Off-Hand Opportunity and Stand Still


Rules Questions


Hi there !
Just found 2 "feats" and I wondered how those would interact with each other :

Off-Hand Opportunity:
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Additional Prerequisite(s): Combat Reflexes

You can make one additional attack of opportunity each round with your off-hand weapon.

Stand Still:
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Prerequisites: Combat Reflexes.

Benefit: When a foe provokes an attack of opportunity due to moving through your adjacent squares, you can make a combat maneuver check as your attack of opportunity. If successful, the enemy cannot move for the rest of his turn. An enemy can still take the rest of his action, but cannot move. This feat also applies to any creature that attempts to move from a square that is adjacent to you if such movement provokes an attack of opportunity.

So, say, I have a weapon and a shield, and I already used my AoO for the round, if somebody moves through my adjascent square, do I get to attack them (with my shield thanks to Off-Hand Opportunist) and use Stand Still ?

Instinctively, I'd say yes, it'll go like :
- Enemy provokes AoO by moving through adjascent squares
- I cannot make an AoO with my weapon (since already used) but Off-Hand Opporunist gives me an additional one with my shield
- I choose to use Stand Still instead of my standard AoO with my shield.

What do you guys think ? Is there an official ruling on this ? Also, am I correct to assume that Weapon and Shield qualify for Two-Weapon Tricks (since a shield can be considered a weapon) ?

Dark Archive

you are aware combat reflexes gives more AoOs right? you should invest more in dex and just not bother with the feat off hand opportinist.

but yes, it should work. you make a AoO combat maneuver.


I am aware yes, I took that exemple for simplicity, but Combat Reflexes and this should stack too right ?

Liberty's Edge

Yes, it will work, but as soon as you use the shield for your attack you lose its AC bonus (barring other abilities allowing to attack while maintaining it).

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