Do Spell-Like Abilities Provoke AoO's?

[CombatWombat51]

That's the question.... under Spell-Like Abilities in the PHB, it says that they work just like spells.... and under Supernatural Abilities, it says that supernatural abilities can't be disrupted in combat, but it doesn't say that about spell-like abilities... I suppose I know the answer to my own question, I just want to be sure that I'm right

 

[Hypersmurf]

SLAs provoke AoOs and can be disrupted like spells.

The Concentration DC for Casting an SLA Defensively is 15 (vs 15 + spell level for a spell); the DC for avoiding disruption from damage etc is not given.

-Hyp.

 

[Kraedin]

Spell-like abilities provoke attacks of opportunity and require concentration checks just like spells do.

 

[Benben]

Straight from the SRD emphasis mine.

Use spell-like ability [Standard][AoO: Yes]

Using a spell-like ability works like casting a spell in that it requires concentration and provokes attacks of opportunity. Spell-like abilities can be disrupted. If a character's concentration is broken, the attempt to use the ability fails, but the attempt counts as if the character had used the ability. The casting time of a spell-like ability is 1 action, making its use a standard action, unless the ability description notes otherwise.

A character may attempt to use a spell-like ability on the defensive, just as with a spell. If the Concentration check (DC 15) fails, the character can't use the ability, but the attempt counts as if the character had used the ability.

 

[CombatWombat51]

Thanks. Suspicion confirmed

 

[pvandyck]

On this note, how noticeable is a spell-like ability? A recent adventure had a vampire "charming" us as we were talking to it from the doorway of the room we had just opened. The DM didn't say we noticed anything, and the vampire wan't threatening us, so things just continued until a couple of use were charmed/dominated and the sh*t hit the fan.

Seems to me that if a spell-like ability is noticable enough to draw an AOO, that it should be noticable, at least, in the case of the vampire's charm, noticable to others standing around watching, if not to the subject himself.

pvandyck

 

[Hypersmurf]

Link to a recent thread involving noticing SLAs.

-Hyp.