Swordmaster
The swordmaster is a dedicated student of grace and perfection. Because of their dedication to a single sword, longer-lived and more broadly experienced swordmasters are able to vastly outclass swordsmen of other professions. Swordmasters train in the art of ak'anginta (thought-to-form), aiming to incorporate the sword into an extension of themselves. Using these "ginta", otherwise referred to as "forms", a swordmaster can become one of the most formidable combatants on Avendar.
Young swordmasters often focus on a single form early in their training before branching out to utilise and eventually master as many forms as possible during their lives.
Swordmasters may be of any alignment and any ethos.
Lineage
- Any
Traits
Abilities
- Level 1: dagger | sword | hand to hand | parry | recover
- Level 2: grace
- Level 3: kick
- Level 4: versatility
- Level 5: rescue
- Level 6: fast healing
- Level 7: meditation
- Level 8: dodge
- Level 9: second attack
- Level 10: enhanced damage
- Level 11: grip
- Level 12: empty fade
- Level 13: sasem technique
- Level 15: third attack
- Level 17: trance
- Level 21: favored blade
- Level 23: disarm
- Level 25: fourth attack
- Level 27: retreat
- Level 29: offhand disarm
- Level 31: blindfighting
- Level 35: meditative strike
Forms
- Level 8: Form of the Bull
- Level 10: Form of the Serpent
- Level 12: Form of the Rose
- Level 14: Form of the Mockingbird
- Level 16: Form of the Monkey
- Level 18: Form of the Spider
- Level 20: Form of the Panther
- Level 22: Form of the Boar
- Level 24: Form of the Reed
- Level 26: Form of the Mongoose
- Level 28: Form of the Crab
- Level 30: Form of the Hawk
- Level 32: Form of the Viper
- Level 34: Form of the Eagle
- Level 38: Form of the Dragon
- Level 40: Form of the Cat
- Level 42: Form of the Bear
- Level 44: Form of the Wasp
- Level 46: Form of the Whirlwind
