Overall Combat Skill Levels applied to DCV

[Lerysh]

When using an overall CSL (10 points) as a DCV bonus, do you have to pick HTH or Ranged, or do you get just +DCV? Offensively they work on all attacks, although presumably you could assign them to HTH OCV or Ranged OCV depending on what type of attack you were going to use.

[Steve Long]

Re: Overall Combat Skill Levels applied to DCV

 

As noted on 6E1 69, “Characters can use one CSL costing 3 or more Character Points as a +1 DCV against the same types of attacks (HTH or Ranged) for which the CSL could increase OCV” (emphasis added). That rule thus applies to 10-point All Combat CSLs. Since an All Combat CSL can apply to any type of DCV, it’s up to the GM to decide how it can apply to DCV. Either a character should have to choose HTH or Ranged attacks when he assigns it to DCV, or it increases DCV against all attacks. (Obviously, if the GM uses the optional rule on 6E 1 70, that would affect this issue.)