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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5040296" data-attributes="member: 71571">Right.  It is triggered by entering the square.  So, BEFORE ENTERING THE SQUARE, the interrupt occurs.Now, -before- entering the square means that he's not in it yet.  Interrupts happen -before- the trigger, and they can potentially negate the action.  For example, if Warding Blades damage were to kill the triggering foe, then the foe is dead, and cannot take the action is was going to take.  That action is then negated and we pretend it was never going to happen.Another example:  A fighter's opportunity attacks also end the movement of an enemy's current action.  So if the enemy was trying to do a move away, if the fight hits with his OA, the enemy stops and his move action is negated.Another example:  An enemy has hit you with a ranged attack.  Your AC is 20, and they rolled a 23.  You interrupt with Shield, raising your AC to 24.  Now the attack does not beat your AC, and it misses, and is negated.Interrupts happen -before- the action.  The only exception to that is movement-related interrupts, which occur before the square of movement.Triggered by leaving a square?  Happens before the square of movement.  Triggered by entering a square?  Happens before the square of movement.In both these cases, the interrupt would occur at the same time, so any discussion of 'But it's not leaving a square, it's entering' is rather pointless, as it happens before the entire square of movement is resolved.</blockquote>

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