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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9215308" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>Because it doesn't leave them more open to attack than other things characters do.</p><p></p><p>I think waving a few symbols in the air with my fingers leaves me LESS open to attack then bringing that 6 foot long Maul over my head for my next attack I am going to make.</p><p></p><p>Let's look at an actual spell - making a gesture with your hands, like the Burning hands somatic action - "<em>hold your hands with thumbs touching and fingers spread"</em>. Do you really think that leaves them "more vulnerable" than reaching behind your back to pull an arrow out of your quiver (let alone shooting your bow) or swinging at someone with a Glaive and missing them?</p><p></p><p>If you are giving AOOs for spells then logically there should be AOOs for drawing a weapon or for making an attack with a heavy weapon or an attack with any weapon while using two hands and a host of other things people do in combat.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Absolutely it was. 3E was the least immersive version of the game I have played significantly. (I did not play 4E a lot but I have extensive experience in every other version of D&D/AD&D).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9215308, member: 7030563"] Because it doesn't leave them more open to attack than other things characters do. I think waving a few symbols in the air with my fingers leaves me LESS open to attack then bringing that 6 foot long Maul over my head for my next attack I am going to make. Let's look at an actual spell - making a gesture with your hands, like the Burning hands somatic action - "[I]hold your hands with thumbs touching and fingers spread"[/I]. Do you really think that leaves them "more vulnerable" than reaching behind your back to pull an arrow out of your quiver (let alone shooting your bow) or swinging at someone with a Glaive and missing them? If you are giving AOOs for spells then logically there should be AOOs for drawing a weapon or for making an attack with a heavy weapon or an attack with any weapon while using two hands and a host of other things people do in combat. Absolutely it was. 3E was the least immersive version of the game I have played significantly. (I did not play 4E a lot but I have extensive experience in every other version of D&D/AD&D). [/QUOTE]
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