The answer is no. Forced movement does not generate AoO. Forced movement includes being shoved, pulled while grappled, pushed by a spell, etc. However, there are ways to technically "force" movement while not eliminating AoO. Dissonant Whispers, for example, has a creature use its reaction to move, and allows for an AoO.
Rule of thumb: If the creature isn't using its own movement, or its own action/bonus action/reaction to move, it is Forced and does not qualify for AoO.
Opportunity Attacks
In a fight, everyone is constantly watching for a chance to strike an enemy who is fleeing or passing by. Such a strike is called an opportunity attack.
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking creature. The attack occurs right before the creature leaves your reach.
You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by taking the Disengage action. You also don't provoke an opportunity attack when you teleport or when someone or something moves you without using your movement, action, or reaction. For example, you don't provoke an opportunity attack if an explosion hurls you out of a foe's reach or if gravity causes you to fall past an enemy.
This is correct, however there are some effects that forces an enemy to move that do provoke opportunity attacks, such as dissonant whispers, since that causes the enemy to use their reaction to move.
Edit: So, what he said (missed this when I posted):
Rule of thumb: If the creature isn't using its own movement, or its own action/bonus action/reaction to move, it is Forced and does not qualify for AoO.
Rule of thumb: If the creature isn't using its own movement, or its own action/bonus action/reaction to move, it is Forced and does not qualify for AoO.
Rule of thumb: If the creature isn't using its own movement, or its own action/bonus action/reaction to move, it is Forced and does not qualify for AoO.
Lol, but just in case you thought that was a relatively straightforward explanation, keep in mind that Crawford is always willing to unnecessarily muddy an otherwise clear workable rule!
"Willing movement" (as is relevant for Booming Blade) is a whole other thing than whether movement is "Forced" or not.
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repelling blast in the Warlock class "pushes" 10 feet....
is this also a contest of str or dex?
Can it be thwarted?
Yes there is no AOP... i get that... it is a defensive thing...
Nope, after you hit, the movement is automatic. That said, however there are no rules concerning bashing against a wall due to this unlike other effects, so it's probably pretty slow.
What about one character physically dragging away a paralyzed character?
Still no. The only way in general for an AoO to be legally taken against anyone who isn't actually moving or acting right now is with the controlled mount rules. Your example would be the dragger using the grapple rules to move someone, not the mounted combat rules.
This may not be 100% accurate, but it's a pretty good rule of thumb:
If you move by your own power, of your own free will or the compulsion of a spell/effect(e.g. being under a Dominate Person spell), you invite Attacks Of Opportunity
If you ARE MOVED, by being pushed, dragged etc., you do not invite Attacks Of Opportunity
If you leave your space by any form of teleportation like Misty Step, Dimension Door etc., you do not invite Attacks Of Opportunity, because you aren't actually "moving", you're vanishing.
There's a million ways to phrase it, but for my money, "movement that uses a creature's speed provokes OAs, while movement that doesn't use speed doesn't provoke OAs" is a pretty good rule of thumb. It would suggest that mounted riders don't provoke OAs, but that might be correct, or might be resolvable with a specific exception for mounted movement. (Edit: actually, that is EXPLICITLY correct. The rider doesn't provoke an OA, the mount does, but there is a special rule that allows that OA provoked by the mount to be taken against the rider). It leaves it pretty clear that movement via teleportation, being pushed/pulled by outside effects, etc. don't provoke OAs, because they don't reference a creature's speed.
So what about spells that cause the target to move but doesn't use their movement?
A specific example of what you mean would be helpful. However as MellieDM quoted in post #2 of this thread, a creature only avoids provoking an Opportunity Attack when forced to move without using their movement, action, or reaction.
So for example Thunderwave moves a creature that fails its save but that creature doesn't use their movement, action, or reaction to make that movement. So this movement does not provoke Opportunity Attacks.
Where as Dissonant Whispers forces the creature that fails it save to use its reaction to move its speed away from the caster. Because the creature uses its reaction this movement does provoke Opportunity Attacks.
So what about spells that cause the target to move but doesn't use their movement?
A specific example of what you mean would be helpful. However as MellieDM quoted in post #2 of this thread, a creature only avoids provoking an Opportunity Attack when forced to move without using their movement, action, or reaction.
So for example Thunderwave moves a creature that fails its save but that creature doesn't use their movement, action, or reaction to make that movement. So this movement does not provoke Opportunity Attacks.
