Category:Bladedancers

Long ago, in the time of the Great Fae, there lived a warrior of sublime grace and cunning, known as Tessrah Bladedancer. She developed a unique fighting style which she taught to some of her fellow Fae, and which was passed down among the High Elves after her death. Most High Elf Bladedancers were killed in the Second Great War, and the Fae who remember the art do not teach it to Midgaardians. Legend describes it as a semi-magical fighting style concentrating on misdirection and surprise. Like all Prestige Classes, they retain the original class's Prime Requisite, in this case, Dexterity. As the Bladedance is a highly passionate fighting style, Bladedancers can become Berserkers earlier than Rogues. However, they cannot become Assassins.

Abbreviation: Bld.

Base Class: Rogue.

Prime Requisite: Dexterity.

Bladedancers in General

Bladedancer Creation

At level 50, Rogues who meet the following requirements may become Bladedancers;

• Female - No male characters may become Bladedancers, nor neuter.
• 0(zero) Deaths - Your character may not have died up until this point, ever. If you are not sure if you have died or not so far, type score to find out.
• No, or, very very low racial damage modifier. Current known races: drw, elf, gob, gno, hel, Har, HiE, kzn, lzd, spr and presumably a number of other unconfirmed races.
• Poise practiced.
• You may not have Racial Evil. Due to this, hob and dsd are not able to become Bladedancers.

If all these requirements are met, find Araxia in the Kingdom of the Willows to be inducted into this Prestige Class.

With Dodge being such an essential skill for Bladedancers in that it so strongly affects their stances, races with higher dexterity, rather than lower, would seem to be better suited to this Prestige Class. With creatable races, this would be Kzinti. Furthermore, if Racial Fly has a positive affect on one's Dodge (unconfirmed), then Harpy, or Sprite with Remort, may also prove to be a good choices.

Bladedancers at Hero Tier

Training

Bladedancers at hero tier will be able to train their dexterity five higher than at lowmort tier and to train their other statistics two higher than at lowmort tier. They will continue to be able to raise each of their statistics up to three more than they can train them to (respectively), unless they devote themselves to a deity, in which case these amounts may be modified slightly. See Devoting below for more information about this subject.

Practicing

Bladedancers practice with Araxia in Kingdom of the Willows.

Devoting

Fighting

Soloing:

Tanking:

Hitting:

Healing:

Bladedancers at Lord Tier

Bladedancers Remort Options