Editing Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:CombatMartialArt

[[Category:Ogre]]

=Combat, Martial Art=
This is your aptitude when fighting an opponent with your bare hand as a weapon. This represents your ability to hit someone and to receive hit from your opponent.

==Strike==
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!Ability
|Strength
|-
!Action
|Standard
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!Armor Penalty
|Maneuver
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!Untrained
|No
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!Concentration
|No
|}

'''Description:''' This skill represent your ability to attack with your bare hands or feet used as a weapon. When using this skill, you are always considered armed (that is, you do not provoke attacks or opportunity from armed opponents when you attack them while unarmed).

Damage done by this skill depends on your size.


{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: left"
|+Martial Art Strike Damage
!Size 
!Damage
|-
|Fine 
|1
|-
|Diminutive 
|1
|-
|Tiny 
|1d2
|-
|Small 
|1d4
|-
|Medium 
|1d6
|-
|Large 
|1d8
|-
|Huge 
|1d10
|-
|Gargantuan 
|2d6
|-
|Colossal 
|3d6
|}

'''Check:''' The DC of your attack is the Defense of your opponent. If you beat your opponent Defense, you hit the opponent and cause him damage depending of your size.

'''Total Success:''' For each rank of Total Success, you can add another dice of damage.

'''Total Failure:''' You provoke an action of opportunity from your opponent. Your opponent has a bonus equal to the rank of Total Failure for his action.

===Feats===

====Charge, Headless====
: '''Requisite:''' Power Attack
: When you charge and use a Power Attack, you can take a penalty to your Defense instead to your attack roll.

====Charge, Improved====
: You gain the ability to charge in situations where others cannot. You may charge when having a speed penalty from difficult terrain or wounds. Depending on the circumstance, you may still need to make appropriate checks to successfully move over the terrain.
: '''Specialist:''' You do not suffer the -2 penalty to defense while charging.
: '''Expert:''' Your bonus to attack roll is increased to +4 when charging.
: '''Master:''' Your bonus to attack roll is increased to +8 when charging.

====Charge, Power Attack====
: '''Requisite:''' Power Attack
: When you attack an opponent with a charge and a Power Attack, each penalty you take for enhancing your damage is double or triple for a two-handed weapon.

====Cleave====
: '''Requisite:''' Power Attack
: If you deal a creature enough damage to make it drop (typically by dropping it to below 0 Constitution or killing it), you get an opportunity melee attack against another creature within reach. You cannot take a 5-foot step before making this extra attack. The extra attack is with the same weapon as the attack that dropped the previous creature and suffers normal penalty for changing targets.
: '''Specialist:''' You do not suffer any penalty for changing target while making a cleave attack.
: '''Expert:''' You can take a 5-foot step before making the cleave attack but suffer a -4 penalty while doing so.
: '''Master:''' You do not suffer any penalty for taking a 5-foot step before making your cleave attack.

====Cleave, Sundering====
: '''Requisite:''' Improved Sunder, Cleave
: When you destroyed a foe's weapon or shield with a successful sunder attempt, you gain an additional sundering attack against any foe at your reach as an opportunity action. You cannot take a 5-foot step before making this extra attack. The extra attack is with the same weapon as the attack that destroyed the previous item and suffers normal penalty for changing targets..
: '''Specialist:''' You do not suffer any penalty for changing target while making a cleave attack.
: '''Expert:''' You can take a 5-foot step before making the cleave attack but suffer a -4 penalty while doing so.
: '''Master:''' You do not suffer any penalty for taking a 5-foot step before making your cleave attack.

====Combat Reflexes====
: With this feat, you may make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

====Crippling strike====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to make your opponent cripple. The crippling wound make each movement square count as double.
: Crippling effects are not cumulative. An opponent suffers only the worse crippling effect and totally ignores other crippling effects. Crippling effects are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two total success, you could chose to replace both dice of damage to cripple your opponent for a -6 penalty to movement.
: '''Specialist:''' The crippling wound makes each movement square count as triple.
: '''Expert:''' The crippling wound make the opponent lose 1 level of maneuverability and each movement square count as triple.
: '''Master:''' The crippling wound make the opponent lose 2 level of maneuverability each movement square count as triple.

====Damage, Increased====
: You deal damage with your fist as if you where one size category bigger. If your size category goes beyond Colossal this way, add 1d6 dice of damage for each category over Colossal.
: '''Specialist:''' You deal damage with your fist as if you where two size category bigger.
: '''Expert:''' You deal damage with your fist as if you where three size category bigger.
: '''Master:''' You deal damage with your fist as if you where four size category bigger.

