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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 5210028" data-attributes="member: 40109">If the cleric could only move through a space occupied by an opponent, I would rule he cannot do so. The rule is not that you can't move through an opponent's space unless he is unable to attack you; the rule is that you can't move through an opponent's space unless he is helpless (PHB page 147). Sanctuary does not render creatures who fail their save helpless, it just prevents them from striking or otherwise directly attacking the spell's recipient. Opponents who fail their save are still hostile to the spell's recipient, and do not have to move aside for him. The spell's recipient cannot move them (bull rush) or simply push by (overrun) without attacking and ending the spell. Imagine your pissed-off wife or girlfriend standing in the doorway of your bedroom. She's not quite mad enough to hit you yet (kind of like you're protected by a sanctuary spell), but if you push her out of your way or just try to "walk right over" her, that immunity is going to suddenly end. That's essentially what's going on with the cleric and the PCs.</blockquote>