Flat footed in the middle of Combat

[Hypersmurf]

Furthermore, the iaijutsu master is pretty specific in regards to use of weapons.

Isn't the damage skill-dependent, not PrC-dependent?

-Hyp.

 

[hong]

Isn't the damage skill-dependent, not PrC-dependent?

-Hyp.

True, I was thinking of the PrC, not the skill.

Anyway, as said before, IIRC you'd need stuff in splatbooks published after OA to make people flat-footed after the combat had started.

 

[Li Shenron]

First, getting multiple iaijutsu strikes in one combat is pretty cheesy and goes against the spirit of the rules IMO.

I think he's right. I read OA only a long time ago, and maybe I don't remember at all, but I think I remember that Iaijutsu duels are kind of similar to gun duels in cowboy movies: the quickest to shot first wins, or at least gets the big strike first.

It would be a rule0, but I would not allow to do this repeatedly in combat, not even by sheating the weapon back, unless there is really a restart of the duel, when both charaters take some time to concentrate. But that's of course a matter of spirit rather than rules.