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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2692507" data-attributes="member: 1656">It's similar to the 3E version of the 3.5 Withdraw action.If all you do in a round is move, your first square is not threatened.So I'm adjacent to a 3E greataxe-wielding orc.  I take a move action to move 30' directly away from him.  If that's all I do - or if I move another 30' - I didn't provoke an AoO.  If, however, I then sheathe my sword, I did provoke an AoO.The only way to resolve this is to accept that certain choices earlier in the round can restrict certain options later in the round.Just as if I shoot my bow at no penalty, I cannot then decide to use my Rapid Shot feat for a second shot; so, in 3E, if I move away from the orc and claim no AoO, I cannot then decide to take an action other than movement."I move away from the orc...""In such a way as to avoid an AoO?""Of course!  I move thirty feet to the north...""Twenty feet from the orc, you trigger a pit trap... failed save, you fall.""I cast Feather Fall!""You can't.  You've voluntarily surrendered the right to take any actions other than movement in this round."Similarly, when declaring the use of the Spring Attack feat, one must have a designated defender to avoid a paradox, because making the decision later could alter previous events.-Hyp.</blockquote>