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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R-man" data-source="post: 3414148" data-attributes="member: 41142">When I am playing a front line PC, I will frequently provoke AoO's from monsters to "use up" the monsters AoO for the round so that other PC's can get into position or withdraw from combat. However I have been burned on a couple of occasions by this tactic by encountering a monster who either; a) has combat reflexes or b) withholds his AoO for use against another target (such as the mage that is backed against the wall).When I play a melee character I tend to play a very mobile melee character as I find that my effectiveness is much greater if I can be were I want to be rather then in front of the biggest meanest baddy. Nothing like tumbling/walking up walls/flying/teleporting past the meatshields and engaging the enemy spellcaster at the start of the battle to make stuff easier.The sole recent exception was when I played a Gold Dwarf Warmage wearing Mithral Full plate. My mobility was non-existant but by ability to be directly in melee with a area effect spellcaster allowed me to blast with impunity. The other characters were a Monk and a Rogue both designed for front line with spectacular Reflex saves. Nothing like deliberately fireballing the entire party to get the monsters and only the mage taking damage... the guy with the most HP's in the party!</blockquote>