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So in 3.5 both "fighting defensively as a standard action" and "fighting defensively as a full-round action" are both a +2 dodge bonus to AC.
However in Pathfinder the full-round version is STILL a dodge bonus, but the standard version is no longer a dodge bonus, just an untyped bonus.
Why is this?
The PRD might not be updated. Anyone have the latest printing of the CRB and willing to check?
It must be a prd typo.
My book (1. printing) writes "a +2 dodge bonus to AC".
If you read through the Acrobatics skill, you will find both listed as a Dodge bonus.
That's got to be a typo, it should be a dodge bonus as well.
Looking at the page source there's an extra space after "+2" and before "to" which means maybe the 'dodge bonus' part got lost in a broken markup link.
"all attacks in a round to gain a +2 [space] to <a href="#_armor-class" >AC</a>"
Compare to Fighting Defensively as a Full-Round Action:
"attacks in a round to gain a +2 <a href="#_dodge-bonuses" >dodge bonus</a> to <a href="#_armor-class" >AC</a>"
Hmmm my second printing of the CRB also does not say it is a dodge bonus. I don't have the latest one handy.
Fighting defensively as a Standard Action grants a +2 dodge bonus according to p. 184 of my 5th printing of the CRB.
Fighting defensively as a Full-Round Action grants a +2 dodge bonus as well, p. 187 of the same book.
Weird how first and fifth printing say that while second and online don't >_<
Makes no sense that it wouldn't be a dodge bonus, so ill continue to do that until told otherwise.
Perhaps so it doesn't improve CMD?
As per Acrobatics skill description.
Special: If you have 3 or more ranks in Acrobatics, you gain a +3 dodge bonus to AC when fighting defensively instead of the usual +2, and a +6 dodge bonus to AC when taking the total defense action instead of the usual +4.