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I know that ranged or unarmed attacks provoke Attacks of Opportunity, but consider this case.
There's an enemy one space north of me, and one space east, both threatening and threatened by me. If I attack the enemy to the east with a melee attack, does that provoke an AoO from the enemy to the north?
No, it doesn't. Opportunity Attacks are provoked ONLY by the following:
The opportunity attack action is provoked by an enemy leaving an adjacent square without shifting or teleporting, or by an adjacent enemy using a ranged or area power.
See page 290 of the PHB.
Note that this means that unarmed strikes ALSO don't provoke opportunity attacks in 4th edition. This used to be the case in other editions, but not in this one.
