Weaponmastery

Masters of melee weapons, knights with the weaponmastery skill are a force to be reckoned with.

Weaponmasters can select a specialisation based on the weapons they wish to use, either dual cutting, dual blunt, two-handed, or sword and shield.

Abilities in Weaponmastery

The following skills are available to all who practice weaponmastery, regardless of specialisation.

Abilities in Weaponmastery

Ability	Description
Swordplay	Increased mastery of the shortsword.
Known: Yes Syntax: None Details: Passive Ability This ability works to automatically increase your damage and accuracy with a shortsword. Be warned that it will only work when you're wielding a shortsword.
Specialise	Gain proficiency in one of the schools of weaponry.
Known: Yes Syntax: SPECIALISE IN <weapon style> Details: The decision to specialise in a specific school of weaponry shall dictate the rest of your growth as a knight. You shall learn abilities specific to your chosen school as you progress further in weaponmastery. The different schools are: Two handed: a style which focuses on single, powerful blows with warhammers and bastard swords. Sword and shield: a style that focuses on combination attacks, balancing offense and defence. Dual cutting: a style that focuses on wielding two bladed weapons simultaneously. Typically based around swifter strikes to overwhelm opponents. Dual blunt: a style that focuses on wielding two blunt weapons simultaneously, and generating momentum to unleash exceptionally damaging strikes against an opponent. Note: you may switch your specialisation, but it shall cost you 100 lessons each time that you do so (outside of your initial selection).
Arc	Swing your blade in a controlled arc.
Known: Yes Syntax: ARC Details: By swinging your sword in a controlled arc, you will be able to damage everyone in the room with your sword. If you optionally specify a target, the arc shall only strike that person, but the blow is far swifter to recover from.

Dual cutting

Proficient in the use of two cutting weapons, knights with this specialisation use scimitars or battle axes to decimate their foes with damage and venoms.

Abilities in the Dual Cutting Specialisation

Ability	Description
Predict	Predict when your blows will damage their limbs.
Raze	Attack the defences that would keep your weapons out.
Duality	The ability to wield and use two weapons simultaneously.
Lunge	A deep, piercing blow from an adjacent location.
Impale	Sink your blade into an opponent.
Razeslash	First penetrate his defences, then give him the sharp end.
Cleave	Rend your opponent's body in two.
Mastery	Through intense concentration, increase your blade mastery.
Disembowel	Tear the entrails from a target.

Dual blunt

Master of destruction, these specialists obliterate an opponents limbs with flails and morningstars.

Abilities in the Dual Blunt Specialisation

Ability	Description
Momentum	Strike them with ever greater power.
Whirl	The most basic of blunt attacks.
Fracture	Fracture the defences that would protect your opponent.
Doublewhirl	Strike twice as fast.
Predict	Predict when your blows will damage their limbs.
Skullcrush	Crush their skulls.
Expend	Expend your momentum for crippling effects.
Assault	Unleash a terrible assault against a helpless opponent.
Pulp	End their life in a single strike.

Two-handed

Wielding the largest weapons available, these warriors conquer their enemies with bastard swords and warhammers.

