Whip / reach attack of opportunity. Can you pick the square?

[drumlord]

Maybe my search fu is weak, but I can't find a thread about this issue. Please link if you know of one.

Let's say I have a whip, or I simply threaten 10+ ft because I have reach. Or an enemy decides to walk through multiple threatened spaces for some other reason. Can I forgo my attack of opportunity from the first square the enemy moves out of? Or do I have to take the attack of opportunity on the first eligible square and lose the chance if I don't?

My reading of the rules leads me to believe the latter but I'm not certain.

note: I fully understand a single action only provokes one attack of opportunity. The question is only about when you can take it.

[james maissen]

drumlord wrote:

Maybe my search fu is weak, but I can't find a thread about this issue. Please link if you know of one.

Let's say I have a whip, or I simply threaten 10+ ft because I have reach. Or an enemy decides to walk through multiple threatened spaces for some other reason. Can I forgo my attack of opportunity from the first square the enemy moves out of? Or do I have to take the attack of opportunity on the first eligible square and lose the chance if I don't?

My reading of the rules leads me to believe the latter but I'm not certain.

note: I fully understand a single action only provokes one attack of opportunity. The question is only about when you can take it.

The enemy provokes from each and every square that you leave.

Irregardless of combat reflexes, an enemy's movement in a round is a single opportunity, and thus you can only take one of them.. but it can be whichever square you'd like.

However, you don't get to rewind time.. so it's more like you choose 'yes or no' with each square that they take.. you can't say 'the last one' because you might not know which one that is.

-James

[Kolyarut]

fyi drumlord, you don't normally get AoO's with a whip. You need Improved Whip Mastery to threaten squares with it.