Weapon Proficiencies

 

Weapon Proficiencies starting and gained are based on class. Gained WP refers to the levels divisble by that number at which new weapon proficiency slots become available.

In the following table, bonuses are not cumulative, only Fighters, Barbarians, Ronin, and Magii may be high mastered and higher. Each level of mastery costs one slot, and is cumulative with the slot before it. Warrior classes can multi-master; all other classes can multi-specialize.

  Cost thac/dam Att Additional
Proficient 1 slot - 1 / 1 -
Specialized 1 slot +1 / +2 1 / 1 -
Master 1 slot +1 / +2 2 / 1 -
High Master 1 slot +3 / +3 2 / 1 -
Grand Master 1 slot* +3 / +3 3 / 1 -
Grand High Master 1 slot* +3 / +3 3 / 1 large dice
Weapon Lord 1 slot* +3 / +3 4 / 1 large dice, 16+ critical


* Special Requirements:

Grand Master - find teacher, pay 10xp or train self and pay 5xp
Grand High Master - find teacher, pay 20xp or train self and pay 10xp
Weapon Lord - train with weapon lord and assume his mantle when he retires or train self to weapon lord status, then kill the current weapon lord.

Here is the amount of time it takes character's to learn weapon proficiences, without a teacher. All times are in weeks. A "-" indicates that the character's intelligence is too low to spend a weapon slot to acheive that level of mastery.

 
Intelligence
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
PR 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1
SP - - - - 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
MA - - - - - - 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4
HM - - - - - - - - 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8
GM - - - - - - - - - - 80 72 64 56 48 40 32 24 16
GH - - - - - - - - - - - - 88 78 68 58 48 38 28
WL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 99 98 97 96 95
                                       

Under some circumstances, PCs or NPCs may wish to train other PCs or NPCs in advanced weapon usage. Utilize the following table to figure out the amount of time it takes. The times are based on the teacher's level of mastery, not the student's intelligence. A "-" indicates that the teacher may not teach that level of mastery. A proficient person, for example, may never teach another person to be grand mastered.

  PR SP MA HM GM GH WL
PR 5 wks 4 wks 3 wks 2 wks 1 wk 4 days 1 day
SP - 6 wks 5 wks 4 wks 3 wks 2 wks 1 wk
MA - - 24 wks 20 wks 16 wks 12 wks 4 wks
HM - - - 40 wks 30 wks 20 wks 8 wks
GM - - - - 1 year 9 mths 12 wks
GH - - - - - 1 year 24 wks
WL - - - - - - 1 year
               

 

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