SHIELD
Effect: Defense
Action: Free
Range: Personal
Duration: Sustained
Cost: 1 point per rank
You have a shield able to deflect the brunt of attacks. You gain a dodge
bonus to Defense equal to your Shield rank. Since you have to be able to
bring your shield to bear, you lose this bonus whenever you are denied
your regular dodge bonus or are unable to take a free action. The dodge
bonus from your Shield is subject to the normal power level limits.
Note that your Shield isn’t necessary a Device (page 128), although it
may be. It could also be an effect you can create out of nowhere, like a
disk-shaped force field.
