Attacks of Opportunity

[Darth K'Trava]

I always let the players know when they have an opportunity. In return, they are appreciative enough to (usually) remind me when I have overlooked something to my advantage as well.

We do that as well. 'Tis only fair, ya know? We have great DMs who don't get evil when we try to screw them over. (they usually get even!

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I have the orcs delay to their slowest initiative and then they both diagonally 5' step to flank the doomed fighter and then unleash power attacking death.

Been there, gotten that.

 

[Mark]

Do you inform player's when they may make AoOs?

Sometimes. I also sometimes ignore it when a villain/creature has the chance.

 

[Chimera]

When I'm GMing, I always inform my players when they may make an AoO.

When I'm playing, I always inform the GM when I provoke an AoO. I also inform him/her when someone provokes one for me (if s/he hasn't already mentioned it).

When I'm playing and other people provoke an AoO, I stay out of it.

 

[derelictjay]

I always (at least when I know to) tell my players about it.

And my players usually do the same for me.

Of course, I'm very forgetful and as such, I miss things, way, way, way to much. And I don't like to screw my players that way. I like to do that by the books.

 

[sullivan]

I can't say I always do. The more obvious ones I don't bother with, at some point you gotta stop the handholding. They learning them too is good so they can make faster tactical decisions on their turn.

However just tonight I reminded a player that his opponent standing up provoked an AoO. He then promptly laid a Battle Axe critical on the opponent for stupid damage and the kill. This prevented the PC being flanked with SA from both sides. :\

Man, am I ever going to have to work hard next session to recover some RatBDM Infamy Points.

 

[diaglo]

I tell them.

ditto.

 

[Voadam]

I tell the pcs.

As a player I may ask the DM if something an opponent does provokes one if it looks like the DM forgot but all the DMs I've played with have told the PCs.

 

[Henry]

I will, but I usually don't have to - at least two or three of my group are sufficiently knowledgeable to prompt anyone else when something dumb occurs. I don't mind because it's just the work of two or three minds helping keep the world self-consistent, rather than anything particularly "metagamey." It's like reminding the DM that someone controlled-dropping from a tree actually fell 20 feet instead of 30 feet.

 

[Rel]

I always tell them. I also mention it when what they are about to do is going to cause an AoO against their character. When I'm a player I'll announce when my PC is provoking an AoO.

Also when I'm playing and an opponent does something that would normally provoke an AoO, I ask the GM, "Does that provoke an AoO?" That might seem annoying to some of you GM's but the guys in our group have "less than perfect" grasp of some of these rules. Most of the time the answer to my question is "oh, um, I guess so".