Feat question

[Klaus]

The feat is Spitting-Cobra Stance. As long as the stance ends, if an opponent within 5 squares of you moves closer to you, you can make a basic ranged attack against it.

The rules on opportunity actions say you can only make 1 per combatant's turn. So if, say, 4 opponents delayed their action to move closer to you on the same initiative, would you only be able to target one of them?

 

[RangerWickett]

I think technically, there's no such thing as two people going on the same initiative. It's officially more like "Mook one goes at 16. Mook two delayed, so he goes at 15.99. Mook three goes at 15.98."

But I think it's a fair tactic to say, "Shiff! Every time someone goes at him, the elf shoots him. Let's all charge at once. He can't kill all of us!"

 

[Talysian]

Until the stance ends, you can make a ranged basic attack as an opportunity action against any enemy within 5 squares of you that moves closer to you.

is the text for the power

Trigger: Opportunity actions allow you to take an action in response to an enemy letting its guard down. The one type of opportunity action that every combatant can take is an opportunity attack. Opportunity attacks are triggered by an enemy leaving a square adjacent to you or by an adjacent enemy making a ranged attack or an area attack.

Once per Combatant’s Turn: You can take no more than one opportunity action on each other combatant’s turn. You can’t take an opportunity action on your own turn.

Interrupts Action: An opportunity action interrupts the action that triggered it.

Bah that's a lot to type.. As you can see it's not on an initiative count but on the creatures turn.

 

[KarinsDad]

Technically, I think there is one way to do this.

If the foes each Ready an action to rush the PC (instead of Delay) when another foe rushes the PC, then 3 foes could Ready, the 4th foe could rush.

The 4th foe does his movement (or part of his movement) and then the Ready action immediate reactions fire off.

Since they are immediate reactions, they occur on the 4th foe's turn, not on the turns of foes 1 through 3.

Hence, only one attack because it is one turn.


The Ready action does not have wording that the turn switches to that of the Readying creature.

 

[Nail]

KD: I don't think that works. Instead, have the bad guys *all* ready an action to go as soon as Mr. Spitting-Cobra Stance attacks. Since the bad guys then go during Mr. Spitting-Cobra Stance's turn, he can't make opportunity attacks against them.

 

[KarinsDad]

KD: I don't think that works. Instead, have the bad guys *all* ready an action to go as soon as Mr. Spitting-Cobra Stance attacks. Since the bad guys then go during Mr. Spitting-Cobra Stance's turn, he can't make opportunity attacks against them.

Actually, it does work (unless you have a rules quote where it does not?).

Your solution is even better. Zero opportunity attacks instead of one.

 

[caranha]

Does this means a character can generaly avoid taking an opportunity attack by declaring the action as a readied action?

For example, can a ranged character use a ranged attack on a adjacent opponent without taking an attack of opportunity, by declaring the attack as a readied action: "Whenever the opponent taks a minor, move or standard action" ?

That seems a bit gamey and cheap to me. :-/

 

[Ibixat]

Does this means a character can generaly avoid taking an opportunity attack by declaring the action as a readied action?

For example, can a ranged character use a ranged attack on a adjacent opponent without taking an attack of opportunity, by declaring the attack as a readied action: "Whenever the opponent taks a minor, move or standard action" ?

That seems a bit gamey and cheap to me. :-/

I believe it does, which yes, it's VERY gamey and cheap.

 

[Talysian]

I know I wouldn't do it nor allow my players too. If this happened in my game, I'd probably (depending on the situation, have the monsters go for someone else if that's not possible.. Call for reinforcements (wave 2 with artillery!)

 

[Klaus]

Does this means a character can generaly avoid taking an opportunity attack by declaring the action as a readied action?

For example, can a ranged character use a ranged attack on a adjacent opponent without taking an attack of opportunity, by declaring the attack as a readied action: "Whenever the opponent taks a minor, move or standard action" ?

That seems a bit gamey and cheap to me. :-/

Well, you're essentially readying an action to do something when you're opponent is otherwise occupied.