Pirates of the Spanish Main New Fencing Academies.pdf

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New Fencing Academies

For Pirates of the Spanish Main®, from Savage Worlds

For the Pirates of the Spanish Main® Roleplaying Game, by Paul “Wiggy” Wade-Williams.

Academy of

Ungentlemanly Arts

Requirements: Agility d6+, Smarts d6+,

Fighting d6+

The Academy of Ungentlemanly Arts is

another Italian school recently arrived in the

Caribbean. Its sole ofice in the region in

on Martinique. Fencing in the Age of Piracy

is not governed by strict rules like modern

Olympic fencing. Like the French National

Academy, this one concentrates on trickery

to secure victories.

When a student scores a raise on a Trick

against an adjacent foe, he may immediately

make a free Fighting roll. This incurs no

additional multi action penalties, though

any which apply during the round also apply

to this attack. For instance, a character who

runs and performs a Trick has a –2 penalty

this round for performing two actions. With

a raise, his Fighting roll is made at –2, being

an additional beneit of the Trick rather than

being a separate action.

In addition, students may take Dirty Fighter

at Novice (and are encouraged to learn the

Edge as soon as possible).

Secret: If an adjacent foe rolls a 1 on

his attribute die while performing a Trick,

regardless of Wild Die, the character gets

a free Fighting roll against him. The student

need not be the target for the Trick. This

attack interrupts the target’s turn, and does

not count as the swordsman’s action for the

round even if he was on Hold or had not yet

acted this round.

Drop on an attack in the same round as he

catches his opponent unawares.

Students may use the Florentine Edge

when holding a single weapon. They

can also learn the Wall of Steel Edge at

Seasoned, as they switch hands continually

with their weapon to parry incoming blows.

Secret: The swordsman has learned how

to lick his blade between his hands with

truly rapid speed. When armed with a single

weapon, the hero can make two attacks

during a round exactly as if he had the Two

Fisted Edge and two weapons drawn.

Special techniques allow them to acquire

Acrobat after character generation, treating

it as a Combat Edge (so no GM permission

or lengthy training is required). Members

are encouraged to learn Fleet-Footed as

well.

Secret: When using the Full Defense

maneuver, the character’s minimum

Parry is equal to his Fighting die plus any

modiiers for weapons or Edges (so a hero

with Fighting d10, a rapier, and Block has

Parry 12) if he does not move in the round.

He may roll as normal to see if he scores

higher with Aces. If he moves, he uses the

normal rules.

Seven Blades Academy

Requirements: Agility d8+, Fighting d8+

The Seven Blades Academy is run by an

Englishman known

only as Johnny

S e v e n - B l a d e s .

It focuses purely

on defensive

techniques.

Students can

use the Defend

maneuver and run

in the same turn

(but cannot take

other actions, as

per normal) or use

the Full Defense

maneuver and

move their Pace.

Members may learn

Block at Novice.

Proponents of

the art often parry

round after round,

waiting for the

right time to strike.

In game terms,

this equates to

using Defend or

Full Defense until

the swordsman

draws a Joker or

the enemy is in a

disadvantageous

position, such as

being Shaken by

another character.

De Richelieu’s Academy

Requirements: Agility d8+, Fighting d8+,

Ambidextrous

A French private academy with a salon

on Martinique, De Richelieu’s Academy (no

ties to the Vicomtesse of the same name

are known to exist) specializes in deception.

The trick it teaches is only good once per

combat, but it is a good stunt.

When using one weapon only, the hero

can lull his foe into a false sense of security.

Once per combat encounter, he can switch

hands as a free action, giving him the

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