Various Bigby's Spells and AoOs

[loviatarfrostbringer]

Hi all,

I'm not sure if the Sage has ruled on this, but does Bigby's Forceful Hand provoke an AoO from performing it's bull rush attempt and does Bigby's Grasping Hand also provoke an AoO for performing it's grapple attack? [by extension, the higher level spells would also get AoOs for duplicating these attack forms] The spells' descriptions don't say they do and it would kinda wimp out a high level spell to say they do.

Your input is appreciated.

 

[Voadam]

Since the spells say "Treat this as a bull rush" and the hand is a thing with AC, hit points etc. I would treat them with the normal bull rushing rules. Therefore I would grant AoOs when they bull rush.

Otherwise it would be Treat them as a bull rush except that it does not provoke an attack of opportunity for initiating the bull rush.