Talk: Taunt

Animal companions and familiars

Is it worth noting the animal companions and familars that develop Taunt skill? Like the pixie and the raven? --Fitz10019 19 April 2006

Only if the AI you are using is smart enough to use it. Or if you control the familiar and use taunt which generally is not advisable unless you got other allies attacking that target GhostNWN 14:35, 19 April 2006 (PDT)

Is Taunt a touch attack, or ranged? if ranged, what is the range? -- Fitz10019

Taunt is not an attack. Neither touch attack nor ranged touch attack. Taunt is a hostile action performed on a target which takes approximately 1 round to complete and makes you flatfooted for its duration. You need to be at melee touch range when initiating the taunt and finalizing it. GhostNWN 12:16, 19 April 2006 (PDT)

Thanks, GhostNWN, very interesting... but the article says "It is considered an attack." Perhaps a suble re-write? And the article's note says "you might be" flat-footed... Is it more accurate to say, "you will flat-footed for 1 round, and you might be attacked while flat-footed." And what does "if you're not careful mean"? The note is odd...
Also, does the taunter's entire party benefit from the effect? or, is the AC penalty only a benefit to the individual who taunted? -- Fitz10019

Taunt is an effect applied to the victim so the victim automatically suffers AC penalty and ASF. This means that anyone benefits from this (except the victim and his allies) GhostNWN 14:31, 19 April 2006 (PDT)

When Taunt is used, the PC takes a full round performing his/her taunt animation. At the end of the animation the roll for taunt success/failure is made. At the end of this animation the PC's combat queue is empty so poor timing of the action means the target of the taunt might execute an attack just as the combat queue is emptied hence leaving the PC flat-footed. Harleyquin 17:05, 19 April 2006 (PDT)

Not just that. While performing that whole round action you are already flatfooted. You can be flatfooted even longer if you don't reinitiate combat immediately after the taunt is all. GhostNWN 18:22, 19 April 2006 (PDT)

Is it really only Arcane spell failure? Stacks with deaf spell failure? ShaDoOoW

I haven't verified this, but since the description makes no mention of "arcane", I would assume the spell failure applies to divine casters as well. (Plus the spell failure article specifically states that spell failure from taunt affects both kinds of casters.)
I don't know about stacking with other spell failures. --The Krit 01:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)