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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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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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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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If a creature is hit by an OA by someone with the Sentinel feat, but then gains a new type of speed, does that new speed also become 0 for the turn?
The first benefit of the Sentinel feat says (PHB, p. 169-170):
When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
If a character with the ...
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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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Will both Mage Slayer and Sentinel together reduce an enemy's speed to 0?
If I have both the Mage Slayer feat and the Sentinel feat, will the reaction given to me by Mage Slayer reduce an enemy's speed to 0?
Mage Slayer:
When a creature within 5 feet of you casts a ...
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Does the opportunity attack granted by War Caster have disadvantage? [duplicate]
I am going to start a new 5e campaign, nobody having played it before.
I was asked whether it would be sensible to take the War Caster feat and stumbled over the problem of whether its opportunity ...
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Does teleporting into the reach of a character with the Polearm Master feat provoke an opportunity attack?
I understand the Player’s Handbook’s ruling on teleportation and opportunity attacks when teleporting out of someone’s reach: Are there any rules relevant to involuntary movement and effects other ...
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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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Polearm master vs disengage
So I know that specific beats generic, but I'm not fully sure about polearm master. Anyone know for sure how these should interact? Have there been official rulings?
If I start a disengage action, ...
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How does the Savage Attacker feat interact with opportunity attacks?
The Savage Attacker feat (PHB, p. 169) states that you can reroll a melee weapon's damage dice "once per turn".
If I used Savage Attacker on my turn, and then I get an opportunity attack when an ...
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Can a character with the Polearm Master feat make an opportunity attack against an invisible creature that enters their reach?
The second benefit of the Polearm Master feat (PHB, p. 168) says:
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when ...
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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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Can you use the Mobile and Crossbow Expert Feats simultaneously?
I'm a new DM and I have a level 6 ranger in my party. In our game, we came across 4 closely packed enemies in a 1×4 line. The ranger attacked twice with her short-sword, and twice with her crossbow. ...
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Does Lightning Lure trigger Polearm Master's opportunity attack?
I know there is language about opportunity attacks that says:
You also don’t provoke an opportunity attack when you teleport or when someone or something moves you without using your movement, ...
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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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Can I still choose to allow an opportunity attack against me if I have the Mobile feat?
The third benefit of the Mobile feat says (PHB, p. 168):
When you make a melee attack against a creature, you don’t provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the rest of the turn, whether ...
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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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Does an attack against an illusory duplicate from the Mirror Image spell trigger the Sentinel feat?
If I'm playing a Rogue with the mirror image spell and possess the Sentinel feat, do I get an opportunity attack if an enemy attacks me in melee but hits a mirror image instead?
Would this trigger ...
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When I walk towards an enemy and get within 10 feet, can I make an opportunity attack with Polearm Mastery and a reach weapon?
I have polearm mastery and a reach weapon. I am walking towards an enemy.
Polearm mastery says that I get an opportunity attack when a creature "enters my reach." It does not specify that said ...
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Can I cast lightning bolt as an opportunity attack using War Caster Feat?
Can I cast lightning bolt as an opportunity attack using War Caster Feat?
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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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If you have the War Caster feat and cast Booming Blade as a reaction, does it count as an opportunity attack for the UA Blade Mastery feat?
The third benefit of the Blade Mastery feat (from Unearthed Arcana: Feats) says:
You master the shortsword, longsword, scimitar, rapier, and greatsword. You gain the following benefits when using any ...
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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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Can Opportunity Attacks by a mounted PC with the Mounted Combatant feat be made with Advantage?
Can Opportunity Attacks have Advantage? For instance, if a character with the Mounted Combatant feat was to perform an attack of opportunity on a smaller creature while mounted, would that attack have ...
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Without Improved Unarmed Strike, does an improved disarm attempt provoke attacks of opportunity?
A PC wields a 1-handed weapon one-handed. He wants to make a disarm attempt with his empty hand. The PC possesses the feat Improved Disarm but not the feat Improved Unarmed Strike or any other similar ...
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Can a Gelatinous Cube's Engulf be stopped by the Sentinel feat?
The first part of the Gelatinous Cube’s Engulf reads:
Engulf. The cube moves up to its speed. While doing so, it can enter Large or smaller creatures' spaces. Whenever the cube enters a creature's ...
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Which is likely to provide more chances to opportunity attack, Polearm Master or Sentinel (with War Caster)?
I'm wielding a staff focus, which doubles as a quarterstaff; so, it seems that Polearm Master + War Caster allows a PC to cast spells as reactions to enemies that enter its reach.
Similarly, ...
