It fills a similar role to D&D 3E/3.5/4E/Pathfinder's attack of opportunity mechanics. Project Eternity's melee engagement was designed as a solution to two common problems in the Infinity Engine games: melee characters' inability to control an area and ranged characters' ability to "kite" melee characters. Hold the Line – (All) trains the character in new defensive strategies, increasing his or her Engagement limit by 1.If it hits, the attack knocks the target back, usually far enough to break Engagement in the process. Grimoire Slam – ( Wizard) attacks an enemy in melee with their magically-charged grimoires, unleashing a concussive wave of energy on contact.Though they can still suffer massive damage while powering through.
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Wild Sprint – ( Barbarian) ignores temporarily the movement stop and hit reactions from Engagement and Disengagement Attacks.The Shockwave causes a short-duration Stun effect, that breaks Engagement. Rooting Pain – ( Monk) creates a small area of éffect shockwave around the monk each time they gain a Wound.Escape – ( Rogue) breaks Engagement without provoking a Disengagement Attack.Defender –( Fighter) allows them to engage two additional targets and increases the range at which they engage targets.When it's initiated, a Disengagement Attack automatically breaks Engagement on the target, but if the target is also the attacker's current melee target, the attacker will typically be able to re-establish Engagement before the target can move farther away. It has an inherent Accuracy bonus, does significantly more damage than a standard attack, and will call a hit reaction animation while momentarily stopping the character's movement. Disengagement attack ĭisengagement Attack is a "free" action with no recovery time. įleeing targets can be engaged, as soon as the pursuer catch up to them and stops moving, forcing them to stop as well. For fighters in Defender mode, it's the first three, one of which is typically someone they are attacking. If they don't have a target, it's the first enemy who enters the radius. Įngagement range is only a little more than a character width (barring special circumstances) and most characters can only engage one enemy at a time. If the attacker has a limited number of Engagement targets (as most do) and switches his or her attack focus to a different character, Engagement immediately ends. If the attacker moves away from their Engagement targets, is paralyzed, knocked down, or otherwise prevented from maintaining a threat, Engagement will also immediately end.
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If the attacker switches to a non-melee weapon or performs a non-melee-based action, Engagement immediately ends. Arcane Assault is learnt automatically by all wizards at level 1. For a list of spells found in grimoires, see this page. Spells marked as (Unique) cannot be learned on level up, but are possible to learn from finding special grimoires. For more information see the wizard class page. When an opponent is Engaged by an attacker, moving any significant distance away from the attacker is called Disengagement and will provoke an automatic Disengagement Attack. The following is a list of wizard spells in Pillars of Eternity.
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