So as we know when a fighter uses his Combat Challenge he marks a target and if the target shifts or uses an attack that doesnt also include the fighter, then the fighter gets a basica attack.
What im curious about is what actually constitutes an attack?
Seems like a simple (and obvious) answer at first, but let me explain further.
My gaming group (of which i an GM) recently had an encounter with a Young Green Dragon.
One if the Dragons abilites was a Tail Sweep attack that basically allowed the dragon to attack and target that didnt move during its turn.
Now there was a fighter attacking the Dragon and had him marked, thus focusing the dragons main attention onto him. As the fight progressed the PC's became less mobile and the Tail Sweep began to be used. Now this is where the problem arose.
The Fighter argued that the Dragon using its Tail Sweep to attack any target other than himself allowed his Combat Challenge to come into effect and allow him a Basic Melee attack and that this should also apply to any other opertunity attacks that anything he had marked did (not just the dragon, but any critter in the future). I argued that the Tail Sweep and indeed other Opertunity Attacks were not covered by this, though I still applied the -2 penalty for attacking a target other than the Fighter.
In the intrest of fairness I said I would look into the matter further before the next session.
So what to people think?
Should a Fighter, using Combat Challenge and Marking an opponent be allowed to make a melee basic attack any time that opponent makes an Opertunity Attack, or uses a reactionary ability against any target other than the Fighter?
Also on a related topic, i notice the several monsters (i.e. kobolds) have the ability to 'Mark' there target but then have no abilities or bonuses listed for use against a marked target, nor does it say some thing like "functions like class X's ability". Any thoughts?
What im curious about is what actually constitutes an attack?
Seems like a simple (and obvious) answer at first, but let me explain further.
My gaming group (of which i an GM) recently had an encounter with a Young Green Dragon.
One if the Dragons abilites was a Tail Sweep attack that basically allowed the dragon to attack and target that didnt move during its turn.
Now there was a fighter attacking the Dragon and had him marked, thus focusing the dragons main attention onto him. As the fight progressed the PC's became less mobile and the Tail Sweep began to be used. Now this is where the problem arose.
The Fighter argued that the Dragon using its Tail Sweep to attack any target other than himself allowed his Combat Challenge to come into effect and allow him a Basic Melee attack and that this should also apply to any other opertunity attacks that anything he had marked did (not just the dragon, but any critter in the future). I argued that the Tail Sweep and indeed other Opertunity Attacks were not covered by this, though I still applied the -2 penalty for attacking a target other than the Fighter.
In the intrest of fairness I said I would look into the matter further before the next session.
So what to people think?
Should a Fighter, using Combat Challenge and Marking an opponent be allowed to make a melee basic attack any time that opponent makes an Opertunity Attack, or uses a reactionary ability against any target other than the Fighter?
Also on a related topic, i notice the several monsters (i.e. kobolds) have the ability to 'Mark' there target but then have no abilities or bonuses listed for use against a marked target, nor does it say some thing like "functions like class X's ability". Any thoughts?