Fighting Defensively As a Standard Action

NameFighting Defensively As a Standard Action
TypeAction
Term spelling variationsFight Defensively, Fighting Defensively
VersionSRD
SourcesSystem Reference Document on page 0

You can choose to fight defensively when attacking. If you do so, you take a -4 penalty on all attacks in a round to gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC for the same round. See also Fighting Defensively as a Full-Round Action.

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