Breath Weapons and Flyby Attack


Rules Questions

Silver Crusade

I didn't see this one on the FAQ.

Does a breath weapon count as an 'attack' for purposes of flyby attack?

For example, a dragon on the wing, can it fly by, unleash its breath weapon at a point along its flight path, and then still make a normal attack at the end.

I also want to confirm that at-will abilities /cannot/ be used along with flyby attack, even if the at-will is itself an attack of some sort (like scorching ray or the like).

Edit: I checked Flyby Attack again. It gives standards. So...

Does that mean that you can in fact have a dragon flyby, breath weapon, and cast, all in a single round?

Does he incur a concentration penalty for that?

Liberty's Edge

The wording on Flyby Attack is screwy.

A creature with FA can take a standard action anywhere during it's move instead of strictly before or strictly after.

So, it can move, standard, continue move. The standard can be an attack, breath weapon, cast a spell, etc. It cannot take two standard actions.

There is no concentration check required.

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