According to Clumsy slave, you can make an attack against someone and try to hit them so that they don't realize they are being hit. Now, if you were to do this unarmed, as is often the case when a slave, and the person you are hitting has Improved Unarmed Strike, would this provoke an attack of opportunity, despite them not knowing it was an attack?
Attacks of Opportunity: Attacking unarmed provokes an attack of opportunity from the character you attack, provided she is armed. The attack of opportunity comes before your attack. An unarmed attack does not provoke attacks of opportunity from other foes, nor does it provoke an attack of opportunity from an unarmed foe.
An unarmed character can't take attacks of opportunity (but see “Armed” Unarmed Attacks, below).
“Armed” Unarmed Attacks: Sometimes a character's or creature's unarmed attack counts as an armed attack. A monk, a character with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat, a spellcaster delivering a touch attack spell, and a creature with natural physical weapons all count as being armed (see natural attacks).
Note that being armed counts for both offense and defense (the character can make attacks of opportunity).
Unarmed Strike Damage: An unarmed strike from a Medium character deals 1d3 points of bludgeoning damage (plus your Strength modifier, as normal). A Small character's unarmed strike deals 1d2 points of bludgeoning damage, while a Large character's unarmed strike deals 1d4 points of bludgeoning damage. All damage from unarmed strikes is nonlethal damage. Unarmed strikes count as light weapons (for purposes of two-weapon attack penalties and so on).
Dealing Lethal Damage: You can specify that your unarmed strike will deal lethal damage before you make your attack roll, but you take a –4 penalty on your attack roll. If you have the Improved Unarmed Strike feat, you can deal lethal damage with an unarmed strike without taking a penalty on the attack roll.
You are skilled at fighting while unarmed.
Benefit: You are considered to be armed even when unarmed—you do not provoke attacks of opportunity when you attack foes while unarmed. Your unarmed strikes can deal lethal or nonlethal damage, at your choice.
Normal: Without this feat, you are considered unarmed when attacking with an unarmed strike, and you can deal only nonlethal damage with such an attack.
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Requirement(s) [Halfling] Cheliax, Katapesh
As a former slave, you learned how to conceal your malice toward your owner behind a facade of clumsiness. The first time you attack someone with an attack that deals nonlethal damage, your target must make a Sense Motive opposed by your Bluff check minus the damage dealt to realize you actually intended to harm him; failure means he believe the injury was an accident on your part instead (though he may still want to punish you for it).
Yes it would. They know they are getting hit just that it looks like an accident. Halfing trips headfirst into you, you see him coming a mile away you know he's going to smack into you. However, are you in combat because if the target is flatfooted then you don't have anything to worry about. :)
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It depends. Flat-footed enemies cannot make attacks of opportunity. So if the person you're hitting is completely unaware of your attack, they're flat-footed. But, targets that cannot be caught flat-footed, such as Barbs and Rogues with uncanny dodge might be able to, but only if they're aware of the attack. Likewise, characters that have Combat Reflexes can make AoO's while flat-footed, so if they're aware of the attack they can AoO it.
The deciding factor is going to be whether they're aware of the attack tho.
Alright, and even if they are capable of the attack, if they fail the Sense Motive check and believe it is an accident, there may be circumstances where they wouldn't even take the attack of opportunity. Perhaps a prized slave that will be sold for a high amount as long as they aren't beat might provoke the hired guard of the slave's master to not strike.
They aren't unaware of your attack in most circumstances, they just don't realize your attack was intentional. But keep in mind they are supposedly not having a reason want to kill you anyway, and the AoO has to resolve before the bluff check to make sure he doesn't automatically realize you're subverting him, so regardless of the result of the bluff, the context of the specific use implies the target wouldn't take the AoO anyway (and this is likely true except for the most cruel masters).
Think of it this way: You're a massive barbarian with a big af axe. Your friend the wizard was just dominated and told to attack you and punches you without IUS. The wizard is still your friend and not a threat, before he even hits you, do you A) murderize the poor sod with your big axe, or B) ignore the inconvenient hurdle to murderize the thing that possessed your wizard.