Distat-Body Talents
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| - | Body talents can include martial techniques or feats of strength, agility and resilience. Body talents tend to be passive bonuses and abilities that manipulate damage | + | Body talents can include martial techniques or feats of strength, agility and resilience. Body talents tend to be passive bonuses and abilities that manipulate damage dealt and received. |
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*'''Mobile''': The character gains a +1 bonus on checks made to move away while Threatened. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Mobile''': The character gains a +1 bonus on checks made to move away while Threatened. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
*'''Controller''': The character gains a +1 bonus on checks made to stop enemies from moving away while Threatened. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Controller''': The character gains a +1 bonus on checks made to stop enemies from moving away while Threatened. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
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=Level 2= | =Level 2= | ||
*'''Fleet-footed''': The character no longer needs to spend their Physical action to make the opposed check when under Time Constraint. | *'''Fleet-footed''': The character no longer needs to spend their Physical action to make the opposed check when under Time Constraint. | ||
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*'''Opportunist''': The character gains a +1 bonus to Body EAV on attacks against a creature that has not yet acted in the encounter. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Opportunist''': The character gains a +1 bonus to Body EAV on attacks against a creature that has not yet acted in the encounter. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
*'''Pin''': Whenever the character successfully Restrains a target, the target remains Restrained for an extra turn unless it succeeds on an opposed check against the character's Body EAV minus one. This talent may be taken multiple times; the target is restrained an extra turn for every additional instance of this talent, and the penalty increases by 1 with every failed check. | *'''Pin''': Whenever the character successfully Restrains a target, the target remains Restrained for an extra turn unless it succeeds on an opposed check against the character's Body EAV minus one. This talent may be taken multiple times; the target is restrained an extra turn for every additional instance of this talent, and the penalty increases by 1 with every failed check. | ||
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*'''Asymmetry''': The character may take a -1 penalty to his Body EAV to gain a +1 bonus to his Body EPV or vice-versa. This talent may be taken more than once; each time it increases the penalty and the bonus by one. | *'''Asymmetry''': The character may take a -1 penalty to his Body EAV to gain a +1 bonus to his Body EPV or vice-versa. This talent may be taken more than once; each time it increases the penalty and the bonus by one. | ||
*'''Deflection''': The penalty to Body EPV that the character suffers from being adjacent to more than one enemy is decreased by 1. This talent may be taken multiple times. | *'''Deflection''': The penalty to Body EPV that the character suffers from being adjacent to more than one enemy is decreased by 1. This talent may be taken multiple times. | ||
| + | *'''Denier''': ''requires Controller.'' The character is treated as having an additional ally in their group when determining anything related to checks made to move away while Threatened. This talent may be taken up to three times. | ||
=Level 3= | =Level 3= | ||
| - | *''' | + | *'''Abundant Step''': The character gains one extra move action in the round. |
*'''Hard to Hit''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EPV. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Hard to Hit''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EPV. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
*'''Aggressive''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EAV. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Aggressive''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EAV. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
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*'''Predator''': The character gains a cumulative +1 bonus to Body EAV each time he reduces an enemy below 0 EV. This bonus lasts until the end of the encounter. | *'''Predator''': The character gains a cumulative +1 bonus to Body EAV each time he reduces an enemy below 0 EV. This bonus lasts until the end of the encounter. | ||
*'''Sunder''': When the character succeeds on a Body attack against an opponent, that opponent takes a -1 penalty to Body EAV. This penalty does not stack with itself. | *'''Sunder''': When the character succeeds on a Body attack against an opponent, that opponent takes a -1 penalty to Body EAV. This penalty does not stack with itself. | ||
| + | *'''Disorient''': Opponents cannot Threaten in the round that they are dealt damage by the character. | ||
=Level 4= | =Level 4= | ||
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*'''Bide''': Whenever a character is the target of an opposed check that fails, the character gains a bonus pool point. | *'''Bide''': Whenever a character is the target of an opposed check that fails, the character gains a bonus pool point. | ||
*'''Camaraderie''': Any allies adjacent to the character gain +1 to Body EV. This talent may be taken more than once. | *'''Camaraderie''': Any allies adjacent to the character gain +1 to Body EV. This talent may be taken more than once. | ||
| - | *'''Fearsome''': | + | *'''Fearsome''': Whenever the character deals damage penalty to Mind, the target of the attack must spend its next move action moving away from the character. |
*'''Opening''': If the character wins a check to stop a Threatened opponent from moving away, he may make an immediate Body attack without using up a Physical action. | *'''Opening''': If the character wins a check to stop a Threatened opponent from moving away, he may make an immediate Body attack without using up a Physical action. | ||
| + | *'''Swift''': The character no longer needs to make opposed checks to move while Threatened or under Time Constraint. | ||
=Level 5= | =Level 5= | ||
*'''Counter Strike''': Whenever the character is a target of an opposed check that fails, the initiator takes one point of damage penalty. | *'''Counter Strike''': Whenever the character is a target of an opposed check that fails, the initiator takes one point of damage penalty. | ||
| + | *'''Constrict''': The character deals one point of damage penalty to any target he successfully Restrains. | ||
*'''Fighting Spirit''': Body damage penalty that the character incurs only affects his Body EPV. | *'''Fighting Spirit''': Body damage penalty that the character incurs only affects his Body EPV. | ||
| - | *'''Terrifying''': | + | *'''Terrifying''': Whenever the character deals damage penalty to Mind, the target of the attack loses its next Mental action. This talent applies only once per target in a given encounter. |
*'''Formation Fighter''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EAV for every enemy and ally adjacent to him beyond the first. | *'''Formation Fighter''': The character gains a +1 bonus to his Body EAV for every enemy and ally adjacent to him beyond the first. | ||
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*'''Devastator''': The character may spend bonus pool points to proportionally increase the damage penalty inflicted on a successful opposed check. | *'''Devastator''': The character may spend bonus pool points to proportionally increase the damage penalty inflicted on a successful opposed check. | ||
*'''Unstoppable''': The character's Body EV is not reduced by damage, but he still falls unconscious when the damage so accrued exceeds his Body EV. | *'''Unstoppable''': The character's Body EV is not reduced by damage, but he still falls unconscious when the damage so accrued exceeds his Body EV. | ||
| + | *'''Manystrike''': ''requires Abundant Step.'' The character may take a Physical action instead of two Move actions. | ||
[[Category:Distat]] | [[Category:Distat]] | ||
