Martial Artist

Foundation Features

Specialization Features

Mastery Features

Stances

Tier 1

• Brutal: When you roll the maximum value on a damage die, roll an additional damage die.
• Defensive: Attack rolls against you have disadvantage unless the adversary marks a Stress.
• Grappling: On a successful attack, you can spend a Focus to make the target temporarily Restrained.
• Steady: Gain a -1 penalty to your Evasion. When you deal damage on a successful attack, roll an additional damage die and drop the lowest.
• Precise: Gain a +1 bonus to your attack rolls.
• Quick: When making an attack roll, spend a Focus to include an additional target within range.

Tier 2

• Deadly: When you deal Severe damage, the target marks an additional HP.
• Hindering: On a successful attack, you can spend a Focus to make the target temporarily Hindered. While Hindered, their attack rolls have a -2 penalty.
• Invigorating: When you make a successful attack, roll a d4. On a 4, gain a Focus.
• Immovable: Gain a +2 bonus to your damage thresholds and you cannot be moved unwillingly.
• Nimble: When an adversary makes a successful attack roll against you, you can spend a number of Focus up to your Tier. Roll a number of d6s equal to 1 + the Focus spent. If any of the dice values match, you take no damage from the attack.
• Otherworldly: You can choose whether to do Physical or Magic damage.
• Scary: Successful attacks also force the target to mark a Stress.

Tier 3

• Deflecting: When you are targeted by an attack, you can spend 2 Focus to gain a bonus to your Evasion equal to your Armor Score against the attack.
• Devastating: Spend a Focus before your attack roll to use d20s as your damage dice instead.
• Dueling: Gain advantage on attack rolls when there are no other adversaries or allies in Very Close range of you or your target.
• Compounding: When you roll the maximum value on a Combo Die, increase the size of the subsequent Combo Dice you roll for the attack (at a maximum of d12s).
• Inexorable: Attacks against you have disadvantage if you have more than two adversaries within Melee of you.
• Favored: Add the trait of your choice to your damage roll.
• Sheltering: When you mark an Armor Slot, it reduces damage for you and all allies within Melee range of you who took the same damage.

Tier 4

• Crushing: When you roll a 1 on a damage die, it can be treated as the highest value on the die instead.
• Infuriating: On a successful attack, the target becomes Furious. While Furious, they are Vulnerable and have a -2 penalty to their attack rolls. They can only clear Furious by succeeding on an attack against you.
• Sweeping: Your attack targets all adversaries within Very Close range. Deal half damage to all targets you succeed against.
• Discerning: You may choose the target of your attack after making your attack roll. The GM will tell you who the attack would succeed against

Cards

Martial Artist

Foundation

Martial Form: Take the Martial Form sheet. You start with two martial stances from Tier 1. When you reach a new tier, take two additional stances at your tier or lower.

Focus: Mark a Stress to place a number of Focus tokens on this card up to the value of your Instinct (minimum of 1). Spend a Focus to activate or shift into a different stance. It lasts until you mark your last Hit Point, you take Severe damage, the scene ends, or you shift into another stance.

Fighter

Martial Artist

Specialization

Keen Defenses: When you are targeted by an attack, you can spend a Focus to make the adversary’s attack roll use a d12 instead of a d20.

Spirit Blast: Spend a Focus to make an Attack Roll using Instinct against an adversary within Close range. On a success, you deal d20+3 magic damage using your Proficiency and can spend an additional Focus to make them temporarily Vulnerable.

Fighter

Martial Artist

Mastery

Limit Breaker: After rolling your damage from a melee attack, you can spend a Focus to shift the value of all damage dice by +1. On any dice that already landed on their maximum, roll an additional damage die instead.

Fighter