AoO's happen when the action starts -- not in the middle of the action.
Therefore he would not get an AoO even if D.Door did not prevent it.
If you aren't there when the wizard starts casting you don't get your AoO.
AoO's happen when the action starts -- not in the middle of the action.
If you aren't there when the wizard starts casting you don't get your AoO.
I would agree with you if it was a standard action to cast the spell but its a 1 round and that means he is vulnerable during the entire cast. Isn't the arguement that spellcasting in melee provokes and AoO because the wizard is waving his arms around and muttering to himself? I would think that since a wizard is still doing that during a 1 round spell that if anyone moves within threatened range, his continued gesturing would provoke.
I would agree with you if it was a standard action to cast the spell but its a 1 round and that means he is vulnerable during the entire cast.
He is vulnerable to disruption, yes. But he only provokes an AoO during his own turn when he begins casting the spell.
This shouldn't be an issue, it is clearly covered by the rules:
You only provoke attacks of opportunity when you begin casting a spell, even though you might continue casting for at least 1 full round. While casting a spell, you don't threaten any squares around you.
Combat section of the Core Rulebook, page 187, left column. If you do not threaten the caster when he starts to cast a spell, you do not get an AoO.
To make this easy:
A spell that takes 1 round to cast is a full-round action. It comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell. You then act normally after the spell is completed.
It's a full-round action -- nothing states you are still casting it after your action. You spend a full round it comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell.
Where you there for the full round action? No? Then you don't get an AoO. It is the full round action that provokes, without it you don't get the attack.
Please note that a spell with a casting time of say a minute takes a full round action on each round meaning it provokes every round until cast because you are spending an action each round casting a spell.
The only time an action provokes is when the action is taken by the character -- during the times in between character's actions they don't provoke unless something specifically causes them too (such as the greater maneuver feats).
Please note that a spell with a casting time of say a minute takes a full round action on each round meaning it provokes every round until cast because you are spending an action each round casting a spell.
Actually, by the rules, it doesn't provoke each time. Read the post of mine above yours, specifically:
You only provoke attacks of opportunity when you begin casting a spell, even though you might continue casting for at least 1 full round. While casting a spell, you don't threaten any squares around you.
Notice it says at least one round, meaning that even if the casting time is longer, the only time an AoO is provoked is the first round a character begins casting. Yes it requires a full-round action each round until the casting is done, but only that first full-round action will provoke.
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When you begin a spell that takes 1 round or longer to cast, you must continue the invocations, gestures, and concentration from 1 round to just before your turn in the next round (at least). If you lose concentration after starting the spell and before it is complete, you lose the spell.
You only provoke attacks of opportunity when you begin casting a spell, even though you might continue casting for at least 1 full round. While casting a spell, you don't threaten any squares around you.
This action is otherwise identical to the cast a spell action described under Standard Actions.
Looking at this more closely though dropping a fireball (or something) on the caster could still cause him to make a concentration check. So your BBEG could still have done it.
Quite right Jerra, missed that part -- we don't generally cast multi-round spells in combat ;D
Another option would to have been casting cure light wounds on the wizard -- any spell that affects you requires a concentration check.
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AoO's happen when the action starts -- not in the middle of the action.
Therefore he would not get an AoO even if D.Door did not prevent it.
If you aren't there when the wizard starts casting you don't get your AoO.
Exactly. "You only provoke attacks of opportunity when you begin casting a spell, even though you might continue casting for at least 1 full round." (page 187 of the CRB)