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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1402213" data-attributes="member: 2629">You're missing my point. The gaze section of the monster manual says that you may wear a blindfold, turn your back, etc ... in a situation where a gaze attack is present and it will have these effects. A very precise reading of the rules says that having the option to turn your back on a foe is an option present in the presence of a gaze attack. It does not say that you can do this at any time. As I mentioned when I brought this up, this is not necessarily logical, but it is a precise reading of the rules.As for your interpretation of &quot;possible to achieve&quot;, I think you're trying to look in the 'wrong direction'. 'Possible' does not equate to 'can' in instances of permission. It is possible for me to drive on the wrong side of the road. That does not mean that I have permission to do so . It is possible for a PC to turn their back on a foe (with a gaze attack), but that does not mean that he is automatically always allowed to do so. Possible means there is a possibility that that action could be taken in the right circumstances. It does not mean that a PC is guaranteed the right to be able to do that action. I see no reason why a DM can not say that there is too much bobbing and weaving going on in combat for a PC to be able to turn his back on a foe and grant that foe total concealment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 1402213, member: 2629"] You're missing my point. The gaze section of the monster manual says that you may wear a blindfold, turn your back, etc ... in a situation where a gaze attack is present and it will have these effects. A very precise reading of the rules says that having the option to turn your back on a foe is an option present in the presence of a gaze attack. It does not say that you can do this at any time. As I mentioned when I brought this up, this is not necessarily logical, but it is a precise reading of the rules. As for your interpretation of "possible to achieve", I think you're trying to look in the 'wrong direction'. 'Possible' does not equate to 'can' in instances of permission. It is possible for me to drive on the wrong side of the road. That does not mean that I have permission to do so . It is possible for a PC to turn their back on a foe (with a gaze attack), but that does not mean that he is automatically always allowed to do so. Possible means there is a possibility that that action could be taken in the right circumstances. It does not mean that a PC is guaranteed the right to be able to do that action. I see no reason why a DM can not say that there is too much bobbing and weaving going on in combat for a PC to be able to turn his back on a foe and grant that foe total concealment. [/QUOTE]

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