Training in Tarantia

Public Instruction

Structured programs of learning, sometimes with definitive start and end dates. Intensive training available in most cases.

The Academy at Tarantia

“Strong Mind, Strong Body, Strong Heart, Strong Citizen.”

Located near Great Library in Old Tarantia

Skills taught: Most IQ-based skills are available. Additionally, “classical” DX skills such as Acrobatics, Boxing, Bow, and Wrestling are taught.

Notes: Daily lectures of up to four hours per day in length. Up to four hours daily of self-study may also be used to accelerate learning. Intensive study of individual subjects also available. Admission by letter of introduction from previous graduate only.

Cost: Hourly lesson costs base don difficulty of skill being taught (E/A: $10hr; H: $20/hr. VH: $30/hr.) Additional gratuities are paid privately to instructor. Intensive instruction is available at 4x these rates.

Mercenary Training Camp

Located 16 leagues north of Tarantia at Pallantides Keep.

Basic Training: Axe/Mace; Hiking; Knife; Shield; Shortsword; Spear.

Other skills taught: Bow; Crossbow; Fast-Draw (Knife); Fast-Draw (Shortsword); Tactics.

Techniques available: Close Combat (Shortsword); Feint (Shield); Spinning Strike (Spear); Targeted Attack (Spear Thrust/Face); Targeted Attack (Spear Thrust/Neck).

Perks: Grip Mastery (Spear)

Notes: 60-day intensive training period requires HT 12+ to complete. Successful completion provides 1 CP in each of the basic training skills; plus an additional 4 CP to spend as desired on other skills or techniques. Graduates are also able to use techniques at default.

Cost: $5200* (Previous service or agreement to future service to barony or kingdom reduces cost by 25% per six-months of service)

Private Instruction

Rigello Pallatides, Swordsman

Located in Noble District.

Skills: Broadsword; Knife; Shortsword; Two-Handed Sword

Notes: Instructor of many noble and merchant sons alike. Provides 2-4 hours of intensive training per day.

Cost: $16/hr

Gonzago Kordava

Located in Old Tarantia

Skills: Knife; Wrestling.

Techniques: Arm Lock (Knife or Wrestling); Armed Grapple (Knife); Back Strike (Knife); Choke Hold (Knife); Feint (Knife); Retain Weapon (Knife); Reverse Grip (Knife); Spinning Strike (Knife).

Kharas Kosala

Located in the forests about twenty leagues northwest of Tarantia

Skills: Animal Handling (Goats); Brawling; Cooking; Housekeeping; Survival (Woodlands); Two-Handed Sword

Techniques: Armed Grapple (Two-Handed Sword); Bind Weapon (Two-Handed Sword); Close Combat (Two-Handed Sword); Counterattack (Two-Handed Sword); Kicking; Knee Strike; Retain Weapon (Two-Handed Sword); Targeted Attack (Two-Handed Sword Thrust/Face); Targeted Attack (Two-Handed Sword Thrust/Neck); Targeted Attack (Two-Handed Sword Thrust/Vitals Chinks); Trip.

Perks: Grip Mastery (Longsword); Skill Adaptation (Bind Weapon defaults to Two-Handed Sword); Sure-Footed (Uneven).

Notes: Kharas is rumored to have fought alongside King Conan and was once counted among the king's friends. He only teaches 2-3 students at a time. Applicants must endure grueling test of character and strength before being accepted. Those with less than ST 12; HT 12; DX 12 (and possibly even Luck) need not apply. Successful applicants live with Kharas on his farm in the woodlands north of Tarantia; feeding chickens and caring for his goat herds while also learning the longsword.

Cost: Varies.