Category: Combat Style Cards

Sword and Sorcery Encounters with Encounter Generator part 1

Sword and sorcery campaign needs bravos, barbarian berserkers, palace guards, corsairs, enforcers, thugs, and pit fighters as NPCs among others. Here is a set of sword and sorcery encounters that could work for sword and sorcery campaign.

They are designed from the RAW culture skillsets like pregenerated characters (see here) but they have their main combat style in the proficient range (60s) instead of novice.

Their combat styles are based on ranger dan material that is also included in my combat style encyclopedia and shown in the combat style cards. Each NPC gets one or sometimes two combat styles from the list, couple of main weapons, sidearm, shield and ranged weapon if defined there and a name. For most of them folk magic is also described but if your campaign does not use folk magic, you can just drop it. You can find them with tag “Swordandsorcery”.

So as individuals or even groups they are ready to use. Here are the links to MeG pages. For most of them – the basic link, link to a combat style card and a link to a strong one, a leader and group of them as a crew if applicable

More material about Encounter Generator can be found here and combat style cards here. The encyclopedia of Combat Styles can be found here. As usual the the useful charts for Mythras can be found here. If you are just beginning with Mythras go to starter resources.

Mythras Weaponry

This is a summary page for all weapon related charts done for Mythras. Rest of the charts can be found at Mythras Charts and Tables

Weapons

Standard Weapons

Primitive Weapons

Eastern Weapons

Gloranthan Weapons

Shields and Parry

Shorter Weapon Reach Comparison

Longer Weapon Reach Comparison

Parry and Passive Backing Weapon SIZ effects

Ships for Mythras

Combat Styles and Traits

Combat Style Cards

Combat Style Traits

Combat Modifiers

Close Combat Visual Modifiers

Ranged Combat Visual Modifiers

Special Effects

Selecting Offensive Special Effects Visually

Selecting Defensive Special Effects Visually

Offensive Special Effects Summary

Defensive Special Effects Summary

Lyonesse Combat Style Cards are here

The directory based combat style cards have been replaced by Combat Style Card Encyclopaedia

So you always wanted to fight the Ska in Mythras Lyonesse. Really think you are able to do that. Here are some combat styles to practice. Beware – Ska are both intelligent, highly tactical as well as strategic and really strong in both individual and mass combat.

Here are 28 combat styles prevalent in Lyonesse – there are others but this is a starter.

You can find them in the pdf folder for Lyonesse with the rest of the combat style cards.

Celtic Hunter
Celtic Noble
Celtic Warrior
Festive Fellow Fisticuffs
Self Defence
Celtic Spearman
Hybras Citizen Militia
Hybras Mounted Knight
Hybras Foot Knight
Hybras Levied Archer
Hybras Ulfish Skirmisher
Hybras Street Thug
Ska Warrior
Ska Cavalry
Ska Mercenary
Itinerant Forest Bandit
Itinerant Noble Outlaw
Itinerant Furtive Footpad
Greenwood Raider
Not In My Gaff
Lyonesse Nobleman
Effete Duelist
Swer Mod Staffing
Faroli Fisticuffs
Ska Skirmisher
Ska Duelist
Vagabond Murder
Scolan Vengeance

The full set of Combat Style cards is explained here. There are now almost 200 of them.

Starter resources summary for Mythras GM

Here is a starter set of resources for a Mythras GM. This is a subset of all resources available at NotesFromPavis blog.

Extended Table of Contents for the Rulebook

Keeping The Game Moving and All Players Active

  • Initiative Wheel – you may find this useful.

Setting up the optional rules for Mythras Campaign

Combat

Combat – special effects

Combat – others

Encounter generators and bestiaries

Pregen Character Sheets in Markdown

Other sources

Combat Style Cards update – Meeros and Dwarven Combat Styles and Separation of Firearms combat styles

The directory based combat style cards have been replaced by Combat Style Card Encyclopaedia

There is a small update on combat style cards. It contains now the Meeros Doomed combat styles. I added also a few Dwarven Combat Stylesinvented for Glorantha. I also updated all the cards separating all firearms related special effects to be applicable only for firearms. In addition there is now a strangle special effect from Fioracitta.

