The legacy of Kao, the Discipline of the Dragon is a troll only discipline geared toward dominating the battlefield. Troll Adepts of the Dragon may choose abilities based on Troll Bonuses, Draconic Traits, Instilling Fear, and Draconic Fighting. Adepts of the Dragon may choose prowess in Might, Toughness, and Resistance.
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Rank 1
| Fearless |
Passive: Character is immune to penalties from natural fear such as Intimidate checks.
Active: +Rank bonus on saves against magical fear effects. 1 Mana.
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| Dragon Claw |
Passive: Character may treat unarmed attacks as 2 dice lethal weapons. Characters with this power are eligible for the Natural Weapons Fighting Style.
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| Aura of Intimidation |
Passive: Character gains +2 on Intimidate checks.
Active: Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of intimidation for 1 hour. On a successful Intimidate roll, foes in the aura suffer a -2 fear penalty to all non-combat rolls. 1 Mana
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Rank 2
| Improved Resistance |
Passive: Character gains +1 Resistance.
Active: Character ignores the damage or penalties of one Poison or Disease for Rank rounds. This effect does not increase the duration of the hostile disease or poison. 1 Mana.
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| Dragon Lung |
Character may hold their breath for an extended duration. With a prepared breaths before hand, a practitioner of Dragon Lung can draw in enough air, and modulate their body’s use of the air to remain active without breathing for 20 minutes. Additionally fully inflating their lungs with this Discipline allows practitioners to swim with a +2 to their skill check. 1 Mana.
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| Aura of Fear |
Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of fear. This aura counts as magical fear and is rolled against chosen target’s Magic Resistance. If successful the targets suffer a -2 penalty to all skill rolls (including attacks or spellcasting checks) within the aura regardless of target. 1 Mana.
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| Reactive Assault |
After taking damage from an attack made while you were flat footed you may immediately attack the assailant with a basic melee attack. This attack does not count against your normal action limits for the round. Only once such attack may be made per encounter. 1 Mana.
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Rank 3
| Inevitable Doom |
Character may ignore any speed impairing effects including environmental, magical, or armor penalties for Rank rounds. Character is limited to a maximum move of their base movement. (ie. they may not charge or take a double move action) 2 Mana.
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| Dragon Scales |
Passive: Gain +1 Damage Reduction
Active: The Damage Reduction gained by Dragon Scales may apply to spells for 1 round. This effect may be activated reactively as a free action. 2 Mana.
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| Draconic Roar |
Character roars at the top of their lungs, targeting a nearby foe (within Rank x 5 yards) with all of their fury. This counts as a magical fear effect and is rolled against the target’s Magic Resistance. If successful, the target cowers in fear losing their action for Rank rounds. While cowering the target does not lose their dodge, and is not considered flat footed. This effect is broken if they are attacked by you or your allies, however the target then suffers a -2 fear penalty on all rolls (including attacks or spellcasting checks) for the rest of the encounter. This penalty does not stack with the penalty granted by Aura of Fear. This may only be attempted once per target per encounter. 2 Mana.
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| Dragon Fang |
A standard melee attack gains +Rank in Armor Piercing. If lethal damage is dealt, target bleeds 2 dice a round for 5 rounds unless a full round bind action is taken or they reach full health from magical healing. The bleed effect does not stack, however the duration will reset if applied again. This strike may not be combined with Maneuvers from Fighting Styles. 2 Mana.
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Rank 4
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| Aura of Terror |
Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of terror. This aura counts as magical fear and is rolled against chosen target’s Magic Resistance. If successful the targets suffer a -2 penalty to magical defense and dodge. If the character also possesses the Aura of Fear power, its effect is added to the effects above for free. 3 Mana.
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Rank 5
| Fuel the Fire |
Free Action. This power adds points of damage taken to a pool of Story Dice that may be added to melee attacks. The effect lasts 5 rounds and any unspent dice dissipate after that time. 4 Mana.
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| Deadly Terror |
A palpable wave of magical fear strikes a target within 10 yards x Rank dealing lethal damage. This is rolled against a target’s Magical Defense. This effect may only be used against a target once per encounter. 4 Mana.
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