Post/Author/DateTime	Post
IMarvinTPA 07-29-07, 12:06 PM	You must make a Concentration check whenever you might potentially be distracted (by taking damage, by harsh weather, and so on) while engaged in some action that requires your full attention. Such actions include casting a spell, concentrating on an active spell, directing a spell, using a spell-like ability, or using a skill that would provoke an attack of opportunity. In general, if an action wouldn’t normally provoke an attack of opportunity, you need not make a Concentration check to avoid being distracted. Could I use a Concentration check to continue a Coup de Grace if I'm attacked during the action? Could I use this on Trip or Grapple AOOs that strike back to continue starting a grapple or a trip? Thanks, IMarv
Someone 07-29-07, 01:11 PM	No and no, but for entirely different reasons. For C'dGs and trips, you don't lose the attack if hit by an AoO. So you don't need to make a Concentration check if you are hit. For grapples, if you take damage from an AoO provoked for starting the grapple, the attempt fails. And you can't make a Concentration check to overcome that. The focus needed to keep going during these combat actions despite distractions is better handled through Improved Trip/Grapple.
Vharuck 07-29-07, 02:04 PM	I'd say it would be used for non-spellcasting things like picking locks in torrential downpours and such.