Some swordsmen realize that fight is not just brutal hack-and-slash action but it is actually a form of art. As they move their blades they maintain certain grace and over time the way they fight starts to remind bystanders of dance. And such swordsmen see no reason to disagree. They actually begin to improve the artistic side of their movements and in time they can even inspire their groupmates to better performance. Even when swordsman ends her dance, its effect can remains for a short while afterwards. Maintaining a bladedance requires increasing amount of vitality and aside from that, it causes fatigues her so she can't keep up her dance indefinitely with trivial refreshing magic. Bladedance improves swordsman parrying ability a bit.
Dependencies:Swordsman's bladedance is now so entrancing that the inspiration now lasts longer after she stops dancing.
Dependencies: bladedanceAt this point swordsman's movements can be easily considered a form of art. She is now dancing in combat and her dance inspires her groupmates to occasionally mimic her, providing parry bonus to them, too.
Dependencies: improved bladedanceSwordsman now moves with greater grace than before. Her combat movements now look like dancing and she can interpose her blades between her and her attacker more easily, providing greater bonus to parry.
Dependencies: extended bladedanceSwordsman is now able to dance with her blades more effectively. The cost of her dance is lower than before.
Dependencies: enhanced bladedanceNot all monsters are easy to hit, with some it gets quite difficult to get through their armor or hit them before they move out of the way. Swordsman is an experienced warrior and can change his dance to seek weak points in opponent's defenses. Dance of the Warrior increases swordsman's hitroll by 1 for every two levels above 90.
Dependencies: advanced bladedanceWhen swordsman stops her Dance of the Warrior, its memory is stronger and the benefit remains longer for everyone.
Dependencies: dance of the warriorSwordsman's dance is now entrancing enough that it inspires her groupmates to greater performance. She now extends her hitroll bonus to the whole group.
Dependencies: improved dance of the warriorSwordsman has now improved her technique so her hitroll bonus from Dance of the Warrior increases by 50%.
Dependencies: extended dance of the warriorSwordsman is now able to seek for weaknesses in enemy defenses more effectively, reducing cost of her dance.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of the warriorSwordsman can dance in the rythm of the battle. As she does so, she can anticipate how the battle is going to evolve and she can take shortcuts in the flow of the combat to be in the right place sooner than normally possible. This effectively seems as if she was moving faster than usual, she can simply perform more combat manoeuvers in given time period.
Dependencies: advanced dance of the warriorEven after swordsman loses his synchronization with the rythm of the battle she can still see some shortcuts in the flow for a while.
Dependencies: dance of battleWhen swordsman is dancing to the rythm of the battle, her movements become so graceful that she inspires even her groupmates to mimic her. They move faster the same way swordsman can.
Dependencies: improved dance of battleWhile dancing with the rythm of battle the swordsman is able to find shorter shortcuts, therefore performing even more actions than usual, on average.
Dependencies: extended dance of battleSwordsman can now dance with the rythm of battle with less effort. Dance of Battle now comes at lesser cost for her.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of battleSome people say that dance is an expression of life. No one knows that better that swordsman whe she dances her Dance of Life. When she does so, she feels life with greater intensity and her whole body vibrates with it. In this state she regains hitpoints with greatly increased rate.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of battleEven when swordsman breaks her dance, the effect lingers on for a while afterwards.
Dependencies: dance of lifeSwordsman's Dance of Life is now such a performance that it even allows others to benefit. Her groupmates can feel the life coursing through their veins, too, when they join her in her dance. The effect on others is not so powerful as it is on her but they can still feel it.
Dependencies: improved dance of lifeSwordsman can now feel power of life even stronger in her dance. The rage of hitpoint regeneration increases even further.
Dependencies: extended dance of lifeDance of Life recovers hitpoints but at significant cost of vitality. Eventually swordsman learns how to perform her dance with greater ease and the cost of her performance gets down.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of lifeIt is said that there is magic in art, especially in dance. And swordsman's movements in combat are a form of dance art, indeed. Therefore she can invoke magic with her dance. Dance of Fire, as its name suggests, allows the swordsman to sheathe her blades in flames and convert about half of her damage to fire.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of battleSwordsman cannot keep her Dance of Fire forever. But when she stops the magic the flames no longer disappear instantly but linger for a while.
