If one PC uses Bigby's Hand to carry another character through a cluster of enemies, does that movement provoke attacks of opportunity?

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The PHB would seem to indicate that no, this lets them pass through without provoking opportunity attacks. (The hand is moving between enemies, not trying to shove them.)



From the description of opportunity attacks (PHB, p. 195):




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.




Does this let someone rescue an unconscious ally by using Bigby's hand to carry them across the battlefield back to the cleric for healing without provoking attacks of opportunity, for example?






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The PHB would seem to indicate that no, this lets them pass through without provoking opportunity attacks. (The hand is moving between enemies, not trying to shove them.)



From the description of opportunity attacks (PHB, p. 195):




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.




Does this let someone rescue an unconscious ally by using Bigby's hand to carry them across the battlefield back to the cleric for healing without provoking attacks of opportunity, for example?






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The PHB would seem to indicate that no, this lets them pass through without provoking opportunity attacks. (The hand is moving between enemies, not trying to shove them.)



From the description of opportunity attacks (PHB, p. 195):




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.




Does this let someone rescue an unconscious ally by using Bigby's hand to carry them across the battlefield back to the cleric for healing without provoking attacks of opportunity, for example?






dnd-5e spells movement opportunity-attack







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The PHB would seem to indicate that no, this lets them pass through without provoking opportunity attacks. (The hand is moving between enemies, not trying to shove them.)



From the description of opportunity attacks (PHB, p. 195):




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.




Does this let someone rescue an unconscious ally by using Bigby's hand to carry them across the battlefield back to the cleric for healing without provoking attacks of opportunity, for example?






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You would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks using this method (and neither would the hand)



The PHB tells us when an opportunity attack is provoked:




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.




So you are correct in saying that the unconscious carried creature would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks from enemies whose reach it leaves because it is not using movement, actions, or reactions to move. So enemies can't lay a finger on you in this way.



Also, the hand itself also cannot provoke OAs because it is not a creature. Per the description of the Bigby's hand spell (or arcane hand, as it is listed in the SRD):




The hand is an object...




And only creatures provoke OAs, per the description of opportunity attacks:




You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.




So, yes the technique works very well and is a clever use of strategy and resources. You could even say it might be a very handy strategy.






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    No, it does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity on the player



    But the Hand is still fair game.



    You've already provided the most relevant piece to this information, as some kind of resource must be spent in by the provoker to allow an Attack of Opportunity.



    For additional reference, Jeremy Crawford has explained further in his explanation of Dissonant Whispers:




    Would the movement caused by a failed save on Dissonant Whispers be willing or unwilling movement?



    If a spell forces you to move, as dissonant whispers does, you're not moving of your own volition.



    Does that mean the movement from Dissonant Whispers doesn't provoke opportunity attacks?



    The movement in dissonant whispers can provoke opportunity attacks, since it uses your reaction (PH, 195).




    In your instance, there is no reaction, movement, or any resource spent from your unconscious friend that is causing the movement, so they are not the one provoking the attacks of opportunity.



    However, a DM may decide that the player being carried is a targetable object on the Hand, and decide to attack the player anyway. There would be no RAW support for this, but a DM may make that ruling anyway.






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      The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
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    You would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks using this method (and neither would the hand)



    The PHB tells us when an opportunity attack is provoked:




    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.




    So you are correct in saying that the unconscious carried creature would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks from enemies whose reach it leaves because it is not using movement, actions, or reactions to move. So enemies can't lay a finger on you in this way.



    Also, the hand itself also cannot provoke OAs because it is not a creature. Per the description of the Bigby's hand spell (or arcane hand, as it is listed in the SRD):




    The hand is an object...




    And only creatures provoke OAs, per the description of opportunity attacks:




    You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.




    So, yes the technique works very well and is a clever use of strategy and resources. You could even say it might be a very handy strategy.






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      You would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks using this method (and neither would the hand)



      The PHB tells us when an opportunity attack is provoked:




      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.




      So you are correct in saying that the unconscious carried creature would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks from enemies whose reach it leaves because it is not using movement, actions, or reactions to move. So enemies can't lay a finger on you in this way.



      Also, the hand itself also cannot provoke OAs because it is not a creature. Per the description of the Bigby's hand spell (or arcane hand, as it is listed in the SRD):




      The hand is an object...




      And only creatures provoke OAs, per the description of opportunity attacks:




      You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.




      So, yes the technique works very well and is a clever use of strategy and resources. You could even say it might be a very handy strategy.






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        You would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks using this method (and neither would the hand)



        The PHB tells us when an opportunity attack is provoked:




        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.




        So you are correct in saying that the unconscious carried creature would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks from enemies whose reach it leaves because it is not using movement, actions, or reactions to move. So enemies can't lay a finger on you in this way.



        Also, the hand itself also cannot provoke OAs because it is not a creature. Per the description of the Bigby's hand spell (or arcane hand, as it is listed in the SRD):




        The hand is an object...




