Kholai
2012-09-10, 11:41 AM
Quick question if I might trouble you all; From the D20 Modern SRD, Nerve Pinch:
NERVE PINCH
You can incapacitate foes with a vicelike pinch.
Prerequisites: Combat Martial Arts, base attack bonus +4.
Benefit: You make an unarmed attack against a living creature. If the attack succeeds, the target takes no damage but must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + one-half your character level + your Strength modifier) or be paralyzed for 1d4+1 rounds. If the target's attack of opportunity hits you and deals damage, the nerve pinch automatically fails.
Special: This ability does not work on creatures without nervous systems or discernible anatomies, such as oozes and plants.
Now, I note that one of the prerequisites for this ability is Combat Martial Arts, which explicitly stops your unarmed attacks from provoking AoOs. So... Is this text redundant, or is it implicitly stating that Nerve Pinching provokes an AoO anyway?
NERVE PINCH
You can incapacitate foes with a vicelike pinch.
Prerequisites: Combat Martial Arts, base attack bonus +4.
Benefit: You make an unarmed attack against a living creature. If the attack succeeds, the target takes no damage but must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + one-half your character level + your Strength modifier) or be paralyzed for 1d4+1 rounds. If the target's attack of opportunity hits you and deals damage, the nerve pinch automatically fails.
Special: This ability does not work on creatures without nervous systems or discernible anatomies, such as oozes and plants.
Now, I note that one of the prerequisites for this ability is Combat Martial Arts, which explicitly stops your unarmed attacks from provoking AoOs. So... Is this text redundant, or is it implicitly stating that Nerve Pinching provokes an AoO anyway?