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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5575500" data-attributes="member: 40398">Weird; AoOs never seemed confusing to me. Well, some of the circumstances that provoke them can be hard to remember, but the term makes perfect sense to me. In play I often say &quot;free attack&quot; too simply because it's four less syllables than &quot;opportunity attack.&quot; Er, sorry, I mean it's five less syllables than &quot;attack of opportunity.&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />Clearly AoOs cause confusion with a lot of players, but the concept is very straighforward to me: you get a free attack when an enemy moves away because he's turning his back on you. He's giving you the opportunity to take a parting swipe, in other words. (As opposed to when he 5 foot steps away, which is the 'dancing about' you mentioned.)That said, I'm all for experimental house rules, so let us know how it works out for you!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 5575500, member: 40398"] Weird; AoOs never seemed confusing to me. Well, some of the circumstances that provoke them can be hard to remember, but the term makes perfect sense to me. In play I often say "free attack" too simply because it's four less syllables than "opportunity attack." Er, sorry, I mean it's five less syllables than "attack of opportunity." :o Clearly AoOs cause confusion with a lot of players, but the concept is very straighforward to me: you get a free attack when an enemy moves away because he's turning his back on you. He's giving you the [I]opportunity[/I] to take a parting swipe, in other words. (As opposed to when he 5 foot steps away, which is the 'dancing about' you mentioned.) That said, I'm all for experimental house rules, so let us know how it works out for you! [/QUOTE]

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