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You begin an encounter with all your readied maneuvers unexpended, regardless of how many times you might have already used them since you chose them. When you initiate a maneuver, you expend it for the current encounter, so each of your readied maneuvers can be used once per encounter (unless you recover them, as described below).

'''Stances Known:''' At the levels shown above, you learn a new martial stance from [[Dancing Goddess (3.5e Martial Discipline)|Dancing Goddess]], Diamond Mind, Iron Heart, and Setting Sun disciplines. You must meet a stance’s prerequisite to learn it.

* Whenever she is struck by an attack or damaging effect, she may spend 1 point as a nonaction to reduce the damage by 5 points. This stacks with DR, energy resistance and other forms of protection. She may use this ability only once per attack or effect.

* She may spend 1 point as a free action at the start of her turn to become immune to fear for 1 round. This suppresses any fear effect currently on her and their duration still elapses.

'''{{Anchor|Armor Training}}:''' Starting at 3rd level, a bushi learns to be more maneuverable while wearing armor. Whenever she is wearing armor, she reduces the armor check penalty by 2 and increases the maximum Dexterity bonus allowed by his armor by 1. In addition, a bushi can also move at her normal speed and tumble while wearing medium armor.

'''{{Anchor|Special Challenge}} {{Ex}}:''' At 6th level, the bushi can issue special challenges. She gains access to ''Daunting Challenge'', ''Last Stand'' and ''Test of Mettle''. These special challenges use one the bushi’s challenge per day and are considered to be an active challenge, and thus no more challenge can be issued while they are active.

''{{Anchor|Last Stand}}:'' The bushi can issue this special challenge as a swift action. When she does so she can expend any number of resolve, gaining 10 temporary hit points per point of resolve spent. The bushi treats all opponents on the battlefield as the target of her challenge, but she only adds half the normal damage bonus. Whenever the bushi would recover a point of resolve during her land stand she instead gains 10 additional temporary hit points. Last stand last for 1 round per class level, after which all temporary hit points gained from it vanishes. Whenever a bushi defeats an opponent while in last stand she extends its duration by 1 round, but it immediately end at the end of the encounter. After last stand's duration elapses you are [[SRD:Fatigued|fatigued]] for 1 hour.

''{{Anchor|Test of Mettle}}:'' The bushi can issue this special challenge as a full-round action. All foes within 60 ft. of her must make a [[Will]] save with a DC of 10 + ½ class level + the bushi’s [[Charisma]] modifier or be forced to attack her. Creatures that fail this save are forced to attack the bushi with their ranged or melee attacks in preference over other available targets. If a foe attacks by casting a spell or using a supernatural ability, they must target the bushi with the attack or include them in the effect's area. The affected creatures are otherwise able to act as normal.

'''{{Anchor|Focused Duelist}} {{Ex}}:''' At 9th level the bushi no longer takes a penalty to AC when using her challenge, additionally she gains a +2 bonus to AC against the target of her challenge.