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    Spells or ranged attacks in melee?

    Is there any penalty for choosing these actions while in melee range of an enemy? I don't see anything like that. Am I missing something?

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    I noticed the same two days ago

    In previous packets there was a rule that ranged attacks in melee were done with disadvantage on the attack roll, as well as another rule that spells in melee required a Dex check to cast correctly*. Neither those actions provoked OA (which is why I personally quite liked them*).

    Both rules have been removed, so at the moment there is no penalty for either (there are concentration rules for spell but they cover the action of sustaining a spell already cast, not the casting action itself).

    *edit: the rule for spells in melee was actually more (and needlessly) complicated than just a Dex check
    Last edited by Li Shenron; 18th November 2012 at 06:31 PM.
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