Short Blades

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The Short Blades skill denotes how adept your character is at using daggers and short swords. Although these weapons have the lowest base damage in the game, you can attack especially fast with them, and they do obscene amounts of damage when used for stabbing. This skill crosstrains with the Long Blades skill.

Aptitudes

At Ba DE Dg Ds Dj Dr Fe Fo Gr Gh Gn HO Hu Ko Mf Mi Mu Na Op On Sp Te Tr Vp VS
-1 1 0 -1 -1 -1 0 N/A 0 -1 -1 8 0 0 3 2 1 -2 0 0 -1 1 1 -2 1 -1

List of Short Blades

Name Dam Hit Speed Str weight Skill Hands Size Missile Throw Dam Type Prob
Dagger 4 +6 10 10% Short Blades One Little None No Piercing 10
Quick blade 5 +6 7 0% Short Blades One Little None No Piercing 2
Short sword 6 +4 11 20% Short Blades One Small None No Piercing 10
Rapier 7 +4 12 20% Short Blades One Small None No Piercing 10

The Captain's Cutlass is a unique short blade that deals slicing damage.

History

  • In 0.16, cutlass was renamed to rapier. Short sword and rapier damage type was changed from slicing to piercing.
  • In 0.14, sabre was renamed to cutlass.
  • In 0.9, knife was removed.

See Also

Skills
Weapons Short BladesLong BladesRanged Weapons

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