Attacks of Opportunity and Hardness / DR

[crazeeruler]

New to GMing and I was at odds with a friend my session about how "threatened" space worked (he was previous GM so I deferred to him for the time being, since I was too lazy to look up the rule).

Anyway, my question is this: Lets say an Ogre is duking it out with party's fighter in front of him. Behind the ogre lurks the company rogue as she sneaks up to flank and wreak all kinds of havoc. To do so she needs to pass through the threatened area of the Ogre before her daggers can reach him. Does this ogre get the attack of opportunity even though he's in combat with the fighter?

Same thing for a wizard casting a spell within the threatened area of the same ogre. Does the wizard need to cast defensively or is the ogre "distracted" by the fighter still?

My second question pertains to hardness and damage reduction. Is it applied for every single attack (like when a fighter at lvl 15 gets his three attacks for a full-round action) or just the total damage after all attacks are made?

[Evil Lincoln]

crazeeruler wrote:

Does this ogre get the attack of opportunity even though he's in combat with the fighter?

Yes. There is no "facing" in Pathfinder, so the ogre gets the AoO.

Special case: If the Rogue has effectively used Stealth against the ogre (meaning he has cover, concealment, or some other stealth-allowing factor going), then no AoO because he isn't aware of the Rogue's location. This rarely comes up in practice.

PS — the rogue should just throw the daggers. With deadly aim. Under 30 ft while Stealthed.

crazeeruler wrote:

Does the wizard need to cast defensively or is the ogre "distracted" by the fighter still?

Yes. See above. This is done for simplicity, I presume.

crazeeruler wrote:

Is it applied for every single attack (like when a fighter at lvl 15 gets his three attacks for a full-round action) or just the total damage after all attacks are made?

Each attack.

[Enkili]

One thing that might come up in the case presented is the good old limit to the number of Attacks of Opportunity. Unless the Ogre has the Combat Reflexes feat he can only make one aoo per round.

In any case Evil Lincoln's responses are correct and remarkably prompt.

[crazeeruler]

Evil Lincoln wrote:

crazeeruler wrote:

Does this ogre get the attack of opportunity even though he's in combat with the fighter?

Yes. There is no "facing" in Pathfinder, so the ogre gets the AoO.

Special case: If the Rogue has effectively used Stealth against the ogre (meaning he has cover, concealment, or some other stealth-allowing factor going), then no AoO because he isn't aware of the Rogue's location. This rarely comes up in practice.

PS — the rogue should just throw the daggers. With deadly aim. Under 30 ft while Stealthed.

crazeeruler wrote:

Does the wizard need to cast defensively or is the ogre "distracted" by the fighter still?

Yes. See above. This is done for simplicity, I presume.

crazeeruler wrote:

Is it applied for every single attack (like when a fighter at lvl 15 gets his three attacks for a full-round action) or just the total damage after all attacks are made?

Each attack.

Ok that's what I figured. Must have been an old house rule or something in 3.X (we're all new to pathfinder).

But yeah, one AoO per round per person unless there's combat expertise.

Thanks!

[Bobson]

crazeeruler wrote:

But yeah, one AoO per round per person unless there's combat expertise.

I think you know this, but I'm pointing it out just in case anyone finds this thread by searching: It's combat reflexes, not combat expertise. The former gives you more attacks of opportunity, the later lets you trade attack for AC.