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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LurkAway" data-source="post: 5746201" data-attributes="member: 6685059"><p>Yes, there's a good chance that you will land a knocking blow to find that you've been stabbed which could well be modelled as an AoO. But in real life, if unarmed vs a opponent with a knife, you're in an extremely dangerous situation. You'll try to run away safely if you can. Otherwise, you'll expend an enormous amount of focus and energy just trying not to get stabbed. You'll dodge. You'll try to block the incoming knife thrusts, and you will likely get cut multiple times, but at least it wil be superficial cuts on the arms, etc. instead of a stab into the vitals. You can try to disarm, if you know the right move, but you need luck, good timing and it helps to be faster and/or stronger. All in all, you're usually on the defensive waiting for an opening to land a solid punch.  This is assuming you're punching or trying to use the hilt of a sword to knock out your opponent -- which is what I've seen in fantasy movies anyway. I can't recall ever seeing a movie scene of a guy being knocked out with the flat of a blade -- and in real life, I suspect it would be clumsy and difficult but what do I know about real-life medieval combat? What I do know is most movie scenes of medieval warfare show warriors attacking to kill and then after the battle, checking to see who is still alive for ransom or interrogation. How all these lines of thinking apply to 3E and/or 4E I'm not sure. I think that as an overall abstraction, knocking out an opponent as a function of chance is more in line with real-life and gritty fantasy but not maybe pulpish adventure which is over the top and doesn't try to be realistic anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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