Granven-style Sword

Rhace Tarrin wrote:

Granven-style Sword

An Ancient Longsword School

The Granven school of combat is a style of fighting that focuses on long blade combat, dated back at least three thousand years. While the specifics of the techniques have, in part, been lost to time, students of the Granven school are taught to use their own innate energy and stamina to keep up with magical opponents and to overpower them with as much power as they possibly can. The school’s founding legend states that the first person killed by this style of fighting was in fact a mage, and this tradition has held through millennia. The Tarrin family have been known to universally employ the Granven school and it is taught to every member of the family whether they like it or not.

Rhace Tarrin, as the current scion of the Tarrin family and wielder of the school’s heirloom blade Granveil, has taken the teachings of his masters and employs them to fight for what he believes in - which is the ultimate discovery and improvement of the self.

Granven style combat is non-magical, meaning it relies entirely on Stamina. No practitioner of Granven is at any point taught a single spell. In addition, as the solitary type of combat arts taught to most of its students, all students of this school find that their melee damage exceeds that of other schools of swordplay, which is fortunate as all attacks make use of melee damage.

Magic Type: Solitary Combat Arts

Unique Abilities

Name: Maximum Violence
Rank: D - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: All students are taught to drive their strikes through planting then pushing through their feet, then engaging the blade using full-body rotations and transitions of strength through the correct groupings of muscles in the right order. As a result, Rhace has a permanent passive bonus to strength.

Name: Inner Wellspring
Rank: B - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: Granven students are taught that they are able to overcome any challenge; if the body is too weak, the mind can and will be made to prevail. As a result, all students can draw on the inner wellspring of their spirit and receive a permanent passive bonus to their stamina.

D-rank Techniques
Referred to as the First Circle of the Granven School, these techniques are taught to any student who is serious about learning the art beyond the basic cuts that will allow them to attack. These techniques are absolutely critical to any Granven fighter and pave the way for future learning.

Name: Blade Charge
Rank: D
Duration: 1
Description: The first technique that every student of the Granven school learns, Blade Charge allows a student to strike their opponent and cause them to suffer great bleeding in the form of a health drain.

Name: Withering Slash
Rank: D
Duration: 3
Description: One of the great secrets of the Granven school is that it finds new ways to harm its opponents. Those struck by the Withering Slash, which passes all around the body of the user, will find both their ability to deal physical and magical damage decreased.

Name: Shadow Step
Rank: D
Duration: 1
Description: Granven students are taught that mobility is key, particularly at high speeds within short ranges to evade danger or reposition quickly. This technique is a short-range teleport, that allows a fighter to get into a more advantageous position.

Name: Divine Slash
Rank: D+
Duration: 5
Description: One of the hallmark attacks of the Granven School, the Divine Slash stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.


C-rank Techniques
The Second Circle are techniques that have been reserved for those willing to dedicate their lives. These are things that, typically, one would not expect from a swordsmanship school; the First Circle covers the mysteries of these skills under the necessity of being able to take life before being able to truly preserve it.

Name: Iron Skin
Rank: C
Duration: Passive
Description: The first defensive ability taught to a Granven student, which they are deemed ready for after they have learned the basic attacks available to them, is to steel their skin against incoming attacks. This gives Rhace a passive boost to his health.

Name: Soothing Spirit
Rank: C
Duration: 1
Description: This second technique of the second ring of the Granven school teaches its students that promoting their longevity in battle is key to winning the greater war at hand. This ability soothes body and mind, healing the user, and also granting them a small health regeneration boost as well.

Name: Blitz Slash
Rank: C - Signature
Duration: 1
Description: The Blitz Slash is a mystery to many students, but in effect a good swordsman will be able to project the cut of their weapon through the air at high speed at great distance; this allows Rhace the ability to cut from his position to an opponent a great distance away. Those hit by this attack suffer a health drain.

Name: Guided Blade
Rank: C
Duration: 1
Description: The Guided Blade is a great tool to have for a Granven student. They can charge the energy both within and without their blade and strike an opponent at a short distance. The energy they generate is able to track their target and home in on them.

Name: Arc Slash
Rank: C+
Duration: 1
Description: This cut allows the student to project the energy of their weapon forward, cutting at a great depth to strike multiple targets a short distance in front of them. Those harmed by this strike will feel their health drained.

B-rank
The Third Circle of the Granven School focuses almost entirely on improving the self. Having been taught to both give and take life, students are now taught that the best forms of offense and defence come from focusing on the absolute peak of one's own ability.

Name: Breaker Form
Rank: B
Duration: 6
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. They, for a time, increase their strength and technique speed.

Name: Flowing Form
Rank: B
Duration: 6
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind.  They, for a time, increase their technique speed and movement speed.

