Shield Combat

You enhance your control over the shield in combat. When you use your shield to perform a Block Reaction, you gain the following benefits:

After you perform a Block Reaction against the first attack, you reduce the damage of each subsequent attack by d4 without the need of using another reaction.
If your shield has a Deflect feature - during Block Reaction you reduce the damage by d4+3 (instead of 3).

Special: Deflect feature stacks with Parry and Deflect Projectiles talents. This means you gain an extra +X to your Shield Bonus, and the die you roll when performing a Block Reaction increases by one size. Use the following die size progression: d4 → d6 → d8.

Requirements:

Prestige: 1

Strength: 6

Prestige: 3

Strength: 10

Prestige: 5

Strength: 14

Level Effect:

You reduce the damage of each subsequent attack (against which you do not use a reaction) by d4 until the start of your next turn.

You reduce the damage of each subsequent attack (against which you do not use a reaction) by d6 until the start of your next turn.

You reduce the damage of each subsequent attack (against which you do not use a reaction) by d8 until the start of your next turn.