City guard

City guard
Combat stats
Offense: 5	Hit die: d6
HP: 30	Evasion: 5 Mitigation: 2
Speed: 6	Size: 1
	Initiative: 5

City guards are enforcers of city laws who are commonly charged with the apprehension of petty criminals or service as protectors of an important (or at least wealthy) figure. Usually, they have little training and/or aren't the sorts of people who belong in positions in power, and so these guards are notorious for taking pleasure in the more violent aspects of their profession or backing down from any fight that isn't a sure victory. In some cities, bribery of the city guard is also a problem.

Behavior

Guards who are guarding someone will possess the ability Warden's Duty, which they will use whenever someone makes a melee attack against the person they're guarding if within range.

All other guards will possess Pummel, which they will use at the first possible opportunity. Spear shove can be used to knock a foe off a ledge or to set up Pummel.

Other than these abilities, guards simply use basic attacks and tactics.

Equipment

Chain mail vest Level X armor A cheaply-made, but effective, vest of small metal rings. Armor ✦ Chain mail Armor: +4+X evasion, +2+X mitigation

Warden's spear Level X weapon An iron spear of mediocre quality, with a long reach and a sharp tip. Weapon ✦ Main-handed, Versatile, Iron Hit die: 1d8 Accuracy mod.: 0 Enhancement: +X Strength or Dexterity

Iron shield Shield

A sturdy but heavy iron shield.

Armor ✦ Shield Armor: +2 evasion

This item requires 5 Strength to equip.

Abilities

Guards possess Warden's Duty if they are guarding someone and Pummel otherwise.

Warden's Duty Utility With cold resolve, you move to intercept a blow bound for your ward. At-will ✦ Immediate action Immediate action      Radius 2 Trigger: An ally in radius is the target of a melee attack You may choose to rearrange your and your ally's position such that you stand between your ally's attacker and your ally, and become the target of the attack.

Pummel Attack Seeing an opening, you jump onto a fallen foe and beat him mercilessly. Encounter ✦ Exploding dice Standard action      Radius 1 Target: One prone foe within radius Attack: Offense vs. Physical defense Hit: 4d4+Offense damage. You drop your weapon into an unoccupied adjacent tile and grant combat advantage to all foes until your foe recovers from the prone position or you move away.

Spear shove Utility

With both hands on your spear, you use the handle to shove a foe hard.

Recharge ✦ Recharge 3+, Prone Standard action      Melee weapon Target: One foe Attack: Weapon vs. Physical defense

Hit: Your foe is knocked 1 tile away from you and knocked prone.

Solid hit: 1[W] damage. This damage is not affected by the solid hit.

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