Maneuvers — Specialization Within Roles
Each rank in any Role comes with a relevant Maneuver - a specific trick that improves the function of the Role when applicable. Every Role has some typical examples a character might want to use, but players are welcome to invent new ones and negotiate the details with their group.
How They Work
When your Maneuver applies to a situation, it typically provides an additional +1 to your EL per rank in the Maneuver. You absolutely can take the same Maneuver more than once to rank it up! You can even buy additional ranks with Karma, exactly like Roles, though you never have to. Maneuvers can never exceed their associated Role rank, and in general a character shouldn't have more Maneuvers than ranks in the associated Role.