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<blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 1270815" data-attributes="member: 14140">I disagree.here is why.casting on the defensive and tumble are not COUNTERING the attack of the other guy. The prowess of the other guy has no bearing on this whatsoever.How do i know this?because the 3 legged poodle and the Vred ancient will both get one AoO. Their prowess has nothing to do with whether or not they get an AoO. Nothing they can do, beg, borrow, learn or buy can give them that swing.Whether they get a swing or not is determined by ME. Do I or Do I NOT drop my guard? Thats what the AoO comes from. The VRED ancient monstrositydoes not get that swing because he is so much better a fighter than the paraplegic poodle.he gets it because i let myself be distracted.By choisng to cast on the defensive, i have decided I WILL NOT DROP MY GUARD. Even if i fail the roll, my guard never drops. I keep my attention on YOU and dont let you swing any more times than you normally can.The roll is to see if I can ALSO, while doing that, get my spell off. Can i get my spell off while not taking my eyes off of you? Thats not an opposed roll, at least to me.Now, IF it were an opposed roll and you had to beat my roll by so much to get/earn an AoO so that whether or not you get a swing at all IS related to your prowess, that might make it sensible. But as long as the paraplegic poodle gets his AoO just as often as the VRED ancient beastie... its obvious prowess of the attacker is not in play here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="swrushing, post: 1270815, member: 14140"] I disagree. here is why. casting on the defensive and tumble are not COUNTERING the attack of the other guy. The prowess of the other guy has no bearing on this whatsoever. How do i know this? because the 3 legged poodle and the Vred ancient will both get one AoO. Their prowess has nothing to do with whether or not they get an AoO. Nothing they can do, beg, borrow, learn or buy can give them that swing. Whether they get a swing or not is determined by ME. Do I or Do I NOT drop my guard? Thats what the AoO comes from. The VRED ancient monstrositydoes not get that swing because he is so much better a fighter than the paraplegic poodle. he gets it because i let myself be distracted. By choisng to cast on the defensive, i have decided I WILL NOT DROP MY GUARD. Even if i fail the roll, my guard never drops. I keep my attention on YOU and dont let you swing any more times than you normally can. The roll is to see if I can ALSO, while doing that, get my spell off. Can i get my spell off while not taking my eyes off of you? Thats not an opposed roll, at least to me. Now, IF it were an opposed roll and you had to beat my roll by so much to get/earn an AoO so that whether or not you get a swing at all IS related to your prowess, that might make it sensible. But as long as the paraplegic poodle gets his AoO just as often as the VRED ancient beastie... its obvious prowess of the attacker is not in play here. [/QUOTE]

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