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<blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 5309918" data-attributes="member: 2198">Depends on where the goblin was moving from (and how it moved there). If it was leaving anyone's threatened square to get there, and was not using a 5-foot step, that would provoke an AoO.Tumble also avoids the AoO, so that's handy against creatures with reach.Correct, although I think &quot;leaves a threatened square&quot; would be more accurate.Again, it depends on where the goblin came from.Moving into a threatened square is not a problem. Leaving one without using a 5-foot step or the tumble skill is. Imagine a human with a sword vs a giant with a club (10' reach). The human starts 30' away and approaches the giant. When the human enters the square 10' away from the giant, nothing happens - he is entering a threatened square, but came there from an un-threatened one. Unfortunately, the human can't reach the giant yet, so he has to move 5' closer. In doing so, he is leaving a threatened square (the giant gets an AoO) and entering a new one (which means nothing). And the giant has now taken his AoO for the round, so the human or anyone else can safely run rings around the giant until its turn comes up again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatula, post: 5309918, member: 2198"] Depends on where the goblin was moving from (and how it moved there). If it was leaving anyone's threatened square to get there, and was not using a 5-foot step, that would provoke an AoO. Tumble also avoids the AoO, so that's handy against creatures with reach. Correct, although I think "leaves a threatened square" would be more accurate. Again, it depends on where the goblin came from. Moving into a threatened square is not a problem. Leaving one without using a 5-foot step or the tumble skill is. Imagine a human with a sword vs a giant with a club (10' reach). The human starts 30' away and approaches the giant. When the human enters the square 10' away from the giant, nothing happens - he is entering a threatened square, but came there from an un-threatened one. Unfortunately, the human can't reach the giant yet, so he has to move 5' closer. In doing so, he is leaving a threatened square (the giant gets an AoO) and entering a new one (which means nothing). And the giant has now taken his AoO for the round, so the human or anyone else can safely run rings around the giant until its turn comes up again. [/QUOTE]

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