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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1811979" data-attributes="member: 3146">This is, IMO, a question where I go with what I judge to be balance and the spirit of the rules rather than the most literal interpretation of the letter of the rules.I actually take position (D).I understand it to mean that any attacks the character may have the opportunity to make are considered to be readied against a charge. It doesn't grant extra attacks, nor does it grant extra (readied) actions but it does mean that any weapon ordinarily capable of dealing double damage against a charging foe will do so on any attack against a charging foe. So, if Bezerker Bob charges Steadfast Sue (who wields a longspear), Steadfast Sue gets an AoO which counts as being set vs. charge and therefore deals double damage. If steadfast Sue had readied an action to attack any foe who came within reach (but not to set her weapon against a charge while doing so), she would deal double damage on both her readied attack and her AoO.If steadfast Sue had Hold the Line and Combat Reflexes, she would also get an AoO when Bezerker Bob entered her first threatened square (this is distinct from the AoO for leaving a threatened square which is limited to one per round) and that would also count as set against a charge and would deal double damage. If Beserker Bart (Bob's ally) then charged her, she would get double damage on her hold the line AoO and her normal AoO, provided that she had a high enough dexterity to take them.If Steadfast Sue were wielding a glaive instead of a longspear, she wouldn't deal any extra damage because being set vs. charge doesn't do anything special for a glaive.</blockquote>

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