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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2778025" data-attributes="member: 307">You are going to have to do better than that, especially since the term ally crops up all the time in the rules.You don't want to pay full attention to an enemy, but you want to get your full defensive capability against him. And you don't want to sacrifice paying any attention to the enemy who is in flanking position with his buddy. That's getting something for nothing. You want to have your cake, and defend against the pie too.None of this has anything to do with being threatened by flanking opponents and ignoring one. Nor is it analogous in any way, despite your tortured attempts to describe in such a manner. Basically, this has nothing to do with anything that is being dicussed here. You see, concentrating on a spell causes you to drop your guard momentarily, but does not cause you to ignore those opponents around you enough that you suffer any other penalties to your defense while you do so. Casting a spell isn;t actually ignoring your opponent, it is being momentarily distracted, but not long enough for you to, for example, lose your Dexterity bonus to AC while you cast.You are flanked by a 7th level rogue and a 7th level fighter. You are in full plate, and have no Dexterity bonus to your AC. You ignore the fighter and focus all of your attention on the rogue. You are flat-footed against the fighter, but this is of no consequence to you, since his attacks are no more effective against you when you are flat-footed than when you are not. You avoid being sneak-attacked by the rogue. Over the course of the fight, for no loss to you whatsoever, you avoid being struck multiple times for +4d6 sneak attack damage.How's that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 2778025, member: 307"] You are going to have to do better than that, especially since the term ally crops up all the time in the rules. [i][/i] You don't want to pay full attention to an enemy, but you want to get your full defensive capability against him. And you don't want to sacrifice paying any attention to the enemy who is in flanking position with his buddy. That's getting something for nothing. You want to have your cake, and defend against the pie too. [i][/i] None of this has anything to do with being threatened by flanking opponents and ignoring one. Nor is it analogous in any way, despite your tortured attempts to describe in such a manner. Basically, this has nothing to do with anything that is being dicussed here. You see, concentrating on a spell causes you to drop your guard momentarily, but does not cause you to ignore those opponents around you enough that you suffer any other penalties to your defense while you do so. Casting a spell isn;t actually ignoring your opponent, it is being momentarily distracted, but not long enough for you to, for example, lose your Dexterity bonus to AC while you cast. [i][/i] You are flanked by a 7th level rogue and a 7th level fighter. You are in full plate, and have no Dexterity bonus to your AC. You ignore the fighter and focus all of your attention on the rogue. You are flat-footed against the fighter, but this is of no consequence to you, since his attacks are no more effective against you when you are flat-footed than when you are not. You avoid being sneak-attacked by the rogue. Over the course of the fight, for no loss to you whatsoever, you avoid being struck multiple times for +4d6 sneak attack damage. How's that? [/QUOTE]

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