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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4504073" data-attributes="member: 1656">The existence of the Area attack type makes a power an area attack.&nbsp; See p271 - firstly, &quot;A ball of fire that streaks across the battlefield and explodes is an example of an area attack.&nbsp; A magical wall of fog that springs from the ground to obscure a dungeon corridor is another example.&quot;Wall of Fog, a utility power, is an area attack.Secondly, the description of the Origin Square comes under the section labelled &quot;Area Attack&quot;.&nbsp; If you exclude area powers which are not attacks from the area attack section, how do you determine the rules for the Origin Square of Wall of Fog?Thirdly, as you note, these are attack types... and all of p270 and p271 falls under the major heading &quot;Attack Types&quot;.&nbsp; Since Wall of Fog is a power with an Attack Type of Area, it is described in the section labelled &quot;Attack Types&quot;... and the four subsections are &quot;Melee Attack&quot;, &quot;Ranged Attack&quot;, &quot;Close Attack&quot;, and &quot;Area Attack&quot;.&nbsp; So &quot;Area Attack&quot; is a phrase used to describe a power with an Attack Type of &quot;Area&quot;, and we know that a power can have an Attack Type of &quot;Area &quot; without being an attack.I agree with you that the existence of an attack type doesn't necessarily make a power an attack.&nbsp; It does, however, make it a melee attack, a ranged attack, a close attack, or an area attack (which are not necessarily attacks).tiornys' point is that it does specifically say &quot;Attack&quot; on p268, under 'Opportunity Action'.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 4504073, member: 1656"] The existence of the Area attack type makes a power an area attack. See p271 - firstly, "A ball of fire that streaks across the battlefield and explodes is an example of an area attack. A magical wall of fog that springs from the ground to obscure a dungeon corridor is another example." Wall of Fog, a utility power, is an area attack. Secondly, the description of the Origin Square comes under the section labelled "Area Attack". If you exclude area powers which are not attacks from the area attack section, how do you determine the rules for the Origin Square of Wall of Fog? Thirdly, as you note, these are attack types... and all of p270 and p271 falls under the major heading "Attack Types". Since Wall of Fog is a power with an Attack Type of Area, it is described in the section labelled "Attack Types"... and the four subsections are "Melee Attack", "Ranged Attack", "Close Attack", and "Area Attack". So "Area Attack" is a phrase used to describe a power with an Attack Type of "Area", and we know that a power can have an Attack Type of "Area " without being an attack. I agree with you that the existence of an attack type doesn't necessarily make a power an attack. It does, however, make it a melee attack, a ranged attack, a close attack, or an area attack (which are not necessarily attacks). tiornys' point is that it [i]does[/i] specifically say "Attack" on p268, under 'Opportunity Action'. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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