Veteran Ulfen Soldier

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.

When an Ulfen soldier rolls a success on a Will save against a fear effect, they get a critical success instead. In addition, any time they gain the Frightened condition, reduce its value by 1.

Trigger The monster has its shield raised and takes damage from a physical attack. Effect The monster snaps its shield into place to deflect a blow. The shield prevents the monster from taking an amount of damage up to the shield's Hardness. The monster and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.

When the Ulfen soldier has their shield raised, they can Stride to move half their Speed without triggering reactions that are triggered by their movement (such as Attacks of Opportunity).

The Ulfen soldier makes a melee Strike. If they hit and deal damage, the target is Frightened 1, or Frightened 2 on a critical hit.

Ulfen soldiers are trained to work well as a unit. The Ulfen soldier's Strikes deal an extra 1d8 damage to creatures within reach of at least two of the Ulfen soldier's allies.