[Basic] Advantage of the Week: Altered Time Rate

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Mr_Sandman

If the GM rules that Wait allows the character waiting to distinguish between an AoA and any other attack.

Note: Maneuvers are definitely not secret. AoA is absolutely obvious.

Originally Posted by Mr_Sandman

Make regular attacks if anyone is Waiting for you to make an AOA, then they don't get their attack. If the GM rules the Wait-er can't tell the difference and has to trigger the Wait after any attack, make your attacks defensive until the wait is triggered, or you run out of attacks. You still get to make your attack(s) more safely, and still get the All Out Defense bonus against everyone else who didn't wait. If they all wait, back up and use a ranged weapon. If you have friends, opponents waiting for you will give them openings.

Competent choices from the opposition can make this work much less badly than you suggest, but if they want to counteract ATR they do necessarily put themselves on a very reactive footing, which certainly can be exploited.