Hydra AOO

[mvincent]

I'm glad I asked this poll question now because, as a 3.0 player, it had never been brought to my attention the uniqueness of the Hydra "attack" line in 3.5, nor have I ever seen the sidebar that's in the 3.5 MM.

Now I'm idly wondering if the poll were specific to 3.0 if the results would be any more skewed than they are right now.

Excellent point. The write-up for the 3.0 Hydra can be found here. The combat reflexes notation is the same (i.e. 3.5 cut/pasted it from 3.0), but without 3.5's single attack-line, the intent seems less likely to lend itself towards multiple, all-head AoO's.

Also, in 3.0* sundering (which incurs AoO's) wasn't required... you simply attacked the heads.

*Edit:corrected 3.5 typo to 3.0. Thanks Delta!

 

[Delta]

Yes, I think you mean "Also, in 3.0 sundering wasn't required..."

 

[pawsplay]

The two poll leaders are, in my view, the only way to read the special case mentioned in the hydra description. Each head gets one AoO, either per round or per opportunity. It's unfortunate that the two most elegant readings produce radically different combat balance.