Editing SRD:Bull Rush

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===Bull Rush===

You can make a bull rush as a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]] (an attack) or as part of a [[SRD:Charge|charge]]. When you make a bull rush, you attempt to push an opponent straight back instead of damaging him. You can only bull rush an opponent who is one [[SRD:Size Category|size category]] larger than you, the same size, or smaller.

=====Initiating a Bull Rush=====

First, you move into the defender’s space. Doing this provokes an [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]] from each opponent that threatens you, including the defender. (If you have the [[SRD:Improved Bull Rush|Improved Bull Rush]] [[SRD:Feats|feat]], you don’t provoke an [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]] from the defender.) Any [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]] made by anyone other than the defender against you during a bull rush has a 25% chance of accidentally targeting the defender instead, and any [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]] by anyone other than you against the defender likewise has a 25% chance of accidentally targeting you. (When someone makes an [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attack of opportunity]], make the [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack roll]] and then roll to see whether the attack went astray.) 

Second, you and the defender make opposed [[SRD:Strength Check|Strength checks]]. You each add a +4 bonus for each [[SRD:Size Category|size category]] you are larger than Medium or a –4 penalty for each [[SRD:Size Category|size category]] you are smaller than Medium. You get a +2 bonus if you are charging. The defender gets a +4 bonus if he has more than two legs or is otherwise exceptionally [[SRD:Stable|stable]].

=====Bull Rush Results=====

If you beat the defender’s [[SRD:Strength Check|Strength check]] result, you push him back 5 feet or to the diagonal by 5 feet. If you wish to move with the defender, you can push him back an additional 5 feet for each 5 points by which your check result is greater than the defender’s check result. You can’t, however, exceed your normal movement limit. (''Note: ''The defender provokes [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] if he is moved. So do you, if you move with him. The two of you do not provoke [[SRD:Attack of Opportunity|attacks of opportunity]] from each other, however.)

If you fail to beat the defender’s [[SRD:Strength Check|Strength check]] result, you move 5 feet straight back to where you were before you moved into his space. If that space is occupied, you fall [[SRD:Prone|prone]] in that space.

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