[Bo9S] Evasive Reflexes

[Nail]

What about Hold the Line?

I'm suddenly interested in all of the feats you could take that allows you to attack lots, maintain your reach, and gain a few AoOs.

Where did "Large and in Charge" go (in 3.5e)?

 

[Rystil Arden]

What about Hold the Line?

I'm suddenly interested in all of the feats you could take that allows you to attack lots, maintain your reach, and gain a few AoOs.

Where did "Large and in Charge" go (in 3.5e)?

Draconomicon Page 71.

 

[Nail]

Thanks! (I see it still does nothing to those darn Tumbling PCs......)

OT: Did the Draconomicon have some issue with 3.5e-ness? I see that it was published after 3.5e came out, but it must have been in production before that.....

 

[Rystil Arden]

Thanks! (I see it still does nothing to those darn Tumbling PCs......)

OT: Did the Draconomicon have some issue with 3.5e-ness? I see that it was published after 3.5e came out, but it must have been in production before that.....

I didn't remember Draconomicon at being particularly borderline. Miniatures Handbook is much more borderline and on the edge.

 

[hong]

The errata made it so you can't overrun as part of a charge.
-blarg

Ah.

Stupid errata.

 

[Nail]

A final thought: What about a magic ring that gave you a continuous Enlarge Person and the feat Large and in Charge?

Enlarge Person: 1 (Spl Lvl) * 1 (CL) * 1800 gp * 2 (continuous) = 3,600 gp

Feat: Large and in Charge: 10,000gp

Total cost:
10,000gp + 3,600gp *1.5 = 15,400 gp

Cheap! Cool.

 

[frankthedm]

No monster in our game has ever provoked an AoO. Despite their int scores, they are all tactical geniuses.

How is not drawing an AoO being a tactical genius? Nothing wants to get hit. Now I am all for big hungry monsters drawing an AoO if needed to avoid the parties front line and lunge for the apparently weaker pack members in back. Most other herds keep the young, weak and infirm in the back, so it is nothing new to a predator. But some folks don’t appreciate it when the predator goes around the spiky metal tank to take a bite out of the cloth wrapped pack member seasoned with as many herbs and spices that fit into a spell component pouch.

 

[Nail]

How is not drawing an AoO being a tactical genius? Nothing wants to get hit.

Agreed.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Agreed.

Seconded. Try cornering an animal in real life or blocking it from where it wants to go and (assuming it doesn't attack you instead) see if it won't find a way to avoid you! I bet it won't just go blundering right into your grapple, by instinct alone. Even a mosquito is pretty darned adept at avoiding your swat, considering how few neurons those things have.

The only critters that I will routinely have provoke AoOs and pound whatever they find first over and over again are those with Int -- and no specific instructions to the contrary.