Lamentable Blades

Dueling, moustache-twirling, swinging on chandeliers! Pirates & Musketeers!

My aim was to provide slightly more nuanced swashbuckling actions, without slowing down combat too much. Armor Class is replaced by a Defense Class based on the character's Hit die type, because swashbuckling characters rarely wear heavy armor or armor at all. If you are not happy about your Defense class or Initiative, you can turn the tables and reverse them as an action. There is a reaction-like Repost available & fun rules for wrestling.

Based on Lamentations of the Flame Princess, but easily usable with any OSR game or retroclone that uses Hit dice and d20 combat resolution.