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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gez" data-source="post: 1136480" data-attributes="member: 1328">You're not understanding the abstraction behind AoOs. People are continually trying to hack pieces of you away with their (t)rusty  swords and axes. It's just that you dodge them, usually.When your BAB goes up and you gain new iterative attacks, you're not faster, you're just better at finding holes in someone's defense.When you provoke an AoO, the AoO is not a reflex from your opponent ("I don't wanna see you cast spell!"), it's just that the concentration you need to cast the spell distracts you from the combat and thus, weaken your defense, opening a hole inside. (That's why defensive casting is a Concentration check.)What should not provoke AoO, however,  is quickened casting. A free action don't last long enough for someone to exploit the lapse in your defense.</blockquote>