Taskmaster

Taskmaster
Prerequisites: Brutal Training, Novice Intimidate
At-Will – Extended Action
Target: A Pokémon with at least 2 Tutor Points
Effect: The target loses 2 Tutor Points, and gains the Cruelty Ability.

Desperate Strike
Prerequisites: Taskmaster
1 AP - Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokemon triggers Cruelty
Effect: Your Pokemon's Cruelty Frequency is not expended, and Cruelty effects may be purchased as if the foe had additional injuries equal to the number of injuries on your Pokemon. Desperate Strike may be used once per Scene per Pokemon.

Harsh Training
Prerequisites: Taskmaster, Adept Intimidate
At-Will - Free Action
Trigger: You apply Brutal Training to your Pokemon as Training
Effect: Your Pokemon becomes Hardened, and if it has less than three injuries, it gains enough injuries to have three total injuries. Hardened Pokemon do not lose Hit Points from acting while Heavily Injured, and Injuries beyond the 5th do not lower their Maximum Hit Points (They still die if they gain 10 injuries however). Additionally, your Hardened Pokemon gain bonuses based on the number of Injuries they have. If your Pokemon loses enough injuries to have less than three injuries, it stops being Hardened.
Injury Bonuses
3+: +5 to Initiative
5+: +5 Damage Resistance
7+: Immune to Hit Point Loss due to Status Conditions or other effects.
9+: Resists all damage two steps.

Pain Resistance
Prerequisites: Harsh Training
At-Will - Extended Action
Target: Your Hardened Pokemon.
Effect: You may remove up to three injuries from the target, and the target gains two Ticks of Hit Points for each injury removed this way. The Injury Removal from this Feature counts as Natural Healing, and thus counts towards the maximum of three injuries that can be removed from a Pokemon per day.

Strike of the Whip
Prerequisites: Taskmaster, Press
At-Will – Swift Action
Trigger: You use Press
Effect: You may apply one or more of the following effects to the Pokémon hit by Press:
» Give the target 1 Injury and 1 Tick of Temporary Hit Points.
» Spend 1 AP and cure the target of Confusion, Infatuation, Rage, and Suppression.
» Use an [Order] you know on the target as a Free Action.

Scars and Scabs
Prerequisites: Taskmaster, Expert Intimidate
1 AP - Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokemon with 1 or more injuries takes Damage
Effect: Your Pokemon gains 5 Damage Reduction against the triggering attack per Injury it has. Scars and Scabs may be used once per Scene per Pokemon.

Press On!
Prerequisites: Taskmaster, Expert Intimidate
At-Will – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon with 3 or more Injuries is Fainted, but remains at above -30% Hit Points.
Effect: Your Pokémon instead does not Faint and does not gain an Injury from passing the 0 Hit Points marker. Instead, your Pokemon Faints upon reaching -30% Hit Points.  Pokémon cannot use the Moves Explosion, Endure, Pain Split, or Selfdestruct while they have 0 Hit Points or less. Pokémon with the Soulless capability cannot benefit from Press On!

Deadly Gambit
Prerequisites: 5 Taskmaster Features, Master Intimidate
Scene – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon is the target of a foe’s damaging melee attack
Effect: The triggering attack automatically hits as if it was a Critical Hit. Before damage resolves, your Pokémon may use a 1-Target damaging attack on the foe making the triggering attack as an Interrupt, Frequency allowing, and also automatically hits as a Critical Hit. Damage for both attacks then resolve at the same time.

Note: This effect bypasses immunity to Critical Hits on your own Pokémon, but not on the target. Though both attacks hit automatically and are Critical Hits, you may still roll to activate effects.

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Cruelty
Scene – Swift Action
Trigger: The user hits a foe with a damaging attack
Effect: After Damage is Resolved, the foe gains an Injury. The user is then informed of the total number of Injuries currently on the target, and may use that number to "purchase" the effects listed below.
1: The target loses 2 Hit Points. May be "purchased" multiple times.
1: The foe is Slowed.
2: The foe loses 1 Defense Combat Stage.
2: The foe loses 1 Special Defense Combat Stage.
2: The foe loses 1 Speed Combat Stage.
3: Until the end of the encounter, the target may not gain Hit Points or Temporary Hit Points from any source. This effect ends if the target is switched out or Takes a Breather.