Hello all,

Quelling Strike
Reduces enmity and increases TP generated by next attack. Ends Raging Strike effect if active to provide a further TP bonus.

I just went over and spoke with the dev. team member in charge of actions/abilities and asked him what falls under 'attack' and here's what he gave me:

Auto-attack
Throwing
Archer shots
Weaponskills
Damage-dealing magic
Damage-dealing actions

In other words, anything that (has the possibility) of dealing damage is deemed an 'attack,' and will receive the benefit of Quelling Strike.

Actions that are not affected by Quelling Strike are:

Medicine/potion usage
Non-damage dealing actions
Curative, enhancing, enfeebling magic

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Blindside
Makes your next attack a critical hit when executed from behind the target. Does not affect auto-attacks or spells.

It turns out that this description was a little more vague than the developers intended. In fact, this action only affects weaponskills. To better relay this, we will be updating the help text in patch 1.21a from 'attack' to 'weaponskill.'

As for your suggestion, I passed it along to the man in charge. He said he would look into it, but for now there are no plans to extend the action's effect beyond weaponskills.

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I hope that helps!!