Move Approval V

[Ricter]

Iron Mountain: (900 OM) [Requires Physical Strength, Area Defence] Taking up a defensive posture while wielding his sword he focuses on parrying, deflecting, or blocking, strikes and hostile projectiles with the blade or flat face of the weapon. If a volley of attacks are coming towards him he can tighten his focus and parry them in rapid succession, cutting through or simply deflecting them away from his general area. While in this stance he can only shuffle along the ground which cuts his movement speed in half, making it more so for defending rather than avoiding. If he can see the attack about to come he can lower his stance, tensing up and preparing to counter act if given enough time to do so. He can hold this stance for up to ten seconds, allowing him to block or split a very strong attack with his own built up preparation. However he is rooted in place while preparing this, unable to move unless he drops the guard completely.

Just to check I understood this correctly:
300 - Basic parrying, move slower and focus to block lots of quick attacks.
600 (variable) - Charge up for up to 10 seconds to block a strong attack.

>How long does it take to initiate the defensive posture? Or can he do near-instantly?
>I assume you want to be able to block bullets, so he'd be moving his sword a lot faster than usual. Can you add a drawback to accommodate for that? Travelling slower and requiring focus isn't really enough if you want to be able to quickly block lots of quick attacks. Something like it putting a strain on his arms because of how quickly he's blocking, or having to spend a few moments to bring up the posture. 
>You say he can only hold this for 10 seconds. Is there anything stopping him from bringing it back up straight away?

Yes, basically what you said.

Iron Mountain: (600 OM) [i][Requires Physical Strength, Area Defence][/i]
After a brief second he manages to take up a defensive posture while wielding his sword for which he focuses on parrying, deflecting, or blocking, strikes and hostile projectiles with the blade or flat face of the weapon. If a volley of attacks are coming towards him he can tighten his focus and parry them in rapid succession, cutting through or simply deflecting them away from his general area. While in this stance he can only shuffle along the ground which cuts his movement speed in half, in addition he'd begin to grow slightly tired if he's blocking multiple attacks for a long period of time. If he can see the attack about to come he can lower his stance, tensing up and preparing to counter act if given enough time to do so. He can hold this stance for up to ten seconds, allowing him to block or split a very strong attack with his own built up preparation. However he is rooted in place while preparing this, unable to move unless he drops the guard completely, and thanks to the strain it can only be used every other post or it will tire out his arms depending on how strong the attack he's defending against.