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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus" data-source="post: 1080966" data-attributes="member: 1077">So I'm brushing up on my 3.5 rules here, and I get to AoO's.  And I read the following passage:Now if one were hit with a Hold Person spell, or paralyzed by a ghoul, or possibly even stunned...  well wouldn't that constitute a "lapse in defense"?  Wouldn't they be subject to an AoO as well?  To take it even further, how much sense does it make that a Fighter wielding a sword and shield, can make an attack and move away and incur an AoO against them, but someone who is paralyzed and immobile and standing 5' from an opponent does not incur an AoO?  Is there some kind of "hidden" rule I've been missing about AoO's and essentially "helpless" opponents?</blockquote>