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STRIKING THE SHADOWS FOOTFALL (1402)

It was said that the eldest and most respected of the warrior-monks of 
Macalla lost many honorable duels in his life, but never lost one rematch. 
His eye for detail was passed on to only choice students, and the technique 
he developed became known as Striking the Shadow's Footfall.  This name was 
chosen because he could predict an opponent's movements so well, he even 
knew where their shadow would next stand.  Though he fought as any other 
early in a duel, as he sparred with a foe, he eventually learned all their 
flaws, and before his foe knew how it happened, they were on the ground, his 
favored staff tapping them lightly on the skull as a signal of his victory.

The techniques of this Legacy are refined enough that they are curiously
useless against unskilled foes.  Only members of adventuring guilds possess
refined enough styles to take advantage of.