Morrowind:Short Blade

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Skill: Short Blade

Governing Attribute: Speed
Specialization: Stealth
Increase: Successful Attack: +0.75

Characters with great short-blade skill are more effective with short, quick, thrusting weapons like daggers, tantos, short swords, and wakazashis.

1 Character Creation
2 Trainers
3 Books
4 Short Blades

[edit] Character Creation

The following races receive bonuses to their Short Blade skill:

+10 bonus: Dunmer, +5 bonus: Khajiit, Redguard

The following classes have Short Blade as a Major skill:

Agent, Assassin, Nightblade, Rogue, Thief

The following classes have Short Blade as a Minor skill:

Mage, Pilgrim, Sorceror

[edit] Trainers

The Master Trainer of Short Blade is Todwendy, at the Lucky Lockup in Balmora. Other trainers of note are:

Nileno Dorvayn at Hlaalu Council Manor in Balmora (up to 74)
Mathyn Bemis in the Hlaalu Ancestral Vaults in Vivec (up to 72)*
Athesie Andas on the Upper Level of Andasreth (up to 70)*
Athyn Sarethi in the Sarethi Manor in Ald'ruhn (up to 70)
Avon Ravel on the Bottom Level of Hlormaren Keep (up to 70)*
Faral Retheran in the Redoran Treasury in Vivec (up to 70)
Navil Ienith at Dren's Villa on Dren Plantation (up to 70)

See Short Blade Trainers for the complete list.
*These NPCs are hostile, and will attack on sight

[edit] Books

The following books will increase your Short Blade skill:

[edit] Short Blades

This is a list of base Short Blade weapons.

Name	ID				Chop	Slash	Thrust	Speed	Reach	Enchant
Iron Fork*	iron fork	1.0	400	1	3-5	3-5	3-5	2.5	1.0	100
Chitin Dagger	chitin dagger	1.5	380	6	3-3	3-3	4-4	2.0	1.0	10
Iron Dagger	iron dagger	3.0	400	10	4-5	4-5	5-5	2.5	1.0	20
Chitin Shortsword	chitin shortsword	4.0	540	13	3-7	3-7	4-9	2.0	1.0	20
Iron Tanto	iron tanto	4.0	600	14	5-6	5-6	6-6	2.25	1.0	22
Steel Dagger	steel dagger	3.0	450	20	4-5	4-5	5-5	2.5	1.0	20
Iron Shortsword	iron shortsword	8.0	600	20	4-9	4-9	7-11	2.0	1.0	40
Iron Wakizashi	iron wakizashi	10.0	500	24	7-12	5-10	1-5	2.25	1.0	45
Steel Tanto	steel tanto	4.0	600	28	5-11	5-11	6-11	2.25	1.0	22
Imperial Shortsword	imperial shortsword	9.0	700	30	4-10	4-10	6-10	2.0	1.0	50
Silver Dagger	silver dagger	2.4	400	40	4-5	4-5	5-5	2.5	1.0	16
Steel Shortsword	steel shortsword	8.0	750	40	5-12	5-12	7-12	2.0	1.0	40
Steel Wakizashi	steel wakizashi	10.0	600	48	8-11	7-12	2-7	2.25	1.0	45
Silver Shortsword	silver shortsword	6.0	570	80	5-10	5-10	7-10	2.0	1.0	36
Glass Dagger**	glass dagger	1.0	300	4000	6-15	6-15	6-12	2.5	1.0	12
Daedric Dagger	daedric dagger	9.0	700	10000	8-12	8-12	8-12	2.5	1.0	60
Ebony Shortsword	ebony shortsword	16.0	1200	10000	10-20	10-22	12-25	2.0	1.0	80
Daedric Tanto	daedric tanto	12.0	1100	14000	9-20	9-20	9-20	2.25	1.0	66
Daedric Shortsword	daedric shortsword	24.0	1500	20000	10-26	10-26	12-24	2.0	1.0	120
Daedric Wakizashi	daedric wakizashi	30.0	1100	48000	10-30	10-25	7-11	2.25	1.0	135

* Not found in game.
** Sometimes appears in cursed variety. The cursed version may be identified on sight by its lower damage values. See Cursed Items for details.

Skills in Morrowind
Combat:	Armorer \| Athletics \| Axe \| Block \| Blunt Weapon \| Heavy Armor \| Long Blade \| Medium Armor \| Spear
Magic:	Alchemy \| Alteration \| Conjuration \| Destruction \| Enchant \| Illusion \| Mysticism \| Restoration \| Unarmored
Stealth:	Acrobatics \| Hand-to-hand \| Light Armor \| Marksman \| Mercantile \| Security \| Short Blade \| Sneak \| Speechcraft