| Gwiber |
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"when an opponent targets you with a melee or ranged attack, you can spend an immediate action to make a Sense Motive check. You can use the result as your AC or touch AC against that attack."
'Can' implies perhaps you could roll, come up with a lower number than your actual AC, and simply choose NOT to apply the roll? Is this true?
If I have AC 18, and my Sense motive total comes up a 14, can I pick which one I want to use and apply?
| Kazaan |
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I'd say the fact that it is in a separate sentence indicates that. Compare:
Original "when an opponent targets you with a melee or ranged attack, you can spend an immediate action to make a Sense Motive check. You can use the result as your AC or touch AC against that attack."
Alternative "when an opponent targets you with a melee or ranged attack, you can spend an immediate action to make a Sense Motive check and use the result as your AC or touch AC against that attack."
If they meant for you to be locked into the roll result, for better or worse, they would have phrased it the second way. The original way carries the implication that you can roll Sense Motive to "read their moves", but if your reading says "I can't see a way to dodge that ends up better for me than where they're gonna land the hit anyway", then your reaction is to simply do nothing different and let them hit where they were aiming in the first place.