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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 232266" data-attributes="member: 545">You are completely missing the big picture.In the case of a regular attack, having your ally nearly get hit and cleaved and then receiving the followup attack does not hurt you in the least.&nbsp; That is part of the normal price you pay for being near an enemy.&nbsp; While it may be disappointing that your ally did not slow down your opponent's offense, there is no logical problem involved because your opponent could have attacked you in the first place.In the case of an AoO, your opponent is getting an extra attack out of sequence because an ally did something foolish.&nbsp; Common sense says that your ally choosing to drink a potion should not make you more likely to die.&nbsp; This gets weird when you throw in reach -- an &quot;ally&quot; 15 or 20 feet away can indirectly provoke an extra attack on you.&nbsp; It gets stranger still when you have multi-party combats -- an &quot;non-ally&quot; 15 or 20 feet away can provoke an extra attack on you.Do you get it now?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 232266, member: 545"] You are completely missing the big picture. In the case of a regular attack, having your ally nearly get hit and cleaved and then receiving the followup attack does not hurt you in the least. That is part of the normal price you pay for being near an enemy. While it may be disappointing that your ally did not slow down your opponent's offense, there is no logical problem involved because your opponent could have attacked you in the first place. In the case of an AoO, your opponent is getting [i]an extra attack out of sequence[/i] because an ally did something foolish. Common sense says that your ally choosing to drink a potion should not make you more likely to die. This gets weird when you throw in reach -- an "ally" 15 or 20 feet away can indirectly provoke an extra attack on you. It gets stranger still when you have multi-party combats -- an "non-ally" 15 or 20 feet away can provoke an extra attack on you. Do you get it now? [/QUOTE]

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