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A riposte specialist might make a successful guard feel like a question immediately answered.
Steel meets steel, turns aside, and returns along a compact line toward the attacker.
Practice pairs trust and timing with the hard sound of meeting steel.
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A riposte specialist might make a successful guard feel like a question immediately answered.
Techniques and Spells · Alpha v44 reference
Requires: Block d8; a compatible Defensive weapon.
Use: Once before your next turn · After Defensive weapon Block reduces a melee attack to 0 damage during your defensive Reaction · Attacker within reach · 2 Stamina
Effect: Once before your next turn, after your Defensive weapon's Block reduces a melee attack to 0 damage during your defensive Reaction, spend 2 Stamina to attack that attacker within reach. This follow-through grants no new Reaction or further Riposte before your next turn.
The incoming blade slides aside, and the defender's point turns back.