Feint and Attacks of Opportunity


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Scarab Sages

Feint appears to be worded differently in Starfinder than it was in Pathfinder. Pathfinder just says your opponent loses his Dex bonus. Starfinder says you treat him as flat footed during your next attack. Does that mean if I feint an adjacent enemy and then cast a spell, he can't take an attack of opportunity in Starfinder?


You treat him as flat-footed, but that doesn't mean he treats you as though he is flat-footed.

So probably not.

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

Not with base feint as they are only flat-footed during your attack. While some spells include an attack, casting the spell is still separate from attacking. If you had greater feint however, you could feint and then cast without provoking as greater feint makes them universally flat-footed until the end of your next turn, rather than flat-footed in a specific case. You could probably use feint to prevent attacks of opportunity from ranged attacks though.

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