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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 342412" data-attributes="member: 6875">Re: Re: Re: Re: Can AoO provoke AoO?Suck to be the polearm wielder.  Polearms aren't meant for use one-on-one.  They're designed to be used in massed formations; while YOU might not be able to reach 5' away from you, FIVE of your FRIENDS behind you, and two friends off to the side, *can*.  A 20-by-2 line of polearm-wielding fighters in close formation with high Dexterity and Combat Reflexes is absolute [/b]murder[/b] to beat with melee; that being the very intent of polearms, of course.What about when the action is a trip?  If you try to run away from me (triggering an AO for leaving my threat zone and/or for running), and I use my AO to TRIP you ... what happens?  do you slid on your back or belly for quadruple your move?  IF so, shouldn't that cause surface-dependant damage to you,or your armor?All well and good, but it does create confusion when the form of attack is SPECIFICALLY one which would, by it's very nature, preclude movement -- a trip, or even a grapple (an Illithid with improved grab gets an AO on you as you turn and run; it hits, it gets the grapple, you're held .... do you actually carry the Illithid with you as you complete your move?).It's a confusing dilemma, indeed.</blockquote>