The Age of the Warriors - a ToB expansion book idea

[dspeyer]

Here's a categorization of the disciplines. It still has an "other" category but it isn't huge. Thanks to everyone who filled in bits of the spreadsheet.

With this to look at, I start to wonder if a few disciplines should be merged. I should probably look at them more carefully before actually proposing it.

Mental State, Alignment or Aligned Plane

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Silver Crane	ErrantX	Good	Spot	longsword, longspear, scimitar, light pick, halberd, and two bladed sword	anyone, with help of a good outsider
Far Realm	Jack Mann	Madness, distortion of time and space	Knowledge (the planes)	armor spikes, blade boot, dire flail, flail, heavy flail, spiked chain, spiked gauntlet, spiked shield, and tentacle.
Ninefold Damnation	PairO' Dice	Nine Hells	Intimidate	glaive, whip, spiked chain, and claw
Infinite Torment	PairO' Dice	Abyss	Intimidate	longsword, whip, spiked chain, and claw
Dread Crown	Demented One	Mixed Fiends	Intimidate	bastard sword, battleaxe, claw, falchion, greatsword, and scythe	evil crusaders and warblades
Golden Saint	Demented One	Non-Lethal, anti-Evil	Diplomacy	dagger, longspear, longsword, sap, short sword, and unarmed strike	good crusaders and swordsages
Falling Anvil	DracoDei	Slapstick Comedy	Bluff	All improvised weapons*, bundle of dynamite, club, cannon (American Civil War era), catapult, cosh (one-handed version of the sap), great club, Maul (AKA Giant Mallet), spherical bomb, stick of dynamite, trebuchet (maybe?), sap, , and unarmed Strike	Non-Lawful Only, Must be capable of great silliness on the field of battle. See second sheet for which base classes DracoDei thinks could fit.
Quicksilver Aegis	Krimm	Law/Mechanus	Balance	greatmace, greatsword, heavy mace, longsword, and maul	Crusaders, Soul Disciples, and Swordsages of a lawful alignment
black heron	errantx	demonic possession, maximized damage	Intimidate	bastard sword, glaive, greataxe, greatsword, heavy mace, and warhammer	requirement: being possessed by a demonic force
Kaleidoscopic Dream	Demented One	Limbo/Chaos	Tumble	blade knuckles, falchion, gutter-sword, halberd, and scimitar	Crusaders, Soul Disciples, and Swordsages who appreciate chaos

Outside Power Source

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Bladed Thoughts	Yue Ryong	Psionics, boosting physical attacks	Autohypnosis	Soul Weapons	The Heart Shaper
Mental Grip	DaTedinator	Psionics, especially telekinesis	autohypnosis	Unarmed Strike, Dagger, Light Hammer, Sai, Handaxe, Scimitar.	psionic swordsages
Sleeping Goddess	The demented one	Strike at Mind, not Body. Psionics	Autohypnosis	bastard sword, quarterstaff, short sword, shortspear, and unarmed strike. Plus any created by one of its maneuvers.	Swordsages with a psionic power reserve
Narrow Bridge	JoshuaZ	Necromancy, balance between life and death	Knowledge (Religion)	bastard sword, battleaxe, greataxe, scythe, unarmed strike, and whip.
The Discipline of the Lost Lyrics	Kellus	Bardic	Perform (oratory) or Perform (sing)	rapier, longsword, longspear, and short sword
Solaris Arcanum	Golden Esque	Blend of sword and spells.	Spellcraft	dagger, longsword, the rapier, and the shortsword,	Can only learn if the character has access to at least some magical knowledge. For example, character can be a multiclass Sorcerer or have spell-like abilities.
Untamed Essence	Vox Clamantis	Enhance weapon with Ki, Defend against magic, travel magically	Spellcraft	((Needs to be defined))	Casting NOT required, but popular among spellswords and Jade Phoenix Mages
Witch Razor	pyrefiend	Blend of warlock techniques and swordplay	Spellcraft	shortsword, dagger, rapier, butterfly sword and sai	swordsages
Holy Word Discipline	Fax Celestis		Truespeak	librum, warbell, heavy warbell, quarterstaff, and heavy shield	Crusader

Energy Damage

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Frozen Zephyr / Acidic Fog / Shocking Sky	Krimm Blackleaf		Balance/Escape Artist/Intimidate	Same as Desert Wind?	Any with access to Desert Wind
Glacial Chill	I_got_this_name	cold, slow, debuffs, endurance	Survival	greataxe, battle axe, light and heavy pick, and warhammer	Swordsages and Warblades.
Placid Lake	Yue Ryong	slow movement, cold, debuffs	Move Silently	Unarmed Strike, Natural Weapons, Scimitars, Sickles, Scythes	Swordsages
Rending Scream	I_got_this_name	sonic damage and mental effects	Intimidate	claw, greataxe, maul unarmed Strike, shield bash, and slam	Warblades

Specific Weapon(s)

