Combat Manouevres on other Party Members

[peterrco]

Are you able to perform Combat Manouevres on other party members, as the description often states that these are used against foes.

If I did use a Combat Manouevre on a fellow party member would:

1. The fellow party member be required to carry out an AOO? (I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't)
2. The fellow party member be able to volutarily fail his CMD, in the same way that the target of spell can voluntary fail a saving throw?

The scenario I have in mind is where, say, a Wizard has got himself badly positioned in the front line and, say, a fighter uses the Reposition Manoeuvre to reposition him to safety. Useful as this would mean that the Wizard would be moved out of the way of danger, and his movement whilst being repositioned would not attract AOO....

[Cheapy]

No, there is not some metaphysical force that prevents you from tackling, pushing, or redirecting party members.

[Benly]

1: A character doesn't have to take an AoO when one is available, so no. This can also come up in more ordinary situations (for example, if a weak enemy runs past a fighter and he wants to save his AoO for a stronger enemy who is about to run by.)

2: A combat maneuver automatically succeeds against an immobilized or incapacitated target, so presumably that would apply to a target who chooses not to resist as well.