Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jay_Ibero_911 03-16-07, 01:31 AM	Combat Focus states "the first time you make a successful attack durring an encounter, you gain your combat focus." Obviously, anything that requires an attack roll would qualify, but what about other attack forms, such as area effect spells or abilities? Such things would count as an attack for the purpose of breaking invisibility, so I was curious as to whether people think they count for aquiring combat focus...
Timlagor 03-16-07, 08:11 AM	Given the word "successful" I'd require an attack roll. I'd be tempted to require a weapon attack but I'm not sure that's justified by the RAW.
thorinXXX 03-17-07, 12:49 PM	Given the word "successful" I'd require an attack roll. I'd be tempted to require a weapon attack but I'm not sure that's justified by the RAW. I expect that this will be the most common interpretation.
DroidTrooper 03-18-07, 02:13 AM	As a player I was going to go with a succesful attack, being an attack in which you actually struck what you were aiming for. Otherwise it would not be a 'succesful' attack. However, as a GM in an LG game, after reading the combat expertise threads, I'd probably let them trigger it by making any attack roll period (even against a potential invisible opponent or rock). I'd go so far to I'd let it trigger with anything they believe to be a succesful attack (fireball etc.) While I think that violates the spirit of the text, its suffeciently gray for me to side with the players who invested the feats in the ability. In a home game I'd rule differently, but in LG I generally side with the player unless the rules are firmly against them.