Ah man knockdown is swing only. Should look into that as well.

Sojiro:

Ah man knockdown is swing only. Should look into that as well.

Probably because the style is swing = blunt, jab = cutting. Hmm.

Yes but that's awkward for balance reasons as you can know

Wonder if a race is going to get a cavalier buff to match orclach/igasho/dwarf/krokani.

Deschain:

Wonder if a race is going to get a cavalier buff to match orclach/igasho/dwarf/krokani.

Tae'dae got it.

EDIT: Damn the temptation!

Time to start designing more bardiches.

In the meantime, approve masterweapon polearms please. :)

Solanis:

In the meantime, approve masterweapon polearms please. :)

You carefully study a forging design.
Item: Bardiche Type: Masterweapons Org: Public
Commodities: steel 300 coal 50 gold 50
Mortal Reviews: Allowed
IMPORTANT: The main noun MUST use one of these: BARDICHE
Appearance:
an elegant black steel bardiche finished with golden webbing
Dropped:
An elegant black steel bardiche lies here, casts of gold playing off its head.
Examined:
Composed entirely of steel, this bardiche is sturdy and efficient for
its purpose. A black matte finish covers the weapon from end to end,
such that the haft is rendered entirely lustreless. As a result, the
gold inlay that graces the head is made all the more prominent, making
it easy to distinguish the deftly etched cobwebs which sweep along the
blade.

/me wanders off to forge one.

While I am all for the new (5th) specialisation to warriors! Yay! What about some tertiary love for bards? :(

There's a full platinum one too, with a very boring and direct design.

My mission for the night is done.

Thank you! :D

I'm not sure Skewer is going to be viable with two, swing only, critical level affliction requirements...

Obviously brand new and things will change, but looking very neat so far!

Solanis wildly jabs an elegant black steel bardiche finished with golden webbing at you. Solanis's face flashes as he pushes the tip of his bardiche through your weakened chest cavity. Your mind reels in agony as it brutally obliterates both muscles and bone in a spray of gore. You grab senselessly, desperately, at the weapon, trying to prevent its path through you, to no avail. A sickening sense of weightlessness and pressure fills you as Solanis lifts you from the ground, and the last thing you see before passing into death is his face, spattered in your blood, looking victorious.

Lothringen:

I'm not sure Skewer is going to be viable with two, swing only, critical level affliction requirements...

Obviously brand new and things will change, but looking very neat so far!

Technically, they can hit both affs on the one swing with heft!

EDIT: Maybe. After testing it seems to hit pretty regularly, but... in the time it takes to get a critical gut and chest, you could've just gotten 1 critical head without the requirement of the affs sticking.

pound left Lothringen

7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30730en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {83.3635}
You swing an elegant black steel bardiche finished with golden webbing at Lothringen. You brutally pound his chest, and his ribs snap under the force of the blow.
The momentum of your hefted weapon continues on!
You swing an elegant black steel bardiche finished with golden webbing at Lothringen. You pound into his back and feel his spine shatter with a sickening crunch as his face contorts in paralysed horror.
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30719en, 26400w elrk<>- (XBHSPFA) {86.518}

You have recovered balance on all limbs. 3.244
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30739en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {87.5687}
assess Lothringen
You glance over Lothringen and see that his health is at 10664/10664.
He is bleeding for 2 health.
You assess the bodily wounds as follows:
* Head has no wounds.
* Chest has critical wounds.
* Gut has critical wounds.
* Left arm has medium wounds.
* Right arm has medium wounds.
* Left leg has no wounds.
* Right leg has heavy wounds.
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30739en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {88.4029}

The roar of a feline predator carries to you from somewhere in the deep grasses.
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30739en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {88.8846}
say can I sever you
You say, "Can I sever you."
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30759en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {93.6155}

Unblooded Kalas Lothringen says, "Skewer?"
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30779en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {98.5261}
say yeah
You say, "Yeah."
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30799en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {0.8408}

Lothringen nods his head emphatically.
7020h, 5700m, 6210e, 10p, 30799en, 26400w elrxk<>- (XBHSPFA) {1.9558}
skewer lothringen
You wildly jab an elegant black steel bardiche finished with golden webbing at Lothringen. You sense victory as you push the tip of your bardiche through his weakened chest cavity, easily parting muscles and ribs in a spray of gore. Exerting your strength, you lift his flailing body off the ground and let it slide down the shaft of your weapon, bringing his face to yours as his last spattered breath sprays blood over you.
Lothringen slides off the weapon and collapses to the ground in a heap of blood and guts, his chest now only a gaping hole.
You have slain Lothringen.

:D

Also, spears should totally be included as a cavalier weapon. Forestial spear wielders!

I've been waiting for a class like this since I started playing Achaea even back in like, 1995. It's time for me to come back! Hoozah!

So how does heft work. Does it work continually or is it like puissance. Or does it fade after a time

Looks like 1s bal loss to raise, and drops after 3-3.5s if you don't hit anything.

So far it seems.. on a strike, +25% more wounding. On a swing, decent chance to hit double. Around ~50% to do so.