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Grappling AoO for channelling Duskblade? Ouch!
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<blockquote data-quote="carborundum" data-source="post: 3449635" data-attributes="member: 49284"><p>EDIT: The second text was badly confusing since I posted it before the coffee kicked in. Here's a better description:</p><p>Last night my Duskblade managed to get himself entangled and later grappled by an Assassin Vine. </p><p>Dodging the first touch attack he considered the threat, a weird plant he'd never encounterd before. "It's just a plant," he thought, "I'll hit it with a scorching ray." Casting defensively to avoid an AoO, he blasted it with fiery death. Nothing happened!</p><p>"Electricity then," he thought, fending off the constricting tendrils a second time (still luckily avoiding a grapple). Again casting defensively, he fired off a Seeking Ray. Nothing!</p><p>"Melee it is," he said to no-one in particular.</p><p>The next round, the thing got a touch attack to land and with its Improved Grapple, I was immediately grappled. It went for extra constriction damage but the opposed check held this off. Desperately, he wiggled his dagger free. Avoiding further constriction the next round, he channelled a Blade of Blood spell and stabbed the blighter, right between the branches. </p><p></p><p>"Aha!" - crowed the DM - "you weren't casting defensively. Attack of Opportunity matey!"</p><p>"No!" I cried, "casting a spell in this way does not provoke an attack of opportunity - see, Arcane Channelling, I knew it said that and that's why I never called it."</p><p>"Ah yes," he replied, "but you're in a grapple and the spell has a somatic component so that doesn't count. Wham! Ten points of thorny scrape your face off damage, I'm afraid."</p><p></p><p>He's open to arguments for the next time though - was he right or mistaken?</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The previous text is confusing and should not be read, except to understand how confusing my first explanation was to the following post, to whom I am very grateful!</em></p><p></p><p><em>Last night my Duskblade managed to get himself entangled and then grappled by an Assassin Vine. </em></p><p><em>"A plant," he thought, "I'll hit it with a scorching ray." Casting defensively to avoid an AoO, he blasted it with fiery death. Nothing happened!</em></p><p><em>"Electricity then," he thought, fending off the constricting tendrils a second time. Again casting defensively, he fired off a Seeking Ray. Nothing!</em></p><p><em>"Melee it is," he said to no-one in particular.</em></p><p><em>Fending off the constriction again, he wiggled his dagger free. Channelling a Blade of Blood spell he stabbed the blighter, right between the branches. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Aha!" - crowed the DM - "you weren't casting defensively. Attack of Opportunity matey!"</em></p><p><em>"No!" I cried, "casting a spell in this way does not provoke an attack of opportunity - see, Arcane Channelling, I knew it said that and that's why I never called it."</em></p><p><em>"Ah yes," he replied, "but you're in a grapple and the spell has a somatic component so that doesn't count. Wham! Ten points of thorny scrape your face off damage, I'm afraid."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carborundum, post: 3449635, member: 49284"] EDIT: The second text was badly confusing since I posted it before the coffee kicked in. Here's a better description: Last night my Duskblade managed to get himself entangled and later grappled by an Assassin Vine. Dodging the first touch attack he considered the threat, a weird plant he'd never encounterd before. "It's just a plant," he thought, "I'll hit it with a scorching ray." Casting defensively to avoid an AoO, he blasted it with fiery death. Nothing happened! "Electricity then," he thought, fending off the constricting tendrils a second time (still luckily avoiding a grapple). Again casting defensively, he fired off a Seeking Ray. Nothing! "Melee it is," he said to no-one in particular. The next round, the thing got a touch attack to land and with its Improved Grapple, I was immediately grappled. It went for extra constriction damage but the opposed check held this off. Desperately, he wiggled his dagger free. Avoiding further constriction the next round, he channelled a Blade of Blood spell and stabbed the blighter, right between the branches. "Aha!" - crowed the DM - "you weren't casting defensively. Attack of Opportunity matey!" "No!" I cried, "casting a spell in this way does not provoke an attack of opportunity - see, Arcane Channelling, I knew it said that and that's why I never called it." "Ah yes," he replied, "but you're in a grapple and the spell has a somatic component so that doesn't count. Wham! Ten points of thorny scrape your face off damage, I'm afraid." He's open to arguments for the next time though - was he right or mistaken? [I]The previous text is confusing and should not be read, except to understand how confusing my first explanation was to the following post, to whom I am very grateful![/I] [I]Last night my Duskblade managed to get himself entangled and then grappled by an Assassin Vine. "A plant," he thought, "I'll hit it with a scorching ray." Casting defensively to avoid an AoO, he blasted it with fiery death. Nothing happened! "Electricity then," he thought, fending off the constricting tendrils a second time. Again casting defensively, he fired off a Seeking Ray. Nothing! "Melee it is," he said to no-one in particular. Fending off the constriction again, he wiggled his dagger free. Channelling a Blade of Blood spell he stabbed the blighter, right between the branches. "Aha!" - crowed the DM - "you weren't casting defensively. Attack of Opportunity matey!" "No!" I cried, "casting a spell in this way does not provoke an attack of opportunity - see, Arcane Channelling, I knew it said that and that's why I never called it." "Ah yes," he replied, "but you're in a grapple and the spell has a somatic component so that doesn't count. Wham! Ten points of thorny scrape your face off damage, I'm afraid."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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