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How would combat work without opportunity attacks?
Opportunity attacks have a long history in the world of tabletop games and D&D in particular. 3.5e/PF both had an exhaustive list of actions which can or can not trigger an OA.
Various games have ...
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If a Gnome is riding a Dragonborn who is riding a horse, who can be targeted when the horse provokes an opportunity attack?
We have a gnome fighter and a dragonborn bard in our campaign. The gnome sometimes gets in a makeshift sling on the dragonborn's back to shoot arrows at enemies during combat. Thus far I've considered ...
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Do opportunity attacks end the target's movement?
Reading over chapter 9 (Combat) of the PHB, I stumbled across the following text, under the Opportunity attacks entry :
The attack interrupts the provoking creature's movement, occuring right ...
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Do characters provoke opportunity attack when they leave another character's reach who is not facing them?
"You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile
creature that YOU CAN SEE moves out of your reach."
In 5E do you have to specify which way your character is facing at all times? If an enemy who ...
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Moving "out" vs moving "through" a threatened square with acrobatics
If I begin my turn in a creature's threatened area, can I use acrobatics to leave the threatened area without provoking an attack of opportunity?
My GM argued that I can't since the acrobatics skill ...
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How does this change to the opportunity attack rule impact combat?
My DM has introduced a house rule affecting opportunity attacks, and I am trying to understand the implications of this change.
The new rule is this:
You can make an opportunity attack when a ...
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Does making an opportunity attack with a ranged weapon provoke an opportunity attack?
If I make an opportunity attack with a ranged weapon (e.g., a crossbow) against an adjacent enemy, does it provoke an opportunity attack as well?
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Can a character power attack before making an attack of opportunity?
In a recent game, a scenario arose where a character lost initiative but subsequently was granted an attack of opportunity (had Combat Reflexes) by an enemy. There was a follow up discussion about ...
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Do I provoke an opportunity attack when moving in and out of range of a creature in the same turn?
Let's say I'm 10ft away from an enemy. In my turn, I choose to move 5ft to get close enough to attack, I do attack, then I use my remaining movement to move out of range of the enemy. Does this still ...
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Does moving into an opponent's square generate an Attack of Opportunity when you do so with a 5-foot step?
This question is relevant specifically to creatures with a reach equal to 0', as they have to go into opponents' squares in order to attack. From Big and Little Creatures in Combat:
Tiny, ...
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When using a reach weapon, which squares around me can I attack?
Considering a medium creature, with 5ft of reach, wielding a reach weapon such as a longspear.
By the rules:
With a typical reach weapon, you can strike opponents 10 feet away, but you can't strike ...
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Does a creature have cover when moving through an ally's space?
Suppose that creatures A, B, and C are positioned in a straight line, with A at the start, then an empty space, then B in the next space, and C in the space after that.
A has a reach weapon (and is ...
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Can I teleport adjacent to a moving enemy, and then take an attack of opportunity?
I was recently discussing interesting tricks that combat casters can use to control the battlefield, and the following scenario comes up.
The party is defending something against advancing enemies. ...
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Are the 'Rules of the Game' web articles for using special attacks as attacks of opportunity corroborated by any other source?
To provide some context, I am prepping a new direction for my players in to the the worlds of H.P Lovecraft for a change of pace. So I would like to use the D20 rules for that and I had a mind to try ...
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Combat Challenge vs Opportunity Attack - which happens first?
If a fighter has marked an enemy, and the enemy does a ranged attack against someone other than the fighter, I believe the fighter can attack using Combat Challenge ...
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How many opportunity attacks can you make per turn before becoming exhausted?
I am not a new DM! I started with the starter set by Gary Gygax in the mid '70s.
D&D 5e says you can make an opportunity attack when a creature leaves/moves out of your zone of control. So if ...
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How many spear/pike wielding enemies with Polearm Master feat can attack a single incoming enemy?
Imagine a hoplite phalanx formation where every spear/pike & shield wielding warrior has Polearm Master.
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other
creatures ...
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Can characters attack flank squares without turning?
