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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2388522" data-attributes="member: 22882">Conan doesn't run by a bunch of able-bodied opponents without tumbling or swinging his sword about to deflect their blows (i.e., using his Parry defense to avoid attacks) or even taking scratches from their feeble strikes.  Being Conan, he doesn't die from these attacks, but they do occur.  Conan himself certainly hews down foes who try to move past/away from him.As for shooting - you were presumably firing from the hip with an automatic weapon, or at least firing a shotgun in the general direction of your opponent; otherwise, you either weren't concentrating on melee defense or weren't going to hit anything!AoOs as a system are debatable, but their logic is by no means stupid - nor is it untrue to the background material.Look at Star Wars (a more "modern" example).  Why do the Jedi Jump or Tumble while moving into groups of enemies?  Why do those enemies die when they try to shoot Jedi next to them?  AoO.  You can see the same thing in many martial arts movies; gunmen in melee go down when they try to fire - to AoOs.</blockquote>