Bear Discipline

Brutes, toughs, heavies, thugs: Adepts of the Bear would laugh at their opponents' puny attacks if they weren't so busy destroying them. The Discipline of the Bear offers training in Charging, Strength, Toughness, and Sundering. Adepts of the Bear may choose prowess in Might, Toughness, and Resistance.

Rank 1

Improved Charge	Gain an attack bonus when Charging.
Mighty Lift	Lift, move, push, pull, and throw heavy loads.
Tough Hide	Ignore glancing blows.
Sunder Objects	Deal extra damage to inanimate objects.

Rank 2

Resolute Charge	Move swiftly when Charging.
Break Bonds	Automatically escape from mundane bonds, and gain bonuses when breaking free from magical imprisonment.
Improved Vigor	Gain extra Vigor.
Sunder Armor	Especially powerful attacks may reduce armored targets' Defense.

Rank 3

Reactive Charge	Interrupt an incoming Charge with a standard attack.
Surge of Strength	Gain 9-again on a strength-based skill.
Ward	Become surrounded with a protected aura.
Sundering Strike	Gain the ability to target certain equipment and attempt to destroy it.

Rank 4

Scattering Charge	Passive: When you charge at a target past adjacent hostile targets make a Strength + Athletics OR Unarmed Combat + Bear opposing their Strength + Athletics OR Dexterity + Acrobatics. If they fail they are knocked prone requiring a Move action to regain their feet. Active: You may pass through hostile targets spaces granting a +2 to your roll to knock them prone. Any successes on your opposed roll are dealt as non-lethal damage. 3 Mana.
Roaring Strike	With a violent roar the adept swings their weapon with such ferocity it sends a rippling shockwave through the air to strike one or many targets.
Living Monolith	The adept's muscles harden becoming a wall of ironlike armor, and they become immune to knockback or knockdown.
Explosive Sundering	The adept's sundering attempts send deadly shrapnel into their foes.

Rank 5

Thundering Charge	Active: Instead of choosing a single target to charge you may pick a point within a double movement. You charge straight to the chosen point. Your weapon roll for the charge attack applies to any targets who are in reach during your charge to a maximum of Rank targets. Additionally environmental features (doors, chairs, tables, trees) in a direct line take weapon rolls which do not count against the maximum targets. This attack may not be combined with other Maneuvers such as those granted by Fighting Styles. 4 Mana.
Barricade	Interrupt the movement of a creature passing within Reach, attempting to stop them in their tracks and ending their turn.
Elemental Resistance	The adept builds a natural resistance to the elements which can be enhanced for a time.
Sunder Magic	The adept's sundering attempts can break even magical items and enchantments.