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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5260614" data-attributes="member: 35909">Actually, I'm glad this thread got necro'd, it's an interesting topic and reading it left me wondering something...Accepting that you can use sleight of hand in combat, even without that cutpurse feat, should something be made of this rule from the Concentration skill?<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/concentration.htm" target="_blank">Concentration :: d20srd.org</a>&quot;You can use Concentration to cast a spell, use a spell-like ability, or use a skill defensively, so as to avoid attacks of opportunity altogether. This doesn’t apply to other actions that might provoke attacks of opportunity. The DC of the check is 15 (plus the spell’s level, if casting a spell or using a spell-like ability defensively). If the Concentration check succeeds, you may attempt the action normally without provoking any attacks of opportunity.&nbsp; A successful Concentration check still doesn’t allow you to take 10 on another check if you are in a stressful situation; you must make the check normally. If the Concentration check fails, the related action also automatically fails (with any appropriate ramifications), and the action is wasted, just as if your concentration had been disrupted by a distraction. &quot;So...for a flat DC of 15, could you not only pickpocket things in combat, but also &quot;steal defensively&quot; without a feat cost? <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5260614, member: 35909"] Actually, I'm glad this thread got necro'd, it's an interesting topic and reading it left me wondering something... Accepting that you can use sleight of hand in combat, even without that cutpurse feat, should something be made of this rule from the Concentration skill? [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/concentration.htm]Concentration :: d20srd.org[/url] "You can use Concentration to cast a spell, use a spell-like ability, [b]or use a skill defensively, so as to avoid attacks of opportunity altogether[/b]. This doesn’t apply to other actions that might provoke attacks of opportunity. The DC of the check is 15 (plus the spell’s level, if casting a spell or using a spell-like ability defensively). [b]If the Concentration check succeeds, you may attempt the action normally without provoking any attacks of opportunity.[/b] A successful Concentration check still doesn’t allow you to take 10 on another check if you are in a stressful situation; you must make the check normally. If the Concentration check fails, the related action also automatically fails (with any appropriate ramifications), and the action is wasted, just as if your concentration had been disrupted by a distraction. " So...for a flat DC of 15, could you not only pickpocket things in combat, but also "steal defensively" without a feat cost? :) [/QUOTE]

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