Studied Response + Push mastery: does pushing the attacker out of melee range cancel their attack?
Hi! I have a rules question about the Monster Hunter's Studied Response (L2 feature).
Studied Response reads:
When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you targets you or another creature with a melee or ranged attack, you can take a Reaction before the attack roll to make one attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike against that creature.
My character uses a Repeater Heavy Crossbow with Push mastery (PHB p.214), which pushes a creature 10 ft. on hit.
Scenario: An enemy at 5 ft. targets me with a melee attack (5 ft. reach). Studied Response fires before the attack roll. I hit with Push, moving the attacker to 15 ft. The attacker now has no target in reach.
Question: Does the original melee attack fail because the attacker is no longer in range, or does it still resolve?
Studied Response explicitly says "before the attack roll," so Push resolves before the d20 is rolled. By that point the attacker is 15 ft. away with a 5 ft. reach weapon. This seems like the attack should fail, but I wanted to confirm the intended interaction.
Studied Response + Push mastery: does pushing the attacker out of melee range cancel their attack?
Hi! I have a rules question about the Monster Hunter's Studied Response (L2 feature).
Studied Response reads:
When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you targets you or another creature with a melee or ranged attack, you can take a Reaction before the attack roll to make one attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike against that creature.
My character uses a Repeater Heavy Crossbow with Push mastery (PHB p.214), which pushes a creature 10 ft. on hit.
Scenario: An enemy at 5 ft. targets me with a melee attack (5 ft. reach). Studied Response fires before the attack roll. I hit with Push, moving the attacker to 15 ft. The attacker now has no target in reach.
Question: Does the original melee attack fail because the attacker is no longer in range, or does it still resolve?
Studied Response explicitly says "before the attack roll," so Push resolves before the d20 is rolled. By that point the attacker is 15 ft. away with a 5 ft. reach weapon. This seems like the attack should fail, but I wanted to confirm the intended interaction.
Thanks!
How I would rule this is the attack didn't have a chance to trigger since they were pushed before even roling. so the initial attack wouldn't happen but it would not use the creatures action/attack because they never rolled for it. they could at that point (assuming they have enough movement) move back into melee range with you and attempt to attack or they could f*ck off and attack someone else within range. I would treat it as if you had prevented the attack from even happening.
Studied Response + Push mastery: does pushing the attacker out of melee range cancel their attack?
Hi! I have a rules question about the Monster Hunter's Studied Response (L2 feature).
Studied Response reads:
My character uses a Repeater Heavy Crossbow with Push mastery (PHB p.214), which pushes a creature 10 ft. on hit.
Scenario: An enemy at 5 ft. targets me with a melee attack (5 ft. reach). Studied Response fires before the attack roll. I hit with Push, moving the attacker to 15 ft. The attacker now has no target in reach.
Question: Does the original melee attack fail because the attacker is no longer in range, or does it still resolve?
Studied Response explicitly says "before the attack roll," so Push resolves before the d20 is rolled. By that point the attacker is 15 ft. away with a 5 ft. reach weapon. This seems like the attack should fail, but I wanted to confirm the intended interaction.
Thanks!
How I would rule this is the attack didn't have a chance to trigger since they were pushed before even roling. so the initial attack wouldn't happen but it would not use the creatures action/attack because they never rolled for it. they could at that point (assuming they have enough movement) move back into melee range with you and attempt to attack or they could f*ck off and attack someone else within range. I would treat it as if you had prevented the attack from even happening.
The enemy's attack would fail being pushed in such a manner that now make its target out of reach.
Such Reaction triggerred while Making an Attack would occur before step 3 resolve i believe.