Sword and Fist: A Guidebook to Fighter

Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)

The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics....

s and Monk

Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)

The monk is a playable character class in most editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A D&D monk is a fantasy martial artist, specializing in unarmed combat.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

s is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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, written by Jason Carl

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 and notable for its trade paperback format.

Contents

The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Fighter and Monk base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes, most of which have been reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook Complete Warrior

Complete Warrior

Complete Warrior is a supplemental rulebook for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, published by Wizards of the Coast. It replaces and expands upon an earlier rulebook entitled Sword and Fist.-Contents:...

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Chapter 1 - Feats and Skills

This chapter gives descriptions of 31 new martial-related feats (such as Circle Kick and Rapid Reload) and 6 new knowledge-based skills (such as Literature and Mathematics). Several standard skills are also clarified to include new uses.

Chapter 2 - Prestige Classes

This chapter gives descriptions and advancement information for the following prestige classes:

• Cavalier
  Cavalier (Dungeons & Dragons)
  The cavalier is a playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, and the related Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.-Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition :...
  
  
• Devoted Defender
• Drunken Master
• Duelist
• Fist of Hextor
• Ghostwalker
• Gladiator
• Halfling Outrider
• Knight Protector of the Great Kingdom
• Lasher
• Master of Chains
• Master Samurai
• Ninja of the Crescent Moon
• Order of the Bow Initiate
• Ravager
• Red Avenger
• Tribal Protector
• Warmaster
• Weapon Master

Chapter 3 - Worldly Matters

This chapter discusses means of smoothly incorporating Fighter

Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)

The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics....

s and Monk

Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)

The monk is a playable character class in most editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A D&D monk is a fantasy martial artist, specializing in unarmed combat.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

s into the world around them. It also contains histories for several martial organizations that can be added to a campaign setting.

Chapter 4 - The Game within the Game

This chapter contains tips on playing a martial class or prestige class and possible strategies and tactics to succeed in a campaign. Rules for monstrous Fighter

Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)

The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics....

s and Monk

Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)

The monk is a playable character class in most editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A D&D monk is a fantasy martial artist, specializing in unarmed combat.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

s are also given in this chapter, including rules for dealing with multiple limbs, flight, and other non-humanoid physical traits.

Chapter 5 - Tools of the Trade

This chapter introduces new exotic weapons, magic items, and vehicles. Towers, keeps, and castles for martial characters are also discussed, including the Elven Canopy Tower and the Dwarven Plateau Castle.

Publication history

Sword and Fist was designed by Jason Carl

Jason Carl

Jason Carl is a game designer who has worked on a number of roleplaying games, including the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game.-Biography:...

. David Noonan

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 contributed some prestige classes to the book. The book was published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast

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See also

• Defenders of the Faith
  Defenders of the Faith (Dungeons & Dragons)
  Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and notable for its trade paperback format.-Contents:...
  
  
• Masters of the Wild
  Masters of the Wild
  Masters of the Wild: A Guidebook to Barbarians, Druids, and Rangers is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and notable for its trade paperback format.-Contents:...
  
  
• Song and Silence
  Song and Silence
  Song and Silence: A Guidebook to Rogues and Bards is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and notable for its trade paperback format.-Contents:...
  
  
• Tome and Blood
  Tome and Blood
  Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and notable for its trade paperback format.-Contents:...
  
  

External links

• Product page at Wizards.com