Flip

Flip is an ability that can be learned by characters.

• IC description: By further honing your reflexes and balance, you can achieve a graceful jump-flip. Not only for pleasing onlookers, this ability can be useful for leaping away from danger and away to a safe distance, avoiding further attacks.
• OOC description: (A passive enhancement to tumble, granting a chance to flip instead of tumble, moving into Ranged position and breaking combat engagement.)
• Usage: Reactive effect is passive. flip to do a performance flip.
• Prerequisite Abilities:
  • Tumble

• Bonus Effects
  • "Flip Flank"
    • Class: duelist, bard
    • Tactics required: duelist, bard
    • Description: Flip behind a target in order to surprise and flank them. Targets of the same size category or above require a means of boosting the flipper high enough, such as a nearby crate, barrel, chair, boulder, tree stump, etc. Additionally, the back of a nearby mount, a group member's shield, or a particularly strong group member's vambraces can also serve as potential boosts.
    • Usage: flip <target>
    • Cooldown timer: 15