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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4810302" data-attributes="member: 79945">[sblock=OOC]No, moving away or making a ranged attack will provoke an OA.  As usual, shifting away or making a melee or close attack will not.  I was just saying that if it were adjacent to you (rather than in the same square) then moving or attacking wouldn't provoke an OA.  I only mentioned that because I'm sure it will come up at some point in the fight.Here's my reading of the situation:It has reach 0, and it is 0 squares away from you.  (It can do that because it's Tiny.)  I think this means that anything you do which would normally provoke an OA from an adjacent character, will provoke an OA from the Imp right now.  (Notably, leaving that square without shifting will provoke an OA.)Most creatures are Small or larger, and have reach 1 or more, meaning they can't enter the same square as an enemy but CAN attack into it.  You provoke an attack from them by using a melee attack in a square adjacent to them, moving out of a square adjacent to them, etc.  But these actions from an adjacent square wouldn't provoke OA's from an Imp, because it has Reach 0 so they can't reach into that square.  Actions would only provoke an OA from an Imp if they come from the same square.[/sblock]</blockquote>