This seems like a silly question, but I don't want to assume a player can't do something.
Since it requires a "hit roll" it appears to be eligible for crits.
Would this mean if a Fey Sorceress scores a critical hit with her laughing touch attack, the opponent is stuck laughing for 2 rounds instead of 1?
No, because "A critical hit means that you roll your damage more than once." Laughing Touch does no damage and there is nothing in there about extending the duration. A natural 20 just means that you hit in this case.
I would say so, but I'm sure others would not. If this turns out to be true, could you take improved critical laughing touch?
No, but you certainly can take Improved Critical Touch Attack.
We were playing first edition and my sorceress laughing touched a bandit then moved away,the dm was wondering if I provoked if he could attack me. Doesn't really explain it in 1st edition anyway.
Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn. Generally, that means everything in all squares adjacent to your space (including diagonally). An enemy that takes certain actions while in a threatened square provokes an attack of opportunity from you. If you're unarmed, you don't normally threaten any squares and thus can't make attacks of opportunity.
In order to make an AoO you need to threaten a square. Since Laughing touch prevents you from making anything but a move action you are not threatening a square while under Laughing Touch. So, no you cannot make an AoO while under a laughing touch.
This has nothing to do with the original topic and even if it did that was 13 years ago. In the future it would be better to start a new thread instead of posting in a old thread that has nothing to do with your question.
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Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn.
As usual, it is not technical language, so, for this question, it can be read two ways:
- "You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack," + "You threaten ... even when it is not your turn."or
- "if you can make a melee attack in a square even if it isn't your turn, you threaten it."
Personally, I use the first interpretation. If you are prevented from potentially making attacks during your turn, you can't make attacks of opportunity (unless whatever stopped your ability to attack says something different).