Guardian's Intercept

Reactive Teamwork Talent. Costs 1 Reaction Point when the trigger happens, with your bonded partner within Close range. The RP cost never changes at any tier.

Trigger: A creature makes an attack that would hit your bonded partner.

Tier 1 (Level 1): You step in: the attack targets you instead, resolved against your own defenses.

Tier 2 (Level 5): As Tier 1, but you may instead split the damage evenly between the two of you (round down) rather than taking all of it.

Tier 3 (Level 9): As Tier 2. You may also spend 1 Strain as part of the reaction to halve whatever damage you end up taking (all of it, or your share).

Tier 4 (Level 13): As Tier 3, and the reaction can also trigger when your partner fails a save against a harmful effect that deals damage, not only against attacks. You may instead spend 2 Strain to take none of the damage that would fall to you.

Tiers

Tier 1

You step in: the attack targets you instead, resolved against your own defenses.

Tier 2

As Tier 1, but you may instead split the damage evenly between the two of you (round down) rather than taking all of it.

Tier 3

As Tier 2. You may also spend 1 Strain as part of the reaction to halve whatever damage you end up taking (all of it, or your share).

Tier 4

As Tier 3, and the reaction can also trigger when your partner fails a save against a harmful effect that deals damage, not only against attacks. You may instead spend 2 Strain to take none of the damage that would fall to you.