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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7978741" data-attributes="member: 12731">Though note how Sabathius didn't speak for Pathfinder 2 specifically. (This is a PF2-specific thread) There are no &quot;basic&quot; attacks in PF2. A monster with an attack of opportunity generally gets to make its best one-action attack, which, since you're giving it a free attack, is painful enough.(Obviously many monsters have more powerful attacks, but they cost two or even three actions)I'd say you would only want to do this against low-level mooks regardless of your level in PF2. Even if they don't have Attacks of Opportunity (which most won't).More generally, if you the GM isn't happy about heroes &quot;disrespecting&quot; the front-line monsters, the best solution is to start doing the same to your heroes. When the monsters reach the casters in the back, the fighters are going to regret leaving them behind.Even more generally, Attacks of Opportunity or Opportunity Attacks were added to 3rd edition and retained in 5th edition because movement was and is free. In Pathfinder 2, every action you spend on movement is an action you're not doing something else, which makes PF2 a pretty different game. Whether Paizo made the right call in scaling back Attacks of Opportunity significantly remains to be seen, but it isn't as easy as just comparing the games as if they were created equal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7978741, member: 12731"] Though note how Sabathius didn't speak for Pathfinder 2 specifically. (This is a PF2-specific thread) There are no "basic" attacks in PF2. A monster with an attack of opportunity generally gets to make its best one-action attack, which, since you're giving it a free attack, is painful enough. (Obviously many monsters have more powerful attacks, but they cost two or even three actions) I'd say you would only want to do this against low-level mooks regardless of your level in PF2. Even if they don't have Attacks of Opportunity (which most won't). More generally, if you the GM isn't happy about heroes "disrespecting" the front-line monsters, the best solution is to start doing the same to your heroes. When the monsters reach the casters in the back, the fighters are going to regret leaving them behind. Even more generally, Attacks of Opportunity or Opportunity Attacks were added to 3rd edition and retained in 5th edition because movement was and is free. In Pathfinder 2, every action you spend on movement is an action you're not doing something else, which makes PF2 a pretty different game. Whether Paizo made the right call in scaling back Attacks of Opportunity significantly remains to be seen, but it isn't as easy as just comparing the games as if they were created equal. [/QUOTE]

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