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If you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose not to reduce a creature's speed to zero when you hit with an opportunity attack?
Assuming you have the Sentinel feat, can you choose to not reduce an opponent's speed to zero when you hit them with an opportunity attack?
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When the War Caster feat lets my Echo Knight fighter cast a spell instead of the Manifest Echo feature's opportunity attack, where is it cast from?
This question is inspired by the following one: Can an Echo Knight with the War Caster feat use cantrips for opportunity attacks made by their Echo?
Part of the Echo Knight fighter's Manifest Echo ...
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Can you combine Polearm Master, Tunnel Fighter, and Warcaster (with Repelling Blast)?
We have a player who is playing a Fighter with a level of Warlock, wielding a polearm, and they say they should be able to get the initial opportunity attack from Polearm Master when a foe enters ...
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Does a Polearm Master with 10' reach get an opportunity attack vs an enemy 10' away when they step to only 5' away?
Polearm Master states:
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon.
So ...
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How does the Crusher feat's push interact with opportunity attacks?
The second benefit of the Crusher feat says (TCoE, p. 79):
Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack that deals bludgeoning damage, you can move it 5 feet to an unoccupied space, provided ...
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How do the Mounted Combatant and Mobile feats interact with opportunity attacks?
In short, when a Mounted Combatant & Mobile feat user redirects an attack from their mount, does that attack fail?
Obviously, all the conditions that allow a mobile user to avoid opportunity ...
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Does an enemy that takes Disengage action provoke opportunity attack when moving toward someone with a pike and Polearm Mastery and Sentinel feat?
Polearm master vs disengage
I have a pike, Polearm Master, and Sentinel feats. An enemy that already takes Disengage action moves toward me.
The Polearm Master feat gives me an opportunity attack ...
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How does Polearm Master interact with Quarterstaff and Whip?
The Polearm Master feat reads:
While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your reach.
Let's say my ...
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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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Can an Echo Knight with the War Caster feat use spells in place of opportunity attacks made by their Echo?
The Echo Knight fighter has the Manifest Echo feature, which grants the following ability, among others (EGtW, p. 183):
When a creature that you can see within 5 feet of your echo moves at least 5 ...
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Is there a difference between provoking an Opportunity Attack (OA) and being the target of an OA?
Based on this question regarding the interaction of Mounted Combatant and Mobile Feats, there seems to be a possible loophole regarding provoking an OA and being the target of an OA.
Does the ...
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Does the Direct The Strike power provoke OA?
Does using the Warlord's Direct The Strike power provoke opportunity attacks?
It is a Ranged 5 power with only the Martial keyword (not an ...
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Cometary Collision vs a Large opponent's AoO
So I have this situation: Largo the Large, who is Large (and a humanoid, so he gets reach), charges Count Countercharge, who has readied his Cometary Collision feat, and is Medium-sized.
The question ...
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Does stacking Find Familiar and War Caster allow you to attack a creature other than the one who triggered an opportunity attack?
Assume I have a Familiar, per the spell Find Familiar, and we're each adjacent to different enemies. If an enemy provokes an opportunity attack from me, and I have War Caster and a spell that targets ...
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Do opportunity attacks work as a trigger for my Sentinel opportunity attack?
The Sentinel feat allows me an opportunity attack against an enemy who attacks an ally within reach.
Does this still apply if said attack was an opportunity attack made by the enemy, because my ally ...
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If a character with the Polearm Master feat teleports into a space within reach of an enemy, can they make an opportunity attack upon arrival?
I have a character that can swap locations with another via teleportation as an action. (Specifically, it is the UA Mystic's Transposition effect from the Nomadic Step discipline, but the School of ...
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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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Does the Blink spell provoke an opportunity attack from someone with the Polearm Master feat?
Would reappearing from blink allow for an attack of opportunity against the caster from someone with Polearm Master?
While wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear, other creatures ...
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Where does the Stand Still feat stop movement?
Stand Still lets you stop somebody's movement when you make an attack of opportunity against them. If an adjacent opponent moves out of a square adjacent to you (without withdrawing or otherwise ...
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Does the Linebreaker feat imply that the battlemind provokes an opportunity attack?
Linebreaker
Benefit: When you use your speed of thought, you can enter an
enemy's space. Doing so ends the movement. You must then slide the
enemy 1 square.
Unless a Battlemind takes the ...
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How do the War Caster feat and the Enemies Abound spell interact when an opportunity attack is provoked?
The enemies abound spell states:
[...] If an enemy provokes an opportunity attack from the affected creature, the creature must make that attack if it is able to [...]
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