Blade Dancing

Agility

Quickness

Creativity

Short Description

Blace Dancing is the art of combining combat with fluid, dance-like movements, using agility and precision to wield bladed weapons in an elegant yet deadly manner.

Success Criteria

Effects

Modifiers and Restrictions

Action Examples

Make an opposed roll vs target's SD ability score (+1 d100) to impress enemies or observers during battle. If successful you gain you succcess rate as a bonus to your next skill check.

Long Description

Blade Dancing transforms melee combat into an elegant spectacle. It enhances your presence, distracts enemies, and creates rhythm-based synergy for your team. While the blade is your tool, movement is your true weapon—flipping momentum, feinting with grace, and forcing foes to follow your tempo.

This skill excels when paired with:

Martial Dance – for synchronized defense or ally boosts
Fraying Attack – to split your dance-like strikes across multiple opponents
Versatile Strike – to change stances mid-dance for tactical flow
Touch Spell – to conceal magical attacks within choreographed swings
Dual Wielding – for maximum elegance and effectiveness in paired movements

Blade Dancing is more than flair—it’s combat control through grace, confusing less disciplined foes and captivating even hardened opponents.

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Sequencing

Potential Counters

How to use this page

All the information above is intended as a guide to help you navigate the many situations that can arise during your game. Since it's both impossible—and frankly uninspiring—to plan for every possible outcome, players are encouraged to think creatively when using their skills. Game Masters, in turn, are encouraged to embrace and support that creativity.

Whenever possible, aim to resolve situations through narrative choices, logical thinking and role playing. If that’s not feasible, agree on a Difficulty Rating (DR) using the provided Success Criteria and Modifiers. These are not rigid rules, but suggestions - starting points to help you find the right level of challenge. The player describes their intended action, and the Game Master proposes a DR. This should be open to brief discussion at the table, ideally resulting in consensus. If not, the Game Master has the final say.

It’s important to emphasize that all suggested effects, modifiers, and action examples are exactly that: suggestions. If you’re unsure how to resolve something, they offer a reliable fallback—but wherever possible, we encourage you to push boundaries. That’s where some of the most memorable and exciting moments in play are born.

Sequencing and Potential Counters are far from exhaustive. With hundreds of skills, spells, and tech modules in the game, the possibilities are too vast to list. You’re encouraged to explore combinations that make sense in your story and setting and in the situations that arise in your game. Sequencing and countering are core to Cosmic Odyssey - they’re where strategic depth meets dramatic flair, and where legendary moments often take shape. Even if no sequencing and counters are mentioned, some certainly exists and can be smartly utilized.

So explore boldly, improvise wisely, and enjoy the game as it unfolds around your choices.