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|description=Like the Zombie Survival Handbook says, "Blades don't need reloading."  Whether used as a last resort, or as a primary means of defense, melee weapons have proven their worth throughout time.  A person with a high Melee Trait is knowledgeable and practiced in the use and care of hand-to-hand combat weapons, whether they be improvised clubs or ancient katanas, fireaxes or fencing foils.  Additionally, this Skill is used for wooden stakes, should the need arise....
 
|description=Like the Zombie Survival Handbook says, "Blades don't need reloading."  Whether used as a last resort, or as a primary means of defense, melee weapons have proven their worth throughout time.  A person with a high Melee Trait is knowledgeable and practiced in the use and care of hand-to-hand combat weapons, whether they be improvised clubs or ancient katanas, fireaxes or fencing foils.  Additionally, this Skill is used for wooden stakes, should the need arise....
 
|onedot=You know the right way to hold a knife.
 
|onedot=You know the right way to hold a knife.

Revision as of 01:06, 19 January 2013

Category: Abilities
Subcategory: Primary Skill
Prerequisites: None
Reference: Vampire the Masquerade (Revised edition/WW2300), page 125.


Like the Zombie Survival Handbook says, "Blades don't need reloading." Whether used as a last resort, or as a primary means of defense, melee weapons have proven their worth throughout time. A person with a high Melee Trait is knowledgeable and practiced in the use and care of hand-to-hand combat weapons, whether they be improvised clubs or ancient katanas, fireaxes or fencing foils. Additionally, this Skill is used for wooden stakes, should the need arise....


x Unskilled: Unskilled.
• Novice: You know the right way to hold a knife.
•• Practiced: You may have been in the occasional street fight.
••• Competent: You could make a college fencing team.
•••• Expert: You could keep order in the prince's court.
••••• Master: Your enemies would rather face a SWAT team than your blade.


Possessed by: Assassins, Gang Members, Martial Artists, Police, Duelists, Medievalist Buffs
Example Specialties: Knives, Swords, Improvised Clubs, Stakes, Disarms, Axes