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<blockquote data-quote="Prestidigitalis" data-source="post: 4980161" data-attributes="member: 74496">AbdulAlhazred's post prompts a thought:Hang back in combat, behind the main line or at most adjacent to the defender (you *do* have a defender in your party, right?)On your turn, use Deft Strike to move up as part of your attack.&nbsp; After the attack is complete, move back behind the lines.&nbsp; You will take one or more OAs doing this, but for an OA-defense-optimised Artful Dodger, this might not be too bad, especially since one of the OAs may trigger Combat Challenge, Divine Challenge, Aegis of Shielding, or whatever applies.&nbsp; Add in the Harlequin Style feat to make the Deft Strike move = 3 squares, and you should be able to dash out for flanking and then retreat almost every turn.Related question: Harlequin Style includes the text &quot;Add your Charisma modifier to your defenses against opportunity attacks provoked by this movement.&quot;&nbsp; Would this mean that if you are an Artful Dodger Rogue, you would add your Charisma modifier *twice* to your defense against the OA?&nbsp; If so -- wow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prestidigitalis, post: 4980161, member: 74496"] AbdulAlhazred's post prompts a thought: Hang back in combat, behind the main line or at most adjacent to the defender (you *do* have a defender in your party, right?) On your turn, use Deft Strike to move up as part of your attack. After the attack is complete, move back behind the lines. You will take one or more OAs doing this, but for an OA-defense-optimised Artful Dodger, this might not be too bad, especially since one of the OAs may trigger Combat Challenge, Divine Challenge, Aegis of Shielding, or whatever applies. Add in the Harlequin Style feat to make the Deft Strike move = 3 squares, and you should be able to dash out for flanking and then retreat almost every turn. Related question: Harlequin Style includes the text "Add your Charisma modifier to your defenses against opportunity attacks provoked by this movement." Would this mean that if you are an Artful Dodger Rogue, you would add your Charisma modifier *twice* to your defense against the OA? If so -- wow. [/QUOTE]

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