The Talith

You have learned how to use the Romany weapon known as the talith. The talith is a heavy scarf, or diklo, of some 5-6' in lenght, with weighted hooks and barbs along each end. You can use the talith to disarm your opponents, or you can attack them, slashing with the barbed hooks. The advantage of reach combined with its concealability make this weapon one of your favorite forms of attack.
A character must be skilled in melee in order to learn this specialized form of combat. The talith is a difficult weapon to master. It requires good coordination and alot of practice. Although it does not do much damage compared to a fierarm, the talith is practically impossible to detect as a weapon, and it can be used to blind or disarm opponents. The greater the character's Skill with the Talith, the more varied the special maneuvers and attacks of which the character is capable.

* Novice: Can blind opponents, giving her a +1 target modifier.
** Practiced: Can use talith as an actual melee weapon.
*** Competent: Can use talith to disarm opponents. Opponent must then make a Strenght roll (difficulty 6) If the Rom rolls more successes on a Dexterity + Talith roll (difficulty 6) than her adversary she successfully disarms him.
**** Expert: Can use the talith as a second weapon in melee (two attacks per action). However, all difficulty numbers are raised by +1.
***** Master: Can entangle opponents with talith. Opponent must make a Dexterity roll (difficulty 6) to avoid entanglement. If the Rom has more successes she successfully entangles her opponent, causing him to lose his next action.

- Teeuwynn