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.

Finesse

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.

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Mercenary

These tags are available to all Mercenaries.

Name	Requirements	Cost	Description
Determination	55 Conditioning	10 Willpower	The mercenary replenishes his stamina, finding greater physical reserves though force of will alone.
Discipline	109 Conditioning	20 Willpower	The mercenary unites his mind with his body, pushing himself beyond his physical limits.

Finesse

These tags are available to mercenaries that have taken the finesse specialization. Their abilities may be displayed with the Finesse command.

Name	Requirements	Cost	Description
Dual Wield	None	Passive	The mercenary is experienced in using two weapons, eliminating the base penalty for dual-wielding weapons.
Superior Parry	10 Parry	10 Stamina	The mercenary readies itself for incoming attacks, increasing its ability to parry. The bonus scales with tactics skill.
Duelist's Insight	19 Conditioning	Passive	The mercenary gains the keen insight of a duellist, granting it greater faculty of reasoning and tactical capability. The bonus scales with conditioning skill.
Feint	28 Melee	3 Stamina	The mercenary feints at its opponent, tricking it into dropping its guard. The penalty scales with the mercenary's tactics skill.
Ambidexterity	37 Melee	Passive	The mercenary becomes ambidextrous through rigorous training, allowing it to use its offhand as though it were its primary hand.
Blade Kiss	46 Melee	5 Stamina	The mercenary strikes assails its opponent in the head with a blade or knife of the precision or hybrid type, stunning it. The stun has a chance to double with a successful roll.
Deflect	82 Parry	Passive	The mercenary gains the ability to deflect incoming blows and even ranged weapons with its offhand weapon with a successful roll.
Flashing Hands	127 Melees	1 Stamina per second	The mercenary pushes its physical limits, allowing it to attack more swiftly with an offhanded precision weapon when dual wielding.

Skills

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