Editing Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:Self-Discipline (section)

==Ki==
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!Ability
|Charisma
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!Action
|One initiative category slower
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!Armor Penalty
|None
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!Untrained
|No
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!Concentration
|Yes
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'''Description:''' You can concentrate the energy within you. This allows you to better control your body helping you to use some other skill. You can gain a bonus to a skill that asks for Strength, Dexterity or Constitution by concentrating on your Inner Ki before doing an action.

'''Check:''' Make a Ki check against the ranks of the skill you want to improved. If your check is successful, you receive a +2 circumstance bonus to your action.

There are two type of feats for this skill: Focus and trance. Focusing on a feat is a short action and the effect of the feat will last as long as you can keep a light concentration. Trance gets you into a deeper level and asks for total concentration and you most focus for a standard action before receiving the benefits of the feat.

'''Total Success:''' The bonus is doubled for each rank of total success.
'''Total Failure:''' You receive a penalty to your next action equal to your rank of total failure.

===Feats===

====Defensive Focus====
: By using your Ki, you can make your body alert of danger and make it react more quickly. You gain a +1 bonus on Defense resistance as long as you focus.
: '''Specialist:''' You gain a +2 bonus.
: '''Expert:''' You gain a +4 bonus.
: '''Master:''' You gain a +8 bonus.

====Healing Trance====
: You can enter into a trance where your body can more easily heal itself. For each hour of meditation, you gain 1 hit point.
: '''Specialist:''' For each hour of meditation, you gain 2 hit points.
: '''Expert:''' For each hour of meditation, you gain 4 hit points.
: '''Master:''' For each hour of meditation, you gain 8 hit points.

====Ki, Improved====
: Your bonus is increased to a +4 circumstance bonus.
: '''Specialist:''' Your bonus is increased to a +8 circumstance bonus.
: '''Expert:''' Your bonus is increased to a +16 circumstance bonus.
: '''Master:''' Your bonus is increased to a +32 circumstance bonus.

====Purging Focus====
: By using your Ki, you can prepare your body to fight poison, disease and other ailments. You gain a +1 bonus on Fortitude resistance as long as you focus.
: '''Specialist:''' You gain a +2 bonus.
: '''Expert:''' You gain a +4 bonus.
: '''Master:''' You gain a +8 bonus.

====Regenerative Trance====
: You can refocus your energy so your physical ability damage will heal faster. For each 8 hours of meditation, you heal of 1 point of physical ability damage.
: '''Specialist:''' For each 8 hours of meditation, you heal of 2 point of physical ability damage.
: '''Expert:''' For each 8 hours of meditation, you heal of 4 point of physical ability damage.
: '''Master:''' For each 8 hours of meditation, you heal of 8 point of physical ability damage.

====Resting Trance====
: You can remove one level of fatigue or exhaustion by meditating for an hour.
: '''Specialist:''' You can remove 2 levels of fatigue or exhaustion by meditating for an hour.
: '''Expert:''' You can remove 3 levels of fatigue or exhaustion by meditating for an hour.
: '''Master:''' You can remove 4 levels of fatigue or exhaustion by meditating for an hour.

====Stable Focus====
: By using your Ki, you can make you can ground yourself to and become more stable. You gain a +1 bonus on Stability resistance as long as you focus.
: '''Specialist:''' You gain a +2 bonus.
: '''Expert:''' You gain a +4 bonus.
: '''Master:''' You gain a +8 bonus.

====Timeless Body Focus====
: For as long as you concentrate, you ignore penalties to your ability scores because of old age.