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Maitre, you are correct. Making only a single 5 ft step in a round does not draw AOOs given due to movement. In your second example where the orcs are farther apart, you only draw an AOO from Orc X (assuming you attack Orc Y). Note that if you move in the way you described and do NOT attack...

You draw AOOs in two ways: 1. Movement: By moving *out* of (leaving) a threatened square, you provoke an AOO 2. Action: Some actions inherently are more risky and "lower your guard". For example, casting a spell, sundering, beginning a grapple, or firing a bow (there are many other...

This may go off the topic a bit, but I'm interested more in balance than house-ruling something... Piratecat, I'm interested in your opinions. You say that you don't feel that the Sacred Fist infringes on the Monk's territory. I don't disagree with you, but I'm interested in hearing why you...

Yes, that is exactly what I'd tell the player. Your job as a DM is to maintain game balance, and this PC is obviously trying to abuse the rule in a way it wasn't intended. Remember too, that skills that cannot be used untrained cannot have their modifier replaced by Iaijutsu Focus since you...

I never said it would be easy... :D

IIRC you have to use some common sense here. Sticks to Snakes could only be cast on sticks. A treant is a creature and does not count as a stick. Just like an entire tree is not a big stick. You have to rip the sticks off the tree first, so that the stick is no longer "alive" by being...

After you have cast a spell, a standard action activates the pearl and re-prepares the spell for you. Anytime after that, you can spend a standard action to cast the spell again (just as you would any other spell). Keep in mind you don't have to cast the spell immediately after you recall it...

Here we go again.... :rolleyes:

*ROTFLMAO* :D

Yeah, but isn't it weird that everyone who had different opinions at the beginning of this thread has basically already agreed on how it should work, without a Sage ruling? Has this ever happened before?

Hypersmurf, I think that is exactly what the problem is. The way you show the different emphasis illustrates the problem perfectly. Still, I contend that the "incorporeal touch attack" wording is poor and easily misinterpreted. "touch attack" implies: "always ignores armor, shield, and...

If they had just deleted the word "touch" from the spectre's Monter Manual entry, this would work like everyone expects and this would be a non issue. I personally will house rule that incorporeal creatures do not make touch attacks but instead make regular incorporeal attacks, so the...

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I actually agree with your interpretation, IceBear. I think that is what the designers probably intended. My argument is with the books calling a spectre's attack an incorporeal touch attack. They should just say that the spectre is making a normal slam attack. Being that a spectre is...

Whether it is a touch attack or not makes a big difference. With any touch attack, incorporeal or not, you are not attempting to get your hit through the defender's armor, you are only trying to touch your target. So it doesn't matter at all what kind of armor it is (leather, plate, mage...

There seem to be 2 main design theories for armor: 1. Armor makes you harder to hit, but does not reduce damage In this case, weapon damage is usually on the low side (the most common weapons do d8 or less, and the mightiest is only 2d6). All other factors equal, characters with heavy armor...

Actually, I have been toying with the following idea: d4 = 2d2 (Avg = 3) d6 = 2d3 (Avg = 4) d8 = 2d4 (Avg = 5) d10 = 2d5 (Avg = 6) d12 = 2d6 (Avg = 7) This guarantees that characters will get at least a 2, and heavily weights the die rolls toward the average (characters are less likely to...

In order to affect the ring with dispel magic, you need to use a targeted dispel and specifically target the ring. To target a spell, you need to be able to see or touch the target. If you are able to see or touch the ring and sucessfully make the dispel check, then you succeed in...

If you ready an attack against an enemy for the purpose of tripping them, does the enemy still get their attack? For example, Fighter A readies an attack against Fighter B to be triggered when Fighter B charges. If Fighter B then charges Fighter A, Fighter A's readied action is resolved first...

Yes. Designers and editors are human and cannot possibly identify and clarify every possible scenario where there is a contradiction or ambiguity in the rules as written. Their task in providing a clear, authoratative, unambiguous ruleset for 3E D&D is so monumental, its virtually...