Grit (Tag)

Grit		Grit Mercenary Tag
These tags are available to mercenaries that have taken the grit specialization. Their abilities may be displayed with the Abilities command. Grit tags may be learned from Klyin in Kaezar or Hegnus in Kaezar.
Name	Requirements	Cost	Description
Vicious Blow	None	1 Stamina per swing	Provides the mercenary with a bonus to damage with power or hybrid weapons that scales with Tactics and Strength.
Clotting	20 Conditioning	5 Stamina	The mercenary focuses its will on holding itself together, causing it to bleed less.
Parry Breaker	30 Melee	1 Stamina per swing	Provides the mercenary with a bonus to attack opponents in parry stance that scales with Tactics and Strength.
Another Pint	40 Conditioning	Passive	Passively provides a bonus to the mercenary's maximum stamina and vitality that scales with Conditioning and Endurance.
Knockdown	50 Melee	1 Stamina per swing	Allows the mercenary's attacks to have a chance to knock down the target and give it roundtime. This does not work with precision weapons.
Shield Bash	60 Shields	5 Stamina	The mercenary bashes the target with its shield, knocking it prone and stunning it. Larger shields result in greater damage and stun. Secondary Grit mercenaries also gain a bonus to attempt this attack that scales with tactics.
Shield Block	110 Shields	1 Stamina per block	Grants the mercenary an additional chance to block attacks with its shield and providing additional armor resistance against physical damage if the mercenary is wearing scale armor or less. The chance to avoid attacks and armor resistance both are based on Shields and the better of Reflexes or Strength. This is a primary defensive ability.
Challenge	150 Tactics	None	The mercenary issues a challenge to the target, attempting to get it to focus only on the mercenary and providing a mental penalty to offense that scales with tactics and will.
Rally	170 Tactics	None	Gives the target a mental bonus to Tactics that scales with Tactics and Will. Also calls the target to the mercenary if the target is in the mercenary's group and is able to move.
The Best Defense	210 Armor	Passive	Passively gives a bonus to unarmed if the mercenary is wearing plate or scale on the limb used for the attack and allows the mercenary to wield a two-handed weapon as though it were a one-handed weapon in its dominant hand. The bonus scales with Armor.