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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 565336" data-attributes="member: 96">Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Quicker than the Eye and AoOWell, if you're swinging at where he was before he went invisible, you've got him pinpointed, haven't you?You're taking a very specific situation where what you want to say makes sense, and trying to generalize from that to a large group of situations where it does not make sense.  I feel that it's better to make rulings based on the general, most widely applicable case, and then make exceptions for the specific, rather than the other way around."On your guard" does not necessarily mean furiously whacking in all directions with your staff in the hopes of catching someone unawares.However, you're starting to agree with me - if you're unaware of the target, you obviously can't make an AoO against them.All of the player choices reflect choices by the character.  The 'choice of the player'/'choice of the character' dichotomy that you present is not a part of the rules, it's a part of hong's interpretation of the rules, so I'm afraid it's not exactly a selling point for me on the issue under discussion.  I see nothing in the PHB to indicate that the character is not the one making the choice whether or not to take advantage of an AoO opportunity.J</blockquote>