[MA] Southern Kung Fu, the Common Folk and Tong Hatchetmen

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Icelander

All-Out Defence doesn't just allow a +2 to Parry. You can also get a bonus to Dodge and move around, which is the best way to safely get somewhere while in combat. And you can get two Active Defences against each attack, which is huge.

But you have to choose only one of those effects, and +2 to Parry is usually the best bet.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by aesir23

But you have to choose only one of those effects, and +2 to Parry is usually the best bet.

I do not find it so. The option to roll two defence rolls against each attack is at least equally viable, if not often mathematically superior. And, as I noted above, the Increased Dodge option is a superb way to get around a battlefield, for example to assume a flanking position.

All three varieties of All-Out Defence seem to me pretty decent.