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Can I trigger an Opportunity Attack by forcing an opponent to move out of my reach?
If I cause an opponent to leave my reach with an ability, spell, or effect can I use my reaction to take an Opportunity Attack against them?
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When can I make opportunity attacks?
What provokes an opportunity attack?
In 3.X moving out of a threatened square, standing up from prone, casting a spell (unless cast defensively), or making a ranged attack provoked, while in 4e ...
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Do rogues get sneak attack damage added to attacks made outside their turn?
PHB says 'once per turn,' so, it would seem that a Rogue with Sentinel, for example, could "consistently" deal Sneak attack twice per round (whether the enemy triggers an OA or the melee weapon attack ...
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When are Opportunity Attacks provoked while holding a reach and a non-reach weapon?
Assume I wield a Whip in one hand and a dagger in the other.
If a creature moves from 5ft to 10ft it has technically moved out of my reach (dagger), but at the same time it is still inside my reach (...
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Do Booming Blade and the Spell Sniper feat stack?
If you have the spell sniper feat (doubles range of spells), and you use a weapon with reach, can you cast booming blade and hit a creature at 10ft?
Can you also combine this with the feats Polearm ...
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Does moving behind full cover count as "leaving the opponent's reach" for purposes of opportunity attacks?
Suppose I am fighting an enemy with the usual 5-foot reach. He is standing next to a wall beside an open doorway. I am in next to him in the room. Without leaving his 5-foot range, I move to the ...
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Does a reach weapon allow you to threaten squares 10 feet away or not?
In D&D 5e, does a reach weapon allow you to threaten squares up to 10 feet away for the purpose of Opportunity Attacks or does it just allow you to attack squares up to 10 feet away?
There is ...
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Can you grapple a creature as an opportunity attack?
This came up in a game I was in the other day, so I'm curious as to know how this works.
A gnome was attempting to flee past us up the stairs and I declared that I'd like to try and stop him, by using ...
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Does a Grapple or Shove count as a "melee attack" for the third benefit of the Mobile feat?
The third benefit of the Mobile feat (PHB, p. 168) enables you to not provoke opportunity attacks by creatures you try to make a melee attack against.
Does it still apply if the attack you made was a ...
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War Caster, a whip and a dagger, and provoking Opportunity Attacks
This related question gives an answer about provoking opportunity attacks when wielding a dagger and a whip.
I am interested how this interacts with the feat War Caster (5e PHB p170):
When a ...
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Can a monster with no melee attack make an Opportunity Attack?
Specifically, in D&D 5e is the Flameskull allowed to take opportunity attacks against enemies that move away from it? It has spells and one at-will spell attack (Fire Ray), but no melee abilities ...
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Does a falling creature provoke Opportunity Attacks on the way down?
I'm in a D&D4e game right now, and in the current combat there are some flying creatures which may soon be knocked prone by PC #1. As part of being knocked prone, a flying creature falls to the ...
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Is a creature's square included in its threatened area?
A creature threatens the squares in which it can make a melee attack, but does that include its own space? (If it's relevant, assume it's a medium creature.)
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Can a readied action or an attack of opportunity interrupt and thus cancel another action?
Can an attack of opportunity or a readied action interfere with another creature's action so that the creature, essentially, loses that action?
Example 1: Nadir the rogue and Peake the bugbear are ...
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Does the War Caster feat grant ranged spell attacks in melee range without disadvantage?
An opportunity attack is described this way (PHB, p. 195):
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you ...
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In what order do simultaneously-triggered opportunity attacks happen?
My GM has decided that opportunity attacks happen in an arbitrary order with respect to persons making the attack, instead of all at the same time — and the order isn't even in the order of initiative....
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If a character casts Fog Cloud around themselves before moving away from an enemy, do they provoke an opportunity attack?
Our party was forced to brawl against a group of orcs in order to gain their respect to speak with their chieftain (long story, we had very good reason for doing this). It then became a battle royale.
