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<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 4374606" data-attributes="member: 1008">Every single utility power that effects a single target at range is listed as a Ranged power. It makes little to no sense in many cases that they should draw attacks of opportunity. Thus, I have been convinced that only Attack Powers can provoke OAs, despite one rule that states all ranged and area powers provoke.That a few single-target class features are written as close bursts indicates to me that at some point all powers were intended to provoke, but either this was an earlier rule that should have been completely removed, or a late introduction that was not properly incorporated.Note that the OA rules on p290 indicate that all ranged and area powers provoke, while the OA rules on p268 single out area attacks and ranged attacks. At first I believed that the the p268 rule was simply a subset of the full rule on p290, but closer study of the Utility powers led me to believe the two different wordings do in fact represent different iterations of the rule, of which one is correct and the other in error.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 4374606, member: 1008"] Every single utility power that effects a single target at range is listed as a Ranged power. It makes little to no sense in many cases that they should draw attacks of opportunity. Thus, I have been convinced that only Attack Powers can provoke OAs, despite one rule that states [i]all[/i] ranged and area powers provoke. That a few single-target class features are written as close bursts indicates to me that at some point all powers were intended to provoke, but either this was an earlier rule that should have been completely removed, or a late introduction that was not properly incorporated. Note that the OA rules on p290 indicate that [i]all[/i] ranged and area powers provoke, while the OA rules on p268 single out area [i]attacks[/i] and ranged [i]attacks[/i]. At first I believed that the the p268 rule was simply a subset of the full rule on p290, but closer study of the Utility powers led me to believe the two different wordings do in fact represent different iterations of the rule, of which one is correct and the other in error. [/QUOTE]

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