The Complete Fighter's Handbook

ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®

2nd Edition Player's Handbook Rules Supplement

The Complete Fighter's Handbook

Table of Contents

Introduction

Character Creation

Apprentices and Overseers

Time to Craft Armor

Cost to Craft Armor

Chance of Failure

Player-Character Workshops

Repairing Armor

Repairing Magical Armor

Bowyer/Fletcher

Weaponsmithing Failure

Weapons Not Shown

Money and Equipment

Warrior Kits

Kits and Warriors

Kits and the Warrior Classes

Kits and Character Creation

The Warrior Kits

Savage

Wilderness Warrior

Recording Kits on the Character Sheet

Warrior Kits and Multi-Class Characters

Warrior Kits and Dual-Class Characters

Abandoning a Kit

Modifying the Kits

Creating New Kits

Role-Playing

Warrior Personalities

The Brash Youth

The Crude Crusher

The Dangerous Antagonist

The Doomed Champion

The Fated Philosopher

The Merry Showoff

The Natural Leader

The Sneaky Thinker

Changing Personality Types

The Warrior Campaign

Magical World vs. Nonmagical World

Mostly Nonmagical World

Strictly Nonmagical World

The Mixed-Warrior-Type Campaign

The One-Warrior-Type Campaign

Barbarians and Berserkers

Pirates and Outlaws

Good-Guy Outlaws and Pirates

Bad-Guy Outlaws and Pirates

Wilderness Warriors

The Military Campaign

Campaign vs. Mini-series

Combat Rules

New Combat Rules

Off-Hand Weapons Use

Kneeling and Sitting

Range and Initiative

Weapon Proficiency Slots

Intelligence and Proficiencies

Single-Weapon Proficiency Weapon Specialization

Weapon-Group Proficiency

Weapon Specialization and Weapon Groups

Style Specialization

Punching and Wrestling Specialization

Fighting Styles

The Four Fighting Styles

Specializing in the Styles

Multiple Style Specializations

Limitations on Style Specialization

Single-Weapon Style

Two-Hander Style

Weapon and Shield Style

Two-Weapon Style

Sample Style Specialization

Melee Maneuvers

Striking a Specific Body Part

Smashing Something Being Held

Bypassing Armor

Special Results

Thrown-Weapon and Missile Disarms

Grab

Grabbing a Person

Grabbing a Monster

Characters with Multiple Attacks

Choice of Parries

Polearm Parries

Missile Weapon Parries

Parrying from the DMG

Pin

Use of Polearms

Sap

Surprise and Flash Maneuvers

Don't Say No; Determine Difficulty

Maneuvers in the Campaign

Punching, Wrestling, and Martial Arts

Specializing With Punching and Wrestling

Normal Punching Attacks

Punching Specialization

Normal Wrestling Attacks

Wrestling Specialization

Martial Arts Results

Descriptions of the Maneuvers

Specializing in Martial Arts

More Than One Style

Continuing Specialization

The Complete Martial Artist

In Oriental Campaigns

Barehanded Maneuvers

Called Shots: Punching and Martial Arts

Called Shots: Wrestling

Grab

Parry

Pin

Sap

The "Numbed" and "Useless" Numbers

General Effects of Called Shots

Specific Effects of Called Shots

Recording These Injuries

Individual Injuries and Healing Magic

Permanent and Crippling Effects

Monsters and Hit Locations

This System and Low-Level Characters

Recovery

Recovery of Temporary Damage

Recording Temporary Damage

Recovering From Temporary Damage

Magical Healing and Temporary Damage

Recovery From Knockout

Temporary Damage and Knockout

Magical Healing and Knockout

Combat Conditions

Darkness and Blindness

Unstable Ground

Mounted Combat

Jousting

Lance Specialization

Horseback Archery

Tournaments

The Basic Tournament

The Joust List

The Jousting Competition

Blunted Lances

Queen of Love and Beauty

Prizes

Other Events

Archery Competition

Foot Lists

Merchants' Stalls

Dancing, Socializing

When to End Combat

When Characters Don't Accept Surrender

When Characters Always Chase Escapees

When Characters Never Negotiate

Notes on the Combat Sequence

Tactics

Shield Walls and Polearms

Wolf-pack Tactics

Tactical Mix

Rotation

Spear-Carriers

Directing Traffic

Campaign Tactics

Just Arriving in Town

The Combat Sheet

Equipment

One-Hand, Two-Hand

Gladiator Weapons

Samurai Weapons

Swashbuckler Weapons

Gladiator Armor

Effects of Armor

Effects on Speed

Effects on Dexterity Checks

Effects on Vision and Hearing

Other Helms and Helmets

What Head Protection Doesn't Do

Vision and Hearing Checks

No Head Protection

High-Quality Racial Armor

Piecemeal Armor

Weight of Piecemeal Suits

Gladiator Armor

Damage to Armor

Piecemeal Armor

Repairing Armor

Effects on the Campaign

Miscellaneous Equipment

Tables
Martial Arts Results

Combat Modifiers for Darkness and Blindness

One-Handed or Tywo-Handed Weapons

Piecemeal Armor

New Weapon List