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Attack Skill is an offensive martial talent, most often used in melee combat to determine whether an attack hits successfully. When attacking with a melee weapon, the attacker’s Attack Skill gets a DRN roll is compared to the defender’s Defence Skill DRN roll:
After the attack hits, whether or not it does any damage depends on a different dueling pair of DRN rolls (Damage vs. Protection), and on a different pair of attributes (Strength and Protection).
Note that these examples include the weapons involved, most of which (other than spears or axes) modify Attack Skill.
Example Monster | Their ATT |
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A Blind soldier with a spear | 1 |
A Soulless (zombie) trying to punch someone | 4 |
Most Pretender Idols (though most can't attack) | 5 |
A Crusher trying to punch someone | 7 |
A Soulless Warrior who died holding a weapon | 7 |
A totally-green Militia man with a spear | 8 |
A Jotun Bondi (amateur fighter) with an axe | 9 |
The average human soldier with a spear | 10 |
The average human soldier with a sword | 11 |
A Longdead (skeletal) warrior with a spear | 11 |
A Wolf | 11 |
A Man at Arms or equivalent with a sword | 12 |
A Knight of Man with a lance | 13 |
A Samurai with a katana | 13 |
An Emerald Guard or equivalent with a sword | 14 |
A Devil with their trident | 14 |
A Size 7 Air Elemental with their lightning | 15 |
An Emerald Lord or equivalent legend with a sword | 16 |
A Yamabushi with a katana | 17 |
An Arch Angel with their Flambeau | 18 |
A Kenzoku with their magic katana | 19 |
Rarku - Hunter of Heroes | 20 |
Ferdiad - Fir Bolg Hero, with his sword, while Berserk | 21 |
Cu Chulainn - Hero, with his magic sword, while Berserk | 23 |
Umor - Eater of Gods, first life | 25 |
Super-high attack skill on troops – over 13 – is not very common, at least since independent troops are rarely all that trained.