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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1716348" data-attributes="member: 259">Interesting interpretation of AoOs, Hypersmurf.&nbsp; I don't much like it, though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.&nbsp; If that's what they represent, then why do you get to choose whether to take an AoO, and why do you get only one per round, and why do you get to choose (if two or more AoOs are provoked) which one to take?&nbsp;Furthermore, it supposes that someone fighting with a spear, for example, is spinning in circles stabbing into the air randomly around them all throughout a fight.&nbsp; That image is just silly, IMO.&nbsp;Just as the player chooses to take an AoO, I think the rules indicate that a PC chooses to take an AoO.&nbsp; That's why I'm happy that you can't choose to take an AoO when there's no way you could know the opportunity has arisen.&nbsp;(Of course, I always give an indication when creatures use their spell-like abilities:&nbsp; they pause in the fight, their gaze turns inward, they get a look on their face as if they're constipated, etc.)&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 1716348, member: 259"] Interesting interpretation of AoOs, [b]Hypersmurf[/b]. I don't much like it, though :). If that's what they represent, then why do you get to choose whether to take an AoO, and why do you get only one per round, and why do you get to choose (if two or more AoOs are provoked) which one to take? Furthermore, it supposes that someone fighting with a spear, for example, is spinning in circles stabbing into the air randomly around them all throughout a fight. That image is just silly, IMO. Just as the player chooses to take an AoO, I think the rules indicate that a PC chooses to take an AoO. That's why I'm happy that you can't choose to take an AoO when there's no way you could know the opportunity has arisen. (Of course, I always give an indication when creatures use their spell-like abilities: they pause in the fight, their gaze turns inward, they get a look on their face as if they're constipated, etc.) Daniel [/QUOTE]

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