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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8443346" data-attributes="member: 5889">So if we assume normal O5e rules, only the attacker would get an OA here.Attacker Presses the AttackDefender falls back. Assuming this was at the edge of the attacker's reach, this would move you outside of that reach, triggering an OA.Attacker than moves in to complete the attack. As this is a movement within reach, it should not provoke an OA (this is a specific O5e change to OAs, different than 4e and 3e, which worked when you moved through reach). Even if it did, the defender has already used their reaction to fall back, so they wouldn't get an OA regardless.Considering the OA AND the penalties the defender gets, I think its going to be a very rare for a defender to want to fall back. I think it would have to be used with some kind of team combat tactic (such as another ally getting an OA on the attacker should they close in on the defender), or if the attacker was immobilized, etc. But 1 on 1 especially, I would struggle to think of many scenarios where I would want to fall back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8443346, member: 5889"] So if we assume normal O5e rules, only the attacker would get an OA here. Attacker Presses the Attack Defender falls back. Assuming this was at the edge of the attacker's reach, this would move you outside of that reach, triggering an OA. Attacker than moves in to complete the attack. As this is a movement [B]within reach,[/B] it should not provoke an OA (this is a specific O5e change to OAs, different than 4e and 3e, which worked when you moved through reach). Even if it did, the defender has already used their reaction to fall back, so they wouldn't get an OA regardless. Considering the OA AND the penalties the defender gets, I think its going to be a very rare for a defender to want to fall back. I think it would have to be used with some kind of team combat tactic (such as another ally getting an OA on the attacker should they close in on the defender), or if the attacker was immobilized, etc. But 1 on 1 especially, I would struggle to think of many scenarios where I would want to fall back. [/QUOTE]

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