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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guy Fullerton" data-source="post: 44674" data-attributes="member: 2747">AoOs are there for game balance purposes:1) They are the price you pay to achieve special effects during combat, such as disarming, grappling, and breaking weapons. If you eliminate AoOs, people will perform those combat actions all the time. Those actions are supposed to be special, risky, and dramatic; removing the AoOs makes the commonplace. Additionally, you'll completely eliminate the usefulness of feats like Sunder, Improved Disarm, etc.2) Historically speaking, D&D hasn't allowed a wizard to cast a spell while standing right next to an enemy fighter. AoOs simulate that risk. Eliminating those types of AoOs will make wizards more powerful. It will also devalue the Concentration skill and the Combat Casting feat.If you can live with those repercussions, go ahead and drop AoOs. However, I'd keep them if I were you.</blockquote>