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<blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 4113453" data-attributes="member: 16285">So you don't use a spear in the manner described in the PHB?It was pretty much the first weapon in the chain of weapons to be used against charging characters.Which of the actions that cause AoO criteria would this possible meet? Distracting action in a threatened square, leaving a threatened square? And if you are using only reach weapons and AoO then a charging character with a reach weapon will strike the character set to receive the charge (also with a reach weapon) which pretty much defeats the entire principle.If you use the ready action then the readied action occurs &quot;before&quot; the trigger. Which in this case would be as soon as the charging character is in range not after he leaves the &quot;threatened square&quot;Sequentially since no two characters act at the same time and all of their actions are resolved on their action.D&amp;D combat is a really vague system and to not recognize that fact will cause nothing but trouble.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="irdeggman, post: 4113453, member: 16285"] So you don't use a spear in the manner described in the PHB? It was pretty much the first weapon in the chain of weapons to be used against charging characters. Which of the actions that cause AoO criteria would this possible meet? Distracting action in a threatened square, leaving a threatened square? And if you are using only reach weapons and AoO then a charging character with a reach weapon will strike the character set to receive the charge (also with a reach weapon) which pretty much defeats the entire principle. If you use the ready action then the readied action occurs "before" the trigger. Which in this case would be as soon as the charging character is in range not after he leaves the "threatened square" Sequentially since no two characters act at the same time and all of their actions are resolved on their action. D&D combat is a really vague system and to not recognize that fact will cause nothing but trouble. [/QUOTE]

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