Living Guard

Trigger A creature attacks the palace guard's liege, and the liege is within the guard's melee reach Effect The liege gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack, and the palace guard gains a +2 circumstance bonus to attack and damage rolls until the end of their next turn. Effect: Guard's Parry (Guard) Effect: Guard's Parry (Liege)

Trigger A creature within the monster's reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using. Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn't count toward the monster's multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike.

Requirements The palace guard's last action was a successful halberd Strike

The palace guard attempts to Reposition the creature they hit using their halberd's reach. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the guard's multiple attack penalty.