        And only creatures provoke OAs, per the description of opportunity attacks:




        You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.




        So, yes the technique works very well and is a clever use of strategy and resources. You could even say it might be a very handy strategy.






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        You would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks using this method (and neither would the hand)



        The PHB tells us when an opportunity attack is provoked:




        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.




        So you are correct in saying that the unconscious carried creature would not provoke any Opportunity Attacks from enemies whose reach it leaves because it is not using movement, actions, or reactions to move. So enemies can't lay a finger on you in this way.



        Also, the hand itself also cannot provoke OAs because it is not a creature. Per the description of the Bigby's hand spell (or arcane hand, as it is listed in the SRD):




        The hand is an object...




        And only creatures provoke OAs, per the description of opportunity attacks:




        You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.




        So, yes the technique works very well and is a clever use of strategy and resources. You could even say it might be a very handy strategy.







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            No, it does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity on the player



            But the Hand is still fair game.



            You've already provided the most relevant piece to this information, as some kind of resource must be spent in by the provoker to allow an Attack of Opportunity.



            For additional reference, Jeremy Crawford has explained further in his explanation of Dissonant Whispers:




            Would the movement caused by a failed save on Dissonant Whispers be willing or unwilling movement?



            If a spell forces you to move, as dissonant whispers does, you're not moving of your own volition.



            Does that mean the movement from Dissonant Whispers doesn't provoke opportunity attacks?



            The movement in dissonant whispers can provoke opportunity attacks, since it uses your reaction (PH, 195).




            In your instance, there is no reaction, movement, or any resource spent from your unconscious friend that is causing the movement, so they are not the one provoking the attacks of opportunity.



            However, a DM may decide that the player being carried is a targetable object on the Hand, and decide to attack the player anyway. There would be no RAW support for this, but a DM may make that ruling anyway.






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              The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
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            No, it does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity on the player



            But the Hand is still fair game.



            You've already provided the most relevant piece to this information, as some kind of resource must be spent in by the provoker to allow an Attack of Opportunity.



            For additional reference, Jeremy Crawford has explained further in his explanation of Dissonant Whispers:




            Would the movement caused by a failed save on Dissonant Whispers be willing or unwilling movement?



            If a spell forces you to move, as dissonant whispers does, you're not moving of your own volition.



            Does that mean the movement from Dissonant Whispers doesn't provoke opportunity attacks?



            The movement in dissonant whispers can provoke opportunity attacks, since it uses your reaction (PH, 195).




            In your instance, there is no reaction, movement, or any resource spent from your unconscious friend that is causing the movement, so they are not the one provoking the attacks of opportunity.



            However, a DM may decide that the player being carried is a targetable object on the Hand, and decide to attack the player anyway. There would be no RAW support for this, but a DM may make that ruling anyway.






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              The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
              – Rubiksmoose
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            No, it does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity on the player



            But the Hand is still fair game.



            You've already provided the most relevant piece to this information, as some kind of resource must be spent in by the provoker to allow an Attack of Opportunity.



            For additional reference, Jeremy Crawford has explained further in his explanation of Dissonant Whispers:




            Would the movement caused by a failed save on Dissonant Whispers be willing or unwilling movement?



            If a spell forces you to move, as dissonant whispers does, you're not moving of your own volition.



            Does that mean the movement from Dissonant Whispers doesn't provoke opportunity attacks?



            The movement in dissonant whispers can provoke opportunity attacks, since it uses your reaction (PH, 195).




            In your instance, there is no reaction, movement, or any resource spent from your unconscious friend that is causing the movement, so they are not the one provoking the attacks of opportunity.



            However, a DM may decide that the player being carried is a targetable object on the Hand, and decide to attack the player anyway. There would be no RAW support for this, but a DM may make that ruling anyway.






            share|improve this answer












            No, it does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity on the player



            But the Hand is still fair game.



            You've already provided the most relevant piece to this information, as some kind of resource must be spent in by the provoker to allow an Attack of Opportunity.



            For additional reference, Jeremy Crawford has explained further in his explanation of Dissonant Whispers:




            Would the movement caused by a failed save on Dissonant Whispers be willing or unwilling movement?



            If a spell forces you to move, as dissonant whispers does, you're not moving of your own volition.



            Does that mean the movement from Dissonant Whispers doesn't provoke opportunity attacks?



            The movement in dissonant whispers can provoke opportunity attacks, since it uses your reaction (PH, 195).




            In your instance, there is no reaction, movement, or any resource spent from your unconscious friend that is causing the movement, so they are not the one provoking the attacks of opportunity.



            However, a DM may decide that the player being carried is a targetable object on the Hand, and decide to attack the player anyway. There would be no RAW support for this, but a DM may make that ruling anyway.







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              The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
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              The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
              – Rubiksmoose
              1 hour ago







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            The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
            – Rubiksmoose
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            The hand does not provoke OAs because it is not a creature, it is an object. "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach." Objects do not provoke OAs.
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