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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2291091" data-attributes="member: 8944">Proposed Additional Uses for Action Points:Dodge: A character may choose to spend an action point to avoid being hit in combat.&nbsp; At the top of the initiative order for the round (before anyone has acted), the character may declare the use of an action point to dodge oncoming fire and/or attacks.&nbsp; The action point is then rolled and the total is added to the character's Defense as a dodge bonus for the entirety of the round. All benefits and limitations of dodge bonus to Defense apply to this bonus, as well.&nbsp; &nbsp;Example: Frieda the Fast Hero has a Defense of 16. Surrounded and out of ammunition, she hopes to make a break for the door to the warehouse in which she's holed up. Expecting enemy fire, she declares that she'll spend an action point to Dodge.&nbsp; She rolls a 4, bringing her Defense for the entire round to a total of 20. &nbsp;Reserve: A character may choose to spend an action point to reveal a heroic reserve of personal strength (and hit points). Any conscious character capable of action can declare this kind of expenditure on his or her turn. After spending the Action Point, the character may add the total to her current health point total as temporary hit points.&nbsp; A character may not have temportary hit points in excess of their current maximum total.&nbsp; These temporary hit points disappear 1 minute after they appeared. &nbsp;Example: Frieda took a shot the arm as she darted out onto the wharf from her hiding spot. Feeling herself nearing unconsciousness, she spends an action point to reveal a reserve of personal strength. She rolls a 2, raising her current hit point total by that number.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 2291091, member: 8944"] [b]Proposed Additional Uses for Action Points:[/b] [i][b]Dodge[/b][/i]: A character may choose to spend an action point to avoid being hit in combat. At the top of the initiative order for the round (before anyone has acted), the character may declare the use of an action point to dodge oncoming fire and/or attacks. The action point is then rolled and the total is added to the character's Defense as a dodge bonus for the entirety of the round. All benefits and limitations of dodge bonus to Defense apply to this bonus, as well. Example: Frieda the Fast Hero has a Defense of 16. Surrounded and out of ammunition, she hopes to make a break for the door to the warehouse in which she's holed up. Expecting enemy fire, she declares that she'll spend an action point to Dodge. She rolls a 4, bringing her Defense for the entire round to a total of 20. [i][b]Reserve[/b][/i]: A character may choose to spend an action point to reveal a heroic reserve of personal strength (and hit points). Any conscious character capable of action can declare this kind of expenditure on his or her turn. After spending the Action Point, the character may add the total to her current health point total as temporary hit points. A character may not have temportary hit points in excess of their current maximum total. These temporary hit points disappear 1 minute after they appeared. Example: Frieda took a shot the arm as she darted out onto the wharf from her hiding spot. Feeling herself nearing unconsciousness, she spends an action point to reveal a reserve of personal strength. She rolls a 2, raising her current hit point total by that number. [/QUOTE]

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