Initiate Ref Talic
Edit: Ack! Ninja'd
@Bronz:
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The beetle did not roll a critical threat. The AoO was a miss, due to your freakin huge AC. Disregard earlier report of your hit.
@Mavian
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You can indeed miss a touch attack at the ground. However, since the ground has an effective dex of 0, it has a touch AC of 5. No worries, you hit just fine. Would you actually like the sense motive check rolled by bronz, or would you prefer to forego that roll? Just the request for the roll will tell the player that it's a bluff, and, well, I don't need to explain meta to you, as I've heard several others get dubbed "Mavianesque" for their ability to pounce on rules meta... :)
Please, continue.