{"id":918,"date":"2022-01-12T03:39:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solista.missiledine.com\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2025-03-18T20:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:06:32","slug":"weapon-proficiencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/solista.missiledine.com\/index.php\/weapon-proficiencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapon Proficiencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At creation a player may select from the Weapon proficiencies\u00a0 and Armor types listed below.\u00a0<br \/>Note: See Light Crossbow below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clerics\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kostrin Cleric\u00a0 2 Weapons<br \/>Weapon selection:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mace (Bar), Club Heavy, Club Light (Throwing) Chain Flail, Maul, Hammer,\u00a0 Hammer (Throwing), Staff<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong>\u00a0 Any<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balan Cleric\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 Weapons<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:<\/strong> Axe, Kiliga (Scimitar), Mace, Flail, Club, Hammer, Staff, Dagger<br \/><strong>Armor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Any<\/p>\n<p><strong>Druid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 Weapons<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:\u00a0<\/strong> Club, Dagger, Dart, Hammer, Sling, Spear, Staff, Falcon<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong> Leather,\u00a0 Padded, Arming Doublet, Gambeson, Wooden Shield<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fighter:\u00a0 4 Weapons<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:<\/strong> Any<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong> Any<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ranger:\u00a0 3 Weapons<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:<\/strong> Any<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong> Any<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic User: \u00a0 1 Weapon<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:<\/strong> Club (Walking stick\/Rod),\u00a0 Dagger, Dart, Staff<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong> Arming Doublet, Gambeson, Padded, leather helm\/cap, Arming cap\/hood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thief: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 Weapons<\/strong><br \/><strong>Weapon selection:<\/strong> Club, Crossbow, Dagger, Dart, Short Bow, Sling, Sword (Broad, Long, Short any style)<br \/><strong>Armor:<\/strong> Leather, Arming Doublet, Gambeson, Padded, leather helm\/cap, Arming cap\/hood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding Proficiency and Non Proficiency Penalty<\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong>Clerics \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1 per 4 levels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -3 to hit<\/strong><br \/><strong>Druids \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 per 5 levels \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 -4 to hit<\/strong><br \/><strong>Fighter \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 per 3 levels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -2 to hit<\/strong><br \/><strong>Ranger \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1 per 3 levels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -2 to hit<\/strong><br \/><strong>Magic User \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 per 6 levels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -5 to hit<\/strong><br \/><strong>Thief\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1 per 4 levels\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -3 to hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Weapon Proficiencies<br \/><\/strong>Most of these are available as an optional weapon proficiency or ability for Fighters and, in some cases Rangers, ONLY.<br \/><strong><br \/>Mounted Combat<br \/><\/strong>A Fighter or Ranger may select this as one of his\/her weapon proficiencies.\u00a0 It allows the character to attack and defend normally while on horseback.\u00a0 A character who lacks this proficiency and who attempts to fight from horseback, is at -5 to hit and AC is degraded by 3.<br \/><br \/><strong>Heavy Weapons<\/strong><br \/>Fighters ONLY. may select any one (per specialization) to build, maintain and operate.<br \/>Catapult<br \/>Trebuchet<br \/>Ballista<br \/><br \/><strong>Berserker Rage<\/strong><br \/>A Fighter (only) may &#8216;spend&#8217; two weapon proficiency slots for this ability. This MUST be selected at character creation or at such time as the character becomes a fighter.\u00a0 <strong>It IS NOT available to Rangers or any other class.<\/strong><br \/>In melee combat, the \ufb01ghter may elect to rage for a number of rounds equal to his or her Constitution divided by 3 (rounded down). This has the e\ufb00ect of adding +2 \u201cto hit,\u201d and +2 to the damage they do. Simultaneously, the \ufb01ghter goes into All Out Attack mode in combat with2 attacks per round BUT has no AC bonuses for shield or high Dexterity, and no defensive actions for the same amount of time. The berserk fighter cannot pause to drink a potion, accept healing from another character, change weapons, talk with anyone, or basically do <strong>anything<\/strong> other then attack!<br \/>The \ufb01ghter cannot end this berserk rage until either the \ufb01ght is over, or the Constitution time limit is reached, whichever comes \ufb01rst. If the combat continues after the \ufb01ghter\u2019s berserk rage ends due to the Constitution time limit, the \ufb01ghter is severely fatigued, and their Strength is<br \/>e\ufb00ectively halved (rounding down) until he or she can rest for at least one turn (10 minutes.) In addition, the character is at a further -2 \u201cto hit\u201d and damage for the duration of the \ufb01ght.<br \/>If the fight ends BEFORE the rage ends, the fighter must make an Intelligence Roll at +2 (Roll LESS or EQUAL) to come out of the rage.\u00a0 On a failure the rage continues and the fighter will attack ANYONE in reach of his or her weapon!\u00a0 This can include friends and allies.\u00a0 The fighter will NOT seek out targets, but only attack those within reach.\u00a0 If no one is within reach the fighter will continue to hack at his last &#8216;kill&#8217; until the rage ends.<br \/>The character can use this ability up to three times a day, but not until he or she completely rested for at least an hour (60 minutes) between each use.\u00a0 The Berserker Rage may not be used with any missile weapons.<br \/><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Characters that are Gallenic &#8216;Barbarians&#8217; only spend one weapon proficiency slot for this ability.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Crossbows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Light Crossbow is a very simple weapon and can be used by ANY CLASS that does not have a restriction on missile weapons or drawing blood (clerics.)\u00a0 It DOES NOT require a weapon proficiency to use!\u00a0 It only requires instruction from anyone already able to use one and about an hours practice.\u00a0 Shooting without that practice will cause penalties to hit until the character spends an hour practicing.<br \/>An hour&#8217;s practice is equal to 30 shots with the crossbow.\u00a0 The first 10 are at -3\u00a0 The second 10 at -2\u00a0 The third 10 at -1.\u00a0 Thereafter shots are made with no penalty.\u00a0 If a character picks up a light crossbow and begins using it without the training, the same penalties and count will apply until the character has used it 30 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At creation a player may select from the Weapon proficiencies\u00a0 and Armor types listed below.\u00a0Note: See Light Crossbow below. 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