You have honed your combat skills to capitalize on enemy mistakes, turning their attacks against them with swift precision. While wielding a shield, or one-handed simple or martial weapon, you gain the following benefits:
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Defensive Stance: As an action, you can enter a defensive stance, adding your proficiency bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn. This also spends your reaction.
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Riposte: When a creature makes a melee attack against you and misses while you are in the defensive stance, you may choose to retaliate. You immediately make an attack action against the creature. Each attack benefits from double your proficiency bonus added to the damage rolls.
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Stance Break: The defensive stance ends after you complete the riposte attack action, or if you are hit by a melee attack.
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Critical Hit: If you are hit by a melee attack while in the defensive stance, the attack is an automatic critical hit against you.
You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses after finishing a long rest.
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