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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4565238" data-attributes="member: 71571">Opportunity Actions are a class of actions just like Standard, Minor, and Immediate.&nbsp; Their restriction is you can only do one per player's turn, and not on your own turn, and all of them are Interrupts.There's very few called out Opportunity Actions, but it is a very specific game term.&nbsp; One of those actions is Opportunity Attack, which is explicitly called out as an Opportunity Action.&nbsp; There's a couple powers which give you Opportunity Actions as well, and they explicitly use that terminology.Triggers like this, however, are not Opportunity Actions.&nbsp; For example, if the Booming Blade victim were to walk away from you, they'd take the damage AND you'd be allowed an Opportunity Attack.&nbsp; If it were an Opportunity Action to deliver this damage, however, the victim would only get the damage, or the attack.Also, this damage is not optional.&nbsp; You can't choose not to deal it, and Opportunity Actions are voluntary choices.Besides, maximising the damage from Booming Blade is hard to do.&nbsp; It's not as easy as it would be for a Goblin Hexer to Stinging Hex someone amongst a soldier with a push ability--and this is perfectly legal and fair to do.&nbsp; The players have to work a LOT harder to exploit Booming Blade than you do to exploit the same rule... and you're supposed to be doing so with monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 4565238, member: 71571"] Opportunity Actions are a class of actions just like Standard, Minor, and Immediate. Their restriction is you can only do one per player's turn, and not on your own turn, and all of them are Interrupts. There's very few called out Opportunity Actions, but it is a very specific game term. One of those actions is Opportunity Attack, which is explicitly called out as an Opportunity Action. There's a couple powers which give you Opportunity Actions as well, and they explicitly use that terminology. Triggers like this, however, are not Opportunity Actions. For example, if the Booming Blade victim were to walk away from you, they'd take the damage AND you'd be allowed an Opportunity Attack. If it were an Opportunity Action to deliver this damage, however, the victim would only get the damage, or the attack. Also, this damage is not optional. You can't choose not to deal it, and Opportunity Actions are voluntary choices. Besides, maximising the damage from Booming Blade is hard to do. It's not as easy as it would be for a Goblin Hexer to Stinging Hex someone amongst a soldier with a push ability--and this is perfectly legal and fair to do. The players have to work a LOT harder to exploit Booming Blade than you do to exploit the same rule... and you're supposed to be doing so with monsters. [/QUOTE]

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