Art: Sacred Lion
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Sacred Lion
The Sacred Lion martial art was practiced by not just warriors, but war leaders, chieftans, generals, and any who would dare to take the lead. Rather than focusing on themselves, those of the Sacred Lion fighting style focus on the group and its success in spite of numbers.
Black Archangel's name in various worlds is alsos 'Golden Lion'.
When you gain this fighting style, you gain 2 maneuvers of your choice from the ones available below. You will gain more maneuvers at every odd character level, up to 17 ( 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, and 17th). This is retroactive, in case you gain this fighting style after character level 1. You can exchange one maneuver for another when you level up, provided they are available from the same stance and you qualify for it.
Maneuver Rank Progression follows a rule similar to Caster levels, except the character level is used. 1st Rank maneuvers are available character level 1, 2nd rank at 3, 3rd rank at 5, 4th rank at 7, 5th at 9, 6th at 11, 7th at 13, 8th at 15, and 9th at 17.
Fighting Style Benefits
Passive
You've become a calculating leader, learning to fight through others. When you take the Aid Action | ◈◈, or grant a bonus dice to others via an ability (such as Guidance, Guiding Bolt, or Guiding Shot) you grant an additional bonus dice (base d6) to the roll.
Additionally, you gain a unique bonus called the "Path of Battle", which grants you a +1 to hit with attacks when using any weapons with the Heavy⚙️ trait, or weapons from the following weapon groups: Mace, Polearm. You may only gain this bonus once.