The Avoid Blow talent allows a character to dodge blows directed at him in
combat at the last minute. Any time an opponent attacks a character with
the avoid blow talent, the attacked individual makes an avoid blow test to
dodge the blow before it causes damage. If he rolls a result equal to or
higher than the opponents attack test, the target avoids the blow. This means
that the character saw the blow coming and dodged out of the way at the last
minute. A character cannot use the avoid blow talent to dodge blind sided
attacks, however. Avoid Blow can only be used once per combat round. A character
who attempts and fails to use Avoid Blow is knocked down.