Certain Stratagem
A miss on a calculated strike still lands half its damage, turning a botched stratagem into a lesser hit instead of nothing.
You know exactly where to strike a foe to target their weak spots. When you make a Strike that you're adding your Intelligence modifier to due to Devising a Stratagem and miss, you deal half of your damage to the target. This damage type is that of the weapon or unarmed attack you used for the Strike.
Level 2 · Type Class
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