Just a few quick questions.
I have been told that you can only make one attack against an opponent per round regardless of how many attacks of opportunity you have. Is that correct and if so where is it in the book?
With a reach weapon I cannot attack adjacent enemies.
If I am the target of enlarge person and acquire reach does that apply to my weapon (say a long sword) as well or just natural attacks?
If it applies to my weapon can I no longer attack adjacent opponents?
Thanks!
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You can make one attack of opportunity per round unless you have the combat reflexes feat, in which case you can make a number of attacks of opportunity per round equal to your dexterity modifier.
With the enlarge person spell you still threaten the squares adjacent to you because your reach is due to the length of your arms and not your weapon so yes, the reach applies to your long sword as well.
Edit: Sorry, you asked for the AoO ruling. Core Rule Book, page 180, bottom left side.
Making an Attack of Opportunity: An attack of opportunity is a single melee attack, and most characters can only make one per round. (...) Combat Reflexes and Additional Attacks of Opportunity: If you have the Combat Reflexes feat, you can add your Dexterity modifier to the number of attacks of opportunity you can make in a round.
Sorry, yes, one attack was meant to be attack of opportunity.
If you have combat reflexes or extra attacks of opportunity from what ever, can they be used against the same target assumeing they provoke mulitple times?
Oladon - Enlarge person gives you 'natural reach 10' which really isn't in the basic book as far as I can find. So if I have a weapon I should threaten out to two squares from my character but can I attack adjacent squares since you can not attack adjacent with a reach weapon?
1. Correct, you can only make 1 attack of opportuni9ty per round. Unless you have the combat reflexes feat, then you can make a total amount of AoO per round equal to 1+ your dex mod.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, that applys to any and all weapon's you are carrying.
4. That is incorrect. The only thing about a weapon that changes is the increased reach. So a large creature using a long sword for it's size (large) can attack anything within 10 feet of it. But the weapon itself does not gain the "reach" property, which is what prevents a weapon from attacking adjacent opponents.
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As far as reach goes, think of it this way. A medium character with a ranseur doesn't threaten adjacent squares because the ranseur is too long and doesn't bend to fit in the five foot space.
Your arm, however, has a ball joint at the shoulder and a hinge half way down and so can bend and maneuver as necessary to reach into the adjacent square.
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Just a few quick questions.
I have been told that you can only make one attack against an opponent per round regardless of how many attacks of opportunity you have. Is that correct and if so where is it in the book?
With a reach weapon I cannot attack adjacent enemies.
If I am the target of enlarge person and acquire reach does that apply to my weapon (say a long sword) as well or just natural attacks?
If it applies to my weapon can I no longer attack adjacent opponents?
Thanks!
1) Not correct. You can only make one attack of opportunity per opportunity but an enemy can give you multiple opportunities. You are limited to the number of AoOs you can make though. So for example, if you're next to an archer and he makes 3 attacks, he has given you three opportunities to hit him with your AoOs. If you had 3 AoOs per round, you could make all three against him. If a wizard cast shield next to you, he provokes once, so you could only make on AoO against him assuming he doesn't provoke anything else. You can't take all 3 of your AoOs against his one provocation (in this case, casting shield).
2) Yep. Unless you threaten there as well, which you don't normally.
3) All of your melee attacks, so the longsword as well as the natural attacks.
Thanks all!