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-====== Crane Style ======+===== Crane Style =====
  
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-===== Crane Style ===== +==== Crane Style ==== 
-  * **Requirements:** [[priority:health|HD]] 3, [[priority:prowess|Prowess]] 3, 10 EXP+  * **Requirements:** [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 6, 10 EXP
  
 You take only a –2 penalty on attack rolls for fighting defensively. While using this style and fighting defensively or using the total defense action, you gain an additional +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class. You take only a –2 penalty on attack rolls for fighting defensively. While using this style and fighting defensively or using the total defense action, you gain an additional +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class.
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-===== Crane Wing ===== +==== Crane Wing ==== 
-  * **Requirements:** Crane Style, [[priority:prowess|Prowess]] 5, [[priority:health|HD]] 5, 25 EXP+  * **Requirements:** Crane Style, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 10, 25 EXP
  
-When fighting defensively with at least one hand free, you gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against melee attacks. If a melee attack misses you by 4 or less, you lose this dodge bonus until the beginning of your next turn.+When fighting defensively with at least one hand free, you gain an additional +1 dodge bonus to Armor class and may take a penalty on attack rolls for every 4 HD you have to gain an additional dodge bonus equal to the penalty on attacks.
  
 If you using the total defense action instead, you can deflect one melee attack that would normally hit you. An attack so deflected deals no damage and has no other effect (instead treat it as a miss). You do not expend an action when using this Talent, but you must be aware of the attack and not flat-footed. If you using the total defense action instead, you can deflect one melee attack that would normally hit you. An attack so deflected deals no damage and has no other effect (instead treat it as a miss). You do not expend an action when using this Talent, but you must be aware of the attack and not flat-footed.
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 +You may Parry a number of attacks per round equal to the dodge bonus provided by Crane Style.
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-===== Crane Riposte ===== +==== Crane Riposte ==== 
-  * **Requirements:** Crane Wing, [[priority:prowess|Prowess]] 8, [[priority:health|HD]] 8, 35 EXP+  * **Requirements:** Crane Wing, [[chargen:common_terms#core_stats|CST]] 16, 35 EXP
  
 You now take only a –1 penalty on attack rolls for fighting defensively. You now take only a –1 penalty on attack rolls for fighting defensively.
  
-Whenever you deflect an opponent’s attack using Crane Wing, or lose the dodge bonus from Crane Wing because an attack missed you by 4 or less, you can make an attack of opportunity against the attacker after the attack misses.+Whenever you deflect or Parry an opponent’s attack using Crane Wing, you can make an attack of opportunity against the attacker after the attack misses. You also can a bonus on the parry attempt equal to the Dodge bonus.
  
-In addition, when you deflect an attack using Crane Wing while taking the total defense action, you may make an attack of opportunity against that opponent (even though you could not normally do so while taking the total defense action).+In addition, when you deflect an attack using Crane Wing while taking the total defense action, you may make an attack of opportunity against that opponent (even though you could not normally do so while taking the total defense action, penalties on the attack roll still apply).
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