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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1804601" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Oh, the ruling is clear. Being helpless does not make one vulnerable to AoOs.</p><p></p><p>I'm just saying it <em>should</em>.</p><p></p><p>Let's say during the course of a round, I swing my sword at my opponent half a dozen times (when we make the movie of the combat).</p><p></p><p>Since my BAB is only +3, then against an opponent who is on his guard, I only roll the die for one of those swings. The others are all parried, dodged, or whatever by the opponent's normal combat guard.</p><p></p><p>If the opponent attempts to grapple me, then he leaves a gap in his defences. One of those cinematic swings that would normally be automatically deflected is now met by no resistance... so I get to roll a die to see if it actually deals damage - an AoO.</p><p></p><p>If he attempts to grapple me <em>twice</em>, and I have Combat Reflexes, then while for most of the round, my cinematic swings are automatically blocked, there are now <em>two</em> gaps in his defences, and I get to roll an attack roll for both of those.</p><p></p><p>The swing I make in between those two, when there is no gap in his defences, however, is still automatically dodged. It doesn't get a die roll; it's part of the movie, but it's not mechanically represented by the rules.</p><p></p><p>New situation - the opponent is paralysed. There is no longer a defence with an occasional gap I can slip an AoO through - there is <em>just the gap</em>. Every single time I make one of those cinematic swings, it should meet exactly the same resistance it did when the opponent dropped his guard to grapple - none. Every AoO I would normally be capable of making in a round, due to a lapse in an opponent's guard, should be able to take an advantage of <em>no guard whatsoever</em>.</p><p></p><p>A helpless opponent is not <em>an</em> opportunity... it's <em>every</em> opportunity.</p><p></p><p>But, somehow, by the rules, a helpless opponent has a better guard against opportunistic attacks that someone who only takes his attention off the combat for an instant.</p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1804601, member: 1656"] Oh, the ruling is clear. Being helpless does not make one vulnerable to AoOs. I'm just saying it [i]should[/i]. Let's say during the course of a round, I swing my sword at my opponent half a dozen times (when we make the movie of the combat). Since my BAB is only +3, then against an opponent who is on his guard, I only roll the die for one of those swings. The others are all parried, dodged, or whatever by the opponent's normal combat guard. If the opponent attempts to grapple me, then he leaves a gap in his defences. One of those cinematic swings that would normally be automatically deflected is now met by no resistance... so I get to roll a die to see if it actually deals damage - an AoO. If he attempts to grapple me [i]twice[/i], and I have Combat Reflexes, then while for most of the round, my cinematic swings are automatically blocked, there are now [i]two[/i] gaps in his defences, and I get to roll an attack roll for both of those. The swing I make in between those two, when there is no gap in his defences, however, is still automatically dodged. It doesn't get a die roll; it's part of the movie, but it's not mechanically represented by the rules. New situation - the opponent is paralysed. There is no longer a defence with an occasional gap I can slip an AoO through - there is [i]just the gap[/i]. Every single time I make one of those cinematic swings, it should meet exactly the same resistance it did when the opponent dropped his guard to grapple - none. Every AoO I would normally be capable of making in a round, due to a lapse in an opponent's guard, should be able to take an advantage of [i]no guard whatsoever[/i]. A helpless opponent is not [i]an[/i] opportunity... it's [i]every[/i] opportunity. But, somehow, by the rules, a helpless opponent has a better guard against opportunistic attacks that someone who only takes his attention off the combat for an instant. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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