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What happens if I use an immediate action while in a state of Total Defense.
Example:
Round One, Initiative Count 21) Inquisitor casts Compel Hostility and takes five-foot step.
Round Two, Initiative Count 21) Inquisitor invokes total defense.
Round Two, Initiative count 16) Goblin attempts to attack Rogue, Inquisitor invokes (as an immediate action) Compel Hostility on the Goblin.
Can the Inquisitor still use Compel Hostility in this second round?
If yes, what is his AC on the Goblin attack (still +4? does it change his stance to Fighting Defensively and thus a +2? Or, does he lose his AC bonus, drop his defensive stance and get his standard AC).
What can he do next turn? Immediate actions take up your swift action for the subsequent turn. So, can the Inquisitor go full defensive on his next turn (R3I21)?
What happens if I use an immediate action while in a state of Total Defense.
Nothing. You can't use Attacks of Opportunity while in Total Defense. Immediate actions are fine.
If yes, what is his AC on the Goblin attack (still +4? does it change his stance to Fighting Defensively and thus a +2? Or, does he lose his AC bonus, drop his defensive stance and get his standard AC).
+4.
What can he do next turn?
Standard Action, Move Action, 5 foot step, no swift action. He can then make another immediate during the next turn, but after his turn has passed.
And to add to Stynkk's reply, yes, he can go Total Defense again, as it uses a full round action, and that only subsumes the standard & move actions, not the swift action.
Oddly, it means that a spellcaster could cast a quickened spell, and still go Total Defense on the same round.
Total Defense is a Standard Action.
Recommendation: Total Defense then cast the quickened spell.
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And to add to Stynkk's reply, yes, he can go Total Defense again, as it uses a full round action, and that only subsumes the standard & move actions, not the swift action.
Oddly, it means that a spellcaster could cast a quickened spell, and still go Total Defense on the same round.
Total Defense is a Standard Action.
Recommendation: Total Defense then cast the quickened spell.
Maybe I was thinking of the one that actually is a full round action, which is the one which negate sthe ability to make AoOs.
And it would depend on the spell. If it was a ranged touch attack, I would cast it first, then go total defense, so as to miss the attack penalty...
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Maybe I was thinking of the one that actually is a full round action, which is the one which negate sthe ability to make AoOs.
And it would depend on the spell. If it was a ranged touch attack, I would cast it first, then go total defense, so as to miss the attack penalty...
I thought it was a full-round action too. Upon consultation of the SRD (and confirmation in the Core Rulebook)it is a Standard Action. Additionally, I cannot find a penalty to attack in the Total Defense entry. Can you elaborate? As this thread add all new kinds of intriguing possibilities to my Intimidation Machine/Melee/Tank Inquisitor.
Additionally, I cannot find a penalty to attack in the Total Defense entry. Can you elaborate? As this thread add all new kinds of intriguing possibilities to my Intimidation Machine/Melee/Tank Inquisitor.
There is no attack penalty when using Total Defense. The penalty is giving up tha attacks of opportunity (and your standard action).
There is an Attack Penalty for using Fighting Defensively (-4 for +2 AC). You may choose to use Fighting Defensively with a Standard Action attack or a Full Attack Action.