Using the combat rules supplied by Players Option: Combat and Tactics, creatures have an orientation on the map, with flanks and a rear defined based on their orientation. My question is, can a ...
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Does using Spellsong to conceal casting prevent attacks of opportunity?
I'm adjacent to an opponent that threatens me. I use the feat Spellsong to conceal that I'm casting a spell. My Perform check result bests my opponent's Perception or Sense Motive skill check. Do I ...
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Bracing Against a Charge and Reach
If I were to set myself up to brace for a charge with a Longspear, do I get both my readied attack for double damage when they move into reach and my attack of opportunity for normal damage (or would ...
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Can a magus use spellstrike on an attack of opportunity?
A magus casts Shocking Grasp, uses the arcane pool (for +1) and walks into battle. The baddie runs past the Magus, and the Magus gets an attack of opportunity, can he use Spellstrike and deliver the ...
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Is throwing other PC's possible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you rule halfling tossing as a combat action?
Hello, one of my fellow players brought upon a good question to me; is possible to throw another PC almost like a ...
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Can the third benefit of the Mobile feat prevent multiple creatures you attack in a single turn from making opportunity attacks against you that turn?
I am playing a monk. I wanted to use the Mobile feat, specifically the third option that prevents opportunity attacks, to do the following:
hit creature 1 with my attack, then move away from creature ...
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How are Attacks of Opportunity and Reactions explained in Narrative Time?
I'm not sure if the title is clear. I'll try my best to explain this problem.
In Pathfinder, when an enemy moves out of a square within your melee reach, you can perform an Attack of Opportunity (AoO)...
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How can I discharge a touch spell on an attack without provoking an AoO?
Is there a way to basically hit someone in the face with a charged spell in hand, without provoking an attack of opportunity?
In the core rules it says that you can perform an unarmed strike or ...
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In 13th Age, how many attacks of opportunity can a character make in one round?
I've been reading the core rulebook -and loving it-, and planning to run a game soon, and I'm guessing that if there's no mention of more than one attack of opportunity anywhere, it's because a player ...
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Can Cleric attempt to turn undead instead of usual attack of opportunity?
Turning undead is a supernatural ability that a character can perform as a standard action. It does not provoke attacks of opportunity. You must present your holy symbol to turn undead. Turning is ...
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Can a creature using a movement ability that "does not cause AoO" forfeit the protection and draw the AoO?
There are some movement abilities that allow one to move without drawing an AoO (Attack of Opportunity).
However, it may be tactically advantageous to draw that AoO, but one can be restricted only to ...
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When you have multiple reaches, are you free to use any of them? [duplicate]
This question is prompted by the Eldritch Claw Tattoo which can allow your attacks to "reach a target up to 15 feet away from you..." and specifically relates to Attacks of Opportunity.
You ...
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If a PC Levitates an opponent away, does the PC get an Opportunity Attack against them? [duplicate]
As we understand Levitation, even involuntary movement by an opponent can trigger an Opportunity Attack.
Does that mean that even the wizard who cast the spell get an Opportunity Attack against an ...
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How many times per round can I use the goblin racial feat Roll With It?
How many times per round of combat can I use the Goblin racial feat Roll With It?
The feat itself does not specify once per turn; however, I have had it ruled both ways in the past, and am simply ...
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Can you provoke an AoO as a free action?
Big Ooze threatens all. Warlock is unconscious. Warblade is standing tall. Warblade took his turn already. Paladin heals Warlock.
Can Warblade take a free/immediate action to “lower defenses” to ...
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Interaction between line of sight, enemy reach and opportunity attacks [duplicate]
The basic rules state for opportunity attacks:
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.
RAW seems to imply that by circling around the ...
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What saving throw would you use for avoiding opportunity attacks when fleeing?
As a player new to D&D to avoid an attack of opportunity from someone when sprinting away from combat, would you use a Dexterity saving throw or a Strength saving throw? I was thinking I would ...
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Would an ally get an Opportunity Attack if I were to knock an enemy towards them? [duplicate]
Coming Sunday a party member and myself will be facing off against a wizard/warlock and some cultists.
The session last week ended on the Paladin initiating combat by jumping towards the warlock by ...
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