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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 5873510" data-attributes="member: 6674868">My understanding of Attacks of Opportunity as a concept has more to do with the person getting hit's attention either focused or divided than it does the one attacking.======OOO==OXO==OOO======X is target with melee reach weapon.Moving from = to O provokes no A.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f635.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="o.O" title="Er... what?    o.O"  data-smilie="12"data-shortname="o.O" />.Moving O to =, a 5' step, provokes no A.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f635.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="o.O" title="Er... what?    o.O"  data-smilie="12"data-shortname="o.O" />., unless diagonal, which counts as 10'.Moving from O to outside this diagram, or any 10' distance, provokes A.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f635.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="o.O" title="Er... what?    o.O"  data-smilie="12"data-shortname="o.O" />.I imagine it like this.  If I were to come at my opponent, I'm looking at him, I can see him, I can reach if he tries anything funny. I don't "Give an opportunity to attack".If I take a single large step away from a target, 5 feet, I can do so while still looking at my target, being completely focused, denying my opponent any opportunity to attack me in a surprise fashion.If I move any further away from my opponent, I need to turn my back and retreat to cover any decent distance.  If I'm moving 10 or more feet away, I need to divide my attention between my opponent and the environment or any other opponents.  This divided attention gives my opponent the opportunity to attack me.  A Reach weapon would provoke no Attack of Opportunity approaching the target, once again, when I move towards my opponent my full focus is on that opponent, I don't give them the opportunity to surprise me with additional attacks.  If I move away far enough to have to divide my attention, I can get hit at whatever the range of the weapon is.Magic Item Compendium has the Changing Weapon Property that can only be applied to a Spear, Short Spear or Long Spear.  As a Swift action the wielder can change this enchanted spear to be the size of any of those 3 sizes.  This should allow conversion between a melee and 10' reach weapon in mid combat.</blockquote>

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