Dependencies: dance of fireSwordsman's Dance of Fire has now become so entrancing that her groupmates dance with her and share the magic. Half of the damage of all other group members is now fire damage.
Dependencies: improved dance of fireSwordsman improved her technique to such an extent when she dances her Dance of Fire she now deals all her damage as fire damage.
Dependencies: extended dance of fireSwordsman can now perform her dance with such ease that it is much cheaper to sustain the magic and continue the dance.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of fireWater is often used to douse flames and flames kind of embody the concept of offensive magic. Swordsman can embed this idea into her dance with wavy movements of her blades and when she does so, all magic attacks aimed at her are less effective and therefore cause 10% less damage.
Dependencies: advanced dance of battleWhen swordsman can't keep up wavy movements of her blades and returns to more traditional moves, the effect of Dance of Water doesn't disappear right away but stays with her for some time afterwards, albeit with lesser power.
Dependencies: dance of waterGraceful movements of her blades allows swordsman to inspire her groupmates to imitate her. The whole group receives benefit of Dance of Water.
Dependencies: improved dance of waterSwordsman can now invoke the element of water more powerfully while dancing with her blades. When she does so, she reduces effectivenes or magical attack aimed at her by further 10%.
Dependencies: extended dance of waterSwordsman can now sustain her Dance of Water easier. The drain on her vitality becomes lower and she can keep up her dance for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of waterTrying to beat earth under your feet usually doesn't produce much of a result. Swordsman can draw inspiration from this idea and express it in the dance of her blades. When she does so, beating her doesn't have as much effect as it is supposed to. Physical damage dealt to her is reduced by 10%.
Dependencies: advanced dance of battleEven when swordsman breaks the rythm of her blades the effect of Dance of Earth still lingers on for a while afterwards.
Dependencies: dance of earthWhen swordsman's group mates see the effect of her Dance of Earth they can partially mimic her movements and get some fraction of the same effect as she does.
Dependencies: improved dance of earthSwordsman has now reached significantly better understanding of the idea of Earth and can now express it more effectively in her dance, therefore reducing damage of physical attacks by further 10%.
Dependencies: extended dance of earthSustaininig Dance of Earth is now significantly less difficult. Swordsman pays less vitality and therefore can sustain the rythm for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of earthWhen swordsman breaks her rythm and its effect stays with her, the rythm doesn't dissipate as quickly as it used to but remains 25% longer.
Dependencies: advanced dance of battleSwordsman can now make the rythm even more durable. When she stops her dance, the lingering effect remains additional 25% longer.
Dependencies: lingering rhythmThe increased duration of lingering effect of swordsman's dance now extends to the whole group.
Dependencies: improved lingering rhythmSwordsman now has such an understanding of how to move her blades to produce desired effect that her rythm lingers for 50% longer time.
Dependencies: extended lingering rhythm + extended mystic danceSwordsman now moves her blades in such a precise rythm that the effect this rythm produces lasts much longer. The lingering effect lasts additional 50% more time.
Dependencies: enhanced lingering rhythm + extended dance of furySwordsman can integrate element of air into her dance. Air is invisible and hardly tangible, and when swordsman embeds this idea into her dance, she partially acquires those qualities. Not that she becomes invisible, no, but she appears shifty and blurry so whenever her enemies try to hit her there is a chance that they actually hit empty space where swordsman only appears to be.
Dependencies: extended dance of fireWhen swordsman releases the idea of air from her dance, she no longer instantly returns to her fully solid image but she continues to appear blurry for a while afterwards, even if not so much as while dancing with full power.
Dependencies: dance of airSwordsman's movements are so graceful that she eventually starts to inspire her groupmates to mimic her. When they do, they partially share power of her dance, becoming harder to hit, too.
