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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6105692" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p><strong>SPECIAL ATTACKS AND THE FIRST ROUND</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>The first round is an excellent time to try a special attack. For example, the Disarm maneuver usually gives the target of the Disarm an Attack of Opportunity on you before you attempt the disarm. </p><p></p><p>Well, if you win initiative and are close enough to your foe to attack (usually 30 feet), you can move to your target and attempt to disarm him without the foe getting the benefit of the Attack of Opportunity on you. Flatfooted characters cannot make AoOs. In addition, you catch your foe at AC 10, making it easier to disarm him.</p><p></p><p>You can change the fight conditions right at the outset, with the result of your character being the only one armed!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A victim of this type of attack--somone who loses his weapon while flatfooted--should try to grapple with his foe. See the comments I make on grapple earlier in the thread. Yes, you just lost your weapon, and yes, you'll suffer an Attack of Opportunity by your foe--as a double whammy early in the combat with your foe taking your weapon away AND getting an extra attack on you--but if you are successful, you have negated his advantage over you for the rest of the combat because only light weapons can be used while grappling. Your foe will probably drop his weapon because it hinders him too much fighting your grapple. Thus, you've neutralized his advantage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6105692, member: 92305"] [B]SPECIAL ATTACKS AND THE FIRST ROUND[/B] The first round is an excellent time to try a special attack. For example, the Disarm maneuver usually gives the target of the Disarm an Attack of Opportunity on you before you attempt the disarm. Well, if you win initiative and are close enough to your foe to attack (usually 30 feet), you can move to your target and attempt to disarm him without the foe getting the benefit of the Attack of Opportunity on you. Flatfooted characters cannot make AoOs. In addition, you catch your foe at AC 10, making it easier to disarm him. You can change the fight conditions right at the outset, with the result of your character being the only one armed! A victim of this type of attack--somone who loses his weapon while flatfooted--should try to grapple with his foe. See the comments I make on grapple earlier in the thread. Yes, you just lost your weapon, and yes, you'll suffer an Attack of Opportunity by your foe--as a double whammy early in the combat with your foe taking your weapon away AND getting an extra attack on you--but if you are successful, you have negated his advantage over you for the rest of the combat because only light weapons can be used while grappling. Your foe will probably drop his weapon because it hinders him too much fighting your grapple. Thus, you've neutralized his advantage. [/QUOTE]
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