User:Jota/Dismal Science

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Bank Run

Dismal Science (Counter) [Healing]
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	Immediate
Range:	Close
Target or Effect:	One creature, one healing effect (optional)
Duration:	Instantaneous
Saving Throw:	None

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You may initiate this effect to heal a target within close range 1d10 + your initiator level in hit points. If initiated in response to an effect that restores hit points in close range, you may negate that effect.

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Decision Lag

Dismal Science (Counter)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	One immediate action
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	One round

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You gain Improved Evasion until the beginning of your next turn.

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Downsizing Smite

Dismal Science (Strike)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	One standard action
Range:	Melee attack
Target:	One creature
Duration:	One round
Saving Throw:	Reflex negates

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An opponent hit by this strike must save or be unable to attack (including casting spells that deal damage or force a saving throw) in its next round.

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Fear Factor

Dismal Science (Stance)
Level:	1
Initiation Action:	Swift
Range:	Personal
Target:	You
Duration:	Stance

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When reduced to below 50% of your total hit points, when it would be beneficial, you gain a +2 on all d20 rolls and a +1 bonus on all other die rolls.

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2nd Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Dead Cat Bounce	Counter	When reduced to negative hit points, your hit points are automatically set to 1 and you gain fast healing equal to twice your character level for 1d4+1 rounds.
Inflation	Strike	As part of this strike you make two attacks as a standard action. Each attack roll suffers a -2 penalty.
Killer Bees	Counter	Add your half your initiator level (minimum one) to a Will save. This may be a save you make or a save made by an ally within close range.

3rd Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Deflation	Strike	As a full round action you may make a single attack at a +4 bonus. You may use another standard action strike as part of this maneuver, but you may not combine it with inflation or hyperinflation.
Inelastic	Stance	While in this stance, once each round you may take 10 on any d20 roll, even if circumstances normally would not permit it.
Minsky Moment	Boost	You may voluntarily expend any number of your readied maneuvers. For each level of maneuver burned through this effect, you are healed your Int/Wis/Cha mod worth of hit points.
Recognition Lag	Counter	You gain Improved Mettle until the beginning of your next turn.

4th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Antitrust Statute	Strike	If this attack hits, its targets is affected by a greater dispel magic effect with a caster level equal to your initiator level.
Fragmentation	Counter	Until the beginning of your next turn you take minimum damage per die from critical hits and precision damage (sneak attack, sudden strike, skirmish, etc).
Ostrich Strategy	Counter	After failing a save against a non-damaging effect, you may initiate this maneuver. You may postpone the effect of the failed save for 1d2 rounds (the end of your next turn, or the round after that).

5th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Free Rider	Counter	Activate this counter when an boost is initiated or spell is cast within close range of your person. At the beginning of your next turn, you gain the benefits of that boost or spell, using your initiator level in place of the original initiator's/caster's for variable effects.
Glass Ceiling	Counter	All enemies have their initiative counts set to one below a chosen target's (target must be within close range). Opponents can act twice in a round if this is used carelessly.
Hyperinflation	Strike	As part of this strike you make three attacks as a standard action. Each attack roll suffers a -2 penalty.

6th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Diminishing Returns to Scale	Stance	Each attack made against you after the first suffers a cumulative -2 penalty. This counter resets at the beginning of each of your turns.
Hyperdeflation	Strike	As a full round action you may make a single attack at a +8 bonus. You may use another standard action strike as part of this maneuver, but you may not combine it with inflation or hyperinflation.
Lemon Socialism	Counter	When an ally is reduced to zero hit points within close range, their hit points are set to one and they are then healed xd8+x hit points, where X is the target's ECL.

7th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Energy Poverty	Strike	An opponent who is hit by this strike must make a save or be unable to initiate maneuvers or cast spells during their next turn, though this has no effect on ongoing effects. The opponent may save again against this effect at the beginning of each of their subsequent turns, each time with a cumulative +2 bonus.
Shoe Leather Cost	Boost	Each opponent you attack before the start of your next turn must save or be fatigued for 1d4 rounds. If you target an opponent with a full-attack action they must save or be exhausted for 1d4 rounds.

8th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Ceteris Paribus	Stance	While in this stance you radiate a 10' antimagic shell, as per the spell.
Technology Shock	Boost	You gain an additional full round's worth of actions.

9th Level Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Effect
Sublime Bubble Collapse	Strike	An opponent struck by this attack must save or burn 10d6 levels of readied maneuvers. If the opponent cannot burn the full amount worth of maneuvers, it takes 1d6+1 damage per unburned level.