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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 6204632" data-attributes="member: 11">So this came up in my last session, where I am playing a fighter/cleric (of sorts), and I was surprised by the DM's ruling on it because in all my years of running games I did it differently and thought it was clearer than it apparently is.Here's the situation.A cleric has undead adjacent to him and then successfully makes a turn attempt.  On the undead's turn it turns to flee, which under normal situations would draw an attack of opportunity because the undead is not withdrawing.In the past I ruled the cleric can take that attack of opportunity without disrupting the turning effect.The SRD says as follows:I say that taking the AoO is not "approaching" them, as the undead were already adjacent and are fleeing. It does not explicitly say that the turning cleric cannot attack with melee without breaking the effect. My DM parses that last sentence as meaning the turning cleric can only attack from range without breaking the turn effect.  While people's opinions are welcome, I'd really love if someone knew of somewhere in a rule book or the SRD where this is specifically addressed.Thanks and let me know if any of this is unclear.</blockquote>