====Deflect Arrow====
: You must have at least one hand free (holding nothing) to use this feat. As a standard reaction, when you would normally be hit with a ranged weapon, you may deflect it so you take no damage from it. To deflect the missile, you must beat its attacker roll with your Martial Art Strike skill. You must be aware of the attack and not be flat-footed.
: '''Specialist:''' When using the Deflect Arrows feat you may catch the weapon instead of just deflecting it. Thrown weapons can kept for later use or may immediately be thrown back at the original attacker as an attack of opportunity.

====Flying Kick====
: Designate an opponent who is within the maximum distance you can reach with a successful Jump check. If your Jump check is successful, you can make a normal charge attack against that opponent as part of the same action.
: '''Specialist:''' If your charge attack is successful, you inflict x2 normal damage.
: '''Expert:''' If your charge attack is successful, you inflict x3 normal damage.
: '''Master:''' If your charge attack is successful, you inflict x4 normal damage.

====Hold the line====
: '''Requisite:''' Combat Reflexes
: You may make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who charges you when he enters an area you threaten. Your attack of opportunity happens immediately before the charge attack is resolved.
: '''Specialist:''' You deal x2 damage with your opportunity attack and x3 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.
: '''Expert:''' You deal x3 damage with your opportunity attack and x4 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.
: '''Master:''' You deal x4 damage with your opportunity attack and x5 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.

====Opportunist====
: When making an attack of opportunity, your attack is considered one initiative category quicker reducing your penalty to your current attack.
: '''Specialist:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered two initiative categories quicker.
: '''Expert:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered three initiative categories quicker.
: '''Master:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered four initiative categories quicker.

====Painful wounds====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to give pain to your opponent so that it received a -1 pain penalty for every action he takes. 
: Pain penalties are not cumulative. An opponent suffers only the worse pain effect and totally ignores other pain effects. Pain penalties are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two a total success, you could chose to replace both dice of damage to inflict a -2 pain penalty.
: You can only give pain to living creatures with discernible anatomies-undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack. 
: '''Specialist:''' Pain penalty is now -2.
: '''Expert:''' Pain penalty is now -4.
: '''Master:''' Pain penalty is now -8.

====Paralyze====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to paralyze an arm or leg of a humanoid opponent. If a leg is paralyzed, the opponent suffers the same effect as a Crippling Strike. If an arm is paralyzed, the opponent cannot use his arm to attack, defend and drop anything in your hand. The paralyzing effect last for a Standard Action.

====Parrying, Improved====
: When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +1 dodge bonus.
: When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you use normal parry rules.
: '''Specialist:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +2 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +1 dodge bonus.
: '''Expert:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +4 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +2 dodge bonus.
: '''Master:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +8 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +4 dodge bonus.

====Power Attack====
: When making an attack, you may choose to subtract a number from your attack rolls that does not exceed your Strike skill rank and add the same number to your martial art damage rolls. The penalty on attacks and bonus on damage apply only for this attack.

====Prone Attack====
: You can make an attack from the prone position and suffer no penalty to your attack roll. 
: '''Specialist:''' If your attack roll is successful, you may regain your feet as an immediate action.

====Shockwave====
: Your attack is so powerful that you can affect an enemy from distance. Your attack suffers a -4 penalty but become a range attack with 5 foot range increment. Your damage is reduced by one size category for every range increment.
: '''Specialist:''' The range increment is increased to 10 feet.
: '''Expert:''' The range increment is increased to 20 feet.
: '''Master:''' The range increment is increased to 40 feet.

====Stunning Attack====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to daze your opponent for a Short action instead of rolling damage.
: Stunning duration are not cumulative, they overlap. Stunning durations are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two total successes, you could choose to replace both dice of damage to stun your opponent for a Standard action. With three you could extend the duration to a Long Action.
: You can stun only living creatures with discernible anatomies-undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack.
: '''Specialist:''' When replacing a damage dice, instead of increasing the duration of the stunning attack, you can increase it's severity by one.
: '''Expert:''' You daze the enemy for a Standard action.
: '''Master:''' You stun the enemy instead of dazing him.

====Sunder, Improved====
: You can now make a Sunder attack with your bare fist.
: '''Specialist:''' When you strike at an object held or carried by an opponent, you do not provoke an attack of opportunity.
: '''Expert:''' You receive a +2 bonus to damage against items.
: '''Master:''' You receive a +4 bonus to damage against items.

