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Old 01-21-2014, 04:55 AM   #2
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Default Salif Kwal's Fighting Gear

As an example, the heroic aggagier Salif Kwal was honour-bound to repay Sheikh Jarir after the Lord of the Grinning Skull saved his life in the desert. Salif swore that he would serve the tall, majestic warlord who came to his aid against a mated pair of dracosphinxes until his life-debt to the rescuer was paid.

Salif Kwal became the commander of the Sheikh's bodyguard and his trusted right hand because the ebony warrior was loyal in a way that none of the bandits could be. In the years since he swore service, he has come to realise that behind the chivalrous facade of Sheikh Jarir, there lurks rapacious greed, cruelty and insanity, but by then Salif was trapped by his vow.

Salif is a superlative horseman and deadly with spear and the broadsword all aggagiers of his tribe carry. He is also a champion kickboxer and stand-up grappler*. It is because of this that when the bandits tangled with a band of Anhurite crusaders on a religious quest, Salif Kwan was awarded the belt and limb wrappings of one of them, who fought without weapons but whose unarmed strikes could kill a horse in one blow.

Monk's Belt: The belt is a wrestler's or pankrationist's thick champion's girdle which grants +2 to Judo and Karate skills, Enhanced Dodge +1, Enhanced Parry (bare hands) +2 and Striker (limbs, all).

Bracers and Bindings of Mighty Strikes: Stiff cloth bracers with bronze studs, as well as bindings that go up to the elbow and similar bindings for the ankles and lower leg. Make the unarmed strikes of the wearer into magical weapons that have Accuracy +3, Puissance +3 and Armour Divisor (3).

*In a style very remniscient of Dambe/KoKowa.
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