Swords

The swords skill is a combat skill that governs your use of swords specifically. It becomes relevant only when you are fighting with a sword in hand, at which point your ability to strike your opponent becomes the aggregate of both your swords skill and offense.

Swords in general are balanced weapons -- their swing speed, damage modifiers, and armor penetrance are all middle of the road amongst weapons. As you improve with swords, you will begin unlocking additional special weapon attacks that have increasing chance to activate as you attack with a sword. These abilities are varied, but typically revolve around disabling or disrupting a single opponent's ability to fight back. Swords, particularly those wieldable in a single hand, therefore are a favored tool of balanced, traditional duelists.

Swords train similarly to base offense, whenever swung at an opponent that has sufficient lethality to be a challenge.

Skill with swords is governed by strength (primary) and agility (secondary).