Defense Combat Mastery
Cost: 1 Points/Rank
Action: Reaction
Duration: Permanent
Relevant Ability: None
Progression: The character gains 1 extra defence each round/Rank, Or +1/+2 to a specific Defense
This Attribute reflects the character's ability to use every defensive combat situation to his or her benefit. Each round, the character may make one or more additional defensive or non-combat actions. Additionally, penalties for performing more than one defensive action each round only apply after the extra defences are used. For example, a -2 penalty is applied to the fifth defence for a character with Rank 3 Extra Defences.
So a character with the Deflect flaw would not begin to take penalties until they have used one more time than their Defense Combat Master rank. Or, a character could arrange Alternate Defenses as part of an Array of Powers more than once per round.
Alternatively ranks in DCM can give a character a +1 bonus to a specific type of attack, either melee or ranged. Or a +2 bonus to very specific attack, such as bladed weapons or a particular power or attacks from a certain creature.
