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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 8321445" data-attributes="member: 22260">Its funny we are doing these now...but I guess it makes sense giving the changing demographics of the site...and the game.One practical implication of 5E opportunity attacks: you can move around a single opponent, as long as you don't move away, and not draw one.&nbsp; This is different then in some past editions.Speaking of past editions...2Es optional book &quot;Combat and Tactics&quot; introduced &quot;Attacks of Opportunity&quot;. These were drawn for withdrawing from combat, but also sometimes for other actions, like making an unarmed attack against an armed opponent. Some of this carried over into 3e.Before that, in early editions of D&amp;D, turning and fleeing melee would give the opponent a free attack. Often at a bonus for striking the fleeing characters rear. (+2 to hit and no shield bonus to AC in &quot;Holmes basic&quot;, for example). There was some ambiguity if a fighting withdrawal was possible, though in practice DMs often allowed it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 8321445, member: 22260"] Its funny we are doing these now...but I guess it makes sense giving the changing demographics of the site...and the game. One practical implication of 5E opportunity attacks: you can move [I]around[/I] a single opponent, as long as you don't move away, and not draw one. This is different then in some past editions. Speaking of past editions...2Es optional book "Combat and Tactics" introduced "Attacks of Opportunity". These were drawn for withdrawing from combat, but also sometimes for other actions, like making an unarmed attack against an armed opponent. Some of this carried over into 3e. Before that, in early editions of D&D, turning and fleeing melee would give the opponent a free attack. Often at a bonus for striking the fleeing characters rear. (+2 to hit and no shield bonus to AC in "Holmes basic", for example). There was some ambiguity if a fighting withdrawal was possible, though in practice DMs often allowed it. [/QUOTE]

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