Abilities in the Two-handed Specialisation

Ability	Description
Continuation	Shrug off afflictions like the trivialities they are.
Known: Yes Syntax: BATTLEFURY CONTINUATION Details: You may use this ability to shrug off the affects of paralysis. There is a fairly substantial delay before you may utilise this ability for a second time. Your body takes time to recover from this ability, removing your capability to utilise fitness for a short time following it.
Slaughter	Dispense with your opposition.
Known: Yes Syntax: SLAUGHTER <target> [venom] Details: Deliver a single, powerful blow to shatter bone and rend flesh.
Overhand	Split their skulls with a mighty blow.
Known: Yes Syntax: OVERHAND <target> Details: This powerful blow aimed at the head shall deliver skull fractures. The more skull fractures your victim suffers from, the longer it shall take them to recover from sipping a healing elixir or tonic.
Carve	Carve through your victim's defences.
Known: Yes Syntax: CARVE <target> Details: This ability allows the user to carve through defences that would keep them from their opponent. If both the rebounding aura and shield defence are present, both are stripped if only one is, a followup damaging slash will be dealt. This can only be done using a bladed weapon.
Splinter	Splinter the defences protecting your opponent.
Known: Yes Syntax: SPLINTER <target> Details: This ability allows the user to smash through defences that would keep them from their opponent. If both the rebounding aura and shield defence are present, both are stripped if only one is, a followup damaging slash blow be dealt. This can only be done using a warhammer of some description.
Perceive	Perceive the state of your opponent.
Known: Yes Syntax: BATTLEFURY PERCEIVE <target> Details: The trained warrior is able to pick out the slightest details of an opponent, even through the haze of battle. This ability will allow you to determine the exact state of the injuries you have inflicted against a target.
Underhand	Deliver a devastating rising stroke.
Known: Yes Syntax: UNDERHAND <target> Details: This raising strike aimed at the torso aims to crack the ribs of your opponent. The more cracked ribs they suffer from, the less healing elixirs or tonics shall restore them for.
Upset	Bring them down in a tangle of limbs.
Known: Yes Syntax: BATTLEFURY UPSET <target> Details: Against an opponent who has suffered at least one badly damaged leg, you may exploit their motions to gain an opening with which to tangle your weapon with their legs. This will bring them crashing to the ground.
Hew	Deliver precision strikes against your opponent's limbs.
Known: Yes Syntax: HEW <target> <LEFT|RIGHT> <ARM|LEG> Details: This ability can target either the arms or legs of your opponent. When striking the arms they will suffer from wrist fractures, and when hitting the legs you will deliver torn tendons.
Pulverise	Pulp your opponent's limbs with crushing blows.
Known: Yes Syntax: PULVERISE <target> <LEFT|RIGHT> <ARM|LEG> Details: This ability can target either the arms or legs of your opponent. When striking the arms they will suffer from wrist fractures, and when hitting the legs you will deliver torn tendons.
Distract	Distract them with a deafening shout.
Known: Yes Syntax: BATTLEFURY DISTRACT <target> Details: With this ability, you are able to distract your enemy from acts that take intense focus. For instance, the behead or shatter abilities from weaponry.
Focus	Alter your technique.
Known: Yes Syntax: BATTLEFURY FOCUS <SPEED|PRECISION> Details: This ability will allow the trained knight to alter his stance to produce various results. By focusing on speed, the next attack will be sped up. By focusing on precision, the damage dealt by the next attack will be reduced, but the number of limb-based afflictions dealt will be doubled.
Cleave	Rend your opponent's body in two.
Known: Yes Syntax: CLEAVE <target> Details: If you are wielding a sword in your hand, you may try to cleave someone's body asunder. Your opponent does not have to be in the room with you when you begin a cleave, but by the time you get the second cleave-related message, he must be in the room, or the cleave will be stopped. If you do successfully cleave your opponent, you will so destroy his body that there will be nothing left for anyone to immolate.
Skullcrush	Crush their skulls.
Known: Yes Syntax: SKULLCRUSH <target> Details: If you are wielding a blunt weapon in your hand, you may try to crush someone's skull. Your opponent does not have to be in the room with you when you begin your attempt, but by the time you get the second attack-related message, he must be in the room, or the skullcrush will be stopped.
Recover	A true knight will die on his feet.
Known: Yes Syntax: RECOVER FOOTING Details: Having learned to roll with the momentum of your blows, you will be able to come back to your feet if knocked down. This ability does not require balance, if following a weaponmastery attack.
Devastate	Destroy their limbs utterly.
Known: Yes Syntax: DEVASTATE <target> <ARMS|LEGS> Details: This ability delivers a single, powerful strike across your opponent's body, targeting either their arms or their legs. The more wrist fractures or torn tendons they suffer from respectively, the greater the damage to their limbs.
Impale	Sink your blade into an opponent.
Known: Yes Syntax: IMPALE <target> Details: This wicked ability may be used when your hapless victim has fallen to the ground and lies there, helpless. With it, you will drive your sword into his body, causing regular damage as long as he is on the sword. Further, while impaled, he will find himself unable to move, though you too will be unable to move. Each broken leg your victim suffers from will extend the length of time it will take him to escape your blade.
Disembowel	Tear the entrails from a target.
Known: Yes Syntax: DISEMBOWEL <target> knight_twohanded Details: Once you have impaled someone, you may disembowel them, ripping open their bloated bellies, and causing immense damage. Those suffering from internal bleeding will take more damage from this attack.

Sword and shield

Using their shields for both offence and defence, masters of the sword and shield specialisation are a foe to fear. They are also armed with longswords and broadswords.

Abilities in the Sword and Shield Specialisation

Ability	Description
Rend	Rend the flesh of your foes.
Raze	Remove the defences that would keep your weapons from your foe.
Smash	Deliver a crushing blow with your shield.
Combination	Link your blade and shield attacks into devastating combinations.
Drive	Deny them of breath with a precise strike to the throat.
Slice	Speed is the mark of a true master.
Impale	Pin them to the ground with your blade.
Concuss	Rattle their brain with a mighty blow.
Trip	Send them sprawling.
Club	A brutal display of power.
Cleave	Rend your opponent's body in two.
Dedication	Your dedication to victory can overcome all barriers.
Ferocity	Channel the ferocity of battle.
Strike	Unleash your ferocity against your foe.
Guardbreak	Exploit holes in their guard.
Disembowel	Tear the entrails from a target.

Picking/Changing a specialisation

Picking and changing a specialisation is a simple task:

SPECIALISE IN <specialisation>

If you're already specialised, and wish to change, you can use the above command to change it. There is a fee of one hundred lessons to change a specialisation.