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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4438148" data-attributes="member: 71571">Nope, he has to continue his charge action (as the action is not yet resolved) against the original target (because charge -is- targetted, and you can't change targets of an action mid-action, without something saying you can.)But he can (and indeed, must) go around the DS, provoke the opportunity attack, suck it up, and strike forth.&nbsp; This is -very- good tactics on behalf of the DS.&nbsp; Expect the players to learn it and pick it up.This, of course, assumes he's during the charge portion of his movement.&nbsp; If he happens to be during the move -before- the charge, then he hasn't actually declared his charge yet, and he can do what he wants. (cause generally, you move your speed with a walk action before you use your charge action if you're closing into melee)As for the archer/skeleton situation.&nbsp; The archer has already began resolving his attack action with its target.&nbsp; He -has to- in order to trigger the skeleton's opportunity attack.&nbsp; The skeleton's Divine Challenge is triggered by it's resolved attack.&nbsp; The skeleton dies, the archer's attack is used up.If the archer can back up and attack and attack someone else, then the opportunity attack can back up and not be triggered, and the DC has to back up and never damage the skeleton.&nbsp; The archer's attack -has- to be wasted for this chain of events to occur.&nbsp; Besides, he's trying to take advantage of the situation, must likely.&nbsp; Unless he's forced not to shift, he's doing all this on purpose to trigger the skeleton's DC.&nbsp; Why he didn't target a different target to begin with is beyond me.So in his case I'd say 'No, you can't target someone else, but next time you're in that situation, you'd have the result you want by targetting someone else to begin with.'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 4438148, member: 71571"] Nope, he has to continue his charge action (as the action is not yet resolved) against the original target (because charge -is- targetted, and you can't change targets of an action mid-action, without something saying you can.) But he can (and indeed, must) go around the DS, provoke the opportunity attack, suck it up, and strike forth. This is -very- good tactics on behalf of the DS. Expect the players to learn it and pick it up. This, of course, assumes he's during the charge portion of his movement. If he happens to be during the move -before- the charge, then he hasn't actually declared his charge yet, and he can do what he wants. (cause generally, you move your speed with a walk action before you use your charge action if you're closing into melee) As for the archer/skeleton situation. The archer has already began resolving his attack action with its target. He -has to- in order to trigger the skeleton's opportunity attack. The skeleton's Divine Challenge is triggered by it's resolved attack. The skeleton dies, the archer's attack is used up. If the archer can back up and attack and attack someone else, then the opportunity attack can back up and not be triggered, and the DC has to back up and never damage the skeleton. The archer's attack -has- to be wasted for this chain of events to occur. Besides, he's trying to take advantage of the situation, must likely. Unless he's forced not to shift, he's doing all this on purpose to trigger the skeleton's DC. Why he didn't target a different target to begin with is beyond me. So in his case I'd say 'No, you can't target someone else, but next time you're in that situation, you'd have the result you want by targetting someone else to begin with.' [/QUOTE]

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