Dagger (skill)

Lore Description

"Preferred by thieves, assassins, and the Irekei, daggers lack size and raw power, but their speed can make them deadly in the hands of a skilled wielder. As any seasoned knife fighter knows, it's not the blade's size, it's where you drive it."

Sources of the Dagger Skill

Skill granted by:

• Race: None
  
• Base Class: Fighter, Mage, Rogue
  
• Starting Trait: Proficient with Daggers
  
• Class: Druid
  
• Discipline: Black Mask
  
• Mastery Rune: Master of Daggers
  

Dagger Powers

When the dagger skill is trained, the player will be awarded with the following weapon styles.

Stab

"Weapon Power Boost"
Requires: Dagger Skill (30)

• Granted: Level 1
• Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
• Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds
• Generates Hate: Moderate
• Power User Requirements: Requires Dagger weapon in right hand.
• Mode Required: Combat Mode Only
• Requires Hit Roll: No
• Target and Range: Self/No target
• Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'WeaponMove' (0)
• Duration: 10 seconds

Dancing Blade

"Weapon Power and Hate Reducer"
Requires: Dagger Skill (45)

• Granted: Level 1
• Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
• Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds
• Reduces Hate
• Power User Requirements: Requires Dagger weapon in right hand.
• Mode Required: Combat Mode Only
• Requires Hit Roll: No
• Target and Range: Self/No target
• Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'WeaponMove' (0)
• Duration: 10 seconds
• On Next Combat Swing Apply Power:
  • Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
  • Reduces Hate
  • Target and Range: Monsters or Players (10 Units) -- Can affect caster and group members.
  
  

Rakish Jab

This power will stack with: Find The Weakness Find The Weakness

"Weapon Power and Exposes to Piercing"
Requires: Dagger Skill (60)

• Granted: Level 1
• Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
• Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds
• Generates Hate: Moderate
• Power User Requirements: Requires Dagger weapon in right hand.
• Mode Required: Combat Mode Only
• Requires Hit Roll: No
• Target and Range: Self/No target
• Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'WeaponMove' (0)
• Duration: 10 seconds
• On Next Combat Swing Apply Power:
  • Casting Time: 0.8 seconds
  • Generates Hate: No
  • Target and Range: Monsters or Players (10 Units) -- Can affect caster and group members.
  • Applies Effect(s):
    • Duration: 10 to 20 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40)
    • Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'PierceResistanceDebuff' (0)
    • Piercing Resistance: -1% to -41% (from power rank 0 to 40)
    
    

Bloody Slice

This power will stack with: Shred Rend The Throat Blood Horns

"Weapon Power and Bleeding Damage"
Requires: Dagger Skill (75)

• Granted: Level 1
• Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
• Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds
• Generates Hate: Moderate
• Power User Requirements: Requires Dagger weapon in right hand.
• Mode Required: Combat Mode Only
• Requires Hit Roll: No
• Target and Range: Self/No target
• Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'WeaponMove' (0)
• Duration: 10 seconds
• On Next Combat Swing Apply Power:
  • Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
  • Generates Hate: No
  • Target and Range: Monsters or Players (10 Units) -- Can affect caster and group members.
  • Does damage over time (Every 5 seconds):
    • Duration: 25 to 65 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40)
    • Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'Bleeding' (0)
    • Health Damage: 6- 15 points of Health
    • Flagged as 'Bleeding' damage
    
    

Pommel Strike

"Weapon Power and Healing Resistance Buff"
Requires Dagger Skill (90)

• Granted: Level 1
• Casting Time: 0.2 seconds
• Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds
• Generates Hate: Moderate
• Power User Requirements: Requires Dagger weapon in right hand.
• Mode Required: Combat Mode Only
• Requires Hit Roll: No
• Target and Range: Self/No target
• Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'WeaponMove' (0)
• Duration: 10 seconds
• On Next Combat Swing Apply Power:
  • Casting Time: 0.8 seconds
  • Generates Hate: No
  • Target and Range: Monsters or Players (10 Units) -- Can affect caster and group members.
  • Applies Effect(s):
    • Duration: 5 to 10.2 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40)
    • Stackability: Cannot be stacked with other effects of type 'HealResistanceBuff' (0)
    • Healing Resistance: +1 to +41 (from power rank 0 to 40)
    • Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect</UL>
      

See Also

• Dagger, a list of dagger weapons
• Dagger Mastery
• Throwing (skill)
• Unarmed (skill)