The new styles are for Meeros:

Brotherhood of Dust
Mercenary Infantry
Priestess of Myceras
Minotaur Gladiator
Kopashi Agent
Meerish Infantry
Meerish Slinger
Dark One Cultist

and for Dwarven

Dwarven Way of the Hammer
Dwarven Sound of the Axe
Dwarven Defender of the Wall
Dwarven Miner
Dwarven Crossbow Elite
Iron Dwarf Warrior
Dwarven Sapper
Nidan Iron Dwarf Rifleman

They can be found on the combat style card folder

Here is an example of Nidan Iron Dwarf Rifleman

The rest of the charts exist here.

There are other useful charts here

Mythras Combat Style Traits Encyclopedia V1.2 and Combat Style Cards for Korantia available

The directory based combat style cards have been replaced by Combat Style Card Encyclopaedia

Updated the Mythras Combat Style traits with some of the ones I found in Shores of Korantia.

Added couple of combat style cards for Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass and all of the ones I found in Shores of Korantia, a Thennla Mythras Source book. there are also a few made for a sword and sorcery type of campaign into folder called Black Isle.

Combat Style Cards for Black Isle are:

  • Pirate Brawl
  • Water Dancer
  • Street Fighter

Combat Style Cards for Korantia are:

  • Barbarian Levy
  • Citizen Militia
  • Citizen Cavalry
  • Ashkorite Pikeman
  • Citizen Infantry
  • Targeteer Light Infantry
  • Paladin
  • Agissene Infantry
  • Thennalt Warrior
  • Cloak and Dagger
  • Duelist
  • Knife Fighting
  • Hunter
  • Archery
  • Marksman
  • Slinger
  • Maul
  • Sidearm
  • Swordsman
  • Earth’s Champion
  • Reaver
  • Jekkarene Skirmisher
  • Guardian
  • Jekkarene Marine
  • Swashbuckler

Here is the duelist combat style card as an example.

The encyclopedia file is here and the combat style cards are in a directory here

You can find more about combat style cards here and encyclopedia here

Combat Style Cards for Mythras

Note: The directory based combat style cards have been replaced by Combat Style Card Encyclopaedia

Combat styles, combat style traits, weapon traits and special effects are key parts of what makes Mythras so interesting in combat. I decided to make a player aid for my campaign that contains the key information for players about combat style they have chosen.

Combat style card contains the name and combat style traits of the style with an explanation what the trait provides.

Each of the combat styles contains usually several weapons. Most of the special effects that player can choose are the same for each of the weapons. So I gathered the common special effects within the combat style’s weapons to the top of the page.

For each of the weapons the key details of the weapon are shown plus the possible weapon traits.

Underneath the basic information there are only those special effects specific to that weapon.

So how would player use this:

Let’s say she knows the combat style Gladiator – see in the Close Combat Encyclopaedia – section Styles for Standard – Gladiator. Easy to navigate there by opening the pdf link above and searching for Gladiator and clicking on the page number. 

She has succeeded in the attack so she now has options

  • choose any of the items in the common block underneath the combat style – any from Close Range to Trip Opponent.
  • decide to use her Shortsword’s Impale or Bleed
  • use her Buckler’s Bash or Stun Location special effect.

When it is her turn to defend she can

  • use her Daredevil trait to evade blows without ending up prone or
  • she can passively block with her Buckler 2 locations or
  • she could actively parry with either her buckler or
  • she could actively parry with her shortsword.

Here is a bigger combat style example

The files here contain close to 100 combat styles described as above. The material is scourged from AIG, Monster Island, Mythras, Monster Island and my own campaign.

