Fighting Styles

Fighting Style: Archery

(● to ●●●●) [Str 2, Dex 2, Ath 2] Ar p 208

Fighting Style: Boxing

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Prerequisites: Strength ●●●, Stamina ●●, Brawl ●●

Special combat maneuvers that serve as extensions to the Brawl skill. (WOD: Core Rulebook, p110)

● Body Blow

Inflicts an attack that can cause a victim to lose their action.

●● Duck and Weave

Improves Defense against brawling attacks to the better of Dexterity or Wits.

●●● Combination Blows

Make multiple attacks within the same round of combat.

●●●● Haymaker

A powerful, crippling blow that can knock a target unconscious.

●●●●● Brutal Blow

Empowers fists to the point that they can deal lethal blows to the opponent.

Fighting Style: Chain Weapons

(● to ●●●●) [Str 2, Dex 3, Wpn 3] Ar p 209

Fighting Style: Combat Marksmanship

(● to ●●●●●) [Str 2, Dex 2, Com 3 Frm 2] Ar p 210

Fighting Style: Fencing/Japanese Fencing

(● to ●●●●) [Dex 3, Wpn 3] Ar p 210

Fighting Style: Filipino Martial Arts

(● to ●●●●) [Dex 3, Wpn 3] Ar p 211

Fighting Style: Formation Tactics

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Prerequisites: Strength ●●, Stamina ●●●, Weaponry ●●

Extensive military training that allows the user not to be a one-man army, but instead work in harmony with other warriors. (VTR: Requiem for Rome, p109)

● Testudinem Formate

A tortoise formation formed from a collection of shielded warriors, granting a number of defensive bonuses.

●● Ciringite Frontem

A collection of warriors hold a point from being taken, no matter what.

●●● Cuneum Formate

A wedge formation launched at the enemies at speed, scattering the enemy's formations.

●●●● Orbem Formate

A circular formation that grants supreme defense to whoever is at the center, defending them at all costs.

●●●●● Contendite Vestra Sponte

Each warrior in the formation attacks in unison, allowing for an unprecedentedly powerful strike.

Fighting Style: Gladiatorial

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Prerequisites: Strength ●●●, Presence ●●, Weaponry ●●●

A lifetime's worth of experience in the flashy and trickery-based ancient sport of gladiatorial combat. (VTR: Requiem for Rome, pp109-110)

● Stunning Attack

A loud and terrifying attack that distracts the opponent, and throws them off balance.

●● Weapon Slap

The enemy's weapon is knocked to the side, preventing it from being used defensively.

●●● Lethal Accuracy

An attack targeting weak points in the opponent's armor, allowing the user to pierce it easily.

●●●● Brutal Sacrifice

The user sacrifices his weapon in order to embed it in the enemy, crippling them and producing a difficult situation for them to get out of.

Fighting Style: Improvised Weaponry

(● to ●●●) [Wits 3, Wpn 1] MR p 57

Fighting Style: Kung Fu

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Prerequisite: Strength ●●, Dexterity ●●, Stamina ●●, Brawl ●●

Your character has training in the classical defensive art of Kung Fu. (WOD: Core Rulebook, p111)

● Focused Attack

It becomes significantly easier to concentrate on hitting a specific part of a target's body.

●● Iron Skin

Adds a small amount of armor against physical blows.

●●● Defensive Attack

Allows for an attack that is less powerful, but improves the user's Defense.

●●●● Whirlwind Strike

A series of attacks, which can become quite devastating for users with high Dexterity.

●●●●● Lethal Strike

Empowers strikes to the point that they can deal lethal blows to the opponent.

Fighting Style: Langschwert

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Prerequisites: Strength ●●●, Weaponry ●●●

The Langschwert, or Heavy Sword, is one of the hardest melee weapons to master, but can be powerful and useful with this Fighting Style. (WOD: Armory Reloaded, p83)

● Wards

Improves Defense by using the size of the Langschwert for to deflect attack.

●● Fool's Guard

Tricks the enemy by using an attack that looks like a guard action.

●●● Half Sword

Trades range for power by using the sword at midpoint, instead of the end as normal.

●●●● Doubling Cut

Sacrifices Defensive ability to make two attacks within the same round.

●●●●● Wrathful Cut

Allows an All-Out Attack that is even more powerful than it normally would be.

Fighting Style: Police Tactics

(● to ●●●) [Str 2, Dex 2, Sta 2, Bwl 2, Wpn 1] Tft13P p 81

Fighting Style: Sniping

(● to ●●●●●) [Dex 3, Res 3, Frm 3, Ste 2] Ar p 212

Fighting Style: Spetsnaz Knife Fighting

(● to ●●●●) [Dex 3, Wpn 2] AR p 213

Fighting Style: Staff Fighting

(● to ●●●) [Str 3, Dex 2, Wpn 2] Ar p 213

Fighting Style: Swarm Tactics

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Prerequisites: Covenant Status (Carthian) ●, Brawl or Weaponry ●●

Carthians tend to attack in groups, and have special training in order to allow them to do so effectively. (VTR: Carthians, p183)

● Feint

Sacrifices damage from an attack action in order to let allies catch them off-guard.

●● Fool's Guard

The more Feints have been successfully pulled off against a target, the more effective this attack will be.

Fighting Style: Two Weapons

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Prerequisite: Dexterity ●●●, Weaponry ●●●

Your character has learned both to attack with and respond to fighting with two weapons. Requires the Ambidextrous Merit to be used to full effect. (WOD: Core Rulebook, p112)

● Whirling Blades

A Dodge action can be used against multiple weapons in a single turn.

●● Deflect and Thrust

An attack that avoids with one weapon, and strikes back with another.

●●● Focused Attack

A double attack focusing both weapons on the same target.

●●●● Fluid Attack

A split double attack that hits one target, then another.