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<blockquote data-quote="Llamas Notsheep" data-source="post: 4874949" data-attributes="member: 69006">A couple of key points:First, yes, the fighter gets an immediate interrupt melee basic attack if a creature he's marking attacks someone other than him or shifts.&nbsp; Note that this is an immediate action, and you only get one immediate action per round.&nbsp; So if the whole party is repeatedly provoking OAs from that troll, the fighter doesn't get an attack every single time.&nbsp; That remains true regardless of how many targets the fighter marks.&nbsp; He can mark 8 enemies with a close burst 1, but if they all shift away or attack other people, he still only gets one immediate action.Second, the combat challenge attack (the fighter's benefit from marking) is distinct from opportunity attacks.&nbsp; It doesn't stop enemies in their tracks the way a fighter's OA does, and it doesn't get the wis mod bonus to attack rolls of an OA.&nbsp; And unlike the combat challenge immediate interrupt, an OA is an opportunity action, of which characters get one per combatant's turn.&nbsp; So the troll can attack each player that provokes an OA, while the fighter can only respond once.Third, the &quot;marked&quot; condition doesn't mean you get an attack.&nbsp; You'll find that a number of monsters can mark the PCs.&nbsp; Marking just means the character takes a -2 to attack rolls that don't include the marker as a target.&nbsp; The fighter's immediate interrupt attack comes from the combat challenge class feature.Also, just to make sure you know (it sounded like it, but I couldn't tell for sure), having reach attacks doesn't give threatening reach.&nbsp; Only monsters with threatening reach get OAs when characters move around when not adjacent to the monster.&nbsp; That is, monsters with reach still only threaten the squares adjacent to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Llamas Notsheep, post: 4874949, member: 69006"] A couple of key points: First, yes, the fighter gets an immediate interrupt melee basic attack if a creature he's marking attacks someone other than him or shifts. Note that this is an immediate action, and you only get one immediate action per round. So if the whole party is repeatedly provoking OAs from that troll, the fighter doesn't get an attack every single time. That remains true regardless of how many targets the fighter marks. He can mark 8 enemies with a close burst 1, but if they all shift away or attack other people, he still only gets one immediate action. Second, the combat challenge attack (the fighter's benefit from marking) is distinct from opportunity attacks. It doesn't stop enemies in their tracks the way a fighter's OA does, and it doesn't get the wis mod bonus to attack rolls of an OA. And unlike the combat challenge immediate interrupt, an OA is an opportunity action, of which characters get one per [i]combatant's turn[/i]. So the troll can attack each player that provokes an OA, while the fighter can only respond once. Third, the "marked" condition doesn't mean you get an attack. You'll find that a number of monsters can mark the PCs. Marking just means the character takes a -2 to attack rolls that don't include the marker as a target. The fighter's immediate interrupt attack comes from the combat challenge class feature. Also, just to make sure you know (it sounded like it, but I couldn't tell for sure), having reach attacks doesn't give threatening reach. Only monsters with threatening reach get OAs when characters move around when not adjacent to the monster. That is, monsters with reach still only threaten the squares adjacent to them. [/QUOTE]

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