[classes] Swordsmanship

Swordsmanship






The
Art of the Sword, once banished for its role in numerous bloody
conflicts, has been reinstated in the schools’ curriculum. However,
only applicants who tested highly in both strength and agility can
apply to this course.

Students
in this course must develop not only their strength but their dexterity
as well, in order to perform the various, intricate, high-stakes
swordplay demanded by their discipline, where the slightest error in
judgment can have dire consequences not only for their opponents, but
for themselves as well.

By honing their dexterity, some
Swordsmen choose to minor in Blades, using these lighter, shorter
weapons to create a higher defense radius for themselves, where they
can thrust and parry with ease and flow, even as they sacrifice low
base damage.

Some Swordsmen, on the other hand, choose to minor
in Broadswords. This minor limits their defensive abilities but also
multiplies their offensive output, so that when an opponent does meet
the end of their blade, the blow is swift, clean, and most of all,
final.

Either minor is equally formidable in higher grade levels
but be warned—for those who major in Swordsmanship, theirs is a life
lived not only on the edge but by the edge.