Editing Exalted Power Combat 101 (section)

=== Dodge ===

However, the Brave Dragons will not be denied, and the Bite of Frost scores over the orichalcum in a shower of blue and gold sparks, slicing up into the unarmoured Solar's chest.  Marissa feels a surge of power and joy at this first taste of blood--until she notes that it is not blood flowing from the Anathema, but light.  She twists the blade, but it meets no resistance in Alakra's dreamlike body.  He steps back, smiling.

"You must have greater skill by far than that to wound the Chosen, little Cathak."

<i> Alakra can't parry the blow a second time, despite having 5 parries remaining in his Full Parry, because you can't apply the same defence multiple times to an attack.  You can, however, apply as many different defences to an attack as you have available, and Alakra is granted a reflexive dodge by Flow Like Blood. </i>

<i>Alakra's Dodge pool is equal to his Dexterity 5 + Dodge 5 + Hearthstone Bracer Bonus 3 + Essence 3, or 16 dice.  He rolls 8 successes, easily avoiding the remaining 3 successes on Marissa's attack. </i>

<i>Hearthstone Bracers, no matter what the construction, always add 3 dice to all dodge pools in addition to their normal effects. </i>

<i>All beings with an Essence greater than 1 receive their Essence as a bonus to all dodge rolls (though, to be fair, denying that guy who makes an Essence 1 Exalt with flaws his single die is a bit harsh). </i>