Concentrate
Cannot be performed while Distracted. Performing this action while in the threat area of an enemy grants them the chance to respond with an Opportunity Attack (which could be the Feint action). You cannot perform any other Concentrate actions while concentrating.
Actions with the Concentrate Trait
- Aim: Target a specific enemy that you can see clearly; if your next action this turn is a Body Ranged Attack against that target, you can roll with Finesse instead reduce the range increment by
1(min0). - Disarm: Body Attack against Muscles or Finesse. Requires at least one Shift to succeed.
- Focused Strike: Spend 1 FP to perform a Strike with a +3 CM.
- Hide: Try to conceal yourself; make a Finesse active check that can be contested by each opponent's Perception Check.
- Inspire: Make an Empathy Check DC
20(Medium; target can resist with Resolve if they so desire): target gets a+3CM to a Attack or Defense action of their choice until the end of their next turn. Each Crit Shifts grants an additional+3. Apply a-3CM to your check if they cannot see you. Apply a-6CM for each additional target you are trying to inspire at once. - Prepare Action: You can prepare a specific Action to be executed until your next turn as a reaction. You must pay 1 extra AP to prepare, plus the AP associated with the Action you are preparing now, and will be Concentrating and cannot take any other Action costing
1AP or more (including Reactions) until your trigger procs. If your concentration is disrupted due to becoming Distracted, you lose the action (and the AP invested). Depending on the complexity of the trigger, the DM might need to ask for an IQ, Perception, or some other check to determine your ability to properly react to your trigger. - Steel Conviction: Perform a Mind or Soul Defense with a Resolve Check and a
+3CM instead. - Write History: Pay
1+Heroism Points to influence the narrative and create fortunate coincidences in the world around you.