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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2773531" data-attributes="member: 1515">Not really.&nbsp; Entering a threatened square doesn't provoke an AoO.&nbsp; It's leaving one that provokes.&nbsp; So, if you're wielding a spiked chain, and your opponent moves into the square directly next to you, he's moved out of the outer squares that you threaten, and you do get an AoO.&nbsp; (That is, unless that &quot;move&quot; was only a 5' step; 5' steps never provoke AoOs.)As someone else noted earlier, one of the selling points of spiked chains is that they're about the only reach weapon available to Medium-sized characters that both (a) give reach out to 10', and (b) still also let you attack the squares directly adjacent to you.&nbsp;Spell Focus got nerfed in 3.5; it (and Greater Spell Focus) both used to give +2 bonuses.&nbsp; Apparently the design team thought that was too good.If you take a look at the illustrations of Mialee, her vest is covered with tiny little pouches.&nbsp; I think the idea of a spell component pouch is that it's in some way &quot;categorized&quot; to keep the caster from having to fish around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 2773531, member: 1515"] Not really. Entering a threatened square doesn't provoke an AoO. It's [b]leaving[/b] one that provokes. So, if you're wielding a spiked chain, and your opponent moves into the square directly next to you, he's moved [b]out[/b] of the outer squares that you threaten, and you do get an AoO. (That is, unless that "move" was only a 5' step; 5' steps never provoke AoOs.) As someone else noted earlier, one of the selling points of spiked chains is that they're about the only reach weapon available to Medium-sized characters that both (a) give reach out to 10', and (b) still also let you attack the squares directly adjacent to you. Spell Focus got nerfed in 3.5; it (and Greater Spell Focus) both used to give +2 bonuses. Apparently the design team thought that was too good. If you take a look at the illustrations of Mialee, her vest is covered with tiny little pouches. I think the idea of a spell component pouch is that it's in some way "categorized" to keep the caster from having to fish around. [/QUOTE]

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