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Grappling AoO for channelling Duskblade? Ouch!
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiberius" data-source="post: 3449659" data-attributes="member: 1376"><p>There's a lot wrong there, to my mind. When grappled, you can't cast spells with somatic components at all. That's why Teleport and Dimension Door are V only. The Duskblade Arcane Channeling ability states that you cast the spell and channel it through your weapon, so you couldn't cast BoB in the first place. If the class just channeled the arcane energy through the weapon, then you'd probably be able to, but the fact that the ability says you cast a spell means you're out of luck there. Speaking of, you do have either the Somatic Weaponry feat from Complete Mage or a free hand, right? Otherwise, by RAW, you can't cast spells with S components in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Also, why were you trying to cast defensively? While you were grappled, the vine was grappled too (unless it used the Improved Grab ability's option to take a -20 on the roll to not be so). Thus, neither of you threaten any spaces, so you wouldn't have to worry about AoO from the vine. In any event, you would have to make DC 20+spell level Concentration checks to cast while grappled. Grappling is teh suck for spellcasters.</p><p></p><p>The fact that you failed to declare that you were casting Blade of Blood defensively while in the grapple shouldn't have opened you up to an Attack of Opportunity, but neither should you have been able to cast any of the spells you did by virtue of being grappled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiberius, post: 3449659, member: 1376"] There's a lot wrong there, to my mind. When grappled, you can't cast spells with somatic components at all. That's why Teleport and Dimension Door are V only. The Duskblade Arcane Channeling ability states that you cast the spell and channel it through your weapon, so you couldn't cast BoB in the first place. If the class just channeled the arcane energy through the weapon, then you'd probably be able to, but the fact that the ability says you cast a spell means you're out of luck there. Speaking of, you do have either the Somatic Weaponry feat from Complete Mage or a free hand, right? Otherwise, by RAW, you can't cast spells with S components in the first place. Also, why were you trying to cast defensively? While you were grappled, the vine was grappled too (unless it used the Improved Grab ability's option to take a -20 on the roll to not be so). Thus, neither of you threaten any spaces, so you wouldn't have to worry about AoO from the vine. In any event, you would have to make DC 20+spell level Concentration checks to cast while grappled. Grappling is teh suck for spellcasters. The fact that you failed to declare that you were casting Blade of Blood defensively while in the grapple shouldn't have opened you up to an Attack of Opportunity, but neither should you have been able to cast any of the spells you did by virtue of being grappled. [/QUOTE]
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