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At what point do you leave a creature's reach when moving vertically?
The scenario: creature 1 (C1) is flying (and can hover) directly above creature 2 (C2). They are in melee combat with each other and both have 5' reach. They are both medium size, both are 6' tall, ...
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Does an Echo Knight fighter's echo provoke an opportunity attack when it moves?
Does an Echo Knight fighter's echo provoke an opportunity attack when it moves?
The Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo feature says, in part (EGtW, p. 183; emphasis mine):
At 3rd level, you can use ...
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Is the spell from the third benefit of the War Caster feat still considered an opportunity attack for the Sentinel feat?
The third benefit of the War Caster feat (PHB, p. 170) allows you to cast a spell when an enemy provokes an opportunity attack from you. The spell must target only the provoking creature, and can ...
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Does Sentinel work against creatures who can avoid Opportunity Attacks?
Sentinel states:
Creatures within 5 feet of you provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.
Does this mean any creature at any time ...
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When an invisible character leaves a blindsight creature's reach, does the creature get an Opportunity Attack?
A character in the party cast Invisibility on herself, making her invisible. She then tried to move past a Giant Spider, which has Blindsight 10 ft. Per "Does Blindsight detect Invisibility?" the ...
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When you cast invisibility on your turn, and walk away from 2 enemies, do they get an attack of opportunity?
When a PC is in melee with a creature, casts the basic invisibility spell, and leaves melee, does an NPC get an attack of opportunity?
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If an enemy moves and provokes an opportunity attack, where are they when the AoO happens?
I was surprised to find no mention of this in the Opportunity Attack rules on d20pfsrd or on the Paizo SRD: if an enemy moves from tile A to tile B and provokes an opportunity attack from me in doing ...
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When a controlled mount takes the Disengage action, does the rider still provoke an opportunity attack if he or she does not also Disengage?
Per the rules for mounted combat:
The initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you
mount it. It moves as you direct it, and it has only three action
options: Dash, Disengage,...
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Do I draw opportunity attacks when my mount uses flyby?
I am a forest gnome ranger under the beast master archetype. If I have a flying mount with flyby, like the pteranodon, do I still draw opportunity attacks while riding it?
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Does Tremorsense allow Attacks of Opportunity while Blinded?
Can a monster with tremorsense that is blinded make attacks of opportunity when an enemy leaves its reach?
Tremorsense is described as:
A monster with tremorsense can detect and pinpoint the origin ...
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Do the Tunnel Fighter UA fighting style and the Polearm Master feat combine to grant indefinite opportunity attacks?
Here's the scenario:
The character in question has both the Tunnel Fighter fighting style from Unearthed Arcana: Light, Dark, Underdark!, which says:
You excel at defending narrow passages, ...
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Can I circle around an opponent and avoid opportunity attacks?
I have had trouble finding this information in the PHB.
If as a fighter I stand on one side of an enemy, can I move to the other side of him as long as I stay in reach so that I don't provoke an ...
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Can you combine Polearm Master with War Caster to cast Booming Blade as enemies approach?
The Polearm Master feat (PHB, p. 168) says:
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your reach.
The ...
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How do I know which attack a creature would use for an opportunity attack?
Take for example a Ruffian CR 1/2 creature, he has a Multiattack Action of 2 Shortswords both with a reach of 5 ft so when something provokes an Opportunity Attack against it, it is obvious that the ...
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Can you be tripped by an AoO while standing up?
Let's say "John" is a fighter who has selected a number of feats to focus on tripping his enemies, including Greater Trip, and Combat Reflexes, and wielding a Reach Weapon while under the effect of a ...
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Does using “Flee” with Command provoke an Opportunity Attack?
On a failed save, the target obeys the Flee command by
[Spending] its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means.
Three questions:
Does that mean they take the Dash action?
If not,...
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Can I use a spell to make an Opportunity Attack?
