Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with chopping weapons. Chopping weapons are any weapons that you can chop with, such as axes, hatchets, falchion, and scythes. Any weapon that can have a chopping attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes 1d8 bleed damage per round  and minor wounds to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a chop reduction greater than 30%
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as their chop reduction is under 60% but greater than 30%
• Critical Hit breaks wooden shields
• If used against a parrying weapon, critical hit -5 breaks the weapon if it is a long wooden weapon
• Critical Hit - 5 against unarmored target or armored target with a chop reduction less than 30% has a 1 in 6 (6 on a 1d6) chance of amputation of limb struck

This skill cannot be used with Basic Chopping Proficiency, Novice Chopping Proficiency, or Advanced Chopping Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with chopping weapons. Chopping weapons are any weapons that you can chop with, such as axes, hatchets, falchion, and scythes. Any weapon that can have a chopping attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a chop reduction greater than 30%
• Critical Hit breaks wooden shields
• If used against a parrying weapon, critical hit -10 breaks the weapon if it is a long wooden weapon

This skill cannot be used with Basic Chopping Proficiency or Novice Chopping Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with chopping weapons. Chopping weapons are any weapons that you can chop with, such as axes, hatchets, falchion, and scythes. Any weapon that can have a chopping attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 2
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 2
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 2
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Critical Hit breaks wooden shields

This skill cannot be used with Basic Chopping Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with chopping weapons. Chopping weapons are any weapons that you can chop with, such as axes, hatchets, falchion, and scythes. Any weapon that can have a chopping attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 1

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with piercing weapons. Piercing weapons are any weapons that you can stab and pierce with, such as knives, swords, spears, hira-shuriken, darts, and arrows. Any weapon that can have a piercing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 4
• 20% of damage dealt ignores armor
• Causes 1d8 bleed damage per round  and minor wounds to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a slash reduction greater than 30%
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as their slash reduction is under 60% but greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Piercing Proficiency, Novice Piercing Proficiency, or Advanced Piercing Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with piercing weapons. Piercing weapons are any weapons that you can stab and pierce with, such as knives, swords, spears, hira-shuriken, darts, and arrows. Any weapon that can have a piercing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• 10% of damage dealt ignores armor
• Causes 1d6 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to armored targets as long as they do not have a slash reduction greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Piercing Proficiency or Novice Piercing Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with piercing weapons. Piercing weapons are any weapons that you can stab and pierce with, such as knives, swords, spears, hira-shuriken, darts, and arrows. Any weapon that can have a piercing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 2
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 2
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 2
• 10% of damage dealt ignores armor
• Causes 1d4 bleed damage per round to unarmored targets

This skill cannot be used with Basic Piercing Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with piercing weapons. Piercing weapons are any weapons that you can stab and pierce with, such as knives, swords, spears, hira-shuriken, darts, and arrows. Any weapon that can have a piercing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 1

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bludgeoning or blunt weapons. This is basically ramming someone with a blunt weapon in a thrusting motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bludgeon with, such as rods, staffs, tonfa, fists, feet, handle of most weapons, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bludgeoning attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 4
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets
• Causes wounds to armored targets as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Critical Hit stuns unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Critical Hit stuns armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Dazes armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 50%
• Critical Hit has a 1 in 6 chance of breaking a bone of the area hit (6 on a 1d6 roll) if the target is unarmored, or 10% chance (10 or less on percentile dice) if the target is armored but bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bludgeoning Proficiency, Novice Bludgeoning Proficiency, or Advanced Bludgeoning Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bludgeoning or blunt weapons. This is basically ramming someone with a blunt weapon in a thrusting motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bludgeon with, such as rods, staffs, tonfa, fists, feet, handle of most weapons, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bludgeoning attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets and armored targets as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Critical Hit stuns unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Critical Hit stuns armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bludgeoning Proficiency or Novice Bludgeoning Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bludgeoning or blunt weapons. This is basically ramming someone with a blunt weapon in a thrusting motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bludgeon with, such as rods, staffs, tonfa, fists, feet, handle of most weapons, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bludgeoning attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 2
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 2
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 2
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets
• Critical Hit stuns unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bludgeoning Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bludgeoning or blunt weapons. This is basically ramming someone with a blunt weapon in a thrusting motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bludgeon with, such as rods, staffs, tonfa, fists, feet, handle of most weapons, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bludgeoning attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 1

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bashing or blunt weapons. This is basically hitting someone with a blunt weapon in a swinging motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bash with, such as hammers, mallets, rods, staffs, whips, planks, tonfa, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bashing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d6 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 4
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets
• Causes wounds to armored targets as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Critical Hit knocks out unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Critical Hit knocks out armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%
• Dazes armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 50%
• Critical Hit has a 1 in 6 chance of breaking a bone of the area hit (6 on a 1d6 roll) if the target is unarmored, or 10% chance (10 or less on percentile dice) if the target is armored but bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bashing Proficiency, Novice Bashing Proficiency, or Advanced Bashing Proficiency

Using this skill allows you to draw on your proficiency with bashing or blunt weapons. This is basically hitting someone with a blunt weapon in a swinging motion. Blunt weapons are any weapons that you can bash with, such as hammers, mallets, rods, staffs, whips, planks, tonfa, and clubs. Any weapon that can have a bashing attack can be used with this skill. This skill provides the following:

• Increases damage of weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Increases attack value of skills used with weapon by 1d4 + 1
• Decreases difficulty of skills used with weapon by 3
• Causes wounds to unarmored targets
• Critical Hit knocks out unarmored targets for 1d3 rounds
• Dazes armored targets for 1d3 rounds as long as bash reduction isn't greater than 30%

This skill cannot be used with Basic Bashing Proficiency or Novice Bashing Proficiency