Elicoor |
Hi guys !
I just wondered if someone had a list of the magic items that allow you to do some combat maneuvers without provoking AoOs. We're allowed everything paizo, no 3pp, no 3.5.
Please don't point me to the appropriate feats, I currently don't have the feat slot required to take such a feat chain.
Thanks !
Magda Luckbender |
How about a normal longspear, for 5 gp? Since you insisted on magic items, I suppose make it a +1 longspear. Alternately, if you want a buff spell that does this, and eschew reach weapons for some reason, the Longarm buff can accomplish the same thing. You'll likely need to UMD it, but a Wand of Longarm is a thing.
Seriously, whether or not one provokes AoOs with a combat maneuver is a tactical question. Unsurprisingly, the answer is also tactical: perform the maneuver from outside your opponent's reach. No feats required. In general, greater reach equals larger combat footprint.
Gwen Smith |
Reach weapons are really the best way to go. You can also just pump your AC really high and risk the AoO anyway.
If you're specifically looking at maneuvers that are hard to perform at reach (like grapple, bull rush, overrun), you can try some of these:
Grappler's Mask lets you do grapple and bull rush without AoOs.
Banner of the Rushing Horde gives all allies within 60 Improved Bull Rush and Improved Overrun.
But remember that with bull rush and overrun, if your target has reach, your movement will still provoke even if the maneuver doesn't (and you'll still provoke from any other enemies).
Elicoor |
What I'm trying to do is getting a way to do some maneuvers (especially trip/disarm/steal), at melee range (the weapons I'll be using are already chosen - Finesseable ones with double dueling), but currently my problem is that I'll be provoking AoOs by doing maneuvers, and I wanted to know if there were things like the grappler's mask or the banner of the rushing horde to do these maneuvers without provoking.
Gwen Smith |
What about at a whip feather token? You get a free grapple attempt with it, but it functions as a dancing whip, which can be used to disarm and trip. It's a consumable, but it's cheap and lasts an hour.
There's the Cloak of Disarming. It's expensive, but I think it will do what you want.
If you're a fighter, you can use the Manual of War to change out a bonus feat every day.
If you can't find what you want, you can also try to increase your AC against AoOs with things like Pauldrons of the Serpent.