Weapons

They may not employ two-handed weapons nor any weapon that requires ammunition such as bows, crossbows, or slings. They can use any single-handed, bladed weapons or those that are hurled, though their weapon of choice is the dagger. When employing daggers, they gain +2 on all to-hit rolls. This bonus applies to both hands if two daggers equipped, thrown daggers, any attack routine including daggers.

Blademasters have the same saving throws and attack on the same attack table as do thieves. Unlike other thieves, Blademasters cannot Backstab.

Benefits of a Blademaster are:

1. They can speak the Thieves’ Cant.
2. As per the primary thief class, at 4th level Blademasters are able to read 20% of languages, and this ability increases by 5% with each additional level of experience until an 80% probability is attained. However, they lack the ability to decipher or utilize magic scrolls.
3. They can dual-wield with no penalties if both weapons are bladed. They gain their +2 to-hit bonus in either hand or both if daggers are employed.
4. Blademasters can engage enemies in one of three modes each round, for the entirety of the round, against all attackers. They can choose to attack with both hands, they can attack with one and parry with the other(dex-based reaction adjustment subtracted from enemy to-hit roll), or parry with both hands(dex-based reaction adjustment +1 is subtracted from enemy to-hit roll). Pay special attention to the fact that Blademaster parrying is dexterity-based unlike the parrying of other classes that is strength-based. They may not attack with any hand with which they have performed a parry for the entirety of the round.
5. At level 3 a Blademaster can parry non-magical missle attacks, causing their dex-based reaction adjustments to be subtracted from enemy to-hit roll.
6. At level 7 a Blademaster can perform +1 attack every other round (5/2 rounds).
7. At level 13 a Blademaster can perform +1 attack every round (3/1 round).