Attacks of Opportunity

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Making Attacks of Opportunity

An attack of opportunity is a single melee attack. Given a chance, you can make one attack of opportunity per round.

Provoking Attacks of Opportunity by Acting

You provoke an attack of opportunity if you do something such as cast a spell, attack with a ranged weapon, or drink a potion in a square that an enemy threatens (that is, a square into which the enemy can make a melee attack).

Example of Provoking Attacks of Opportunity by Acting: Mialee provokes an attack of opportunity from the orc if she casts a spell. The ogre has a 10-foot reach, so Lidda provokes an attack of opportunity if she drinks a potion.

Provoking Attacks of Opportunity by Moving

You provoke an attack of opportunity when you move out of a threatened square.

Example of Provoking Attacks of Opportunity by Moving: Tordek charges past the goblin to attack the ogre. He provokes an attack of opportunity from the goblin when he leaves a space it threatens (A). If the goblin doesn’t attack him when he leaves square A, it can attack him when he leaves square B. Tordek also provokes an attack of opportunity from the ogre when he leaves a square that it threatens (B). (The ogre has a 10-foot reach, so it threatens Square B.) He does not provoke an attack of opportunity from the orc because leaving a square provokes attacks of opportunity, not entering one.