Take the Blow

You swore it at the hearth: their blow is your blow.

Mode

Strike

Used with

Shield

Stamina

30

Fury

30

Cooldown

18s

Range

8 tiles

Price

2,400 gold

Needs first

Shield-Shade, Bristle-Rush

Deed

A task from the teacher. The Lindenwall stand over what others built. Bjarni teaches this only to one who has stood over their own hearth through a night raid and seen the raiders repelled.

What it does

Mark the friend nearest the cursor (within 1.5 tiles of it, in sight) for 6 s. The first blow on them in that time that would deal 10 %+ of their max health, or would kill, knock out or down them whatever its size: you are there, a 0.12 s lunge to their side (up to 8 tiles; a wall in the way fails it and the blow lands), and the blow strikes your shield instead, raised by the lunge (frontal block math; your stamina can still break the guard), +2 Brace. One mark at a time; it ends when used.

Edge: Long Oath

Mark 6 -> 8 s. Honed on a band hunt, not in the ring (R10): land it 4 times with a band member of its tier present.