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Short Blade

Short Blade is a skill in Daggerfall Online.

Property	Description
Improved by	Each swing that connects with a target.
What it does	Improves attacks with daggers, tantos, wakizashis and shortswords.

See Skill reference for the full comparison and the rules behind these figures.

Training

Trainer	Example location
Fighters Guild	Fighters Guild hall, Gothway Garden Map, Daggerfall (109, 159)
Thieves Guild	Thieves Guild safehouse, Daggerfall, Daggerfall (207, 213)
Dark Brotherhood	Dark Brotherhood sanctuary, Daggerfall, Daggerfall (207, 213)
Temple of Arkay	Order of Arkay, Arkhope, Daggerfall (117, 165)
Temple of Julianos	School of Julianos, Joyous Light of Julianos, Tulune Map (111, 140)

These are example halls; other towns also have trainers from the same organisation. Guild trainers require membership; temple trainers also accept non-members. See Skill training for costs, the shared cooldown and the permanent-skill limit.

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