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<blockquote data-quote="Camarath" data-source="post: 1078718" data-attributes="member: 11987">Warning: Post Deals with Grammar&nbsp;I think that you can read the sentence either way. But IMO if they meant A) they would have probably phrased it this way.&quot;When you use the full attack action, you can give up your regular attacks and instead make one melee attack at your full base attack bonus that targets every opponent within reach.&quot;Or they would have replaced the word “each” with the word “all”.“When you use the full attack action, you can give up your regular attacks and instead make one melee attack at your full base attack bonus against all opponents within reach.”The sentence as written can be read either way but I think the most likely meaning is B). This is because of the word “each” crates an implied distinction between the targets. I think the usually usage of the word “each” in a construction like this is to apply the action being preformed to each possible target separately rather than as a group. For example if I said that &quot;my heart burns with hatred against each of those who slighted me&quot; it is clear that I mean that I hate each person who sighted me as an individuals rather than all people who have slighted me as a group. If I said &quot;my heart burns with hatred against all of those who slighted me” then I would be grouping everyone who slighted me together as a single target for my hatred.The rules seem to consistently use the word each to refer to separate individuals or occurrence rather than groups.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Camarath, post: 1078718, member: 11987"] [b]Warning:[/b] Post Deals with Grammar I think that you can read the sentence either way. But IMO if they meant A) they would have probably phrased it this way. "When you use the full attack action, you can give up your regular attacks and instead make one melee attack at your full base attack bonus that targets every opponent within reach." Or they would have replaced the word “each” with the word “all”. “When you use the full attack action, you can give up your regular attacks and instead make one melee attack at your full base attack bonus against all opponents within reach.” The sentence as written can be read either way but I think the most likely meaning is B). This is because of the word “each” crates an implied distinction between the targets. I think the usually usage of the word “each” in a construction like this is to apply the action being preformed to each possible target separately rather than as a group. For example if I said that "my heart burns with hatred against each of those who slighted me" it is clear that I mean that I hate each person who sighted me as an individuals rather than all people who have slighted me as a group. If I said "my heart burns with hatred against all of those who slighted me” then I would be grouping everyone who slighted me together as a single target for my hatred. The rules seem to consistently use the word each to refer to separate individuals or occurrence rather than groups. [/QUOTE]

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