The Complete Fighter's Handbook

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• Credits (CFH)
• Introduction (CFH)

Chapter 1: Character Creation

• Character Creation
  • Ability Scores
  • Races
  • Classes
  • Alignment
  • Warrior Kits
• Proficiencies
  • Armorer
  • The Workshop
  • Apprentices and Overseers
  • Time to Craft Armor
  • Cost to Craft Armor
  • Chance of Failure
  • Added Expenses
  • Player-Character Workshops
  • Repairing Armor
  • Repairing Magical Armor
  • Bowyer/Fletcher
  • Weaponsmithing
  • Weaponsmithing Failure
  • Weapon Quality
  • Weapons Not Shown
• Character Creation (cont'd)
  • Money and Equipment
  • Magic
  • Experience
• Character Sheet
  • Front of the Sheet
  • Back of the Sheet
• The Next Step in Character Creation

Chapter 2: Warrior Kits

• Kits and Warriors
  • Kits and the Warrior Classes
  • Kits and Character Creation
• The Warrior Kits
  • Amazon · Barbarian · Beast-Rider · Berserker · Cavalier · Gladiator · Myrmidon · Noble Warrior · Peasant Hero · Pirate/Outlaw · Samurai · Savage · Swashbuckler · Wilderness Warrior
• Recording Kits on the Character Sheet
• Warrior Kits and Multi-Class Characters
• Warrior Kits and Dual-Class Characters
• Abandoning a Kit
• Modifying the Kits
• Creating New Kits

Chapter 3: Role-Playing

• Warrior Personalities
  • The Brash Youth
  • The Crude Crusher
  • The Dangerous Antagonist
  • The Doomed Champion
  • The Fated Philosopher
  • The Merry Showoff
  • The Natural Leader
  • The Sneaky Thinker
  • Changing Personality Types
• The Warrior Campaign
• Magical World vs. Nonmagical World
  • Magical World
  • Mostly Nonmagical World
  • Strictly Nonmagical World
• The Mixed-Warrior-Type Campaign
• The One-Warrior-Type Campaign
  • Amazons
  • Barbarians and Berserkers
  • Beast-Riders
  • Cavaliers
  • Gladiators
  • Myrmidons
  • Noble Warriors
  • Peasant Heroes
  • Pirates and Outlaws
  • Samurai
  • Savages
  • Swashbucklers
  • Wilderness Warriors
  • The Military Campaign
• Campaign vs. Mini-series
  • Campaigns
  • Mini-Series
  • Switching Between Them

Chapter 4: Combat Rules

• New Combat Rules
  • Off-Hand Weapons Use
  • Kneeling and Sitting
  • Range and Initiative
• Weapon Proficiency Slots
  • Intelligence and Proficiencies
  • Single-Weapon Proficiency Weapon Specialization
  • Weapon-Group Proficiency
  • Tight Groups
  • Broad Groups
  • Non-Groups
  • Weapon Specialization and Weapon Groups
  • Ambidexterity
  • Style Specialization
  • Punching and Wrestling Specialization
  • Martial Arts
• Fighting Styles
  • The Four Fighting Styles
  • Specializing In the Styles
  • Guidelines
  • Multiple Style Specializations
  • Limitations on Style Specialization
• Single-Weapon Style
• Two-Hander Style
• Weapon and Shield Style
• Two-Weapon Style
• Sample Style Specialization
• Melee Maneuvers
  • Called Shots · Striking a Specific Body Part · Smashing Something Being Held · Bypassing Armor · Special Results · Disarm · Thrown-Weapon and Missile Disarms · Expert Disarms · Grab · Grabbing a Person · Grabbing a Monster · Hold Attack · Characters with Multiple Attacks · Parry · Choice of Parries · Polearm Parries · Missile Weapon Parries · Parrying from the DMG · Pin · Pull/Trip · Use of Polearms · Sap · Shield-Punch · Shield-Rush · Strike/Thrust · Surprise and Flash Maneuvers · Don't Say No; Determine Difficulty · Maneuvers in the Campaign
• Specializing With Punching and Wrestling
  • Normal Punching Attacks
  • Punching Specialization
  • Normal Wrestling Attacks
  • Wrestling Specialization
  • Martial Arts
    • Martial Arts Results
  • Descriptions of the Maneuvers
  • Specializing in Martial Arts
  • More Than One Style
  • Continuing Specialization
  • The Complete Martial Artist
  • In Oriental Campaigns
  • Barehanded Maneuvers
    • Called Shots: Punching and Martial Arts · Called Shots: Wrestling · Disarm · Grab · Parry · Pin · Pull/Trip · Sap · Shield-Punch · Shield-Rush · Strike/Thrust
• Hit Locations
  • The "Numbed" and "Useless" Numbers
  • Body Locations
  • General Effects of Called Shots
  • Specific Effects of Called Shots
  • Recording These Injuries
  • Individual Injuries and Healing Magic
  • Permanent and Crippling Effects
  • Monsters and Hit Locations
  • This System and Low-Level Characters
• Recovery
  • Recovery Of Temporary Damage
  • Recording Temporary Damage
  • Recovering From Temporary Damage
  • Magical Healing and Temporary Damage
  • Recovery From Knockout
  • Temporary Damage and Knockout
  • Magical Healing and Knockout
• Combat Conditions
  • Darkness and Blindness
  • How This Works
  • How Infravision Works (The Simple Way)
  • How Infravision Works (The Complex Way)
  • Unstable Ground
• Mounted Combat
  • Jousting
  • Lance Specialization
  • Horseback Archery
• Tournaments
  • The Basic Tournament
  • The Joust List
  • The Jousting Competition
  • Blunted Lances
  • Queen of Love and Beauty
  • Prizes
  • Other Events
    • Archery Competitions
    • Foot-Lists
    • Merchants' Stalls
    • Dancing, Socializing
• When to End Combat
  • When Characters Don't Accept Surrender
  • When Characters Always Chase Escapees
  • When Characters Never Negotiate
• Notes on the Combat Sequence
  • Called Shots
  • Waiting on Initiative
• Tactics
  • Combat Tactics
  • Shield-Walls and Polearms
  • Wolf-Pack Tactics
  • Tactical Mix
  • Rotation
  • Spear-Carriers
  • Directing Traffic
  • Campaign Tactics
  • Combats and Combat Missions:
  • Just Arriving In Town
• The Combat Sheet

Chapter 5: Equipment

• Old Weapons
  • One-Hand, Two-Hand
• New Weapons
  • Gladiator Weapons
  • Pirate Weapons
  • Samurai Weapons
  • Savage Weapons
  • Swashbuckler Weapons
• New Armor
  • Gladiator Armor
  • Samurai Armor
• Effects of Armor
  • Effects on AC
  • Effects on Speed
  • Effects on Dexterity Checks
  • Effects on Vision and Hearing
  • Other Helms and Helmets
  • What Head Protection Doesn't Do
  • Vision and Hearing Checks
  • No Head Protection
• Variant Armor
  • Racial Armor
  • Armor Fitting
  • High-Quality Racial Armor
  • Piecemeal Armor
  • Weight of Piecemeal Suits
  • Magical Armor
  • Gladiator Armor
• Damage to Armor
  • Piecemeal Armor
  • Magical Armor
  • Repairing Armor
  • Effects on the Campaign
• Magical Items
• Miscellaneous Equipment

Tables

• Martial Arts Results
• Combat Modifiers for Darkness and Blindness
• One-Handed or Two-Handed Weapons
• Armor Fitting
• Piecemeal Armor
• New Weapons List