Counteracting DCV Penalty on Sweep

[Supreme]

Can I buy CSLs with DCV to counteract the 1/2 DCV penalty with the Sweep maneuver? If so, how much would the levels cost? What I'm effectively aiming for is a low-level version of an auto-fire HTH attack.

[Steve Long]

If you just wanted to use the Levels for DCV, buy 5-point DCV Levels with a -1 Limitation, Only To Counteract The Negative DCV Modifier For Sweep. You should, of course, get your GM's permission for this, since it presents some potential for unbalancing the game.

As noted on 5E 245, anything that halves DCV is applied last. Therefore you'd have to buy enough Levels to counteract the halving of the character's normal DCV and the halving of the Levels themselves.

For example: character has 10 DCV. When he performs a Sweep, that drops to 5 DCV. To counteract that, you need to add +5 DCV. But since the DCV Levels themselves are halved, you'd have to buy 10 of them, costing 50 Active Points, 25 Real Points.