Niche D20Prerequisite: Base attack bonus +1
Benefit: When in Defensive Stance, you reduce the penalty for fighting defensively by 1 and increase the bonus by 1. At +4 Base Attack Bonus and every 8 thereafter, you may take an additional -1 penalty to attacks to gain an additional +1 dodge bonus to AC on top of the bonus normally provided by fighting defensively. At +10 BAB, you reduce the penalty from fighting defensively by an additional 1. In addition, a character in Defensive Stance increases the dodge bonus provided by the Total Defense action by 1 + 1 per 5 BAB.