How does Maneuver / Acrobatic Defense work in 4th?

[Baravakar]

[Panda]

Apologies, I'm on something of a self-imposed exile to get more writing done.

Acrobatic Defense is essentially the same as 3E adjusted for success levels: 1 Strain, Simple: test against highest Physical Defense of adjacent opponents. +2 Physical Defense against those opponents per success until the end of the round.

Maneuver: 1 Strain, Simple: test against opponent's Physical Defense. +2 to your next close combat Attack test and Physical Defense against the target per success until the end of the round.

Hopefully this clears everything up.

[Mataxes]

They may seem pretty similar (and on first blush that's not a surprising conclusion). The main differences are:

Acrobatic Defense - purely defensive, protects against all opponents.
Maneuver - Offensive and defensive, only against a single opponent.

[Baravakar]

thanks for the info