Slay

This skill allows a character to strike down a target character with one strike. The character hit with this skill is Mortally Wounded and requires the appropriate healing. This skill ignores armor and does not damage it. The character must strike between the elbows to the shoulders and shoulders to the knees of the target character. The character must call “Slay” after the blow is delivered followed by any special damage modifiers, such as “Magic”, “Silver”, etc. This skill can also be used as a Slay Parry, which will stop any one physical martial attack, even a Slay skill. Either use of this skill expends that use of this skill for that Tag Cycle.

It is also possible to parry an attack directed against someone else as long as they are within weapons length. A character cannot use a ranged attack to parry an attack for another. The character may block any low magic or Nature Magic spell that is not combined with a Perfect Aim skill for another character, but they then take the effect of the spell and must call an appropriate defense that will stop the spell in order to avoid the effects of the spell themselves.

A character must have one Proficiency skill per Slay skill they wish to purchase. So, a character that wants three Slay skills must have three Proficiency skills. The Slay skill can be used with any weapon in which the character has two Proficiency skills of either type. Therefore, if the character has two Master Proficiency skills they can use their Slay with any weapon.

This skill is not used if the character misses their target, does not hit the appropriate area on the target, or the attack is blocked. If they succeed in striking their target or if the target calls an appropriate defense, the skill is used.