carborundum
Adventurer
If a party member pulls an unconscious ally away from a nasty beastie, would the nasty beastie get an AoO on the moving hunk of flesh?
In our Savage Tide game tonight, the party met Ripclaw, a savage (supernaturally extra vicious) deinonychus. The barbarian got pounced on and went from full (35) hitpoints to -1 in one round. Cue panic in the players - Muhahahaha!
A party member immediately pulled his unconsciuos form out of the way and I felt that the beast would happily take the opportunity to grab his prey (AoO bite) and pull it back to him for dinner. At the same time, I felt it a bit mean (a successful hit does at least 9 damage for a start).
The beastie in question did not have extra reach so technically the unconscious guy was only having an involuntary move only action away from the beast. I wasn't sure of the rules but since he was only moving out of a threatened area and not through one I let it go. No-one was quite sure so the dramatic tension did its work and they were relieved to get away with it.
After the fight we still weren't 100% sure if the beast had a right to attack the poor unconscious lummox or not - hence my post. Playwise, it was the right decision, but how about ruleswise?
In our Savage Tide game tonight, the party met Ripclaw, a savage (supernaturally extra vicious) deinonychus. The barbarian got pounced on and went from full (35) hitpoints to -1 in one round. Cue panic in the players - Muhahahaha!
A party member immediately pulled his unconsciuos form out of the way and I felt that the beast would happily take the opportunity to grab his prey (AoO bite) and pull it back to him for dinner. At the same time, I felt it a bit mean (a successful hit does at least 9 damage for a start).
The beastie in question did not have extra reach so technically the unconscious guy was only having an involuntary move only action away from the beast. I wasn't sure of the rules but since he was only moving out of a threatened area and not through one I let it go. No-one was quite sure so the dramatic tension did its work and they were relieved to get away with it.
After the fight we still weren't 100% sure if the beast had a right to attack the poor unconscious lummox or not - hence my post. Playwise, it was the right decision, but how about ruleswise?