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Steel Mountain	Nero24200	Active Shield Use	balance	Heavy Shields, Small Shields, Shield Spikes	crusaders and warblades
Chthonic Serpent	DragoonWraith	Flexing Weapons, Constriction	Use Rope	Dire Flail, Flail, Flindbar(MM3), Heavy Flail, Kusari-Gama(DMG), Spiked Chain, Tentacle, and Whip	Swordsages and Warblades
Fool's Grip	Demented One	Improvised Weapons	Tumble	All Improvised	Infiltrators and Non-organized?
Mystic Cobra	Shyftir	Pole-arms	Balance	naginata (glaive), guisarme, halberd, ransuer, spear and long-spear	Sohei Adepts, Leap Dragoons, probably warblades, ???
Monkey Paw	playswithfire	Grappling	Escape Artist	unarmed strike, claw, scorpion claws, mancatcher and grapple	swordsages
Piercing Point	Frog Dragon	Spears	Balance	Spear, Longspear, Halberd, Ranseur, Guisarme, Glaive.	Warblades

Ranged

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Iron Rain	dspeyer (compiler)	Rapid Archery	Spot	Bows, Throwing Knives, Javelins	Crusaders and Warblades
Falcon's Eye	dspeyer (compiler)	Precision Archery	Search	Bows, Crossbows, Rays	Swordsages and Warblades
Nightingale Feather	dspeyer (compiler)	Mystic Archery	Spot	Bows, Slings, Shurukin	Swordsages
Black Rain	Demented One	Firearms	Spot	firearms, as well as the concussion blaster, death ray, firewand and wandgun
Falling Star	Fax	Deprecated archery	Spot	longbow, composite longbow, shortbow, composite shortbow, greatbow, and composite greatbow
True Arrow	I_got_this_name	Deprecated archery	Spot	light and heavy crossbow, longbow, shortbow, and javelin

Acquatic

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Falling Wave	I_got_this_name	Aquatic Combat	Swim	bite, claw, dagger, net, and trident	swordsages
Ocean Tempest	PairO' Dice	Move like a Wave	Swim	khopesh, the trident, the whip, the spiked chain, and the flail	Swordsages
Ocean Soul	Fax Celestis		Swim	harpoon, net, trident, and punching dagger	Swordsages

Speed

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Oncoming Storm	The demented one	blinding speed and masterful misdirection	Sleight of Hand	dagger, handaxe, light pick, rapier, sai, and shortsword	Swordsages and Warblades
Leaping Gale	I_got_this_name	speed and air	Jump	whip, spiked chain, longsword, longspear, spear, and shortspear	Swordsages
Gentle Breeze	Closet Skeleton	speed, air	listen	Katana, Scimitar, War-fan and unarmed strike	Swordsages and Warblades

Mounted

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Silver Pegasus	I_got_this_name	mounted	Ride	lance, longsword, heavy mace, and bastard sword	Warblades and Crusaders
Twin Spirit	demented one	Mounted Combat	Ride	lance, longsword, and scimitar	Crusaders and Swordsages

Poison

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Viper Fang	I_got_this_name	poison and precision	Heal	dagger, punching dagger, short sword, and rapier	swordsages
Black Lotus	Zakaroth	stealth, poison, trickery	Sleight of Hand	dagger (any type), ninja-to and short sword	Sublime Assassin

Very Supernatural

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Coin's Edge	Demented One	Luck	Profession (Gambler)	dagger, falchion, longsword, rapier, scimitar, and two-bladed sword	swordsage
Masked Moon	I_got_this_name	shapeshifting	Disguise	natural weapons, unarmed strike, punching dagger, spiked gauntlet, armor spikes, sickle, and handaxe	Swordsages and Warblades

Other

Name	Author	Concept	Skill	Weapons	Who Qualifies
Army of One	The demented one	fight against vastly greater numbers	Intimidate	battleaxe, dueling shield, glaive, greatsword, longsword, and spear	Crusaders and Warblades
Blood Sage	pyrefiend	precision damage and healing	heal	dagger, sickle, war-scalpel, kama	swordsages and warblade
Broken Blade	JoshuaZ	Beat other martial adepts	Martial Lore	Scimitar, Falchion, Rapier, Bastard Sword, Longsword, Short Sword, Unarmed Strike, Greatsword, Dagger. Additionally, if you know a maneuver from any discipline you may treat any weapon from that discipline that you are proficient in as being associated to the Broken Blade.	Crusader, Swordsage, Warblade, Masters of Nine, True Masters of Nine, ???
Dancing Leaf	The demented one	Counters and Defense	Escape Artist	longspear, longsword, quarterstaff, scythe, and whip.	Swordsages and Warblades
Knowing Heart	DSpeyer	Nonlethal Techniques	heal	sap, net, bolas, quarterstaff	swordsages (alternate rule: anyone with setting sun and shadow hand)
Scarlet Bravura	Demented One	Selfless Leadership	Perform (Oratory)	bastard sword, greatsword, lance, rapier, and spiked shield	Crusaders and Warblades who are Leaders
Scarlet Rose	Nero24200	Graceful Two-Weapon Fighting	Perform (Dance)	Dagger, Longsword, Quarterstaff, Rapier, Shortsword	Swordsages and Warblades
Way of the Gear	Imp_Fireball	Gears of War	Concentration	((Not defined))	Warblade and Crusader

Edit: moved Way of the Gear
Edit: added Bladed Thoughts and Monkey Paw
Edit: replaced igotthisname links with reposts