Name: Piercing Slash
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: With overwhelming strength granted to them, they now have the ability to turn that strength into breaking the barriers of their opponents. This cut, basic as it may be, allows them to pierce defences.

Name: Mighty Divine Slash
Rank: B+
Duration: 8
Description: From the First to the Third Circle, students have come far, and now the Divine Slash becomes Mighty to reflect the greater power within. As before, this attack stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.

Rhace Tarrin wrote:

Granven-style Sword

An Ancient Longsword School

The Granven school of combat is a style of fighting that focuses on long blade combat, dated back at least three thousand years. While the specifics of the techniques have, in part, been lost to time, students of the Granven school are taught to use their own innate energy and stamina to keep up with magical opponents and to overpower them with as much power as they possibly can. The school’s founding legend states that the first person killed by this style of fighting was in fact a mage, and this tradition has held through millennia. The Tarrin family have been known to universally employ the Granven school and it is taught to every member of the family whether they like it or not.

Rhace Tarrin, as the current scion of the Tarrin family and wielder of the school’s heirloom blade Granveil, has taken the teachings of his masters and employs them to fight for what he believes in - which is the ultimate discovery and improvement of the self.

Granven style combat is non-magical, meaning it relies entirely on Stamina. No practitioner of Granven is at any point taught a single spell. In addition, as the solitary type of combat arts taught to most of its students, all students of this school find that their melee damage exceeds that of other schools of swordplay, which is fortunate as all attacks make use of melee damage.

Magic Type: Solitary Combat Arts

Unique Abilities

Name: Maximum Violence
Rank: D - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: All students are taught to drive their strikes through planting then pushing through their feet, then engaging the blade using full-body rotations and transitions of strength through the correct groupings of muscles in the right order. As a result, Rhace has a permanent passive bonus to strength.

Name: Inner Wellspring
Rank: B - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: Granven students are taught that they are able to overcome any challenge; if the body is too weak, the mind can and will be made to prevail. As a result, all students can draw on the inner wellspring of their spirit and receive a permanent passive bonus to their stamina.

D-rank Techniques
Referred to as the First Circle of the Granven School, these techniques are taught to any student who is serious about learning the art beyond the basic cuts that will allow them to attack. These techniques are absolutely critical to any Granven fighter and pave the way for future learning.

Name: Blade Charge
Rank: D
Duration: 1
Description: The first technique that every student of the Granven school learns, Blade Charge allows a student to strike their opponent and cause them to suffer great bleeding in the form of a health drain.

Name: Withering Slash
Rank: D
Duration: 3
Description: One of the great secrets of the Granven school is that it finds new ways to harm its opponents. Those struck by the Withering Slash, which passes all around the body of the user, will find both their ability to deal physical and magical damage decreased.

Name: Shadow Step
Rank: D
Duration: 1
Description: Granven students are taught that mobility is key, particularly at high speeds within short ranges to evade danger or reposition quickly. This technique is a short-range teleport, that allows a fighter to get into a more advantageous position.

Name: Divine Slash
Rank: D+
Duration: 5
Description: One of the hallmark attacks of the Granven School, the Divine Slash stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.


C-rank Techniques
The Second Circle are techniques that have been reserved for those willing to dedicate their lives. These are things that, typically, one would not expect from a swordsmanship school; the First Circle covers the mysteries of these skills under the necessity of being able to take life before being able to truly preserve it.

Name: Iron Skin
Rank: C
Duration: Passive
Description: The first defensive ability taught to a Granven student, which they are deemed ready for after they have learned the basic attacks available to them, is to steel their skin against incoming attacks. This gives Rhace a passive boost to his health.

Name: Soothing Spirit
Rank: C
Duration: 1
Description: This second technique of the second ring of the Granven school teaches its students that promoting their longevity in battle is key to winning the greater war at hand. This ability soothes body and mind, healing the user, and also granting them a small health regeneration boost as well.

Name: Blitz Slash
Rank: C - Signature
Duration: 1
Description: The Blitz Slash is a mystery to many students, but in effect a good swordsman will be able to project the cut of their weapon through the air at high speed at great distance; this allows Rhace the ability to cut from his position to an opponent a great distance away. Those hit by this attack suffer a health drain.

Name: Guided Blade
Rank: C
Duration: 1
Description: The Guided Blade is a great tool to have for a Granven student. They can charge the energy both within and without their blade and strike an opponent at a short distance. The energy they generate is able to track their target and home in on them.

Name: Arc Slash
Rank: C+
Duration: 1
Description: This cut allows the student to project the energy of their weapon forward, cutting at a great depth to strike multiple targets a short distance in front of them. Those harmed by this strike will feel their health drained.

