Journey: Martial Disciplines

Cover Aegis: Use your shield to protect yourself from energy damage. Box: Use your shield to prevent a creature from moving. Brace: Ready your shield against oncoming attacks. Deflect: Deflect a targeted special with a shield. Interpose: Protect a nearby creature with your shield. Reflect [Force]: Use your knowledge of the forces to reflect spells and similar effects using your shield. Refuge: Use your shield to block area effects. Shield Slam: Knock a creature back with your shield.	Defense Gotta be 8 here. Contain: Attempt to contain a creature.

Specials Descriptions

AEGIS
Disciplines: Cover
Prerequisites - Skill: Block at Rank 4
XP Cost/Rank: 5 + 3/rank
Token Cost: 2 + 2/rank
Action Cost: Short Reaction (Physical)
Trigger: You are dealt energy damage
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous
Avoid: None (Beneficial)
You attempt to use your shield to absorb energy damage
Make a skill check with this special. The energy damage you would be dealt is reduced by that amount, and your shield takes that much damage.
If your result is higher than the damage dealt, reduce the damage to your shield by the amount by which you overcome the opposed roll.

 

BRACE
Disciplines: Cover
Prerequisites - Skill: Block at Rank 2
XP Cost/Rank: 3 + 2/rank
Token Cost: 1 + 1/rank
Action Cost: Short (Physical)
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 10 ticks
Avoid: None (Beneficial)
You brace your shield against oncoming attacks.
Make a basic skill check with this special. For the duration of this effect, whenever you use your Skill: Block with a shield, you may add the result to the roll.
Upgrades Prerequisites Duration: The duration of this special increases by 5 ticks. You can take this upgrade multiple times. None.