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<blockquote data-quote="Forrester" data-source="post: 111593" data-attributes="member: 1279">A friendly debate (ha!) in another thread reminded me of a situation that came up in a one-shot I ran a few months ago. A wizard and a fighter are standing 5' away from each other. The fighter has a spiked chain, because he's a twink.But the wiz wins initiative! After a quick prayer to the Dice Gods, he takes a 5' step back, combat-casts a Disentegrate, and . . . listens to his opponent begin to argue that the wiz has just opened himself up to an attack of opportunity. Here's the gist. The PHB says that ranged attacks open oneself up to an AoO. A Disentegrate is a ranged touch attack. Therefore, did or did not the wizard, combat-casting aside, open himself up to an AoO? He prevented the AoO granted by his casting a spell within a threatened area . . . but isn't there another AoO granted here? I ruled that there was not, and the fighter whiffed the save. These things happen. But I'm not 100% confident I made the correct ruling. What do you all think?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Forrester, post: 111593, member: 1279"] A friendly debate (ha!) in another thread reminded me of a situation that came up in a one-shot I ran a few months ago. A wizard and a fighter are standing 5' away from each other. The fighter has a spiked chain, because he's a twink. But the wiz wins initiative! After a quick prayer to the Dice Gods, he takes a 5' step back, combat-casts a Disentegrate, and . . . listens to his opponent begin to argue that the wiz has just opened himself up to an attack of opportunity. Here's the gist. The PHB says that ranged attacks open oneself up to an AoO. A Disentegrate is a ranged touch attack. Therefore, did or did not the wizard, combat-casting aside, open himself up to an AoO? He prevented the AoO granted by his casting a spell within a threatened area . . . but isn't there another AoO granted here? I ruled that there was not, and the fighter whiffed the save. These things happen. But I'm not 100% confident I made the correct ruling. What do you all think? [/QUOTE]

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