| Talent category | Combat Specialty |
| Method of purchase | During gameplay or character creation |
| Personality traits | None |
| Required base stats | Wits 9+ |
| Required styles | Viper 100+ |
| Required talents | Speed Style Mastery |
| Banned talents | Focused Blow and Mighty Blow |
You have adopted a specialised style of fighting which allows you to perform swift attacks by adding a ‘+’ after the two-letter command - for example to execute a swift right-handed slash, type ‘rs+’. A swift technique costs half the normal AP, but also has half the normal Attack and Damage (applied before other modifiers, such as Two-Weapon Fighting or styles). If the Delay of the technique is greater than 2, then that will also be reduced by 1.
If your attack has a burst, Swift Blow will also apply to the burst. Paused attacks (such as jousting with a lance) are not affected by this talent.