Dependencies: improved dance of airSwordsman has now learned to embed the element of air into her dance more strongly, blurring her perceived shape even more. This makes her even harder to hit for her enemies.
Dependencies: extended dance of airSustaining Dance of Air is exhausting for the swordsman. When she learns this skill, however, it becomes significantly easier and she can sustain it for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of airSwordsman can create kind of hypnotic pattern with her blades that attracts her enemies. When she does so, the monster she is attacking will not flee from combat.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of fireThe pattern swordsman creates with her blades becomes so intricate that its effect remains for a while even after she breaks the rythm.
Dependencies: siren danceThe hypnotic pattern swordsman's blades create in this rythm is now distinctive enough that other members of her group can immitate it. As they do, all enemies interacting with the group would not flee from combat.
Dependencies: improved siren danceIf swordsman is the one taking the beating and an enemy would normally consider switching to another target for some reason, they won't.
Dependencies: extended siren danceMaintaining the hypnotic pattern of Siren Dance becomes easier for the swordsman, she can now keep up for longer and at reduced cost.
Dependencies: enhanced siren danceDance requires energy but it can also express it. Swordsman can enter such a dancing rythm that movements of her blades excite flow of magical energies in the area that allows her and her groupmates to increase rate with which they regain their mana. Yes, this is not exactly useful for swordsman herself (unless she also walks the path of inner warrior, when this dance becomes extremely useful) but it does help her spellcasting friends.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of lifeSwordsman usually doesn't want to dance in the rythm of Energizing Dance for very long, and now she doesn't even need to. Even after she breaks the rythm the effect remains for a while afterwards, continuing to refresh mana reserves of the group.
Dependencies: energizing danceThe rythm of swordsman's dance is now more powerful and other members of the group can join in the rythm, increasing mana regen rate for the whole party further.
Dependencies: improved energizing danceSwordsman can now excite the flow of magical energies in the area with greater precision, directing it more towards her groupmates. This way she increases mana regen rate for the group even further.
Dependencies: extended energizing danceEnergizing Dance increases magical capabilities of the group but it has nontrivial cost in terms of vitality. Swordsman has now good enough understanding of this rythm that the vitality cost is reduced for her so she can sustain the rythm for longer time.
Dependencies: enhanced energizing danceSwordsman can change the rythm of her blades in such a way that she not only conserves energy but can actually regain it. The cost of maintaining this dance increases with time, however, so after some time the cost becomes greater than the benefit this rythm provides.
Dependencies: advanced dance of lifeEven when swordsman breaks the rythm of this dance she can still experience part of the effect for some time afterwards.
Dependencies: refreshing danceThe grace of swordsman's movements becomes so entrancing that other members of her group unconsciously try to mimic her and as they do so, they partially share the effect.
Dependencies: improved refreshing danceSwordsman has now learned the most effective way how to move her blades to refresh her body. Refreshing Dance no longer causes fatigue, however small amount it was causing before, but it now reduces fatigue instead. It is indeed refreshing.
Dependencies: extended refreshing danceAs the cost of Refreshing Dance gradually increases, it used to overcome the benefit it provides after not very long time. But swordsman is always improving her technique and she can now move her blades in the right pattern with less effort, increasing the period when this dance is strictly beneficial.
Dependencies: enhanced refreshing danceSwordsman can express many things with her dance. When she puts effort into it, she can even express Death. When she does, it simply means that she can do significantly more damage while dancing to the combat rythm.
Dependencies: advanced dance of lifeSwordsman cannot sustain her Dance of Death for a short time only but the effect doesn't disappear right away when when she has to break her rythm. Even after her dance ends, her blades still carry shadow of its power for a while.
Dependencies: dance of deathSwordsman's dance becomes so entrancing that others can follow her steps. Her groupmates deal increased damage while under influence of her dance.
Dependencies: improved dance of deathWhen swordsman performs her Dance of Death, she can express her desire with greater effect. Her damage increases even further.
