Special Abilities

This article is about Special Abilities, from For The King II (game).

You may be looking for Skills, from For The King (game).

Special Abilities are a prominent game mechanic in For the King 2.

Overview

Special Abilities are special passive and active abilities that both playable characters and enemies can have that are triggered when specific conditions are met. Some Special Abilities are innate to certain characteres and enemies, while some others can be gained through equipped items or even Traits.

List of Special Abilities

	Special Ability	Effect	Activation requirements	Improves with
	Annoying	Automatically Taunt at the end of turn during combat.	Combat End of turn
	Called Shot	Chance to guarantee a perfect roll and Critical on certain ranged weapons	Combat Use of a Ranged ( ) weapon Each use of Focus decreases activation the chance Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Cheers	Spreads the effect of the item used along with Iron Belly to nearby allies	Use of an Alcohol item. Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Craft Bomb	Chance to gain a random Bomb on Overworld or in Dungeon	Occurs at least x1 within 5 turns Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Dungeon Beginning of Rest Phase Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Decoy	Redirects attacks targeted at flanking tiles to self	Combat An attack is targeted at a decoyed tile
	Deflect	Chance to block a projectile and reflect it back at the attacker	Combat Being the target of a single target projectile attack Wielding a corresponding weapon ( ) Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Discipline	Replenishes the Focus of allies on a critical or killing blow	Combat Get the killing blow on an enemy At least one ally with 0 Focus Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Distract	Chance to prevent an enemy from succeeding an ability slot roll in Combat	Combat On any enemy ability roll Cannot activate if The target of the ability is the owner of the skill The skill has already activated on the ability roll The ability is Focused Poisoned
	Eager	Chance to Rush self at the beginning of combat	Combat Beginning of combat Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Elite Ambush	Reduces the amount of rolls required for the Ambush encounter by 1.	Overworld
	Elite Door Bash	Reduces the amount of rolls required for the Bash encounter by 1.	Overworld Door Encounter
	Elite Sneak	Reduces the amount of rolls required for the Sneak encounter by 1.	Overworld At least 1 Movement Point left
	Encourage	Chance to save an ally from failing an ability slot roll in Combat	Combat On any ally ability roll Cannot activate if The active character is the owner of the skill The skill has already activated on the ability roll Poisoned
	Energy Boost	Chance to gain additional movement when running out of movement on the Overworld	Overworld Use of all Movement Points Cannot activate if The skill has already activated this turn Poisoned
	Entertain	Gain Gold in certain situations on Overworld or in Dungeon	Overworld (Day) Must be within 1 distance of a Town or a Dark Carnival Overworld (Night) Must be within 1 distance of a Night Market or a Dark Carnival Dungeon Must come across a market Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Eureka	Replenishes Focus completely on level up	Level Up Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Fate	Pull a card from your Tarot Deck and read one of your party member's Fate	Requires a charge in your Tarot Deck There is a chance to obtain a charge at the end of your turn Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Find Alcohol	Chance to gain a random Alcohol on Overworld or in Dungeon	Occurs at least x1 within 5 turns Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Dungeon Beginning of Rest Phase Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Find Herb	Chance to gain a random Herb on Overworld or in Dungeon	Occurs at least x1 within 5 turns Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Dungeon Beginning of Rest Phase Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Find Scroll	Chance to gain a random Scroll on Overworld or in Dungeon	Occurs at least x1 within 5 turns Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Dungeon Beginning of Rest Phase Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Fortune	Chance to give a party member a second chance at a slot roll	Any slot roll with a success ratio of 50% or below Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Grill Dog	Gain a random Hotdog on Overworld or in Dungeon when resting at a Safe Camp	Using the Rest action at a Safe Camp or Log Cabin Overworld Any player standing on the camp will receive a hotdog Dungeon All players receive a hotdog Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Guard	Combat tile behind source of the skill is untargetable	Combat
	Hardwork	Chance to gain Primary Action upon consuming remaining Focus, allowing the current turn to continue.	Combat Use remaining Focus First activation in a turn is always guaranteed Subsequent actions become less and less likely Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Herd	Chance of a Sheep joining your party at the end of turn on Overworld or in Dungeon	Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Dungeon Beginning of rest phase Cannot activate if Already accompanied by a Companion or Mercenary Poisoned
	Inspire	Chance for party members to gain XP on Overworld or in Dungeon	Overworld Ally must be within 2 distance of the owner of the skill Dungeon No restriction Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Iron Belly	Negates all debuffs coming from using Alcohol items	Use of an Alcohol item
	Justice	Chance of turning an attack into a powerful area of effect on certain two-handed melee weapon abilities	Combat Use of a Two-Handed weapon ability ( ) Perfect ability roll Every Focus used moderately increases the activation chance Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Last Straw	Chance to gain the ability to summon a Scarecrow on a Combat tile	Combat Cannot activate if The skill owner's Scarecrow is already active Poisoned
	Log Cabin	Replaces Tinder Pouch with Log Cabins	Use of a Tinder Pouch
	Long Haul	Enables the ability to trade with other players from afar	Overworld Player with the skill can trade with any player over two hexes away
	Medic	Allows the use of Herbs on nearby allies in Combat	Combat Use of a Herb item
	Mend	Chance to save a Breakable weapon from being destroyed	Use of a Breakable weapon ability Condition for Breakable is met Activation chance increases with the source's Vitality and the target's Luck Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Navigator	Gain +2 Movement points when running out of movement on vehicle while offroad or on water	Overworld Embarked on a vehicle Use of all Movement Points Final hex is offroad or on water Cannot activate if it has already activated this turn
	Nice Day	Chance of gaining additional movement on Overworld during the day when the weather is clear	Overworld Beginning of turn Cannot activate if Nighttime Bad Weather Poisoned
	Parry	Chance to block a melee attack and damage the attacker instead	Combat Being the target of a single target melee attack Wielding a corresponding weapon ( ) Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Party Heal	Provides the ability to heal party members when using a Godsbeard	Overworld, Rest Phase Heals every party member 100% efficiency on self 50% efficiency on others Combat Heals party members around and on targeted tile 100% efficiency on target 50% efficiency around target Requires Godsbeard On use Party Heal action
	Plaything	Chance to capture the soul of enemies inside of a Doll	Combat Getting the killing blow on an enemy Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Refocus	Increasing chance to regain Focus on Overworld and Dungeon with every missing point.	Overworld End of turn Combat Beginning of Rest Phase Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Scrounge	Chance to gain a random item from a random category on Overworld or in Dungeon	Occurs at least x1 within 4 Overworld End of turn Must be within 1 distance of a Clear Hex Cannot activate if Poisoned
	Smoke Flee	Provides the ability to easily Flee from any combat	Amount of rolls decreased by 1
	Steadfast	Chance to negate damage received in Combat when equipped with a Shield	Shield Damage taken Activation becomes more likely with lower HP Cannot activate if Not Taunting and the damage is fatal Poison
	Support Range	Allows to be within range of a Combat Radius when standing one hex away from it	Overworld
	Survey	Chance to reveal Encounters on the Overworld	Overworld Unrevealed Encounters in the current Region within a radius of 8 Cannot activate if Poison
	Tactics	Chance to apply Attack Up on a tile in Combat at the end of turn	Combat End of turn Cannot activate if All tiles are occupied Poison