Attacks of Opportunity, Combat Reflexes, Large+ Size, and Psionics

[kevin video]

Reading over the rules it says that you can only take one attack of opportunity against someone, despite your size, unless they exit and enter your threat, and do other motions as well.

I need to know to what extent this goes, and if there's any exceptions. This is the scenario we had last night, and the players call foul on me. Want to know if I was right, and if I was wrong, where abouts so I don't repeat this mistake. Also, side question. Getting back your focus is a move action. Can you do your standard move AND get back your focus in the same action? Maybe with a concentration check? I know you can pull something from a pack or sack while moving, or sheathe/unsheathe a weapon while doing so, but psionic focuses seem different to me and would require some kind of concentration. Or, do you have to do both of them as separate move action?

Half-giant psychic warrior was facing off against an advanced roper after taking down another one (I advanced them a few HD and gave it a few feats, including Combat Reflexes for +2 from Dex 14). The strands give it 50 foot range on attacks.  The half-giant walked into the 50-ft range of the roper. That's one action and one AoO. Then he regained his focus. Different action, another AoO. Swift action to use his belt of battle for a full round set of actions. Moved up to the roper again and attacked. Moved within range of his bite and proved another attack.

Did I not do things right? Could I have used another strand attack while he was moving up to the roper from 40 feet away?

[sirpercival]

Regaining focus is normally a full-round action; it's only a move action if you take the Psionic Meditation feat (which I assume the PsyWar had).  You don't get to move and focus as the same action, just like you don't get to move and cast a spell in the same action (unless you have some sort of other ability that lets you do that).

I don't think the PW would have provoked another AoO from moving in range of the bite.

[kevin video]

Good to know about the focus.

The creature was large size and it'd already attacked for range with the strands. I did have Hold the Line, but the psychic warrior didn't charge. He only moved in. The feat's rather specific about charging so I wouldn't have been allowed in that respect.

[Kethrian]

Drawing a weapon during moving is one of those exceptions to the rule.  Normally you can only do one thing per action.

As for the AoOs, he would get one for moving and one for focusing.  It doesn't matter how many actions he takes to move, or how many threatened squares he goes through, you can only AoO him once for moving during his turn.  If his second movement was a charge, you'd be right in taking another AoO for Hold The Line, though, because it's a different thing provoking.

[kevin video]

Good to note.

[ksbsnowowl]

Just saying that I agree with the others' assessment.  Only one AoO for movement per round against any given foe.

For rules back-up:

Combat Reflexes and Additional Attacks of Opportunity

If you have the Combat Reflexes feat you can add your Dexterity modifier to the number of attacks of opportunity you can make in a round. This feat does not let you make more than one attack for a given opportunity, but if the same opponent provokes two attacks of opportunity from you, you could make two separate attacks of opportunity (since each one represents a different opportunity). Moving out of more than one square threatened by the same opponent in the same round doesn’t count as more than one opportunity for that opponent. All these attacks are at your full normal attack bonus.

If he somehow got 20 move actions in one turn, any given foe could only get one AoO for movement, because AoO's don't care how many actions the provoker gets, it only counts from the end of your turn to the end of your next turn (or start, whatever).