Striking as Air

Not every stroke a warrior throws in battle is intended to kill—even if they all lead to that end goal. A skilled fighter can tell when an attack will not land and subtly shift it into a different sort of attack, meant to probe the enemy’s defenses or draw their guard out of position. By carefully placing attack after attack, a master of the blade can eventually whittle down their opponent’s options until none remain but death.

Activation: When you make a Martial Arts [Melee, Ranged, or Unarmed] (Air) check, you may spend in the following way: Air +: Reserve one of your rolled dice, plus one additional die per spent this way. These dice become dropped dice. When making a check with the same skill before the end of your next turn, you may roll one fewer per reserved and one fewer per reserved , then add the reserved dice to your roll. These dice count as rolled dice, but are added set to the results they had when they were reserved.