Hold the Line + Reach Weapon = 2 AOOs per charge?
Its not really clear.
I read the Hold the Line feat as saying that a PC with that Feat treats entering a threatened area as an AoO-provoking event that is distinct from leaving a threatened area.
Thus, if a being enters an area threatened by a PC with Hold the Line, he provokes an AoO. If he then continues his movement, he provokes an AoO for leaving a threatened area. However, a creature moving through your threatened areas can only provoke 1 AoO for entering and 1 AoO for leaving a threatened area, no matter how many times he does so in that turn.
I say this because the wording of AoOs doesn't mention 1 AoO "per movement"- just 1 AoO for leaving a threatened area no matter how many times it is done that turn. Under the basic, unmodified rules, there is only one type of movement that provokes an AoO (leaving a threatened area)- Hold the Line adds another movement type (entering a threatened area).
I read the Hold the Line feat as saying that a PC with that Feat treats entering a threatened area as an AoO-provoking event that is distinct from leaving a threatened area.
Thus, if a being enters an area threatened by a PC with Hold the Line, he provokes an AoO. If he then continues his movement, he provokes an AoO for leaving a threatened area. However, a creature moving through your threatened areas can only provoke 1 AoO for entering and 1 AoO for leaving a threatened area, no matter how many times he does so in that turn.
I say this because the wording of AoOs doesn't mention 1 AoO "per movement"- just 1 AoO for leaving a threatened area no matter how many times it is done that turn. Under the basic, unmodified rules, there is only one type of movement that provokes an AoO (leaving a threatened area)- Hold the Line adds another movement type (entering a threatened area).
If you don't have Combat Reflexes the question is moot. Since you only get 1 AoO per round anyway without that feat.
Assuming that the character in question does have CR and can make more than 1 AoO per round. . .
Since the feat says:
"Normal: You only get an AoO against a character that exits a square you threaten."
It would appear that the feat modifies this to give you that AoO when the character "enters" the threatened square instead of leaving it. Which basically allows the defender to now interrupt the charge without using a ready action.
Assuming that the character in question does have CR and can make more than 1 AoO per round. . .
Since the feat says:
"Normal: You only get an AoO against a character that exits a square you threaten."
It would appear that the feat modifies this to give you that AoO when the character "enters" the threatened square instead of leaving it. Which basically allows the defender to now interrupt the charge without using a ready action.