B-rank
The Third Circle of the Granven School focuses almost entirely on improving the self. Having been taught to both give and take life, students are now taught that the best forms of offense and defence come from focusing on the absolute peak of one's own ability.

Name: Breaker Form
Rank: B
Duration: 6
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. They, for a time, increase their strength and technique speed.

Name: Flowing Form
Rank: B
Duration: 6
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind.  They, for a time, increase their technique speed and movement speed.

Name: Piercing Slash
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: With overwhelming strength granted to them, they now have the ability to turn that strength into breaking the barriers of their opponents. This cut, basic as it may be, allows them to pierce defences.

Name: Mighty Divine Slash
Rank: B+
Duration: 8
Description: From the First to the Third Circle, students have come far, and now the Divine Slash becomes Mighty to reflect the greater power within. As before, this attack stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.

Rhace Tarrin wrote:

Granven-style Sword

An Ancient Longsword School

The Granven school of combat is a style of fighting that focuses on long blade combat, dated back at least three thousand years. While the specifics of the techniques have, in part, been lost to time, students of the Granven school are taught to use their own innate energy and stamina to keep up with magical opponents and to overpower them with as much power as they possibly can. The school’s founding legend states that the first person killed by this style of fighting was in fact a mage, and this tradition has held through millennia. The Tarrin family have been known to universally employ the Granven school and it is taught to every member of the family whether they like it or not.

Rhace Tarrin, as the current scion of the Tarrin family and wielder of the school’s heirloom blade Granveil, has taken the teachings of his masters and employs them to fight for what he believes in - which is the ultimate discovery and improvement of the self.

Granven style combat is non-magical, meaning it relies entirely on Stamina. No practitioner of Granven is at any point taught a single spell. In addition, as the solitary type of combat arts taught to most of its students, all students of this school find that their melee damage exceeds that of other schools of swordplay, which is fortunate as all attacks make use of melee damage.

Magic Type: Solitary Combat Arts

Unique Abilities

Name: Maximum Violence
Rank: D - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: All students are taught to drive their strikes through planting then pushing through their feet, then engaging the blade using full-body rotations and transitions of strength through the correct groupings of muscles in the right order. As a result, Rhace has a permanent passive bonus to strength.

Name: Inner Wellspring
Rank: B - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: Granven students are taught that they are able to overcome any challenge; if the body is too weak, the mind can and will be made to prevail. As a result, Rhace receives a passive bonus to his stamina.

Passive Abilities
Name: Iron Skin
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: The first defensive ability taught to a Granven student, which they are deemed ready for after they have learned the basic attacks available to them, is to steel their skin against incoming attacks. This gives Rhace a passive boost to his health.

Name: Honed Blade
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: As the Granven student teaches themselves to passively prepare for incoming attacks, they equally prepare themselves to deal outgoing attacks. Rhace receives a passive boost to his strength.

Name: Swift Strikes
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: Once the Granven student is able to deal strong attacks, they learn to navigate the battlefield quickly. Rhace receives a passive bonus to his movement speed.

Name: Swifter Strikes
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: Once the Granven student is able to deal strong attacks, they learn to attack targets on the battlefield quickly. Rhace receives a passive bonus to his technique speed.

B-rank Techniques
Name: Shadow Step
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: Granven students are taught that mobility is key, particularly at high speeds within short ranges to evade danger or reposition quickly. This technique is a short-range teleport, that allows a fighter to get into a more advantageous position.

Name: Guided Blade
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: The Guided Blade is a great tool to have for a Granven student. They can charge the energy both within and without their blade and strike an opponent at a short distance. The energy they generate is able to track their target and home in on them.

Name: Piercing Slash
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: With overwhelming strength granted to them, they now have the ability to turn that strength into breaking the barriers of their opponents. This cut, basic as it may be, allows them to pierce defences.

Name: Blitz Slash
Rank: B - Signature
Duration: 6
Description: The Blitz Slash is a mystery to many students, but in effect a good swordsman will be able to project the cut of their weapon through the air at high speed at great distance; this allows Rhace the ability to cut from his position to an opponent a great distance away. Those hit by this attack suffer a health drain.

A-rank Techniques
Name: Breaker Form
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. Rhace uses this technique to grant a buff to strength and technique speed.

Name: Flowing Form
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. Rhace uses this technique to grant a buff to technique speed and movement speed.

Name: Divine Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: The Divine Slash stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell, hitting multiple targets in range with its arc. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.

Name: Vampiric Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: A secret technique for those on the path to mastery of the Granven school, the Vampiric Slash– which strikes a single target– applies a health drain to a successfully hit target, and then equally heals the attacker.

Name: Withering Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: One of the great secrets of the Granven school is that it finds new ways to harm its opponents. Those struck by the Withering Slash, which passes all around the body of the user, suffer a debuff to strength and spell attack.

