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<blockquote data-quote="TwentyQuestions" data-source="post: 460732" data-attributes="member: 6721">Let's assume a elven warrior, Exemplar, has taken an action to ready his longspear. His orcish foe, Ow, obligingly charges with his battleaxe.- Does Exemplar get a (partial) attack as soon Ow is 10' away (as if he'd readied an attack against the first opponent to come in range), or is the 'set spear' ready action somehow different from readying an attack? - Would this readied attack do double damage? (I assume so from the rules on setting spears vs. charges).- As Ow's charge must carry him to 5' away from Exemplar in order to use his axe, I assume Exemplar gets an attack of opportunity when Ow leaves the square he threatens 10' away.- Does this AoO also do double damage as an attack with a set spear against a charging opponent?I'd never really looked closely at longspears before, but one of my players is equipping an army to take out the slaver's stockade from the old A2 module (which is even more insanely dangerous when converted to 3E and allowed to make an intelligently concerted response to assault). If his troops can lure the enemy into charging and then make two double-damage attacks before risking a hit themselves, being a &quot;spearcarrier&quot; isn't such a death sentence...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwentyQuestions, post: 460732, member: 6721"] Let's assume a elven warrior, Exemplar, has taken an action to ready his longspear. His orcish foe, Ow, obligingly charges with his battleaxe. - Does Exemplar get a (partial) attack as soon Ow is 10' away (as if he'd readied an attack against the first opponent to come in range), or is the 'set spear' ready action somehow different from readying an attack? - Would this readied attack do double damage? (I assume so from the rules on setting spears vs. charges). - As Ow's charge must carry him to 5' away from Exemplar in order to use his axe, I assume Exemplar gets an attack of opportunity when Ow leaves the square he threatens 10' away. - Does this AoO also do double damage as an attack with a set spear against a charging opponent? I'd never really looked closely at longspears before, but one of my players is equipping an army to take out the slaver's stockade from the old A2 module (which is even more insanely dangerous when converted to 3E and allowed to make an intelligently concerted response to assault). If his troops can lure the enemy into charging and then make two double-damage attacks before risking a hit themselves, being a "spearcarrier" isn't such a death sentence... [/QUOTE]

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