Dagger

In the hand

A blade in each hand, so both hands are taken: no shield.

What a hit trains

Reach

1.7 m

Training swing

1–2 at speed A

Hands

A pair

Or swap to the Knuckle

Knuckle · a pairKnuckles fight the same way, with iron on the fist.

Techniques

• Skill 10Cross SlashBoth blades cross through your foe for 1.6 times your blow, and the wound bleeds a tenth of it every second for 4 seconds.
• Skill 20Dagger AuraYour mind in the blades: +3 attack for a minute.

At skill 30, pick one trait

• TraitSerrated EdgeEach strike that lands has a 6% chance to open a wound that bleeds 4 a second for 5 seconds.
• TraitLight StepA blade in each hand and nothing to weigh you down: foes are 3 points less likely to hit you.
• TraitOpportunistYour strikes do 8% more to a foe that is stunned or pinned where it stands.

The Dagger skill in the database

The ladder

6 weapons, from the training one up. Skill is the Brawling skill each asks for.

• WeaponDamageSpeedSkill
• Training Daggers1–2A–
• Iron Dirk2–4A10
• Ratcatcher’s Seax4–6A13
• Staghorn Dagger5–8A21
• Barrowbone Knife7–9A26
• Swordbreaker8–11A32