Combat Techniques

The Combat Techniques mechanic is unlocked by one of the following methods:

• Martial Arts I feat
• 1st Degree in any combat school
• Weapon Focus feat
• Armored Defense talent
• Endurance skill training

A character may only have a number of combat techniques readied for use equal to their Intelligence Modifier + Wisdom Modifier + 1 (minimum 1), plus an additional technique readied at level 7 and every 6 levels thereafter. Changing readied combat techniques can be done by practicing for five minutes.

Stances and Stance Enhancements

Stances are assumed as a swift action and remain active until you spend a swift action to change them, combat ends, or you fall unconscious.

Stance Enhancements must be readied as a combat technique in conjunction with the stance, and activate immediately upon entering the corresponding stance.

Battle Dancer

While under the effect of this stance, you can move at full speed while using the Tumble aspect of the Acrobatics skill. Due to your constant movement and dodging, it's very difficult to bring any but the lightest weapons to bear, so you take a -2 penalty to any attack that isn't made with an unarmed strike or light melee weapon.

Enhancement: Pole Dancer

STANCE ENHANCEMENT: Battle Dancer
No, not like that, you perv. While you are in the Battle Dancer stance you can use any weapon that is your size or larger which has a shaft (spear, quarterstaff, electrostaff, electropole, static pike, force pike, shockstaff, etc) as if it was a light melee weapon.

Techniques

Techniques must be readied. Some techniques can have use frequency restrictions.

Deceptive Attack

REQUIRES: Combat Trickery
Once per round when you attack a target that you have flat-footed via Combat Trickery, you add your Charisma modifier to the damage roll.