Enhanced Defenses 1

#advantage #character_option #rules_analogue
Mental; Variable Cost
Requires specialization.

You are unusually adept at evading attacks! This may be due to careful observation of your foe, focusing chi, or anything else that fits your background. There are three versions:

• Enhanced Block (5 points): You have +1 to your Block score with either Cloak or Shield skill. You must specialize in one particular Block defense.
• Enhanced Dodge (15 points): You have +1 to your Dodge score.
• Enhanced Parry (5 or 10 points): You have +1 to your Parry score. You may take this advantage for bare hands (5 points), for any one Melee Weapon skill (5 points), or for all parries (10 points).

This talent is definitely cinematic! The GM might require Trained By A Master (p. B93) or Weapon Master (p. B99) as a prerequisite. He may choose to allow warriors to buy this trait with earned points. He might even permit multiple levels of each Enhanced Defense, in which case the point cost is per +1 bonus. Note that bonuses larger than +3 are almost certainly unbalanced, even in “over-the-top” games!

This can also be found on B51.