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<blockquote data-quote="Markn" data-source="post: 4244162" data-attributes="member: 21827">OK, so I emailed Logan at WotC to get some sort of ruling on this...Here is my email and here is his response:I *think* you treat each square of movement separately, so option 1 would becorrect.On 5/25/08 11:23 AM, &quot;Mark Nagel&quot; &lt;mark.nagel@eswilliams.com&gt; wrote:&gt; There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding this ability and how&gt; exactly it interacts with immediate reactions.&nbsp; Immediate reactions state that&gt; they don't interrupt the action and they must resolve.&nbsp; So which of these two&gt; would be correct.&gt;&gt; Option 1 - PC is 3 squares away from Dragonshield and moves towards him.&nbsp; Once&gt; the PC gets adjacent the DS shifts 1 square away but the PC still has movement&gt; so he moves 1 more square then attacks.&gt;&gt; Option 2 - Same set up but the PC moves adjacent to the DS not intending to&gt; move anymore so his move action is done.&nbsp; The DS shifts and now the PC is 1&gt; square away with a standard action left.&nbsp; He could then turn it into a move&gt; action and get close (giving up an attack) or attack with a range&gt; weapon/power.&gt;&gt; I think the issue is that people are unsure of &quot;The triggering action is&gt; completely resolved before you take your reaction&quot; to mean the action as in&gt; standard/move/minor or action as in, finish moving adjacent, then DS shifts and&gt; then finish your movement.So, unless I see any other official clarification, I would say that is as official as it gets right now!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Markn, post: 4244162, member: 21827"] OK, so I emailed Logan at WotC to get some sort of ruling on this... Here is my email and here is his response: I *think* you treat each square of movement separately, so option 1 would be correct. On 5/25/08 11:23 AM, "Mark Nagel" <mark.nagel@eswilliams.com> wrote: > There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding this ability and how > exactly it interacts with immediate reactions. Immediate reactions state that > they don't interrupt the action and they must resolve. So which of these two > would be correct. > > Option 1 - PC is 3 squares away from Dragonshield and moves towards him. Once > the PC gets adjacent the DS shifts 1 square away but the PC still has movement > so he moves 1 more square then attacks. > > Option 2 - Same set up but the PC moves adjacent to the DS not intending to > move anymore so his move action is done. The DS shifts and now the PC is 1 > square away with a standard action left. He could then turn it into a move > action and get close (giving up an attack) or attack with a range > weapon/power. > > I think the issue is that people are unsure of "The triggering action is > completely resolved before you take your reaction" to mean the action as in > standard/move/minor or action as in, finish moving adjacent, then DS shifts and > then finish your movement. So, unless I see any other official clarification, I would say that is as official as it gets right now! [/QUOTE]

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