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Offline Ithamar

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Low Blow Feat
« on: March 30, 2012, 05:28:32 PM »
Quote from: Races of Faerun, pg. 166
As a full round action, you can enter an area occupied by an opponent who is at least one size category larger than you.  You can then make a single melee attack at your higest attack bonus against this creature, who is considered flat-footed against the attack.
So my question is, do you have to be adjacent to your foe to use this feat?  Can you double move to enter their square, kind of like how a charge lets you double move?  Just a single move?

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Re: Low Blow Feat
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2012, 05:38:27 PM »
I'd say you can make a move and attack, without being adjacent.  I'm not sure on the charge, but my guts lean to yes.

However, if you move more than a 5' step, he gets an AOO against you.

My head's going back and forth whether you can do it if you *start* in the same square.  I'd say RAW=no, RAI=yes.

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Re: Low Blow Feat
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2012, 05:42:29 PM »
Yeah, I was kind of leaning towards at least being able to move your normal speed.  And I didn't mean to ask if this could be combined with a charge, was merely using an example of how with a charge (which is a full round action) you can still double move.

I did not copy the entire feat, but it states that after you attack, you move out of your foe's square(s) back into whichever square you just left.  So whether or not you can stay there and keep attack is moot.  Though if you want to do that, there is the Underfoot Combat + Confound the Big Folk feats from Races of the Wild.

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Re: Low Blow Feat
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2012, 08:13:47 PM »
My head's going back and forth whether you can do it if you *start* in the same square.  I'd say RAW=no, RAI=yes.

If the larger creature takes up more than one square, you could simply move into another one he occupies...
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