ThiagoMartell
2012-10-01, 12:03 AM
The Soulknife blade skill Trade Blows allows you to make an attack of opportunity when you're attacked (this applies to Karmic Strike or Robilar's Gambit as well, but the question spring to mind while taking to a friend of mine who was wondering about which blade skill he should take next).
Combined with Sidestep (Miniature's Handbook) or Evasive Reflexes (ToB) + Press the Advantage stance (ToB) + a DC 40 Tumble check or Cyran Gliding Boots or Sparring Dummy of the Master, this means you will make 2 5-ft steps after being attacked (and each 5-ft step will count as 10-ft). So you move 20-ft out of the way, not taking any damage and ruining their full-attack. If you have Sidestep instead of Evasive Reflexes, you do that after dealing damage. Combat Slide helps triggering this in other situations.
That sounds like a pretty cool trick. Is there any hole in it that I'm not seeing? Is there any way to get extra 5-ft steps other than Elocater 7 (even though it's not needed with Sidestep, since it specifically does not spend your 5-ft step)?
Combined with Sidestep (Miniature's Handbook) or Evasive Reflexes (ToB) + Press the Advantage stance (ToB) + a DC 40 Tumble check or Cyran Gliding Boots or Sparring Dummy of the Master, this means you will make 2 5-ft steps after being attacked (and each 5-ft step will count as 10-ft). So you move 20-ft out of the way, not taking any damage and ruining their full-attack. If you have Sidestep instead of Evasive Reflexes, you do that after dealing damage. Combat Slide helps triggering this in other situations.
That sounds like a pretty cool trick. Is there any hole in it that I'm not seeing? Is there any way to get extra 5-ft steps other than Elocater 7 (even though it's not needed with Sidestep, since it specifically does not spend your 5-ft step)?