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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5471510" data-attributes="member: 35909">You could just deny the foe his abilty to take a 5 ft step to begin with.  Knight class from PH2 gets an ability to treat your threatened area as difficult terrain.  The Thicket of Blades stance from Devoted Spirit discipline in the Tome of Battle, which you can get access to with Crusader levels, simply makes 5 ft steps provoke, and is a cornerstone of many "lockdown" builds.Also, the rules allow you to take a 5 ft step if needed with a readied action.  The only thing is youcan't have moved at all on that turn, so you would have had to start the round in melee.</blockquote>