Does entering melee provoke an AoO?

[Hypersmurf]

Or Ride-by Attacking

Or with Total Concealment...

-Hyp.

 

[silentspace]

Or cover...

 

[Sammael]

Or having Improved Flyby Attack...

 

[Darklone]

Check out the Hold the Line Feat in Complete Warrior.

 

[Staffan]

Yeah, but NOT for entering the square, the large creature gets the AoO when the person LEAVES that first threatened square. A medium sized (or small) character with a reach weapon like a long spear gets an AoO against someone moving into a square adjacent to them as well.

I didn't say it had anything to do with entering a threatened square, or size. I just said you'd be hit with an AoO for approaching an opponent with longer reach, with certain exceptions (like Tumble).

 

[Plane Sailing]

Answering the title and not the body of the question...

Creatures with less than 5ft reach will provoke an AoO when entering melee -

but that is because they have to move into your square to attack you, thus the AoO happens as they leave the 5ft square you threaten in front of you.

Cheers

 

[Henry]

The rule to remember is, "out of, but not into." Even when someone is running through your threat range, the Op-attack is happening when they are leaving the threatened square. Of course, there are a host of exceptions mentioned above (tumbling, withdrawing, feats, concealment), but the general rule is this.