Techniques
Colleen's techniques are a mixture of Bulwark training, Royal Guard skill and bestial intensity.
- (Click on the icons to go directly to Techniques of that style)
- Colleen's active techniques are denoted by a golden star - those are techniques she needs to initiate in order to achieve their effects.
- Body-, mind- and spirit-enhancing training that Colleen always benefits from once she completes the relevant training are denoted by a blue star. Multiple stars suggest multiple stages of training, and thus greater benefits.
- Duration - A lot of techniques include some means of directly damaging one or more opponents, and those are resolved immediately - whether they succeed or fail. Others, though, demand the maintenance of focus, and their traits may linger in a fighter's stance, or trigger reflexively when an opponent presents an opening.
- Cooldown - Techniques put a strain on the body and the mind, and weariness demands time for relief. A measurement of how long it takes, depending on the technique, from the moment it is used in order to be retried.
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Shield Mastery
Active
Duration: 1 round
Cooldown: None
Prerequisites: None
A quick, sharp shield strike that is more useful for judging distance and defenses than harming, hitting a single target for moderate damage but also granting Colleen a moderate increase to Parry Chance for the duration.
Duration: Instant
Cooldown: None
Prerequisites: None
The shield is slammed powerfully against a single target's head, causing moderate damage and having a small chance to inflict Stun for 1 round.
Duration: Instant
Cooldown: None
Prerequisites: Shield Bash
A full-body lunge with the shield as the impact point, dealing standard damage and having a moderate chance to infclict Prone to the target.
Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 3pts of Shield Mastery Techniques
Foregoing offense for a moment, Colleen positions the shield for maximum coverage, granting a moderate increase to Block Chance and improving the effects of Blocking by 25% for the duration.
Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 3pts of Shield Mastery Techniques
Readying the shield to focus against the most dangerous part of the opponents' offense, this technique grants +50% Resistance against Maladies.
This technique is a Tactic, and it resets the duration of all other active Tactics to its duration.
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Passive
Prerequisites: None
Colleen's dedicated training with shields grants her a slight bonus to Block Chance. Additional ranks improve the bonus.
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Prerequisites: 5pts of Shield Mastery Techniques
Colleen's awareness and instincts can protect her from the brunt of the most powerful magical offenses. Spells targeting her have a slight penalty to Ether Burst Chance. Additional ranks improve the penalty, and, at mastery, even successful Ether Bursts against Colleen deal less damage.
Sentinel
Active
Duration: 5 rounds
Cooldown: 5 rounds
Prerequisites: None
Colleen is skilled in interposing herself between allies and enemies, and she does so with fervor. If her Block Chance and efficiency are better than target ally's, attacks against that ally use Colleen's Block Chance and efficiency.
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Duration: Until Triggered
Cooldown: None
Prerequisites: 5pts of Sentinel Techniques
Colleen stands in front of her ward, blocking incoming attacks with mace, shield and body if need be. The next physical attack that would hit target ally hits Colleen instead.
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Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 5pts of Sentinel Techniques
Most bodyguards focus on protecting one ward; few understand the need to safeguard both King and Queen, but Colleen has internalized the concept. For the duration, any Technique that targets one ally targets both allies instead.
This technique is a Tactic, and it resets the duration of all other active Tactics to its duration.
Passive
Prerequisites: None
Colleen's sharp strategic mind helps keep the group positioned adeptly and reacting with efficiency. While Colleen is alive, her allies have a slight bonus to Armor. Additional ranks improve the bonus.
Prerequisites: None
Colleen's experience with defending against offensive magic allows the group to have defensive measures they can enact at a moment's notice. While Colleen is alive, her allies have a slight bonus to Resilience. Additional ranks improve the bonus.
Prerequisites: 5pts of Sentinel Techniques, Strategic Defense, Protective Ward
Colleen's expertise against elemental offensives allows her to protect both herself and her allies without even a moment's distraction. While Colleen is alive, her allies have a slight bonus to all Elemental Resistances. Additional ranks improve the bonus.
Retribution
Active
Duration: 3 rounds, until triggered
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: None
Colleen centers herself, preparing to react. The next time she is attacked, she counterattacks for standard damage.
Duration: 3 rounds, until triggered
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: Riposte
Colleen centers herself, keeping an eye on her ward. The next time target ally is attacked, she counterattacks for standard damage.
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Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 3pts of Retribution Techniques
Colleen's reactive strikes can afford to be wide and powerful, for the opponent doesn't have a further chance to act. Her Counterattacks hit all other enemies for half the damage of the main target.
This technique is a Tactic, and it resets the duration of all other active Tactics to its duration.
Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 5pts of Retribution Techniques
Honing her awareness and instincts to extremes, Colleen is able to react reflexively on any attack that heads her way. Whenever she is the only target of a direct attack, she gets an automatic counterattack. (This effect works with Selfless Interjection or Ominous Premonition)
This technique is a Tactic, and it resets the duration of all other active Tactics to its duration.
Passive
Prerequisites: 3pts of Retribution Techniques, Riposte
Colleen's experience in fighting spellcasters allows her to react sharply to casting as well. Counterattacks can now trigger from magical attacks.
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Prerequisites: 8pts of Retribution Techniques, Riposte
Colleen's reaction time is honed through countless hours of practice, allowing her to recover from her actions instantly, and return to set strategies without thinking. Counterattacks triggered by techniques with a Duration do not end the technique.
Meditation
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Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: Undaunted Heart
A combination of her Beastman physiology and her willpower that allows her to ignore pain when she must, Colleen can ignore all damage from lingering effects for a time (such as Bleeding, Burning or Poison).
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Duration: 3 rounds
Cooldown: 3 rounds
Prerequisites: 3pts of Meditation Techniques
Colleen focuses on the gifts of her physiology, letting her partially ignore pain and slightly accelerate her natural healing. Whenever she suffers direct damage, she Heals herself slightly.
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Prerequisites: 5pts of Meditation Techniques
With the understanding that a protector should protect herself as well, in order to better guard her ward, Colleen has managed to internalize the benefits of her most efficient strategies. Strategic Defense applies to Colleen as well. At 2 ranks, Protective Ward applies to Colleen as well. At 3 ranks, Elemental Mantle applies to Colleen as well.
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