Combat Expertise

The character can increase her Defence at the expense of her accuracy.
Prerequisite: Intelligence 13.
Benefit: The character can choose to take a -1 penalty on mêlée attack rolls and combat manoeuvre checks to gain a +2 dodge bonus to Defence. When her base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by -1 and the dodge bonus increases by +2. The character can only choose to use this feat when she declares that she is making her first attack in a round with a mêlée weapon. The effects of this feat last until the beginning of her next turn.