Great Anvil’s Measure

A proud leader often draws attention to themselves in battle, and a leader both proud and skilled does so to draw their enemy into attacking them—especially when the enemy would rather attack elsewhere. When the leader’s troops are properly readied, and especially when they are in a highly defensible location, such an attack against them is doomed to fail.

Activation: When you make a check to perform a Guard action in a skirmish (see page 264 of the core rulebook) or a Reinforce action in a mass battle (see page 279 of the core rulebook), you may spend as follows: Earth + (Guard): Choose any number of characters in the scene with focus lower than or equal to your ranks in Performance plus 2 per spent this way. Each chosen character must receive strife equal to your ranks in Performance to perform an Attack or Scheme action targeting any character other than you. This effect persists until the end of your next turn. Earth + (Reinforce): Choose any number of leaders in the enemy army with focus lower than or equal to your ranks in Performance plus 2 per spent this way. The enemy army receives panic equal to your ranks in Performance each time any of those leaders performs an Attack or Scheme action targeting any cohort other than yours. This effect persists until the end of your next turn.