AoOs and special attacks

[Hypersmurf]

You can sunder. The text trumps the table.

There be argument, o' course, as to whether the text actually contradicts the table in this case

(Yarrrh!)

-Hyp.

 

[dcollins]

Meaning if you threaten with a sword, you could make an unarmed attack, like a grapple, anyway during an AoO? Interesting, and I think you're right.

This one one of the several rules that made more sense in 3.0, where everyone did in fact threaten unarmed. The revision in that regard overlooked the rule about AOOs with trip/grapple/disarm, making it rather disjointed.