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Name: Bastion

Type: Symbol

Purpose: Defensive

Short description: user creates a shield which absorbs damage, and can expel all damage absorbed in a single attack

Activation Cue: A black outline of a heater shield appears, with arcane symbols that appear on points of contact. When expending damage, shield turns white and seven pointed star fills the centre.

Range: Medium (up to 10 metres away from user)

General limitations: shield is immobile, and only one shield can be summoned at a time. Cannot be fired through from the users side, switching between modes requires conscious activation. Shield disperses if the user goes more than 75m away, distance will increase with practise.

Active ability(s) (if any): Tier One: user summons a man sized shield, size increases with practise. Default mode is defence mode. All damage is expelled at once in a straight line from the face of the shield when switched to offence mode.

Dust interaction (all): infuses the expelled damage with the element.

Notes: a Bastion is a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.