====== Stand in Defence ======
{{tag>activity main_action}}

You place yourself between a creature or thing, and those who wish to do it harm.  Roll+FOR.
  * **Complete Success**:  Hold 3.
  * **Success**:  Hold 2.
  * **Partial Success**:  Hold 1.
  * **Failure**:  Hold 1, but you cannot react to the target being damaged---only to them being attacked.
  * **Complete Failure**:  You are out of position, and receive no Holds.

If the target is attacked or takes damage, you may spend a Hold to protect them.  If you spend a Hold to interfere with an attack, you cannot then spend a Hold to interfere with that attack's damage.  In either case, you must choose to interfere //before// the appropriate roll is made.

**Interfering with an attack**:
  * Spend a Hold to inflict slight on the opponent's attack roll.
  * If the target can [[ironbound:rules:activities:Avoid Danger]], spend a hold to grant them favour on their roll.
  * Spend a Hold to redirect the attack to yourself.

**Interfering with a damage roll**:
  * Spend a Hold to inflict slight on the opponent's damage roll.
  * Spend a Hold to absorb the damage yourself.