. Expert experience in melee skills, giving the ability to do a further +1 natural degree of damage when striking with any melee weapon. This repalces the ability gained from Melee Level 7.

The Melee skill cannot raise a character's damage call with weapons shorter than 24" above SINGLE. This limit is applied before spells, miracles, and non-Melee skills such as Backstab and Berserk. The longest weapon that may be wielded one-handed, regardless of skill, is 42". The longest weapon that may be wielded two-handed, regardless of skill, is 84". These limits are slightly flexible; 5% or so either way is a good guideline.

You have received specialised training with ranged weapons, and actually paid attention. You gain the following ability to shoot a bow or crossbow for SINGLE THROUGH. Please remember that damage from bows also automatically causes STRIKEDOWN. You do not need to call STRIKEDOWN for this to take effect.
If you wish to take the Missile Competency skill, you must first pass an OOC safety test, as LARP bows are the most potentially dangerous of all the LARP weapons we use.

Killing someone with a weapon generally requires only enthusiasm and a little training. Merely incapacitating them is much harder - a character with this skill knows how to disable an opponent without doing them any lasting damage.
You are allowed to add the call SUBDUE the beginning of any unmodified damage call you make with a mellee weapon. An envenomed dagger or sword blessed or enchanted to do more damage is not capable of being used to call SUBDUE with this skill.

You have learnt to improvise in your surroundings, and can use nearly anything as an effective offensive weapon. You can use larpsafe throwing weapons for SINGLE, if you hit.

Specialised training and conditioning allows a character to utilise the fearsome might of great weapons and short-hafted polearms. This skill allows them to do +1 degree of damage with two-handed melee weapons between 42 and 60 inches long. For safety reasons, under no circumstances may a two-handed weapon be used in one hand either to attack or parry. Shifting your grip and flashy fighting are fine, but you must be holding the weapon in both hands if it contacts either another weapon or another player. The weapon does not count as two handed when wielded from the middle. You should not add damage from two handed in this situation.