Long Blade

Skill Tree	Long Blade
Cost	100 sp
Requirements	0 Agility
ID	LongBlades
Infobox data from game version 2.0.202.92

You are skilled with long thrusting and slashing blades.

Long Blade is the base skill for the Long Blade skill tree. It is one of the few skill trees that require multiple stats instead of just one. It is also one of the more Skill Point heavy trees to fully invest in, costing 1300 SP in total. On critical hits, long blade attacks gain an extra →2 PV, even if that would exceed their penetration cap.

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The base long blade skill is a beneficial skill to have for non-melee characters due to the flat bonus to DV provided by Long Blade Proficiency and Improved Defensive Stance.

Skills in the Long Blade skill tree

Skill	Cost	Stat	Description
Long Blade Proficiency	0	0 Strength	You gain access to two stances. Aggressive stance: With a long blade in your primary hand, your long blade and short blade attacks gain +1 to your penetration roll but -2 to hit. Defensive stance: While wielding a long blade in your primary hand, you gain +2 DV.
Lunge	200	17 Agility	Activated; cooldown 15. Aggressive stance: Lunge through an empty space at an opponent and attack with +2 to your penetration roll. You must move through the empty space. Defensive stance: You make an attack at an opponent then lunge backward 2 spaces. Dueling stance: Attack an opponent with +1 to your penetration roll. The attack is guaranteed to hit and penetrate at least once.
Dueling Stance	200	17 Intelligence	You gain access to dueling stance. While wielding a long blade in your primary hand, you get +2 to hit with long blades and short blades.
Swipe	200	17 Strength	Activated; cooldown 15. Aggressive stance: You make an attack against all adjacent opponents. Defensive stance: You push all adjacent creatures back 1 space and attempt to trip the ones that are opponents (strength save; difficulty 30). Dueling stance: You make an attack at an opponent and attempt to disarm them (strength save; difficulty 25 + your Agi modifier). The attack is guaranteed to hit and penetrate at least once.
Improved Dueling Stance	100	21 Intelligence	Your to-hit bonus in dueling stance is increased to +3.
Improved Defensive Stance	100	23 Agility	Your DV bonus in defensive stance is increased to +3.
Improved Aggressive Stance	100	23 Strength	Your penetration bonus in aggressive stance is increased to +2, but your to-hit penalty is increased to -3.
En Garde!	300	29 Strength 23 Agility • 23 Strength 29 Agility	Activated; cooldown 100. For the next 10 rounds, Lunge and Swipe have no cooldown.

Weapons That Use the Long Blade Skill

Factions That Teach Long Blade

Long Blade 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 Long Blade

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Skills in the Long Blade skill tree

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Factions That Teach Long Blade

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Long Blade

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Skills in the Long Blade skill tree

Weapons That Use the Long Blade Skill

Factions That Teach Long Blade

Creatures That Have Long Blade

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