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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7912496" data-attributes="member: 12731">Attacks of Opportunity as a general rule - a reaction available to everyone - doesn't exist.The rule is still there; only confined to fighters, as a class option for some classes and select monsters. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />What the big shift really is, is that players are taught not to expect/assume them (and likewise for the GM's monsters). This way, when a creature does take an attack of opportunity, that's a surprise - an exception, not the rule.And Perception isn't a skill. It's just a secondary statistic. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" />More generally, the way you score a critical has changed - big time. Now crits can happen more often than just 1-in-20. And they are scary. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yes, but since the game uses a three-action round the cost is not nearly as big as it sounds from a 1E angle.Not only the basic fact it costs you a third of your action(s), but that it often costs you your least valuable third of your action(s). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7912496, member: 12731"] Attacks of Opportunity [I]as a general rule[/I] - a reaction available to everyone - doesn't exist. The rule is still there; only confined to fighters, as a class option for some classes and select monsters. :) What the big shift really is, is that players are taught not to expect/assume them (and likewise for the GM's monsters). This way, when a creature does take an attack of opportunity, that's a surprise - an exception, not the rule. And Perception isn't a skill. It's just a secondary statistic. (y) More generally, the way you score a critical has changed - big time. Now crits can happen more often than just 1-in-20. And they are scary. :) Yes, but since the game uses a three-action round the cost is not nearly as big as it sounds from a 1E angle. Not only the basic fact it costs you a third of your action(s), but that it often costs you [I]your least valuable[/I] third of your action(s). (y) [/QUOTE]

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