====== Ghost Protocol ======

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**Ghost Protocol** is a [[weapon]] [[skills|skill tree]] associated with the [[sniper rifle]], focusing on long ranged offensive options and management of a special resource called Focus.

===== List of skills =====

^ __Skill__ ^ __Prerequisites__ ^ __SP Cost__ ^ __Levels?__ ^ __Description__ ^
| **Sniper Proficiency** | None | 10 SP | None | Allows the user to equip sniper rifles. |
| <sub>(Upper Branch)</sub> |
| **Zero Hour** | Sniper Proficiency | 4 SP | None | Grants access to the Focus resource. |
| **[[Zero In]]** | Zero Hour | 3 SP | None | An offensive action that deals no damage but increases your Focus stacks against a chosen target (max 4), amplifying the damage your next real attack against them will deal. Switching targets resets Focus. |
| **[[Calibrate]]** | Zero In | 4 SP | None | A bonus action which grants an additional stack of Focus against a target you currently have Focus stacks on. |
| **Between Heartbeats** | Calibrate, Dead Silence | 8 SP | None | When you reach maximum Focus against a target, your next shot is unblockable and deals double damage. All Focus is consumed afterwards. |
| <sub>(Central Branch)</sub> |
| **[[Longshot]]** | Sniper Proficiency | 4 SP | 4 | A precise long range shot that deals 15% bonus damage for each Focus stack the target possesses. |
| **[[Tracer Round]]** | Longshot | 4 SP | None | A shot that causes the target to take 25% additional damage from all sources for the next 3 turns. |
| **Dead Silence** | Tracer Round | 6 SP | None | Gain 5% damage reduction per Focus stack. |
| <sub>(Lower Branch)</sub> |
| **[[Kneecapper]]** | Sniper Proficiency | 3 SP | None | A shot which reduces the target's movement by 2 for 2 turns. |
| **Hollow Points** | Kneecapper, Longshot | 5 SP | None | All sniper shots now inflict bleeding for 2 turns. |
| **[[Killzone]]** | Hollow Points | 5 SP | None | Root yourself for 2 turns, automatically shooting at enemies entering the cardinal lines around you within a range of 1 tile. |
| **Pinning Fire** | Killzone | 6 SP | None | Enemies struck by Killzone are now rooted for 1 turn. |
| <sub>(Capstone Skill)</sub> |
| **[[God's Breath]]** | Between Heartbeats, Dead Silence, Pinning Fire | 8 SP | None | Fire an unblockable shot that consumes all focus stacks, dealing 50% bonus damage per stack consumed. At maximum focus, this attack also forces the target to skip their next turn. |
<sup>Where possible, skill lists will try to emulate the shape and flow of the in-game skill tree to ensure optimal readability, however this will not always be possible due to the shapes or interconnectivity possessed by some trees.</sup>

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