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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2296206" data-attributes="member: 13164">There are two aspects to look at here.First, there's drawing a weapon as an attack of opportunity while flat-footed.  You cannot make an attack of opportunity when flat-footed unless you possess the Combat Reflexes feat.  Since drawing a weapon and attacking with it in these circumstances would require taking two feats, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to do so.  Even though making an attack of opportunity is not technically an "action," it functions similarly to an attack action in may ways, and I would allow Quick Draw to be used in that instance.It becomes even easier when you are in the midst of combat.  If you are fighting unarmed for some reason (but not flat-footed), and your opponent performs an action which provokes an attack of opportunity, you are not allowed to make an attack of opportunity normally unless you are considered "armed" when unarmed.  However, since you are capable of drawing a weapon so quickly, I would rule that you are capable of using Quick Draw to allow yourself to make the attack of opportunity in the first place.  If your character has studied iaijutsu and your opponent is stupid enough to cast a spell or fire a ranged weapon at you, I'd have nothing against drawing the weapon in the midst of the AoO.  But, that's just my own ruling; it's not canon by any means.Quick Draw does not, however, allow you to sheath a weapon as a free action.  Sheathing or putting away a weapon is still a move-equivalent action which provokes an attack of opportunity.  In order to switch from one weapon to another as [two] free action<s>, you must drop the first and use Quick Draw for the second.</s></blockquote>

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