The Warrior Path Skill allows the character to increase their melee damage. Therefore characters must have the associated melee weapon skill to receive the bonus. This bonus is an additional +1 to damage calls at each purchase; the Warrior Path Skill may be purchased multiple times. All melee weapons apply bonuses from the Strength stat as well as the Warrior Skill Path. For every purchase of this skill, the player may select a Feat from the following list. Warrior feats with a target of ‘Other’ or ‘Area of Effect’ must be delivered using a melee weapon.
Lethal Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Self, Other
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to instantly kill a single target.
Signature Call: Lethal Strike
Cripple Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Self, Other
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to render a single limb permanently crippled. Crippled limbs are considered useless. The character must hit the limb intended to be crippled.
Signature Call: Cripple Strike
Fumble Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Self, Other
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to disarm an opponent. The character must hit the item intended to be fumbled. If the strike is successful, the individual must drop the item so long as it is not physically attached to their body. The fumbled item cannot be picked up for 10 seconds. If the item is handheld, but can’t safely be removed, then the item is rendered unusable for 10 seconds and should moved out of the way.
Signature Call: Fumble Strike
Empowered Feat
Type: Physical
Target: Self
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to imbue their next normal damage call related to this Path Skill with greater power. The character multiplies their basic damage call by ten.
Signature Call: Empowered <Damage Call>
Power Boost
Type: Physical
Target: Self Only
Duration: 30 Minutes
Delivery: Touch
This Feat allows the character to increase their basic damage call related to this Path by 5 points for ½ hour. The character may choose to use Power Boost separately or may stack multiple uses to provide a larger bonus.
No more than three Power Boosts can affect a single Path simultaneously.
Signature Call: Power Boost (Warrior)
Shatter Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Item
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to break any weapons, armor, or items. When calling a shatter strike you may name the item that you are intending to shatter; this item must be visible to the player using shatter strike. If the strike lands on the person or target it is shattered, but if it is blocked then it will not have an effect. If a item is not named, whatever is struck becomes the target and is shattered.
Shatter strike only targets items, and thus will not affect claws or fists.
Signature Call: Shatter Strike
Subdual Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Self, Other
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character force a single target into a state of normal unconsciousness.
Signature Call: Subdual Strike
Sweeping Strike
Type: Physical
Target: Area of Effect
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Centered on Caster
This Feat allows the character to perform a melee area of effect attack to other all applicable targets within arms or weapons reach. The damage is the characters base damage call for the melee weapon being used.
Signature Call: Mass Strike <Damage> <Type>
Sunder Strike
Type: Exceptional
Target: Self, Other
Duration: Instant
Delivery: Boffer
This Feat allows the character to instantly kill a single target and causes the target to immediately pop to spirit.
Signature Call: Sunder Strike
Warrior’s Wrath
Type: Exceptional
Target: Self Only
Duration: 30 Minutes
Delivery: Touch
This Feat grants the character additional damage as well as the ability to call for any damage type for ½ hour. The character doubles their unmodified base damage calls. This also changes the characters melee damage to “Wrath”. Wrath counts as all damage types, including whatever type of damage a character is vulnerable to.
Signature Call: Warrior’s Wrath