Tenacity (skill)

The skill of Tenacity is a versatile and powerful martial art, practiced by the Wayfarers and focused solely upon the use of handaxes. The Wayfarer's strikes are both accurate and devastating, and are lent broad usefulness by the handaxe's utility in both close and ranged combat. The handaxe, in this fashion, is an expression of the mindset of the Wayfarer: infinitely adaptable, and relentlessly brutal to one's enemies.

Skill	Rank	Percent	Description
Proficiency	Inept	0 %	Cut down your foes with your mastery of axes.
Envenom	Novice	0 %	Coat your weapons in deadly venoms.
Parrying	Apprentice	0 %	Block incoming strikes with your weapon.
Avert	Adept	33 %	Protect the skies with your vigilance.
Crossblade	Skilled	33 %	Catch their weapon and send them reeling.
Obstruct	Gifted	33 %	Looks like you aren't going anywhere.
Repel	Expert	33 %	Punish them for their feeble attempts.
Retrieval	Fabled	66 %	Draw your weapons from their broken body.
Opportunity	Mythical	50 %	Innately sense attacks of opportunity.
Chop	Inept	0 %	Mercilessly strike your foe with your weapon.
Sweep	Capable	0 %	Slam their knees with your weapon.
Lacerate	Adept	0 %	Rend their very flesh.
Bash	Adept	66 %	A swift smack with the blunt end.
Dropstrike	Skilled	0 %	They'll never see it coming.
Whirlwind	Gifted	66 %	Lash out at all enemies in your vicinity.
Punish	Expert	66 %	Cut them right to the bone.
Ravage	Virtuoso	33 %	A vicious, lasting blow to a limb.
Ambush	Fabled	33 %	Leap at your foe from afar.
Execute	Transcendent	0 %	Finish the deed with a brutal execution.
Lob	Inept	0 %	Fling your axe at an unlucky foe.
Assault	Apprentice	50 %	Toss your axe with brutal force.
Cripple	Capable	50 %	Shatter their limbs in a single blow.
Retrieve	Skilled	66 %	Pull your foe in a bit closer.
Toss	Gifted	0 %	Fling your weapon into the air for later.
Carve	Expert	0 %	An unexpected strike to the gut.
Embed	Virtuoso	66 %	A cruel addition to a healing wound.
Devastate	Fabled	0 %	Pitch your axes to break down barriers.
Slaughter	Mythical	0 %	Strike down your enemies with dual axes.

Proficiency
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: RETURNING <ON

Envenom
Syntax:	ENVENOM <weapon/LEFT/RIGHT> WITH <venom> WIPE <weapon>
Description:	With this ability, you may layer venoms on an edged weapon. Each time that weapon hits somebody, one venom will poison your opponent, and disappear from the weapon. Venoms work on a last-on, first-off basis, so if you put xentio on a weapon, and then put voyria on, the voyria would come off first, and the xentio second. You must possess a rag with the venom in order to apply it to a weapon. In order to get rid of the venoms on a weapon, simply WIPE <weapon>.

Parrying
Syntax:	PARRY <limb> or PARRY NOTHING
Description:	This ability allows you to parry an attack aimed at one of your limbs, providing you wield a weapon or item that allows you to do so. You can parry your head, torso, left or right arm, and left or right leg. You will be unable to parry if you become prone (see HELP PRONE). Being fallen is excluded from this list.

Avert
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE AVERT <ON

Crossblade
Syntax:
Description:	This ability is passive. If you have a handaxe in both hands - that is, none currently in the air - your successful parry attempts will fuel your rage, increasing your fury. In addition, hitting an enemy's own parry with your melee attacks will increase your fury.

Obstruct
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE OBSTRUCT <ON

Repel
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE REPEL <ON

Retrieval
Syntax:
Description:	This ability is passive. You'll now concentrate on retrieving your weapons after they're thrown. If your attack strikes a prone target, you will recover your balance faster from the strike.

