Difference between revisions of "Martial Arts Option (4E)"

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Page Largely Obsolete

Check the option in the discussion page on each class for more recent data.

Power-Swapping

So as to not penalize any would-be armorless fencers, the following power-swap options exist at level 1:

Armor Swap (fencing or martial arts)

Lose all armor proficiencies.
If your class had proficiency in leather, gain the Dodge feat.
If your class had proficiency in chainmail, gain the Heroic Defense feat

Shield Swap (fencing or martial arts)

Lose all shield proficiencies.
If your class had proficiency in light shields, gain the Single Weapon Defense feat.
If your class had proficiency in heavy shields, gain the Single Weapon Stance feat.

Weapon Swap (martial arts)

You must have done the armor and shield swaps
Lose all weapon proficiencies from your class (you retain racial weapon proficiencies)
Gain proficiency in Club, Staff, and Martial Strike
If you had proficiency with all military melee weapons, choose one type of weapon (such as Heavy Blade); retain proficiency in all weapons of this type.
If you had proficiency with all military ranged weapons, choose one type of weapon (such as Bow); retain proficiency in all weapons of this type.
Retain all racial weapon proficiencies.

Martial Arts Traditions

This option is only available to all characters in a martial arts campaign. In other games, it depends on you class and background and how they mesh with the setting.

Greyhawk Martial Arts Traditions

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+== Page Largely Obsolete ==
+Check the option in the discussion page on each class for more recent data.
-Before the arrival of the monk, any class can be made into a martial arts class by applying the following modifiers. This is based on the Chinese martial arts tradition, and can use quite a lot of different weapons.
+== Power-Swapping ==
-* You lose all armor proficiencies except cloth armor and all shield proficiencies
+So as to not penalize any would-be armorless fencers, the following power-swap options exist at level 1:
-* If your class had proficiency in leather armor and as long as you are wearing only cloth armor, you gain a +2 bonus to armor class.
-** If your class has proficiency in heavy armor, you can use a figure based on your class' heavy armor proficiencies instead of your Intelligence or Dexterity modifier to armor class. This is +4 for Chain, +5 for Scale, and +6 for plate. This bonus improves by +1 at level 11 and +2 at level 21.
-** If your class had proficiency in light shields, gain the Two Weapon Defense feat.
-** If your class had proficiency in heavy shields, gain the [[Feats (4E)#Fencing (Genre)|Fencing ]] feat.
-* Pick one type of weapon your class is proficient with. Lose proficiency in all other weapons from your class. Gain proficiency with the club and staff.
-* You gain proficiency with [[Martial strike (4E)|Martial strike]].
+=== Armor Swap (fencing or martial arts) ===
+* Lose all armor proficiencies.
+* If your class had proficiency in leather, gain the Dodge feat.
+* If your class had proficiency in chainmail, gain the Heroic Defense feat
+=== Shield Swap (fencing or martial arts) ===
+* Lose all shield proficiencies.
+* If your class had proficiency in light shields, gain the Single Weapon Defense feat.
+* If your class had proficiency in heavy shields, gain the Single Weapon Stance feat.
+=== Weapon Swap (martial arts)===
+* You must have done the armor and shield swaps
+* Lose all weapon proficiencies from your class (you retain racial weapon proficiencies)
+* Gain proficiency in Club, Staff, and Martial Strike
+* If you had proficiency with all military melee weapons, choose one type of weapon (such as Heavy Blade); retain proficiency in all weapons of this type.
+* If you had proficiency with all military ranged weapons, choose one type of weapon (such as Bow); retain proficiency in all weapons of this type.
+* Retain all racial weapon proficiencies.
 ==Martial Arts Traditions ==

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