Helldritch
Hero
I'd like to share something right from the D&D next. Of 2013.
"Opportunity Attacks.
If a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach, you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against that creature. This attack is called an opportunity attack. The attack interrupts the creature’s movement, occurring right before the creature leaves your reach. You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by taking the disengage action (see “Actions in Combat” below).
You also don’t provoke an opportunity attack when someone or something moves you without using your movement, action, or reaction. For example, you don’t provoke an opportunity attack if an explosion hurls you out of a foe’s reach or if gravity causes you to fall past an enemy."
It was illegal back then to share this info, but I do think that this is now past. I still have all the files and that one was the last one before the PHB was printed. At one point, OA were interupting the move of a creature. At some point they decided that only a feat should do that but the wording more or less stayed. Leading many to believe that things like "declared" movement was still in usage. Sometimes assumed knowledge of past editions can be a real enemy...
The first printing of the PHB, although nebulous, could have been interpreted in two ways. With the new printings I now see that I (and many other DM that I know) was in the wrong. You can be assured that things will change.
As for the tactic of dodging...
That changes a lot and not so much in afterthoughts... These tactics were mainly used to pin down a GWM in a corridor, an entry way or simply a door. The tactic will now be restricted to these occasions unless every monsters starts to have the sentinel feats (no I will not do that.)
It is a sad thing though that WoTC didn't judge necessary to clarify such a change from the playtest to the printing of the PHB. And then an other change from the first printing of the PHB to the 3rd or 4th... No mention of that change in the sage advice or in the errata. I hope that there are no more such changes. At least I now understand the irony of some posts
Edit: I was among the playtesters during the D&D next. I kept only the last files on a burned CD rom just to keep a record of that era. I was among those that were sending reports and surveys about our playtesting games. A few things changed from the playtest to the actual birth of 5ed as many have noticed. Some changes just went under my nose without me noticing.
"Opportunity Attacks.
If a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach, you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against that creature. This attack is called an opportunity attack. The attack interrupts the creature’s movement, occurring right before the creature leaves your reach. You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by taking the disengage action (see “Actions in Combat” below).
You also don’t provoke an opportunity attack when someone or something moves you without using your movement, action, or reaction. For example, you don’t provoke an opportunity attack if an explosion hurls you out of a foe’s reach or if gravity causes you to fall past an enemy."
It was illegal back then to share this info, but I do think that this is now past. I still have all the files and that one was the last one before the PHB was printed. At one point, OA were interupting the move of a creature. At some point they decided that only a feat should do that but the wording more or less stayed. Leading many to believe that things like "declared" movement was still in usage. Sometimes assumed knowledge of past editions can be a real enemy...
The first printing of the PHB, although nebulous, could have been interpreted in two ways. With the new printings I now see that I (and many other DM that I know) was in the wrong. You can be assured that things will change.
As for the tactic of dodging...
That changes a lot and not so much in afterthoughts... These tactics were mainly used to pin down a GWM in a corridor, an entry way or simply a door. The tactic will now be restricted to these occasions unless every monsters starts to have the sentinel feats (no I will not do that.)
It is a sad thing though that WoTC didn't judge necessary to clarify such a change from the playtest to the printing of the PHB. And then an other change from the first printing of the PHB to the 3rd or 4th... No mention of that change in the sage advice or in the errata. I hope that there are no more such changes. At least I now understand the irony of some posts
Edit: I was among the playtesters during the D&D next. I kept only the last files on a burned CD rom just to keep a record of that era. I was among those that were sending reports and surveys about our playtesting games. A few things changed from the playtest to the actual birth of 5ed as many have noticed. Some changes just went under my nose without me noticing.
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