The Mallory Feint

The Mallory House in the Vertanis Empire is revered for an incredibly risky, incredibly potent swordsmanship maneuver.

The Mallory Feint.

The maneuver involves deliberately leaving leaving ones self open to an attack, baiting their foe into an attack, only to turn the tables with a last minute riposte, exploiting a weak point in their enemies defense. This maneuver allows them an incredible advantage on a reactionary strike, but leaves them exposed to attack afterwards.

When attacked by a melee strike, raise your own AC by +10 for that attack, and counter attack with advantage. Afterwards, your AC is reduced to 0 until the end of your attackers next turn. This feature can only be used once per long rest.