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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 342131" data-attributes="member: 96">Re: Re: Re: Can AoO provoke AoO?If that were true, then reach weapons would be useless.  Moving from 10' to 5' would trigger the AoO (by moving out of a threatened square), but since the polearm cannot strike within 5', the AoO could not be taken.AoOs interrupt the action that triggers them, whether that's spellcasting or movement.However, what people seem to be forgetting is that an AoO does not stop movement.  After the AoO, the opponent finishes his move.  So Stand Still and Large and In Charge are still fine:Large and In Charge1. Opponent begins movement.2. AoO is triggered (opponent still at 10'), opponent is hit and takes damage.3. Opponent finishes movement.4. Opponent is moved back to the square they started from.Stand Still1. Opponent decides to move (but does not move yet).2. Stand Still user goes before movement (because of Feat wording).3. Opponent unable to move.In the case of the threatening Peerless Archer, it would go like this:1. Opponent begins movement.2. AoO is triggered (opponent still at 10'), opponent is hit and takes damage.3. Opponent finishes movement.But is this the same as Combat Archery - not provoking AoOs for firing a bow in melee combat?  Definitely Not.  Consider these situations:. C . . | . . . . | . . . .. . . . | . . . . | . . . .. . B . | . C B . | . C . . . A . . | . A . . | . A . . . . . . | . . . . | . . B .----------------------------.Fig 1. | .Fig 2. | .Fig 3.Peerless Archer "A" is fighting Barbarian "B" and Cleric "C".  B is right next to A, while C is moving in.  If A uses his threaten ability to take an AoO on C for his movement, B will get to take an AoO on A because A fired a missile weapon. (C will not get to take an AoO on A, because he was 10' away at the time of the attack.)  They wind up in Fig 2.2. Barbarian "B" decides he's had enough and he wants to go past Peerless Archer "A".  He's OK moving one square (because the first 5' of movement doesn't provoke an AoO) but when he takes the second 5' of movement, he provokes an AoO from A.If A takes it, he will provoke an AoO from both B and C - because they both threaten him, and he is making a ranged attack.  He'd be smarter to let B take another step, and then hit him as he moves out of the threat range altogether - then he only has the AoO from C to deal with.  (Remember, each individual 5' of movement inside a threatened area triggers an AoO - you don't always have to take the first one!)J</blockquote>

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