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As I was thinking of more ways to make my whip-wielding Simon Belmont clone more of a nuisence to his enemies, a question came to mind that I couldn't find a definite answer to.
Is it possible to make attacks of opprotunity while waiting for a readied action to trigger? Specifically could I ready an action to disarm the next enemy I trip, then wait for an enemy to provoke an attack of opprotunity, at which point I then trip him to trigger my readied disarm?
As I was thinking of more ways to make my whip-wielding Simon Belmont clone more of a nuisence to his enemies, a question came to mind that I couldn't find a definite answer to.
Is it possible to make attacks of opprotunity while waiting for a readied action to trigger? Specifically could I ready an action to disarm the next enemy I trip, then wait for an enemy to provoke an attack of opprotunity, at which point I then trip him to trigger my readied disarm?
From my understanding, yes, if you planned it and called it. AoO go off on other peoples' turns anyway, so it shouldn't matter.
Just as planned!
Yes.
Just be aware that a whip doesn't normally threaten any area, so you need a feat or feature to get you the ability to threaten with one.
This came up a while back in a game I played in. Two handed fighter waited over a tunnel for a creature to appear to attack it. When it appeared it moved through a threatened space. The DM denied the warrior an attack of opportunity saying he couldn't have both. With no real reasoning. Since it IS legit, which would happen first if the triggering act triggers both an AoO and a readied action?
My ruling would be that the player holding said action could decide which he wanted to resolve first.
This came up a while back in a game I played in. Two handed fighter waited over a tunnel for a creature to appear to attack it. When it appeared it moved through a threatened space. The DM denied the warrior an attack of opportunity saying he couldn't have both. With no real reasoning. Since it IS legit, which would happen first if the triggering act triggers both an AoO and a readied action?
My ruling would be that the player holding said action could decide which he wanted to resolve first.
Well, if the readied action is to do [action X] to the first target to be in a threatened square, then it would trigger first, since it goes off when they ENTER the square, and the AoO goes off when they LEAVE the square.
If the readied action is to do [action X] to the first target that leaves a threatened square (or the first target that provokes an attack of opportunity) then the readier would have the choice of which occurs first since they are both triggered by the same event--just as a character has the choice of what order to take their standard, move, and swift actions in during their turn as they too are each triggered by the same event: the turn starting.
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Yes, having a readied action doesn't prevent AoOs or the like. You're readied action above should also work, but if you fail to trip your opponent with the AoO then the readied action won't go off.
That's the only down-side I can see, and it's not really much of one.
You might also want to consider Stand Still. If you don't want to trip them, you can prevent them from moving at all. Do it after they've moved 10 feet and they only have a standard action left.
Sounds like a fun guy to have around!
lol What can I say? I just find the thought of someone trying to charge my party's wizard only to end up prone and weaponless not just hillarious, but incredibly demoralizing as well.
Yes.
Just be aware that a whip doesn't normally threaten any area, so you need a feat or feature to get you the ability to threaten with one.
No worries. I had a houseruled feat that allowed it, but when Ultimate Combat came out I was allowed to rebuild my character to take advantage of it's Whip Mastery feat tree.
My thanks to all of you for your help.