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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 8002747" data-attributes="member: 6778044">I'm not FormerlyHemlock, but I can tell you how we handle it.First, we separate movement from your turn. The players describe what they are going to do, and I do the same for the monsters. We then resolve attacks and actions in a logical orderIf there is a chance that somebody will finish off their foe, or there's some other thing that you need to know what order something takes place (like two creatures trying to grab the same thing), then we roll an opposed Initiative check, but only the relevant creatures.Attacks of opportunity operate as normal. If the situations that provoke an opportunity attack arise, then they get an opportunity attack.Since we separate movement from your turn, the answer to the last question is quite often, yes. If you have movement left and a creature is running toward you, you can run away without provoking an opportunity attack, since they need to be within reach before you move away. It all becomes a question of the DM/table adjudicating the action appropriately. I say DM/table, because while the DM is the one adjudicating the action, since this is also all happening in your heads, the players need to be engaged in the process so everybody is on the same page.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 8002747, member: 6778044"] I'm not FormerlyHemlock, but I can tell you how we handle it. First, we separate movement from your turn. The players describe what they are going to do, and I do the same for the monsters. We then resolve attacks and actions in a logical order If there is a chance that somebody will finish off their foe, or there's some other thing that you need to know what order something takes place (like two creatures trying to grab the same thing), then we roll an opposed Initiative check, but only the relevant creatures. Attacks of opportunity operate as normal. If the situations that provoke an opportunity attack arise, then they get an opportunity attack. Since we separate movement from your turn, the answer to the last question is quite often, yes. If you have movement left and a creature is running toward you, you can run away without provoking an opportunity attack, since they need to be within reach before you move away. It all becomes a question of the DM/table adjudicating the action appropriately. I say DM/table, because while the DM is the one adjudicating the action, since this is also all happening in your heads, the players need to be engaged in the process so everybody is on the same page. [/QUOTE]

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