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<blockquote data-quote="KrazyHades" data-source="post: 3926704" data-attributes="member: 48492">One of my players is playing a monk that has taken the spring attack feat. We are having a disagreement over how Spring Attack provokes AoOs against the person being attacked. The feat text specifically says &quot;moving in this way does not provoke an attack of opportunity from the defender you attack.&quot; He takes that to mean that, if he is going to attack somebody with spring attack, that person cannot AoO him during any part of that movement or attack. I argue that the &quot;moving in this way&quot; covers only going up to somebody, attacking, and then leaving their threatened space (which normally provokes AoOs). However, if you were to, say, run around the person, hit him, run around him again, and then run away, I would say that you DO provoke AoOs because you are moving around within his threatened space. This interpretation would mean that Spring Attack only protects you from the AoO that would result from leaving a threatened square.What's the real ruling? (spring attack full text below)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KrazyHades, post: 3926704, member: 48492"] One of my players is playing a monk that has taken the spring attack feat. We are having a disagreement over how Spring Attack provokes AoOs against the person being attacked. The feat text specifically says "moving in [B]this way[/B] does not provoke an attack of opportunity from the defender you attack." He takes that to mean that, if he is going to attack somebody with spring attack, that person cannot AoO him during any part of that movement or attack. I argue that the "moving in this way" covers only going up to somebody, attacking, and then leaving their threatened space (which normally provokes AoOs). However, if you were to, say, run around the person, hit him, run around him again, and then run away, I would say that you DO provoke AoOs because you are moving around within his threatened space. This interpretation would mean that Spring Attack only protects you from the AoO that would result from leaving a threatened square. What's the real ruling? (spring attack full text below) [/QUOTE]

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