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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 5227532" data-attributes="member: 51942">Hmm.  That's a reasonable ruling.  It's not exactly what's happening though; after all Orcus does have enough movement, it's just that it ends when he's hit - and that ending occurs when the OA occurs, by which time (necessarily) orcus must have already moved several squares into a position in which he can't end his movement.The distinction is clearer is you imagine a third creature on this hypothetical battlefield.  Orcus is walking over that third creature, and at some point during that movement he provokes an OA from the fighter - which hits and ends the move.  Obviously, you can't retrospectively pretend Orcus never moved over the creature and that his move ended in the last legal position since from that position, the fighter may well have not been able to hit orcus - or for that matter, he may have a feat or an ability that allows him to shift or move, so that even the original location is impossible!In short, no interpretation of orcus's movement rules can prevent a situation in which an OA occurs in a position where he may not end and which could not have been made from the last safe position, nor can it prevent situations whereby there are no legal positions for orcus to end in (if a reaction or interrupt to the movement changes the battlefield).So, a DM may need to adjudicate ending in an occupied square regardless.</blockquote>