gtwucla
2016-10-29, 08:00 AM
My take on attacks of opportunity. What do you think? Mind, its a subtle difference, maybe too substle to really matter, but looking for any pitfalls, turnoffs, confusions, parts that are liked, or whatever.
Note: The game I'm working on isn't too far removed from D&D to ask this out of context. The only other information you need is that there is no Touch AC. When you attempt to touch someone they get an attack of opportunity. If it fails, you touch them (and then whatever else happens).
Attacks of Opportunity: Any time you enter within a creature’s reach undefended, you provoke an attack of opportunity. Attempting to run past a creature, disengage and move away from an enemy, attempting to touch a target, or attack a creature wielding a reach weapon when you are not, provokes an attack of opportunity. A successful attack of opportunity forces the action to fail (unless it says otherwise). An attack of opportunity is an immediate action.
To make an attack of opportunity, a creature must be within reach, you must have not already used your immediate action for that round, and you cannot be Flat-Footed. A normal Medium sized creature has a reach of 5 ft., meaning passing within this space leaves you open to attack. Medium sized creatures with a reach weapon, such as a spear or pike, have a 10 ft. reach.
As part of an attack of opportunity you may instead grab a target attempting to move past you. To do so, you must have at least one free hand, at which point make a grapple attempt. If it succeeds, you grab the target, and perform grapple actions on your or its next turn. If the target chooses to make an attack of opportunity against your grab attempt, its movement is stopped, regardless of success or failure. If it does not, but it makes a successful grapple check, it may continue moving past you.
Note: The game I'm working on isn't too far removed from D&D to ask this out of context. The only other information you need is that there is no Touch AC. When you attempt to touch someone they get an attack of opportunity. If it fails, you touch them (and then whatever else happens).
Attacks of Opportunity: Any time you enter within a creature’s reach undefended, you provoke an attack of opportunity. Attempting to run past a creature, disengage and move away from an enemy, attempting to touch a target, or attack a creature wielding a reach weapon when you are not, provokes an attack of opportunity. A successful attack of opportunity forces the action to fail (unless it says otherwise). An attack of opportunity is an immediate action.
To make an attack of opportunity, a creature must be within reach, you must have not already used your immediate action for that round, and you cannot be Flat-Footed. A normal Medium sized creature has a reach of 5 ft., meaning passing within this space leaves you open to attack. Medium sized creatures with a reach weapon, such as a spear or pike, have a 10 ft. reach.
As part of an attack of opportunity you may instead grab a target attempting to move past you. To do so, you must have at least one free hand, at which point make a grapple attempt. If it succeeds, you grab the target, and perform grapple actions on your or its next turn. If the target chooses to make an attack of opportunity against your grab attempt, its movement is stopped, regardless of success or failure. If it does not, but it makes a successful grapple check, it may continue moving past you.