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'''Swashbuckling''' combined fast movement with a quick wit, witty repartee, and a flashing rapier. Proving that elegance and subtlety of approach could always dominate over brute force, swashbuckling combined a rapier and a keen mind to produce a truly effective fighting machine. The skill included methods to deal death from above or parry multiple places at once, their blade moving with breathtaking speed. Moving between various specialised stances and dance about with acrobatic ease, swashbuckling could only be truly effective when undertaken with a song-blessed rapier, as everyone knew. To gain the blessing, one had simply to take a rapier to the Grotto of Song, which is off the beach in [[Tasur'ke]]. | '''Swashbuckling''' combined fast movement with a quick wit, witty repartee, and a flashing rapier. Proving that elegance and subtlety of approach could always dominate over brute force, swashbuckling combined a rapier and a keen mind to produce a truly effective fighting machine. The skill included methods to deal death from above or parry multiple places at once, their blade moving with breathtaking speed. Moving between various specialised stances and dance about with acrobatic ease, swashbuckling could only be truly effective when undertaken with a song-blessed rapier, as everyone knew. To gain the blessing, one had simply to take a rapier to the Grotto of Song, which is off the beach in [[Tasur'ke]]. | ||
The skill of '''Swashbuckling''' was available to members of the [[Bard]] [[class]], along with [[Voicecraft]] and [[Harmonics]] until 949 AF, when they were | The skill of '''Swashbuckling''' was available to members of the [[Bard]] [[class]], along with [[Voicecraft]] and [[Harmonics]] until 949 AF, when they were replaced by a more refined skillset. Incorporating similar feats of agility, it might be said that the power of the [[Bladedance]] is a natural elevation and from the roguish adventuring of the swashbuckler. | ||
==Abilities which were in Swashbuckling== | ==Abilities which were in Swashbuckling== | ||