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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4116913" data-attributes="member: 1656">The 'defined body' is &quot;weapons which state they may be set against a charge&quot;.&nbsp; In the PHB, that's spear, longspear, halberd, and urgrosh.&nbsp; If you read the descriptions for those weapons, they state they can be set against a charge.&nbsp; The other weapons don't.Let's forget the 'set spear' option for the moment, and assume the longspearman has simply taken the Ready action in the form &quot;If someone enters my threatened area, I'll attack him&quot;.The attacker charges.&nbsp; When he enters the space ten feet from the longspearman, the longspearman's Readied action triggers, and he attacks.&nbsp; The attacker then continues his action, moving into the space five feet from the longspearman; this involves leaving a threatened square, provoking an AoO, which the longspearman takes before the attacker travels that last five feet.So, with the readied action and the AoO, the spearman gets two attacks before the attacker finishes his charge.----If we assume that the 'set spear' action includes an implicit &quot;If he charges me, I hit him&quot; ready trigger, then the longspearman who sets his spear will also gain two attacks against the charging attacker, and the readied attack will deal double damage.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 4116913, member: 1656"] The 'defined body' is "weapons which state they may be set against a charge". In the PHB, that's spear, longspear, halberd, and urgrosh. If you read the descriptions for those weapons, they state they can be set against a charge. The other weapons don't. Let's forget the 'set spear' option for the moment, and assume the longspearman has simply taken the Ready action in the form "If someone enters my threatened area, I'll attack him". The attacker charges. When he enters the space ten feet from the longspearman, the longspearman's Readied action triggers, and he attacks. The attacker then continues his action, moving into the space five feet from the longspearman; this involves leaving a threatened square, provoking an AoO, which the longspearman takes before the attacker travels that last five feet. So, with the readied action and the AoO, the spearman gets two attacks before the attacker finishes his charge. ---- If we assume that the 'set spear' action includes an implicit "If he charges me, I hit him" ready trigger, then the longspearman who sets his spear will also gain two attacks against the charging attacker, and the readied attack will deal double damage. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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