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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 3420145" data-attributes="member: 2209">Its a minor point really.Maelicent winged a rock at Voadam when Voadam couldn't see him. I thought it would be cool to catch or deflect the rock with his highly trained combat skills. Similar to the way I see happen occasionally in a bunch of samurai comics like Usagi Yojimbo or Lone Wolf where the hero is meditating but senses an attack and stops it when an assassin jumps them. But then I re-read the full text of the feat and don't think it can work that way under RAW.As I understand it if Voadam is flat-footed or unaware of the attack he cannot deflect the thrown rock with the feat.I know of no way not to be flat-footed before combat other than high perception skills and good initiative.Some conditions come close, barbarian and rogue uncanny dodge at level 2 can keep your dex when flat-footed. Combat reflexes allows you to take AoOs while flat-footed.I was planning on taking combat reflexes later anyway for flavor reasons (combat oriented and martial art trained) and wondered if you would let them have synergy for this type of situation which is similar but not an exact match.Ultimately it only matters mechanically if somebody ambushes Voadam with a missile weapon. I'm fine with a ruling either way though.I'm not going to multiclass into barbarian or rogue (wizard for Voadam after 1st), but I was planning on picking up combat reflexes at either 3rd or 6th level.</blockquote>

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