Battle system overhaul.
Introducing the Guard resource.
This new resource will server as your first line of defense. When taking damage if you have guard left that will take the hit, instead of your health.
Guard is regained automatically similar to stamina, however, dodging through attacks or a successful parry will regain a lot more guard immediately.
All actions cost guard, however even if your guard is under zero, you can still preform all actions, as opposed to stamina. This allows you to escape, or push more, but also risk taking damage.
This is an experimental update, previous version is archived and can be restored easily. If this version proves unpopular rollback is possible.
Thank you for reading and hope you`ll find the new system more rewarding.