Swashbuckling

The physical abilities in the skill of Swashbuckling are available to members of the Bard class and enable users to mount a strong offense against their opponents. The primary weapon employed by Swashbucklers are rapiers blessed in the Grotto of Song off the beach of Tasur'ke.

Abilities in Swashbuckling

Ability	Description
Swing	Swing gracefully up into the trees overhead.
Flourish	Intimidate an opponent with a flourish of your blade.
Backflip	Flip over obstructions that stand in your way.
Auralbless	Use your song-blessed blade to remove deafness.
Handspring	Leap at your foes in neighboring rooms.
Tunesmithing	Harness the power of your songblessed rapier.
Accentato	Let your songblessed rapier sing out to harm your opponent.
Acrobatics	Leap and bounce to make yourself a difficult target to hit.
Gripping	Grip your wielded items in a deathlock.
Scan	Scanning the forest floor from the treetops.
Knuckleslap	Numb an opponent's hand temporarily.
Shove	Sending a hapless victim crashing to the forest floor.
Thrustkick	Kick your opponent out of the way.
Backhandspring	Leap out of the room striking someone on the way out.
Raze	Attack the defences that would keep your weapons out.
Abscond	Swing down and abscond with the rector's daughter!
Acciaccatura	Tunesmith your songblessed rapier against a specific limb.
Arrowcatch	Pluck arrows from the air with the greatest of ease.
DrunkenSailor	A stance designed to make your movements unpredictable.
Riposte	Unleash a strike of vengeance.
Somersault	Quickly somersault past obstructions, even when bound.
Martellato	Knock your opponent to the floor with this tunesmithing.
Dodging	Avoiding attacks from the sky.
HeartsFury	An aggressive stance that gives a chance of counterattack.
Lunge	A deep, piercing blow from an adjacent location.
Balancing	You're like a cat, you are.
DeathFromAbove	The name says it all. Death, from above!
Trueparry	Such is your mastery that you may parry a larger area.
Pesante	Stun your opponent with the power of your tunesmithed rapier.