Question on charging and AoO movement

[Belares]

I am wondering you can charge to your opponent if you have a clear path and a straight line..BUT can you move move diagonally 5-10 feet then have a unimpeded path to opponent and still get the charge? Say I start out in a 10 foot wide hallway and move 5 feet diagonally to get a unimpeded straight line and the guy is 35 feet away and my movement is 20 so with a double move I can still charge?

We had this come up in a game and the room was so big that we thought you could move enough to manauver enough but have to have at least 15' of unimepeded movement to target.

Second question. Lets say the opponent is surrounded by 3 players with a open square to the north so he has 3 opponents (one to south, east and west) and so if he moves (not a 5' step) to the northeast square does he take a AoO from everyone ..mind you he he still moving diagonally to the next square as well? I always thought the square you started in was not considered threatened so he would take a AoO when he moved to the next diagonal sqaure becuse he moved through a threatened square. The book states that you get a AoO anytime you move out of a threatened square and it says YOU get a AoO on any square YOU threaten..so I am a bit confused..thanks for the help here.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I am wondering you can charge to your opponent if you have a clear path and a straight line..BUT can you move move diagonally 5-10 feet then have a unimpeded path to opponent and still get the charge?

No. A Charge is a full round action, so you can't move and then charge. Nor, since a Charge involves movement, can you 5' step and then charge.

I always thought the square you started in was not considered threatened so he would take a AoO when he moved to the next diagonal sqaure becuse he moved through a threatened square.

This only applies if he's taking the Withdraw action.

If he's just taking a Move action, his first square is still threatened.

-Hyp.