====Weakening Touch====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage weaken a humanoid opponent. The opponent has a -2 penalty to their Strength ability for a Long action. Weakening touches are not cumulative, duration overlap.
: '''Specialist:''' The opponent has a -2 penalty to their Strength ability for a Very Long action.
: '''Expert:''' The opponent has a -4 penalty to their Strength ability for a Very Long action.
: '''Master:''' The opponent has a -4 penalty to their Strength ability for a Slow action.

====Whirlwind Attack====
: '''Requisite:''' Cleave
: Your attack becomes a long action, but now you can make one melee attack with against each opponent within reach. Doing so incurs a cumulative penalty for each target change. For example, your second attack suffer a -4 penalty and your third attack suffer a -8 penalty.
: '''Specialist:''' Your penalty is not cumulative. Your second attacks and all others attack after suffers from a -4 penalty.
: '''Expert:''' You do not suffer penalty for changing target while making a whirlwind attack.
: '''Master:''' Your whirlwind attack is a standard action.


==Sweep==
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!Ability
|Dexterity
|-
!Action
|Standard
|-
!Armor Penalty
|Maneuver
|-
!Untrained
|No
|-
!Concentration
|No
|}

'''Description:''' This skill represents your ability to efficiently grapple your enemy to immobilize or harm him. When using this skill, use the same rules as the melee grapple maneuver except that you do not provoke attack of opportunity from your opponents and you inflict greater damage that can be lethal if you want.

Damage done by this skill depends on your size.

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: left"
|+Martial Art Sweep Damage
!Size 
!Damage
|-
|Fine 
|1
|-
|Diminutive 
|1
|-
|Tiny 
|1d2
|-
|Small 
|1d3
|-
|Medium 
|1d4
|-
|Large 
|1d6
|-
|Huge 
|1d8
|-
|Gargantuan 
|1d10
|-
|Colossal 
|2d6
|}

'''Check:''' The DC of your attack is the Defense of your opponent. If you beat your opponent Defense, you are grappling the opponent and must beat his Stability to do other attack while grappling.

'''Total Success:''' For each rank of Total Success, you can add another dice of damage.

'''Total Failure:''' You provoke an attack of opportunity from your opponent. Your opponent has a bonus equal to the rank of Total Failure for his action.

===Feats===

====Combat Reflexes====
: With this feat, you may make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

====Crippling strike====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to make your opponent cripple. The crippling wound make each movement square count as double.
: Crippling effects are not cumulative. An opponent suffers only the worse crippling effect and totally ignores other crippling effects. Crippling effects are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two total successes, you could choose to replace both dice of damage to cripple your opponent for a -6 penalty to movement.
: '''Specialist:''' The crippling wound makes each movement square count as triple.
: '''Expert:''' The crippling wound make the opponent lose 1 level of maneuverability and each movement square count as triple.
: '''Master:''' The crippling wound make the opponent lose 2 level of maneuverability each movement square count as triple.

====Damage, Increased====
: You deal damage with your grapple as if you where one size category bigger. If your size category goes beyond Colossal this way, add 1d6 dice of damage for each category over Colossal.
: '''Specialist:''' You deal damage with your grapple as if you where two size category bigger.
: '''Expert:''' You deal damage with your grapple as if you where three size category bigger.
: '''Master:''' You deal damage with your grapple as if you where four size category bigger.

====Defensive Grapple====
: When grappling, you keep your normal Defense and you are not considered as No Defense.

====Earth's Embrace====
: While pinning an opponent, you deal x2 damage for your automatic damage action. 
: '''Specialist:''' You deal x3 damage.
: '''Expert:''' You deal x4 damage.
: '''Master:''' You deal x5 damage.

====Hold and Attack====
: '''Requisite:''' Defensive Grapple
: While holding an opponent, you can attack with your off-hand other opponents in front of you. Those square are now considered threaten by you.
: Your opponent can make an attack of opportunity to escape your hold for each attack you do in this way
: '''Specialist:''' You threaten opponent in front of you and on your side.
: '''Expert:''' You threaten opponent as if you were not grappling at all.
: '''Master:''' Your opponent can't take an attack of opportunity to escape your grapple when attacking another opponent.

====Hold the line====
: '''Requisite:''' Combat Reflexes
: You may make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who charges you when he enters an area you threaten. Your attack of opportunity happens immediately before the charge attack is resolved.
: '''Specialist:''' You deal x2 damage with your opportunity attack and x3 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.
: '''Expert:''' You deal x3 damage with your opportunity attack and x4 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.
: '''Master:''' You deal x4 damage with your opportunity attack and x5 damage for a weapon that can be set to receive a charge.

