Combat Expertise

[Combat]

Prerequisites

Intelligence 13.

Benefit

On your action, before making attack rolls and combat maneuver checks for a round, you may choose to subtract a number from all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to add the same number as a dodge bonus to your Armor Class. This number may not exceed your base attack bonus. The penalty on melee attacks and and combat maneuver checks and the bonus to Armor Class apply until your next turn.