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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3085569" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>I guess you play in very different games than I do. Barring something like Wraithstrike (which breaks the game four ways to Sunday), I would expect that something like 80% of attacks would use normal AC and neither touch nor flat-footed. Assuming a group of four on both sides, Dex being equal there is an 80% chance to be flat-footed for at least one attack per fight (likely more). There are also some pretty sure ways to keep people flat-footed if you need them to be (Almost nobody has 5 ranks in Balance, and without that you are flat-footed while balancing even if you make the check). Touch Attacks are only made by casters, who could also just ignore AC altogether and go with a save spell, and maybe people using special manoeuvres. This would occur a bit more often than being flat-footed in my book, true, but nowhere near as much as being possibly attacked by multiple opponents (even if only one guy attacks you, if it isn't who you expect, Dodge fails to deliver).</p><p></p><p>As to option 3, you read it correctly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3085569, member: 29014"] I guess you play in very different games than I do. Barring something like Wraithstrike (which breaks the game four ways to Sunday), I would expect that something like 80% of attacks would use normal AC and neither touch nor flat-footed. Assuming a group of four on both sides, Dex being equal there is an 80% chance to be flat-footed for at least one attack per fight (likely more). There are also some pretty sure ways to keep people flat-footed if you need them to be (Almost nobody has 5 ranks in Balance, and without that you are flat-footed while balancing even if you make the check). Touch Attacks are only made by casters, who could also just ignore AC altogether and go with a save spell, and maybe people using special manoeuvres. This would occur a bit more often than being flat-footed in my book, true, but nowhere near as much as being possibly attacked by multiple opponents (even if only one guy attacks you, if it isn't who you expect, Dodge fails to deliver). As to option 3, you read it correctly. [/QUOTE]
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