Protagonist (keystone)
“Style as a hallmark of victory.”
*Dramatis Personae: Path of the Protagonist uses a resource called Luck Points (LP). When you take any Step in this Path, you have a maximum of 2 LP, plus 1 LP per Step taken in this Path, with LP regained at the start of a strife. You also gain the Heroic Pose ability that can only be used in a strife. As a major action, you pose dramatically, refilling all LP and gaining advantage on your next attack roll or skill check.
- Dramatic Flourish: Spend 3 LP when making a damaging attack roll to gain Pd3+CHA bonus damage. You may either heal for half that bonus damage or deal half the bonus damage to the target on a miss. Any die size increases to abilitechs/subpowers also increases this.
- A Certain Set of Skills: Choose one:
- Silver Tongue: When using Aim or Avert, you may spend 1 LP to take +1 to the bonus. If you have at least a +8 in a Charisma skill, this bonus rises by +1, up to +4 for three skills with at least +8.
- Smooth Criminal: When using Distract, you may spend 1 LP to use Deception instead of Stealth, take advantage on the check, and gain the crit bonus as a bonus to AC/resistances against the next attack made against you.
- Vicious Retort: As a reaction to being attacked, you may spend 2 LP to make a damaging basic abilitech or at-will subpower attack, dealing Pd3+CHA damage.
- Rising Tempo: You regain 1 LP after using an Encore (2nd) abilitech, a lesser/greater slot subpower, or an ability benefitting from Heroic Pose’s advantage. Heroic Pose can now be used as part of any non-damaging major action.
- Star Power: When you make an attack roll or skill check in a strife and benefit from one or more flat bonuses, you may spend 1 LP to add one of those bonuses to your AC/resistances for 1 round. Alternately, when you are targeted by an attack against your AC/resistances and have flat bonuses to it (including bonuses from this Step), you may spend 1 LP to add one of those bonuses to your attack rolls and skill checks for 1 round.