Finesse Mercenary

Extremely well rounded fighters, mercenaries are the most common type of adventurer in the lands. Easily picking up nearly any combat technique, they are also fluent in skills such as weapon maintenance and animal handling. Mercenaries can work for both good and evil, or simply work for themselves. Occasional mercenaries have even dabbled in the arcane arts, making this truly a versatile profession.

A mercenary is the master of melee weapon combat, able to utilize its melee weapons offensively and its parry, shields, or evasion defensively.

The Finesse Fighting path will focus around a mercenary that uses light weapons, with dual wielding as a viable option, and tends toward evasive maneuvers. Its defensive abilities focus around avoiding rather than dodging, while its offensive abilities focus more on accuracy, speed, and displays of alacrity rather than straight power.

Available Abilities

Mercenaries start with the mercenary tag, and 1 primary specialization tag set chosen in character generation, which determines skill learn rates and caps. A secondary specialization tag set is available at level 15, which gives access only to those abilities. Mercenaries cap at 2 sets, and can use the martial arts styles of both specializations.

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Name

Type

Finesse Mercenary Mercenary Tag These tags are available to all Mercenaries (berserker, dirty tricks, finesse, and grit). Mercenary tags may be learned from any mercenary tag trainer. Name Requirements Cost Description Determination 70 Conditioning 10 Willpower The mercenary replenishes his stamina, finding greater physical reserves though force of will alone. Discipline 130 Conditioning 20 Willpower The mercenary unites his mind with his body, pushing himself beyond his physical limits. Defiance 190 Gnosis 5 Willpower The mercenary channels its fury and will into dispelling magical effects that are affecting it. Pugilism Finesse Mercenary Martial Art This martial arts stance is available to mercenaries that have taken the finesse specialization. The moves may be displayed with the pugilism info command. # Move Name RT Limbs Hit Locations Type Effect 1 Jab 1 One Arm high Precision 2 Cross 2 One Arm high Precision 3 Uppercut 3 One Arm high Precision 4 Hook 3 One Arm mid Precision

Skills

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Skill	Value
Alchemy	Very Bad
Animal Handling	Good
Archery	Good
Armor	Normal
Channeling	Very Bad
Conditioning	Very Good
Enchanting	Very Bad
Evasion and Dodging	Very Good
First Aid	Very Good
Fishing	Normal
Focus	Very Bad
Foraging	Normal
Gnosis	Good
Kinesis	Very Bad
Larceny	Bad
Lockpicking	Bad
Lore	Normal
Mechanisms	Bad
Melee Weapons	Very Good
Metallurgy	Normal
Observation	Good
Outdoorsman	Normal
Parry	Very Good
Shields	Normal
Skinning	Normal
Sorcery	Very Bad
Stealth	Normal
Tactics	Very Good
Thrown Weapons	Very Good
Unarmed Combat	Good