level: Sha R3 Shaolins learn some fighting styles, where they have incredibly bad defense. Fighting with an enemy who uses whirlwind attacks or similar room attacks is nearly impossible, as shaolin gets beaten so much that he usually dies. So shaolins developed battle instinct, which informs them that enemy is going to perform a room attack, so they can evade this attack a bit. In combat it means that damage dealt by enemy is not counted using AC from style but plain AC instead. This battle instinct works only in offensive styles, i.e. in those which increases AC (makes more positive) by 200 points or more. Being instinctual, it also provides some bonus to dodge unexpected attacks from opponents you are not fighting.