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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mordane76" data-source="post: 1965647" data-attributes="member: 7172">Actually, up until this point, I wouldn't have allowed a trip, sunder, or disarm as part of iterative attacks; I would have told a player that since it is a standard action to do so (as listed on the table) that it can't be part of a full attack.  I went and re-read the SRD on these actions - it says "as a melee attack," whereas I thought they were 'standard actions,' as they are listed on the table.Given this reading, I would agree that one should trigger an AoO on each iterative attack with the bow.  But nowhere in the tables or the text does it state this directly.I don't get to PLAY D&D at all - I haven't actually played as a player in a real game for years, and I haven't had the pleasure of being in a D&D PbP that's lasted more than a few pages.  I have no exploit planned; it's just how I read the tables.  The table versus the text leaves certain ambiguities; reading the table, I wouldn't allow someone to mix and match sunder, trip, and disarm into a full attack as they are separate standard actions in the table.  Reading the text, I would, and thus each would trigger the AoO.  And, just because you find Combat Reflexes to be rare doesn't mean I do - Combat Reflexes makes players think long and hard about how they move and what they do, and I find it astounding that more people don't take it given the opportunity for extra attacks it provides.</blockquote>