Martial Arts Option (4E)

4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons

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