====Human Shield====
: '''Requisite:''' Defensive Grapple
: You can use the opponent you grapple as a shield to protect you giving you a one-quarter cover bonus to defense. Before each attack you use the opponent as a shield, your opponent can make an attack of opportunity to escape your grapple. If the opponent escape your grapple, your received no cover.
: '''Specialist:''' One-half cover is provided by the opponent.
: '''Expert:''' Three-quarters cover is provided by the opponent.
: '''Master:''' Nine-tenths cover is provided by the opponent.

====Human Weapon====
: You can use the opponent you are grappling as a weapon. You make a Martial Art Sweep attack to hit another opponent as a normal attack. On a success, both opponents take damage depending of the size of the other opponent plus any damage from armors by using the rules for unarmed fighting.[This rule do not exist yet!] Before you attack, your opponent can make an attack of opportunity with a +4 bonus to break your grapple. If the grapple is broken, your attack fails.

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: left;"
!Size 
!Damage
|-
|Fine 
|1
|-
|Diminutive 
|1
|-
|Tiny 
|1d2
|-
|Small 
|1d4
|-
|Medium 
|1d6
|-
|Large 
|1d8
|-
|Huge 
|1d10
|-
|Gargantuan 
|2d6
|-
|Colossal 
|3d6
|}

: '''Specialist:''' Your opponent do not have bonus to break from your grapple.
: '''Expert:''' You deal damage as if your opponent was one size category larger.
: '''Master:''' You deal damage as if your opponent was two size categories larger.

====Movement====
: If you beat your opponent Stability resistance, you can move while grappling an opponent but each square count as 4 squares. You drag your opponent that way and he have no choice to follow.
: '''Specialist:''' Each square count as 3 squares.
: '''Expert:''' Each square count as 2 squares.
: '''Master:''' You can move normally while grappling.

====Opportunist====
: When making an attack of opportunity, your attack is considered one initiative category quicker reducing your penalty to your current attack.
: '''Specialist:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered two initiative categories quicker.
: '''Expert:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered three initiative categories quicker.
: '''Master:''' Your attack of opportunity is considered four initiative categories quicker.

====Painful wounds====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to give pain to your opponent so that it received a -1 pain penalty for every action he takes. 
: Pain penalties are not cumulative. An opponent suffers only the worse pain effect and totally ignores other pain effects. Pain penalties are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two a total success, you could chose to replace both dice of damage to inflict a -2 pain penalty.
: You can only give pain to living creatures with discernible anatomies-undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack. 
: '''Specialist:''' Pain penalty is now -2.
: '''Expert:''' Pain penalty is now -4.
: '''Master:''' Pain penalty is now -8.

====Parrying, Improved====
: When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +1 dodge bonus.
: When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you use normal parry rules.
: '''Specialist:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +2 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +1 dodge bonus.
: '''Expert:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +4 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +2 dodge bonus.
: '''Master:''' When using a parrying maneuver against unarmed attack, you receive an additional +8 dodge bonus. When using a parrying maneuver against armed attack, you receive an additional +4 dodge bonus.

====Power Attack====
: When making an attack, you may choose to subtract a number from your attack rolls and add the same number to your sweep damage rolls. The penalty on attacks and bonus on damage apply only for this attack.

====Prone Attack====
: You can make an attack from the prone position and suffer no penalty to your attack roll. 
: '''Specialist:''' If your attack roll is successful, you may regain your feet as an immediate action.

====Stunning Attack====
: On a total success, you can replace one dice of damage to daze your opponent for a Short action instead of rolling damage.
: Stunning duration are not cumulative, they overlap. Stunning durations are cumulative only if they are done in the same strike, i.e.: with two total successes, you could choose to replace both dice of damage to stun your opponent for a Standard action. With three you could extend the duration to a : Long Action.
: You can stun only living creatures with discernible anatomies-undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack.
: '''Specialist:''' When replacing a damage dice, instead of increasing the duration of the stunning attack, you can increase it's severity by one.
: '''Expert:''' You daze the enemy for a Standard action.
: '''Master:''' You stun the enemy instead of dazing him.

====Strong Embrace====
: You can add the ranks of your Sweep skill to your Stability for the purpose of holding your grapple.

====Throw====
: You throw horizontally your opponent at a distance of 5 feet per Strength bonus. You can throw vertically your opponent at half the horizontal distance. : This automatically breaks the grapple.
: '''Specialist:''' The distance is now 10 feet per strength bonus.
: '''Expert:''' The distance is now 20 feet per strength bonus.
: '''Master:''' The distance is now 40 feet per strength bonus.