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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferghis" data-source="post: 5634930" data-attributes="member: 40483">I don't understand. Opportunity action is a type of action, and that's the extend to which I'm clear about this. I've read both the cited sections in the Compendium and all they say is that an Opportunity Attack is an Opportunity Action that allows you to make an MBA. The power referred is titled "Opportunity Attack." That makes me think that this is the only thing that can be called an opportunity attack.But the text immediately before the power is actually pretty loose: "Triggering this power is usually referred to as making an opportunity attack." The term usually can imply two different things. Either there are other ways to refer to triggering that power or there are other things that can be referred to as an opportunity attack.I lean towards agreeing with you, but I don't see anything that makes me feel as sure about it as you sound. Can you, in any way, further buttress your argument? I'm wondering, for example, if an attack power - other than the above-referenced Opportunity Attack - that costs an opportunity action would trigger the property of a Warding Blade ("Property: While you wield this weapon in your off hand, you gain an item bonus to AC against opportunity attacks equal to the blade’s enhancement bonus.") wielded by the target. I'm inclined to say it does, albeit mostly out of a general sense of fairness. Why would you say it does not?</blockquote>