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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SnowDog" data-source="post: 82370" data-attributes="member: 2225">Sage AdviceOk, I mailed the sage.  Here's his response:Q: When do you get AoO's as a result of a bull rush? A: When the bull-rushing creature moves (assuming you threaten the space creature leaves). You might also get an AoO when the bull rushed creatures moves, provided you threaten the space the creature leaves.Q: How does the Mobility feat factor into this? A: It has the standard effect. (Remember that it's movement that triggers AoOs in a bull rush.Q: How do the 5' movement rules factor into this? A: It doesn't. Making a bull rush is not a 5-foot step. Neither is being moved as a result of a bull rush. Q: Players' Handbook, Page 128, Table 8-4 Miscellaneous Actions says Standard Actions                Attack of Opportunity Bull Rush (attack)      No Bull Rush (charge)      No This implies there is no implicit AoO from a bull rush. A:  For the bull rush action, correct. Q: When we look at page 136, we see (excerpted): First, you move into the defender's space.  Moving in this way provokes an AoO from each foe that threatens you, probably including the defender. A: Correct. (It's not the action, it's the movement.) Q: Interestingly, if you are adjacent to someone and initiate a bull rush, you are only moving 5', and as mentioned in the PH, no AoO's are triggered if your only movement for the round is five feet. A: No, moving into the foe's space triggers the AoO. Q: So.  If the AoO comes from the movement, and not the act of the bull rush, then it seems that the Mobility feat would grant you +4 AC against that AoO. A: The AC bonus applies to your movement whenever you move. So, there you go.  Take it for what it's worth.</blockquote>

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