Notes: Lineage advanced slot given to Withering Slash.

Rhace Tarrin wrote:

Granven-style Sword

An Ancient Longsword School

The Granven school of combat is a style of fighting that focuses on long blade combat, dated back at least three thousand years. While the specifics of the techniques have, in part, been lost to time, students of the Granven school are taught to use their own innate energy and stamina to keep up with magical opponents and to overpower them with as much power as they possibly can. The school’s founding legend states that the first person killed by this style of fighting was in fact a mage, and this tradition has held through millennia. The Tarrin family have been known to universally employ the Granven school and it is taught to every member of the family whether they like it or not.

Rhace Tarrin, as the current scion of the Tarrin family and wielder of the school’s heirloom blade Granveil, has taken the teachings of his masters and employs them to fight for what he believes in - which is the ultimate discovery and improvement of the self.

Granven style combat is non-magical, meaning it relies entirely on Stamina. No practitioner of Granven is at any point taught a single spell. In addition, as the solitary type of combat arts taught to most of its students, all students of this school find that their melee damage exceeds that of other schools of swordplay, which is fortunate as all attacks make use of melee damage.

Magic Type: Solitary Combat Arts

Unique Abilities

Name: Maximum Violence
Rank: D - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: All students are taught to drive their strikes through planting then pushing through their feet, then engaging the blade using full-body rotations and transitions of strength through the correct groupings of muscles in the right order. As a result, Rhace has a permanent passive bonus to strength.

Name: Inner Wellspring
Rank: B - Unique
Duration: Passive
Description: Granven students are taught that they are able to overcome any challenge; if the body is too weak, the mind can and will be made to prevail. As a result, Rhace receives a passive bonus to his stamina.

Passive Abilities
Name: Iron Skin
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: The first defensive ability taught to a Granven student, which they are deemed ready for after they have learned the basic attacks available to them, is to steel their skin against incoming attacks. This gives Rhace a passive boost to his health.

Name: Honed Blade
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: As the Granven student teaches themselves to passively prepare for incoming attacks, they equally prepare themselves to deal outgoing attacks. Rhace receives a passive boost to his strength.

Name: Swift Strikes
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: Once the Granven student is able to deal strong attacks, they learn to navigate the battlefield quickly. Rhace receives a passive bonus to his movement speed.

Name: Swifter Strikes
Rank: A
Duration: Passive
Description: Once the Granven student is able to deal strong attacks, they learn to attack targets on the battlefield quickly. Rhace receives a passive bonus to his technique speed.

B-rank Techniques
Name: Shadow Step
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: Granven students are taught that mobility is key, particularly at high speeds within short ranges to evade danger or reposition quickly. This technique is a short-range teleport, that allows a fighter to get into a more advantageous position.

Name: Guided Blade
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: The Guided Blade is a great tool to have for a Granven student. They can charge the energy both within and without their blade and strike an opponent at a short distance. The energy they generate is able to track their target and home in on them.

Name: Piercing Slash
Rank: B
Duration: 1
Description: With overwhelming strength granted to them, they now have the ability to turn that strength into breaking the barriers of their opponents. This cut, basic as it may be, allows them to pierce defences.

Name: Blitz Slash
Rank: B - Signature
Duration: 6
Description: The Blitz Slash is a mystery to many students, but in effect a good swordsman will be able to project the cut of their weapon through the air at high speed at great distance; this allows Rhace the ability to cut from his position to an opponent a great distance away. Those hit by this attack suffer a health drain.

A-rank Techniques
Name: Breaker Form
Rank: A
Duration: 7
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. Rhace uses this technique to grant a buff to strength and technique speed.

Name: Flowing Form
Rank: A
Duration: 7
Description: Having been taught to focus the energies within their own bodies, the Granven student is now able to bring out the best in themselves. Two forms are given to those students of the Third Circle; they can either choose to strike hard and fast, or move like the wind. Rhace uses this technique to grant a buff to technique speed and movement speed.

Name: Divine Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: The Divine Slash stores and unleashes energy in the blade. This strike is said to burn so brightly and strike so hard that anything metallic it hits rings like a bell, hitting multiple targets in range with its arc. Those who are wounded by this attack will suffer health drain and burns.

Name: Vampiric Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: A secret technique for those on the path to mastery of the Granven school, the Vampiric Slash– which strikes a single target– applies a health drain to a successfully hit target, and then equally heals the attacker.

Name: Withering Slash
Rank: A+
Duration: 9
Description: One of the great secrets of the Granven school is that it finds new ways to harm its opponents. Those struck by the Withering Slash, which passes all around the body of the user, suffer a debuff to strength and spell attack.

Notes: Lineage advanced slot given to Withering Slash.