Defense Manuver IV

[Dino]

What exactly does persistent mean with reguards to Defense manuver IV and DCV levels? If a character has a 15 dex (CV 5) and 2 all combat levels, does that mean he's DCV 7 in his sleep? (Or DCV 2?) What if he uses his levels for OCV and is attacked from behind? Would he still get his levels for DCV if he had DefManIV?

[Steve Long]

It means just what is says -- it makes CSLs which can improve DCV Persistent for that purpose. Like any other Persistent Power, the character can still turn it off if he wants to, as he'd have to to assign the Levels to OCV or anything else other than DCV. If the CSLs are already assigned to OCV or something other than DCV, they do not, under any circumstances, also apply to the character's DCV, because they've been assigned elsewhere. And of course no CSLs are going to apply when a character is asleep.