Creature maneuver
Creature maneuvers are offensive maneuvers that are only available to creatures, not available to player characters. These attacks do not show an open roll.
Such maneuvers include:
- the tail sweep of the cave lizard, three-toed tegu, and the snow madrinol
- a soul golem's steam push
- an Illoke's ground stomp
- an Ithzir adept's lightning mote
- a war griffin's ride of doom
Protection
There are several attributes which can mitigate damage from creature maneuvers:
Race modifier
Certain races receive a bonus to dodging maneuver attacks, with smaller racers generally having the larger bonus. Races not listed on the following table are considered to have an average ability to dodge maneuvers.
| Best: | Burghal Gnomes |
| Excellent: | Halflings, Forest Gnomes, and Elves |
| Good: | Half-Elves, Dark Elves, Sylvankind, Erithians, and Aelotoi |
Training
Sidebox: Armor Penalty
"The armor penalty is a relatively significant factor. For a character exactly trained for full plate at cap, it contributes a penalty a little bit above the difference between 1x and 2x PF. Overtraining in armor to reduce the action penalty and/or using Armored Evasion can reduce the maneuver penalty by a fairly significant amount, however."
- GM Coase
- Physical Fitness - Physical Fitness is the primary skill for defense against standard creature maneuvers.
- Combat Maneuvers - Combat Maneuvers is twice as effective as perception in defensive and operates on a sliding scale until they are equal in offensive.
- Perception
- Shield Use - Shield Use factors into creature maneuvers that can be blocked by a shield.
Additionally, Armor Use can provide a bonus by reducing the action penalty.
Statistics
Spells
The following spells provide bonuses to evading maneuvers:
- Heroism (215)
- Prayer (313)
- Temporal Reversion (540) (randomly triggered)
- Mobility (618)
- Song of Luck (1006) (randomly triggered)
- Empathic Focus (1109)
- Premonition (1220)
- Dauntless (1606)
The following spells provide bonuses to blocking maneuvers:
Stance
Defensive stance is best.
Condition
A character's present condition also has an effect on their defenses. Low spirit will penalize the target, as well as certain types of injuries and scars.