Fighting Style: Spears

Req. Weaponry Piercing 3

Rank 1	Reach	Attacks with spears extend melee range by 1 yard.
Rank 2	Brace	As a Standard Action, brace your spear against an incoming foe. Any foe entering your threatened space between this readied action and your next turn may be preemptively attacked with a standard melee attack. This attack gains bonus dice equal to your rank in the fighting style. Brace may be used offensively during a Charge while mounted.
Rank 3	Phalanx	When wielding a spear, and not flat-footed you gain +2 Parry. This bonus increases to +3 at Rank 5. One adjacent ally of your choice may benefit from the same parry bonus. In addition, your movement action for the turn may be taken when an adjacent ally moves.
Rank 4	Improved Defensive Stance	When using Defensive Stance you may attack an additional foe entering your threatened space while the stance is active. This secondary attack does not gain the bonus dice of the first attack, and additionally suffers a -4 penalty to the roll. At Rank 5 a third attack is granted with the same -4 penalty.
Rank 5	Wall of Spears	As a standard action you may make a standard melee attack, for the duration of the turn foes within your threatened area suffer +1 Dodge Reduction for each ally (including you) who threatens them to a maximum of +3 Dodge Reduction. This bonus is reduceable by the target's Parry.