This skill allows the user to take only 1 hit point of damage from any damaging spell, attack or effect. This includes special attacks or spells which normally would drop the character to critically wounded or worse status, such as Critical Strike, Lethal Strike, Assassinate, the Death or Condemn spells, and similar. To activate this ability, the user must loudly declare “Resolute Defense” once affected by an attack.

Followers of the Faithless may purchase this skill up to 5 times.

Order of the Dragon, Nightfell Reavers, Merciless, and Vindler Skald may purchase this ability once every 20 levels (20, 40, 60, 80, 100).

Bloody Jackals and Trillium Smiths may purchase this ability once every 30 levels (30, 60, 90).

Ebon Hand may purchase this ability once every 40 levels (40, 80).

Blood Eagles and Corsairs of Nevermore may purchase this ability once every 50 levels (50, 100).