MMO (europe1300.eu), players fight each other in tournament (note not all of them are knights). There is a skills system.
I need a few (like 3-5) names for skills that can be used in such tournament. I would like them more descriptive/mood like than technical also I prefer them somewhat generic (so no "fighting with one handed swords" but instead "fencing"). Also I prefer them not loo long (UI display concerns).
(strangely I could not google any :D)
Hmm... It might depend on the form of the tournament: is there jousting? Archery? Is it just a free-for-all melee?
What sort of skills do you have in mind? Are we talking about weapon requirements--you need the "one-handed" skill to wield any single-handed sword, and the "two-handed" skill to wield any two-handed sword--or are these individual moves--"whirlwind attack", "pommel-strike", etc.--or perhaps requirements for individual weapons--"gladius", "claymore", "halberd", etc.--or something else again?
(By the way, I may be mistaken, but I don't think that fencing is specific to one-handed weapons; I seem to recall seeing combat involving two-handed swords being referred to as "fencing" as well.)
Exactly, I look especially for "catch all" skills without specyfing what weapon is used. Generic ones that sound cool but don't say much :D Like:
(By the way, I may be mistaken, but I don't think that fencing is specific to one-handed weapons; I seem to recall seeing combat involving two-handed swords being referred to as "fencing" as well.)
- Fighting (used for all sort of combat) [I don't like the name]
- Fencing
- Parrying
Hmm... It might depend on the form of the tournament: is there jousting? Archery? Is it just a free-for-all melee?That too is unspecified.
Generally, I have 2 kinds of duels, one for battlefield (all tricks allowed) and second for a tournament.
Not sure I get what you are looking for, but here's an attempt:
Riposte
Downward Swing
Backhanded Swing
Foward Lunge
@Acharis: Hmm... That's still a little vague, but let me have a shot at it (in addition to the above):
Sword techniques:
Pommel-strikes
Feinting
General technique:
Footwork
Posture
A few weapon proficiencies:
One-handed sword
Two-handed sword
Mace
Polearm
One-handed axe
Yes, something like these. But note that skills in the game are mostly non combat (like crafting, mining, education, law) so someting like "posture" would be misleading (not associated immediately with combat).
FeintingGeneral technique:
Footwork
Posture
All right... So perhaps something like the following?
Swordsmanship
Combat footwork
Feinting
Riposting
Parrying
I don't know how your skill system works, so it's difficult to suggest how these might apply. Offhand, however, a good swordsman might be particularly effective on the attack, and have bonuses to all other skills save footwork; a character with good footwork can manoeuvre more effectively than most, avoiding attacks and getting into positions that provide bonuses to attack; a character with high skill at feinting would be skilled at putting the opponent onto the defensive, forcing them to rely on their parry or footwork skills and potentially providing a bonus to attack; a character that is good at riposting might be very good at attacking after a parry; a character that is good at parrying is very good at deflecting incoming attacks.
(Thinking about it a little further, it might be wise to fold riposting into parrying, since they synergise so heavily.)
http://mountandblade.wikia.com/wiki/Skills
The names are not great, but this is a system that works very well in tournament combat.
It's not exactly like that. The skills system is 90% about non combat stuff (smelting ore, gathering honey, wood cutting, law, etc). So I just wanted to add some "choose this skill if you want to fight better", also that's why I would not want to have too many of these (like 5 would be best). So I want them generic. Then there would be techniques (not skills, kind of similar) that use skills to improve their effect, or the skills would affect the combat in a more genetic way (like test if you have not lost balance). So there are skills (generic) and techinques (detailed, precise, technical special effects).
I don't know how your skill system works, so it's difficult to suggest how these might apply. Offhand, however, a good swordsman might be particularly effective on the attack, and have bonuses to all other skills save footwork
SKILLS:
Fighting / Combat (something very generic, used always in all combat, not sure how to name it)
Fencing
Parrying
Weapon Mastery
Armour Mastery
Athletics (does not sound very medieval...)
Horse Raiding
TECHNIQUES:
Riposte
Counter Strike
Shield Bash
Downward Swing
Backhanded Swing
Foward Lunge
Pommel-strikes
One-handed sword proficiency
Two-handed sword proficiency
Mace proficiency
Polearm proficiency
One-handed axe proficiency
Fighting / Combat (something very generic, used always in all combat, not sure how to name it)
What about "Skill at arms"?
Horse Raiding
Erm, do you mean horse riding? "Raiding" refers to a sudden attack, especially with the goal of looting or suppressing, I believe.
(If you do mean "riding", perhaps "horsemanship" would work a little better?)
Otherwise that looks more or less fine, I think. ^_^
