Combat Reflexes

Cost:	5 CP/level
Description:	When you are in combat, your reflexes are quicker than those of others who have the same Dex as you.
Benefit:	Each level adds 1 level to your Dex when making any combat roll that involves your reflexes (e.g., Initiative). See examples in example below. For more information about combat, see the Combat page.

There are no typical roll or modifiers with this Ability.

Timothy is in a fight. He needs to make an Initiative (Init) roll to see how quickly he can act. Fortunately for Timothy, he has Combat Reflexes=4. Fortunately again, an Init roll is based largely on his Reaction (R) statistic, which is based largely on his Dex. For this particular calculation, Timothy’s Dex will be considered 4 levels higher than its actual level. Here's what that looks like in Timothy’s case:

Calculation	Without Combat Reflexes	With Combat Reflexes
R=(Quick+Dex)/2	R=(6+4)/2=5	R=(6+8)/2=7
Init=R+WpnSkill/2	Init=5+5/2=7	Init=7+5/2=9

Thanks to Timothy’s Combat Reflexes, he will be able to attack two rounds quicker - and attacking quicker may just prove to be the difference between life and death.