Martial focus

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Martial focus is used in three ways:

• You can expend your focus as part of any single Fortitude or Reflex saving throw you make thereafter. When you expend your focus in this manner, your saving throw is treated as if you rolled a 13, similarly to taking 10 on a skill check, except that the number you add to your saving throw is 13.
• You can expend your martial focus to gain the benefit of some feats and class features, as described in their entry.
• Some feats and abilities require you to currently have martial focus in order to provide their effect.

Unless otherwise noted, expending martial focus happens as part of the specified action and does not require an action itself. A character will continue to receive any benefits accorded them for having martial focus until the action they choose to expend it on is complete.

Regaining Martial Focus: Characters regain their martial focus after a minute of rest, or by taking the total defense action. You may not by any means regain focus more than once per round.

Once you have regained martial focus, you remain focused until you expend your focus, become unconscious, or go to sleep (or enter a meditative trance).

The following feats give new ways to regain martial focus:

Regain Martial Focus Feats

Name	Categories	Prerequisites	Benefit
Athletics	Athletics • Combat • Style	—	Become a master of movement.
Focused Might	Combat	Brute Fighter	Regain martial focus when you shove.
Focusing Connection	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Regain martial focus by touching your animal ally.
Focusing Formula	Combat	Alchemist	Create concoction which restores martial focus as a move action.
Focusing Reload	Combat	Sniper	Regain martial focus when reloading your weapon.
Hidden Focus	Combat	Scout	Regain martial focus when successfully hiding.
Lookout	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Share your Perception checks with your animal allies.
Shielded Focus	Combat	Shield Fighter	Regain martial focus when an attack misses an active defense recipient, or when you fight defensively.