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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 5031674" data-attributes="member: 5143">Oh, right...I forgot some people were interpreting the RAW to say shifts activated Polearm Gamble and OA.&nbsp; We've always been playing that they didn't.&nbsp; We looked at it and said &quot;Shifts don't provoke OAs from moving out of threatened squares.&nbsp; I think it's just a case of the writer being overly specific.&nbsp; He meant they don't provoke it at all because there are only a couple things in the whole game that can trigger an OA otherwise.&quot;I misread what you were talking about.&nbsp; I mixed it up with the previous post about Footwork Lure.&nbsp; I thought you were referring to the Footwork Lure/Polearm Momentum combo.&nbsp; My character has been using it since level 1, hitting enemies from 2 squares away with his at-will attack and sliding them 2 and knocking them prone.Now, it does have a weird wording when you use it from two squares away, but the consensus in our group is that if you cannot fulfill the conditions of the power, the shift doesn't happen at all.&nbsp; In this case, if you hit with a reach weapon, you can shift, but the enemy doesn't get slid.Unless you have Polearm Master's class feature which makes the power say &quot;Slide the target 2 squares into the square you left&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 5031674, member: 5143"] Oh, right...I forgot some people were interpreting the RAW to say shifts activated Polearm Gamble and OA. We've always been playing that they didn't. We looked at it and said "Shifts don't provoke OAs from moving out of threatened squares. I think it's just a case of the writer being overly specific. He meant they don't provoke it at all because there are only a couple things in the whole game that can trigger an OA otherwise." I misread what you were talking about. I mixed it up with the previous post about Footwork Lure. I thought you were referring to the Footwork Lure/Polearm Momentum combo. My character has been using it since level 1, hitting enemies from 2 squares away with his at-will attack and sliding them 2 and knocking them prone. Now, it does have a weird wording when you use it from two squares away, but the consensus in our group is that if you cannot fulfill the conditions of the power, the shift doesn't happen at all. In this case, if you hit with a reach weapon, you can shift, but the enemy doesn't get slid. Unless you have Polearm Master's class feature which makes the power say "Slide the target 2 squares into the square you left". [/QUOTE]

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