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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sean Culligan" data-source="post: 7553936" data-attributes="member: 6915216">My point is that the books states both a sword swing and brawling are attack actions... pg 192Also, a sword swing is defined on page 195 as a melee attack and so is a shove or grapple...PHB 192 - Attack"The most common action to take in combat is the Attack action, whether you are SWINGING A SWORD... or BRAWLING WITH YOUR FISTS."The book does not say shoves and grapples REQUIRE the attack action. It says "you can use the attack action".  Same as a sword swing.For an opportunity attack the book says you can make one MELEE attack. It doesn't say sword swing, etc.If I were to follow the logic of some folks here then a sword swing wouldn't be allowed as an opportunity attack either because it is clearly defined in the book as an "attack action" on page 192.</blockquote>