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<blockquote data-quote="zedturtle" data-source="post: 8326943" data-attributes="member: 6830534">There's no basis for argument there. If the monster moved and it wasn't under its own power then it doesn't trigger an OA. Done.— • —Let's describe a tactical situation and see what you think about it. We begin a turn with a character with 50 feet of movement and a monster 5 feet away (say the monster charged in but came up short, or maybe made contact with an ally that has now Dimension Door'd away or whatever. Behind the character, about 30 some feet away is a wall that will provide half cover.As presented (NPCs/monsters skip their OAs, your words) the character can move to the monster, deal melee damage and then move back to behind the wall, gaining half cover (assuming the DM provides a mechanism for getting over the wall, e.g. difficult terrain or an Acrobatics check or whatever).If the monster always skips OAs, then the player has no decision to make. They move back to the wall and gain the bonus. If the monster follows them, then great. They can use their superior mobility to reengage the monster, never needing to worry about leaving reach, because nothing will happen.If the monster does make OAs (easily tracked by making a tick on a round tracker or having a status condition marker 'Reacted' or whatever) then the player has a choice. Is the possible damage worth the +2 to AC? The choice makes the game more interesting and more tactical. (Now, of course, if your players are casual and suffer analysis paralysis, then maybe you don't want to make that choice available. But that's a group decision, not a game design decision.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zedturtle, post: 8326943, member: 6830534"] There's no basis for argument there. If the monster moved and it wasn't under its own power then it doesn't trigger an OA. Done. — • — Let's describe a tactical situation and see what you think about it. We begin a turn with a character with 50 feet of movement and a monster 5 feet away (say the monster charged in but came up short, or maybe made contact with an ally that has now Dimension Door'd away or whatever. Behind the character, about 30 some feet away is a wall that will provide half cover. As presented (NPCs/monsters skip their OAs, your words) the character can move to the monster, deal melee damage and then move back to behind the wall, gaining half cover (assuming the DM provides a mechanism for getting over the wall, e.g. difficult terrain or an Acrobatics check or whatever). If the monster always skips OAs, then the player has no decision to make. They move back to the wall and gain the bonus. If the monster follows them, then great. They can use their superior mobility to reengage the monster, never needing to worry about leaving reach, because nothing will happen. If the monster does make OAs (easily tracked by making a tick on a round tracker or having a status condition marker 'Reacted' or whatever) then the player has a choice. Is the possible damage worth the +2 to AC? The choice makes the game more interesting and more tactical. (Now, of course, if your players are casual and suffer analysis paralysis, then maybe you don't want to make that choice available. But that's a group decision, not a game design decision.) [/QUOTE]

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