Combat Skills

The majority of skills in combat will be resisted and are denoted RES.

A successful hit with any combat skill can be opposed in one of the following ways:-

1. DODGE

2. WEAPON PARRY

3. SHIELD BLOCK

4. MAGICK

Combat skills have different levels of difficulty to learn them based upon the vocation of the character, his social rank and cultural background.

1. FIGHTERS learn combat skills as vocational skills except those that are marked K ONLY,

2. KNIGHTS / SQUIRES learn knightly skills, those marked K in their vocational category with a bonus of +10 PSF%, other combat skills are learned as normal.

3. Any skill that is marked K ONLY shows that only a Knight and squires may learn these combat skills.

4. FORESTERS learn combat skills that are marked with F in their vocational category at +10 PSF%.

5. All other characters types learn combat skills at the base DF listed for the skill