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CLOSE COMBAT
SELF DEFENSE | LEVEL 1 SKILL | MELEE
Seems you’ve become interested in self-defense! Good idea. At this level you’re better with your hands and handling the resources you find effectively. After this point you will have more choices to pursue more specialized methods of self-defense such as armed melee and hand to hand combat.
UPGRADES!
HAND TO HAND
🕯 Penalty in hand to hand reduced to -1
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🕯 1d3 self dmg now only for rolls less than 10
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MELEE WEAPONS
🕯 Penalty in melee weapons rolls reduced to -1
🕯 Level 1 Melee weapons unlocked
UNLOCKED ABILITY: WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
With a simple perception roll you can now try to find weapons to help you out with more success. These searches are no guarantee, but something is better than nothing. Do not expect these items to last long.
MELEE WEAPONS
ARM YOURSELF | LEVEL 2 SKILL | MELEE
You’ve decided to arm yourself. At this level you’ve gained a bit more skill in handling melee weapons and finding them. Luck favors the resourceful. From this point you can pick up most anything and find a way to make it a weapon, though some things are more effective than others.
UPGRADES!
MELEE WEAPONS
🕯 Penalty in melee weapon rolls reduced to 0
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🕯 Level 2 melee weapons unlocked
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🕯 You can reclassify 1 miscellaneous item at a time as a weapon to keep in your inventory
UPGRADED ABILITY: WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS 02
With a perception roll you can now find more reliable items from your surrounding environment to arm yourself. You can now make 1 miscellaneous item a weapon to keep (at least for as long as you can keep any weapon). Mods will give assistance in assigning DMG to these items, but personal creativity is always encouraged.
THROWING WEAPONS PATH
THROWING WEAPONS 01 | LEVEL 3 SKILL | MELEE
With this specialized skill cultivated through experience with other melee weapons you can now start to use proper throwing weapons to impressive effect.
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Use the melee table for reference with these weapons.
UPGRADES!
THROWING WEAPONS
🕯 You have the option to use your DEX rather than STR modifier when throwing
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🕯 Level 01 throwing weapons unlocked
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🕯 Nat20 results in an extra throw
THROWING WEAPONS 02 | LEVEL 4 SKILL | MELEE
With this advanced level of the throwing weapon specialty you are able to wield throwing weapons to devastating effect and accuracy. You are now able to use the most difficult and deadly weapons this specialty has to offer.
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Use the melee table for reference with these weapons.
UPGRADES!
THROWING WEAPONS
🕯 THROWS PER TURN: 1+DEX
🕯 Any rolls of 5 or higher are now successful hits. (5-16 = WeaponDMG)
🕯 Level 02 throwing weapons unlocked