Where as Dissonant Whispers forces the creature that fails it save to use its reaction to move its speed away from the caster. Because the creature uses its reaction this movement does provoke Opportunity Attacks.
Other examples that do not trigger op attacks would be Grasp of Hadar, Repelling Blast, Thorn Whip or Telekinesis (feat or spell). In all those cases the target is being moved, they aren't moving themselves, so they do not trigger opportunity attacks.
A question from one of my players. In their and my search and we have not found an answer.
If an effect causes a creature that in melee range to be pushed out of melee range, does the attacker get an attack of opportunity?
The answer is no. Forced movement does not generate AoO. Forced movement includes being shoved, pulled while grappled, pushed by a spell, etc. However, there are ways to technically "force" movement while not eliminating AoO. Dissonant Whispers, for example, has a creature use its reaction to move, and allows for an AoO.
Rule of thumb: If the creature isn't using its own movement, or its own action/bonus action/reaction to move, it is Forced and does not qualify for AoO.
From the Basic Rules section: Combat.
Thank you.
This is correct, however there are some effects that forces an enemy to move that do provoke opportunity attacks, such as dissonant whispers, since that causes the enemy to use their reaction to move.
Edit: So, what he said (missed this when I posted):
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Subclass: Dwarven Defender - Dragonborn Paragon
Feats: Artificer Apprentice
Monsters: Sheep - Spellbreaker Warforged Titan
Magic Items: Whipier - Ring of Secret Storage - Collar of the Guardian
Monster template: Skeletal Creature
Lol, but just in case you thought that was a relatively straightforward explanation, keep in mind that Crawford is always willing to unnecessarily muddy an otherwise clear workable rule!
"Willing movement" (as is relevant for Booming Blade) is a whole other thing than whether movement is "Forced" or not.
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repelling blast in the Warlock class "pushes" 10 feet....
is this also a contest of str or dex?
Can it be thwarted?
Yes there is no AOP... i get that... it is a defensive thing...
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Nope, after you hit, the movement is automatic. That said, however there are no rules concerning bashing against a wall due to this unlike other effects, so it's probably pretty slow.
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Monsters: Sheep - Spellbreaker Warforged Titan
Magic Items: Whipier - Ring of Secret Storage - Collar of the Guardian
Monster template: Skeletal Creature
What about one character physically dragging away a paralyzed character?
Still no. The only way in general for an AoO to be legally taken against anyone who isn't actually moving or acting right now is with the controlled mount rules. Your example would be the dragger using the grapple rules to move someone, not the mounted combat rules.
This may not be 100% accurate, but it's a pretty good rule of thumb:
If you move by your own power, of your own free will or the compulsion of a spell/effect(e.g. being under a Dominate Person spell), you invite Attacks Of Opportunity
If you ARE MOVED, by being pushed, dragged etc., you do not invite Attacks Of Opportunity
If you leave your space by any form of teleportation like Misty Step, Dimension Door etc., you do not invite Attacks Of Opportunity, because you aren't actually "moving", you're vanishing.
There's a million ways to phrase it, but for my money, "movement that uses a creature's speed provokes OAs, while movement that doesn't use speed doesn't provoke OAs" is a pretty good rule of thumb. It would suggest that mounted riders don't provoke OAs
, but that might be correct, or might be resolvable with a specific exception for mounted movement. (Edit: actually, that is EXPLICITLY correct. The rider doesn't provoke an OA, the mount does, but there is a special rule that allows that OA provoked by the mount to be taken against the rider). It leaves it pretty clear that movement via teleportation, being pushed/pulled by outside effects, etc. don't provoke OAs, because they don't reference a creature's speed.dndbeyond.com forum tags
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So what about spells that cause the target to move but doesn't use their movement?
A specific example of what you mean would be helpful. However as MellieDM quoted in post #2 of this thread, a creature only avoids provoking an Opportunity Attack when forced to move without using their movement, action, or reaction.
So for example Thunderwave moves a creature that fails its save but that creature doesn't use their movement, action, or reaction to make that movement. So this movement does not provoke Opportunity Attacks.
Where as Dissonant Whispers forces the creature that fails it save to use its reaction to move its speed away from the caster. Because the creature uses its reaction this movement does provoke Opportunity Attacks.
Other examples that do not trigger op attacks would be Grasp of Hadar, Repelling Blast, Thorn Whip or Telekinesis (feat or spell). In all those cases the target is being moved, they aren't moving themselves, so they do not trigger opportunity attacks.