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<blockquote data-quote="Kor" data-source="post: 6840640" data-attributes="member: 26281">Scenario:&nbsp; In a 5' wide hallway, we have my character, and then a friendly party member, and then an enemy creature.&nbsp; I would like to step forward through my friendly party member's space to attempt a grapple to push the foe backwards.Rule to consider:&nbsp; Moving Around Other Creatures (page 191).&nbsp; In relation to my questions, these rules indicate that:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I can move &quot;through&quot; a nonhostile creature's space.&nbsp; </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">That space my friendly party member is in, is considered difficult terrain.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I can't willing end my move in a creature's space. </li>
</ol>In my scenario, I plan to do 1 of 2 things depending on the outcome of my grapple result: (1) I am going to succeed and push the creature back 5', and step into its old spot; or (2) I fail the grapple check, and I will step back to where I started my movement, and draw an attack of opportunity.Can this be done?&nbsp; The key question here is -- when has my movement &quot;ended&quot; as per the rule above? In my scenario above, I am interrupting my movement with a melee attack type, as per the Breaking Up Your Move (page 190) rule, but I am not ending my movement, as I plan to continue moving either forward or backwards after the melee attack (grapple attempt).&nbsp; Basically, my movement has temporarily ceased, or is on hold.Alternatively, it could be viewed that any cessation of movement, means that movement has ended.&nbsp; In reflection I think the rule above was probably intended to be read this way, or perhaps should have indicated: &quot;... your can't willing end any part of your move in its space.&quot;&nbsp; Here's why I think this... given the scenario I presented, lets say after foe #1, foe #2 is behind him, and foe #3 is behind him.&nbsp; If a temporary cessation of movement is not deemed &quot;end of movement&quot; then all 3 foes could attack with melee attacks against my poor party member in front of me, by stepping forward and back (although 1 of those foes will trigger an attack of opportunity from the party member if they have a reaction available).Anyways, I just thought I'd check to see if anyone knows of any other rules that might help clarify this?Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kor, post: 6840640, member: 26281"] Scenario: In a 5' wide hallway, we have my character, and then a friendly party member, and then an enemy creature. I would like to step forward through my friendly party member's space to attempt a grapple to push the foe backwards. Rule to consider: [B]Moving Around Other Creatures (page 191)[/B]. In relation to my questions, these rules indicate that: [LIST=1] [*]I can move "through" a nonhostile creature's space. [*]That space my friendly party member is in, is considered difficult terrain. [*]I can't willing end my move in a creature's space. [/LIST] In my scenario, I plan to do 1 of 2 things depending on the outcome of my grapple result: (1) I am going to succeed and push the creature back 5', and step into its old spot; or (2) I fail the grapple check, and I will step back to where I started my movement, and draw an attack of opportunity. Can this be done? The key question here is -- when has my movement "ended" as per the rule above? In my scenario above, I am interrupting my movement with a melee attack type, as per the [B]Breaking Up Your Move (page 190) rule,[/B] but I am not ending my movement, as I plan to continue moving either forward or backwards after the melee attack (grapple attempt). Basically, my movement has temporarily ceased, or is on hold. Alternatively, it could be viewed that any cessation of movement, means that movement has ended. In reflection I think the rule above was probably intended to be read this way, or perhaps should have indicated: "[I]... your can't willing end [B]any part of[/B] your move in its space.[/I]" Here's why I think this... given the scenario I presented, lets say after foe #1, foe #2 is behind him, and foe #3 is behind him. If a temporary cessation of movement is not deemed "end of movement" then all 3 foes could attack with melee attacks against my poor party member in front of me, by stepping forward and back (although 1 of those foes will trigger an attack of opportunity from the party member if they have a reaction available). Anyways, I just thought I'd check to see if anyone knows of any other rules that might help clarify this? Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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