Rogue's Opportunist Ability ?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Opportunist (Ex): Once per round, the rogue can make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who has just been struck for damage in melee by another character. This attack counts as the rogue’s attack of opportunity for that round. Even a rogue with the Combat Reflexes feat can’t use the opportunist ability more than once per round.


Does this include summoned creatures/monsters?

 

[AntiStateQuixote]

Does this include summoned creatures/monsters?

I see no reason why not. I do not believe that any special meaning can be drawn from the text you emphasized. The word character has no special meaning in the DnD rules.

 

[Scharlata]

I see no reason why not. I do not believe that any special meaning can be drawn from the text you emphasized. The word character has no special meaning in the DnD rules.

Hi!

The terms "character" and "creature" are interchangeable in D&D.

Kind regards

Edit: Sentence omitted.

 

[RigaMortus2]

I see no reason why not. I do not believe that any special meaning can be drawn from the text you emphasized. The word character has no special meaning in the DnD rules.

Actually, I beleive it does if you look in the PHB glossary...

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Opportunist (Ex): Once per round, the rogue can make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who has just been struck for damage in melee by another character. This attack counts as the rogue’s attack of opportunity for that round. Even a rogue with the Combat Reflexes feat can’t use the opportunist ability more than once per round.


Does this include summoned creatures/monsters?

Regardless of the relative definitions of character and creature in the D&D rules, I belive that summoned monsters afford the rogue the opportunity to use his or her opportunist ability.

If the rogue makes a successful melee attack against bad guy #1, that does not entitle him to also make an attack of opportunity, too. If the combat takes place outside in a thunderstorm, raindrops hitting the badguy don't entitle the rogue to an AoO, nor do lightning strikes. Successful melee strikes do, though, regardless of whether they come from other PCs, followers, cohorts, animal companions, famililars, hirelings, summoned monsters, bad guy #2, or your mother's rolling pin: as long as it's a successful melee attack that originates from an entity other than the target or the opportunist.