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=== Casting on the Defensive === | === Casting on the Defensive === | ||
Casting a spell while on the defensive does not provoke an attack of opportunity. It does, however, require a [[concentration]] check, using your bailiwick skill, to concentrate (DC 10 + (spell level x 4)) to successfully cast the spell. Failure means that the memorized spell, or the spell slot, is used up, in addition to wasting the action used to make the attempt. | Casting a spell while on the defensive does not provoke an attack of opportunity. It does, however, require a [[concentration]] check, using your bailiwick skill, to concentrate (DC 10 + (spell level x 4)) to successfully cast the spell. Failure means that the memorized spell, or the spell slot, is used up, in addition to wasting the action used to make the attempt. | ||
Example: A courageous Sorceror advances into battle to cast a touch spell. They spend a Move action to walk into melee range, and provoke attacks of opportunity from two monsters. One hits, and does damage to the Sorceror. This damage does not affect their spell casting in any way this round. | |||
After their move, they spend their standard action and begin to cast their touch attack spell. This would provoke an attack of opportunity from two monsters (since this is a separate provoking action, one of the monsters, who has Combat Reflexes, is able to make two attacks of opportunity). To avoid these attacks of opportunity, the sorcerer attempts to cast defensively by making a Bailiwick skill check against the level of their spell. For the purposes of this example, they roll poorly and fail this check. | |||
They cast their spell normally, and two monsters attack them with attacks of opportunity. One monster hits them and inflicts damage. Because they took damage due to the action of casting a spell, they now must make a Concentration Check at a -5 penalty as above. If they fail this concentration check, they lose their spell and nothing happens (Ouch). If they make the check, the spell goes off as normal. | |||
Then, the sorcerer, (who is no shrinking violet), uses Quicken Spell to cast a SECOND touch attack spell, and this time, due to the Feat, they do not provoke attacks of opportunity and always get the spell off. The bad guys are promptly incinerated. | |||
===Touch Spells in Combat=== | ===Touch Spells in Combat=== | ||