So quick question about a couple cases. My friend is created a halberd fighter with the feat sentinel. My question is when you get the attack of oppotunity and succesfully hit the person going past you reducing their movement speed to 0 and they stop, are the engaged in combat or not? Is my friend the only one engaged because he attacked or are they both?
The same sort of question if it is a non fighting action. If a person who used their turn to drink a potion was attacked that turn, are they engaged as well as the opponent. It seems like the one who attacked the person drinking the potion should not be attacked by an attack of opportunity by the person drinking the potion if they decide to run to another part of the battle.
I'm not 100% certain what the question is here. Firstly, the phrase "engaged in combat" doesn't have a meaning that I know of in the rules. If there is a combat going on then everyone present is engaged in it, even if their primary engagement is to run our hide.
It seems your question is mostly about who gets to make an attack of opportunity and when. Basically, anyone can make an attack of opportunity when someone moves out of their reach, as long as they have not yet used their reaction since their last turn. If they use their reaction to cast counterspell, or for any other thing then their attack of opportunity is used up. There is no need for someone to be attacked first before they use their attack of opportunity, just that someone tries to move out of their reach (even if they move into your reach and then out at in one movement, you get the chance for the opportunity attack as they pass by).
It is worth noting, that when you make an attack of opportunity, you can only use whatever you are holding at that moment, so if someone used their last turn to put away their sword and drink a potion (shield in their other hand) then they can only use their fists for an attack of opportunity until their next turn when they have time to get their sword out again. In each turn you have one action, possible bonus action, one free object interaction, plus your reaction. Taking an action that needs a free hand sometimes means you have to put away a weapon with your free object interaction and use your action to cast a spell or drink a potion - leaving you without your weapon ready for the reaction.
Ok i think i understand a little bit better but i got one more question. If i do a opportunity attack again an opponent using sentinel and he stops moving next to me, do i (the person who attacked) need to disengage to move away from the person i attacked without him attacking me?
Yes you would, provided that person hadn't used their reaction yet. As long as one person leaves the threatened space of an enemy, that enemy gets to use their reaction to make an opportunity attack
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So quick question about a couple cases. My friend is created a halberd fighter with the feat sentinel. My question is when you get the attack of oppotunity and succesfully hit the person going past you reducing their movement speed to 0 and they stop, are the engaged in combat or not? Is my friend the only one engaged because he attacked or are they both?
The same sort of question if it is a non fighting action. If a person who used their turn to drink a potion was attacked that turn, are they engaged as well as the opponent. It seems like the one who attacked the person drinking the potion should not be attacked by an attack of opportunity by the person drinking the potion if they decide to run to another part of the battle.
Does anyone have any concrete rules on this?
Thanks!
I'm not 100% certain what the question is here. Firstly, the phrase "engaged in combat" doesn't have a meaning that I know of in the rules. If there is a combat going on then everyone present is engaged in it, even if their primary engagement is to run our hide.
It seems your question is mostly about who gets to make an attack of opportunity and when. Basically, anyone can make an attack of opportunity when someone moves out of their reach, as long as they have not yet used their reaction since their last turn. If they use their reaction to cast counterspell, or for any other thing then their attack of opportunity is used up. There is no need for someone to be attacked first before they use their attack of opportunity, just that someone tries to move out of their reach (even if they move into your reach and then out at in one movement, you get the chance for the opportunity attack as they pass by).
It is worth noting, that when you make an attack of opportunity, you can only use whatever you are holding at that moment, so if someone used their last turn to put away their sword and drink a potion (shield in their other hand) then they can only use their fists for an attack of opportunity until their next turn when they have time to get their sword out again. In each turn you have one action, possible bonus action, one free object interaction, plus your reaction. Taking an action that needs a free hand sometimes means you have to put away a weapon with your free object interaction and use your action to cast a spell or drink a potion - leaving you without your weapon ready for the reaction.
Ok i think i understand a little bit better but i got one more question. If i do a opportunity attack again an opponent using sentinel and he stops moving next to me, do i (the person who attacked) need to disengage to move away from the person i attacked without him attacking me?
Yes you would, provided that person hadn't used their reaction yet. As long as one person leaves the threatened space of an enemy, that enemy gets to use their reaction to make an opportunity attack
I know what you're thinking: "In that flurry of blows, did he use all his ki points, or save one?" Well, are ya feeling lucky, punk?
There is no such thing as "combat engagement" in this version. The range of your opportunity attack is determined by the reach of your weapon(s).
For rules on opportunity attacks, see: https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/combat#OpportunityAttacks
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