Taunt

Taunt is used to provoke an enemy into dropping his guard for a short time.

• Ability: Charisma

• Classes: Barbarian, Bard, Blackguard, Paladin

• Cross-Class: Yes

• Requires Training: No

• Check: The difficulty class is a Concentration check made by the target against the character’s Taunt skill roll. It is considered an attack. If the taunt is successful, the opponent suffers an Armor Class penalty equal to the difference between the Taunt roll and the defender’s roll (to a max of a -6 penalty) for 5 rounds. The target will also suffer a 30% chance of spell failure, if they don’t resist the taunt.

• Special: Taunt penalties are not cumulative.

• Use: Select skill and then target creature.

Notes

• This is an excellent way to reduce an opponent's AC -- in a sense giving you up to +6 AB past your +20 AB cap. Be careful though, as using it could cause you to be flat-footed if you are not careful.