Swordmaster virtue
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:48 pm
That is modification of the Swordmaster virtue I adopted in my (heavily houseruled) campaign. Maybe someone can find it useful.
“When you are fighting in a Defensive stance, your get a bonus to your Parry equal to the Encumbrance rating of your sword (either a sword or a long sword). Later, as an undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get a bonus to your Parry equal to the sword's encumbrance minus 1 in Open stance. As another undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get a bonus to your Parry equal to the sword's encumbrance minus 2 in Forward stance”
Sorry for the awkward wording.
I don't think it's overpowered: my rationale is that anything that encourages Heroes to leave defensive stance is good. Look at the recent virtues and rewards of the Rohirrim and the Dunlendings: a lot of very powerful stuff that works just in Forward stance.
Truth to be told, I'm mulling if doing away with the reduced Parry bonus for Open and Forward stances (ie “Later, as an undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get the same bonus to your Parry even in Open stance, etc”). Again, anything to encourage Heroes to a more dynamic approach to combat
“When you are fighting in a Defensive stance, your get a bonus to your Parry equal to the Encumbrance rating of your sword (either a sword or a long sword). Later, as an undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get a bonus to your Parry equal to the sword's encumbrance minus 1 in Open stance. As another undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get a bonus to your Parry equal to the sword's encumbrance minus 2 in Forward stance”
Sorry for the awkward wording.
I don't think it's overpowered: my rationale is that anything that encourages Heroes to leave defensive stance is good. Look at the recent virtues and rewards of the Rohirrim and the Dunlendings: a lot of very powerful stuff that works just in Forward stance.
Truth to be told, I'm mulling if doing away with the reduced Parry bonus for Open and Forward stances (ie “Later, as an undertaking, you can spend 1 xp and get the same bonus to your Parry even in Open stance, etc”). Again, anything to encourage Heroes to a more dynamic approach to combat