Category: The Dungeon World Tavern: Base Classes

I’m working on a Wardancer class. I’m not that knowledgeable on Warhammer but I find the flavor pretty cool : a savage wood elf that makes fluid moves on the battle field, dodging blows and arrows and making so erratic moves that enemies are easily confused.

All in all, I don’t necessarily want to follow the Warhammer canon, just inspired by.

It’s the first class I’m trying to make so I’m going blind on this. I accept failing and restarting from scratch few times 😛

So far, for the starting moves I have :

Wardance

When you Hack & Slash using your war dance style, add your Dex instead of your Str to your roll.

Cat’s Grace

Because you rely on your superior agility in combat, your Armor equals to your Dex when you don’t wear any armor or shield.

Fangs of the Cobra

When you Hack & Slash while fighting with two blades, on a hit you can deal Dex damage to a different target that is close.

I think it’s all fair… but it’s mostly combat oriented moves.

But I’m struggling to find something thematic for out of combat.

(My) Wardancers are fast and nimble. They fight with two short blades. They like arts. They practice their dance form which is akin to martial arts forms (like Kung-Fu or the like). They are brash (according to elf standards at least) and brave.

Anyone got ideas?

Any workable template (Google Drive if possible) for creating new classes?