I have a question about synergy of abilities Hold the Line of Cavalier fighter and Crusher feat. My idea is to hit a creature, use crusher's ability to move it by 5 feet (but not away from you) and that this would trigger an opportunity attack of Hold the Line, because the creature has moved 5 feet within your reach.
Hold the Line: At 10th level, you become a master of locking down your enemies. Creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they move 5 feet or more while within your reach, and if you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the current turn.
Crusher: Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack that deals bludgeoning damage, you can move it 5 feet to an unoccupied space, provided the target is no more than one size larger than you.
Yes, I know that usual attacks of opportunity are being triggered when the creature moves willingly, but this is not an usual attack of opportunity and it has different triggers so it may change this completely. I still think that this wasn't intended by the creators, but i think that in the way how those are written it would work.
Still no. Since the feature mentions opportunity attacks, it still follows other rules of opportunity attacks other than what is changed. And the feature says "when they move" not "when they are moved," etc.
“Forced” movement only provokes opportunity attacks if the creature moves by using its own movement, action, or reaction.
An example of this would be casting the dissonant whispers spell on a creature. If the creature fails the save, and still has a reaction available to use, it would be “forced” to use that reaction to move per the spell description, potentially provoking multiple opportunity attacks.
PHB pg 195, last paragraph under OPPORTUNITY ATTACKS.
The above people are right, but it would still be very useful because you can control their positioning very acutely at the same time you restrict them from trying to get back to their allies.
Move an enemy healer away from reaching their ally, slowly push the target backwards each time and away from your rogues that couldn’t disengage, etc.
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Greetings heros,
I have a question about synergy of abilities Hold the Line of Cavalier fighter and Crusher feat. My idea is to hit a creature, use crusher's ability to move it by 5 feet (but not away from you) and that this would trigger an opportunity attack of Hold the Line, because the creature has moved 5 feet within your reach.
Hold the Line:
At 10th level, you become a master of locking down your enemies. Creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they move 5 feet or more while within your reach, and if you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 until the end of the current turn.
Crusher:
Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack that deals bludgeoning damage, you can move it 5 feet to an unoccupied space, provided the target is no more than one size larger than you.
Yes, I know that usual attacks of opportunity are being triggered when the creature moves willingly, but this is not an usual attack of opportunity and it has different triggers so it may change this completely. I still think that this wasn't intended by the creators, but i think that in the way how those are written it would work.
Still no. Since the feature mentions opportunity attacks, it still follows other rules of opportunity attacks other than what is changed. And the feature says "when they move" not "when they are moved," etc.
Some DMs might allow it, most won't.
No - forced movement never provokes opportunity attacks.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
“Forced” movement only provokes opportunity attacks if the creature moves by using its own movement, action, or reaction.
An example of this would be casting the dissonant whispers spell on a creature. If the creature fails the save, and still has a reaction available to use, it would be “forced” to use that reaction to move per the spell description, potentially provoking multiple opportunity attacks.
PHB pg 195, last paragraph under OPPORTUNITY ATTACKS.
The above people are right, but it would still be very useful because you can control their positioning very acutely at the same time you restrict them from trying to get back to their allies.
Move an enemy healer away from reaching their ally, slowly push the target backwards each time and away from your rogues that couldn’t disengage, etc.