Guardian Skills

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Skills Bu Ca Ch Gu Hu Lm Mi Rk Wd
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Active Skills

A Strong Offence

Ability Category Level Recovery Time Range Description
Sting Melee 1 6s 3 A quick attack that will lightly wound your opponent.
Guardian's Ward Melee 1 3s 3 Your great skill enables you to strengthen your defences for a short time.
Sweeping Cut Melee+AoE 2 9s 5 Large sweeping strokes cut into all of your foes standing before you.
Salt the Wound Melee 28 5s 3 You look to further injure a wound opened by Thrust.
Stamp Melee 32 1m 3 Your attack enables you to break your enemy's concentration, interrupting his actions.
Charge Buff 48 3m You charge into the fray.

Ready for Anything

Ability Category Level Range Description
Guardian's Defence Buff 4 Increases Block Percentage by 5.0%, Partial Block Migitation by 5%, Partial Block Chance by 2.5%, and -5% Shield Wear from Blocks
Guardian's Parry Buff 12 Increases Parry Percentage by 5.0%, Partial Parry Migitation by 5%, Partial Parry Chance by 2.5%, and -5% Weapon Wear from Parries
Guardian's Pledge Buff 20 Briefly increases Evade, Parry and Block by 50%
Protection Buff 24 25 Allows you to increase your ally's defensive stats while gaining any parries or blocks that they make
Summon Tinker Melee 26 Summons repair merchant at a camp site fire. Note that this repair is more expensive and should only be used for broken items in emergency.
Thrill of Danger Buff 28 10 Restores power by an amount multiplied by the number of enemies nearby. Max number of enemies: 3
Warrior's Heart Buff 30 Increases Max Morale and instance self-heal. Lasts for 1 minute.
Deep Breath Melee 34 Eliminates cooldown of Warrior's Heart, Guardian's Pledge, and Thrill of Danger
Turn the Tables Melee+Debuff 36 3 Removes any negative combat states (except roots and cowering from Dread) and stuns the enemy for 5s. Starts a Fellowship Manuoever if possible.
Guardian's Promise Melee 38 Creates a whistle which allows people in your fellowship to summon you to their side.

Block and Counter

Ability Category Level Power Cost Range Description
Shield-Swipe Melee 4 9 3 After a block you can attack with both your weapon and shield.
Bash Melee 10 6 3 After a successful Shield-Swipe, you bash an enemy with your shield drawing attention to yourself and temporarily stunning the enemy for 3s.
Catch a Breath Self-heal 16 31 Recovers Morale (and Power with equipped trait) after a Block.
Shield Taunt Taunt 22 8 You clash your weapon upon your shield to attract the enemies attention.

Drawing the Ire

Ability Category Level Power Cost Range Description
Shield-Blow melee 1 8 3 Shield hit that generates threat
Vexing Blow melee 6 5 3 Attack that gains threat
Challenge debuff 26 7 7 You taunt your foes to gain threat
Fray the Edge debuff 40 60 25 Ranged Taunt. Increases chance of FM. Stacks.

Overpowering Assault

Ability Category Level Power Cost Range Description
Overpower Buff 20 You put away your shield and focus on overwhelming attacks. +15% Melee damage, +30% Melee skill power costs, -5% Evade chance, -5% armor damage on Parries, Cannot equip shield
Force Opening Melee 30 68 3 A powerful strike that opens up a Parry Response on a successful hit.

Parry and Retaliate

Ability Category Level Power Cost Range Description
Retaliation Melee 8 3 3 After a parry, you can perform a swift attack.
Overwhelm Melee 10 6 3 A powerful attack after Retaliation. Stuns on a crticial hit.
Whirling Retaliation Melee+AoE 14 8 5 You whirl in a circle to attack multiple foes (up to 5). Gathers threat from fellowship members to guardian.
Thrust Bleed 18 6 3 After Retaliation, causes your foe to bleed.

Ranged Skils

Ability Category Level Power Cost Range Description
Let Fly Ranged 30 9 30 Powerful ranged attack

Passive Skills

Armour Proficiencies

Weapon Category Level Description
Light Armour 1
Medium Armour 1
Shields Off-hand 1 Increases Armour and Chance to Block
Heavy Armour 15
Heavy Shields Off-hand 15 Increases Armour and Chance to Block


Base Passive Skills

For details see Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, or Man


Combat Characteristics

Name Level Cost Description
Block Rank 1 7 4 Silver 90 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Parry Rank 1 9 8 Silver 10 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 1 11 12 Silver 10 Copper  Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Critical Rank 1 13 16 Silver 90 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Block Rank 2 17 28 Silver 90 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Evade Rank 1 19 36 Silver 10 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Parry Rank 2 21 44 Silver 10 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 2 23 52 Silver 90 Copper  Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Critical Rank 2 25 62 Silver 50 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance
Accuracy Rank 3 29 84 Silver 10 Copper  Reduces Miss by a medium amount.
Evade Rank 2 31 96 Silver 10 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance
Parry Rank 3 33 108 Silver 90 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Block Rank 3 35 122 Silver 50 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Parry Rank 4 39 152 Silver 10 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance
Accuracy Rank 4 41 168 Silver 10 Copper  Reduces Miss by a small amount.
Block Rank 4 43 184 Silver 90 Copper  Adds 1.0% to Block Chance
Evade Rank 4 50 250 Silver  Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance

Instrument Proficiencies

Name Level Cost
Horn Use 5 2 Silver 50 Copper 
Lute Use 5 2 Silver 50 Copper 


Misc. Passive Skills

Skill Category Level Description
Shield Spike Use 20 Increases shield damage(currently bugged only allows about 10-20 seconds of additional damage)

Weapon Proficiencies

Weapon Category Level Description
Daggers 1H 1 Chance to land critical hit
One-Handed Axes 1H 1 Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss
One-Handed Clubs 1H 1 Chance to Stun
One-Handed Hammers 1H 1 Chance to Stun
One-Handed Maces 1H 1 Chance to Stun
One-Handed Swords 1H 1 Increases to-hit chance
Spear MHO 10 Chance to Wound causing damage over time
Two-Handed Axes 2H 10 Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss
Two-Handed Clubs 2H 10 Chance to Stun
Two-Handed Hammers 2H 10 Chance to Stun
Two-Handed Swords 2H 10 Increases to-hit chance
Bows Ranged 30
Crossbows Ranged 30
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