So, last week, I played Champions for the first time in several years (it's been even longer since I've GMed). I was playing a Martial Artist who, between Martial Dodge, base DCV, and Levels could reach an obscenely high DCV. All well and good.
I was engaged with another martial artist who had a higher DEX, so I aborted to a Dodge as soon as he attacked me in the first phase (we were the same speed) and he couldn't hit me. When the next phase came up, the GM declared he was going to delay.
When my action came up, we rolled off and he won the DEX roll, thus interrupting my action. But this brought up a bit of controversy at the table, namely, since he was acting before my next action, was my DCV from the Martial Dodge and levels still in place? At the time, I knew what my next move was going to be, but I hadn't actually declared it yet. The GM seemed to feel my DCV should reset before I execute my next action but this seems hinky. As it was, he rolled a 17 and missed me, but it just feels wrong.
My question is, how do you (the Hero Collective) think should this have played out? To my mind, if you delay, then act before I've declared my action, then the Martial Dodge is still in play. It doesn't just go away at the beginning of my Phase, it stays in place until I execute my next action, at which point my OCV and DCV values get modified. At the very least, I should have had the opportunity to declare my action, set my skill levels before his attack goes off (or declare an abort to another Martial Dodge or a Block to keep him from doing anything useful).
As my character is bound to attract more Martial Artist attention in the future, I'd appreciate any input on this.