Dependencies: extended dance of deathTo express Death with her dance is not easiest thing to do but once swordsman reaches this level of understanding she learns how to perform her dance more efficiently. From now on it is cheaper for her to keep up her dance.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of deathDance is said to provide inspiration and swordsman can indeed tap into this power. When she moves her blades in the rythm of Dance of Inspiration she can better focus on her abilities and whenever she would fail attempting a skill she would immediately retry it for free.
Dependencies: advanced dance of life + enhanced dance of fireSwordsman can't keep up her rythm forever. When she eventually breaks her Dance of Inspiration, the effect lingers on for a while.
Dependencies: dance of inspirationWhen swordsman moves her blades in the pattern of Dance of Inspiration her rythm is now so catching that other members of her group tend to follow her lead and therefore share the benefit of this dance. It also applies for casting spells.
Dependencies: improved dance of inspirationSwordsman can now inspire with her dance to such a degree that when she or a party member fails a skill and fails the first retry as well, they can now retry once more, again for free.
Dependencies: extended dance of inspirationSwordsman can't maintain this rythm indefinitely but she can now do it more efficiently, reducing the cost and therefore being able to keep up the rythm for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of inspirationSwordsman can inspire her groupmater to better performance but she can also inspire others to failures. When she is moving her blades in the rythm of Mystic Dance, it distracts her enemies, causing them having harder time concentrating on spells. Keeping the rythm of Mystic Dance is quite demanding and it also causes increasing amount of fatigue over time.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of inspirationThe mystic effect of this dance is now powerful enough that it lingers on for a while even after swordsman breaks the rythm.
Dependencies: mystic danceSwordsman has now learned how to keep up this rythm more efficiently, no longer increasing cost in terms of fatigue over time.
Dependencies: improved mystic danceThe movement of swordsman blades becomes so hypnotic that it disrupts concentration of enemy spellcasters even more than before.
Dependencies: extended mystic danceDeep knowledge of the mysticism behind blade movements allows the swordsman to keep up the rythm of her Mystic Dance more efficiently, decreasing the cost of this dance and therefore allowing her to maintian it for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced mystic danceSwordsman can move her blades in such a rythm that it induces controlled fury in her. This controlled fury allows her to make extra attack in about half of combat rounds.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of fire + enhanced dance of air + enhanced dance of water + enhanced dance of earthWhen swordsman breaks her rythm and no longer moves her blades in Dance of Fury her controlled fury doesn't disappear right away but lasts for a while afterwards.
Dependencies: dance of furySwordsman can move her blades in such patterns that it induces controlled fury not only in herself but also in her groupmates. This way all of them share the benefit and gain extra attach each other round on average.
Dependencies: improved dance of furySwordsman has learned how to increase the effect of movement of her blades. Her moves are now so precise that they induce white-hot fury in her while still maintaining full control. She can now perform extra attack every round instead of every other round.
Dependencies: extended dance of furyMaintaining Dance of Fury is easier for swordsman as she learns efficient means to keep up this rythm. The rythm now causes slower drain on her vitality so she can maintain it for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of furySwordsman can move her blades in such a mysterious rythm that her attacks not only damage an opponent but each time her attack connects, the health lost by the enemy doesn't just disappear but is actually partially transferred to swordsman. Swordsman gains hitpoints equal to about 25% of the damage she causes with her attacks.
Dependencies: advanced dance of death + advanced mystic danceAfter a while swordsman needs to break her rythm but since now it doesn't mean the effect is lost right away. Her rythm is so powerful that its effects last even some time after she changes the rythm.
Dependencies: dance of the leechThe mysterious rythm of swordsman's blades is now so captivating that her groupmates start to mimic it, getting its benefit for themselves, too.
Dependencies: improved dance of the leechSwordsman can now control her rythm to a greater degree, allowing her to make the effect more powerful. She now recovers hitpoints equal to 50% of the damage she causes with her attacks.
Dependencies: extended dance of the leechSustaining the rythm of Dance of the Leech is now easier for the swordsman. She now needs to pay less vitality to maintain the rythm so she can sustain it for longer.
Dependencies: enhanced dance of the leech