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Message: <blockquote data-quote="General Barron" data-source="post: 2756838" data-attributes="member: 32468">I'm afraid I've led this thread in the wrong direction.This should be an objective look at what the said rule (5' step not provoking AoO) does to the game. It should not be a subjective look, meaning whether you or I think those effects are good or bad. Mods correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the subjective part belongs in the HR forum, while the objective has its place in this one.So, with that said, I think the easiest way to look at this objectively would be to guess what would be different about the game if said rule was removed (hence, the step WOULD provoke AoO as normal). Here is what I gather from the above posts, and my own pondering:--------------------1) Potions become risky to use in melee. Wands/staves/other magic items (which don't provoke AoO) become more attractive options for healing, etc.2) Spell use becomes risky, or at least limited, in melee. Quickened spells & concentration skill become much more important for melee casting.3) Ranged weapons become less desirable in melee, compared to melee weapons.4) Larger creatures become more dangerous in melee. Ranged weapons, reach weapons, and/or wolf-pack tactics become more desirable due to AoO.5) Outnumbering the enemy force becomes slightly more advantageous in general.6) Less gradual-movement between melee fighters (no circling for flanking, etc).--------------------I'm sure I missed some, but that seems like a good start. Personally, of the above list, only #6 seems like a negative to me. But that's getting subjective of course: to each his own. In my case, #6 could be solved by saying that you only provoke AoO when you leave a creatures threat range, not when you leave a single threatened square, like in 2nd ed. Anyway, more suggestions about what exactly might change are welcome <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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