My apologies if this has been discussed or even already has a definitive answer, but it seems very grey to me.
Let's say I leave a threatened square, provoking an AoO from the attacker, and the attacker attempts a trip against me without the improved trip feat. Do I get an AoO during my AoO? Further, if everyone involved has Combat Reflexes, what if I decide to attempt a disarm without the improved disarm feat in reaction to the trip? Do they all happen, or does the attacker get to make a trip without any consequence?
Yes, you could have a "chain" of attacks of opportunity, where one AoO provokes another AoO which can provoke another. Work your way backwards along the chain, resolving each AoO before the action that triggered it.
That's what I figured was RAW. Much appreciated.
My apologies if this has been discussed or even already has a definitive answer, but it seems very grey to me.
Let's say I leave a threatened square, provoking an AoO from the attacker, and the attacker attempts a trip against me without the improved trip feat. Do I get an AoO during my AoO? Further, if everyone involved has Combat Reflexes, what if I decide to attempt a disarm without the improved disarm feat in reaction to the trip? Do they all happen, or does the attacker get to make a trip without any consequence?
I actually thought that an attack of opportunaty should be a normal attack and not a trip, bluff or faint, Doesn't it say something like that in the description??
The attack of oportunaty states that you may make a free melee attack. And I am not sure that a trip, bluff or faint would be a melee attack. I thought the description stated that they may be taken as a standard action. And the AoO states specifically that a free melee attack becomes available.
Trips and disarms are attack actions, AoOs are attack actions. I am 99% sure.
An AoO is not an attack action, it's just an attack.
However, Trip, Disarm, and Sunder all say you can do them in place of a melee attack, not as an attack action.
Right-o. I'm just lazy in my wording. I should be careful of that when discussing Pathfinder.
Anywho, I am still under the impression that these AoO chains are what happens in this circumstance, is this correct?
Trips and disarms are attack actions, AoOs are attack actions. I am 99% sure.
I've checked again in another chapter and found that disarm and trip may be used instead of a melee attack, therefor I think they are usable in AoO.
Other actions like feint are a standard action and may not be taken instead of a melee attack.