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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5515051" data-attributes="member: 86312">There is no "facing" in 4e. "Back and side" squares have zero meaning. You're aware at all times of your surroundings.That out of the way:Opportunity Attacks are Melee Basic Attacks, which is a power everyone gets by default. Some powers can specifically be used as OAs, or MBAs, those are Specific rules which make exceptions to the General rule. Opportunity Attacks are Provoked by movement when an Adjacent Enemy You Can See Walks, Runs, or Crawls out of a square Adjacent to you. The OA Interrupts the movement, and you attack the enemy before they actually leave the square they were in when they provoked. Opportunity Attacks are also provoked when an Adjacent Enemy You Can See uses a Ranged Power. It doesn't necessarily have to be an attack. Any Power that says "Ranged" or "Area" is a Ranged Power (Close Bursts/Blasts are not). Shifting does not provoke OA's because the rules say so. That is kind of the point of Shifting over Walking.</blockquote>