Prerequisite: Dexterity 13 or higher.
You have spent years honing your fencing skills, and you are now a master of swordplay.
- Increase your Dexterity score by 1.
- You gain proficiency with the shortsword and rapier.
- While wielding a shortsword or rapier in one hand, if a creature within 5 feet of you is wielding a shortsword, scimitar, longsword, rapier, or greatsword, you gain the following benefits:
- You get a +2 bonus to AC against that creature.
- Whenever you make a melee attack with a shortsword or rapier against that creature and miss, the target's AC is reduced by 2 until your next turn.