Ranks: 1
XP Cost: 30
Learn Time: 26
Skill Point Cost: 20
Self-Teach :No
Pre-Requisite: 275+ XP; Avoidance; Danger Sense
Debarment: –
Limitation: Once per combat
Rarity: Uncommon
Description:
Do you like the Avoidance ability? This is better. Considerably better. With this highly tuned ability, a character can react to all his surroundings and avoid the effects of an attack, regardless of where it came from. Additionally, the character can Dodge Unavoidable attacks and only takes half effect from “Burst” damage when this ability is used to defend against it. The only thing that a Dodge cannot counter in some way is “Radius Effects”. Any type of attack ability that is used or exhausted due to contact is not used or exhausted if Dodge is used to defend against it. As with the Avoidance ability, the character must announce “Dodge” immediately after being hit with an attack.
But that’s not all! The Dodge ability can be used to allow the character to be able to react so fast that they can move themselves to block or shield an attack against someone else within arm’s reach. This is done by reaching out towards the character in question and announcing “Dodge, Block” immediately after the character is hit with an attack. Instead of the attacked character receiving the effect the character doing the dodge/blocking takes the effect.
It should be noted that asking “what was that?” and then deciding to use the skill after determining if it’s worth “dodging” is not considered immediately after an attack.
This skill can only be use once per combat and cost 20 SP to use.
