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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 702888" data-attributes="member: 259"><p>Here's an example of my borderline rules-lawyering:</p><p></p><p>Last night, we were fighting a couple of (I believe) spectres. The cleric had just turned them; I had cast produce flame on the previous round. It was my action</p><p></p><p>The only way for me to move close enough to attack them was to move <strong>through</strong> the square that one of them occupied, incurring an AoO from that one. (All the squares on my side of the spectre were occupied by my allies; the only empty square was on the other side of the spectre; and I didn't have enough movement to circle around it.</p><p></p><p>But I as a player knew that the spectres would be cowering and could therefore take no actions: it wouldn't be able to take an AoO on me.</p><p></p><p>Given that, I asked my DM if I could tell that they were getting ready to run away in a panic. One excellent sense motive check later, and I described myself spinning past the spectre and slamming my fire-coated fist into its face.</p><p></p><p>When the spectre's action came up, it ran away by sinking straight into the earth. Technically, I think I should have gotten an AoO on it (since it has to flee as fast as possible, it doesn't get to do a strategic retreat from combat), but when the DM denied me an AoO, I didn't pursue it.</p><p></p><p>So that's my rules-lawyering tendencies. I as a player took advantage of a foible of turning that my character might not know about. I described my taking-advantage in cinematic terms. And I started to argue with my DM about an AoO, but then bit my lip on it and shut up.</p><p></p><p>Chaotic or lawful! <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Daniel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 702888, member: 259"] Here's an example of my borderline rules-lawyering: Last night, we were fighting a couple of (I believe) spectres. The cleric had just turned them; I had cast produce flame on the previous round. It was my action The only way for me to move close enough to attack them was to move [b]through[/b] the square that one of them occupied, incurring an AoO from that one. (All the squares on my side of the spectre were occupied by my allies; the only empty square was on the other side of the spectre; and I didn't have enough movement to circle around it. But I as a player knew that the spectres would be cowering and could therefore take no actions: it wouldn't be able to take an AoO on me. Given that, I asked my DM if I could tell that they were getting ready to run away in a panic. One excellent sense motive check later, and I described myself spinning past the spectre and slamming my fire-coated fist into its face. When the spectre's action came up, it ran away by sinking straight into the earth. Technically, I think I should have gotten an AoO on it (since it has to flee as fast as possible, it doesn't get to do a strategic retreat from combat), but when the DM denied me an AoO, I didn't pursue it. So that's my rules-lawyering tendencies. I as a player took advantage of a foible of turning that my character might not know about. I described my taking-advantage in cinematic terms. And I started to argue with my DM about an AoO, but then bit my lip on it and shut up. Chaotic or lawful! :) Daniel [/QUOTE]
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