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<blockquote data-quote="Krensus" data-source="post: 4631330" data-attributes="member: 59340">Consider this setup:X=FighterY=FriendM=Monster|_|_|_|_|_||_|_|M|X|_||_|_|_|_|_||_|_|_|_|_||_|_|_|Y|_|The Monster is marked and uses a Close Blast 3 spell, provoking a Combat Challenge attack from the fighter that hits and knocks it back one square to this configuration:|_|M|_|_|_||_|_|_|X|_||_|_|_|_|_||_|_|_|_|_||_|_|_|Y|_|Is Y still a viable target for the Close Blast spell, as he is no longer in range for it?&nbsp; Is the fighter now an allowable target for the spell, even though he made an challenge attack provoked by the enemy making an attack that didn't include him?My gut feeling is that the Blast hits no one, because he has chosen his targets already, and the &quot;Close Blast&quot; descriptor is just to clarify what area you can target creatures in.&nbsp; Now he's no longer in range of the target, so just like a melee attack, it fails and his standard action is consumed.&nbsp; Maybe there's a rule that I've just missed, but I have no idea on this one, so that answer's probably wrong.&nbsp; Any ideas?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Krensus, post: 4631330, member: 59340"] Consider this setup: X=Fighter Y=Friend M=Monster |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|M|X|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|Y|_| The Monster is marked and uses a Close Blast 3 spell, provoking a Combat Challenge attack from the fighter that hits and knocks it back one square to this configuration: |_|M|_|_|_| |_|_|_|X|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|Y|_| Is Y still a viable target for the Close Blast spell, as he is no longer in range for it? Is the fighter now an allowable target for the spell, even though he made an challenge attack provoked by the enemy making an attack that didn't include him? My gut feeling is that the Blast hits no one, because he has chosen his targets already, and the "Close Blast" descriptor is just to clarify what area you can target creatures in. Now he's no longer in range of the target, so just like a melee attack, it fails and his standard action is consumed. Maybe there's a rule that I've just missed, but I have no idea on this one, so that answer's probably wrong. Any ideas? [/QUOTE]

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