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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 627811" data-attributes="member: 1118">Bastoche, I think you are making this more complicated than it is.  If there are two orcs, X and Y, player P, and empty space _ in the following scenario:X_PYIf P takes a 5ft step to X he does not suffer an AoO due to movement from anyone regardless of reach or actions.  Period.  That's what the 5ft tactical adjustment does for you.  The player can attack X without suffering an AoO.If, as in your example, the player moves to X (and it's not a 5ft tactical adjustment, but just moving 5ft - there is a BIG difference) and attacks then he would suffer an AoO from Y.  If he moved to X and then back to Y and attacked, he would suffer AoO from both as he moved out of each's threatened areas without a 5ft tactical adjustment and did something other than moving.  In this case, where he moves from Y to X and back to Y and attacks, he would suffer an AoO from Y as he moves to X and an AoO from X as he moves to Y.Remember there is a difference between a 5ft tactical adjustment and moving 5ft.Edit: Also, note that if the player just moved to X and back to Y and DIDN'T attack, he would still suffer an AoO from X.  It's only the square that he started in that wasn't considered threatened.IceBear</blockquote>