Mechanik’s Union

From ship-to-ship struggles on the high seas to fighting off pirate reavers on the coast of the Sea of a Thousand Souls to the battlements of Midfast and the alleys of Five Fingers, a Tordoran gentleman may often be called upon to resort to skill at arms to protect his companions, life, and precious honor. Toward that end, many a skilled fencer has earned a reputation and a livelihood teaching the manly arts of self defense. Hundreds of specific styles have developed, with a vast array of subtle theories, but to the uninitiated, a single broad approach to single combat emerges: the Tordoran Style, differentiated from the methods often employed by Rynnish or Thurian fencers by the use of the off-hand. Challenging a well-schooled Ordic sea-capitain to a duel has proven the doom of many a foolhardy brigand or fop.
Tordoran fencers nearly always begin through basic proficiency with a broadsword or single-handed longsword, followed by an immersion in defensive techniques meant to first and foremost protect the life of the fencer. Towards this end, the use of parrying daggers, swordbreakers, chains, and cloaks are introduced.
Recommended Feats:

• Martial Weapon Proficiency: Broadsword/Longsword
• Martial Weapon Proficiency: Light Chain/Swordbreaker
• Combat Expertise
• Improved Disarm
• Dodge
• Mobility
• Two-weapon Fighting
• Improved Two-weapon Fighting
• Greater Two-weapon Fighting
• Weapon Focus Broadsword/Longsword
• Weapon Specialization Broadsword/Longsword
• Greater Weapon Focus Broadsword/Longsword
• Greater Weapon Specialization Broadsword/Longsword
• Weapon Focus Dagger/Light Chain/Swordbreaker

Feats listed in bold are strongly recommended. Few fencing schools will stress the use of a variety of off-hand weapons, preferring instead an intense study of a particular pairing of weapons.

*New feats*

Tordoran Fencer [General, Fighter]

Highly skilled at parrying, with a refined guard and quick reflexes, the well-trained Tordoran-style Fencer is a difficult target to strike a blow at.

Prerequisites: Combat Expertise, Dodge, Two-weapon fighting, Weapon Focus (Broadsword or Longsword), Base Attack Bonus +4
Benefit: When simultaneously wielding a Broadsword or Longsword for which he has the Weapon Focus feat and a light weapon, the character receives a +2 competance bonus to AC versus melee attacks from the subject of his Dodge feat. This bonus explicitly stacks with the bonus granted by the Dodge feat, resulting in a total improvement of +3.

Master Tordoran Fencer [General, Fighter]

A true master of the defensive sword, the master of a Tordoran fencing style’s impeccable footwork leaves no opening and makes him difficult for even multiple opponents to box in.

Prerequisites: Tordoran Fencer, Greater Weapon Focus (Broadsword or Longsword), Improved Two-weapon Fighting, Mobility, 5 ranks Sense Motive, 5 ranks Bluff
Benefit: When simultaneously wielding a Broadsword or Longsword with which he has the Greater Weapon Focus feat and a light weapon, the subject of the character’s Dodge feat is not treated as threatening the character for purposes of flanking or attacks of opportunity.