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<blockquote data-quote="Magus_Jerel" data-source="post: 158632" data-attributes="member: 3940">1. The dimension door comes into effect first (just before the attack) - and teleports the character the distance designated at the time of the casting of the contingency.&nbsp; If you did not make the player choose this in advance - ye deserve what ye get.2. You get teleported as you are attempting to cast the spell, which I would rule is a distraction that provokes the appropriate concentration check.&nbsp; (DC 15 or 20)&nbsp; If and only if concentration is not lost - you may &quot;complete&quot; the casting normally - in your new location of course <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />the problem is - the character has already had a turn to take (probably several days worth of them) since the &quot;casting&quot; of the dimension door.&nbsp; Contingency does not &quot;cast&quot; the spell for you - it DELAYS the &quot;coming into effect&quot; part.&nbsp; That is why the word is in quotes in the spell description.Strictly speaking; the spell is &quot;used&quot; in the casting of contingency - so the no actions restriction doesn't apply.&nbsp; The character has had quite a while to act.My problem is this statement:This is borderline metagaming.&nbsp; Characters don't think in terms of AoO's usually; although &quot;drawing an attack so that something else will happen&quot; is a bluff.&nbsp; I would have the player try and describe what the character is trying to do without game terms - and rule accordingly - using appropriate mechanics.This too - is a good question.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus_Jerel, post: 158632, member: 3940"] 1. The dimension door [b]comes into effect[/b] first (just before the attack) - and teleports the character the distance designated at the time of the casting of the contingency. If you did not make the player choose this in advance - ye deserve what ye get. 2. You get teleported as you are attempting to cast the spell, which I would rule is a distraction that provokes the appropriate concentration check. (DC 15 or 20) If and only if concentration is not lost - you may "complete" the casting normally - in your new location of course :) the problem is - the character has already had a turn to take (probably several days worth of them) since the "casting" of the dimension door. Contingency does not "cast" the spell for you - it DELAYS the "coming into effect" part. That is why the word is in quotes in the spell description. Strictly speaking; the spell is "used" in the casting of contingency - so the no actions restriction doesn't apply. The character has had quite a while to act. My problem is this statement: This is borderline metagaming. Characters don't think in terms of AoO's usually; although "drawing an attack so that something else will happen" is a bluff. I would have the player try and describe what the character is trying to do without game terms - and rule accordingly - using appropriate mechanics. This too - is a good question. [/QUOTE]

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