On the grave of Tetsubo <tetsubo_at_comcast.net> is inscribed:

>	Lately there has been a lot of talk in the YouTube RPG community about 

>attacks of opportunity. Some folks want to eliminate them completely. 

>Some want to make them feat based, requiring  a feat to use. Everyone 

>seems to have a view. So I thought I would ask here what people did for 

>alternative AoO rules. The end gioal is to streamline combat a bit and 

>make things a tad more dynamic. Any thoughts?

In my 3e campaign we didn't use minis, which almost entirely

eliminated AoOs. They became more a matter of my judgement and decree.

It aso eliminated the value of quite a lot of feats and nerfed the

rogue something rotten, though as he was a craven coward of the

yellowest stripe I doubt it really made that much difference.

Personally, I don't see AoOs as much of a problem. If you're using

minis they work OK. Without them you need some way for the grunts to

control some ground, and that way is likely to be even more complex.

Not that grunts can control much ground without a reach weapon and

Combat Reflexes, but never mind that.

This calls for a feat:

Interceptor (Combat)

You can quickly react to anyone trying to get past you.

Prerequisites: Combat Reflexes, Spring Attack

Benefit: As an immediate action you can take a 5' step when an

opponent moves past you if this step would place them into your

threatened area. You may then perform an AoO on them as normal if they

move out of that square. This 5' step counts as your 5' step for the

coming round.

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