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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7953680" data-attributes="member: 82504">added the once per round clause<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Scan the Battle</td></tr></table>Once per round after initiative has been rolled you may forgo a single attack in order to scan the battle and make an attribute check usually Int(investigation) or Wis(Insight) generally median difficulty unless enemies and allies and the arena of battle were all quite foreign DMs discretion as usual. If your check succeeds you gain an extra CS die which remains till the battlefield/enemies change in some dramatic way or till the battle ends regardless.( generally speaking the end of the encounter), You may wish to use a different colored die to represent this single battle only tactical CS die.</td></tr><tr><td>Design Notes: The purpose of StB is primarily to allow at heroic tier level 5 an alternative &quot;almost but not quite&quot; at-will abilities that allow you to do things which evoke your fighting style (you already have at this point combos like shove and strike or grab and strike).&nbsp;&nbsp; Also note if you succeed on scan the battle by rolling well you have traded the always valuable immediate progression of this battle for a future potential progression of this battle. In effect it allows you to put your skillfully plucked eggs in a future basket.&nbsp; StB also encourages other mental attributes rather directly and that is a design goal as well it is a smart tactical fighter style boost.</td></tr><tr><td>.</td></tr></table></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7953680, member: 82504"] added the once per round clause [TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][B][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]Scan the Battle[/COLOR][/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Once per round after initiative has been rolled you may forgo a single attack in order to scan the battle and make an attribute check usually Int(investigation) or Wis(Insight) generally median difficulty unless enemies and allies and the arena of battle were all quite foreign DMs discretion as usual. If your check succeeds you gain an extra CS die which remains till the battlefield/enemies change in some dramatic way or till the battle ends regardless.( generally speaking the end of the encounter), You may wish to use a different colored die to represent this single battle only tactical CS die.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Design Notes:[/COLOR][/B] The purpose of StB is primarily to allow at heroic tier level 5 an alternative "almost but not quite" at-will abilities that allow you to do things which evoke your fighting style (you already have at this point combos like shove and strike or grab and strike). Also note if you succeed on scan the battle by rolling well you have traded the [B]always valuable immediate progression of this battle[/B] for a [COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)][B]future potential progression of this battle[/B][/COLOR]. In effect it allows you to put your skillfully plucked eggs in a future basket. StB also encourages other mental attributes rather directly and that is a design goal as well it is a smart tactical fighter style boost.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD].[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]

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