ride by attack against reach attack?! [Archive] - Wizards Community

ride by attack against reach attack?! [Archive] - Wizards Community

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coob of highmoor
05-12-07, 12:03 PM if a pc uses ride by attack on a large or hugh npc with a reach attack does the npc get its reach attack still?!
Novacat
05-12-07, 01:04 PM Read the feat:

You and your mount do not provoke an attack of opportunity from the opponent that you attack.

Just like Spring Attack, but with a mount.
jaelis
05-12-07, 09:41 PM An interesting question would be whether you provoke an AoO if you make an RBA and, say, try to disarm or bull rush your opponent without the appropriate feat. (RBA doesn't limit the benefit to AoOs from movement the way Spring Attack does.)
kjenks
05-13-07, 08:09 AM FAQ
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Will a reach weapon (or natural reach) allow you to
make an attack of opportunity against a foe using the
Spring Attack or Ride-By Attack feats against you? Don’t
you always get an attack of opportunity against a foe that
moves in to make a melee attack against you when you have
greater reach than that foe? What about a 5-foot step? If
you have greater reach than your foe, won’t you get an
attack of opportunity against a foe that uses a 5-foot step to
get close enough to attack you?

Having superior reach allows a creature to threaten more
squares, but it doesn’t allow that creature to make attacks of
opportunity when it otherwise could not.

When you use either Spring Attack or Ride-By Attack,
your movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity from
the foe you attack using the feat. (The benefit from Ride-By
Attack also extends to the mount.) Indeed, one of the main
purposes of both of these feats is to allow you to close with
foes that outreach you without getting smacked with an attack
of opportunity. Remember, however, that neither feat prevents
attacks of opportunity from creatures that you’re not attacking.

A 5-foot step provokes no attack of opportunity from
anyone if that step is your only movement for the round, no
matter how much reach those foes have. Again, one of the
reasons the 5-foot step rule exists is to allow a slow, safe
approach to foes that outreach you.
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Post/Author/DateTime	Post
coob of highmoor 05-12-07, 12:03 PM	if a pc uses ride by attack on a large or hugh npc with a reach attack does the npc get its reach attack still?!
Novacat 05-12-07, 01:04 PM	Read the feat: You and your mount do not provoke an attack of opportunity from the opponent that you attack. Just like Spring Attack, but with a mount.
jaelis 05-12-07, 09:41 PM	An interesting question would be whether you provoke an AoO if you make an RBA and, say, try to disarm or bull rush your opponent without the appropriate feat. (RBA doesn't limit the benefit to AoOs from movement the way Spring Attack does.)
kjenks 05-13-07, 08:09 AM	FAQ === Will a reach weapon (or natural reach) allow you to make an attack of opportunity against a foe using the Spring Attack or Ride-By Attack feats against you? Don’t you always get an attack of opportunity against a foe that moves in to make a melee attack against you when you have greater reach than that foe? What about a 5-foot step? If you have greater reach than your foe, won’t you get an attack of opportunity against a foe that uses a 5-foot step to get close enough to attack you? Having superior reach allows a creature to threaten more squares, but it doesn’t allow that creature to make attacks of opportunity when it otherwise could not. When you use either Spring Attack or Ride-By Attack, your movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity from the foe you attack using the feat. (The benefit from Ride-By Attack also extends to the mount.) Indeed, one of the main purposes of both of these feats is to allow you to close with foes that outreach you without getting smacked with an attack of opportunity. Remember, however, that neither feat prevents attacks of opportunity from creatures that you’re not attacking. A 5-foot step provokes no attack of opportunity from anyone if that step is your only movement for the round, no matter how much reach those foes have. Again, one of the reasons the 5-foot step rule exists is to allow a slow, safe approach to foes that outreach you. ===