Warrior OCC

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 09/11/2006)

• Introduction
• O.C.C. Abilities
• Attribute Requirements
• O.C.C. Skills
• O.C.C. Related Skills
• Secondary Skills
• Standard Equipment
• Experience Table

Introduction

The world is a dangerous place, from roaming groups of bandits to marching armies to terrors that are beyond mention. While most try to live with the hopes that others will protect them from these dangers, there are always those that expect no help from anyone else. Lacking any supernatural talent or noble birth or good luck at being trained as a Knight or a Paladin, Warriors live and die by their martial skills. In this world of dangers a warrior knows that to have a strong arm and a good weapon is the only difference between life and death. Most warriors are hard and direct people, not unncessarily cruel, but they are used to living in dire circumstances and this affects their view of the world.

Warriors can come from any walk of life and represent everything from unaligned mercenaries to an empire's soldiers to a farm boy that has lifted a weapon and decided to fight to survive. Although they lack the formal training of a Knight, Warriors have an innate martial skill that is honed over years of experience that sets them above the untrained and unskilled people of the world.

O.C.C. Abilities:

1. Battle Coordination
   At the beginning of each melee round, the warrior can designate a single enemy target as the focus of his coordination skills. If an ally of the warrior attacks the designated target, regardless of whether the ally hits or damages the designated target, then on the warrior's next action, the warrior receives a bonus to strike and damage if he attacks the designated target. At level one, the bonus to strike and damage is +1, but this improves to +2 at level 4, to +3 at level 8, to +4 at level 12, and to +5 at level 15.
   
   
2. Weapon Specialization
   Upon reaching level 4, the warrior chooses a weapon to specialize with. The chosen weapon must be one that the warrior has a weapon proficiency for and once selected, this choice cannot be changed. All bonuses from the weapon proficiency for that weapon are doubled and the warrior gains +1 attack per melee that can only be used to attack with that weapon. The weapon specialization applies to all weapons that are covered by a given weapon proficiency, so a warrior specializes in "swords" instead of just one type of sword. The warrior selects an additional weapon profiency to specialization in upon reaching level 12.
   
   
3. Armor Specilization
   Upon reach level 6, the warrior chooses a type of armor to specialize with. Once selected, this choice cannot be changed. While wearing that type of armor, the warrior suffers only half of the normal penalties and the warrior is able to make slight adjustments when donning the armor to improve its capabilities. The warrior does this with naturally honed instincts so he cannot help others to put on their armor to gain these bonuses. If the warrior spends an extra melee round to put on his or her armor, the armor receives +10 S.D.C. and +1 armor rating at level 6 and an additional +5 S.D.C. and +1 armor rating at levels 10 and 14.
   
   
4. Warriors & Armor
   Most Warriors prefer to wear heavy armor when they expect heavy combat, but they will wear lighter armor for increased mobility and stealth when needed. The warrior suffers the usual penalties for wearing armor: -5% to prowl, swim, and climb in light armor, -10% to prowl, swim, or climb in chain or scale mail and half suits, and -15% to prowl and -20% to climb / scale walls or swim in full splint or plate armor.
   
   
5. Bonuses
   Warriors receive +1 to initiative, +2 to pull punch, +5 S.D.C. at levels 1, 4, 8, 12, and 15 and +1 to save vs. horror factor at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15.

Attribute Requirements:

• None

O.C.C. Skills:

• Language: Native Tongue (at 98%)
• Literacy: Native Tongue (at 98%)
• Body Building & Weight Lifting
• General Athletics
• Math: Basic (+5%)
• Military: One of choice (+10%)
• W.P.: Two of choice
• Hand-to-Hand Combat: Expert (Hand-to-Hand combat can be improved to Martial Arts at the cost of two OCC Related Skills, but this can only be done at first level)

O.C.C. Related Skills:

• Select five other skills. Select two additional skill at level 4, 8, 12, and 15. All new skills start at a level one proficiency.
• Communications: Sign Language only
• Domestic: Any
• Espionage: None
• Horsemanship: General or Exotic only
• Medical: None
• Military: Any (+10%)
• Physical: Any (+5% where applicable)
• Rogue: None
• Science: None
• Technical: Any (+5%)
• W.P.: Any
• Wilderness: Wilderness Survival only

Secondary Skills:

• The Warrior can select three secondary skills from the list of available skill categories at level one and an additional two skills at levels 5, 10, and 15. Secondary skills do not receive any bonuses listed above and all new skills start at a level one proficiency.

Standard Equipment:

• Weapons: Starts with a dagger and two weapons, one of which must be a weapon that the warrior has a W.P. in; all are basic weapons of good quality.
• Armor: A suit of Chain Mail (AR of 14, S.D.C. of 44) or Studded Leather (AR of 13, S.D.C. of 38), player's choice, and a small shield, either metal or wood.
• Other: Two sets of traveling clothes, a traveling robe with hood, traveling boots, a pair of hard leather gloves, a belt, a backpack, a medium-sized to large purse / satchel, two small sacks, a water skin, 30' (9.1 m) of rope, and a tinder box.
• Money: The character starts with 4D6x10 in gold. This is in addition to the equipment listed above.

Experience Table:

Level:	XP Range:
1	0000 - 1860
2	1861 - 3720
3	3721 - 7440
4	7441 - 14,880
5	14,881 - 23,880
6	23,881 - 34,880
7	34,881 - 48,880
8	48,881 - 68,880
9	68,881 - 92,880
10	92,881 - 124,880
11	124,881 - 166,880
12	166,881 - 212,880
13	212,881 - 272,880
14	272,881 - 324,880
15	324,881 - 384,880