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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 17172" data-attributes="member: 2011">Although this simultaneous concept does not explain situations like the Cleric next to the Giant moves away 10 feet to draw an AoO, then he moves back 10 feet and heals the Druid lying in a pool of blood next to the Giant.In real combat, regardless of some people's opinions of &quot;attempts to feint the Giant and get him off balance&quot;, this one really is solely due to the rules and not really based on any real perception of the character. The player knows this &quot;tactic&quot; has a high percentage chance of success (due to high hit points on the part of the Cleric), but from a character perspective, it is a low percentage tactic (and yes, we already went through a long thread on the Giant could trip or grapple, etc., that really does not change the metagaming aspect of the tactic).But, it can still be annoying to a DM.Last Sunday, it was our party archer's turn and I asked him, &quot;Ok, what are you doing?&quot;. His response: &quot;Wait a minute, I'm counting the hexes.&quot;That type of thing is mildly annoying in the game. At least to me as the DM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 17172, member: 2011"] Although this simultaneous concept does not explain situations like the Cleric next to the Giant moves away 10 feet to draw an AoO, then he moves back 10 feet and heals the Druid lying in a pool of blood next to the Giant. In real combat, regardless of some people's opinions of "attempts to feint the Giant and get him off balance", this one really is solely due to the rules and not really based on any real perception of the character. The player knows this "tactic" has a high percentage chance of success (due to high hit points on the part of the Cleric), but from a character perspective, it is a low percentage tactic (and yes, we already went through a long thread on the Giant could trip or grapple, etc., that really does not change the metagaming aspect of the tactic). But, it can still be annoying to a DM. Last Sunday, it was our party archer's turn and I asked him, "Ok, what are you doing?". His response: "Wait a minute, I'm counting the hexes." That type of thing is mildly annoying in the game. At least to me as the DM. [/QUOTE]

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