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Message: <blockquote data-quote="beepeearr" data-source="post: 2701826" data-attributes="member: 20548">Many does not equal all.Not every situation is covered in the PHB table, they even say so in the description of AoO, it is not an all inclusive list so don't treat it as one. There will be instances where an action is not listed on it, so use the spirit of the rule, and the spirit of the rule is performing a distracting action while threatened provokes an attack of opportunity.    Hence the reason I said "I would treat this and similar activities as entering your opponents square, but without leaving your own"There is two other mentions of provoking attacks of opportunity for entering an opponents square.One regarding creatures with reach 0.and again on page 148 of the PHB when discussing a very small creature moving into or through an opponents square.  Note this has nothing to do with attacking the creature.See above.Once again, hence the reason I said "I would treat this and similar activities as entering your opponents square, but without leaving your own"Which has nothing to do with anything.That is the root of this whole discussion.  Not all possible actions that provoke an attack of opportunity are covered.  The Rules do not cover every single possiblity.  I'm simply stating why I would award the AoO.    Here is the entry for AoO from the SRD.The question is would reaching into an opponents square, for an action other than attack count as either a distracting act or letting your guard down.  I don't think it would be unfair to classify reaching into an opponents square for a non-hostile action as letting your guard down.  It's one thing to touch a downed ally with a touch spell within reach of an enemy, but touching a downed ally while the enemy is actually standing over the body would, and should be a bit more difficult. True, you are not entering the square, but you are reaching into it in a non-threatening manner.  To me anyway these are the sort of actions AoO where created for in the first place.</blockquote>

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