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A '''martial stance''' is a [[combat maneuver]] (CM) that provides a significant "passive" benefit. When activated, it remains active for 4 hours or until you activate another martial stance or you die. When [[Monk]]s are released, they will have five martial stance options ([[Slippery Mind]], [[Stance of the Mongoose]], [[Rolling Krynch Stance]], [[Inner Harmony]] and [[Flurry of Blows]]) and Rogues will have two ([[Slippery Mind]] and [[Predator's Eye]]).
'''Martial Stance''' is a classification of [[combat maneuver]]s (CMs) that provide a significant "passive" benefit. When a martial stance is activated it has a duration of 4 hours and will replace any currently active martial stance (only one can be active) CM. Martial stance CMs also terminate with a character's death. These CM's are [[refreshable]] and remaining time is displayed with the SPELL ACTIVE command.


[[Monk]]s currently have five martial stance options available:
GM's also want to release martial stances for Warriors, but they just haven't spent any real time considering design for them yet. However, they're not going to just release one - their purpose is to present training decisions, so there should be at least two options.

*[[Flurry of Blows]]
*[[Inner Harmony]]
*[[Rolling Krynch Stance]]
*[[Slippery Mind]]
*[[Stance of the Mongoose]]

[[Rogue]]s have two available:

*[[Slippery Mind]]
*[[Predator's Eye]]

GM's also want to release martial stances for [[Warrior]]s (no time frame yet). It is likely that, when designed, two or more will be released since it is their stated intention to present character's with training options and decisions.


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Revision as of 13:48, 10 November 2012

Martial Stance is a classification of combat maneuvers (CMs) that provide a significant "passive" benefit. When a martial stance is activated it has a duration of 4 hours and will replace any currently active martial stance (only one can be active) CM. Martial stance CMs also terminate with a character's death. These CM's are refreshable and remaining time is displayed with the SPELL ACTIVE command.

Monks currently have five martial stance options available:

Rogues have two available:

GM's also want to release martial stances for Warriors (no time frame yet). It is likely that, when designed, two or more will be released since it is their stated intention to present character's with training options and decisions.