Single Weapon Fighting

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Single Weapon Fighting
Skill Tree

Single Weapon Fighting

Cost

100 sp

Requirements

17 Agility, 17 Strength

ID

SingleWeaponFighting

You may choose not to make offhand attacks in exchange for mastery with a single weapon.

Acquiring the skill tree unlocks a toggleable ability of the same name. Single Weapon Fighting has two effects while Toggled On:

  • The Offhand Attack Chance of most limbs is set to 0%
  • all attacks gain the benefits of Single Weapon Fighting skills

Other abilities that change Offhand Attack Chance (like Multiweapon Fighting skills and Multiple Arms) won't raise the Offhand Attack Chance from 0%.

There are a few exceptions that trigger offhand attacks while Single Weapon Fighting is active, and those attacks also benefit.

0% Offhand Attack Chance normal left and right hand, Multiple Arms, helping hands, Beak, Hooks for Feet (D), Burrowing Claws, extra limbs gained from Chimera, weapons in unusual slots like face (e.g. girshling fangs) or arm (e.g. folded carbide wristblade)
20% Offhand Attack Chance fork-horned helm, Horns, Stinger (Confusing Venom), Stinger (Paralyzing Venom), & Stinger (Poisoning Venom)
skill that trigger offhand attacks Flurry, Jab, Lunge, Rejoinder, Shank, Shield Slam, Charge

Skills in the Single Weapon Fighting skill tree

Skill Cost Stat Prerequisites Description
Opportune Attacks 0 17 Agility 17 Strength Whenever you score a critical hit with a melee weapon while single-weapon fighting, the cooldowns of up to two random weapon or shield skills are immediately refreshed.
Weapon Expertise 150 21 Agility 21 Strength Whenever you make a melee attack while single-weapon fighting, there's a 50% chance you immediately make a second attack for free.
Penetrating Strikes 200 23 Agility 23 Strength Your attacks always penetrate one extra time.
Weapon Mastery 300 29 Agility 29 Strength Weapon Expertise Whenever you make a melee attack while single-weapon fighting, immediately make a second attack for free.


Factions That Teach Single Weapon Fighting

Single Weapon Fighting is not taught by any of Qud's persistent factions. However, procedurally generated factions such as village factions can teach randomly chosen skills as part of their water ritual.

Creatures That Have Single Weapon Fighting


Opportune Attacks triggers on Backswing Opportune Attacks triggers on Fork-helmed helm attack