  • Balazar
    Balazaring Hawk Slayer.pdf
    Balazaring Hunter Raider.pdf
    Balazaring Pony Cavalry.pdf
  • Dragon Pass
    Lunar Colonial Noble.pdf
    Lunar Colonial Survivalist.pdf
    Lunar Corps Hoplite.pdf
    Lunar Dara Happan Heavy Infantry.pdf
    Lunar Dara Happan Urbanite.pdf
    Lunar Dart Contestant.pdf
    Lunar Pelorian Cavalry.pdf
    Lunar Pelorian Noble.pdf
    Lunar Sagittan Peltast.pdf
    Sartarite Alynx Brother.pdf
    Sartarite Hill Clan Levy.pdf
    Sartarite Loyal Housecarl.pdf
    Sartarite Noble.pdf
    Sartarite Upland Crofter.pdf
    Tarshite Militia.pdf
    Telmori Hunter.pdf
    Telmori Wolf Hunter.pdf
  • East
    Monk.pdf
    Ninja.pdf
    Samurai Warrior.pdf
  • Enemies
    Hammer of the Beast.pdf
  • Esrolia
    Esrolian Citizen Legionary.pdf
    Esrolian City-State Phalangite.pdf
    Esrolian Clan Protector.pdf
    Esrolian Cohort.pdf
    God Forgot Holar Militia.pdf
    God Forgot Talar Defensive School.pdf
    God Forgotten Holari.pdf
  • Fonrit
    Afadjanni Bladedance,Coastal.pdf
    Afadjanni Bladedance.pdf
    Afadjanni Wrestling.pdf
    Calari Grip.pdf
    Harem Protector.pdf
    Kadam Slave Scuffle.pdf
    Kareeshtu Doublecross.pdf
    Ompalam Overseer.pdf
    Shovel Tusker Cavalry.pdf
    Slave Soldier.pdf
    Umathelan Noble.pdf
    Yad Strife.pdf
  • Lyonesse
  • Monster Island
    Brotherhood of the Carrion Scavenger.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Fang.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Noiseless Whisper.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Obsidian Claw.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Relentless Pursuit.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Serpentine Grace.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Silken Death.pdf
    Brotherhood of the Unsleeping Eye.pdf
    Civilian Cohort.pdf
    Eight Jab Doom.pdf
    Eiki Elite.pdf
    Eiki.pdf
    Mua Infantry.pdf
    Stinger.pdf
    Tua Skirmisher.pdf
    White Death.pdf
  • Mythic Constantinople
    Azap Conscript.pdf
    Bedouin Warrior.pdf
    Ghazi Tribesman.pdf
    Manglabliaros.pdf
    Pankration.pdf
  • Prax
    Agimori.pdf
    Baboon.pdf
    Basmoli.pdf
    Bison Berserker Bodyguard.pdf
    Bison Berserker.pdf
    Bison.pdf
    Bolo Lizard.pdf
    Cannibal Cult.pdf
    Desert Archer.pdf
    High Llama.pdf
    Impala.pdf
    Morokanth.pdf
    Ostrich.pdf
    Pol-Joni.pdf
    Rhino.pdf
    Sable.pdf
    Unicorn.pdf
    Zebra.pdf
  • Standard
    Assassin.pdf
    Barbarian Warrior.pdf
    Cavalry.pdf
    City Watch.pdf
    Gladiator Net.pdf
    Gladiator.pdf
    Master Archer.pdf
    Noble Warrior.pdf
    Outback Slinger.pdf
    Pirate.pdf
    Street Brawler.pdf
    Unarmed.pdf

Feedback welcome.

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Encyclopedia of Mythras Combat Style Traits

The directory based combat style cards have been replaced by Combat Style Card Encyclopaedia

Here is a list of many combat style traits that I have adopted or will adopt into my campaign. Currently the list is above 60 traits.

It contains the combat style traits from the following official publications:

  • Mythras Core,  Mythic Rome, AiG, Mythic Constantinople, Monster Island.

In addition to these official ones it contains few from RangerDan’s campaign and Raleel’s Martial Arts Combat style traits.

The unarmed set alone is quite an expansion to the ones in Mythras Core. The way I am planning to bring the unarmed ones on is to create schools that have some of these available – like the ones that come from Mythic Constantinople. Raleel’s set already has several that quite nicely will form a school as they depend on each other.

You will be able to vary your combat styles quite nicely by choosing a small set of “cultural” or brotherhood weapons (1-3) and adding one, maybe two combat style traits on it.

The list is available here

..and it is of course also updated in the Mythras Charts and Tables page