Opportunity
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Players only Usage: AXE COUNTER After a successful dodge, you will have a short window of time where you may chop into your attacker with an axe, however it will deliver no venoms. This ability may be done off balance.

Chop
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE CHOP <target> <bodypart> [<venom>] Swing your handaxe at a target's bodypart, quickly delivering a venom in the process. This attack uses a single axe.

Sweep
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE SWEEP <target> Swing your axe in a low arc, knocking your foe to the ground so long as they suffer from some affliction to their legs. This attack uses a single axe.

Lacerate
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE LACERATE <target> Gouge your foe's skin deeply, causing haemophilia and bleeding. The amount of bleeding is increased for each leg and arm that is broken. This attack uses a single axe.

Bash
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE BASH <target> This quick blow with the blunt end of your weapon will rattle your victim, causing damage to their head as well as rendering them undeaf. If already undeaf or below 70% health, this blow will also cause dizziness. This attack uses a single axe.

Dropstrike
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE DROPSTRIKE <target> Leap from high above and deliver a terrifying blow to your enemy. If your intended victim falls below 33% maximum health as a result of your strike, they will perish as your axe cleaves them in two. This threshold increases to 50% if their torso is broken.

Whirlwind
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE WHIRLWIND [<venom>] Swing your axes in a wild arc, hitting everyone present. You may specify a venom to use with this attack.

Punish
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE PUNISH <target> <ARMS

Ravage
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE RAVAGE <target> This precise strike with both axes will lacerate a foe's body, causing them to suffer significant harm whenever a restoration salve is applied. The effect will last for a short time. Each time they take damage from applying a restoration salve, the damage dealt will increase and the time it takes to cure itself will be reset. Should a bodypart become broken or mangled while they are ravaged, then the affliction will be removed. This attack uses both axes.

Ambush
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE AMBUSH <target> [<venom>] Should your foe be in an adjacent location, you can leap upon them and deliver a surprise blow, inflicting a venom and knocking them off balance. If you are enraged, you will knock over anyone who might block you, and break through any walls in your path.

Execute
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE EXECUTE <target> Should your foe be lying helpless with a broken head and at least one other broken limb, you may remove their head from their body in a single, brutal stroke. The wind-up for this strike is somewhat obvious, and as a result any other aware opponent will dodge it entirely. This attack uses both axes.

Lob
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE LOB <target> [<venom>] With a quick flick of your wrist, you can fling your axe at a nearby target, striking them for damage and delivering a venom in the process. The speed of this strike prevents you from properly targeting any body part. This attack uses a single axe.

Assault
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE ASSAULT <target> [<venom>] [<bodypart>] Heave your axe forward and smash a targeted body part, causing damage and delivering a venom. This will weaken the targeted body part for two seconds, causing any melee axe attack afterward to do more body part damage to it. This attack uses a single axe.

Cripple
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE CRIPPLE <target> <LEFT

Retrieve
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE RETRIEVE <target> Throw one of your axes, attempting to hook and retrieve your intended target from your line of sight.

Toss
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE TOSS <target> <HIGH

Carve
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE CARVE <target> Fling your axes together directly at your target's gut, causing vomiting and trauma to their torso. If the target already has vomiting or a broken torso, they will be stunned and fall to the ground. This attack uses both axes.

Embed
Syntax:
Description:	Usage: AXE EMBED <target> <limb> PULL AXE FROM <target

Devastate
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE DEVASTATE <target> [<venom>] Rain your axes down upon your foe, destroying first any shield defense present, then destroying any aura of rebounding. If only one is present, you will continue with a brutal axe strike. If neither is present, however, you'll fumble the attack entirely.

Slaughter
Syntax:
Description:	AFFECTS: Both players and NPCs Usage: AXE SLAUGHTER <target> <venom>] <venom>] Unleash a devastating thrown strike with both handaxes, delivering two venoms and damaging your foe. A prone foe is a much easier target, and as a result will reduce the return time of the axes for this attack. This attack uses both axes.