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Sometimes a combatant in a melee lets her guard down or takes a reckless action. In this case, combatants near her can take advantage of her lapse in defense to attack her as a {{link|Action Types#Reaction|lc}}.
 
== Threatened Squares ==
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You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn. Generally, that means everything in all squares adjacent to your space (including diagonally). An enemy that takes certain actions while in a threatened square provokes an attack of opportunity from you. If you’re unarmed, you don’t normally threaten any squares and thus can’t make attacks of opportunity.
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== Provoking an Attack of Opportunity ==
Two kinds of actions can provoke attacks of opportunity: moving out of a threatened square and performing certain actions within a threatened square.


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=== Moving ===
Sometimes a combatant in a melee lets her guard down or takes a reckless action. In this case, combatants near her can take advantage of her lapse in defense to attack her as an {{link|Reaction#Attack Reaction|lc}}.
Moving out of a threatened square usually provokes attacks of opportunity from threatening opponents. There are two common methods of avoiding such an attack—the 5-foot step and the withdraw action.
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{{ReactionCard|Attack of Opportunity
=== Performing a Distracting Act ===
|Creature gains the [[compromised]] condition while in your {{link|Reaction#threatened area|ul}}.
Some actions, when performed in a threatened square, provoke attacks of opportunity as you divert your attention from the battle. Table: Actions in Combat notes many of the actions that provoke attacks of opportunity.
|Perform a single melee attack against the triggering creature with a weapon or natural attack.}}


Remember that even actions that normally provoke attacks of opportunity may have exceptions to this rule.
== Compromising Actions ==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Standard Actions
|-
| Attack (ranged or unarmed)
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| Cast a spell
|-
| Drink a potion or apply an oil
|-
| Light a torch with a tindertwig
|-
| Perform a combat maneuver
|-
| Read a scroll
|-
| Stabilize a bleeding creature
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
! Move Actions
|-
| Move
|-
| Load a hand crossbow or light crossbow
|-
| Move a heavy object
|-
| Pick up an item
|-
| Sheathe a weapon
|-
| Stand up from prone
|-
| Retrieve a stored item
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
! Full-Round Actions
|-
| Deliver a coup de grace
|-
| Escape from a net
|-
| Light a torch
|-
| Load a heavy or repeating crossbow
|-
| Prepare to throw splash weapon
|-
| Run
|}
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== Making an Attack of Opportunity ==
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An attack of opportunity is a single melee attack, and most characters can only make one per round. You don’t have to make an attack of opportunity if you don’t want to. You make your attack of opportunity at your normal attack bonus, even if you’ve already attacked in the round.
An attack of opportunity “interrupts” the normal flow of actions in the round. If an attack of opportunity is provoked, immediately resolve the attack of opportunity, then continue with the next character’s turn (or complete the current turn, if the attack of opportunity was provoked in the midst of a character’s turn).
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[[Category:Actions]][[Category:Reactions]]

Latest revision as of 23:58, 27 August 2021

Main > Combat > Action Types > Reaction > Attack Of Opportunity

Sometimes a combatant in a melee lets her guard down or takes a reckless action. In this case, combatants near her can take advantage of her lapse in defense to attack her as an attack reaction.

Attack of Opportunity

Reaction

Trigger: Creature gains the compromised condition while in your threatened area.

Reaction: Perform a single melee attack against the triggering creature with a weapon or natural attack.

Compromising Actions

Standard Actions
Attack (ranged or unarmed)
Cast a spell
Drink a potion or apply an oil
Light a torch with a tindertwig
Perform a combat maneuver
Read a scroll
Stabilize a bleeding creature
Move Actions
Move
Load a hand crossbow or light crossbow
Move a heavy object
Pick up an item
Sheathe a weapon
Stand up from prone
Retrieve a stored item
Full-Round Actions
Deliver a coup de grace
Escape from a net
Light a torch
Load a heavy or repeating crossbow
Prepare to throw splash weapon
Run
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