Individual and Group Tactics

Tactics are a way to expand on the character's ability to perform feats in and out of

combat, and to improve a character's ability to synergize and work better as part of a

team. A tactic can be various things, from improving one's ability to recover from being

knocked down to allowing for a team to deal deadly blows when working as a team.

The different types of tactics are expertise, formation, martial and movement, and each

focus on a certain area of expertise. While any character may choose to learn a tactic,

certain role might favor a certain tactic, or type of tactic, over another.

Expertise: An expertise tactics expands on some aspects of the skills they apply to,

usually manipulating it in ways to achieve a certain effect. Any character might elect to

learn such a tactic.

Formation: A formation tactic increases the character's ability to work as a team. While

they do not grant any benefits by themselves, they can be used to devastating effects with

others. Formation tactics are not specifically limited to a number of skills, and are used by

any combatants. Clones can grant the benefit of a formation to another character, but not

to itself (a character flanking with an ally's clone would gain benefits from Pincer Attack,

but a character flanking with his own clone would not).

Martial: Martial tactics resolve around combat and are generally used as part of an

attack, feint or maneuver. They use skills like Bluff, Jump, Knowledge (tactics), Sense

Motive or Tumble, or sometimes feats. Characters usually on the offensive during combat

favor these tactics.

Movement: A movement tactic usually involves moving from one point to another,

dodging around obstacles and recovering from being thrown. Such tactics use skills that

are used during movement, such as Balance, Jump, Move Silently and Tumble. Meleeand

ranged-based characters are well known for selecting movement tactics.

Learning a Tactic

To learn a tactic costs the character 2 skill points. Whenever the character gains skill

points, he may choose to acquire a new tactic. A character may learn any tactic that he

meets the requirements for. Any situations that would cause you to no longer meet the

requirement prevents the use of a tactic until the requirements are met again.

A character cannot learn more than one tactic per level, and no more tactics than one-half

his character level, rounded up (a level 1 character could only learn another tactic at level

3, for instance). Tactics cannot be learned multiple times, its effects do not stack.

Learning a tactic takes 3 days, minus 1 day per ally learning the same tactic (minimum 1

day). A day of training takes 8 hours, and can be interrupted for up to 4 hours.

Using Tactics

A tactic is done either as part of an action you are already taking, or requires an action

specified in the tactic's description (if any). Tactics do not provoke attacks of opportunity

unless specifically stated otherwise.