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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruavel" data-source="post: 350760" data-attributes="member: 5704">Maitre additional quest: Scene 1, take 2...Here's the revised additional quest... I intend to put this one first as there is some follow on into the original quest (as you will observe if you read it)...as always, constructive comments are greatly appreciated...To truly be considered a master of fencing, the prospective maitre must bring something more to the art than just her experience with the rapier and time must be spent furthering swordplay above all other things. In her desire to improve her swordsmanship and that of others, the upcoming maitre must spend a significant period of time away from her homeland studying the fighting styles of another race or culture. The subject of her studies can be located no closer than 500 miles from the maitre’s base of operations, although some of the greatest maitre have gone so far as to spend their time studying the combat techniques of bizarre races on alternate planes. Furthermore the period of time actually spent analysing this chosen subject must be no less than 90 days total. These need not be consecutive but the research period must be completed within 180 days of its starting date.For the study to be valid, the subject of the maitre’s research must have obvious differences from the normal fighting styles of her own culture and race. For example after spending several weeks aiding an elven community far from her home, Trinnen val Kemeer spent another four months with group of young elves as they tutored in the ways of melding their graceful swordplay with the inherent magic of their people. The elves would not teach Trinnen any aspect of these exquisite techniques but she was permitted to watch the student practice, make notes on what she saw and occasionally spar with the pupils. At the conclusion of her research period, the maitre should be ready to confidently challenge an exponent of this system of combat so as to demonstrate not only her own skill but also the efficacy of rapier fencing. Thanks to the time spent watching and scrutinizing the students and masters of they subject, the aspiring maitre may make and Int check (DC 15) prior to the comment of a challenge bout. If successful, the prospective maitre’s understanding of the attacks and defensive stances her opponent will use gives her a +2 Dodge bonus to her AC and a +2 circumstance bonus to attacks. Such challenges end when an opponent yields to her adversary in recognition of their superior skill, however some less honorable combatants have resorted to slaying their opponents to prove the dominance of their style.The study of such exotic combat methods should ultimately produce a comprehensive analysis of the weapons, tactics, protective equipment, and some of the more impressive manoeuvres used by the people or school studied, their comparative strengths and weaknesses, and a discussion on the possible adaptation of any appropriate skills or equipment into the school of fencing. Before accepting a challenge from a prospective maitre (see below), some existing maitre expect the challenger to demonstrate their research, either through discussion, written analysis or physical exhibition.I know it's a big read, but rather than just having poor Khur read everything, I thought I'd gets "everyone's" assistance...btw - thanx for the last round of feedback... it was insightful and very useful...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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