Im currently looking for a group in which we could play a modified version of 3. A bastard sword is too large to use in one hand without special training. Dd 3e sword and fist 11829 rpg roleplaying dungeons dd 3e sword. A character can use a bastard sword twohanded as a martial weapon. A guidebook to fighters and monks jason carl credits additional design and development. If you use a ready action to set this weapon against a charge, you deal double damage if you score a hit against a charging character. However, a swordsage works very well as a supernatural martial artist of almost any school or origin. David noonan contributed some prestige classes to the book. They were one of the most powerful and expensive fighting forces in all the realms during the 14 century dr, motivated primarily by the promise of riches and the glory of victory, though they edged on the side of promoting order throughout. The unarmed adaptation of the swordsage also gets the monks unarmed. Sword and fist a guidebook to fighters and monks dnd.
The book was published in 2001 by wizards of the coast. With poor ac and hit points, but a combat skillset devoted entirely to melee the monk is a glass cannon designed to be a placed in a room full of hammers. Sword coast backgrounds forged destiny obsidian portal. For more information about that world, see wayfinders guide to eberron, available on the dungeon masters guild.
Instead of flurry of blows, the monks bab went down by 3s. The name swordsage naturally implies a character who carries a sword or weapon of some kind. The masters of armed and unarmed combat, fighters and monks, come into their own in this book. Sword and fist is another excellent example of wocs attempt to revitalize the gaming genre. The book of nine swords introduces new rules for players who want interesting combat options for their characters. Sword coast adventures backgrounds city watch you have served the community where you grew up, s tanding as its fi rst line of defense against crime. Cover art was by jeff easley, with interior art by dennis cramer. The favored soul is notable because its a sorcererlike cleric, with freely available. Chapter 1 presents an array of new feats desig ned to help fighters and monks do what they do best. The new list of added feats is extensive, and are for the most part excellent. Its a combination of mostly crunch and a little fluff to make things interesting.
Andy collins, monte cook, bruce cordell, dale donovan, david eckelberry, david noonan, jonathan tweet, james wyatt editor. New feats, prestige classes, weapons, and equipment. Flower sword vista is the 5th division commander of the whitebeard pirates. A warforged with a battlefist eberron campaign setting gets the damage bonus. It was first published in 1974 by tactical studies rules, inc. You can get greater distance out of a ranged weapon.
I cannot wait to incorporate them into my next character. Here are the stats, but it is up to the dm if we can find and use them. Likewise, the experience and treasure tables look like the ones youre already using. The players handbook, dungeon masters guide, and monster manual revised core rulebooks. Download pdf sword and fist a guidebook to fighters and monks free. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new weapon, skill, school of magic, psionic discipline, spell, psionic power, feat, or special ability. In addition, several of the new classes presented in other books in this series especially the complete adventurer supplementfind support here. You can gain this feat multiple times and its effects stack. The flaming fist, or flaming fists, was a mercenary company based in the city of baldurs gate on the sword coast, where its members served as city guards. Im almost certain my group is gonna reach level 4 tonight. Buy this item from drivethrurpg help support rpgnet by purchasing this item through drivethrurpg. You capitalize on your foes perceptions of your unarmed status. Rules from complete warrior, dungeon masters guide ii, expanded psionics handbook, and players. Its packed with ways to customize fighter and monk characters, including.
While a dagger does 1d4, at least in fifth edition and therefore in dragon heresy, unarmed strikes do a single point of damage, modified by your strength bonus. Epic feats work like regular feats, and epic magic items work like their more ordinary counterparts. Your superior battle sense helps minimize the threat of flanking attacks. Also, the enlightened fist from sword and fist was a great class. Full histories of each item are included, along with rituals to unlock their mysterious powers. That said, youll find a lot of the epic level handbook familiar. To create a monklike character with a tremendous array of fantastic moves and strikes, give the swordsage the monks unarmed strike progression and. Much like all of the books of this type, it gives new feats, abilities, and sundry details to add to the game.
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