Spiked Chain, Combat Superiority, surprise. A question for each.

[vhailor]

1. The feat Spiked Chain Training gives to the weapon defensive or not? It seems strange that all other double weapons have defensive and Spiked Chain isn't. I cant't blame though since IMO it would be too powerful with so many properties (reach, double weapon, light blade, off-hand, and defensive)

2. If the target tries to shift and the fighter hits with his opportunity attack, the enemy will end his movement adjacent or 1 square away?
Combat Superiority
You gain a bonus to opportunity attacks equal to your Wisdom modifier. An enemy struck by your opportunity attack stops moving, if a move provoked the attack. If it still has actions remaining, it can use them to resume moving.

2. How can a party surprise its enemies? I understand that the enemies can surprise a party while it is exploring the area, but I don't see how the opposite can happen? Since it is so difficult, aren't the feats that give you bonuses against surprised opponents worthless?

 

[Oompa]

Have you not readt the answers in the other topic you posted about this?

 

[AngryPurpleCyclops]

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[DracoSuave]

2. If the target tries to shift and the fighter hits with his opportunity attack, the enemy will end his movement adjacent or 1 square away?
Combat Superiority
You gain a bonus to opportunity attacks equal to your Wisdom modifier. An enemy struck by your opportunity attack stops moving, if a move provoked the attack. If it still has actions remaining, it can use them to resume moving.

Combat Challenge is not an opportunity attack. Combat Superiority and Combat Challenge have no interaction with each other, ever. The word 'opportunity' never appears in Combat Challenge. The things that -are- opportunity attacks say, explicitly, the words 'opportunity attack.'

2. How can a party surprise its enemies? I understand that the enemies can surprise a party while it is exploring the area, but I don't see how the opposite can happen? Since it is so difficult, aren't the feats that give you bonuses against surprised opponents worthless?

Any combatant, player or enemy, gets a free single action in a surprise round if it is not detected by any of its opponents. There are many ways to be undetected, including, but not limited to, Stealth. Monsters have perception scores for a reason.

 

[vhailor]

ask a mod to delete this thread.

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