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Offline Soft Insanity

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Rules Question about Charging
« on: March 20, 2016, 01:11:10 AM »
So Charging doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity according to the rules compendium page 8.  My question is, does the movement related to charge provoke attacks of opportunity?  If you charge through threatened squares of others, do you provoke?

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Re: Rules Question about Charging
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2016, 01:41:00 AM »
Yes, movement still provokes AoOs as normal, even while charging... The rules compendium even expresses that items in the table marked as "no" for AoO still provoke an AoO if you move out of a threatened square while performing the action.

The diagram on RC p.18 even expressly states

"Tordek charges to attack the troll. He provokes an attack of opportunity from the hobgoblin when he leaves square A (which the hobgoblin threatens). The troll threatens square B, so when Tordek leaves that square he provokes an attack of opportunity from the troll."
« Last Edit: March 20, 2016, 01:44:57 AM by faeryn »

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Re: Rules Question about Charging
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2016, 01:58:14 AM »
Thanks, I knew it was somewhere.

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Re: Rules Question about Charging
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2016, 02:01:13 AM »
Your welcome. ^-^ glad I could help