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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mattdm" data-source="post: 4423616" data-attributes="member: 15382">So, we had a little uncertainty about this rule in our game group last night. Divine Challenge says: On your turn, you must engage the target you challenged or challenge a different target. To engage the target, you must either attack it or end your turn adjacent to it. If none of these events occur by the end of your turn, the marked condition ends and you can’t use divine challenge on your next turn.The question is: does this mean you must engage the enemy this turn, or can it mean "your next available turn"?The strict reading seems to me to imply that if you use the challenge as a minor action at the end of your turn from across the battlefield, it's wasted. (Particularly important since it was a multiclassed character doing the challenge, so it's once/encounter.)However, the players argued that it makes sense for a paladin to make the challenge as they come charging across the battlefield towards the intended foe. "By the wrath of Kord, I come for you...."Your thoughts? Thanks.</blockquote>