What happens if you want to be hit?

[Umbral Reaver]

Let's say you're being attacked and for some reason it would be advantageous for you to be hit.

How would the rules work in this instance?

[ItoSaithWebb]

Just announce that you open up all of your defenses and be allowed to be hit. Basically this makes you flat-footed so that you are easier to be hit. It is kind of like failing your saving throw.

[Robb Smith]

The rules don't really cover this... you could reasonably forego dex to ac, dodge bonuses, and shield bonuses I suppose, but full plate doesn't stop working just cause you decide.

I'm quite intrigued though, in what possible situation would it ever be advantageous to be struck.

[Umbral Reaver]

Heavenly Fire (Celestial Sorcerer) is one.

[Name Violation]

drop dex to 0 (-5 dex mod), forgo everything else, drop prone, and stun yourself. Ac 3, and melee opponents get +2 to hit you. they can only miss on fumbles, or if they have a -to hit and roll low

[Robb Smith]

Umbral Reaver wrote:

Heavenly Fire (Celestial Sorcerer) is one.

I suppose, with the caveat of that being a horrible use of a standard action.

[Slaunyeh]

Umbral Reaver wrote:

Heavenly Fire (Celestial Sorcerer) is one.

Unwilling Shield is another.

[Name Violation]

The cursed Bracers that lower your ac instead of raising it.

Enlarge person.

Any cursed item that reverses ac bonuses

Bestow curse?

[Name Violation]

Cursed Bracers -8, charge, free action drop prone, apply stunned condition and declair you lower your effective dex to 0 for a -5 mod

Ac= -7, melee opponents get +2 to hit.

even the venerable commoner with a 1 str and a non proficient weapon (-9 to hit) hits you on a not fumble.

[Nermal2097]

Your base armor class is 10+modifiers, which is kind of like the take 10 rule. So use your flat-footed AC-10, that should be a good simulation of wanting to be hit.

[Name Violation]

Nermal2097 wrote:

Your base armor class is 10+modifiers, which is kind of like the take 10 rule. So use your flat-footed AC-10, that should be a good simulation of wanting to be hit.

if you can ignore the 10, my example jumps to -17 ac

EVERYTHING hits you :P

the old man 1st level commoner dual weilding onehanded weapons with a 1 str has-17 to hit. +2 if you're prone.he clubs you twice :P

also i forgot about being encumbered. you can knock a few more points off

[Jim Mount]

Robb Smith wrote:

I'm quite intrigued though, in what possible situation would it ever be advantageous to be struck.

I had a situation once where my players were tossing a mapcase around, trying to keep an invisible thief from obtaining it (while others worked out making the thief visible or killing her). I figured that catching a good throw is a lot easier than making a good throw, so I had the throwers just use the touch AC of whoever they were trying to "hit." To catch was just a move action and succeeded automatically assuming the throw "hit."

As an aside, my "plot" was contingent on the map falling into enemy hands--but the players kept the thief running back and forth. They never missed a throw and the thief never got close. It was so great I decided to work around the bad guys never getting their hands on the player's map.

[GroovyTaxi]

Name Violation wrote:

the old man 1st level commoner dual weilding onehanded weapons with a 1 str has-17 to hit. +2 if you're prone.he clubs you twice :P

Two points of nonlethal damage, hell yeah. Way to go, old handicapped commoner!