The Player's Handbook only describes that a melee attack is allowed when making an Opportunity Attack. Does this only mean melee weapon attacks, or does it allow some spells? Also assuming that if it ...
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Is the reaction from the third benefit of the Sentinel feat considered an opportunity attack?
The third benefit of the Sentinel feat is described as follows (PHB, p. 169):
When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn’t have this ...
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Does Sentinel's opportunity attack trigger when I shove someone? [duplicate]
Alright, so me and my pal are working through making a 5e fighty Cleric. He wants to take the Sentinel and Shield Master feats. Sentinel and Shield Master's relevant parts read:
Sentinel
You have ...
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Can you use your Attack of Opportunity to Shove?
Can you replace the attack granted by your Attack of Opportunity to shove a creature?
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Does getting hit interrupt a movement (specifically in regards to the Booming Blade cantrip)?
I came across a situation where one of my PCs were fighting against a caster that had readied booming blade for if they provoked an opportunity attack.
They decided to try and break the caster's ...
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At what distance can a bugbear, holding a reach weapon, with the Polearm Master feat, get their Opportunity Attack?
I have crafted a Barbarian bugbear that uses a halberd weapon, and will take Polearm Mastery as a feat.
Bugbears have the Long-Limbed trait:
When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach ...
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Can Flame Blade be used to make an Attack of Opportunity?
I understand Flame Blade cannot be used with Extra Attack, but if a Druid has the Flame Blade in her hand can she use it to make an Attack of Opportunity?
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Can you make an opportunity attack against a moving object?
With the recent addition of the revisited artificer class to 5e, I did a quick playthrough with a level 3 artillerist. The artillerist can summon a turret; an object (not a construct) with a speed of ...
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Can pulling with Thorn Whip generate an Opportunity Attack? [duplicate]
Let's say my party member is around 30 feet in front of me and engaged with a monster in melee close combat.
If I successfully cast Thorn Whip and pull the monster 10 feet closer to me, will this ...
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AoOs against the same enemy on his turn?
I have seen this question for D&D 4e: Attacks of Opportunity from moving within a threatened area? and I was wondering about attacks of opportunity in Pathfinder/3.5e.
If an enemy goes from one ...
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Can you combine War Caster, whip, and Warlock Features to Eldritch Blast enemies with reach?
So, Whip is a one-handed martial weapon with reach. Reach is a feature that, among other things, lets you make opportunity attacks with that weapon out to 10 feet instead of just five.
Equipment
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What are the practical Opportunity Attack values for a bugbear, holding a reach weapon, with the Polearm Master feat?
I have crafted a Barbarian bugbear that uses a halberd weapon, and will take Polearm Master as a feat.
Bugbears have the Long-Limbed trait:
When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach ...
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Opportunity Attack, Ready Action, & Eldritch Blast/Repelling Blast
Scenario:
A druid ally is in melee range of an enemy berserker and decides to move away, provoking an attack of opportunity from the berserker.
My character has readied an action: Cast Eldritch Blast (...
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Do both rider and mount provoke an attack from movement?
When a mount and its rider move throught a threatened square, an AOO is provoked. If the creature they provoked from has combat reflexes, can they attack both rider and mount, or are they only allowed ...
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Attacks of Opportunity from moving within a threatened area?
I'm curious about moving in threatened squares, say I'm a fighter and I'm already in a square fighting a monster with normal melee range and I move to the opposite side of him so that an ally can move ...
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Can a shove give an Opportunity Attack? [duplicate]
For example, the shield mastery feat gives the option to shove an adjacent creature 5ft as a bonus action. Could you make an Opportunity Attack on the creature because it leaves your threat range ...
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Would the Jump spell let me jump over an enemy without an opportunity attack?
If I were to under the effects of a jump spell would it be possible to jump over a medium-sized enemy and avoid an opportunity attack? Assume my speed is 60' and my strength modifier is +5.
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