Power Lunge and Creatures with Reach

[Albert_Fish]

Powerlunge out of WOTC's "Sword and Fist" class spat book says you incur an Attack of opportunity from your foe as you Wrecklessly swing your weapon. Well how the hekc does that work if a Giant with Reach is attacking a Human without reach? Can the Giant Power Lunge without fear of reprisal? Should all Giants take this feat?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Can the Giant Power Lunge without fear of reprisal?

Not against another giant...

-Hyp.

 

[Albert_Fish]

...but from a human without a reach weapon?

 

[Hypersmurf]

I would assume it acts in the same way as a giant attempting to sunder or disarm the weapon of a human without reach. How do you treat the AoO he provokes in those cases?

-Hyp.

 

[Albert_Fish]

well how are sunder attacks ( and other attacks who incur similar penalties) resolved when one creature has reach and the other does not?

 

[the Jester]

I might give the aoo on the giant's weapon, but that's about it- so you could try to sunder or disarm it, but incur a preemptive aoo from it yourself.

 

[Stalker0]

I might allow a grapple attempt...hehe if you want to take it

 

[drnuncheon]

Powerlunge out of WOTC's "Sword and Fist" class spat book says you incur an Attack of opportunity from your foe as you Wrecklessly swing your weapon. Well how the hekc does that work if a Giant with Reach is attacking a Human without reach? Can the Giant Power Lunge without fear of reprisal? Should all Giants take this feat?

They incur an AoO. If the target cannot reach the giant, then they can't actually take that AoO, but the opening is still there. They could still attack the weapon or try to disarm, as has been noted before. So, yeah, it's great for giants - or even PCs weilding polearms.

J

 

[Jeremy]

Or heavy lances (which are reach weapons). This has great synergy because you have to charge to use power lunge. Charging with a lance gives you a minimum of x2 damage. And being a one handed reach weapon, you can still have a shield while using it and getting not 1.5x str mod, but 2x str mod.

 

[kreynolds]

I might give the aoo on the giant's weapon, but that's about it- so you could try to sunder or disarm it, but incur a preemptive aoo from it yourself.

I thought you couldn't perform an action as an AoO if the action would provoke an AoO itself. Are my wires crossed on this?