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A fight attack a goblin next in turn is a wizard who try to daze the same goblin (touch attack). The goblin gets an AOO?


The goblin gets an AoO if it has already acted during the combat, or if the goblin has the Combat Reflexes feat.

Otherwise it doesn't get an AoO.

(The daze spell isn't a touch attack, by the way.)


a good wizard will not. a silly wizard might provoke an AoO.

The Spell Daze
Daze is not a touch attack spell, it has a range of short (25 feet + 5 feet per 2 caster levels), so there is no reason for the Wizard to stand next to the ugly goblin.

If the wizard is standing next to the goblin, AND the wizard does not cast the spell defensively, then the goblin would get an AoO yes.


The wizard will provoke for casting if the goblin is threatening the wizard. The wizard should cast defensively if he does not want the goblin to have an AoO.


I'm actually completely confused about the question.


It seems I was to at first, but I think he is asking if a touch attack spell will provoke.

PS:The touch attack portion.

Shadow Lodge

Also, once the wizard has successfully cast a touch-range spell he can touch a target without provoking an AoO.


sorry for using a wrong sample. What I meant was if both ranged spell and touch spells will provoke AoO if the goblin haven't acted. What about if it have acted?


all ranged attacks provoke. touch attacks don't.


But casting a spell does, regardless of if it's ranged or touch.

Grand Lodge

artificer wrote:
sorry for using a wrong sample. What I meant was if both ranged spell and touch spells will provoke AoO if the goblin haven't acted. What about if it have acted?

If the goblin is flat-footed and doesn't have Combat Reflexes, it can't make attacks of opportunity.

If the goblin has taken its turn, it isn't flat-footed. Casting a spell or making a ranged attack in its threatened area both provoke. Making a touch attack with a spell doesn't.

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