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Message: <blockquote data-quote="argo" data-source="post: 1037616" data-attributes="member: 5752">You're right but they are just that: exceptions.  The point I'm making is about the general case.  The question is when does an AoO take place and, after its done, is the defender in a position where he is able to continue his action?This is an exceptional case because, unlike most other AoO's, it takes place halfway through the defender's action and the attacker does something that prevents him from completing his action, so he looses it.And these are exceptional cases because the attacker does something that prevents the defender from completing his action.  What if the archer in your example was holding two hand crosbows instead?  You disarm him of one, is there anything to prevent him from firing the other?The trick about getting triped while standing up is that you were going to stand up anyway, how does putting you on the ground prevent you from getting up?No.  A concentration check is required anytime you take damage while preforming an action that requires concentration (like casting a spell).  Since when does standing up require concentration? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>