Horishijin
Mongoose
I know that this topic has been kicked around like a football, but I just got the Atlantean Edition today (and it arrived very safely packaged, with no damage, thank you very much!) and this was the first topic I looked to for clarification. However, the rule does not seem to match the example.
Rule: (162 AE) "Taking a 5-foot step does not provoke an attack of opportunity unless it is combined with another action in the which does.
Similar wording is found on page 152.
The example at the top of the page shows Valeria taking 5-foot step, thereby leaving a square threatened by a pict. She then fires her bow in the same round. The caption reads that "Both Valeria and Conan (who is performing an entirely different action) use 5-foot steps to avoid attacks of opportunity."
However, the table on page 155 states that making a ranged attack provokes an attack of opportunity.
Clearly, the example is combining a 5-foot step from a threatened square with an action which provokes an attack of opportunity. Please explain what 5-foot step provokes an atack of opportunity if this does not?
Rule: (162 AE) "Taking a 5-foot step does not provoke an attack of opportunity unless it is combined with another action in the which does.
Similar wording is found on page 152.
The example at the top of the page shows Valeria taking 5-foot step, thereby leaving a square threatened by a pict. She then fires her bow in the same round. The caption reads that "Both Valeria and Conan (who is performing an entirely different action) use 5-foot steps to avoid attacks of opportunity."
However, the table on page 155 states that making a ranged attack provokes an attack of opportunity.
Clearly, the example is combining a 5-foot step from a threatened square with an action which provokes an attack of opportunity. Please explain what 5-foot step provokes an atack of opportunity if this does not?