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Scenario:
A druid ally is in melee range of an enemy berserker and decides to move away, provoking an attack of opportunity from the berserker.
My character has readied an action: Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
What I think happens
The druid's movement is interrupted by the attack of opportunity which is in turn interrupted by the readied Eldritch Blast. Assuming the Eldritch Blast hits, I can push the berserker out of melee range of the druid, thereby negating the attack of opportunity.
Is this correct?
Similar situations
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving?
What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack readied-action eldritch-invocations
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Scenario:
A druid ally is in melee range of an enemy berserker and decides to move away, provoking an attack of opportunity from the berserker.
My character has readied an action: Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
What I think happens
The druid's movement is interrupted by the attack of opportunity which is in turn interrupted by the readied Eldritch Blast. Assuming the Eldritch Blast hits, I can push the berserker out of melee range of the druid, thereby negating the attack of opportunity.
Is this correct?
Similar situations
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving?
What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack readied-action eldritch-invocations
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Scenario:
A druid ally is in melee range of an enemy berserker and decides to move away, provoking an attack of opportunity from the berserker.
My character has readied an action: Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
What I think happens
The druid's movement is interrupted by the attack of opportunity which is in turn interrupted by the readied Eldritch Blast. Assuming the Eldritch Blast hits, I can push the berserker out of melee range of the druid, thereby negating the attack of opportunity.
Is this correct?
Similar situations
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving?
What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack readied-action eldritch-invocations
edited 19 mins ago
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Scenario:
A druid ally is in melee range of an enemy berserker and decides to move away, provoking an attack of opportunity from the berserker.
My character has readied an action: Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
What I think happens
The druid's movement is interrupted by the attack of opportunity which is in turn interrupted by the readied Eldritch Blast. Assuming the Eldritch Blast hits, I can push the berserker out of melee range of the druid, thereby negating the attack of opportunity.
Is this correct?
Similar situations
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving?
What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
dnd-5e opportunity-attack readied-action eldritch-invocations
dnd-5e opportunity-attack readied-action eldritch-invocations
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Your Druid Gets Attacked, then the barbarian gets pushed
The trigger for your readied action was:
Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
It is stated in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 252) that:
If a reaction has no timing specified, or the timing is unclear, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes, as in the Ready action.
So your readied Eldritch Blast will occur right after the berserker attacks the druid.
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving? What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
The alternative triggers would not improve matters much. If you specified the trigger was "the berserker raises his weapon to attack", that might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute?
If the tirgger was the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
A relevant question that has been asked before is can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
(Mostly, you can't).
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
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That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
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59 mins ago
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Your Druid Gets Attacked, then the barbarian gets pushed
The trigger for your readied action was:
Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
It is stated in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 252) that:
If a reaction has no timing specified, or the timing is unclear, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes, as in the Ready action.
So your readied Eldritch Blast will occur right after the berserker attacks the druid.
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving? What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
The alternative triggers would not improve matters much. If you specified the trigger was "the berserker raises his weapon to attack", that might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute?
If the tirgger was the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
A relevant question that has been asked before is can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
(Mostly, you can't).
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
3
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
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Your Druid Gets Attacked, then the barbarian gets pushed
The trigger for your readied action was:
Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
It is stated in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 252) that:
If a reaction has no timing specified, or the timing is unclear, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes, as in the Ready action.
So your readied Eldritch Blast will occur right after the berserker attacks the druid.
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving? What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
The alternative triggers would not improve matters much. If you specified the trigger was "the berserker raises his weapon to attack", that might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute?
If the tirgger was the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
A relevant question that has been asked before is can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
(Mostly, you can't).
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
3
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
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Your Druid Gets Attacked, then the barbarian gets pushed
The trigger for your readied action was:
Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
It is stated in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 252) that:
If a reaction has no timing specified, or the timing is unclear, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes, as in the Ready action.
So your readied Eldritch Blast will occur right after the berserker attacks the druid.
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving? What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
The alternative triggers would not improve matters much. If you specified the trigger was "the berserker raises his weapon to attack", that might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute?
If the tirgger was the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
A relevant question that has been asked before is can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
(Mostly, you can't).
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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Your Druid Gets Attacked, then the barbarian gets pushed
The trigger for your readied action was:
Cast Eldritch Blast (with Repelling Blast invocation) on the berserker in question if he attacks the druid.
It is stated in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 252) that:
If a reaction has no timing specified, or the timing is unclear, the reaction occurs after its trigger finishes, as in the Ready action.
So your readied Eldritch Blast will occur right after the berserker attacks the druid.
What if, rather, the trigger was the druid moving? What if the trigger was the berserker raising his weapon or rearing back in preparation for an attack?
The alternative triggers would not improve matters much. If you specified the trigger was "the berserker raises his weapon to attack", that might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute?
If the tirgger was the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
A relevant question that has been asked before is can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
(Mostly, you can't).
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
15.3k235100
answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
15.3k235100
edited 42 mins ago
V2Blast
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15.3k235100
answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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answered 1 hour ago
Gandalfmeansme
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I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
3
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
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I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
3
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
I knew the wording of the trigger was critical.What if I instead said the trigger was the Druid's movement or the berserker raising his weapon in preparation to make an attack?
– rpeinhardt
1 hour ago
3
3
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
That might be tricky, because the trigger has to be a "percievable circumstance." In combat, everyone always looks like they're just about to attack each other: what if the enemy doesn't "raise" a weapon, but stabs with it? What if they raise a weapon in salute? A relevant question that has been asked before is Can I specify a trigger to be "before... occurs"?
– Gandalfmeansme
1 hour ago
3
3
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
As far as the Druid's movement, that's no good either because the Barbarian will attack before the Druid moves away from his reach (as that's the timing specified in Opportunity Attacks), and you'd Eldritch Blast after the Druid finished moving away from his reach (since it's a Readied action, and happens after its trigger), so the berserker would still attack first.
– Gandalfmeansme
59 mins ago
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