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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 2753240" data-attributes="member: 16285">Actually cleave has nothing to do with someone dropping their guard. I said it before and I think it bears repeating. Cleave, at least IMO, is something that the attacker does by continuing his attack - it does not mean that an opponent has dropped their guard at all. Think in terms of a more continuous motion due to the first opponent falling (and no longer providing any resistance).Why should this be any different than if a character chooses to use Power Attack on his action and then makes an AoO (before his next turn) and get to apply Power Attack? It wasn't the original taget of the Power Attack was it? Well maybe it was, but lets assume it is an entirely different opponent to keep things at least sort of consistent - that is two different targets.</blockquote>