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What is an "Attack Action" and "Full Attack Action"
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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 3781831" data-attributes="member: 23094"><p>That's not his opinion; that's the rules.</p><p></p><p>There are many ways to get an attack. One of them is to take the Attack Standard action, which grants you a single ranged or melee attack. Another is to take the Full Attack Full-Round action, which grants you one or more ranged or melee attacks.</p><p></p><p>Another is an AoO, which isn't an action at all.</p><p></p><p>A fourth is the [Great] Cleave feat<s>, which grant<s> attacks when certain conditions are met but which is [are] not an action in and of itself[ves].</s></s></p><p><s><s></s></s></p><p><s><s>Any feat or ability which states "As a standard action, you may ..." is not an Attack Standard action. It is its own standard action, in effect adding that feat or ability to the list of standard actions in the PHB.</s></s></p><p><s><s></s></s></p><p><s><s>For another PHB example, consider the Sunder Standard action. Taking this standard action grants you a single melee attack against an item held or worn by your opponent. However, it is its own standard action, and therefore you cannot use Combat Expertise when you Sunder, nor can you Sunder in the middle of a Spring Attack.</s></s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 3781831, member: 23094"] That's not his opinion; that's the rules. There are many ways to get an attack. One of them is to take the Attack Standard action, which grants you a single ranged or melee attack. Another is to take the Full Attack Full-Round action, which grants you one or more ranged or melee attacks. Another is an AoO, which isn't an action at all. A fourth is the [Great] Cleave feat[s], which grant[s] attacks when certain conditions are met but which is [are] not an action in and of itself[ves]. Any feat or ability which states "As a standard action, you may ..." is not an Attack Standard action. It is its own standard action, in effect adding that feat or ability to the list of standard actions in the PHB. For another PHB example, consider the Sunder Standard action. Taking this standard action grants you a single melee attack against an item held or worn by your opponent. However, it is its own standard action, and therefore you cannot use Combat Expertise when you Sunder, nor can you Sunder in the middle of a Spring Attack.[/s][/s] [/QUOTE]
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