FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1083707971[/unixtime]]
And all of this costs you an action - which means that this action you automatically miss.
He used an action to cast the spell. Sounds fair to me. Trading an action for an action is generally ok.
And if it's a real tree - it costs you your whole turn. And if it's a fake tree with no Wizard in it, you get a save. And if it's a fake tree with a wizard in it you get a save and suffer an attack of opportunity.
There is no save, it's automatic disbelief if you pass straight through it. "A character faced with proof that an illusion isn't real needs no save."
Moving right through the tree does that.
Or just jolly well taking a 5' step to a non-flanking square and pummeling the guy if you are Dodge trarget boy?
Cause you gotta metagame to do that and that's just not acceptable. To deliberately not flank you are using out of game knowledge.
Flanking helps you hit people. You're having trouble hitting your target and you're missing him and hitting someone else. So you want more accuracy. So flanking should help you in this situation, not hurt you. The only reason you wouldn't want to flank here is if you're pointing a page in the complete warrior.