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<blockquote data-quote="Cyraneth" data-source="post: 28325" data-attributes="member: 1199">Even though I haven't considered the possibility of &quot;ignoring&quot; an opponent before, I see the benefits of it now, but also the disadvantages... At least, these were the first things to pop into my mind while reading this:If you're ignoring an opponent, you're taking an &quot;unnecessary&quot; risk, which in turn would give the opponent you ignore an attack of opportunity (like when you run past an opponent).Also, the opponent is, as many of you suggest, invisible, which also grants a few nice bonuses. This also means that the character ignoring the opponent doesn't get any attacks of opportunity against the ignored opponent.Finally, if taken to the extreme, the opponent would be able to make a coup de grace (or maybe something less, like the automatic criticals or threats suggested above) against the ignoring character, as the ignored opponent can basically pick any spot to hit and even risk a bit as he doesn't risk attacks of opportunity.Well, these are merely suggestions, and sure, the coup de grace might be a little over the edge, but it would sure make the character consider twice before ignoring someone in combat. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> - Cyraneth</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cyraneth, post: 28325, member: 1199"] Even though I haven't considered the possibility of "ignoring" an opponent before, I see the benefits of it now, but also the disadvantages... At least, these were the first things to pop into my mind while reading this: If you're ignoring an opponent, you're taking an "unnecessary" risk, which in turn would give the opponent you ignore an attack of opportunity (like when you run past an opponent). Also, the opponent is, as many of you suggest, invisible, which also grants a few nice bonuses. This also means that the character ignoring the opponent doesn't get any attacks of opportunity against the ignored opponent. Finally, if taken to the extreme, the opponent would be able to make a coup de grace (or maybe something less, like the automatic criticals or threats suggested above) against the ignoring character, as the ignored opponent can basically pick any spot to hit and even risk a bit as he doesn't risk attacks of opportunity. Well, these are merely suggestions, and sure, the coup de grace might be a little over the edge, but it would sure make the character consider twice before ignoring someone in combat. :D - Cyraneth [/QUOTE]

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