Snake Fang + Attacks of Opportunity


Rules Questions


So Snake Fang states

"While using the Snake Style feat, when an opponent’s attack misses you, you can make an unarmed strike against that opponent as an attack of opportunity."

So does this trigger when your opponent makes an Attack of Opportunity?

Do I get an Attack of Opportunity from an opponent who misses their attack of opportunity?


Yes, AoOs can trigger AoOs if the situation provides for it, which this does.

Edit: though not any further layers deeper IIRC.


Snake Fang only checks for a missed attack, it doesn't care what action was used to make that attack. Standard attack action, special standard action attack, full attack, AoO, free action touch attack after casting a touch range spell, ranged touch attack as part of casting a ray*, all of these work.

*) Since the triggers are all slightly different, you could possibly make three AoOs for a single casting of the spell - one for casting, one for a ranged attack, and one for a miss via Snake Fang.

@avr: It would work at "further layers", but you'd have to provoke an AoO or other retaliate attack with your Snake Fang attack. Two combatants with Snake Fang could trigger AoOs from the other as long as they keep missing (and Combat Reflexes hasn't run out).


You're right Derklord. I'm sure I read the limit I mentioned somewhere but it must be a house rule; I can't find it now.


You can go pretty darned deep. Two combatants, high Dexterity, Combat Reflexes, each tries an untrained disarm/trip/sunder on the other, each responds to such maneuvers' provocations by attempting an untrained maneuver, . . . it can end up being quite the stack to unwind. And that's without Snake Fang in the mix at all, and with only two combatants threatening each other. A dojo-versus-dojo grand melee can get pretty nuts.

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