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<blockquote data-quote="dangerous jack" data-source="post: 5704232" data-attributes="member: 23654">Opportunity Attacks: 1. should my wizard even get them?&nbsp; It's not like I'm likely to hit anyway.&nbsp; Even if I do it won't be for much damage.&nbsp; Even my cleric and thief aren't likely to hit.2. Many monsters are built with just one melee attack, so if you draw an OA you'll be hit by the full power of the monster.&nbsp; Of course, as a player I have no reason to expect that, since my own OA's are weaker MBA's compared to my regular attacks.&nbsp; So it's not intuitive and once you learn that lesson, you're likely to never intentionally draw one again.My solution (admittedly not fully thought through): only defenders get OA's.&nbsp; Or another character that takes a feat or something.&nbsp; Then it's opt-in complexity, and defenders tend to treat all types of movement (shift, walk) the same anyway so fighter is still an introductory class (i.e. If anyone moves in any way and they were adjacent to you, you get to attack them).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dangerous jack, post: 5704232, member: 23654"] Opportunity Attacks: 1. should my wizard even get them? It's not like I'm likely to hit anyway. Even if I do it won't be for much damage. Even my cleric and thief aren't likely to hit. 2. Many monsters are built with just one melee attack, so if you draw an OA you'll be hit by the full power of the monster. Of course, as a player I have no reason to expect that, since my own OA's are weaker MBA's compared to my regular attacks. So it's not intuitive and once you learn that lesson, you're likely to never intentionally draw one again. My solution (admittedly not fully thought through): only defenders get OA's. Or another character that takes a feat or something. Then it's opt-in complexity, and defenders tend to treat all types of movement (shift, walk) the same anyway so fighter is still an introductory class (i.e. If anyone moves in any way and they were adjacent to you, you get to attack them). [/QUOTE]

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