Martial Mastery: Duelist Combos & Five point Exploding Heart Technique

[John-Candlebury]

Summary

Mods "Martial Mastery : Many New Perks."

Purpose of change

Shows some love to the Tempo perkline, which was lacking in comparison to both momentum and Insight. Also does the groundwork for a future "duelist" and "berserker" play patterns.

Includes a single unarmed combat perk.

Describe the solution

The new perks are:

Tempo

Perk	Description
Perfect Tempo	Grants a 15 quickness buff when you achieve Tempo(3)
Unrelenting Assault	When you kill a foe in melee range, you immediately move to their square and initiate an attack against a random target in range . Can potentially chain forever, although the attack portion of the move does consume both time and stamina. The movement can generate Momentum stacks.
Zoning	You instantly move away from all adjacent enemies when you kill an enemy with Tempo(3) active. This removes the tempo bonus and can generate Momentum stacks. Meant as a finisher for duelists.
Compound Finisher	Your third attack against the same enemy is replaced with a fast finishing move if that attack would also give you Tempo(3)

Momentum

Perk	Description
Duelist Form	If you have more than 1 Momentum stacks, waiting a turn will set your Momentum stacks to 1.
Timed Lunge	If you have exactly 1 Momentum stack, fencing and thrusting swords gain a 1 range lunge attacks similar to those of spears. The attack will move you adjacent to the target and will generate momentum.

Free

Perk	Description
Pressure Points	All damage dealt in unarmed combat is redealt in 4 turns.

Testing

Combat tested everything.

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• Your unarmed melee attacks will redeal damage to their targets after 4 turns.

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